We are racing towards the
global crises at the close.
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God is going to
setup His kingdom on earth.
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Preparation for the tribulation,
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and the translation,
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is to develop a
character like Jesus Christ.
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To reach every Hamlet,
every village, every man,
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every child,
every person in India,
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every person in South America,
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must hear these
Three Angels' messages.
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These are
stories that illustrate
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the kind of fabric of
character and perseverance
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that we need to go
through the tribulation,
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just as certainly as they did.
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The Bible makes it very clear.
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We are living
in an unusual hour.
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The last grains
of sand are trickling
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through the hourglass of time.
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And the door probation
is about to swing shut.
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Tonight's message
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is entitled Revelation's
Most Urgent Message.
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Revelation's
Most Urgent Message.
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The powerful hurricane Camille
had been building up clouds,
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and momentum, and speed,
and punch in the warm seas
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of the Gulf of
Mexico for sometime.
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The weather men were tracking
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this stealthy movement
of the hurricane Camille
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and repeated
warnings were sounded.
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They had been given in
Pass Christian, Mississippi
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about the approaching
menace of hurricane Camille.
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Well, many
evacuated, many bordered up
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and escaped but some lingered.
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Some defied the
ominous warnings.
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With the wind howling
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outside the posh
Richelieu Apartments,
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Police Chief Jerry Peralta
had been going up and down,
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speeding up and down
the highways and byways,
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stopping at homes
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and giving his
final calls to evacuate.
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And he made his last call
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at this three
storey apartment building
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that overlooked the beach,
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only about 250 feet
from the water's edge.
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There was a group of 20 persons
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that decided to
hold a "hurricane party."
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How many have ever
heard of a hurricane party?
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As hurricane Camille
was whirling towards them,
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they decided, "No,
let's have a drinking party."
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And so when Police
Chief Jerry Peralta
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dropped in on their
party, he urged them to leave.
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He told them,
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"This is a dangerous
storm and it's getting worse.
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You need to leave immediately."
And they laughed at them.
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And all of a sudden several
gathered there in the balcony
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and they joined in
with this other person
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who was already there.
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And then one man piped up
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and said, "Look,
this is my property.
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And if you want us to leave,
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you're gonna have to arrest me."
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And they all laughed.
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And then the Chief Jerry Peralta
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got out his
little pad and he said,
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"Okay, I want to
take down the names
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of your next of kin,
please, one at a time.
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And he scribbled down
their names of the next of kin.
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And then he left.
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He left and the
front wall of the storm
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hit full force at
10:15 p.m. with wind speed,
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scientists clocked
it, at 205 miles per hour,
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hurling bullets of
rain at 205 miles per hour,
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the waves rising to 28 feet.
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The place was
absolutely decimated.
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Nothing was left
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but the
concrete slab foundation.
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Only alone survivor
was a five year old,
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was able to somehow cling
to a mattress and survived.
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They defied the warnings.
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They defied the
last call. And they lost.
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They were in the
direct line of their hurricane
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as it slammed
into the apartment,
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and they were having a party.
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Wow!
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Isn't that really a commentary
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on what's going
on in our generation?
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Would you agree,
there's a storm coming
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and everybody
thinks, it's just party time?
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Would you agree, it's
time to get boarded up,
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and exit this old world,
and get into the word of God,
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and find our
shelter in Jesus Christ?
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The days are numbered.
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I believe that God has a
loving last message of mercy.
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So how does the Bible
depict the final, loving,
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urgent, warning
messages to go around the world
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before Jesus comes?
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Take your Bible and
turn with me to the dynamic,
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symbolic prophetic
Book of Revelation.
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Everyone say the
Revelation. Revelation.
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Revelation Chapter 14,
we're looking at the heart,
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the center of the
Book of Revelation,
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the apocalypse, Revelations 14.
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This book comes down,
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they, the messages
embraced in this colorful book,
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come down the corridors of time
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with relevance in our
day like never before.
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Revelation Chapter 14,
looking there at verse six.
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"Then, I saw another angel."
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The word angel, in the
Greek as the word angelos,
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from which we get messenger.
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And a messenger
brings his message.
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So here comes the heaven
sent urgent, compelling message
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to go to
earth's remotest bounds,
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just before Jesus comes.
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"Then I saw another angel
flying in the midst of heaven
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having the everlasting gospel."
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The word gospel means good news.
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It's all about Jesus.
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"To preach to those, to proclaim
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to those who dwell on the earth,
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to every nation,
tribe, tongue and people."
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So what's the
scope of this message?
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It's urgent. It
comes with a loud voice.
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It's from heaven.
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It's just before
the return of Jesus,
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and the scope
of it is worldwide.
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So I want you to
notice verse seven.
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"Saying with a,
what kind of voice?"
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"Loud voice."
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Just like Police
Chief Jerry Peralta
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sounded his final
calls, his final warning,
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his final offer to evacuate.
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You know, they defied it,
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they ignored it,
they resisted it,
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they rejected
it to their demise.
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And I want you to
notice, this is the last call
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that goes around the world.
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And it comes with a--
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What kind of
voice, a loud voice.
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In other words,
it's Revelation's
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most urgent messages.
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Notice here in
verse number seven.
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"Saying with a loud voice."
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Would you agree with the idea
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of an angel coming
with a loud voice means
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that God is
beckoning for our audience?
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God is, is compelled
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because of the
urgency of the hour,
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to try to grip our
attention and tell us, "Listen.
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Listen to this message."
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"Saying with a loud
voice." 'Fear God.'"
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Would you agree, God is trying
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to get the attention of a
preoccupied self absorbed,
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entertained to death generation?
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Are you with me, tonight?
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"Saying with a
loud voice, fear God
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and give glory
to Him, for the hour
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of His judgment has come."
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"For the hour of
his judgment has come."
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"Worship him who made
the heavens, the earth,
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and the sea and
the springs of water."
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I don't have time to get
into the second angel's message
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and the third angel's message.
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But I want to
put in a crosshairs
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of our investigation
tonight, in this hour of power,
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the hour of His judgment.
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Let's sharpen the focus,
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let's get out
the magnifying glass,
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we are gonna Zero
in on this expression
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and see, what is the
nature of this judgment.
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When did it begin?
How does it impact us?
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How do we relate to the fact
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that we're living in
the hour of God's judgment?
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Would you agree, it sounds
pretty serious, doesn't it?
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All right, so I
want you notice here,
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what does it mean,
"Everlasting Gospel?"
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Everlasting Gospel. The
gospel is of Jesus Christ.
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How many of you're glad that
when you watch the bad news,
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in the evening news,
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thank God, you
know the good news.
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Can you say amen? Amen.
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And so all I can say is,
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the bad news is
reminder of the good news that
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Jesus is going to come
and take His people home,
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who are ready, who are prepared.
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And the Bible makes
it very clear, the best.
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I've read the last
two chapters of the Bible,
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in the Book of Revelation.
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The best is yet to come.
Can you shout amen tonight?
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And so the
Gospel of Jesus Christ,
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it says, it's the
everlasting gospel.
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So that embraces
the past, present
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and future work of Jesus Christ.
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Would agree the
gospel is all about
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what Christ has done for you?
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What He is doing for you?
And what He will do for you?
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You see, what
has He done for us.
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How many are
thankful that He created you?
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You did not evolve.
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Can you say amen? Amen.
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You look better
than a monkey any day.
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And I want to notice
here, past, creation of us.
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Secondly, and by the way,
it says worship the Creator.
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That's what it says there,
in the first angel's message.
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Then secondly,
past, redemption for us.
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He redeemed us on the
cross by His precious blood.
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Thirdly, that's present
now, He's interceding for us.
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That's why when
I send emails out,
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I typically end with
Jesus lives for us, Mark
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Why do I do that?
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Because the Bible
says in Hebrew 7:25
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that He ever lives to
make intercession for us,
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Hebrew 7:25.
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How many are
thankful that right now,
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He is pleading
His blood for you?
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How many agree,
it's the last call
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from Heaven's throne room?
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The last message of
mercy, He pleads His blood,
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His merits, His
righteousness in our behalf.
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And so I want you notice
here, that's the good news.
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Would you agree
this is good news?
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But there is, how
many want the full gospel,
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the whole gospel?
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Notice here,
present, He's judging for us.
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John 5:22, Jesus said
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that the Father has
given all judgment to the Son
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because He's
also the Son of man.
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He's been here, done that.
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He's been tempted yet,
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with out giving
in to temptation.
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He was sinless.
Can you say amen?
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Perfection personified.
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And the Bible
makes it very, very clear
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that he was without sin,
although we were severely beset
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with temptations or
barrage of temptations.
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How many agree that the devil
hounded Him every step He took?
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In Hebrews 4:14-16
makes it very clear.
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He knows how to
sympathize with us
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because He was tempted like
us and He's our intercessor,
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our great high priest
in the heavenly sanctuary
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at the right hand of God.
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So He's judging for us.
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He's our intercessor,
but He's also our judge.
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So He pleads His blood for us
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and He's going to
judge in our favor.
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So all I can say is,
"Here comes the judge."
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And He is Jesus,
the one who created us,
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died for us, intercedes
for us, is judge for us.
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How many agree, the deck
is stacked in your favor?
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Yeah.
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And so I want you
notice here, future.
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What work is Jesus
going to do in the future?
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Glorification. How many agree?
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You accept
Christ's justification.
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You walk with
Jesus, sanctification,
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in preparation
for glorification.
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How many are looking forward
to getting a brand new body,
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brand new model,
instant weight loss program?
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No more backaches,
no more Pepto-Bismol,
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no more Tylenol,
no more Walgreens.
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I don't know, is that
okay to say on television.
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But anyway, future--
Jesus is coming for us.
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What if I told you tonight,
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I have some news to tell you,
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and I could show
you from the Bible,
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and you knew it was true?
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And I read in the Bible,
Jesus is not coming again.
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He died for you. But
He's not coming for you.
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Would you agree?
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That wouldn't
be the full gospel.
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It's good news, He died for you.
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But the gospel must include
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the ones He died
for, He's coming for.
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Can you say amen? Amen.
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And so the Bible
makes it very clear,
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the gospel of Jesus
Christ is the everlasting gospel
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past, present and future.
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Would you agree? He's
got you covered, amen.
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And so the gospel leads us
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to keep our eyes on Jesus alone.
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The devil is
working with fever pitch
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to try to annoy us,
harass us, and distract us,
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and divert us
from looking to Jesus.
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So many channels to watch,
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so many different
kinds of music to listen to,
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so many voices,
so many deadlines,
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so many pressures.
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Jesus said, "Be careful,
lest the cares of this world,
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and the pleasures of this world
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preclude you from being ready
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for that great
day when Jesus comes."
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And so the gospel leads us
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to keep our eyes on Jesus alone.
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Isaiah 45:22
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"Look unto me and be ye saved,
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all the ends of the earth."
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How are we
saved? Not by a formula.
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We are saved,
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not by just because we
are able to say some words.
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We're saved by looking to Jesus.
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We're saved by looking to Jesus.
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Hebrews 12, go there
with me very quickly.
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Hebrews chapter twelve,
I love the book of Hebrews.
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The book of Hebrews is a
book that helps us to unlock
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the work of Jesus in
the heavenly sanctuary.
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Hebrews Chapter
12, Hebrews Chapter 12,
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Paul is writing
here by the inspiration
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of the Holy
Spirit, verse number 1,
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"Therefore, we also,
since we are surrounded by
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so great a cloud of witnesses,
let us lay aside every weight
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in the sin which so
easily ensnares us."
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Do you find that the devil knows
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what button to push?
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Would you agree? He
studies us, unfortunately.
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He doesn't go on vacation.
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The Bible does say, "You resist
the devil, and he'll flee."
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But eventually it
comes back. James 4:7.
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But "Greater is
He that is in you
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than he that is in the world."
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1 John 4:4.
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And the Bible says,
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"Give up that sin, that
so easily ensnares you."
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You know your
weaknesses and the Bible says,
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"Bring your weaknesses
to your great high priest."
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Hebrews 4:14-16. All
right, let's keep going.
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"And the sin which
so easily ensnares us,
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and let us run with endurance
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the race that is set before us."
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"Endurance,"
everybody say that word.
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"Endurance." Endurance.
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What does that
mean? Don't give up.
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The devil is
trying to discourage you.
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There are more depressed
people today than ever before.
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Guess what?
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I've got an excellent
prescription for depression.
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I've got an
excellent anti-depressant.
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Looking unto Jesus, the author
and finisher of our faith."
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Now, I'm not
trying to say to boo
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to every, every
doctor, anything.
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That's not, that's not my point.
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I'm simply, you
know, I believe medicine
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has its role and so
forth, but I'm here to tell you,
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whatever you take, you
need to take Jesus, number one.
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Let Him be your guide,
let Him be your Lord, amen.
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The Bible says here,
"Looking under Jesus,
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the author and
finisher of our faith.
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He will finish what
he started in your life.
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Philippians 1:6 says
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that "The Lord will
finish what He started."
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And would you agree?
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He's not finished
with you or I yet.
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Be patient with me,
I'm under construction.
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Wear a hard hat.
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And so I want
you to notice here,
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Paul says, "Don't give up."
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Hang in there. How?
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By looking to Jesus.
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Didn't Jesus say in Luke 21:28,
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in the context of talking about
the ominous time of the end?
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He said there, "Look up,
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for you're
redemption draws nigh."
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Well, if you look up right now,
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eventually you're gonna see
Jesus come but prior to that,
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you still look up
and you see Jesus.
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And you look up
and what do you see,
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you see Jesus interceding
for you, pleading His blood.
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How many agree? He
carries you upon His heart.
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Amen.
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And so the Bible
says that our prayers
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are taken up by our great
high priest, Jesus Christ.
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And He takes your prayers.
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No matter how
feeble, if they're sincere,
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He takes those
prayers upon His heart,
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and upon His lips,
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and He makes
confession before the Father.
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In other words, your
prayers become His prayers.
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Can you shout amen? Amen.
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You recognize good
news here, tonight.
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And so the Bible
says, here Paul says,
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"That will help
you from giving up."
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Aren't you glad
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that when the devil tempts
you to just throw in the towel
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and when the devil tempts
you to just cover in defeat,
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aren't you glad that
you can look up by faith
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and you hear Jesus.
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Oh, I can hear him
pleading His blood, saying,
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"Oh, my father,
Mark Fox is my son."
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And the father says, "If
he's your son, he's my son too."
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Didn't Jesus
say, I'll go to my God
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and your God, my
Father and your Father.
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Now, I want to
notice here beloved,
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endurance means don't give up.
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What will keep us from giving up
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in the time of the end,
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knowing that He's at
the right hand of God?
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You and I cannot lose
if we're looking to Jesus.
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Do you know it's
impossible to sin
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while you're looking to Jesus?
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But why do we sin?
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Because we took
our eyes off Jesus.
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Is that gospel truth,
what I just said there?
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Is He able to
keep me from falling
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and present me faultless
before His throne of grace,
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Jude verse 24.
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Why do we sin?
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Because we take
our eyes off Jesus.
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What happened to Peter?
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When he was looking to Jesus,
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he was actually
able to walk on water.
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Would you agree?
That's like obedience.
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What happened when he
took his eyes off Jesus?
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Spiritual law of
gravity, drowning
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and he came up
sputtering and crying out,
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"Lord, save me or I perish."
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And the hand of
Jesus was right there.
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Now beloved, our
great high priest,
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is this "Jesus is the same
yesterday, today and forever."
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Hebrews 13:8.
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He still has a merciful hand
to lift you up when you fail
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and well, He can
keep you from falling.
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Can you say amen?
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And so the Bible says
here, "Looking under Jesus."
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Looking unto Jesus,
what does that mean?
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Think about Him, dwell upon Him,
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study about His life,
death, burial, resurrection,
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ascension,
intercession and soon coming.
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Jesus in the morning,
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Jesus at noon,
Jesus in the evening,
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Jesus at work,
Jesus at Wal-Mart,
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Jesus wherever you go.
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Bible says "pray
without ceasing."
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1 Thessalonians 5:17.
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Jesus said in the time
of the end, "Pray always."
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Luke 21: 36. I
want you notice here.
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"Looking unto Jesus,
author," that is the originator.
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And the perfector or
the "finisher of our faith."
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What is Jesus working on?
He is working on your faith.
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Because we stand by
faith, we walk by faith,
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and you can't be
saved without faith.
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We're not saved by faith,
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were saved by
grace through faith.
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The grace of
God does you no good
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unless you believe the
grace of God will save you.
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And it will take a
miracle to save you.
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And He's works miracles.
"He's the Alpha and Omega."
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He finishes
what he starts. Amen.
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How many agree,
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He's doing something
marvelous in your life?
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He's doing something
really amazing in your life.
00:21:06.19\00:21:10.27
And so I want you notice
here, "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 endured the cross.
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Well, what made
him endure the cross?
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Because He saw
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that He would be able
to spend eternity with you.
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How many agree?
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When He died on the
cross, He had you in His mind.
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And you know what,
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He still has you in
His mind, in His heart.
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If you are going through a
personal crisis in your life,
00:21:32.95\00:21:35.79
if you are facing
financial challenges,
00:21:35.82\00:21:38.29
if you are suffering
from a health problem,
00:21:38.33\00:21:40.43
if your marriage
is needing a miracle,
00:21:40.46\00:21:42.73
if you have a special
concern for your children,
00:21:42.76\00:21:45.27
whatever you need
maybe, give us a call
00:21:45.30\00:21:47.44
and we will pray with you.
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For your prayer requests
call us at 1-855-336- Free.
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"If the Son sets you
free, you are free indeed."
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John 8:36.
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"Looking under 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 endured the cross,
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despising the
shame, and has sat down
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at the right hand
of the throne of God."
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Where is Jesus? Where is Jesus?
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Point to where He
is. He's up there.
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I tell my children,
I trained my children
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to answer that by hand motion.
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So I say, "Caleb, Jordan,
my ten year old, five year old,
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I said, "Where is Jesus?"
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And I've been instructing
them. Where is Jesus?
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And it's biblical.
Okay, I just want hand motion.
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Is that biblical? Yes.
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You didn't even
hear me say anything.
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How many agree, He
is interceding for you?
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How many agree, He's
always at your right hand?
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"I have set the
Lord always before me
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because He is at my right
hand, I shall not be moved."
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Psalm 16:8.
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But the Bible
says, "Christ in you,
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the hope of
glory," Colossians 1: 27.
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Shout amen tonight. All right.
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And so I want to
notice, what is Jesus doing now?
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What is He doing now?
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Go with me to
Romans Chapter two.
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Romans Chapter two, all right.
00:23:07.78\00:23:10.29
We've got to put our
foot on the accelerator here,
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Romans Chapter
two. Romans Chapter two.
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And I urge those
watching a television
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or their Internet
to get a hold of us.
00:23:21.63\00:23:24.67
And we'll get you some material.
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Romans Chapter two, Romans 2:16,
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"In the day when God will
judge the secrets of men by."
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Who is the judge?
Underline it, highlight it.
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Who is it? Who is he?
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Jesus Christ is the judge.
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"According to my,"
what?" To my gospel."
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So tonight, if you're gonna hear
00:23:50.76\00:23:53.16
Mark Fox preach the gospel.
00:23:53.19\00:23:55.70
And you want to
hear the full gospel,
00:23:55.73\00:23:57.50
it's the past, present,
future work of Jesus Christ,
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the everlasting
gospel, Three Angels' messages.
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And that would
include, that would embrace
00:24:03.10\00:24:06.64
an explanation, an examination,
00:24:06.68\00:24:11.91
a focus upon the work of Jesus,
in the heavenly sanctuary,
00:24:11.95\00:24:19.65
as our great high
priest and our judge,
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both of these things,
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I will show you
were going on now.
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Because the Bible makes it clear
00:24:27.73\00:24:30.07
that this judgment occurs
00:24:30.10\00:24:33.70
while the gospel
is being proclaimed.
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Part of the gospel is Jesus
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is gonna judge
the secrets of men.
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And let's go back to
the Book of Revelation
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and let's get some contextual,
sequential framework.
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All right. Let's go there.
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Let's get a sequence.
Everybody say sequence.
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Sequence. All right.
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Not suspense,
sequence. All right, here we go.
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Now, we want to
know the truth tonight.
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Notice here,
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the first angel's
message declares announcement.
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Present tense, we are living
in the hour of God's judgment.
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We have already established
00:25:07.70\00:25:09.44
that we are living
in a defining moment
00:25:09.47\00:25:11.44
of world's history
known as the time of the end.
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There's a period
of time of the end.
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You'll know when the end comes,
00:25:17.55\00:25:19.38
but we're living in
the time of the end.
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And so the Bible makes it clear,
00:25:22.55\00:25:24.85
in the time of the
end, Jesus would be engaged
00:25:24.89\00:25:28.06
in His final work,
this part of the gospel,
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His final work for us
in the heavenly temple.
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Where is He?
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In the heavenly temple
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and it happens
before He comes again.
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And this announcement must
go to earth remotest bounds,
00:25:38.93\00:25:41.24
it's Revelations
most urgent message.
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Revelation Chapter 14,
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what happens after
these three angels,
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these messages are preached?
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The word preached is used there.
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Preach with a loud voice
urgently around the world.
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What then will
take place? What event?
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Notice here, verse 14,
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"Then I looked,
behold a white cloud,
00:26:02.42\00:26:06.76
and on the cloud sat
one like the Son of man
00:26:06.80\00:26:09.33
having on his
head a golden crown
00:26:09.36\00:26:12.10
and in his hand a sharp sickle."
00:26:12.13\00:26:13.87
Mixing metaphors
or imagery there,
00:26:13.90\00:26:16.20
"He's coming as King of
Kings and Lord of Lords."
00:26:16.24\00:26:18.57
Revelation Chapter
19 makes that clear.
00:26:18.61\00:26:20.88
But He is also not only coming
00:26:20.91\00:26:23.48
as King of Kings
and Lord of Lords,
00:26:23.51\00:26:25.18
He is coming as a
heavenly harvester.
00:26:25.21\00:26:29.38
I want you to notice
here that the whole world
00:26:29.42\00:26:31.62
will be polarized
into two camps, two sides.
00:26:31.65\00:26:35.72
The wheat, and in
this case the sour grapes.
00:26:35.76\00:26:39.83
The righteous and the wicked.
00:26:39.86\00:26:42.33
There's only, always
been a line of demarcation
00:26:42.36\00:26:44.57
between the two but
that line is widening.
00:26:44.60\00:26:48.37
And so the Bible
makes it very clear
00:26:48.40\00:26:50.97
that the Lord
Jesus is gonna come
00:26:51.01\00:26:53.34
when the earth is ripe.
00:26:53.38\00:26:56.18
The righteous are ripe
and the wicked are ripe.
00:26:56.21\00:26:59.01
What does it mean ripe? Ready.
00:26:59.05\00:27:01.35
How do we get ready?
00:27:01.38\00:27:02.88
Character, development,
becoming like Jesus.
00:27:02.92\00:27:06.62
That is how we get ready.
To become more like Jesus.
00:27:06.65\00:27:10.79
And at every phase, at
every stage, at every step,
00:27:10.83\00:27:14.06
at every point of development,
in becoming like Jesus,
00:27:14.10\00:27:17.47
you are accepted in the beloved
00:27:17.50\00:27:19.63
and even though He's
not finished with you yet,
00:27:19.67\00:27:21.97
if Jesus wants to come tonight,
00:27:22.00\00:27:23.94
if you are in
Christ, you will be saved.
00:27:23.97\00:27:26.81
Even though, He's
not done with you yet.
00:27:26.84\00:27:29.94
Because sanctification
is the work of a lifetime.
00:27:29.98\00:27:33.25
You will never say, "All right.
00:27:33.28\00:27:34.88
It's finished with
me. Got it all done."
00:27:34.92\00:27:37.55
But how many agree, you've
got to keep your eyes on Jesus
00:27:37.59\00:27:40.02
as long as there is a devil,
00:27:40.06\00:27:41.52
there is temptation
and possibility of falling.
00:27:41.56\00:27:46.19
And so I want
you to notice here,
00:27:46.23\00:27:48.26
want you to notice here
that first these messages
00:27:48.30\00:27:51.07
go around the world in
preparation of the harvest.
00:27:51.10\00:27:54.50
So the God's people can be
ripe or ready for the picking.
00:27:54.54\00:27:58.34
And just as we use the analogy
of, of for example, fruit.
00:27:58.37\00:28:03.14
Fruit in its final
stages ripens very quickly.
00:28:03.18\00:28:07.62
Doesn't it?
00:28:07.65\00:28:08.98
And so God's
people in the last days
00:28:09.02\00:28:10.65
are gonna be
ripening more rapidly
00:28:10.69\00:28:12.85
becoming more like
Jesus, or more like the world,
00:28:12.89\00:28:16.93
more rapidly in the
last days than ever before.
00:28:16.96\00:28:20.20
We are living in an
unparalleled, unusual hour.
00:28:20.23\00:28:24.17
And so the Bible
makes it very clear
00:28:24.20\00:28:25.67
that the harvest is coming.
00:28:25.70\00:28:27.04
It's coming.
00:28:27.07\00:28:28.40
This is the coming of the Lord
when we're gathered together
00:28:28.44\00:28:30.57
to meet the
Lord in those clouds.
00:28:30.61\00:28:32.67
The Lord comes on a cloud,
we meet Him in the clouds.
00:28:32.71\00:28:34.64
Amen, and this is
not just puffy clouds.
00:28:34.68\00:28:36.98
I'm talking about
a lot of holy angels.
00:28:37.01\00:28:39.61
Can you say amen? Amen.
00:28:39.65\00:28:41.05
A swarm of holy angels, right.
00:28:41.08\00:28:43.42
And so I want
you to notice here,
00:28:43.45\00:28:45.19
I want you to
notice here, we continue,
00:28:45.22\00:28:47.46
what is Jesus doing now?
00:28:47.49\00:28:49.02
He is preparing
us for the harvest.
00:28:49.06\00:28:52.89
Number four, what urgent message
00:28:52.93\00:28:55.33
is to be
preached around the world
00:28:55.36\00:28:56.73
before Jesus comes again,
00:28:56.77\00:28:59.03
I repeat, by the way,
you'll notice something
00:28:59.07\00:29:01.10
that I'm guilty of, on
purpose, I repeat myself.
00:29:01.14\00:29:07.04
Well, come on now.
00:29:07.08\00:29:08.41
Don't you do that
with your husband?
00:29:08.44\00:29:12.41
Let me ask the husband,
00:29:12.45\00:29:13.78
did your wife
ever repeat herself?
00:29:13.82\00:29:15.72
Yeah, I thought so.
00:29:15.75\00:29:18.02
Ladies, does your
husband ever repeat,
00:29:18.05\00:29:20.46
all right,
anyway, you get my drill.
00:29:20.49\00:29:22.42
The point is this,
when you love somebody,
00:29:22.46\00:29:25.23
at least, you're
supposed to do it in love,
00:29:25.26\00:29:26.83
you repeat yourself.
00:29:26.86\00:29:28.20
Because even in
school, you have repetition
00:29:28.23\00:29:30.53
because repetition
is the key to retention.
00:29:30.57\00:29:33.50
And so what urgent
message is to be preached
00:29:33.54\00:29:36.27
around the world
before Jesus comes again?
00:29:36.30\00:29:38.54
The hour of His
judgment, it's here.
00:29:38.57\00:29:42.31
It's arrived, it's in
session, it has convened.
00:29:42.34\00:29:47.12
So what does it mean?
00:29:47.15\00:29:48.48
The hour of God's
judgment, it's here.
00:29:48.52\00:29:51.29
It's arrived. Preach it.
00:29:51.32\00:29:53.15
We're living in
the judgment hour.
00:29:53.19\00:29:55.19
Well, what does it mean?
00:29:55.22\00:29:56.56
Would you agree in judgment
00:29:56.59\00:29:59.29
that means something is decided?
00:29:59.33\00:30:01.76
Something is weighed and
then a verdict is reached.
00:30:01.80\00:30:06.30
And so what does Jesus
decide, judge or determine judge
00:30:06.33\00:30:13.17
before He come again
during this judgment hour,
00:30:13.21\00:30:16.28
what does He
decide in that judgment.
00:30:16.31\00:30:18.28
Go with me to the
Book of Revelation.
00:30:18.31\00:30:19.71
Oh, you're already there.
00:30:19.75\00:30:21.08
Okay, then just turn a
couple of pages to the back
00:30:21.12\00:30:24.09
of your Bible,
last page in scripture.
00:30:24.12\00:30:28.26
Revelation 21, 22:11, all right.
00:30:28.29\00:30:33.09
Before Jesus
comes, look at verse 12
00:30:33.13\00:30:35.10
"Behold I come in--
I am coming quickly."
00:30:35.13\00:30:37.23
All right. Let's
go back, verse 11.
00:30:37.27\00:30:39.77
"He who is unjust
let him be unjust still.
00:30:39.80\00:30:42.47
He who is filthy,
let him be filthy still.
00:30:42.50\00:30:44.67
He who is righteous,
let him be righteous still.
00:30:44.71\00:30:46.68
He who is holy,
let him be holy still."
00:30:46.71\00:30:48.81
This is a
sentence that is preached
00:30:48.84\00:30:53.08
during the hour
of God's judgment
00:30:53.11\00:30:55.08
before Jesus
comes as King of Kings
00:30:55.12\00:30:57.59
and Lord of Lords,
and a heavenly harvester.
00:30:57.62\00:31:00.66
This verdict has
reached. Who's the judge?
00:31:00.69\00:31:04.06
Jesus.
00:31:04.09\00:31:07.00
And so the Bible
makes it very clear,
00:31:07.03\00:31:08.76
there will be a
time when probation,
00:31:08.80\00:31:11.80
human probation,
00:31:11.83\00:31:13.37
that is
opportunity for salvation,
00:31:13.40\00:31:15.34
probation,
opportunity for salvation.
00:31:15.37\00:31:20.48
This is talking about,
this is throwing the spotlight
00:31:20.51\00:31:24.95
upon a very solemn event.
00:31:24.98\00:31:30.55
Let me punctuate this.
00:31:30.59\00:31:32.65
The close of
probation, he that is unjust,
00:31:32.69\00:31:36.69
that's it, that
person is unjust.
00:31:36.73\00:31:38.06
That's it, that's the
way, you're gonna stay.
00:31:38.09\00:31:39.56
This person's righteous,
00:31:39.59\00:31:40.93
that's the way
they're gonna stay.
00:31:40.96\00:31:42.30
How many agree, it's
either good news or bad news.
00:31:42.33\00:31:43.67
I like the good
news. How many agree?
00:31:43.70\00:31:45.90
You accept the good news,
00:31:45.93\00:31:47.27
there's nothing but good
news in terms of your salvation.
00:31:47.30\00:31:49.40
Can you say amen? Amen.
00:31:49.44\00:31:50.77
I didn't say, you're
gonna glide into heaven.
00:31:50.81\00:31:53.07
But I did say your salvation
is secure in Jesus Christ.
00:31:53.11\00:31:57.58
I want you to
notice here, beloved.
00:31:57.61\00:31:59.68
Verse 12, after
the close of probation,
00:31:59.71\00:32:03.69
some time after
that what event is next?
00:32:03.72\00:32:07.09
Didn't the Bible tells us,
00:32:07.12\00:32:08.46
tell us there's the
hour of God's judgment
00:32:08.49\00:32:10.09
and then there's the harvest?
00:32:10.13\00:32:11.59
So in other words, the judgment,
00:32:11.63\00:32:12.96
the hour of God's judgment
is complete and then He comes.
00:32:12.99\00:32:18.20
So the judgment has
gone its full course
00:32:18.23\00:32:21.27
and every person is
in one of two categories,
00:32:21.30\00:32:25.31
either in or out, saved or lost.
00:32:25.34\00:32:29.98
Would you agree,
when Jesus comes,
00:32:30.01\00:32:31.68
He knows who He is coming for?
00:32:31.71\00:32:35.38
Verse 12, "Behold,
I am coming quickly.
00:32:35.42\00:32:38.99
And my reward is
with me to give everyone
00:32:39.02\00:32:41.32
according to his work."
00:32:41.36\00:32:42.69
If He comes with his rewards,
00:32:42.72\00:32:44.59
that pre-supposes
and that necessitates
00:32:44.63\00:32:47.70
some type of
determination or judgment
00:32:47.73\00:32:51.40
before He comes
with its rewards,
00:32:51.43\00:32:53.77
who gets what rewards.
00:32:53.80\00:32:55.90
So first, there is a judgment,
then there is His soon return.
00:32:55.94\00:33:00.38
Now beloved, this is
all part of the gospel.
00:33:00.41\00:33:03.51
So what does the
Bible call that process
00:33:03.55\00:33:05.45
in which Jesus determines
00:33:05.48\00:33:07.32
who will be saved
and who will be lost?
00:33:07.35\00:33:08.95
What is that process?
00:33:08.98\00:33:10.32
What would you
call that process?
00:33:10.35\00:33:11.69
Judgment. The
hour of His Judgment.
00:33:11.72\00:33:13.59
If you're with me
thus far saying amen?
00:33:13.62\00:33:15.36
Amen. Are you really with me?
00:33:15.39\00:33:17.43
Say a louder amen? Amen.
00:33:17.46\00:33:19.23
If I've left you
in the desk, be quiet.
00:33:19.26\00:33:23.06
Now, where does
this judgment take place
00:33:23.10\00:33:25.27
and how does the Bible
describe this momentous event?
00:33:25.30\00:33:29.10
Now, let's go to
the Book of Daniel.
00:33:29.14\00:33:30.47
Daniel and Revelation are twins.
00:33:30.51\00:33:32.31
They're
inseparable Daniel 7:9 and 10.
00:33:32.34\00:33:38.28
"I watched till
thrones were put in place,
00:33:38.31\00:33:40.92
and the Ancient
of Days was seated.
00:33:40.95\00:33:43.28
His Garment was white as snow.
00:33:43.32\00:33:45.45
And the hair of his
head was white like,
00:33:45.49\00:33:47.49
it was like pure wool.
00:33:47.52\00:33:49.79
His throne was a fiery flame,"
00:33:49.82\00:33:52.06
His wheels, "its
wheels are burning fire."
00:33:52.09\00:33:54.66
We're talking
about a movable majestic,
00:33:54.70\00:33:57.17
awesome, cosmic throne.
00:33:57.20\00:33:59.57
A throne--
00:33:59.60\00:34:00.94
"A thousand,
thousands ministered to him.
00:34:00.97\00:34:02.77
Ten thousand times,
00:34:02.80\00:34:04.14
ten thousands stood before him."
00:34:04.17\00:34:05.51
I got a question for you.
00:34:05.54\00:34:06.88
How many angels are,
holy angels are there?
00:34:06.91\00:34:08.28
We know, one third of the angels
00:34:08.31\00:34:09.64
are kicked out of heaven.
00:34:09.68\00:34:12.28
Because they, they
rebelled against God.
00:34:12.31\00:34:15.98
But I got, in next
Revelation Chapter 12
00:34:16.02\00:34:17.65
makes that clear,
but I got a question.
00:34:17.69\00:34:19.12
How many, how many holy
angels do you think they are?
00:34:19.15\00:34:20.96
Okay, let's do a little quiz,
all right, by show of hands.
00:34:20.99\00:34:23.43
How many think,
00:34:23.46\00:34:24.79
there's hundreds
and hundreds of angels?
00:34:24.83\00:34:27.50
All right, how many think
00:34:27.53\00:34:28.86
there are thousands
and thousands of angels?
00:34:28.90\00:34:34.17
All right, how many think
there's millions of angels?
00:34:34.20\00:34:37.57
All right, how many think
there's billions of angles?
00:34:37.61\00:34:40.38
Now, if you raise
your hand five times,
00:34:40.41\00:34:42.24
you know, that doesn't work.
00:34:42.28\00:34:44.98
So I want to know who's honest
00:34:45.01\00:34:46.58
and said the
billions, first time up.
00:34:46.61\00:34:49.28
You are the A
students, the A plus.
00:34:49.32\00:34:51.29
All the rest
are very, very good.
00:34:51.32\00:34:52.79
You all passed, kind of.
Is it, Mark, how do you know?
00:34:52.82\00:34:57.99
How many brought in a
guardian angel with you tonight?
00:34:58.03\00:35:02.56
How many people
are there in the world?
00:35:02.60\00:35:04.97
Six billion.
00:35:05.00\00:35:06.60
Doesn't everybody
have a guardian angel?
00:35:06.63\00:35:10.47
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
00:35:10.51\00:35:13.07
Every single
person on planet earth
00:35:13.11\00:35:16.04
has a guardian angel.
00:35:16.08\00:35:17.85
Some are making the
guardian Angels work overtime.
00:35:17.88\00:35:23.18
Come on there,
been there, done that.
00:35:23.22\00:35:26.35
Sudden changes are about to
catch the world by surprise.
00:35:26.39\00:35:30.29
Amazing Bible
prophecies are fast fulfilling.
00:35:30.33\00:35:33.66
Do ancient prophecies predict
a sudden economic collapse?
00:35:33.70\00:35:37.20
Will the Middle East
crisis erupt into World War III?
00:35:37.23\00:35:40.77
Are we living on
the eve of Armageddon?
00:35:40.80\00:35:43.37
How will the final moves
of the anti-Christ affect you?
00:35:43.41\00:35:46.57
What is the future
00:35:46.61\00:35:47.94
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00:35:47.98\00:35:49.78
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So we're talking about
who knows how many angels
00:36:28.62\00:36:31.89
gather around the
holy throne of God.
00:36:31.92\00:36:34.19
How many agree that
angels are not lazy?
00:36:34.22\00:36:38.09
They work for our salvation.
00:36:38.13\00:36:40.30
The Bible says, they
are ministering spirits
00:36:40.33\00:36:42.06
set forth to minister to those
who are heirs of salvation,
00:36:42.10\00:36:45.87
Hebrews Chapter 1.
00:36:45.90\00:36:48.20
So I want you to notice
here, what's this solemn,
00:36:48.24\00:36:51.47
majestic,
heavenly celestial event?
00:36:51.51\00:36:55.78
It's right here, are you ready?
00:36:55.81\00:36:58.81
It's like, you've
a heavenly drum roll.
00:36:58.85\00:37:01.32
Here it is, the court in heaven,
00:37:01.35\00:37:06.55
at the throne was seated.
00:37:06.59\00:37:10.66
Now, I've been in a courtroom,
and when the judge sits down,
00:37:10.69\00:37:18.47
you listen, because he's
about to make some decisions.
00:37:18.50\00:37:25.27
"The court was seated
00:37:25.31\00:37:29.28
and the books were open."
00:37:29.31\00:37:34.48
The word court there can
also be rendered judgment.
00:37:34.52\00:37:39.85
Some versions, some translations
00:37:39.89\00:37:41.79
employed the word judgment.
00:37:41.82\00:37:44.89
Either way,
it's interchangeable,
00:37:44.93\00:37:46.96
synonymous.
00:37:47.00\00:37:48.36
So I want you to notice beloved,
00:37:48.40\00:37:50.47
the judgment
convened in session, in heaven
00:37:50.50\00:37:56.57
and what's the, what's
involved in this judgment?
00:37:56.60\00:38:00.28
A lot of decisions
are being made that affect
00:38:00.31\00:38:03.18
every single person
who is in the books.
00:38:03.21\00:38:08.82
"The books were open."
00:38:08.85\00:38:12.25
So the focal
point of the judgment
00:38:12.29\00:38:15.59
is what's recorded.
00:38:15.62\00:38:18.99
Now, these days,
00:38:19.03\00:38:22.50
recording one
another is very eerily easy.
00:38:22.53\00:38:29.77
Smile, brush your
teeth, you're on Candid camera,
00:38:29.80\00:38:32.11
sometimes you
don't even know it.
00:38:32.14\00:38:34.38
How many agree,
there's a whole lot of cameras?
00:38:34.41\00:38:35.88
If you go to
London, for example,
00:38:35.91\00:38:37.28
I haven't been there,
but if you go to London,
00:38:37.31\00:38:39.11
I understand, they have a
lot of the surveillance cameras.
00:38:39.15\00:38:44.35
How many agree
00:38:44.39\00:38:45.72
God has a better surveillance
system than any government?
00:38:45.75\00:38:49.52
Scrutiny beyond
measure, a recording, you know,
00:38:49.56\00:38:53.50
but God doesn't need computers.
00:38:53.53\00:38:54.96
They still use
books, apparently.
00:38:55.00\00:38:57.17
But they're
accurate. Can you say amen?
00:38:57.20\00:38:59.77
They are accurate.
And what do they record?
00:38:59.80\00:39:03.47
Everything about your life.
00:39:03.51\00:39:06.68
Everything, everything.
Now, I want you to notice here.
00:39:06.71\00:39:12.58
I want you to notice here,
00:39:12.61\00:39:14.48
what are the names
of some of those books
00:39:14.52\00:39:16.79
that are open in the judgment?
00:39:16.82\00:39:19.69
Well, there's the Book of Life.
00:39:19.72\00:39:21.76
There's the Book of Remembrance.
00:39:21.79\00:39:24.29
And some other books,
00:39:24.33\00:39:25.66
but these are two
key books right there.
00:39:25.69\00:39:27.93
The Book of Life, when
you give your heart to Jesus,
00:39:27.96\00:39:30.97
to the lamb, your name
is written down in glory.
00:39:31.00\00:39:35.27
Your name is registered
in the Lamb's Book of Life.
00:39:35.30\00:39:38.37
That's the only way you can
get in the Lamb's Book of Life,
00:39:38.41\00:39:41.48
if you give your
heart to the Lamb.
00:39:41.51\00:39:45.51
And so, the Bible
makes it very clear
00:39:45.55\00:39:47.22
even in Philippians Chapter 4
00:39:47.25\00:39:49.08
talks about some gospel workers,
00:39:49.12\00:39:51.05
some ladies who
are gospel workers
00:39:51.09\00:39:53.15
who had their names written
in the Lamb's Book of Life,
00:39:53.19\00:39:55.36
in the Book of Life.
00:39:55.39\00:39:56.73
The Book of
Revelation talks about
00:39:56.76\00:39:58.69
the Lamb's Book of Life
00:39:58.73\00:40:00.30
and that if you're not
in the Lamb's Book of Life,
00:40:00.33\00:40:02.53
you will go to hell fire,
kind of makes me want to be
00:40:02.56\00:40:04.67
in the Lamb's Book of Life.
00:40:04.70\00:40:06.30
And to stay there.
00:40:06.33\00:40:08.40
And then there's
the Book of Remembrance,
00:40:08.44\00:40:09.87
Malachi 3:16 says that,
00:40:09.90\00:40:13.38
that "the Lord
hearkened and heard, and listen
00:40:13.41\00:40:19.91
to those who were
talking about Him."
00:40:19.95\00:40:23.79
And it was written down.
00:40:23.82\00:40:26.99
I believe that this
meeting is being written down.
00:40:27.02\00:40:29.59
How many want to
have a good record
00:40:29.62\00:40:31.56
being written down?
00:40:31.59\00:40:32.93
"I heard the
gospel and I accepted it
00:40:32.96\00:40:35.33
with all my heart, with
every fiber of my being."
00:40:35.36\00:40:38.40
Can you say amen?
00:40:38.43\00:40:39.77
And so what blessed
Assurances are given
00:40:39.80\00:40:42.17
to those who
trust and obey Jesus?
00:40:42.20\00:40:45.67
You know, the scripture I
like to emphasize each night,
00:40:45.71\00:40:49.88
"You will arise and have
mercy upon Zion," God's people.
00:40:49.91\00:40:53.08
You give your heart to
Jesus, really you are Zion.
00:40:53.11\00:40:56.58
"You will arise and
have mercy upon Zion
00:40:56.62\00:40:58.85
for the time to favor her."
00:40:58.89\00:41:01.79
"Yes, the set time
has come." Psalms 102:13.
00:41:01.82\00:41:05.19
Question, hour
of God's judgment.
00:41:05.23\00:41:09.10
Is that for you or
against you? It's up to you.
00:41:09.13\00:41:15.90
Coming of the Lord,
for you or against you?
00:41:15.94\00:41:19.47
Depends how you relate to Jesus.
00:41:19.51\00:41:22.68
You read that in Revelation 6,
00:41:22.71\00:41:24.21
some will, gonna run
and hide, when He comes.
00:41:24.25\00:41:27.02
How many of you've ever heard,
00:41:27.05\00:41:28.38
"You can run
but you can't hide?"
00:41:28.42\00:41:30.59
Well, that applies
also in the judgment.
00:41:30.62\00:41:33.19
Now listen
carefully, listen carefully.
00:41:33.22\00:41:37.03
Would you be
interested in being guaranteed
00:41:37.06\00:41:41.06
of God's favor
during the judgment hour?
00:41:41.10\00:41:44.97
Listen to what the
Bible says, "I was watching,"
00:41:45.00\00:41:47.77
this is the Book of Daniel
Chapter Seven, same Chapter
00:41:47.80\00:41:51.17
verse 21, 22, judgment
in favor of the saints.
00:41:51.21\00:41:53.98
Can you read this
with me? Let's go.
00:41:54.01\00:41:56.08
"I was watching
and the same horn,"
00:41:56.11\00:41:58.31
that's the
anti-Christ, "was making war
00:41:58.35\00:42:00.78
against the saints and
prevailing against them,
00:42:00.82\00:42:03.75
until the Ancient of Days
came and a judgment was made
00:42:03.79\00:42:11.29
in favor of the
saints of the Most High,
00:42:11.33\00:42:15.26
and the time came for the saints
00:42:15.30\00:42:17.30
to possess the kingdom."
00:42:17.33\00:42:19.17
First, there's a
judgment in favor of us.
00:42:19.20\00:42:21.67
And ultimately you're
going to get the kingdom.
00:42:21.70\00:42:23.91
Can you say amen?
00:42:23.94\00:42:26.57
First, you're written
down in the King's book.
00:42:26.61\00:42:29.38
And then the King
of Kings comes for you
00:42:29.41\00:42:31.41
to take you to His Kingdom.
00:42:31.45\00:42:35.78
How can we have
confidence to face the judgment?
00:42:35.82\00:42:38.75
Proverbs 28:13, the wise
man Solomon penned these words,
00:42:38.79\00:42:42.76
he says, "He who
confesses and forsakes his sins,
00:42:42.79\00:42:49.16
shall obtain mercy."
00:42:49.20\00:42:52.93
Confession and
repentance go together.
00:42:52.97\00:42:58.87
Repentance is not, I'm
sorry, crocodile tears.
00:42:58.91\00:43:06.08
Repentance, the Bible
says, is a deep sorrow for sin.
00:43:06.11\00:43:09.98
You and I
cannot come up with it.
00:43:10.02\00:43:12.39
Many people
think, first you repent,
00:43:12.42\00:43:13.99
then you come to Jesus.
00:43:14.02\00:43:15.36
You come to Jesus, and ask Him,
00:43:15.39\00:43:16.73
"Lord, help me to
really be sorry for my sins."
00:43:16.76\00:43:19.73
Because the Bible
talks about in Corinthians.
00:43:19.76\00:43:21.46
It talks about a godly sorrow.
00:43:21.50\00:43:23.77
A godly sorrow that is different
00:43:23.80\00:43:25.37
from the worldly sorrow.
00:43:25.40\00:43:26.74
How many agree with, you
come to the foot of the cross,
00:43:26.77\00:43:29.27
it makes you want to
hate anything in your life
00:43:29.30\00:43:32.74
that would put
him on that cross?
00:43:32.77\00:43:36.08
You don't want to
crucify Him afresh,
00:43:36.11\00:43:37.58
as it says in Hebrews 6.
00:43:37.61\00:43:39.35
So I want you to notice
here, confess and forsake them.
00:43:39.38\00:43:42.98
Is there anything in your
life that you need to forsake?
00:43:43.02\00:43:45.45
Anything in your life,
you need to get rid off?
00:43:45.49\00:43:47.29
Any addictions, any, any
pet sins, then confess it
00:43:47.32\00:43:51.36
and let it go before
the Lord, and be forgiven.
00:43:51.39\00:43:56.50
And so, 1 John Chapter 4,
00:43:56.53\00:43:58.00
let's go there,
1 John Chapter 4.
00:43:58.03\00:44:00.37
1 John 4:17,
00:44:00.40\00:44:03.67
"Love has been
perfected among us in this,
00:44:03.71\00:44:06.68
that we may have
boldness in the Day of Judgment
00:44:06.71\00:44:09.98
because as He is, so
are we in this world."
00:44:10.01\00:44:13.68
Another words, if you
want to have confidence
00:44:13.72\00:44:16.58
in the judgment, you
want to be like Jesus,
00:44:16.62\00:44:20.69
you want to be like Him,
00:44:20.72\00:44:22.06
and if you're
seeking to be like Him,
00:44:22.09\00:44:23.69
you can have boldness
on the Day of Judgment,
00:44:23.73\00:44:26.13
because as He is, so you are.
00:44:26.16\00:44:29.26
And the Bible says verse
18, "There is no fear in love."
00:44:29.30\00:44:33.07
Beloved, I don't
give this message tonight
00:44:33.10\00:44:35.50
to cause you to fear,
but rather to wake up,
00:44:35.54\00:44:41.68
shake up, look up
and never give up.
00:44:41.71\00:44:46.88
So I want you to notice
here, there is no fear in love,
00:44:46.92\00:44:52.99
but "perfect love casts out fear
00:44:53.02\00:44:55.19
because fear involves judgment,"
00:44:55.22\00:44:57.23
I'm sorry, "Torment."
00:44:57.26\00:44:58.59
Yeah and torment of idea
00:44:58.63\00:45:00.00
that somehow you wouldn't
pass judgment, "but your fears
00:45:00.03\00:45:02.86
is not been made
perfect in love."
00:45:02.90\00:45:04.87
Should we fear and tremble?
00:45:04.90\00:45:06.77
Unless, we don't love Him,
00:45:06.80\00:45:08.47
and we don't trust Him, oh, yes.
00:45:08.50\00:45:10.37
But you got to make your
calling and election sure.
00:45:10.41\00:45:14.88
Can a person's
name be blotted out
00:45:14.91\00:45:17.88
or removed from
the Book of Life?
00:45:17.91\00:45:19.98
Don't believe me,
believe the Bible.
00:45:20.02\00:45:21.98
Let's go there,
Revelation Chapter 22,
00:45:22.02\00:45:26.05
looking there at verse 18,
00:45:26.09\00:45:30.26
"For I testified to everyone
00:45:30.29\00:45:31.69
who hears the words of
the prophecy of this book,
00:45:31.73\00:45:34.66
if anyone adds to these
things, God will add to him
00:45:34.70\00:45:37.07
the plagues that are
written in this book.
00:45:37.10\00:45:38.83
And if anyone
takes away from the words
00:45:38.87\00:45:40.44
of the book of this prophecy,
00:45:40.47\00:45:41.87
God shall take away his
part from the book of Life,
00:45:41.90\00:45:47.48
from the holy city
and from the things
00:45:47.51\00:45:49.18
which are written in this book."
00:45:49.21\00:45:50.95
Your name can be
removed from the Book of Life,
00:45:50.98\00:45:57.79
if we are not
following on to know the Lord.
00:45:57.82\00:46:02.46
Hebrew-- Hosea 6:1-3.
00:46:02.49\00:46:05.59
"And the Lord said to Moses,
'whoever has sinned against me,
00:46:05.63\00:46:09.20
I will blot him
out of my book.'"
00:46:09.23\00:46:11.93
Exodus 32:33.
00:46:11.97\00:46:13.94
Well, "we've all sinned
00:46:13.97\00:46:15.30
and come short of
the glory of God."
00:46:15.34\00:46:16.67
Romans 3:23.
00:46:16.71\00:46:18.04
So how can we have
confidence in the judgment?
00:46:18.07\00:46:20.08
You've got to repent of
sin. You've got a forsake sin.
00:46:20.11\00:46:24.85
And included with sin,
00:46:24.88\00:46:26.78
what's the middle
letter in sin? "I."
00:46:26.82\00:46:28.75
What's the middle
letter in pride? "I."
00:46:28.78\00:46:30.85
We need to cancel out the "I"
00:46:30.89\00:46:32.72
and say not "I,"
but Christ lives in me.
00:46:32.75\00:46:34.96
In the life, which I
now live in the flesh,
00:46:34.99\00:46:36.86
I live with the
faith of the Son of God,
00:46:36.89\00:46:40.43
who love me,
gave Himself for me.
00:46:40.46\00:46:43.77
Galatians 2:20.
00:46:43.80\00:46:46.70
And so your name can be
blotted out of the Book of Life.
00:46:46.74\00:46:49.97
Would you agree, that's
an urgent warning message?
00:46:50.01\00:46:54.88
To sleeping
Christians in the last days
00:46:54.91\00:46:57.68
amidst the siren blaring
and the neon lights flashing
00:46:57.71\00:47:02.75
of the signs of the
times that church is sleeping.
00:47:02.78\00:47:05.59
And here's our
alarm clock message
00:47:05.62\00:47:08.39
that comes
sounding to us tonight.
00:47:08.42\00:47:13.26
Make sure that
you are in Christ,
00:47:13.29\00:47:18.87
because if you're in Christ,
you can sleep like a baby.
00:47:18.90\00:47:24.21
Oh, you might have
to agonize sometimes,
00:47:24.24\00:47:25.97
you might have to struggle.
00:47:26.01\00:47:27.78
How many of you agree sometimes
temptations are strong?
00:47:27.81\00:47:30.68
But Jesus is stronger.
00:47:30.71\00:47:32.78
"No temptation is taken you
but such as is common to man
00:47:32.81\00:47:35.28
but God is faithful who
will with the temptation
00:47:35.32\00:47:37.49
also provide a way of escape
00:47:37.52\00:47:39.05
that you may be able to endure."
00:47:39.09\00:47:40.66
To bare, 1 Corinthians 10:13.
00:47:40.69\00:47:43.19
Now what parable did Jesus give
00:47:43.22\00:47:45.06
that relates to this
judgment going on now?
00:47:45.09\00:47:48.23
Go with me to
Matthew Chapter 22.
00:47:48.26\00:47:50.80
Are we learning
something tonight?
00:47:50.83\00:47:52.47
Matthew Chapter 22.
Jesus was a master storyteller.
00:47:52.50\00:47:56.87
He knew how to cut,
strike up good illustrations
00:47:56.91\00:48:00.58
that caught people's attention,
and stimulated their interests,
00:48:00.61\00:48:04.68
and talk a practical
truths and prophetic truth.
00:48:04.71\00:48:07.68
Look at here,
00:48:07.72\00:48:09.48
"And Jesus
answered and spoke to them
00:48:09.52\00:48:11.09
again by parable and said,
00:48:11.12\00:48:12.52
'The kingdom of
heaven is like a certain king
00:48:12.55\00:48:14.39
who arrange the
marriage for his son.'"
00:48:14.42\00:48:15.89
How many agree, "We are called
00:48:15.92\00:48:17.26
to the marriage
supper of the Lamb.
00:48:17.29\00:48:18.69
Revelation 19:7-9.
00:48:18.73\00:48:21.36
"And sent out
his servant to call
00:48:21.40\00:48:23.26
those were
invited to the wedding.
00:48:23.30\00:48:25.53
And they were
not willing to come.
00:48:25.57\00:48:26.90
Again, he sent out
other servants, saying,
00:48:26.94\00:48:30.37
"Tell those who are invited,
see I have prepared my dinner,
00:48:30.41\00:48:35.28
my oxen and fatted cattle
00:48:35.31\00:48:37.08
are killed, and
all things are ready.
00:48:37.11\00:48:38.45
Come to the wedding.'"
00:48:38.48\00:48:39.81
But they made light
of it and went their ways
00:48:39.85\00:48:42.02
one to his farm,
another to his business.
00:48:42.05\00:48:44.49
And the rest
seized his servants,
00:48:44.52\00:48:46.35
treated them
spitefully and killed them.
00:48:46.39\00:48:48.29
But when the king heard
about it, he was furious.
00:48:48.32\00:48:52.19
And he sent out his armies,
destroyed those murderers
00:48:52.23\00:48:54.46
and burned up their city.
00:48:54.50\00:48:55.86
And he said to his
servants, 'The wedding is ready
00:48:55.90\00:48:58.07
but those were
invited were not worthy.'
00:48:58.10\00:49:00.47
Therefore, go into the highways
00:49:00.50\00:49:03.57
and as many as you find
invite to the wedding.'"
00:49:03.61\00:49:05.57
How were they invited?
By the gospel proclamation.
00:49:05.61\00:49:08.88
"So those servants
went out into the highways
00:49:08.91\00:49:11.18
and gathered
together all whom they found
00:49:11.21\00:49:13.42
both bad and good,
00:49:13.45\00:49:14.78
and the wedding
was filled with guests.
00:49:14.82\00:49:18.65
But when the
king came in to see,"
00:49:18.69\00:49:22.99
or examine, or
scrutinize, or observe,
00:49:23.02\00:49:30.97
he sees the guests.
00:49:34.17\00:49:35.64
He is surveying them.
00:49:35.67\00:49:37.97
You know, the Bible
says in the Revelation 11:1,
00:49:38.01\00:49:41.24
it says that in the last days,
00:49:41.28\00:49:43.28
"God is gonna
measure the worshipers."
00:49:43.31\00:49:46.68
That's judgment, that
begins in the house of God,
00:49:46.72\00:49:48.88
measure the worshipers.
00:49:48.92\00:49:50.99
How many have ever
heard the expression,
00:49:51.02\00:49:52.35
"You better measure up?"
00:49:52.39\00:49:53.72
How many are
thankful that Christ makes up
00:49:53.76\00:49:55.49
for your deficiencies,
00:49:55.52\00:49:56.93
if you trust in
His righteousness,
00:49:56.96\00:49:58.69
you cannot fail the judgment.
00:49:58.73\00:50:00.40
But you can't trust in
your works or righteousness.
00:50:00.43\00:50:02.36
How many of you agree, "Your
righteousness is filthy rags?"
00:50:02.40\00:50:04.33
Isaiah 64:6.
00:50:04.37\00:50:06.43
You must be found,
00:50:06.47\00:50:07.80
as Paul said in Philippians 8:9,
00:50:07.84\00:50:10.24
he wanted to be found
in Christ's righteousness
00:50:10.27\00:50:12.87
that comes to us by faith.
00:50:12.91\00:50:14.44
And He is gonna measure.
00:50:14.48\00:50:15.98
In this judgment, it's measured,
00:50:16.01\00:50:17.58
who's got the
wedding garment on?
00:50:17.61\00:50:18.95
Who's trusting in Jesus?
And who is self-sufficient?
00:50:18.98\00:50:22.98
I want you notice here, beloved,
00:50:23.02\00:50:25.99
all this is so
powerful, don't miss this.
00:50:26.02\00:50:27.89
Don't miss this.
Please, don't miss it.
00:50:27.92\00:50:30.46
"But when the king
came in to see the guests,"
00:50:30.49\00:50:32.66
that the hour of God's judgment.
00:50:32.69\00:50:34.93
"And he saw a man there
00:50:34.96\00:50:36.30
who did not have
on a wedding garment."
00:50:36.33\00:50:38.70
What that wedding garment?
00:50:38.73\00:50:40.17
Revelation
19:7-9 makes it clear,
00:50:40.20\00:50:42.67
"it's a free gift
of righteousness."
00:50:42.70\00:50:45.97
It's the righteousness.
Christ is our righteousness.
00:50:46.01\00:50:49.34
"The Lord, our righteousness."
00:50:49.38\00:50:50.88
Jeremiah 33:16,
00:50:50.91\00:50:53.58
Jeremiah 23:6,
Christ is our righteous.
00:50:53.62\00:50:57.69
1 Corinthians
1:30 makes it clear,
00:50:57.72\00:50:59.79
He is, "Jesus is
our righteousness."
00:50:59.82\00:51:02.46
How many of you are thankful?
00:51:02.49\00:51:03.83
His
righteousness is like a garment
00:51:03.86\00:51:05.66
that close you, and you
could face the judgment,
00:51:05.69\00:51:07.96
and He present you faultless
before His throne of grace.
00:51:08.00\00:51:13.37
I want you notice here,
in this judgment going on,
00:51:13.40\00:51:16.77
right now, in the house of God,
00:51:16.81\00:51:18.64
God is seeing who's trusting
in Jesus' righteousness.
00:51:18.67\00:51:21.28
And who's trying to
do the works themselves.
00:51:21.31\00:51:24.18
You say, "Mark, how do you
know the difference between,
00:51:24.21\00:51:26.78
if it's a work's
righteousness and of works--
00:51:26.82\00:51:29.38
Of Christ's righteousness?
00:51:29.42\00:51:31.15
Show me your prayer
life and I'll show you
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whether you're
trusting On Jesus.
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Plain and simple.
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Because if you're
praying honestly and fervently
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to the Lord, it's
because you're realizing,
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you're utterly dependent
on Him and His righteousness.
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Jesus said, "Without
me, you can do nothing."
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Not even pass the
judgment. John 15:5.
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Well, Paul said
"I can do all things
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through Christ
who strengthens me."
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Philippians 4:13.
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And that would mean,
going through the judgment.
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Now listen carefully.
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"But when the king came in
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to see the guest,
he saw a man there
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who did not have
on a wedding garment."
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Do you have on your
wedding garment, tonight?
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You can't guess about that.
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You've got to know, "I
know in whom I have believed in
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and I am persuaded
that He is able to keep that
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which I have committed
to Him against that day."
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2 Timothy 1:12.
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I want you to
notice here, beloved.
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By the way, "Life eternal
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is this that
they might know thee."
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John 17:3. Listen here.
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So he said to him, "Friend,
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how did you come in here
without a wedding garment?"
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And he was speechless.
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"Then the king
said to the servants
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to bind him hand
and foot, take him away
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and cast him in
a utter darkness.
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There shall be
weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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For many are
called few are chosen."
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Few will really trust in
Jesus is the righteousness.
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Few will really "fall
on rock and be broken."
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Matthew 21:44.
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Few will say, "Jesus, I
am a lost without to you,
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but Jesus, I trust you.
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I trust you."
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Everybody, say that
with me. I trust you, Jesus.
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Say it with me,
I trust you Jesus.
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Again, I trust you Jesus.
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Trust in him at
all times, you people.
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Pull out your heart before Him.
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"God is a refuge for
us." Psalms 62:8, oh, beloved.
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I know my Redeemer
lives. Can you say amen?
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So therefore, "when the
king came in to see the guests,
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he saw a man there who did
not have on a wedding garment."
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This is what's happening
in the hour of God's judgment.
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The wedding garment represents
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the robe of
Christ's righteousness,
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His perfect character of love.
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Isaiah 61:10 says,
"I will greatly rejoice
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because He's clothed me
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with the robe of
His righteousness."
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That's something
to rejoice about.
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You must trust in Jesus
Christ, in His righteousness
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in order to pass the judgment.
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And you will pass in,
well, not flying colors,
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you'll pass with that robe,
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that is better than
the robe of many colors.
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And by the way, by the way,
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this garment, the
Bible Bible talks about
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a rainbow around the throne.
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Oh, that's the coming
up, presentation coming up.
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All right.
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What promise does Jesus give
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to those who were
overcomers by His grace?
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Let's go there
very quickly here,
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our time is evaporating.
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Revelation Chapter
3, Revelation Chapter 3.
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I love this resounding
good news here tonight.
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Revelation Chapter
3. Revelation Chapter 3.
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We are feasting at
the banquet table tonight.
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Revelation 3:5,
"He who overcomes."
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How do you overcome?
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"By the blood of the Lamb
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and the word of your testimony."
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Revelation 12:11.
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And this is the victory
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that overcome of the
world, even our faith.
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Faith in who? 1 John 5:4.
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"Faith in Jesus Christ."
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You must have
enough faith to believe
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that He gives you a victory.
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"Thanks be to God
that giveth us the victory,
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through our Lord Jesus Christ."
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1 Corinthians 15:57.
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I want you to notice
here, "to him who overcomes."
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Whatever you don't overcome,
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will overcome
you in the judgment.
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"He who overcomes
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shall be clothed
in white garments."
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We know what that is.
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"And I will not
blot out of his name
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from the Book of Life.
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But I will confess his name
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before my Father
and before His angels."
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Is that, is that good news?
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He tells us, "If you seek
to overcome as I overcame,"
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Revelation 21: or rather 3:21,
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"then you will
sit on His throne,
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even as He overcame."
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How many agree?
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He is on His throne
because He overcame.
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And we will sit
with him on His throne
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because we overcome
by the blood of the Lamb
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and the word of our testimony.
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How many agree,
this is our testimony,
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the word of God?
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This is what I believe.
This becomes my testimony.
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"Faith comes by hearing,
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and hearing of the word of God."
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And how many agree,
you have a testimony
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that's born of faith?
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Now, beloved, in closing,
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I invite you to come to
Jesus like never before.
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And to say, "I trust
you. I will depend on you.
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I cast my
helpless soul upon you,
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cloth me with your
white robe of righteousness.
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Help me to trust you
more than ever before."
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And I gave my heart to Jesus.
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For the first time in
my life, "I had a peace
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that passeth understanding,"
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a joy
unspeakable, full of glory.
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Well, I'm so glad.
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And for anyone who
has lost your first love,
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you can repent,
you can get it back
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Shall we pray?
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Oh, loving Father, thank you.
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You have given your
Son, who died on the cross
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and now Jesus,
you plead your blood
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and very soon,
you're gonna come.
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Thank you that we're
going home to be with Jesus,
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very soon, very soon.
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Thank you, Lord Jesus.
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In your precious name,
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Jesus Christ. Amen.
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