I heard the voice
of the Lord, saying,
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"Whom shall I send,
and who will go for us?"
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Then I said,
"Here am I, send me. "
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Music...
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More music...
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Three Angels
Broadcasting Network
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and the South England
Conference present: London 2016.
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Music...
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This evening we find ourselves
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going to the close
of our two-week campaign
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and every evening has been
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an evening where
we've been exposed
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to the Word of
God in a deeper way,
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We're very
grateful for Pastor Lomacang
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and his ministry here,
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let me see the hands of those
who appreciated the messages
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that come to us
each night, amen.
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Tonight, we have
another important message,
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The Judgment Hour
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and I believe
that we're going to
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be reminded tonight that
once we have Jesus on our side
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we have nothing to
fear for the judgment
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before Pastor Lomacang
comes, we're happy to have
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for the first time
here in Croydon Church
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Neville Peter,
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we welcome him this
evening as he sings for us.
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Pastor walking off the stage...
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Piano music...
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more piano music...
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some more piano music...
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Holy time... the day is ending
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with the setting of the sun,
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Holy time... the day has ended
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now the Sabbath has begun
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I can feel the blessings falling
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Sanctify your heart and mind...
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I can hear the Spirit calling
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me from care to Holy time...
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Holy time...
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now God is with us
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I can feel His presence near
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I can hear
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His still small voices
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Heaven's peace
and joy to share...
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God I know that you are with me
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I have always seen the signs
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There is
nothing quite as special
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like when we
meet for Holy time...
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Holy time
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a taste of heaven
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Oh the fullness of God's love
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Out of all He chose the Sabbath
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Fresh anointing from above
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I have tasted that living water
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Nothing like this none will find
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Oh the beauty of God's presence
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when we meet for Holy time.
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Music...
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Oh when life
here on earth is ended
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and there's only righteousness
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New Jerusalem descended
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With the saints of God to rest
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I'll forever sing God's praises
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For He'll be forever mine...
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Then face to face...
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We'll be together
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God and I...
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My Lord and I...
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Jesus and I...
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In Holy
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time
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time...
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Audience: "Amen... " clapping...
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Neville: "God bless. "
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Pause...
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We could have the closing
prayer right now, amen again.
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Audience: "Amen... "
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Paul Lee and Neville
Peter have set the stage tonight
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for the
proclamation of this message.
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I'm already moved,
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I think the Lord just said to me
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"Don't worry about it
it's going to be all right. "
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Thank you brother
Neville, thank you brother Paul.
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I'd like to invite you
to bow your heads with me
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we need the Lord this evening.
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"Loving Father in heaven,
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you never disappoint...
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pause...
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and we invite you
again Father tonight
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to come and to
speak to our hearts
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each one of us is in need
of an infusion of holiness
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for such a trying
hour in which we abide
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and we pray Lord tonight
that you'll stop by Croydon,
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that you will
connect our world audience
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from whatever
continent they view this message
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send your Spirit to be the
active power in their hearts
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and in their minds we
pray, in Jesus' name, amen. "
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Audience: "Amen... "
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My soul is so watered already,
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I feel like I could
just have the closing prayer
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but God has given me
a message for tonight.
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Some of you are stressed about
the title, "The Judgment Hour"
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but I'd like to begin my
message with the ending words
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of Dr. Chitty's presentation.
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"If you're
stressed about the judgment,
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put the cup down... "
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you can carry that
in your mind for so long
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that it becomes the most fearful
scene that you can anticipate.
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You can think about
standing before the great judge
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of the universe so much so that
it almost stalemates your heart
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and makes you pause
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in frightful in trepidation
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about what the
outcome might be but tonight,
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as every other night,
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I am not here to
tell you how bad you are,
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you already know that,
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I'm here to tell you
about how good Jesus is,
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you see, John the Revelator,
in the book of Revelation,
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presses the "pause" button
of the timeline of prophecy
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and points us to
Revelation's scene,
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in Revelation chapter 14,
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as Revelation informs us
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that the long-awaited
hour of reckoning has arrived,
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let's begin tonight by looking
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at Revelation
chapter 14 and verse 7,
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as the Revelator...
in chains... says to us,
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"Saying with a loud voice... "
together let's read this tonight
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"Fear God, and
give glory to Him;
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for the hour of
His judgment has come:
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and worship Him who
made heaven and earth,
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the sea and the
springs of water. "
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I've had to
appear in Court before,
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different things...
different occasions...
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and I thank God that I
can stand before you today
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and tell you that my
anticipation was far...
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far more fearful
than my actual experience
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but if you don't know Jesus,
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your experience in this setting
is going to be much more fearful
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than the actual anticipation,
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so there is no greater
decision tonight to make
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than to know that
Jesus is your Savior,
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that we can stand
before this great trying hour
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in which the
world has now entered,
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knowing that we have
on our side the only One
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that can bring us
through this trying ordeal
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with blessed assurance.
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The Apostle Paul
inserts into this timeline
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a Court setting
where a divine summons
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invites us to stand
before this heavenly Magistrate.
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We read this in the book
of 2nd Corinthians chapter 5
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and verse 10, notice with me
as I share the Apostle's word,
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he said, "For we
must... " what's the next word?
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"we must all appear before
the judgment seat of Christ,
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that each one may receive
the things done in the body,
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according to what he has done,
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whether good...
" or whether what?
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"or whether bad... "
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you see... in the
judgment, none is exempt
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and nothing is excluded.
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Solomon the wise man
also presents before us
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the judicial scene as we
read in Ecclesiastes chapter 12
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verses 13 and 14,
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the Bible continues
to agree with itself
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and the scene
begins to be amplified
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from one writer to the other,
notice the wise man's word,
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he says, "Let us hear the
conclusion of the whole matter:
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Fear God, and
keep his commandments:
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for this is the
whole duty of man... "
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but he doesn't stop there,
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a man who
understands God's justice
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but a man who also
understands God's mercies...
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"For God shall bring
every work into judgment,
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with every secret
thing, whether it be good,
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or whether it be... " what?
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"or whether it be evil. "
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you know when
you read those words,
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those three Scriptures
alone could create within you
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such a frightening scene
and I would suggest to you
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that the scene
becomes even more frightening
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and the number one
reason is, we ask ourselves,
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"Am I ready for such a setting?"
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I've met people in our
church that have been members
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for 10, 20, 30, some 40 years,
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some have been
generational Christians...
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generational
Adventists and they say to me,
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"I don't know if
I have enough time
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to get ready for Jesus to come"
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but I say to
them in words of hope,
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"Just ask the thief on the
cross how much time he needed. "
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When you call on the
sufficiency of Christ,
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you recognize in a
very pivotal moment
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that it's really not
about you, it's all about Jesus,
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can somebody say, "amen?"
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Audience: "Amen... "
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You see, Micah the
prophet said it in these words,
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Micah 7 verse 19, he says
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"When we focus on self, we
could be little frightened"
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but notice what he says about
the great love of our souls.
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"He will again have
compassion on... " who?
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"on us, and will
subdue our... " what?
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"our iniquities.
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You will cast our sins
into the depths of the... "
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what? "sea... "
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I don't know if you've
done any study about the sea
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I've heard about a place
called "The Mariana's Trench"
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it's in the Pacific... close
to some of the Asian islands,
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and they tell me that the
Mariana's Trench is so deep
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that you can put Mount Everest
in that portion of the ocean
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and it will still
be... from its peak...
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one mile under the
surface of that ocean,
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they said that there's a
depth to which no man can go,
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you could not... there
is no recorded human being
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that has survived the
depths of the Mariana's Trench,
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they've gone
there, in mind alone...
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there are ships... there
are fish that exist down there
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that can't come up here
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and there are fish up
here, that can't go down there
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and my heart is always comforted
when I read that, you know why?
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Because if the
Lord has thrown my sins
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into that part of the
world, you can't find them...
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Audience: "Amen... "
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Amen... Audience: "Amen... "
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and if you talk
about it it doesn't matter
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because where it matters,
they ain't talking about it,
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come on somebody,
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there are also
others that get caught up
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with the chronology of
the judgment, they say,
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"Well, when will
the judgment begin?"
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"Has it begun in 1844?"
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"Is an
understanding of the 2300 days
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imperative for salvation?"
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"When will the judgment pass
from the dead to the living?"
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They get all caught up
in these intense studies
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and I'm always
amazed... somebody also comes up
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somebody always comes up with
a new book about the judgment.
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And you can study the theology
of the judgment all you want
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but if you don't know Jesus,
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Theology cannot make a
difference in your heart
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and in your life,
what do you say tonight?
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Audience: "Amen... "
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You've got to know
the Man of the judgment,
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not the details of the judgment
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but you've got to know
the Man of the judgment
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and His name is Christ Jesus
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and while the answers to these
questions are very important,
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the answer to these questions
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are not the
focus of the judgment,
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the focus of the
judgment is Jesus...
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let's say together,
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"the focus of the
judgment is... Jesus"
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focus where Isaiah
says our eyes should be,
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Isaiah 45 verse 22,
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let's look at the
screen together tonight,
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Jesus says to us, are you ready?
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"Look to Me, and be... "
what? Audience: "saved... "
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"and be saved, All
you ends of the earth!
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For I am God,
and... " what else?
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"there is no other... "
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"there's none like Me... "
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there's nobody on earth
that no matter where you travel,
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there is nobody on the planet
that can save you but Jesus...
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Audience: "Amen. "
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We're not saved by wealth,
we're not saved by position,
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we are not saved by
education nor financial status
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my Sister, can you
have a seat please,
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we're not saved by our
position nor our accomplishments
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we are not saved
by our achievements,
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we are saved by the precious
blood of that spotless Man
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and His name is
Jesus. Audience: "Amen... "
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That spotless Lamb's
name, praise God, is Jesus...
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The writer of
Hebrews tells us again,
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"Looking unto Jesus,
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the Author and
Finisher of our faith,
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who for the joy that
was set before Him... "
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what did he do?
"Endured the cross,
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despising the shame... "
and what has He done tonight,
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"and has sat down at the right
hand of the throne of God. "
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we have got somebody in heaven
that's speaking on our behalf,
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what do you say?
Audience: "Amen... "
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You may feel
discouraged about the judgment,
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but I've got
somebody on the inside,
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His name is Jesus,
come on somebody...
00:16:26.08\00:16:28.68
Audience: "Amen... "
00:16:28.72\00:16:30.05
If I didn't have a way... if
I did not have anybody to call,
00:16:30.09\00:16:33.25
I would be in trouble... but
I've got somebody on the inside
00:16:33.32\00:16:36.62
who has taken my
name before the Father
00:16:36.69\00:16:39.29
who, when I call, He answers
00:16:39.33\00:16:42.16
and sometimes before
I call... He answers.
00:16:42.20\00:16:44.83
His name is Jesus, He
is not sitting down tonight
00:16:44.87\00:16:49.24
unconcerned about our destiny,
00:16:49.30\00:16:52.57
He is sitting down tonight,
mediating to assure our destiny.
00:16:52.61\00:16:57.61
That's why Jude 1
and verse 24 and 25 says,
00:16:57.65\00:17:00.82
speaking of this
judge who's on the inside...
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"Now unto Him that is
able... " to do what Church?
00:17:04.02\00:17:07.72
"keep you from falling,
and to present you... " how?
00:17:07.76\00:17:11.39
"faultless before the presence
of His glory... " with what?
00:17:11.43\00:17:15.56
"exceeding joy, To the
only wise God and Saviour... "
00:17:15.63\00:17:19.57
let's say together...
"be glory and majesty,
00:17:19.60\00:17:22.57
dominion and
power, both... " when?
00:17:22.60\00:17:25.37
"now and
evermore... " amen, somebody,
00:17:25.44\00:17:28.31
when Jude wrote
that, he put, "amen... "
00:17:28.34\00:17:31.18
because that's a good word...
00:17:31.21\00:17:33.65
you see, you've fallen
00:17:33.68\00:17:35.62
and you have fallen again
00:17:35.65\00:17:37.49
and you have
fallen again and again
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you may have fallen quite
a bit but I want to tell you,
00:17:39.19\00:17:41.42
the Lord does not just give us
a license to continue falling,
00:17:41.46\00:17:44.73
He is saying, "I can
not only forgive your sin
00:17:44.76\00:17:47.23
but I can keep you from falling"
00:17:47.26\00:17:49.06
for sin may be powerful but the
Savior is even more powerful.
00:17:49.10\00:17:54.90
It's not what we've
done but what He's able to do
00:17:54.94\00:17:58.27
and the fact of the matter is,
when I think about the judgment,
00:17:58.34\00:18:02.01
I don't have a good
strategy, you know what I have?
00:18:02.04\00:18:04.61
I've got a good
lawyer... I've got a good...
00:18:04.65\00:18:08.88
I don't... I think about...
00:18:08.92\00:18:10.25
"now how am I
going to make it in?"
00:18:10.29\00:18:11.99
When I'm
standing before someone,
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from which I can hide nothing,
00:18:14.26\00:18:16.39
He knows the
recesses of my heart,
00:18:16.42\00:18:19.59
He understands my thoughts
as they are being developed
00:18:19.63\00:18:22.70
He sees my body language
and knows where I'm leaning,
00:18:22.73\00:18:25.77
He understands my word,
00:18:25.80\00:18:27.54
every word that we
utter, we shall give an account
00:18:27.57\00:18:29.54
and He knows how
to erase those words
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and replace them with
this word, "saved... "
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I read a story
about Martin Luther,
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he penned his dream that he had
00:18:37.85\00:18:40.62
when he was learning
about justification...
00:18:40.65\00:18:42.15
righteousness by faith,
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he said, when he had
understood this doctrine,
00:18:43.82\00:18:46.12
he was sleeping one
night and to his mind,
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this urgent picture came,
00:18:48.46\00:18:51.29
and he saw a scroll
being unrolled before him,
00:18:51.33\00:18:55.10
and on that scroll, all
of his sins were listed,
00:18:55.13\00:18:58.83
and the one holding the scroll
00:18:58.87\00:19:00.64
was none other
than Satan himself
00:19:00.67\00:19:02.37
and he was looking at
Martin Luther with a smirk,
00:19:02.40\00:19:05.44
with a smile...
almost as though to say,
00:19:05.47\00:19:07.14
"I've got you now... "
00:19:07.18\00:19:08.51
but then all of a sudden
00:19:08.54\00:19:12.21
it appeared in the
scene in his dream,
00:19:12.25\00:19:15.45
someone with a
large stamp in his hand,
00:19:15.48\00:19:18.62
he said he did not immediately
see the face of this being
00:19:18.65\00:19:21.72
but then... over every sin
that the devil had presented,
00:19:21.76\00:19:24.83
the word, "forgiven"
"pardoned" "forgiven... "
00:19:24.86\00:19:29.36
come on somebody, "pardoned"
00:19:29.40\00:19:30.83
was stamped on every
sin and Martin Luther said,
00:19:30.87\00:19:33.94
after he woke
up from that dream,
00:19:33.97\00:19:35.77
he understands that the
just shall live by faith
00:19:35.80\00:19:40.74
and so for those of
you who are wondering
00:19:40.78\00:19:44.08
whether or not... you
got this thing together,
00:19:44.11\00:19:46.11
the only thing
you've got together,
00:19:46.18\00:19:47.85
is, you've got to
have the best lawyer,
00:19:47.88\00:19:50.39
you've got to
have the best lawyer,
00:19:50.42\00:19:52.85
look at 1st John 2 verse 1,
00:19:52.89\00:19:55.39
I don't have a good strategy
but I've got a good lawyer,
00:19:55.42\00:19:57.56
the Bible says, "My
little children... "
00:19:57.59\00:19:59.83
what does it say
friends? "My little... " what?
00:19:59.86\00:20:02.40
"My little children,
these things I write to you,
00:20:02.43\00:20:04.73
that you may not... "
what? Audience: "sin... "
00:20:04.77\00:20:07.04
"But if anyone
sins, we have... " what?
00:20:07.07\00:20:10.61
an Advocate with the
Father... " who is He?
00:20:10.64\00:20:13.88
"Jesus Christ the righteous. "
00:20:13.91\00:20:16.14
You see, in the judgment,
00:20:16.18\00:20:18.38
we are not the
Advocate, Jesus is...
00:20:18.41\00:20:21.62
we don't appear in the
judgment to atone for our sins
00:20:21.65\00:20:25.72
Jesus has already
atoned for our sins,
00:20:25.75\00:20:28.92
when you consider
the larger picture,
00:20:28.96\00:20:32.09
He's not just the Judge,
He's not just the Advocate,
00:20:32.13\00:20:36.53
He is the Lawyer, now, I
want you to get this scene,
00:20:36.56\00:20:39.47
I mentioned it a few nights ago
00:20:39.50\00:20:40.87
but I think it fits right here,
00:20:40.90\00:20:42.67
when we think
about the judgment,
00:20:42.70\00:20:44.77
we think of the
Father and the Son
00:20:44.81\00:20:46.81
having a
discussion back and forth,
00:20:46.84\00:20:48.74
we say, we think of
Jesus pleading to the Father,
00:20:48.81\00:20:52.88
to hold on,
00:20:52.91\00:20:54.25
we almost see
the Father as though
00:20:54.28\00:20:56.69
"it's time to cast my
judgments" and the Son saying,
00:20:56.75\00:21:00.06
"Not yet, not yet,
please wait on... "
00:21:00.12\00:21:02.16
but that's not at all how it is,
00:21:02.19\00:21:04.09
you see, the Father
and the Son are together
00:21:04.13\00:21:07.20
in the Plan of Salvation.
00:21:07.23\00:21:09.20
The Father is not rushing
00:21:09.23\00:21:11.13
and Jesus is not
telling Him to wait,
00:21:11.17\00:21:13.34
the Bible says, "For
God so loved the world
00:21:13.37\00:21:16.67
that He gave His
only begotten Son... "
00:21:16.71\00:21:19.17
so this Plan of
Salvation is a divine plan
00:21:19.21\00:21:22.81
but what I like about this text
00:21:22.84\00:21:27.48
in Daniel 7:22 and I'll
read it, don't go there yet,
00:21:27.52\00:21:30.49
what I like about the text
I'm going to read... is this,
00:21:30.52\00:21:33.49
Jesus is on both sides
of this judicial process
00:21:33.52\00:21:38.46
He's our Lawyer, He's what?
00:21:38.49\00:21:40.43
Audience: "Our Lawyer... "
00:21:40.50\00:21:42.33
Our Lawyer... and then He's
also sitting at the Judgment Bar
00:21:42.36\00:21:44.53
He is our judge, come
on somebody say "amen. "
00:21:44.57\00:21:46.90
Now, I don't
know how He did that
00:21:46.94\00:21:48.74
but I don't need to
know because the Bible says,
00:21:48.77\00:21:52.07
"The Father has committed
all judgment to the Son. "
00:21:52.11\00:21:54.78
When I was a young pastor,
00:21:54.81\00:21:56.14
I remember, I
didn't have this right,
00:21:56.18\00:21:58.25
I remember preaching at
one of these tiny churches
00:21:58.28\00:22:01.52
up in the mountains somewhere
00:22:01.55\00:22:02.88
and I talked about
the Father being the judge
00:22:02.92\00:22:05.09
and Jesus being the Lawyer,
00:22:05.12\00:22:06.45
I kind of created
almost a dichotomy of...
00:22:06.49\00:22:08.52
a competition between
who's going to win this argument
00:22:08.56\00:22:11.03
an old saint came to me,
00:22:11.06\00:22:12.89
"that's why God
sometimes puts us
00:22:12.96\00:22:14.63
when we are inexperienced
in these tiny places,"
00:22:14.66\00:22:17.33
to get our Theology right,
an old solid Elder who had scars
00:22:17.37\00:22:24.54
and hard hands from
years of studying the Bible
00:22:24.57\00:22:27.41
came to me and said,
00:22:27.44\00:22:28.84
"Young Man, you don't
got the picture right"
00:22:28.91\00:22:32.01
you see, Jesus is both
the Judge and the Lawyer"
00:22:32.05\00:22:35.12
and I said, "I feel
a whole lot better now
00:22:35.15\00:22:37.95
to know that the
Court is rigged in favor
00:22:38.02\00:22:40.26
of the children of
the Most High God... "
00:22:40.29\00:22:42.49
come on
somebody, say, "Amen... "
00:22:42.52\00:22:43.86
look at Daniel 7:22,
00:22:43.89\00:22:45.29
you see when the
judgment is over,
00:22:45.33\00:22:46.83
a whole lot of
stuff is happening
00:22:46.86\00:22:48.30
but look at the text,
when the judgment is over,
00:22:48.33\00:22:50.33
here's what the Bible says,
00:22:50.37\00:22:51.77
"Judgment was made
in favor of... " what?
00:22:51.80\00:22:54.07
"the saints of the Most High,
00:22:54.10\00:22:56.10
and the time
came for the... " who?
00:22:56.14\00:22:59.24
"saints to
possess the kingdom. "
00:22:59.27\00:23:02.31
One day, we're going
to possess the kingdom...
00:23:02.34\00:23:04.25
somebody ought to
say, "Amen" to that...
00:23:04.28\00:23:05.61
one day these hands of mine are
going to touch the hand of God.
00:23:05.65\00:23:09.08
One day these feet are going
to walk on golden streets...
00:23:09.12\00:23:12.55
these feet are going
to walk on golden streets.
00:23:12.59\00:23:15.09
I'm going to be able
to touch a pearly gate
00:23:15.12\00:23:17.16
and I'm going to
feel like I don't belong
00:23:17.19\00:23:18.99
but Jesus is going
to say, "Come on in... "
00:23:19.03\00:23:20.56
"Amen... "
somebody... Audience: "Amen... "
00:23:20.60\00:23:21.93
I'm going to sit down at a table
00:23:21.96\00:23:23.30
where a dinner is
being prepared for me now
00:23:23.33\00:23:24.97
and I know it's
going to be good because
00:23:25.00\00:23:26.80
these ladies that cook,
can't be better than Jesus,
00:23:26.84\00:23:29.34
Audience: "Amen... "
00:23:29.37\00:23:30.71
I'll tell you... it's good
00:23:30.74\00:23:32.07
but it's going to be
better in the Kingdom,
00:23:32.11\00:23:33.44
we're going to be sitting
at a table with so many seats
00:23:33.48\00:23:36.14
but it's going to feel like
00:23:36.18\00:23:37.51
we're just at the
right side of Jesus
00:23:37.55\00:23:39.58
because when we make it in,
00:23:39.61\00:23:41.18
we are going to know
beyond a shadow of a doubt
00:23:41.22\00:23:43.15
that we should not be there
00:23:43.18\00:23:44.52
other than by
the blood of Jesus.
00:23:44.55\00:23:45.89
Audience: "Amen... "
00:23:45.92\00:23:47.26
I know I don't have any strategy
but I've got a good Lawyer,
00:23:47.29\00:23:50.36
I got somebody who
knows how to get me in.
00:23:50.43\00:23:53.19
Audience: "Amen... "
00:23:53.26\00:23:54.93
That's why the prognostications
00:23:54.96\00:23:56.77
about the birth
of Jesus is clear,
00:23:56.80\00:23:58.57
Matthew... this
converted disciple
00:23:58.60\00:24:00.30
documented the
purpose of His divine mission,
00:24:00.34\00:24:02.50
Matthew 1:21... it's
clear and it's still clear today
00:24:02.57\00:24:05.37
and the Bible says, "And
she will bring forth a Son,
00:24:05.41\00:24:08.21
and you shall
call His name JESUS,
00:24:08.24\00:24:12.65
for He... " might...
00:24:12.68\00:24:14.02
Audience: "He will... "
00:24:14.05\00:24:15.38
"He... " what?
Audience: "He will... "
00:24:15.42\00:24:17.15
"He will save His
people from their sins... "
00:24:17.19\00:24:20.12
hallelujah... I'm not afraid
00:24:20.16\00:24:23.09
because I've got somebody
who knows how to "will... "
00:24:23.12\00:24:25.29
He says, "You're messed up,
00:24:25.36\00:24:27.53
you've got a whole lot
of junk in your trunk...
00:24:27.56\00:24:30.37
you got bad attitudes
but I ain't done yet... "
00:24:30.40\00:24:33.13
somebody ought to
say, "Amen" to that...
00:24:33.20\00:24:34.54
you've got some folk that
have been in this building
00:24:34.57\00:24:36.71
for so long but I'm trying to...
00:24:36.74\00:24:38.07
I'm going to get
them in there somehow,
00:24:38.11\00:24:39.44
He's working on us,
He's working on our faults
00:24:39.47\00:24:43.35
and our
shortcomings and our failures
00:24:43.38\00:24:45.75
He's getting our
Theology straightened out
00:24:45.78\00:24:47.75
with our attitudes,
00:24:47.78\00:24:49.12
He's going to make
sure that when this is over,
00:24:49.15\00:24:51.69
we are going to hear the words
00:24:51.72\00:24:53.19
and He's going
to be able to say,
00:24:53.22\00:24:54.96
"Did I save you from your sins?"
00:24:54.99\00:24:56.66
What a precious Savior!
00:24:56.73\00:24:58.86
That's why the
only decision tonight
00:24:58.89\00:25:00.96
when you read that text,
"He will save His people... "
00:25:01.00\00:25:03.10
the only decision
you have to make tonight
00:25:03.13\00:25:05.13
is make sure you are His people,
00:25:05.17\00:25:08.10
pause...
00:25:08.14\00:25:09.87
let Him work on the
Theology of this thing
00:25:09.90\00:25:12.57
but you've got to make
sure you are His people
00:25:12.61\00:25:15.21
"because He's going to
save... " let's say together...
00:25:15.24\00:25:16.75
"His people... "
00:25:16.81\00:25:18.21
that's why the
judgment hour message
00:25:18.25\00:25:21.22
is complex in its
legal ramifications
00:25:21.28\00:25:24.19
but it is simple in
its eternal application,
00:25:24.22\00:25:27.89
look at 1st John 1:9,
00:25:27.92\00:25:29.36
look at the simplicity of
the beauty of the gospel here,
00:25:29.39\00:25:31.46
he says, in 1st John 1:9,
00:25:31.49\00:25:33.96
"If we confess our
sins, He is... " what?
00:25:34.00\00:25:36.70
"faithful and
just... " to do what?
00:25:36.73\00:25:38.83
"forgive us our sins and
to cleanse us from... " what?
00:25:38.87\00:25:43.47
"all... unrighteousness. "
00:25:43.51\00:25:47.71
Audience: "Amen... "
00:25:47.74\00:25:49.44
I remember spilling
something on my carpet,
00:25:49.48\00:25:52.41
we have a carpet in our place
that has been there a long time
00:25:52.45\00:25:57.02
you know those carpets that
have been around for a long time
00:25:57.05\00:26:01.56
and after a while, they
cannot endure any more spills,
00:26:01.59\00:26:04.83
and you spill stuff and you say,
00:26:04.86\00:26:07.16
"Well, it's going to
join all the other stains... "
00:26:07.20\00:26:09.16
and I looked at that
carpet with hopelessness,
00:26:09.20\00:26:13.03
I said to my wife,
00:26:13.07\00:26:14.40
"this carpet has
probably been here
00:26:14.44\00:26:15.84
when the man built the house
00:26:15.87\00:26:17.54
and maybe he got it
from another house... "
00:26:17.61\00:26:19.14
it looked so old and I thought,
00:26:19.17\00:26:20.51
"Is there any
hope for this carpet?"
00:26:20.54\00:26:23.18
And I tried
everything that I possibly could
00:26:23.21\00:26:25.55
to get those stains out
00:26:25.58\00:26:26.92
but then I invited a
professional to come in
00:26:26.95\00:26:29.75
because our plan was
to get rid of that carpet
00:26:29.78\00:26:32.59
because it just...
it's just helpless...
00:26:32.62\00:26:35.49
the guy came in with a big
old gigantic steam apparatus,
00:26:35.52\00:26:39.49
long hose from the
outside of the house
00:26:39.53\00:26:42.33
through the living room
and then this big old apparatus
00:26:42.36\00:26:45.60
you hear this big motor
outside and the generator
00:26:45.63\00:26:47.77
just humming away
and all I can see is,
00:26:47.80\00:26:50.01
he's leaning forward and leaning
his elbow into that carpet
00:26:50.04\00:26:52.97
and when he was done, he said,
00:26:53.01\00:26:54.51
"Don't go... don't
go in the living room
00:26:54.54\00:26:56.18
just wait overnight,
wait till the next day... "
00:26:56.21\00:26:58.01
and I woke up the next day
and I looked at that carpet
00:26:58.05\00:26:59.78
I said, "Honey, this
can't be the same carpet. "
00:26:59.81\00:27:01.75
Audience: "Praise the Lord. "
00:27:01.78\00:27:03.32
When we stand before Jesus,
00:27:03.35\00:27:04.85
He's going to say to the angels,
"This ain't the same carpet...
00:27:04.89\00:27:07.92
this carpet has been cleaned
by the blood of the Lamb... "
00:27:07.99\00:27:12.73
Audience: "Amen... "
00:27:12.76\00:27:14.10
It's a beautiful message,
you see, you can be fearful
00:27:14.13\00:27:16.97
because you're
looking at yourself
00:27:17.00\00:27:19.60
but if you look at Jesus,
00:27:19.63\00:27:21.84
you've heard this
before, somebody said,
00:27:21.87\00:27:23.51
"If I look at myself... I
don't see how I can be saved,"
00:27:23.54\00:27:26.78
but when I look at Jesus, I
don't see how I can be lost. "
00:27:26.81\00:27:29.61
What do you say...
Audience: "Amen... "
00:27:29.64\00:27:31.15
But the problem is sometimes,
00:27:31.18\00:27:32.55
the simplicity and the beauty
of the judgment-hour message
00:27:32.58\00:27:35.92
has been
overshadowed by the fine print,
00:27:35.95\00:27:39.05
consider for a
moment the fine print,
00:27:39.09\00:27:42.02
one of the reasons why we
often sign a 30-page contract
00:27:42.06\00:27:46.29
before we read it...
00:27:46.36\00:27:47.96
come on, have
you done that before?
00:27:48.03\00:27:50.40
You're standing
in the car dealership
00:27:50.43\00:27:52.67
and that car is so pretty,
00:27:52.73\00:27:54.07
they say, "Just
sign right here,"
00:27:54.10\00:27:55.44
they'll be turning the pages
00:27:55.47\00:27:56.81
and you're
signing your life away,
00:27:56.84\00:27:58.34
don't even know
what you're signing,
00:27:58.37\00:27:59.81
the fine print... you get your
credit card for the first time
00:27:59.84\00:28:02.91
remember those days
00:28:02.94\00:28:04.28
when you had to apply
for a credit card at a Bank,
00:28:04.31\00:28:06.01
anybody old enough...
come on help me out, somebody.
00:28:06.05\00:28:08.38
we had to go to a Bank,
everything is done online now
00:28:08.42\00:28:10.69
but still when you
get something online,
00:28:10.75\00:28:12.59
they have the little check box
00:28:12.62\00:28:13.96
they say, "agree with
the terms and conditions"
00:28:13.99\00:28:15.86
and when you scroll down
in the terms and conditions,
00:28:15.89\00:28:19.36
you actually say,
00:28:19.39\00:28:20.73
"how many days do I have to read
just the terms and conditions?"
00:28:20.76\00:28:24.33
And so we check it
ignorantly because you know why?
00:28:24.37\00:28:27.34
We don't care about the
terms and the conditions,
00:28:27.37\00:28:30.34
we want that credit card,
00:28:30.37\00:28:31.71
we want that car,
we want that house,
00:28:31.74\00:28:33.61
our love for
that thing is so great
00:28:33.64\00:28:35.68
that we just
check, "I agree... "
00:28:35.71\00:28:37.75
I'm going to tell you,
00:28:37.78\00:28:40.82
if we love Jesus
more than we love that car
00:28:40.85\00:28:43.69
or that house or
that credit card,
00:28:43.72\00:28:47.26
we can check, "I agree" with the
terms and conditions and know
00:28:47.29\00:28:51.06
that we agree with a
just Lord what do you say?
00:28:51.09\00:28:53.29
Audience: "Amen... "
00:28:53.33\00:28:54.66
Not somebody that's
going to try to find ways
00:28:54.70\00:28:56.53
to make you "lost,"
because the Bible says,
00:28:56.56\00:28:58.63
"He is not willing
that any should perish... "
00:28:58.67\00:29:00.64
that beautiful story of Joshua,
snatched, plucked from the fire,
00:29:00.67\00:29:07.51
every time you see a
story of salvation in the Bible,
00:29:07.54\00:29:10.51
you can always be sure
that the devil is angry.
00:29:10.55\00:29:13.58
Any time anybody is saved
from destruction that could come
00:29:13.62\00:29:18.05
the devil is angry,
"Well, you know what?
00:29:18.09\00:29:20.26
I don't care if he's angry"
00:29:20.29\00:29:22.62
I'm just glad that God knows
00:29:22.66\00:29:24.93
how to deliver the
Godly out of temptation
00:29:24.99\00:29:27.70
for he says, "No
temptation has overtaken you
00:29:27.73\00:29:30.37
but such as is common to
man: but God is faithful... "
00:29:30.43\00:29:33.13
God is what?
Audience: "Faithful... "
00:29:33.17\00:29:34.97
"who will not allow you
or suffer you to be tempted
00:29:35.00\00:29:37.41
above what you are able;
with every temptation... "
00:29:37.44\00:29:39.77
what does He do?
00:29:39.81\00:29:41.14
He makes a way of escape
that you may be able to bear it.
00:29:41.18\00:29:46.18
Audience: "Amen... "
00:29:46.21\00:29:47.55
So it's not just
about being forgiven
00:29:47.58\00:29:48.92
we have to consider the fact
that if we love Him so much...
00:29:48.95\00:29:53.32
if we love Him so much...
He's not going to change on us,
00:29:53.36\00:29:56.99
He's not going to change...
and I can tell you something,
00:29:57.03\00:30:00.66
when you get that
car, it's going to change,
00:30:00.70\00:30:02.66
does anybody know
what I'm talking about?
00:30:02.70\00:30:04.60
My wife and I
have a car from 1994,
00:30:04.63\00:30:07.87
it's got 201,000 miles
on it it still works...
00:30:07.90\00:30:13.24
now... now we got a newer car
00:30:13.27\00:30:16.34
but I'm keeping that car as a
reminder of where we came from.
00:30:16.38\00:30:20.55
"Honey, look at that car... "
00:30:20.58\00:30:22.32
and when I turn the key,
it just hum, yum... yum... yum
00:30:22.35\00:30:25.95
hums like a preacher
that wants to preach...
00:30:25.99\00:30:28.72
it hums beautifully,
00:30:28.76\00:30:30.66
it reminds me of how many
miles God has been faithful.
00:30:30.69\00:30:34.46
Audience: "Amen... "
00:30:34.50\00:30:35.83
That's how God is,
00:30:35.86\00:30:37.20
that's why I'm so
glad that the car changed
00:30:37.23\00:30:39.73
and the house is
going to need repairs
00:30:39.80\00:30:41.77
and you may
exceed your credit limit
00:30:41.80\00:30:43.74
but Jesus... in Hebrews
13 verse 8, the Bible says,
00:30:43.77\00:30:46.74
"Jesus Christ... " here it is...
00:30:46.78\00:30:48.78
"is the same
yesterday, today, and... "
00:30:48.81\00:30:51.45
for how long?
Audience: "Forever... "
00:30:51.48\00:30:54.08
He loves us today, He's
going to love us tomorrow,
00:30:54.12\00:30:57.19
if we call Him for
forgiveness today, He will...
00:30:57.22\00:30:59.22
so, if we call Him
tomorrow, He will...
00:30:59.25\00:31:00.89
somebody ought
to say, "Amen... "
00:31:00.92\00:31:02.26
Audience: "Amen... "
00:31:02.29\00:31:03.63
Not only that... he said,
00:31:03.66\00:31:04.99
when everything and
everyone has disappointed you
00:31:05.03\00:31:06.39
and when you feel deserted...
look at Hebrews 13 verse 5,
00:31:06.46\00:31:09.60
He says this to us,
00:31:09.66\00:31:11.00
those of us who are
in pain and hurting,
00:31:11.03\00:31:13.23
He says, "I will... " come on...
00:31:13.30\00:31:14.70
"never leave you
nor forsake you... "
00:31:14.74\00:31:17.67
who do you know
that can say that?
00:31:17.71\00:31:20.54
only God can say that,
00:31:20.58\00:31:23.31
only the Lord can say that,
00:31:23.35\00:31:26.25
that's why... this judgment
hour is a clear message,
00:31:26.28\00:31:29.08
you see, in the
judgment-hour message,
00:31:29.12\00:31:31.12
we don't have to
represent ourselves,
00:31:31.15\00:31:34.36
Jesus is the one
that represents us,
00:31:34.39\00:31:37.53
the belief that we are on trial
00:31:37.56\00:31:40.26
is true to a certain degree
00:31:40.30\00:31:42.96
follow me carefully tonight,
the belief that we are on trial
00:31:43.00\00:31:46.03
is true to a certain degree
00:31:46.07\00:31:48.00
pause...
00:31:48.04\00:31:51.21
but first we have
to look at the facts,
00:31:51.24\00:31:53.58
are you ready to
look at the facts?
00:31:53.61\00:31:55.91
here it is, what if
they examined your life
00:31:55.94\00:31:59.88
to find out how
righteous you are?
00:31:59.91\00:32:01.92
What would the conclusion be?
00:32:01.95\00:32:03.28
Isaiah 64 verse 6,
00:32:03.32\00:32:04.89
let's look at some
facts about ourselves,
00:32:04.92\00:32:07.06
if they examined your
life about your righteousness,
00:32:07.09\00:32:09.99
how true would this be of you?
00:32:10.03\00:32:11.89
Here's what the Bible says,
"For we are all like a... "
00:32:11.93\00:32:15.53
what? "unclean thing,"
00:32:15.56\00:32:17.33
"and... " how much?
00:32:17.37\00:32:19.03
"all our
righteousness's are like... "
00:32:19.07\00:32:22.34
what? "filthy rags... "
00:32:22.37\00:32:24.17
"We all fade as a... " what?
00:32:24.21\00:32:25.71
"leaf, And our
iniquities, like the wind,
00:32:25.77\00:32:28.51
have done... "
what? "taken us away... "
00:32:28.54\00:32:31.41
So, if your
righteousness... sorry...
00:32:31.48\00:32:34.55
if our
righteousness was on trial,
00:32:34.58\00:32:37.59
would there be any righteousness
on our own to be found?
00:32:37.62\00:32:41.32
Audience: "No... "
00:32:41.39\00:32:42.89
Okay, so let's just put
that to rest right away.
00:32:42.92\00:32:46.53
You will never be
righteous enough to be saved.
00:32:46.56\00:32:50.17
Pause...
00:32:50.20\00:32:52.50
Let me now bring
you into the picture,
00:32:52.53\00:32:54.94
"I'll never be righteous
enough to be saved... "
00:32:54.97\00:32:57.41
Pause...
00:32:57.44\00:32:59.21
But I'm so glad that ain't
the only verse in the Bible,
00:32:59.24\00:33:01.74
look at Jeremiah 33 verse 16,
00:33:01.78\00:33:04.38
you see, it is not
about our righteousness,
00:33:04.41\00:33:06.72
it's about the one
who stands in our behalf,
00:33:06.75\00:33:09.02
let's look at the
one who is righteous.
00:33:09.05\00:33:11.02
Jeremiah the prophet says,
In those days Judah will be"
00:33:11.05\00:33:15.49
what? Audience: "Saved... "
00:33:15.52\00:33:16.86
"And Jerusalem
will dwell... " how?
00:33:16.89\00:33:18.76
"safely. And this is the name
by which she will be called... "
00:33:18.79\00:33:23.97
you're ready? "THE
LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS."
00:33:24.00\00:33:27.17
Who is your
righteousness, what is His name?
00:33:27.20\00:33:30.37
"The Lord our righteousness... "
00:33:30.41\00:33:32.54
The Lord is the One by
which we find our righteousness.
00:33:32.57\00:33:36.41
That's a beautiful
thing because you know what?
00:33:36.44\00:33:38.41
I have a lot of
traits from my parents,
00:33:38.45\00:33:41.15
I don't want to
belittle the message at all,
00:33:41.18\00:33:44.22
I want to take it
to a human level...
00:33:44.29\00:33:45.62
but you can look at
yourself and you can tell,
00:33:45.65\00:33:47.36
"Well, he's got his
face like his mother,
00:33:47.39\00:33:48.89
he's got ears like his daddy,
00:33:48.92\00:33:50.56
he's got the height from
somebody in his family... "
00:33:50.59\00:33:53.03
something about us
resembles our parents,
00:33:53.06\00:33:54.76
the beauty of
the gospel is this,
00:33:54.83\00:33:57.03
one day we are going
to be just like our Father
00:33:57.07\00:34:00.24
and His name is
Jesus. Audience: "Amen... "
00:34:00.27\00:34:02.07
That's why Satan
accused me of my righteousness,
00:34:02.10\00:34:05.61
if Satan said of me,
"John is no good... "
00:34:05.64\00:34:09.94
do you know that
he would be right?
00:34:09.98\00:34:11.85
Look at Paul the Apostle,
00:34:11.91\00:34:14.95
for whatever reason,
Paul the Apostle agrees
00:34:14.98\00:34:17.92
with the enemy
on this statement,
00:34:17.95\00:34:19.79
the Bible says in
Romans 3 and verse 10,
00:34:19.82\00:34:21.89
"As it is written... "
00:34:21.92\00:34:24.06
let's all read that
together, are the saints ready?
00:34:24.09\00:34:26.13
"There is... " what?
Audience: "none righteous
00:34:26.16\00:34:29.36
no not one... "
00:34:29.43\00:34:32.07
so... so much for the
fact that you need more time
00:34:32.10\00:34:36.00
to work out your salvation
00:34:36.04\00:34:37.54
some people say,
"Pastor, you know,
00:34:37.61\00:34:40.51
I got a whole lot of issues,
well, I'm going to tell you,
00:34:40.54\00:34:44.91
you might know that
but God also knows that,
00:34:44.95\00:34:47.42
pause...
00:34:47.48\00:34:51.05
and then sometimes,
00:34:51.09\00:34:52.99
we don't even
spend time on our issues,
00:34:53.05\00:34:54.79
we say, "Sister So-and-so
has got a lot of issues
00:34:54.82\00:34:57.26
looking at other people's issues
00:34:57.29\00:35:00.60
in the time of judgment,
you'd better examine yourself
00:35:00.63\00:35:03.63
to see whether or
not you're in the faith
00:35:03.67\00:35:06.13
you need to
stand before the mirror
00:35:06.17\00:35:07.84
that reveals your
condition before God
00:35:07.90\00:35:09.67
so that you can
know where you stand
00:35:09.70\00:35:11.51
and what need
you have of Christ,
00:35:11.54\00:35:13.27
you see the fact of the matter
is... Satan magnifies our faults
00:35:13.31\00:35:16.44
he underlines our failures,
he amplifies our weaknesses
00:35:16.48\00:35:19.85
and then he broadcasts
our character malfunction,
00:35:19.88\00:35:23.32
everybody knows when you mess up
00:35:23.35\00:35:25.15
and for whatever reason,
church members like to...
00:35:25.19\00:35:28.72
when something goes
good, nobody knows about it,
00:35:28.76\00:35:32.23
I wish some of you
will make phone calls
00:35:32.26\00:35:35.10
to talk about the good
news. Audience: "Amen... "
00:35:35.13\00:35:37.17
Amen... Audience: "Amen... "
00:35:37.20\00:35:38.90
"I've been on the
phone for four hours"
00:35:38.93\00:35:40.87
I'm always praying that it
was a four-hour Bible Study
00:35:40.94\00:35:44.54
but in most cases it's not,
00:35:44.57\00:35:45.91
"Pastor messed up this week... "
00:35:45.97\00:35:48.61
"Ah ha, the
Deacon then blew it... "
00:35:48.64\00:35:51.95
and we talk about junk...
00:35:51.98\00:35:54.02
"Brother, don't
talk about junk... "
00:35:54.05\00:35:56.28
I said to my church members,
00:35:56.32\00:35:57.65
I said to those
people that love Facebook,
00:35:57.69\00:35:59.55
"I wish to God
people would use Facebook
00:35:59.59\00:36:01.72
to talk about
Jesus... " Audience: "Amen... "
00:36:01.76\00:36:03.93
Stop putting
your junk on Facebook,
00:36:03.96\00:36:07.86
as if people don't know
enough about you already,
00:36:07.90\00:36:10.87
and then when you get
tired of talking about yourself,
00:36:10.90\00:36:14.37
you just choose a
church member to talk about.
00:36:14.40\00:36:16.04
That's what the devil
does, he amplifies our faults,
00:36:16.07\00:36:19.91
he underlines our failures,
he magnifies our weaknesses
00:36:19.94\00:36:23.75
and then he broadcasts
our character malfunctions
00:36:23.78\00:36:26.88
so being accused by the devil
00:36:26.92\00:36:28.92
and being overcome by
Satan are not the same thing,
00:36:28.95\00:36:31.89
being accused by the devil
and being overcome by Satan
00:36:31.95\00:36:36.02
are not the same thing, but
to accuse is what Satan does
00:36:36.06\00:36:39.83
that's why I love it
when Revelation says,
00:36:39.86\00:36:42.00
"the accuser of our brethren
who accused you before our God
00:36:42.03\00:36:46.30
day and night has
been cast down... "
00:36:46.33\00:36:49.80
he's been kicked out,
he would stand in heaven
00:36:49.87\00:36:52.31
accusing everybody,
he loves to accuse...
00:36:52.34\00:36:54.51
so, when we fall
into that category,
00:36:54.54\00:36:56.68
we fail to realize that
being accused is one thing
00:36:56.71\00:36:59.91
but being overcome is another,
00:36:59.95\00:37:01.58
the devil does a good
job, he's supposed to accuse us
00:37:01.62\00:37:05.09
but we don't have to be overcome
00:37:05.12\00:37:07.79
by the power of
the enemy because
00:37:07.82\00:37:10.46
the power of God is greater.
00:37:10.53\00:37:12.96
Our Advocate is
greater than our adversary,
00:37:12.99\00:37:16.20
somebody ought
to say, "Amen... "
00:37:16.23\00:37:17.57
Audience: "Amen... "
00:37:17.60\00:37:18.93
Jehovah-nissi is more
powerful than our nemesis,
00:37:18.97\00:37:21.67
Jehovah-nissi...
Jesus is my banner...
00:37:21.70\00:37:24.97
our delivering archangel
00:37:25.01\00:37:28.51
is superior to our
scandalous archenemy
00:37:28.54\00:37:31.28
we got a Savior
that has never lost,
00:37:31.31\00:37:34.02
how many people will bet,
now, I'm not going to do this,
00:37:34.05\00:37:37.49
I don't talk about betting
00:37:37.55\00:37:38.89
but if you were
a gambling person,
00:37:38.92\00:37:40.82
would you bet on somebody
00:37:40.86\00:37:42.19
that you know loses
over and over and over again?
00:37:42.22\00:37:44.23
But how good would you feel
00:37:44.26\00:37:46.86
if you were to bet on
somebody that never lost?
00:37:46.90\00:37:48.36
Well, we don't
have to bet tonight
00:37:48.40\00:37:50.47
because with Jesus
there is no gamble,
00:37:50.50\00:37:52.43
with Jesus it's a sure thing,
00:37:52.47\00:37:54.34
that's why Paul the Apostle
in Romans 8 and verse 31...
00:37:54.37\00:37:57.11
he says these words,
00:37:57.17\00:37:58.51
oh I love these words,
00:37:58.54\00:37:59.87
"What then shall we
say of these things?"
00:37:59.91\00:38:02.08
Come on... let's say together...
00:38:02.11\00:38:03.45
"If God is for us,
who can be against us?"
00:38:03.48\00:38:09.32
If He is for us,
who's going to hit you?
00:38:09.35\00:38:15.29
When I was in High School,
a little young man just...
00:38:15.32\00:38:20.70
going to... I left...
00:38:20.73\00:38:22.06
I was in public high school,
I used to be a little puny kid,
00:38:22.13\00:38:25.33
please don't say anything...
Audience: Laughter...
00:38:25.37\00:38:28.00
I used to be skinnier than this
00:38:28.07\00:38:30.31
and I remember
entering high school
00:38:30.34\00:38:32.84
tough high school
in Brooklyn, New York,
00:38:32.87\00:38:34.64
bad high school...
00:38:34.68\00:38:36.95
where they had fights
almost every other day,
00:38:36.98\00:38:38.55
fighting the teachers,
setting a classroom on fire,
00:38:38.58\00:38:41.65
beating up kids
outside of school,
00:38:41.68\00:38:43.32
I was absent from
school that year... 42 days,
00:38:43.35\00:38:46.72
I just wouldn't go,
00:38:46.76\00:38:48.12
I was tired of being
picked on, I wouldn't go,
00:38:48.16\00:38:50.39
so, one day my sister
caught me playing hooky,
00:38:50.43\00:38:52.19
and she said, "Why
don't you go to school?"
00:38:52.23\00:38:54.20
I said, "I'm afraid to
go... " she said, "Why?"
00:38:54.23\00:38:56.56
I said, "Because
somebody stole my bus pass... "
00:38:56.60\00:38:58.87
they give you a pass to
take the bus for free...
00:38:58.90\00:39:01.14
I said, "A guy
stole my bus pass,"
00:39:01.17\00:39:02.87
she said, "Who?"
00:39:02.90\00:39:04.31
I gave her his name,
00:39:04.34\00:39:05.67
she said, "I'm coming to
your school tomorrow... "
00:39:05.71\00:39:08.88
my big sister brought
her friend another big girl,
00:39:08.91\00:39:12.05
amen... big
ladies... Audience: "Amen... "
00:39:12.08\00:39:14.22
She came with a super
charged Brooklyn attitude,
00:39:14.25\00:39:21.59
"Who is he that
took your bus pass?"
00:39:21.62\00:39:24.16
I said, "There he is... "
00:39:24.19\00:39:25.53
and she said, "Go
and hit him on the chest"
00:39:25.56\00:39:28.53
I said, "Hit him in the chest?
00:39:28.56\00:39:30.70
I got to go to school here
00:39:30.77\00:39:32.83
when you go back to
where you came from... "
00:39:32.87\00:39:34.60
She said, "If you don't
hit him, I'm going to hit you"
00:39:34.64\00:39:36.71
well, that will
change a whole lot of things,
00:39:36.74\00:39:38.57
so before I was
converted, I went...
00:39:38.61\00:39:40.84
found all those
skinny muscles I had
00:39:40.88\00:39:43.04
and hit him with all I had
00:39:43.11\00:39:44.51
and she looked
at him and she said,
00:39:44.58\00:39:45.91
"Don't you ever take anything
from my brother, you got that?"
00:39:45.95\00:39:47.88
I found out that my
sister was "badder" than...
00:39:47.92\00:39:50.95
I won't give his name,
he might be watching this,
00:39:50.99\00:39:53.99
he might be converted by now,
00:39:54.02\00:39:55.36
I found out my sister
was "badder" than my nemesis,
00:39:55.39\00:39:58.16
I want to tell you,
00:39:58.19\00:39:59.53
"Jesus is
'badder' than my sister"
00:39:59.56\00:40:01.06
and she's still bad,
00:40:01.10\00:40:03.03
she works for the Police
Department in New York City
00:40:03.06\00:40:05.67
and the Fire
Department, she's that bad...
00:40:05.73\00:40:07.94
if you get arrested,
she'll process you...
00:40:07.97\00:40:10.11
if your house is on
fire, she'll help put it out,
00:40:10.14\00:40:11.87
that's how it works...
00:40:11.94\00:40:14.68
Jesus could do
both things, He can...
00:40:14.71\00:40:17.31
He can light you up and cool
you down when you need to be
00:40:17.35\00:40:19.88
that's why... let's...
let's pause for a moment...
00:40:19.91\00:40:22.42
let's just adjust real quickly,
00:40:22.45\00:40:23.79
now, what's true
about Adam and Eve,
00:40:23.82\00:40:25.69
is also true about us,
00:40:25.72\00:40:27.82
if we go back to the beginning
to the first transgression
00:40:27.86\00:40:31.73
of our parents,
there's a powerful parallel
00:40:31.76\00:40:34.40
between sin,
salvation, judgment and victory,
00:40:34.43\00:40:37.07
that is also true about us,
00:40:37.10\00:40:38.87
let's look at that very quickly,
are you ready? Here we go...
00:40:38.93\00:40:40.70
let's look at Genesis
chapter 3 and verse 9,
00:40:40.74\00:40:43.14
it's true about them,
it must be true about us,
00:40:43.17\00:40:45.31
now, the reason I'm going
back to Adam and Eve is this
00:40:45.37\00:40:47.14
you see, this plan of salvation
00:40:47.18\00:40:49.94
at first applied just
to two people, to how many?
00:40:49.98\00:40:53.42
Two... now it has
applied to billions
00:40:53.45\00:40:56.65
but the plan of
salvation for Adam and Eve
00:40:56.69\00:41:00.72
is the same plan of
salvation for you and for me,
00:41:00.76\00:41:03.89
same plan but
let's look at this,
00:41:03.93\00:41:05.66
what's the first thing
the Lord did when they sinned?
00:41:05.69\00:41:08.66
Here it is,
Genesis 3 and verse 9,
00:41:08.73\00:41:10.80
and the Lord said,
"the LORD called to Adam and
00:41:10.83\00:41:13.27
said to Adam...
" what did he say?
00:41:13.34\00:41:14.67
"Where are you?" The
good news of the judgment
00:41:14.70\00:41:18.54
is when Adam fell into sin,
Jesus came looking for Adam.
00:41:18.57\00:41:22.74
Adam did not have to
go looking for Jesus,
00:41:22.81\00:41:26.45
Jesus came looking for Adam,
which is true about who He is,
00:41:26.48\00:41:30.85
the very first thing
that the Lord does for us,
00:41:30.89\00:41:33.12
the reason why the Lord
came to this earth to find us
00:41:33.15\00:41:35.92
the Bible says, Luke 19:10,
00:41:35.96\00:41:38.39
"For the Son of Man has come
to seek and to save... " what?
00:41:38.43\00:41:43.10
"that which was lost... "
00:41:43.13\00:41:45.37
the first truth
about the judgment is this,
00:41:45.40\00:41:48.57
the commitment of
Jesus in four words,
00:41:48.60\00:41:51.51
"I will find you... "
00:41:51.54\00:41:54.54
and you know what friends,
He doesn't find us to accuse us,
00:41:54.58\00:41:58.35
because we already
know what we've done,
00:41:58.38\00:42:00.72
He didn't say to
Adam, "You know what?
00:42:00.75\00:42:03.08
I don't know why I made you"
00:42:03.12\00:42:04.85
He could have said,
00:42:04.89\00:42:07.22
"Adam, you are a poor
representative of this earth"
00:42:07.26\00:42:09.72
he could have said,
"As a matter of fact,
00:42:09.76\00:42:12.23
I'm doing this over,
00:42:12.26\00:42:13.60
I ain't making
no more men like you
00:42:13.63\00:42:15.43
let me get this
thing done all over... "
00:42:15.46\00:42:17.47
but he came to Adam and
look at the next thing he did,
00:42:17.50\00:42:20.10
Genesis 3 and verse
13, first He comes to us...
00:42:20.14\00:42:23.71
first He does what friends?
00:42:23.74\00:42:25.81
He what? He comes to find us
00:42:25.84\00:42:27.84
He doesn't wait for
us to try to find Him
00:42:27.88\00:42:29.98
He comes to find us in our sin,
00:42:30.01\00:42:32.05
the Bible says,
Genesis 3 and verse 13,
00:42:32.08\00:42:34.32
the next thing
Jesus does is this,
00:42:34.35\00:42:36.08
"And the LORD God
said to the woman,
00:42:36.12\00:42:38.09
'What is this you have done?'"
00:42:38.12\00:42:40.72
the second thing He
does... when He finds us...
00:42:40.76\00:42:44.63
Brother Elder, is
this... He asks us to confess,
00:42:44.66\00:42:48.53
"What have you done?"
00:42:48.56\00:42:49.93
Because... because
this is the fact...
00:42:49.96\00:42:54.67
"If we confess, He is faithful
and just... " to do what?
00:42:54.70\00:42:57.41
"forgive... " but
you've got to confess...
00:42:57.44\00:42:58.91
You see in order to
appreciate the forgiveness,
00:42:58.94\00:43:00.64
you have to understand and know
00:43:00.68\00:43:02.01
and admit to what
you've been forgiven from,
00:43:02.04\00:43:04.65
so when you say,
"Oh, I forgive you... "
00:43:04.71\00:43:07.08
some people say,
"Well, I forgive you... "
00:43:07.12\00:43:09.45
and then they say, "For
what, what have I done?"
00:43:09.48\00:43:12.02
That's why you should
never say to somebody,
00:43:12.05\00:43:14.56
"If I offended
you, I am sorry... "
00:43:14.59\00:43:16.99
That means,
you're not even sorry
00:43:17.03\00:43:19.36
because... you haven't even
agreed that you offended me,
00:43:19.39\00:43:22.06
you got to agree
that you did something
00:43:22.10\00:43:24.63
"Just in case I did get
you upset, I'm sorry... "
00:43:24.70\00:43:28.07
that's not an apology,
00:43:28.10\00:43:30.11
that's a glass with holes
in it, can't hold water...
00:43:30.14\00:43:34.38
"amen" somebody...
00:43:34.41\00:43:35.74
The Lord leads us to
confess so we could know
00:43:35.78\00:43:39.01
Proverbs 28 and verse
13, and the wise men later on
00:43:39.05\00:43:42.72
began to put all
these parameters of Genesis
00:43:42.75\00:43:45.09
into the other
portions of the Scripture,
00:43:45.12\00:43:47.39
here's what Proverbs
says, Proverbs 28 verse 13,
00:43:47.42\00:43:50.43
the Bible says, "He
who covers his sins... "
00:43:50.46\00:43:53.43
shall what? "will not prosper,
00:43:53.46\00:43:55.26
But whoever... " does what?
00:43:55.30\00:43:57.07
"confesses
and... " and what else?
00:43:57.10\00:43:59.00
"forsakes them
will have... " what?
00:43:59.03\00:44:00.97
"mercy... " you
got to first admit
00:44:01.00\00:44:02.94
you need to be forgiven
00:44:02.97\00:44:04.97
but you got to not
only ask for forgiveness
00:44:05.01\00:44:07.04
but you've got to
forsake that thing,
00:44:07.08\00:44:08.68
because God is not into
what they call recidivism,
00:44:08.71\00:44:12.25
which just means...
some people... over and over
00:44:12.28\00:44:15.75
and over and over...
00:44:15.78\00:44:18.02
it's like, "Will
you ever be delivered?"
00:44:18.05\00:44:20.86
I believe that God
is a greater deliverer
00:44:20.92\00:44:23.69
than Satan is a deceiver
00:44:23.73\00:44:25.19
but the third thing
He did in the garden
00:44:25.23\00:44:28.56
that is a message to us today,
00:44:28.60\00:44:29.96
look at verse 21
of Genesis chapter 3,
00:44:30.00\00:44:31.90
let's move with expedition...
00:44:31.93\00:44:35.20
the third thing He did is,
00:44:35.24\00:44:38.47
He provides
atonement and righteousness,
00:44:38.51\00:44:40.54
notice what He did,
"Unto Adam... " the Bible says,
00:44:40.58\00:44:43.85
"also and to his wife did
the LORD God make... " what?
00:44:43.88\00:44:47.12
"coats of skins... "
and what else did He do?
00:44:47.15\00:44:50.49
"He clothed them... "
00:44:50.52\00:44:52.79
In the Bible when you read
00:44:52.82\00:44:54.36
about God putting
clothes on anybody,
00:44:54.39\00:44:56.42
it's a symbol of
His righteousness
00:44:56.46\00:44:58.46
see... they made aprons...
00:44:58.49\00:45:00.16
God said, You ain't coming
to church in an apron... "
00:45:00.20\00:45:02.56
come one help me out somebody...
00:45:02.60\00:45:04.60
I'm not even going there tonight
00:45:04.63\00:45:06.60
but God knows that
the way we dress ourselves
00:45:06.63\00:45:10.47
and the way He clothes us
is quite a different story,
00:45:10.51\00:45:15.08
which means as Isaiah 4:1...
00:45:15.11\00:45:18.01
the declaration
they made as Isaiah 4
00:45:18.08\00:45:19.58
is not a text, He says,
00:45:19.61\00:45:20.95
"We will eat our own
bread, and wear our own apparel:
00:45:20.98\00:45:24.55
only let us be
called by your name,
00:45:24.59\00:45:26.89
to take away our reproach. "
00:45:26.92\00:45:28.52
There are folk today that have
00:45:28.56\00:45:30.03
their own standard
of righteousness...
00:45:30.06\00:45:31.69
the standard of righteousness
is God's Ten Commandments
00:45:31.73\00:45:34.73
but He says to us,
00:45:34.76\00:45:36.46
"I will cover you...
I will clothe you... "
00:45:36.50\00:45:39.17
look at Isaiah 61 and verse 10,
00:45:39.20\00:45:41.14
here's how the Bible amplifies
00:45:41.17\00:45:43.04
what's found in
the book of Genesis,
00:45:43.07\00:45:44.44
the prophet says,
00:45:44.47\00:45:47.34
"I will greatly
rejoice in the LORD,
00:45:47.38\00:45:48.94
My soul shall be... " what?
00:45:48.98\00:45:50.48
"joyful in my God... "
00:45:50.51\00:45:52.05
why can we rejoice tonight
about where we are in Jesus?
00:45:52.08\00:45:55.45
Let's say together,
"For He has... " done what?
00:45:55.48\00:45:57.75
"clothed me with
garments of... " what?
00:45:57.79\00:46:00.42
"salvation... "
what else has He done?
00:46:00.46\00:46:02.76
"He has... " what?
00:46:02.82\00:46:04.16
"covered me with the
robe of righteousness... "
00:46:04.19\00:46:07.10
and He did that by
killing an animal...
00:46:07.13\00:46:10.10
and I will suggest to you
the evidence I have so far,
00:46:10.13\00:46:13.67
is the first
animal that was slain
00:46:13.70\00:46:16.20
was slain to cover the
nakedness of Adam and Eve.
00:46:16.24\00:46:20.64
Audience: "Amen... "
00:46:20.68\00:46:22.38
That's why John in
the end of the Bible says,
00:46:22.41\00:46:24.68
"Jesus... " Revelation 13:8,
00:46:24.71\00:46:26.72
"The Lamb slain
from the... " what?
00:46:26.75\00:46:29.08
"foundation of the world. "
00:46:29.12\00:46:32.02
The same thing that
needed to happen in Genesis,
00:46:32.05\00:46:35.76
is still
available in Revelation,
00:46:35.82\00:46:38.16
but let's look
at the fourth thing.
00:46:38.19\00:46:40.53
He not only atones and covers us
but He assures eternal victory
00:46:40.56\00:46:46.40
over Satan and sin,
Genesis 3 and verse 15,
00:46:46.43\00:46:48.90
it's amazing, the
entire Plan of Salvation
00:46:48.94\00:46:51.37
is in Genesis chapter 3,
00:46:51.41\00:46:52.91
verse 15, the Bible says,
this is the assurance text,
00:46:52.94\00:46:56.95
"I will put... " what?
00:46:56.98\00:46:58.85
"enmity... " look what else,
"Between you and the woman,
00:46:58.88\00:47:02.92
And between... " what?
00:47:02.95\00:47:04.29
"your seed and... " what?
00:47:04.32\00:47:05.65
"her seed; He
shall bruise your head,
00:47:05.69\00:47:07.49
And you shall bruise
His... " what? "heel... "
00:47:07.52\00:47:09.66
Now, Sister... keep
that up there for a moment
00:47:09.72\00:47:11.83
I want you to notice
something on the screen,
00:47:11.86\00:47:13.36
look at the word, "between"
00:47:13.40\00:47:14.80
bring it back up
there, there it is...
00:47:14.83\00:47:16.33
the word,
"between" has a capital "B"
00:47:16.36\00:47:19.83
the word "Seed"
has a capital "S"
00:47:19.87\00:47:23.27
let me suggest to you tonight
in my theological research
00:47:23.30\00:47:27.31
I discovered...
"thank you Jesus... "
00:47:27.34\00:47:29.64
I didn't discover
anything, He revealed it to me,
00:47:29.68\00:47:33.18
I learned for the first
time my Brothers and Sisters,
00:47:33.21\00:47:36.69
that this is the
first time in history
00:47:36.72\00:47:39.89
that Jesus was introduced as
the man called, "Between... "
00:47:39.92\00:47:45.29
Audience: "Amen... "
00:47:45.33\00:47:46.66
Ooooh! this is
deep... are you ready for it?
00:47:46.70\00:47:48.90
because He is the One
that's between heaven and hell,
00:47:48.96\00:47:52.00
between us being lost and saved,
00:47:52.03\00:47:54.20
between us staying in
darkness or coming into light,
00:47:54.24\00:47:57.27
he is the man between
but let me make my case clear
00:47:57.31\00:48:00.18
1st Timothy 2 and verse 15,
look at what the Bible says,
00:48:00.21\00:48:03.45
"For there is one
God and one Mediator... "
00:48:03.48\00:48:06.58
what's the next
word? "between God and men,
00:48:06.61\00:48:09.35
that Man... " who?
00:48:09.38\00:48:10.92
"Christ Jesus... "
00:48:10.99\00:48:12.32
He is the "between God"
can somebody say, "amen?"
00:48:12.35\00:48:14.52
Audience: "Amen... "
00:48:14.56\00:48:15.89
You are here... and
then you met the Man between
00:48:15.92\00:48:17.33
and then He took you here...
00:48:17.36\00:48:18.69
but let's not stop there,
I need some more evidence,
00:48:18.73\00:48:21.06
that's what you're
asking for, Genesis 31 verse 49,
00:48:21.10\00:48:23.53
look what the Bible says,
00:48:23.57\00:48:24.90
Abraham said this
to his cousin, Lot,
00:48:24.93\00:48:27.00
"The LORD watch... " where?
00:48:27.04\00:48:28.50
"between me and thee,
while we are... " what?
00:48:28.54\00:48:31.61
"absent one from another. "
00:48:31.64\00:48:34.24
The Man between
earth and heaven is Jesus.
00:48:34.28\00:48:37.45
Audience: "Amen... "
00:48:37.51\00:48:38.85
That's why it's sad
when people pray to Mary,
00:48:38.88\00:48:40.55
Mary can't do... I need
my breath for something else,
00:48:40.58\00:48:47.42
Mary can't help you,
00:48:47.46\00:48:50.19
there ain't enough
beads that you can pray
00:48:50.23\00:48:55.50
to get help from Mary...
00:48:55.56\00:48:57.13
first of all, she did
not survive her death,
00:48:57.17\00:49:00.64
she was chosen by God to
be the delivery for Jesus,
00:49:00.67\00:49:09.31
not to be eternal like Jesus,
00:49:09.34\00:49:12.55
that's why when
you see these statues
00:49:12.58\00:49:15.65
of big Mary and
little Jesus, it's like...
00:49:15.68\00:49:17.99
like He never grew up,
00:49:18.02\00:49:19.82
oh, my Brothers and
Sisters, He grew up,
00:49:19.85\00:49:22.06
He's the almighty One,
somebody say, "amen... "
00:49:22.09\00:49:24.66
He's the One that's sitting
on the right hand of the Father,
00:49:24.69\00:49:26.93
there is no lady up there,
00:49:26.96\00:49:28.30
that's why you should
never pray, "Mother God... "
00:49:28.33\00:49:30.07
there is no "Mother God... "
00:49:30.10\00:49:31.43
His name is Jesus...
the Man Christ Jesus...
00:49:31.47\00:49:35.77
that's why the earthly
Sanctuary services had to end,
00:49:35.80\00:49:40.41
you see, Jesus died
because this Sanctuary service
00:49:40.44\00:49:45.01
was a constant symbol of what
was between earth and heaven
00:49:45.05\00:49:50.32
and when this earthly service
accomplished its purpose,
00:49:50.35\00:49:55.59
it was no longer needed
to be between us and God,
00:49:55.62\00:49:59.19
here is the reason,
let me break it down,
00:49:59.26\00:50:01.33
the earthly priest
could never be sinless
00:50:01.36\00:50:03.93
like our High Priest
Jesus, isn't that right?
00:50:03.97\00:50:06.43
the earthly lamb could
never be as spotless as Jesus,
00:50:06.47\00:50:09.97
the only blood that
could atone for our sin is
00:50:10.01\00:50:12.94
the blood of who? Jesus...
00:50:12.97\00:50:14.71
the only water
that can wash us away...
00:50:14.74\00:50:17.08
the only bread that can
satisfy the hungry soul,
00:50:17.11\00:50:19.58
the only candle that can bring
light to us in this dark world
00:50:19.61\00:50:23.49
His name is... Jesus...
00:50:23.52\00:50:26.02
that's why the
Apostle Paul says this,
00:50:26.05\00:50:28.26
in Ephesians 2 and verse
14, "For he is our... " what?
00:50:28.29\00:50:34.40
"peace, who hath made both
one, and... " how did He do it?
00:50:34.43\00:50:40.50
"and hath broken
down the... " what?
00:50:40.54\00:50:42.94
"middle wall of
partition... " where?
00:50:43.00\00:50:45.37
"between us... "
00:50:45.41\00:50:47.51
The Sanctuary services...
there are those folk that think
00:50:47.54\00:50:50.65
they need to go
back and keep the feasts,
00:50:50.68\00:50:53.92
you need to keep Jesus...
00:50:53.95\00:50:56.08
there are people
that are talking about...
00:50:56.12\00:50:59.19
"we need to go back
and keep the feasts... "
00:50:59.22\00:51:02.22
some people don't even know
how to keep the commandments yet
00:51:02.26\00:51:05.33
and now they're
trying to impose on you...
00:51:05.36\00:51:08.30
"We need to keep the feasts"
00:51:08.33\00:51:09.66
well, I'm going to tell you,
Jesus is our Passover supper,
00:51:09.70\00:51:13.27
Jesus is our Passover Lamb,
00:51:13.30\00:51:14.84
He is the One by
which we are saved,
00:51:14.87\00:51:17.07
His blood was shed,
you can't keep any feasts
00:51:17.11\00:51:20.04
to be saved...
00:51:20.08\00:51:21.48
you're only saved by
the merits of Christ,
00:51:21.51\00:51:23.85
that's why Jesus
did something else,
00:51:23.88\00:51:26.68
number five, Jesus
provided forgiveness
00:51:26.72\00:51:29.48
for.. and power over...
00:51:29.52\00:51:31.65
that's why the same
grace that Jesus gave to Mary,
00:51:31.69\00:51:34.79
He gives to us,
00:51:34.82\00:51:36.16
notice what He
said to this woman
00:51:36.19\00:51:37.53
who was cast at His feet,
00:51:37.56\00:51:39.13
John 8 and verse 11,
John 8 and verse 11...
00:51:39.16\00:51:42.00
let's go
quickly, He said to her,
00:51:42.03\00:51:44.27
"Neither do I... " do what?
00:51:44.30\00:51:45.80
"condemn thee:
go, and... " do what?
00:51:45.83\00:51:47.94
"sin no more... "
00:51:47.97\00:51:49.30
now, He said to her,
"I don't condemn you... "
00:51:49.34\00:51:52.24
and let me say this tonight,
00:51:52.27\00:51:53.61
the judgment is
not for the purpose
00:51:53.64\00:51:55.28
of condemning His children,
00:51:55.34\00:51:56.75
even though it begins
at the house of God...
00:51:56.78\00:51:59.25
1st Peter 4:17, it is
not for the purpose of
00:51:59.31\00:52:01.75
killing His children,
00:52:01.78\00:52:03.85
it is for the purpose of
vindicating His children.
00:52:03.89\00:52:07.56
And by the way when you say,
00:52:07.59\00:52:10.26
"the judgment... the hour
of His judgment has come,"
00:52:10.33\00:52:13.36
get this right,
00:52:13.40\00:52:14.76
the accusation that
Satan made was not against us,
00:52:14.80\00:52:18.20
the accusation that
Satan made was against Christ,
00:52:18.23\00:52:21.60
so if Satan proves
Christ to be a liar,
00:52:21.64\00:52:25.37
we are all lost,
00:52:25.41\00:52:26.74
but when Jesus is
vindicated, so are we.
00:52:26.78\00:52:30.61
Audience: "Amen... "
00:52:30.65\00:52:31.98
If you're in Him and He is
vindicated... you got it made.
00:52:32.01\00:52:35.52
When he is declared
righteous, so are we,
00:52:35.55\00:52:39.22
the judgment is terrifying
00:52:39.25\00:52:41.66
if you don't have
Jesus as your judge,
00:52:41.69\00:52:43.12
it can be frightening if you
don't have Him as your Lawyer,
00:52:43.19\00:52:45.76
it can be fearful if you
don't know Him as your Savior,
00:52:45.79\00:52:49.16
point number 6, Jesus removes
the fear of the judgment,
00:52:49.20\00:52:52.53
Jesus removes the
fear of the judgment,
00:52:52.57\00:52:55.30
you see, if I represented
myself in the judgment,
00:52:55.34\00:52:57.97
I can tell you the
outcome, I would be lost,
00:52:58.01\00:53:00.08
but let's listen to the
writer of Hebrews once again,
00:53:00.11\00:53:02.48
tonight, I haven't come
to tell you how bad you are,
00:53:02.51\00:53:05.25
I've come tonight to
introduce you to my Lawyer,
00:53:05.28\00:53:07.18
is that all right?
00:53:07.22\00:53:08.65
Hebrews 7 verse
25... let's move on...
00:53:08.68\00:53:10.92
you can begin playing
softly Brother Neville,
00:53:10.95\00:53:13.32
you can begin
playing softly that song,
00:53:13.36\00:53:16.56
"Softly and tenderly... "
whatever I told you to play,
00:53:16.62\00:53:20.20
you just play that
softly on the piano,
00:53:20.23\00:53:21.70
tonight... listen to my
lawyer, listen to His resume,
00:53:21.73\00:53:25.57
here's what He says,
00:53:25.60\00:53:26.94
this is His resume,
are you ready for it?
00:53:26.97\00:53:28.60
the Bible says,
"Therefore... " Hebrews 7:25...
00:53:28.67\00:53:31.57
"Therefore He is able
to save to the... " what?
00:53:31.61\00:53:34.51
"uttermost those who come to God
00:53:34.54\00:53:38.41
through Him,
00:53:38.48\00:53:40.02
since He always
lives to make... " what?
00:53:40.05\00:53:42.98
"intercession for them... "
only Jesus... tonight friends...
00:53:43.02\00:53:47.89
only Jesus can save you
as we say in New York...
00:53:47.92\00:53:51.33
from the
"guttermost to the uttermost"
00:53:51.36\00:53:53.46
only Jesus can do that...
00:53:53.50\00:53:55.93
that's why I'm not
preaching about what I can do,
00:53:55.96\00:53:59.20
I'm preaching
about what Jesus can do,
00:53:59.23\00:54:01.67
let me tell you what else,
00:54:01.70\00:54:03.10
I got some other people
in the Bible to testify,
00:54:03.14\00:54:05.21
I asked Isaiah...
and he said to me,
00:54:05.24\00:54:07.58
"Who can turn a
profane man into a prophet?"
00:54:07.61\00:54:10.31
And Isaiah said, "Jesus can... "
00:54:10.35\00:54:11.75
so I said, "Peter,
what do you have to say?"
00:54:11.78\00:54:14.68
Peter said, "Who can
turn a liar into a preacher?"
00:54:14.72\00:54:17.45
Peter said, "Jesus can... "
00:54:17.49\00:54:19.42
so I went to David,
00:54:19.45\00:54:21.62
that man that went
to bed with Bathsheba
00:54:21.66\00:54:23.66
and I said,
00:54:23.69\00:54:25.03
"David, who can turn an
adulterer into the son of God?"
00:54:25.06\00:54:27.80
and he said, "Jesus can... "
00:54:27.83\00:54:29.30
but I didn't stop there,
00:54:29.33\00:54:31.67
I said, "Rahab, who can turn a
prostitute into an evangelist?"
00:54:31.70\00:54:34.74
and she said, "Jesus can... "
00:54:34.77\00:54:36.10
if you don't
believe me, ask my cousin,
00:54:36.14\00:54:37.81
the woman at the well,
she has the same testimony...
00:54:37.84\00:54:40.64
Audience: "Amen... "
00:54:40.68\00:54:42.01
Who can turn a
persecutor into a soul winner?
00:54:42.04\00:54:44.55
Paul said, "Ah, ask Saul... "
00:54:44.58\00:54:46.95
laughing...
00:54:46.98\00:54:49.02
He turned Saul into Paul...
00:54:49.05\00:54:50.39
he said, "You got to ask Saul
00:54:50.42\00:54:51.75
because I'm the one
that's been delivered... "
00:54:51.79\00:54:53.12
come on somebody
say "amen" tonight.
00:54:53.15\00:54:54.49
Audience: "Amen... "
00:54:54.52\00:54:55.86
You see, Jesus
knows that our character
00:54:55.89\00:54:57.23
cannot endure the judgment,
00:54:57.26\00:54:58.59
and His entire mission
can be summed up very simply,
00:54:58.63\00:55:02.96
He covers us... I
got to get this in...
00:55:03.00\00:55:05.60
these are my closing
two texts, are you ready?
00:55:05.63\00:55:08.07
He covers us with
His righteousness...
00:55:08.10\00:55:11.44
He covers us
with His righteousness
00:55:11.47\00:55:15.24
while He works on our character.
00:55:15.28\00:55:18.98
Audience: "Amen.. amen... "
00:55:19.01\00:55:20.48
So if you don't
look like Him yet,
00:55:20.52\00:55:25.85
hold on... have you
ever seen those houses...
00:55:25.89\00:55:28.39
not too far from
here there's a building
00:55:28.42\00:55:30.69
covered from top
to bottom in cloth...
00:55:30.73\00:55:32.96
you see what I'm talking about?
00:55:32.99\00:55:34.33
When they construct...
00:55:34.36\00:55:35.70
I noticed in London,
they cover stuff with cloth,
00:55:35.73\00:55:37.07
you can't see what's
going on in the inside
00:55:37.10\00:55:39.23
but one day the
cloth is no longer there
00:55:39.30\00:55:40.97
and you say, "Wow!
00:55:41.00\00:55:42.34
I was wondering what they
were doing all those months... "
00:55:42.37\00:55:47.18
as a matter of fact,
in some cases... years...
00:55:47.21\00:55:49.24
and they remove the
drapery and they say, "Wow!"
00:55:49.31\00:55:51.28
One day, God is going to
remove the drapery of your sin
00:55:51.31\00:55:54.92
and you're going to look
like... let's get some evidence,
00:55:54.98\00:55:58.55
here we go... 1st
John 3 and verse 1 and 2,
00:55:58.59\00:56:00.46
here is what the
Bible says, "Beloved... "
00:56:00.49\00:56:01.82
come on let's read together...
00:56:01.86\00:56:03.19
"Beloved... "
when? Audience: "now... "
00:56:03.22\00:56:05.19
"Beloved" when?
Audience: "now... "
00:56:05.23\00:56:07.13
"Beloved... "
when? Audience: "now... "
00:56:07.20\00:56:09.03
"now we are the
children of God... "
00:56:09.06\00:56:10.87
when are we God's children?
00:56:10.90\00:56:12.60
Tonight...
Audience: "Tonight... "
00:56:12.63\00:56:13.97
"and it has not yet been
revealed what we shall be... "
00:56:14.00\00:56:18.41
He's still working on me...
00:56:18.44\00:56:19.77
but here's the word of
assurance "but we know... "
00:56:19.81\00:56:22.91
say together with me,
00:56:22.94\00:56:24.28
"but we know that
when He is revealed,
00:56:24.31\00:56:27.62
we shall be like Him... " why?
00:56:27.65\00:56:31.95
Audience: "Amen... "
00:56:31.99\00:56:33.32
ooooh! they're going
to take that curtain away
00:56:33.36\00:56:35.26
they're going to
say, "John, is that you?"
00:56:35.29\00:56:37.39
"Brother Paul, is that you?"
00:56:37.43\00:56:40.33
"Brother Ed... is
that our... Head...
00:56:40.36\00:56:42.53
the same guy
that was in Croydon?"
00:56:42.56\00:56:44.70
Audience: "Amen... "
00:56:44.73\00:56:46.10
Yes, it is...
00:56:46.13\00:56:47.80
we shall be like Him for
we shall see Him as He is...
00:56:47.84\00:56:50.11
and finally the judgment is
not to bring fear in our hearts
00:56:50.14\00:56:54.01
but to bring blessed assurance
00:56:54.08\00:56:56.75
I've got to give it
to you, 1st John 4:17...
00:56:56.78\00:56:58.65
my last text,
"Love has been perfected
00:56:58.68\00:57:01.78
among us in this:
that we may have boldness
00:57:01.85\00:57:05.92
in the day of judgment... "
00:57:05.95\00:57:07.86
why? "because as He is,
00:57:07.89\00:57:09.92
so are we... " when?
00:57:09.99\00:57:11.96
"in this world... " right now...
00:57:11.99\00:57:15.36
now, I don't know
if you caught that,
00:57:15.40\00:57:18.03
we are like Jesus because of
His righteousness right now...
00:57:18.07\00:57:24.51
He has covered us
00:57:24.54\00:57:26.31
so when the Father
sees His Son reflected...
00:57:26.34\00:57:29.98
He accepts us in behalf of
the righteousness of His Son,
00:57:30.01\00:57:35.08
He sees His Son...
00:57:35.15\00:57:37.79
Brother Paul... when
the Lord looks at you,
00:57:37.85\00:57:39.82
He sees the Son...
00:57:39.85\00:57:41.26