>> COMING UP NEXT ON
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"AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS."
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>> ANYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR
ANY CREATURE, FOR ANY PERSON WHO
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IS HURTING TO RELIEVE THEIR
SUFFERING, YOU'VE DONE SOMETHING
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TO LIGHTEN THE LOAD OF PAIN
THAT GOD FEELS IN THIS WORLD.
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>> FOR OVER 40 YEARS,
"AMAZING FACTS" HAS BEEN
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DEDICATED TO SHARING
GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA.
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THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS
FROM SOME OF OUR BEST TELEVISION
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BROADCASTS.
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WE INVITE YOU TO SIT
BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION OF
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"AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS."
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TODAY'S PRESENTATION
IS AN EXCERPT FROM THE
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"SACRAMENTO CENTRAL
STUDY HOUR" VIDEO SERIES.
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>> TODAY'S LESSON IS LESSON
NUMBER 12 IN OUR STUDY GUIDE
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DEALING WITH
MISSION IN COMMISSION.
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THE MEMORY VERSE IS
LUKE 24:46, LUKE 24:46.
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AND I HOPE YOU'LL
SAY THAT WITH ME, OKAY.
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GIVE ME SOME BACK UP HERE.
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READY: "THEN HE SAID TO THEM
THUS IT IS WRITTEN AND THUS IT
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WAS NECESSARY FOR THE CHRIST TO
SUFFER AND TO RISE FROM THE DEAD
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THE THIRD DAY."
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NOW, THE CENTRAL THEME OF
THE STUDY TODAY IS DEALING
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WITH THIS.
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WHAT PART DO WORKS OF CHARITY
HAVE IN THE LIFE OF THOSE WHO
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ARE DISCIPLES?
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NOW, PROBABLY THE BEST STORY
TO HELP ILLUSTRATE THIS IS IN
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MATTHEW 25:31.
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SO, TAKE YOUR BIBLES RIGHT
NOW AND WHILE YOU'RE TURNING,
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KEEP IN MIND MATTHEW
25 COMES AFTER MATTHEW 24.
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WHAT IS THE THEME OF MATTHEW 24?
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THIS IS THE GREAT DISCOURSE
WHERE JESUS TALKS ABOUT
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THE SIGNS AND THINGS THAT
WERE TO PRECEDE HIS COMING.
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IT'S IN THE CONTEXT
OF THE SECOND COMING.
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AND IF YOUR BIBLE IS RED LETTER
EDITION, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT
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YOU'VE GOT RED LETTER GOING
ALL THE WAY FROM MATTHEW 24 INTO
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MATTHEW 25, MEANING THERE'S NO
NARRATION OR INTERRUPTION THAT
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MATTHEW 25 IS PART OF CHRIST'S
DISCOURSE ON THE SECOND COMING.
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IT WAS ALL PART
OF THE SAME DELIVERY.
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KEEP THAT IN MIND JUST FOR
CONTEXT OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA
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LOOK AT.
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SO, THE LAST THING JESUS SAYS
IN HIS DISCOURSE OF MATTHEW 25--
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THE SECOND COMING,
MATTHEW 24 AND 25 IS THIS
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PARABLE WE'RE NOW GONNA LOOK AT.
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SO, IT'S TELLING US ABOUT
ONE OF THE LAST THINGS THE GREAT
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JUDGMENT, IT'S SORT OF
THE DIVIDING QUALIFIERS IN
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THE GREAT JUDGMENT.
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NOW, LET ME READ THIS TO
YOU WITH THAT BACKGROUND.
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"WHEN THE SON OF MAN COMES
IN HIS GLORY--" STILL TALKIN'
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ABOUT HIS COMING.
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"AND ALL THE
HOLY ANGELS WITH HIM.
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THEN HE WILL SIT ON
THE THRONE OF HIS GLORY."
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CHRIST IS NOW GLORIFIED, THIS
IS HAPPENING AT THE END OF THE
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1,000 YEARS, WHEN
HE'S RECEIVED HIS KINGDOM.
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YOU'VE GOT THE RIGHTEOUS IN
THE CITY, THE WICKED OUTSIDE
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THE CITY.
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THERE'S A SEPARATION
THAT TAKES PLACE HERE.
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"AND ALL THE NATIONS
WILL BE GATHERED BEFORE HIM."
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ALL WHO HAVE EVER LIVED
ARE GATHERED BEFORE HIM.
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NOW, THEY ARE NOT SEPARATED
BASED UPON ARE THEY JEWS
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AND ARE THEY GENTILES?
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ARE THEY CHURCH MEMBERS?
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ARE THEY NON-CHURCH MEMBERS.
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THAT'S A VERY INTERESTING,
ALMOST TROUBLING PARABLE ABOUT
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HOW HE DISCRIMINATES
BETWEEN THESE TWO GROUPS.
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"AND HE WILL SET THE SHEEP
ON HIS RIGHT HAND, BUT THE GOATS
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ON HIS LEFT HAND."
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NOW, SHEEP AND GOATS HAVE
SOME THINGS IN COMMON, THEY'RE
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DOMESTIC ANIMALS AND WHEN
THEY--SHEPHERDS SOMETIMES MIGHT
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GRAZE THEM TOGETHER AND THEY
WERE PREOCCUPIED WITH EATING
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AND THEY'D GET ALONG.
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BUT THEY WOULD NOT PUT THEM
IN THE FOLD TOGETHER, BECAUSE
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THE GOATS HAD A TENDENCY
TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SHEEP
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AND WERE A LITTLE MORE VIOLENT.
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THEY WERE COMMINGLED FOR
A WHILE, WHILE THEY WERE OUT
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THERE IN THE FIELD, BUT
THEN AT THE END OF THE DAY,
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THEY'RE SEPARATED.
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SO, THIS WAS AN
ANALOGY THAT THE LISTENERS WERE
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WELL FAMILIAR WITH.
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THIS IS A TYPE OF
THE GREAT JUDGMENT.
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"AND THE KING WILL SAY
TO THOSE ON THE RIGHT HAND."
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NOW, IN THE BIBLE, WHAT
DOES THE RIGHT HAND SYMBOLIZE?
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FAVOR, APPROVAL, THE SON OF MY
RIGHT HAND WOULD BE FAVOR, LEFT
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HAND ALSO OFTEN REPRESENTED
SOMETHING THAT WAS REJECTED.
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USUALLY THE RIGHT HAND WAS YOUR
HAND THAT YOU FAVORED FOR MOST
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PEOPLE.
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AND SO IT BECAME SYNONYMOUS
WITH THE HAND THAT YOU FAVORED.
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ALSO, IT WAS STRONGER.
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MOST PEOPLE ARE RIGHT HANDED, IF
YOU'RE RIGHT HANDED, YOUR RIGHT
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ARM IS USUALLY
STRONGER THAN YOUR LEFT ARM.
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YOU WILL BE ABLE TO HANG FROM
YOUR RIGHT ARM LONGER THAN YOU
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CAN HANG FROM YOUR LEFT ARM.
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AND SO THE RIGHT
HAND REPRESENTED STRENGTH,
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IT REPRESENTED FAVOR.
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AND SO WHEN HE SEPARATES
THE GOATS AND THE SHEEP,
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SHEEP ARE ON THE RIGHT
HAND, THE PLACE OF FAVOR.
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I CAN'T PROVE IT, BUT IN MY
MIND THE TWO THIEVES THAT WERE
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CRUCIFIED, ONE ON THE
RIGHT HAND, ONE ON THE LEFT WHEN
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JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED.
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ONE IS SAVED, ONE IS LOST.
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IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO FIND OUT
THE THIEF THAT REPENTED AND WAS
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SAVED, I'D LIKE TO THINK
HE WAS ON THE RIGHT HAND.
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CAN'T PROVE IT, DOESN'T EVER
SAY THAT, BUT THAT WOULD JUST
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GIVE YOU THE PICTURE HERE.
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BY THE WAY, IN THE GREAT
JUDGMENT WE'RE TALKIN' ABOUT
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HERE, AT THE END OF THE 1,000
YEARS, EVERYBODY HERE, EVERYBODY
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WATCHING IS ALL PRESENT
AND ACCOUNTED FOR, EVERYBODY
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INVOLVED IN THE
PLAN OF SALVATION.
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ALL OF THE GOOD ANGELS ARE
WITH CHRIST IN THE CITY, ALL OF
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THE WICKED ANGELS, INCLUDING THE
DEVIL ARE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.
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SATAN IS LOOSE FROM HIS PRISON
AND ALL HIS ANGELS, BECAUSE NOW
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THE WICKED ARE
RESURRECTED AND THEY CAN TEMPT
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AND MANIPULATE THEM.
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ALL THE WICKED WHO'VE EVER LIVED
ARE OUTSIDE THE CITY MEANING
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EVERYBODY WHO'S EVER
LIVED INVOLVED IN THE PLAN OF
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SALVATION IS PRESENT AND
THERE'S A GREAT SEPARATION
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THAT HAPPENS.
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NOT SO MUCH ON THE RIGHT OR
LEFT HAND, BUT YOU GOT THE SAVED
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IN THE CITY, THE
LOST OUTSIDE THE CITY.
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THIS IS THE
CONTEXT OF THIS PARABLE.
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"AND THE KING WILL SAY TO THOSE
ON THE RIGHT HAND, 'COME YE
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BLESSED OF MY FATHER, INHERIT.'"
WHO INHERITS SOMETHING?
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STRANGERS OR FAMILY?
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THESE ARE THE CHILDREN.
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IF YOU'RE GOING TO
GET AN INHERITANCE, YOU'VE
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GOTTA BE PART OF THE FAMILY.
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"AS MANY AS RECEIVED
HIM, TO THEM HE GAVE POWER TO
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BECOME SONS."
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SO, BY RECEIVING HIM, HE
ADOPTS US, WE BECOME CHILDREN,
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WE INHERIT SOMETHING.
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THE OTHERS ARE NOT
RECEIVING THIS INHERITANCE.
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"COME YE BLESSED OF MY FATHER,
INHERIT THE KINGDOM PREPARED
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FOR YOU FROM THE
FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD."
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IN REVELATION IT TALKS
ABOUT THE LAMB SLAIN FROM
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THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD.
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WHAT MAKES US
QUALIFIED FOR THAT INHERITANCE?
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THE SACRIFICE OF THE LAMB FROM
THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD;
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THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB.
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AMEN.
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FOUR, AND HERE HE
GOES ON AND SAYS SOMETHING.
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"I WAS HUNGRY AND YOU GAVE ME
FOOD, I WAS THIRSTY AND YOU GAVE
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ME DRINK, I WAS A STRANGER
AND YOU TOOK ME IN, I WAS NAKED
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AND YOU CLOTHED ME, I WAS SICK
AND YOU VISITED ME, I WAS IN
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PRISON AND YOU CAME TO ME.
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THEN THE RIGHTEOUS WILL ANSWER
HIM SAYING, 'LORD, WHEN DID WE
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SEE YOU, HUNGRY AND FEED YOU
OR THIRSTY AND GIVE YOU DRINK?
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WHEN DID WE SEE YOU AS STRANGER
AND TAKE YOU IN OR NAKED
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AND CLOTHE YOU?
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OR WHEN DID WE SEE YOU SICK
OR IN PRISON AND COME TO YOU?'"
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AND HERE IS THE BOTTOM LINE OF
THIS PASSAGE, "AND A KING WILL
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ANSWER AND SAY TO THEM,
'ASSUREDLY I SAY TO YOU, IN AS
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MUCH AS YOU DID IT TO ONE OF
THE LEAST OF THESE MY BRETHREN,
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YOU DID IT TO ME.'" NOW,
HERE YOU'VE GOT A CENTRAL
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TEACHING OF DISCIPLESHIP.
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CHRIST IS SAYING, WE DEMONSTRATE
GENUINE DISCIPLESHIP IN HOW
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WE TREAT EACH OTHER.
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AND THEY ARE
BEING JUDGED BY WHAT?
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HOW DO YOU TREAT YOUR BROTHER?
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HOW DO YOU TREAT YOUR SISTER?
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DO YOU LOVE, DO
YOU CARE FOR OTHERS?
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NOW, I'VE GOT A FEW VERSES
THAT I'D LIKE YOU TO READ THAT
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HELP US RECOGNIZE THIS.
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ACTS 9, THE BOOK OF ACTS 9:4-5,
I THINK WE MAY HAVE DISTRIBUTED
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THAT TO SOMEBODY.
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>> "AND HE FELL TO THE EARTH AND
HEARD A VOICE SAYING UNTO HIM,
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'SAUL, SAUL, WHY
PERSECUTE THOU ME?'
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AND HE SAID,
'WHO ART THOU, LORD?'
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AND THE LORD SAID, 'I AM
JESUS WHOM THOU PERSECUTEST.'
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IT IS HARD FOR THEE TO
KICK AGAINST THE PRICKS."
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>> ALL RIGHT, THIS TAKES PLACE
AFTER SAUL HAS BEEN AN ACCESSORY
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TO THE STONING OF STEVEN
AND HE IS NOW ON HIS WAY TO
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ARREST THE FOLLOWERS OF JESUS.
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JESUS APPEARS, WAS
SAUL ARRESTING JESUS OR HIS
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FOLLOWERS?
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IT WASN'T JESUS PHYSICALLY.
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WAS HE PERSECUTING
JESUS OR HIS FOLLOWERS?
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WELL, TECHNICALLY HIS FOLLOWERS,
BUT HOW DOES CHRIST VIEW IT?
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HE SAYS, "I AM JESUS WHO YOU
ARE PERSECUTING, IN DOING THIS
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TO THEM, YOU'RE DOING IT TO ME."
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SO, THAT ESTABLISHES A
PRINCIPLE THAT'S VERY REAL.
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WHAT WE DO TO ONE ANOTHER,
WE DIRECTLY DO TO CHRIST.
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I WAS GONNA SAY,
INDIRECTLY, BUT NOT REALLY.
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BECAUSE THE CHURCH
IS THE BODY OF CHRIST.
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AND WE SHOW OUR LOVE FOR
CHRIST IN HOW WE TREAT THE LOST.
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AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING TO OUR
FELLOW MAN MADE IN THE IMAGE OF
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GOD, WE ARE DOING TO THE
CREATOR OF OUR FELLOW MAN.
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IT'S VERY REAL.
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NOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HIS
PASSAGE TO THE RIGHTEOUS, NOW GO
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TO VERSE 41, THEN HE WILL
SAY TO THOSE ON THE LEFT HAND,
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"DEPART FROM ME YE CURSED INTO
EVERLASTING FIRE PREPARED FOR
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THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS."
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THIS IS THAT FIRE SPOKEN OF IN
REVELATION 20, THE DEVIL AND HIS
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ANGELS ARE CAST INTO THIS LAKE
OF FIRE, WHICH IS THE SECOND
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DEATH.
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THE RESULTS OF THIS FIRE
ARE EVERLASTING, THERE IS NO
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RESURRECTION, THERE'S NO
SECOND CHANCE FROM THIS FIRE.
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"DEPART FROM ME, YOU CURSED INTO
THE EVERLASTING FIRE PREPARED
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FOR THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS.
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FOR I WAS HUNGRY AND YOU
GAVE ME NO FOOD, I WAS THIRSTY
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AND YOU GAVE ME NO DRINK, I WAS
A STRANGER AND YOU DID NOT TAKE
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ME IN, I WAS NAKED AND YOU
DID NOT CLOTHE ME, I WAS SICK
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AND IN PRISON AND
YOU DID NOT VISIT ME."
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THEN THEY WILL ANSWER HIM AND
SAY, "LORD, WHEN DID WE SEE YOU
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HUNGRY OR THIRSTY OR STRANGER
OR NAKED OR SICK OR IN PRISON
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AND NOT MINISTER TO YOU?"
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HE ANSWERED AND SAYS TO
THEM, "ASSUREDLY I SAY TO YOU,
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INASMUCH AS YOU DID NOT DO
IT TO ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE,
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YOU DID NOT DO IT TO ME.
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AND THESE WILL GO AWAY
INTO EVERLASTING PUNISHMENT.
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BUT THE RIGHTEOUS
INTO ETERNAL LIFE."
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WOW, THAT'S HEAVY.
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LET ME TELL YOU WHY.
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WHAT IS THE CRITERIA THAT
IS BEING USED IN THIS JUDGMENT?
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IS IT THE SINNERS GO INTO
ETERNAL LIFE OR ETERNAL JUDGMENT
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AND THE RIGHTEOUS
INTO ETERNAL LIFE?
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OR IS IT THOSE WHO
HAVE NEGLECTED TO LOVE THEIR
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FELLOW MAN.
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LET ME MAKE THAT MORE CLEAR,
YOU'VE GOT TWO KINDS OF SIN.
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REALLY, YOU'VE GOT THE SINS
OF NEGLECT, THEY'RE CALLED SINS
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OF OMISSION.
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THEN YOU HAVE
SINS OF COMMISSION.
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WHEN THE MAN FELL AMONG THIEVES
ON THE ROAD FROM JERUSALEM TO
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JERICHO AND THE LEVITE AND THE
PRIEST WALKED BY HIM, THEY DID
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NOT BEAT UP THE MAN OR STEAL
FROM HIM, THEY DID NOT ROB HIM
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AND WOUND HIM,
THEY JUST WALKED BY.
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THEY DIDN'T LAY A HAND ON HIM,
DOESN'T SAY THEY SAID ANYTHING
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TO HIM, BUT DID THEY SIN?
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WHAT WAS THEIR SIN, A SIN OF
COMMISSION OR A SIN OF OMISSION?
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IT WAS A GOOD DUTY
THEY NEGLECTED TO DO.
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WHEN WE THINK OF THE
TEN COMMANDMENTS IT SAYS,
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"THOU SHALL NOT
KILL, THOU SHALL NOT STEAL,
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THOU SHALL NOT--" AND
AS WE GO THROUGH THE TEN
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COMMANDMENTS, WE THINK, AS LONG
AS I DON'T COMMIT THESE SINS
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THEN I'M HOLY.
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THIS PARABLE IS TELLING
US, IT'S NOT JUST AN ACTION,
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IT'S AN ATTITUDE.
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IT'S NOT JUST, I WON'T SIN
BECAUSE OF WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME;
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IT'S AN ATTITUDE OF AM I LIVING
A CHRISTIAN LIFE BECAUSE I LOVE
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MY FELLOW MAN?
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THE BOTTOM LINE IN THE JUDGMENT
IS NOT SINS OF COMMISSION,
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IT'S ACTIONS OF
LOVE OR NEGLECT OF LOVE.
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THAT'S REALLY HEAVY, BECAUSE SO
OFTEN WE THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
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IT'S BASED UPON, AM I DOING
THE RIGHT THING OR AM I DOING
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THE WRONG THING?
00:12:58.93\00:12:59.90
HAVE I COMMITTED ANY SINS?
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BUT HERE, IT'S NOT THE SINS THAT
THEY COMMIT, IT'S THE GOOD DEEDS
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THEY NEGLECT.
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I MEAN, SOME OF US AT THE END
OF THE DAY WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO
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COUNT, YOU KNOW, DID I DO THIS
WRONG OR DID I DO THAT WRONG?
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OH, WE GOT THE LIST OF, OH,
I LOST MY TEMPER HERE, I SAID
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SOMETHING I SHOULDN'T,
I BROKE THIS COMMANDMENT,
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THIS COMMANDMENT.
00:13:19.96\00:13:20.80
BUT HAVE YOU OFTEN THOUGHT
ABOUT NEGLECTED OPPORTUNITIES
00:13:20.80\00:13:24.03
TO SERVE AND TO LOVE YOUR
FELLOW MAN TO GLORIFY GOD.
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THIS IS WHAT HE'S USING.
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HE DOES NOT SAY, THOSE WHO ARE
CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM ENTER INTO
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ETERNAL LIFE BECAUSE OF
YOUR MEMBERSHIP, BECAUSE OF YOUR
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RACE, BECAUSE OF YOUR CREED.
00:13:36.70\00:13:38.73
THOSE WHO ARE NOT, YOU
DIDN'T JOIN AND SO YOU'RE LOST.
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THIS JUDGMENT COMPLETELY
THROWS OUT YOUR MEMBERSHIP.
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IT--NO, I WOULD LIKE TO
THINK THAT CHRISTIANS, THOSE WHO
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HAVE CHRIST INSIDE, WOULD BE AT
THE FOREFRONT OF ACTS OF MERCY.
00:13:54.33\00:13:58.80
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT HE'S SAYING
HERE IN THIS PARABLE, IS IT?
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LET ME EXPAND THIS A LITTLE BIT
AND GIVE YOU SOMETHING ELSE TO
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THINK OF.
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THERE ARE SIX THINGS.
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I HELD UP FOUR
FINGERS AND I SAID SIX.
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THERE ARE SIX THINGS THAT JESUS
MENTIONS HERE, NOTICE, HUNGER,
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THIRST, STRANGER,
NAKED, SICK, PRISON.
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HE SPECIFICALLY MENTIONS THESE
THINGS LIKE 3 TIMES IN THE ONE
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PARABLE AND HE DOESN'T DEVIATE.
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BECAUSE THEY HAVE A SPIRITUAL
AND A PHYSICAL ANALOGY.
00:14:29.20\00:14:34.40
NOW, FIRST OF ALL I THINK
EVERYBODY HERE AGREES THAT GOOD
00:14:34.40\00:14:37.20
DISCIPLES DO CARE ABOUT
THE PRACTICAL NEEDS OF OUR
00:14:37.20\00:14:40.00
FELLOW MAN.
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ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
00:14:41.23\00:14:42.26
BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE.
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LOOK AT THOSE SIX
THINGS THAT WE MENTIONED.
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ARE CHRISTIANS SUPPOSED
TO GIVE FOOD TO THE HUNGRY?
00:14:47.30\00:14:51.20
HOW ABOUT THE BREAD OF LIFE?
00:14:51.20\00:14:53.96
SO, IT'S BOTH.
00:14:53.96\00:14:56.33
ARE CHRISTIANS SUPPOSED
TO GIVE WATER TO THE THIRSTY?
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DOESN'T JESUS SAY, "IF YOU
GIVE A CUP OF WATER TO ONE OF
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THE LEAST OF THESE,
YOU'LL NOT LOSE YOUR REWARD"?
00:15:01.80\00:15:04.96
BUT ARE WE TO
GIVE THE LIVING WATER?
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IS THERE A
SPIRITUAL ANALOGY FOR THAT?
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ARE WE TO HAVE COMPASSION
ON THE STRANGER, PEOPLE WHO
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ARE ALONE?
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YEAH.
00:15:14.76\00:15:16.03
BUT WHAT ABOUT THOSE
WHO ARE ALIENATED FROM GOD,
00:15:16.03\00:15:19.03
THEY'RE STRANGERS TO GOD?
00:15:19.03\00:15:20.20
WE ARE A NATION OF PRIESTS,
WE ARE TO MAKE ATONEMENT, WE'RE
00:15:20.20\00:15:22.43
TO BRING THEM TO GOD, RIGHT?
00:15:22.43\00:15:25.16
WHAT ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE NAKED?
00:15:25.16\00:15:27.03
SHOULD WE CLOTHE NAKED
AND PEOPLE WHO ARE COLD
00:15:27.03\00:15:28.80
AND DESTITUTE?
00:15:28.80\00:15:30.13
BUT WHAT ABOUT PROVIDING
ROBES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS OF
00:15:30.13\00:15:35.23
CHRIST?
00:15:35.23\00:15:37.46
ISN'T THAT PART OF
IT, THAT KIND OF CLOTHING?
00:15:37.46\00:15:40.20
WHAT ABOUT THOSE
WHO ARE SICK PHYSICALLY?
00:15:40.20\00:15:42.40
OF COURSE, WE
SHOULD CARE ABOUT THEM.
00:15:42.40\00:15:43.76
BUT WHAT ABOUT
THE SICKNESS OF SIN?
00:15:43.76\00:15:45.80
IT SAYS FROM THE CROWN OF THE
HEAD TO THE SOLE OF THE FOOT,
00:15:45.80\00:15:48.73
IT'S A DISEASE AND WOUNDS
AND BRUISES AND WE SHOULD CARE
00:15:48.73\00:15:51.73
ABOUT BINDING UP THOSE WOUNDS.
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AND THE SIXTH ONE
IS, I WAS IN PRISON.
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DOES EVERYONE HERE KNOW THAT
THAT'S AN ANALOGY FOR BEING IN
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PRISON BY THE DEVIL AND HABITS
AND ADDICTIONS AND HELPING
00:15:58.10\00:16:01.70
THEM FIND LIBERTY?
00:16:01.70\00:16:03.03
JESUS CAME TO SET
THE CAPTIVES FREE.
00:16:03.03\00:16:04.83
THIS IS THE WHOLE PLAN
OF SALVATION AND THE EXODUS,
00:16:04.83\00:16:06.73
HE CAME TO SET A NATION
FREE FROM SLAVERY, WE SHOULD BE
00:16:06.73\00:16:10.10
PART OF THAT.
00:16:10.10\00:16:10.96
SO, ALL OF THESE THINGS
AND DISCIPLESHIP, THEY HAVE
00:16:10.96\00:16:14.53
A SPIRITUAL ANALOGY.
00:16:14.53\00:16:16.23
HUNGRY, FOOD, THE BREAD OF
LIFE; THIRSTY, THE LIVING WATER;
00:16:16.23\00:16:20.96
STRANGER, INTRODUCE THEM TO
CHRIST, THEY'RE SEPARATED BY
00:16:20.96\00:16:23.83
THEIR SINS; NAKED, ROBED WITH
CHRIST'S RIGHTEOUSNESS; SICK
00:16:23.83\00:16:27.63
WITH SIN, HELP THEM FIND HEALING
WITH THE BALM FROM GILEAD;
00:16:27.63\00:16:32.33
IMPRISONED BY THE DEVIL,
FIND LIBERTY AND FREEDOM THROUGH
00:16:32.33\00:16:35.76
CHRIST.
00:16:35.76\00:16:36.50
JESUS OPENED
PRISON DOORS, RIGHT?
00:16:36.50\00:16:38.40
SO, THERE'S THE
SPIRITUAL ANALOGIES.
00:16:38.40\00:16:41.06
BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE.
00:16:41.06\00:16:43.13
THIS IS A GREAT PARABLE.
00:16:43.13\00:16:45.63
KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS THE
CLOSING WORDS OF CHRIST IN
00:16:45.63\00:16:48.13
MATTHEW 24 DEALING
WITH THE SECOND COMING.
00:16:48.13\00:16:50.86
HE'S SAYING, "THIS IS
WHAT THE ESSENCE IS IN THE BIG
00:16:50.86\00:16:52.60
JUDGMENT.
00:16:52.60\00:16:53.40
DO YOU REALLY
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR?
00:16:53.40\00:16:55.23
IF YOU REALLY LOVE ME, PROVE IT.
00:16:55.23\00:16:57.36
DON'T LIVE FOR
YOURSELF, LIVE FOR OTHERS."
00:16:57.36\00:17:01.66
HE THAT SEEKS TO SAVE
HIS LIFE WILL LOSE IT.
00:17:01.66\00:17:04.10
JESUS SAID, "INASMUCH AS
YOU DO IT TO THE LEAST OF THESE,
00:17:04.10\00:17:07.30
YOU DO IT TO ME."
00:17:07.30\00:17:08.13
I'D VENTURE TO SAY THAT A LOT
OF US PASS BY JESUS EVERY DAY
00:17:08.13\00:17:11.13
AND WE NEGLECT TO SHOW
THE LOVE OF GOD FOR JESUS IN
00:17:11.13\00:17:17.13
THE SUFFERING WE
SEE IN OUR FELLOW MAN.
00:17:17.13\00:17:19.63
NOW, I USED TO THINK THAT
THIS WAS SORT OF A METAPHOR,
00:17:19.63\00:17:25.46
JESUS REALLY MEANT THIS.
00:17:25.46\00:17:27.96
LET ME EXPLAIN.
00:17:27.96\00:17:28.96
DOES GOD KNOW HOW YOU FEEL?
00:17:28.96\00:17:33.40
AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT, IS
GOD AWARE OF THE FEELING OF
00:17:33.40\00:17:37.90
EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM?
00:17:37.90\00:17:39.86
EVEN WHEN YOU FORGET ABOUT
HOW YOU FEEL, DOES HE KNOW HOW
00:17:39.86\00:17:43.00
YOU FEEL?
00:17:43.00\00:17:44.46
EVEN WHEN YOU'RE NOT FOCUSING ON
HOW YOU FEEL, HE KNOWS HOW YOU
00:17:44.46\00:17:46.53
FEEL.
00:17:46.53\00:17:48.03
DOES GOD FEEL
WHEN YOU'RE HUNGRY?
00:17:48.03\00:17:50.90
HE KNOWS HOW
HUNGRY YOU REALLY ARE.
00:17:50.90\00:17:53.20
NOW, DID JESUS COME TO EARTH
SO HE'D KNOW HOW HUMANS FEEL
00:17:53.20\00:17:56.10
OR DID HE ALREADY KNOW?
00:17:56.10\00:17:58.56
THE BIBLE SAYS, "WE HAVE A
FAITHFUL HIGH PRIEST THAT WAS
00:17:58.56\00:18:01.26
TEMPTED IN ALL POINTS
LIKE WE ARE, YET WITHOUT SIN."
00:18:01.26\00:18:03.60
BUT THAT'S MORE FOR
OUR BENEFIT THAN HIS.
00:18:03.60\00:18:06.03
HE WANTS US TO KNOW
THAT HE KNOWS HOW WE FEEL.
00:18:06.03\00:18:09.13
HE ALREADY
KNEW, 'CAUSE HE'S GOD.
00:18:09.13\00:18:13.30
DOES GOD SENSE EVERY SENSATION
IN THE WORLD ALL AT THE SAME
00:18:13.30\00:18:18.83
TIME?
00:18:18.83\00:18:20.20
THINK ABOUT THIS, THIS IS HEAVY.
00:18:20.20\00:18:21.93
BY THE WAY, I'M NOT TEACHING
PANTHEISM, THIS IS CLEAN
00:18:21.93\00:18:24.43
CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY.
00:18:24.43\00:18:26.06
BUT IT'S, THINK ABOUT IT,
BECAUSE GOD'S ALL KNOWING,
00:18:26.06\00:18:27.83
HE'S ALL FEELING.
00:18:27.83\00:18:29.66
SO, HOW MUCH SUFFERING
IS THERE IN THE WORLD TODAY?
00:18:29.66\00:18:34.80
YOU TAKE ALL THE COLLECTIVE
SUFFERING OF EVERYBODY IN THIS
00:18:34.80\00:18:37.03
ROOM AND ALL THOSE WHO ARE
WATCHING RIGHT NOW, ALL THE
00:18:37.03\00:18:39.83
SUFFERING, THE WAR IN THE WORLD,
THE PAIN IN THE HOSPITALS,
00:18:39.83\00:18:43.80
THE HUNGER IN THE WORLD,
THE SICKNESS IN THE WORLD,
00:18:43.80\00:18:45.90
THE SHAME, THE LONELINESS,
TAKE ALL OF THAT AND HOW
00:18:45.90\00:18:50.86
MUCH SUFFERING IS THAT?
00:18:50.86\00:18:52.56
THAT'S A LOT OF HURT.
00:18:52.56\00:18:55.00
AND YOU AND I
CAN'T COMPREHEND THAT.
00:18:55.00\00:18:58.16
ANYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR ANY
CREATURE, FOR ANY PERSON WHO IS
00:18:58.16\00:19:06.00
HURTING, TO RELIEVE THEIR
SUFFERING, YOU'VE DONE SOMETHING
00:19:06.00\00:19:08.73
TO LIGHTEN THE LOAD OF PAIN
THAT GOD FEELS IN THIS WORLD.
00:19:08.73\00:19:14.00
ISN'T THAT TRUE?
00:19:14.00\00:19:14.76
DOES THE LORD KNOW WHEN
SOMEONE STARTS FEELING BETTER?
00:19:14.76\00:19:18.86
AND ANYTHING YOU DO TO
MAKE A PERSON FEEL BETTER, GOD
00:19:18.86\00:19:23.13
SENSES THAT BECAUSE
HE FEELS EVERYTHING.
00:19:23.13\00:19:28.00
IS THIS STRAIGHT SO FAR?
00:19:28.00\00:19:30.13
NOW, THIS IS WHERE I THINK I'M
TAKIN' IT DOWN TO WHAT I THINK
00:19:30.13\00:19:34.90
IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PASSAGE.
00:19:34.90\00:19:37.80
WHY DID JESUS DIE?
00:19:37.80\00:19:40.00
DIDN'T HE DIE FOR
THE SINS OF THE WORLD?
00:19:40.00\00:19:43.80
TO TAKE THE PENALTY OF SIN.
00:19:43.80\00:19:45.56
DID JESUS JUST DIE
OR DID HE SUFFER FIRST?
00:19:45.56\00:19:51.00
CHRIST IN THESE SIX POINTS,
IDENTIFIED WHAT HE WENT THROUGH
00:19:51.00\00:19:55.50
ON THE CROSS, HOW HE TOOK
THE SUFFERING OF THE WHOLE
00:19:55.50\00:19:58.13
HUMAN RACE AND THE SIN AND
THE LONELINESS AND THE SICKNESS
00:19:58.13\00:20:00.86
AND THE HUNGER AND THE THIRST,
HE TOOK IT ALL ON THE CROSS.
00:20:00.86\00:20:03.86
SO, IF YOU LOVE JESUS BECAUSE HE
TOOK ALL YOUR PAIN, IF YOU'RE A
00:20:03.86\00:20:07.80
REAL DISCIPLE OF JESUS, ANYTHING
YOU DO FOR YOUR FELLOW MAN TO
00:20:07.80\00:20:13.80
BRING THEM THE BREAD OF LIFE OR
LITERAL BREAD, TO GIVE THEM THE
00:20:13.80\00:20:16.50
LIVING WATER OR LITERAL
WATER, TO CLOTHE THEM WITH THE
00:20:16.50\00:20:21.33
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST OR
TO CLOTHE THEIR BODIES; THEY MAY
00:20:21.33\00:20:25.20
NOT BE CONVERTED.
00:20:25.20\00:20:26.10
ANYTHING YOU DO TO RELIEVE THE
SUFFERING OF MAN, THAT'S WHAT
00:20:26.10\00:20:28.26
REAL DISCIPLESHIP IS.
00:20:28.26\00:20:29.73
BECAUSE YOU IN YOUR
HEART SEE THAT GOD SENSES THAT.
00:20:29.73\00:20:33.80
AND THAT'S WHY CHRIST SAYS,
"INASMUCH AS YOU'VE DONE IT TO
00:20:33.80\00:20:35.53
THE LEAST OF THESE MY
BRETHREN, YOU'VE DONE IT TO ME."
00:20:35.53\00:20:40.33
THAT'S SUCH AN
IMPORTANT TEACHING.
00:20:40.33\00:20:42.30
SO, AS WE GO FROM THIS
PLACE, TODAY, HOW ARE WE REALLY
00:20:42.30\00:20:46.26
DISCIPLES?
00:20:46.26\00:20:47.93
WE SAY, WE'RE MEMBERS OF A
SPECIFIC CHURCH, THAT MEANS
00:20:47.93\00:20:52.80
I'M A DISCIPLE.
00:20:52.80\00:20:54.46
IS THAT WITH JESUS IS GONNA USE?
00:20:54.46\00:20:56.40
YOU MIGHT BE A GOAT, YOU
COULD BE A MEMBER OF A CHURCH
00:20:56.40\00:21:00.73
AND JUST BE A PLAIN OL' GOAT.
00:21:00.73\00:21:02.46
AND LET'S ALL FACE IT,
SOME PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY'RE
00:21:02.46\00:21:05.03
CHRISTIANS ARE GOATS, THEY'RE
JUST ORNERY AND STUBBORN AND
00:21:05.03\00:21:10.60
OPINIONATED AND THEY DO NOTHING
TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF
00:21:10.60\00:21:13.30
THE WORLD AROUND THEM.
00:21:13.30\00:21:15.16
ALL RIGHT, JAMES 2:15, "IF
A BROTHER OR SISTER IS NAKED
00:21:15.16\00:21:19.76
AND DESTITUTE OF DAILY FOOD
AND ONE OF YOU SAYS TO THEM,
00:21:19.76\00:21:23.30
'DEPART IN PEACE, BE
YE WARMED AND FILLED.'
00:21:23.30\00:21:26.43
BUT YOU DON'T GIVE THEM
THE THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR
00:21:26.43\00:21:28.36
THE BODY, WHAT DOES IT PROFIT?
00:21:28.36\00:21:30.40
THUS ALSO FAITH ITSELF THAT
DOES NOT HAVE WORKS IS DEAD."
00:21:30.40\00:21:34.26
A LOT OF US SAY, WE GO TO
CHURCH AND WE BELIEVE AND WE
00:21:34.26\00:21:35.86
PRAY, BUT WE WALK BY AND WE WALK
AWAY FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE BASIC
00:21:35.86\00:21:40.20
NEEDS AND WE JUST
DON'T SEEM TO CARE.
00:21:40.20\00:21:42.70
LET ME READ THIS FOR
YOU, CLOSING WORDS OF JESUS IN
00:21:42.70\00:21:45.33
MARK 16:14, "LATER HE APPEARED
TO THE 11 AS THEY SAT AT
00:21:45.33\00:21:51.06
THE TABLE AND HE REBUKED THEIR
UNBELIEF AND HARDNESS OF HEART,
00:21:51.06\00:21:55.36
BECAUSE THEY DID NOT BELIEVE
THOSE WHO HAD SEEN HIM AFTER
00:21:55.36\00:21:58.96
HE HAD RISEN.
00:21:58.96\00:22:00.33
AND HE SAID TO THEM, 'GO
INTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH
00:22:00.33\00:22:04.00
THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE.'"
THAT'S SORT OF A BROAD TERM.
00:22:04.00\00:22:08.86
HE DOESN'T JUST SAY EVERY
PERSON, HE SAYS EVERY CREATURE.
00:22:08.86\00:22:12.26
YOU KNOW, THE ONLY WAY WE
CAN PREACH THE GOSPEL TO EVERY
00:22:12.26\00:22:14.03
CREATURE IS BY SHOWING THE LOVE
OF CHRIST TO EVERY LIVING BEING.
00:22:14.03\00:22:20.40
WHAT KIND OF WITNESS
ARE YOU TO YOUR BIRD?
00:22:20.40\00:22:23.16
I'M SORRY.
00:22:23.16\00:22:24.93
NO, REALLY, CHRISTIANS
SHOULD--WE SHOULD SHOW OUR
00:22:24.93\00:22:26.80
RELIGION EVEN TO THE CREATURES.
00:22:26.80\00:22:28.33
THAT'S WHAT HE SAYS, "PREACH
THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE."
00:22:28.33\00:22:30.53
NOW, YOU KNOW ANOTHER REASON
I THINK THAT THE WORD CREATURE
00:22:30.53\00:22:34.20
WAS USED THERE?
00:22:34.20\00:22:35.06
BECAUSE THE JEWS ACTUALLY
BELIEVED THAT GENTILES WERE
00:22:35.06\00:22:38.23
DOGS.
00:22:38.23\00:22:40.30
AND HERE NOBODY COULD
MISUNDERSTAND THE WORDS
00:22:40.30\00:22:43.03
OF JESUS.
00:22:43.03\00:22:43.90
PREACH THE GOSPEL TO
EVERY CREATURE, HE WHO BELIEVES
00:22:43.90\00:22:46.20
AND IS BAPTIZED WILL BE SAVED.
00:22:46.20\00:22:48.76
THROUGH YOUR PREACHING,
MANY WILL BELIEVE; NOT ALL.
00:22:48.76\00:22:53.93
THAT'S WHY HE
SAYS, "WHOEVER BELIEVES."
00:22:53.93\00:22:55.80
AND THEN OF COURSE, BELIEVING
WAS CONNECTED WITH BAPTISM,
00:22:55.80\00:22:58.26
THEY'LL BE SAVED.
00:22:58.26\00:23:00.83
THAT MEANS THAT GOD DELIVERS
THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM TO YOU,
00:23:00.83\00:23:05.63
NOT THAT YOU DECIDE WHO'S SAVED
AND LOST, EXCEPT AS YOU PREACH
00:23:05.63\00:23:08.06
THE GOSPEL.
00:23:08.06\00:23:09.50
THROUGH YOUR PREACHING
THE GOSPEL--AND HOW DO YOU
00:23:09.50\00:23:11.40
PREACH THE GOSPEL?
00:23:11.40\00:23:12.33
AND HOW MANY
PREACHERS DO WE HAVE HERE?
00:23:12.33\00:23:14.36
EVERY DISCIPLE SHOULD
HAVE RAISED THEIR HANDS.
00:23:14.36\00:23:17.53
YOU HEAR THAT?
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PREACH CHRIST AND
IF NECESSARY USE WORDS.
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EVERYBODY SHOULD PREACH CHRIST
BY OUR LIVES THAT WE LIVE,
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RIGHT?
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SO, EVERYBODY HERE, YOU'RE
PREACHING WHETHER YOU KNOW IT
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OR NOT.
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PEOPLE ARE WATCHING TOO,
WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT.
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WHERE WAS I?
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OH, AND HE SAYS, "WHOEVER
BELIEVES IS BAPTIZED WILL BE
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SAVED, HE WHO DOES NOT
BELIEVE WILL BE CONDEMNED."
00:23:41.43\00:23:44.46
SO, WHAT WAS IT
THIS DISQUALIFIED THEM?
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NOT BEING
BAPTIZED OR NOT BELIEVING?
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THE BELIEF WAS
THE EMPHASIS HERE.
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JOHN 3:14, "AS MOSES LIFTED UP
THE SERPENT IN THE WILDERNESS,
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EVEN SO MUST THE
SON OF MAN BE LIFTED UP.
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THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN
HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE
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EVERLASTING LIFE.
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FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT
HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON
00:24:04.46\00:24:08.00
THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN
HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE
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EVERLASTING LIFE."
00:24:11.13\00:24:12.20
SAYS IT ALMOST
IDENTICALLY AGAIN.
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"FOR GOD DID NOT SEND HIS
SON INTO THE WORLD TO CONDEMN
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THE WORLD, BUT THAT THE WORLD
THROUGH HIM MIGHT BE SAVED.
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HE WHO BELIEVES IN
HIM IS NOT CONDEMNED.
00:24:20.13\00:24:23.26
HE WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE IS
CONDEMNED ALREADY, BECAUSE HE
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IS NOT BELIEVED IN THE NAME OF
THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD."
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LOOK AT THAT, BELIEVE, BELIEVE,
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WHAT'S THE
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HOW DO YOU
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00:24:39.20\00:24:42.10
WHAT DO THEY BELIEVE?
00:24:42.10\00:24:44.86
BUT IS THAT BELIEF VERBAL
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IT'S MORE THAN JUST
SAYING, "I BELIEVE, COUNT ON ME,
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VOTE ME AS ONE BELIEVER."
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HOW DO YOU
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REMEMBER, THE WORD
BELIEVE MEANS TO BE LIVE.
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THE WORD BELIEVE HAS LIVE IN IT,
IT MEANS WE'RE LIFTING HIM UP
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