Hello, friends, welcome
to another Wednesday night
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Bible study here at
the 3ABN Worship Center.
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Thank you so much
for taking the time
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to tune in to join
us in a walk through
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the Word of God.
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If you're
joining us from outside
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of the United States and
it's not Wednesday night,
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thank you so
much for joining us.
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Invite your family and friends
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to sit down for the
next less than an hour.
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We wish we had more time
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but less than an
hour will be done
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this lesson tonight
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and we are talking about
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"The Truth about the Judgment."
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The Truth about the Judgment.
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I'll let you
know in just a moment
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where you could get
a copy of the lesson
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but before we go any further,
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let's begin with
the word of prayer.
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Our heavenly
Father, we thank You tonight
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for the
opportunity to study Your Word.
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Lord, we know that
You are in our midst
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and we pray that
You'll strengthen us
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that we open not
only just our minds
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but we open our hearts.
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We pray for the work to be
done not only on us but in us
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that one day You
can work through us.
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We pray not only that we gain
an intellectual understanding
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but that we gain
a desire spiritually
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to dedicate our
hearts and lives to You,
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in Jesus' name we pray, amen.
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Now, if you like a
copy of the lesson,
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it is lesson number 28,
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go to this following
website, asf.3abn.org
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and download the lesson,
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The Truth about the Judgment.
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The truth about the what?
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About the judgment.
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It's a topic that's
not talked about very much,
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but we are living in the time
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where we believe
Jesus is soon to come
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but before He returns,
there will be a judgment.
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Tonight, we're gonna
cover that lesson in detail
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but before we do any of that,
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we're gonna sing our theme song.
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What's the name of our
theme song, victory in?
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Jesus.
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Victory in Jesus, let's
sing this song together.
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I heard an old, old story
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How the Savior came from glory
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How He gave His life on Calvary
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To save a wretch like me
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I heard about His groaning
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Of His precious blood's atoning
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Then I repented of my sin
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And won the victory
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O victory in Jesus
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My Savior forever
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood
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He loved me ere I knew Him
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And all my love is due Him
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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I heard about a mansion
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He has built for me in glory
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And I heard about
the streets of gold
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Beyond the crystal sea
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About the angels singing
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And the old redemption story
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And some sweet
day I'll sing up there
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The song of victory
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Key change.
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O victory in Jesus
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My Savior forever
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood
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He loved me ere I knew Him
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And all my love is due Him
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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Amen?
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He plunged us to victory
beneath the cleansing flood
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and that flood is His blood
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that not only
washes away our sins,
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but sets us in a right condition
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before our Lord.
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Once again, if you
like a copy of the lesson,
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go to the website asf.3abn.org.
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If you're just joining us
and download lesson number 28,
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The Truth about the Judgment.
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Now let me begin
to lay some foundation
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about the topic of the judgment.
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I'll begin with the story.
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When I was in high
school in Brooklyn, New York,
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I went to a high school
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called James
Madison High School.
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I was there all four years
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but there was a
particular young man
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that was in that school,
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my wife has heard
this story before,
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and I won't
mention his name on the air
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because he might be watching
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in the event that he is but,
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he had been in high school for,
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you're only supposed
to be there four years
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but he was in high
school at this time, five years
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and he was on the football team.
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Well, the standard to
get out of high school,
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at least in my school,
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you had to pass world history.
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If you did not
pass world history
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and didn't pass
it during the summer,
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then you're going to
repeat that again the next year.
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Well, I'll use his first
name because that's not telling,
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his name was Kelly.
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He was on the football team.
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I won't tell you the year
so we won't be too specific.
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But I remember
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the sixth year that he was in,
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he was in the
12th grade three years.
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He was in the 12th
grade, the fourth year,
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the fifth year,
and the sixth year,
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and the coach told him,
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he said, "Kelly, if you're
in this school one more year
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we're going to
make you the janitor."
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Now follow this, in order
to get out of the 12th grade,
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you had to pass,
what subjects did I say?
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World history.
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Well, you don't
get your passing grade
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until the final test.
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Remember that,
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that's very
important to the subject.
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When the test is
over and you pass,
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then you can go on
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or if you don't pass
then you have to repeat.
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Well, the grades were
posted on the homeroom
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of each of the people,
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wherever your
homeroom was located.
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Mine was on the fourth floor.
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Kelly's was on the fourth floor,
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and they posted the grades
right outside of the classroom
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on the wall.
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Well, needless to say,
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as people are
walking up to the classroom,
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you can hear screams and
shouts and claps and yeah,
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all through the school.
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And you can hear
words of lament, No.
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You can hear both
sounds all through the school.
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Well, my great interest was,
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I wonder what's
gonna happen to Kelly,
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because he was in my class.
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No, he wasn't.
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He was in the class next to me.
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So anyhow, here we
are, I am going to my class.
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And I know I'm going to pass
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because I was one of the
smart students in school.
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No amens required.
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But I looked to my right,
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and I see Kelly's expression
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before any sound that
came out of his mouth,
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his face told the story.
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He finally passed
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after being in the
12th grade for three years.
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And in this great
football grown in the noise
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that a football player can make,
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he went ballistic up
and down the hallway,
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slapping fives and yelling
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and he finally made
it out of the 12th grade.
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What's the point of the story?
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You never get the passing grade
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until the final
decision is made.
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It, in fact, for
many in high school,
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specifically for
Kelly, it was Judgment Day.
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What day was it?
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Judgment Day.
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Whether we went on or
whether we were left behind
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was determined by the outcome
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of our final grades.
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Now, you never
get your final grade
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before you get the final test.
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The final test is
called an examination.
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What word is that?
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An examination.
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Another phrase you
can use is you are judged
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based on the work
you do all year long.
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And based on the work
that you do all year long,
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then the determining
factor is whether or not
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you have to repeat that grade
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or whether or not
you're going to go on.
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He was excited. We
were all excited for him.
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Matter of fact, it
really didn't matter
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who else passed
on the fourth floor,
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Kelly was the highlight
because he finally made it.
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You know, there's a day coming,
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that we're going to
stand before our Judgment Day,
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our final exam.
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And on that day,
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people are going
to be either elated
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and excited and happy,
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or there is going to
be, as the Bible says,
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wailing,
weeping and gnashing of?
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Gnashing of teeth.
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It's going to be a horrible day.
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But in context of that
day that is on its way,
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there is an examination
that leads up to that day.
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Go with me to Revelation,
I want you to see this,
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Revelation Chapter 22.
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Revelation Chapter 22,
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we gonna lay some foundation
before we go to the questions.
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Revelation Chapter 22.
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You know, so when people say,
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"Well, Jesus can
come any day now."
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Not saying that He can't
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because I cannot determine that.
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But He's not going to return
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until the judgment is concluded,
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until everyone
has been examined.
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And then the final declaration
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is gonna be
Revelation Chapter 22.
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Notice verse 11.
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This is the final declaration.
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And if depending
on the translation
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you could follow
along, the Bible declares,
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"He who is unjust,
let him be unjust," what?
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"Still, he who was
filthy, let him be filthy still,
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he who is righteous,
let him be righteous still,
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he who is holy,
let him be holy," what?
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"Still."
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And verse 12,
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"And behold I am coming quickly,
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and my reward is with Me
to give to," how many of us?
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"Everyone
according to his," what?
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"Work." Now let me make a point.
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We cannot save
ourselves by our works.
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But so what's the
purpose of the work
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determining what the
reward is going to be?
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Let's just put this
in the proper context.
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Now, I don't want to
date this program too much
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because I know
maybe in the future
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it might be repeated.
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But there's a time of the
year where I know growing up
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before I found out
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that there was no
such thing as Santa Claus,
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you know, we used
to hear that phrase
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he sees you when
you are sleeping.
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He knows when you are awake.
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He knows if
you've been bad or good?
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Before I knew that it had
nothing to do with Santa Claus,
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I was trying to be good.
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When I was
asked, are you sleeping?
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My response was yes.
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When we knew that
Christmas was approaching,
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we tried to do everything good,
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so that when it
comes, we'll get what?
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Gifts, right?
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In other words,
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the reward was there
for those who were good
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and did their work
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and did everything that
mom and dad wanted them to do.
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In other words, the
reward finally showed up.
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Well, I know I found out one day
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that there is no
such thing as Santa Claus.
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And then I came
to the appreciation
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of all the gifts that I received
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were because of my
parents and their love for me.
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And so the Bible
points out in Revelation 22,
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that there's a day coming.
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But now let me go ahead
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and give you
the context of this.
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Go with me to Daniel Chapter 7.
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We're speaking
about the judgment.
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Daniel Chapter 7, I want
to lay the foundation there,
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because it is important to
know the timing of the judgment.
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You see, the judgment
began at a certain time
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and the Bible in prophecy
points out four great empires.
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How many did I say?
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Four.
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Babylon, if you
know, Medo-Persia,
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Greece and finally, what else?
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Rome, and we are
living in the day
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where the fourth kingdom,
the fourth great kingdom,
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the Bible
predicted, is in existence.
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How fitting it is
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that when Daniel
gives the picture,
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he gives the
picture of the judgment
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under the existence
of the fourth beast.
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Notice Daniel Chapter 7.
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All right?
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Daniel Chapter 7,
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I'll just go
ahead and read verse 7,
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so we get the context.
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All right?
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Daniel 7:7,
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"After this I saw
in the night vision,"
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Daniel has a vision,
"and behold a fourth beast,
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dreadful and
terrible, exceedingly strong.
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It had huge iron teeth.
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It was devouring,
breaking in pieces
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and trampling the
residue with its feet.
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It was different
from all the beasts
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that were before it.
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And it had," how many horns?
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"Ten horns."
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Now we do know,
looking back at that that,
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that was the
divided Kingdom of Rome,
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the 10 nations that existed
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under the early
reign of the Roman Empire,
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but let's go on further.
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And I'm just going
to skip over verse 8,
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I'm going down to verse 9.
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All right?
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"I watched till
thrones were put in place,
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and the Ancient
of Days was seated.
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His garment was white as snow,
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and the hair of His
head was like pure wool.
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His throne was a fiery flame,
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its wheels a burning fire."
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Verse 10,
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"A fiery stream issued and
came forth from before him.
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A thousand,
thousand ministered to Him,
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that's millions,
ten thousand times
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ten thousand stood before Him.
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The court was seated,"
and repeat the rest with me,
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"and the books were open."
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So when the court is
seated, what's in session?
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Judgment.
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A judgment, a case has started.
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The court, you have the
jury, thrones are set in place.
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You have those who are going
to be residing in the judgment.
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They're there to
witness the judgment,
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the Ancient of Days
presiding in the judgment,
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the court was seated.
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And when you say
the court was seated,
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what do they often say
when the judge is coming in.
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All rise.
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See, but now as he's
in, the court is what?
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Seated, the same
thing that happens today.
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The judicial system in America
has been very much patterned
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after the biblical
system of judgment.
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When the judge is
coming in, you don't sit down
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when the judge is coming
and that's disrespectful.
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The judge is seated
and the books are open.
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Now turn the page, I want to...
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Before I tell you
about the judgment,
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I want to give you
some encouragement.
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All right?
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Because it's
fearful to go to court.
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Anybody here ever
went to court before?
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Can I get a hand on anybody?
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Okay.
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If you just saw that
big hand eclipse the screen,
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that's David Butler.
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He might have been
in the court before,
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don't know what for
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but we've all at
maybe one point or another
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been to the court for something,
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could have been
a speeding ticket,
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could have been
any kind of infraction,
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could have been
any number of things.
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We're not going to
go over that tonight.
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But I want to give
you some encouragement
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because, you know, if
you don't know the outcome,
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then you can be very fearful.
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But if you know the outcome,
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as you're on your way to court
or standing in the judgment,
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then you can be in the living
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during the time of
judgment with great confidence.
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Isn't that right?
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Let's look at this, verse 21,
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and this is all under the work
of the fourth beast of Daniel,
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which is the empire of Rome.
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Verse 21,
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"I was watching
and the same horn
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was making war
against the saints,
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and prevailing against them."
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In other words, looked
like he had it all together,
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looked like there was
no way of stopping him.
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The fourth beast,
the kingdom of Rome,
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and today Rome is
prevalent all over the earth,
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in the political as
well as in the religious
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arenas of the earth.
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And I like the word in verse 22,
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what's the first word?
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"Until the
Ancient of Days came."
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Now, if you connect that,
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you just have to go
back and see clearly
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that when the Ancient
of Days came, verse 9,
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when He came,
the court was seated.
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Until the Ancient of Days
came and what does it say?
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"And a judgment was
made in favor of the saints
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of the Most High."
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Come on, say that with me,
the saints of the Most High.
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Let's respond this
way you could stay alert.
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"The judgment was made in favor
of the saints of the Most High,
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and the time came for
the saints to," do what?
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"Possess the kingdom."
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Can we get an amen to that?
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Amen. So here's the key.
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What do you want to be
in light of the judgment?
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Say it.
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Saint. A saint.
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Now, we're not
talking about St. Peter.
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We're not talking
about being made into a saint
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or being elevated
to the status of saint.
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The word in the
Bible saint simply means
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one that is called
out, one that is justified,
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and sanctified by the
righteousness of Jesus,
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one whose life is
covered by the merits of Christ.
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That's what a saint is.
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We're not talking about, well,
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hey, I finally
arrived at sainthood.
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No, no, that's not what
the point of the matter is.
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Those who have been
redeemed and sanctified
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and justified by
the blood of the Lamb,
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when the judgment is over,
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when the verdict is handed down,
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if you are a saint,
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the judgment will
be made in your favor.
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Amen? Amen.
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Now, we're going to see why
as we go to question number one.
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Let's go to question number one,
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'cause you have to know why.
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And by the way, as we
go to question number one,
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let me go ahead and
lay the foundation here
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because it almost sounds
like at this particular point
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that you were
saved, listen carefully,
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It almost sounds
like the foundation I laid
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made it appears though,
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Marlene will be saved
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based on your
works being examined.
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In other words, if you have
more good works than bad works,
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it almost sounded
like you'll be saved
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if you have more
good works than bad works,
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isn't how it sound?
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Because it says,
everyone shall receive a reward
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based on his works.
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Doesn't it sound that way?
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So if you say that
when the judgment is done,
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that the judgment is going
to be made in favor of those
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who give their lives to Christ,
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and you put the whole context
of the verses I read so far,
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when you put that
together, it almost sounds like,
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"Oh, I'm so glad I
have more good works
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than bad works."
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But I want to break that.
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I want you to know, I
want you to know tonight,
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that when the Bible says,
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for by grace are
you saved through faith
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and that not of yourselves,
it is a gift of God not of?
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Talk to me tonight?
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Not of works, lest
anyone should boast.
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So salvation, this
is a strange thing,
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how can you not be
saved by your works,
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but condemned by your works?
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We're gonna grab over
that in just a moment. Okay.
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How can your works not save you
but your works can condemn you?
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We'll answer that
question in just a moment.
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But let's go ahead
and set the foundation.
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Question number one, here it is.
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What does the first
angel's message of Revelation
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bring into view?
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Revelation Chapter 14
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and we are going
to look at verse 7.
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Revelation Chapter 14
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and we're going
to look at verse 7.
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Let's turn there.
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Maybe you have your Bibles,
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but if not, it's going
to appear on the screen.
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All right?
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Revelation 14:7,
here's the answer.
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"Saying with a loud voice..."
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Let's read this
together, it's on the screen,
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are you ready?
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"Fear God and give glory to Him,
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for the hour of
His judgment has come,
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and worship Him who
made heaven and earth,
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the sea and the," what?
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"Springs of water."
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Now, this is going to
be, you got to catch this.
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Who has been on trial
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for the existence of
the sin problem on earth?
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Who has been on trial? God.
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God has been on trial.
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This is really important
because a person that lives,
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let's go back to the
days of the antediluvian.
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If they lived 800 years,
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well that's a
short span of time,
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they die and
somebody else is born
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and keep going and today,
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there are
people that live to 70.
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If you make 100
years today, that's huge.
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That's
centenarian, that's just big,
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but you pass, you pass on
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and somebody else is
born and they pass on.
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And from age to age,
whatever that person does,
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the Bible says,
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it is appointed unto men
once to die and after that,
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the judgment.
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That means, your
record has been sealed.
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Everything you've done
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for that 30, 40,
50, 80, 90, 100 years
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is contained in a record.
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Now, you could be
filled with fear David,
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since you're
red-handed clips the screen,
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I'll refer you, you
can be filled with fear
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if your records were opened.
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And they said, "Oh, no.
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For most of this
young man's life,
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he did not know Jesus.
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So we don't have to look
at the rest of his life."
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Because let's say he's 40,
oh for 34 years he didn't know,
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forget it, he's
not gonna make it.
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Wouldn't that be fearful?
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You'd almost want to wish
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that you were
baptized as a baby,
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and sanctified
from that point on,
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if in fact you were on trial,
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but what does the scripture say?
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The hour of His judgment,
the hour of His judgment.
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In other words,
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if our judge is vindicated,
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I wanna put this
together correctly.
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If our lawyer is vindicated,
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if the one who
covers us with his character
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is vindicated, and
he's declared righteous,
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then what are we declared?
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Okay, but if he's
declared unrighteous,
00:23:01.54\00:23:04.25
and he covers us with
himself, what are we declared?
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Unrighteous.
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So write the answer down.
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Let's put this
down very quickly.
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What does the first
angel's message of Revelation
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bring it to view?
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The hour of His
judgment or the judgment hour.
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Now, what's amazing about
this is this is the winding down
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of His judgment,
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and also the
reviewing of our records
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in the hour of judgment.
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Very important.
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Matter of fact, go with me to...
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I want you to get a glimpse
into Paul the Apostle's life.
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Go with me to 2
Timothy Chapter 4.
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2 Timothy Chapter 4,
this is so beautiful to see.
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Okay.
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When I was being raised,
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I used to think that
God the Father is the judge,
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Jesus is the lawyer and
He's going to fight my case
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against the Father.
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You ever think that?
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I thought that until I studied
and understood, wait a minute.
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Let's go ahead and look at what
the Apostle Paul talks about.
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I thought that Jesus was saying,
00:24:10.08\00:24:12.61
"Dad, please,
please let John be saved,"
00:24:12.65\00:24:17.85
until I discovered
they're on the same team.
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Amen?
00:24:19.69\00:24:21.02
There are no
opposing sides here.
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There's not this
tyrannical father
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that's looking down
with a divine telescope.
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Look, uh, got him,
See, that's the reason why.
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No, the one who is
accusing us is who?
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Satan, the
accuser of our brethren.
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See, anytime you stand in court,
00:24:35.84\00:24:37.41
you got a prosecuting,
you got a defense team.
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You'll see about our
defense team in just a moment.
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It's a beautiful topic.
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A lot of people get fearful,
00:24:44.71\00:24:46.05
but let me let you
see what Paul the Apostle
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has concluded
about who this judge is.
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All right?
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1 Thessalonians Chapter 4.
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Sorry, 2 Timothy Chapter 4.
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Thank you, honey.
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2 Timothy 4:7-8.
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And by the way,
this outlines our lives.
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This outlines our lives well.
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Okay.
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2 Timothy 4:7-8.
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This is in addition
to the first question.
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You gonna just put that
in there as you get there.
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Now notice what Paul
says about the kind of life
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that every one of us lives,
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and I'm sure that
you experience this
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on a daily and weekly basis.
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"I have fought the good
fight, I have finished the race,
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I have kept the faith."
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So every day
what do we have to do?
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Fight the fight of faith.
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How often do you
fight the fight of faith?
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Every day.
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How often do you run the race?
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Every day.
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You run that race with
patience, you keep going.
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If you see the finish line,
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the Bible says the race
is not given to the swift,
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you don't have to be fast,
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you just have to keep going.
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That's what Paul,
the very same writer said
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he kept his eyes,
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he pressed toward the
prize, toward the mark
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for the prize of the upward
call of God in Christ Jesus.
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There is a prize,
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he's going to talk
about the prize now.
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Look at this,
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"Finally there is
laid up for me the,"
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what of righteousness?
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"Crown of righteousness,"
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and notice how he
describes the Lord,
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"which the Lord
the righteous judge."
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Can I get an amen to that?
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He's a righteous judge.
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"Will give to me on
that day and not to me only,
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but also to all who have," what?
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"Loved His appearing."
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So what kind of
judge do we have?
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Okay.
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Huh?
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A righteous judge.
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But Satan is still accusing
him of not being righteous.
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So, when you read Revelation 17
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and there's some
other verses there,
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I'll include in
just a moment here.
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When you look at Revelation
17, and the judgment is done,
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the saints declare,
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your judgments
are true and faithful.
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But Satan is saying
that God is not just.
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Satan is saying God is not fair.
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Matter of fact, go with
me to the Book of Ezekiel.
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I want to
insert some things here
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and somehow this opinion
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is not just shared by the enemy.
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Sadly enough and what
I'm about to show you now,
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sadly enough, there was a time,
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and I'm going to the
Book of Ezekiel, right?
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There was a time when
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the people of God had...
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I'll tell you.
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What chapter did I say?
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Okay, Ezekiel Chapter 33.
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Here we are.
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Okay.
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Oh, I tell you.
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I'm going to try to...
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Okay.
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Let's start with verse 12.
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Well, let's start with verse 11.
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Okay.
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The Lord is calling
Ezekiel to blow the trumpet,
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and he's blowing the trumpet
for the people of God to hear.
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Usually if a trumpet is blown,
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for what purposes
did they blow a trumpet?
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To warn him, get
somebody's attention.
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And the Bible says in
Isaiah, to lift up, Isaiah 58:1,
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"Lift up your
voice like a trumpet,
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show my people
their transgressions,
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and the house of
Jacob their sin."
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So when the
trumpet is being blown,
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in the spiritual sense,
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God is saying,
look, pay attention.
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Now, notice this, verse 11,
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"Say to them, as I
live, says the Lord God,
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I have," what?
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"No pleasure in the
death of the wicked,
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but that the wicked
turn from his way and live.
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Turn from your evil
ways for why should you die
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O house of Israel."
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So pause for a moment.
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What is God's
desire that we do what?
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That we turn to live.
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So this idea that the
Lord wants to burn people
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forever and ever
is not in harmony
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with His character.
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But now let's look
at the argument here
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because there's an argument
that's going to come up.
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God is telling
His people who He is
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and they're
saying, wait a minute,
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that's, that's not
who I think you are.
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Let's look at this.
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"Therefore, O son
of man," verse 12,
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"say to the
children of your people,
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the righteousness,"
this is powerful,
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"the righteousness
of the righteous man
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shall not deliver him
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in the day of his transgression,
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as for the
wickedness of the wicked,
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he shall not fall because of it
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in the day that he
turns from his wickedness,
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nor shall the
righteous be able to live
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because of his righteousness
in the day that he sins."
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Now let's pause
for a brief moment.
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Is this saying one
day you're in the river,
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the next day you're on the bank?
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Is that what this is saying?
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No, the word there, a better way
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to describe the word
there in the Hebrew is iniquity.
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In other words,
when a person decide
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because remember, the Lord said,
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turn from your evil.
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So now, if the righteous turns
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from his
righteousness and starts going
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in the opposite direction,
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is he going toward the
Lord or away from the Lord?
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If the righteous turns
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from going towards Jesus,
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he's going away from the Lord.
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So if you're moving now
in the journey of salvation,
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and you turn,
is it a good thing?
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No.
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But if the wicked
turns, is that a good thing?
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Yes.
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He said to the
wicked, "Turn, make a turn."
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"You ever saw that sign,
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if you're going in
the wrong direction,
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God allows what?
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U-turns, make a turn.
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See, that's what reformation
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and redemption is all about.
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You know, we talk about...
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I'm trying to put the
evangelistic term together.
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We always talked about, anyway,
it'll come to me in a moment.
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But God is
saying to the righteous,
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don't turn,
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just keep going straight.
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But He's saying to the wicked,
turn and join the righteous.
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But now look at verse 13,
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"When I say to the righteous
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that he shall surely live,
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but if he trusts in
his own righteousness
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and commits," what?
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In other words,
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he gets this sin
that he loves so much,
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that he's not gonna let it go.
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I'm not gonna, no matter
what, I'm not gonna let it go.
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And he begins to trust
in his own righteousness.
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I'm good enough.
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I'm happy where I am.
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Look what the Bible says,
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"None of his righteous
works shall be remembered,
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but because of the iniquity
that he has committed," what?
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"He shall die.
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And when I say to the wicked,
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you shall surely die,
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if he turns from his sin,
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and does what is
lawful and right,
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if the wicked
restores the pledge,
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gives back what he has stolen
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and walks in
the statutes of life
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without committing iniquity,"
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there's the word again.
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"he shall surely live,
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he shall not die."
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Now, let me pause right
here and ask you a question.
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I want some feedback.
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Is the devil concerned about
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our periodical stumblings?
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What does he want?
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What does he want to lead us to?
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What's the word that
came up more than once?
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What kind of life
does he want us to live?
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A life of...?
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Say it again, iniquity,
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you know what iniquity means?
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Iniquity means cherished.
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Okay, my pets.
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Oh, no, no,
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like if somebody is trying
to take something from me,
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no, no, not that one.
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See the Lord,
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He wants to clean us completely.
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He wants to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness.
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But there are those that
want to hold on to that thing
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that they love the most,
is called a cherished sin.
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It's called iniquity.
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In other words,
I can't cure you,
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because you don't want
to stop what you're doing.
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He says like going to
the doctor for an ailment.
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But while you're
getting the surgery,
00:33:01.81\00:33:03.61
you're still
involved in the ailment.
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Wait a minute,
I'm trying to help you
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and while you're
on the surgical table,
00:33:06.92\00:33:08.85
you're still
doing the very thing
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that got you in this position.
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But let's go on
and look what happens.
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And then, verse 16,
speaking of the wicked one,
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"None of his sins
which he had committed
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shall be remembered against him,
00:33:22.73\00:33:24.23
he has done what
is lawful and right,
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he shall surely live."
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Ain't that wonderful?
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So if the wicked man and
I wanna give encouragement
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to those who
may be living a life
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where they're stumbling,
they don't know the Lord.
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They may think
they've gone too far
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that God cannot save them.
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The good news
of the judgment is,
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if you give your
life to the Lord and turn,
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all the wickedness you have done
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will not be
remembered in the judgment.
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Ain't that an amen? Amen.
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That's good news.
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There is no such
thing as I've gone too far.
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Somebody asked me
00:33:52.99\00:33:54.93
at these meetings
that we were having here,
00:33:54.96\00:33:56.46
that's still
going on in Albuquerque,
00:33:56.50\00:33:59.40
this evangelistic series,
00:33:59.43\00:34:01.07
they said, you
know, I'm wondering
00:34:01.10\00:34:02.87
if I committed
the unpardonable sin.
00:34:02.90\00:34:06.04
I said for the fact
that you're asking me
00:34:06.07\00:34:07.78
you haven't.
00:34:07.81\00:34:09.58
I want to know if
there's hope for me,
00:34:09.61\00:34:12.08
for the fact that
you're asking there is hope.
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You see, the unpardonable sin
is when there is no conviction.
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When you have
no, you have no care
00:34:17.95\00:34:20.69
about the
condition of your life,
00:34:20.72\00:34:22.06
then you've crossed the border.
00:34:22.09\00:34:24.06
But now I want to
bring the argument in here.
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Verse 17,
00:34:26.36\00:34:28.30
this is how
some people view God,
00:34:28.33\00:34:30.17
this is why I'm reading this.
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I want to get the
idea out of your mind
00:34:31.93\00:34:33.50
that God is this bad guy.
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He's giving you
every chance to be saved.
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Look at verse 17,
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"Yet the children
of your people say,"
00:34:38.41\00:34:41.38
what did they say?
00:34:41.41\00:34:42.74
"The way of the Lord is" what?
00:34:42.78\00:34:45.25
"Not fair."
00:34:45.28\00:34:47.38
But it is their
way which is not fair.
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So who's fair,
00:34:51.35\00:34:52.72
God or us?
00:34:52.75\00:34:56.32
So God has made
every provision for us
00:34:56.36\00:34:58.99
to be excused and forgiven
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in light of the judgment.
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Let's go to question number two.
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Let's go to question number two.
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This is very
important, all right?
00:35:06.77\00:35:09.94
There is no such
thing as going too far,
00:35:09.97\00:35:13.24
except you persistently refuse
00:35:13.27\00:35:15.91
to respond to the
voice of the Spirit of God,
00:35:15.94\00:35:17.91
and you never respond.
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And none of us could come
to that place where we decide,
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well, you've crossed the
line, there's no hope for you.
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That's something
that only God can decide.
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All right. Let's look
at question number two.
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How many people
00:35:30.33\00:35:33.80
does the Bible
reveal will be judged?
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How many people
does the Bible reveal
00:35:36.93\00:35:39.67
will be judged?
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2 Corinthians 5:10.
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2 Corinthians 5:10, all right?
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Okay, here we are.
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Here we are.
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Let's read this, it says,
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"For we must," how
many of us must appear?
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"All appear before the
judgment seat of Christ,
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that each one may receive
the things done in the body,
00:36:02.56\00:36:06.56
according to what he has done,
00:36:06.59\00:36:08.53
whether," what side?
00:36:08.56\00:36:10.57
"Good or whether," what? "Bad."
00:36:10.60\00:36:12.87
Weather good or evil,
everybody has to appear.
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Now, have any of
you ever been on a jury
00:36:15.80\00:36:18.41
and call for jury duty?
00:36:18.44\00:36:21.04
Huh?
00:36:21.08\00:36:22.44
I've been on to two jury trials.
00:36:22.48\00:36:26.18
You don't want
to go on jury duty
00:36:26.21\00:36:27.55
because they give
you like $5 a day,
00:36:27.58\00:36:28.92
at least that's how
it was in New York City.
00:36:28.95\00:36:30.65
You don't get
your actual salary,
00:36:30.69\00:36:32.02
you get $5 a day.
00:36:32.05\00:36:33.39
And it's terrible if
it's a very bad trial
00:36:33.42\00:36:36.22
where you have
to be sequestered.
00:36:36.26\00:36:37.59
That means you're
locked up in your room,
00:36:37.63\00:36:38.96
you can't watch the news.
00:36:38.99\00:36:40.46
You can't watch,
listen to the radio,
00:36:40.50\00:36:42.33
you can't, no
communication devices,
00:36:42.36\00:36:44.77
didn't have cell
phones when I was growing up,
00:36:44.80\00:36:46.17
so that was not a big issue.
00:36:46.20\00:36:48.10
But for those who
were called to jury duty,
00:36:48.14\00:36:50.51
the thing that frightened
me about that summons is,
00:36:50.54\00:36:54.18
if you don't respond,
00:36:54.21\00:36:55.68
I don't know if
you've ever read it
00:36:55.71\00:36:57.05
if you don't
respond in a timely manner,
00:36:57.08\00:36:59.71
there could be...
00:36:59.75\00:37:03.85
What's the thing
when somebody they try to?
00:37:03.89\00:37:06.99
A warrant.
00:37:07.02\00:37:08.36
Yeah, they could put a
warrant out for your arrest
00:37:08.39\00:37:12.23
if you don't
respond to be a juror.
00:37:12.26\00:37:15.23
I'm thinking, that's not fair.
00:37:15.26\00:37:18.30
You have to have
a legitimate excuse
00:37:18.33\00:37:20.57
and the court has to
decide whether you're excused,
00:37:20.60\00:37:24.31
which means
everyone must appear,
00:37:24.34\00:37:26.94
either be there to
be a part of the jury,
00:37:26.98\00:37:29.81
or you respond by letter.
00:37:29.84\00:37:31.71
How many of us must respond?
00:37:31.75\00:37:34.48
Everybody, all must
appear before the judgment seat.
00:37:34.52\00:37:38.32
If you don't respond
by that particular date
00:37:38.35\00:37:41.22
and I remember,
00:37:41.26\00:37:42.59
I remember as a pastor,
00:37:42.62\00:37:44.73
when I was in California,
00:37:44.76\00:37:46.66
I knew that I had
a preplanned event.
00:37:46.70\00:37:48.96
My tickets were
already purchased
00:37:49.00\00:37:50.33
to be out of town.
00:37:50.37\00:37:51.83
And I went to the court
00:37:51.87\00:37:54.14
and they said, "Okay,
what are you here for today?"
00:37:54.17\00:37:56.27
I said, "I need to respond
00:37:56.30\00:37:58.01
to this jury
invitation to be juror."
00:37:58.04\00:38:00.71
They said, "And
what's the reason
00:38:00.74\00:38:02.08
why you cannot attend?"
00:38:02.11\00:38:03.48
I said, "I'm the local clergy,
already purchased tickets
00:38:03.51\00:38:06.95
for this particular event
is happening during the time."
00:38:06.98\00:38:09.78
And they said, "Okay,
00:38:09.82\00:38:11.15
you're allowed to
get three excuses.
00:38:11.19\00:38:15.52
But if you get
called the fourth time,
00:38:15.56\00:38:18.19
that means you have to appear."
00:38:18.23\00:38:20.63
So they extended to me grace,
00:38:20.66\00:38:23.13
and I didn't have to go.
00:38:23.16\00:38:24.63
But they decide
whether or not you're excused.
00:38:24.67\00:38:26.84
For example, if you say,
00:38:26.87\00:38:28.20
I can't come because
I have to go to work.
00:38:28.24\00:38:29.57
They say, "It's not an excuse.
00:38:29.60\00:38:30.94
You'll be there."
00:38:30.97\00:38:32.31
I can't go because I've class.
Not an excuse. You'll be there.
00:38:32.34\00:38:34.94
You better have a good excuse.
00:38:34.98\00:38:37.35
But in the judgment,
nobody is going to be excused
00:38:37.38\00:38:40.95
because whether
it's a good excuse
00:38:40.98\00:38:42.55
at the bottom,
whether good or what?
00:38:42.58\00:38:43.99
Bad.
00:38:44.02\00:38:45.35
so the answer
is, how many people
00:38:45.39\00:38:46.72
does the Bible
reveal will be judged?
00:38:46.76\00:38:48.99
All, everybody's
going to be involved,
00:38:49.02\00:38:51.03
everybody's going
to have to appear.
00:38:51.06\00:38:53.19
And the only good excuse
we're going to have is...
00:38:53.23\00:38:56.00
The only good
excuse we gonna have...
00:38:59.67\00:39:01.24
What's his name?
00:39:01.27\00:39:02.60
I just want to see
if you're listening
00:39:06.21\00:39:07.54
because you guys
have not listened as well.
00:39:07.58\00:39:09.94
Is there any excuse
for us not to appear?
00:39:09.98\00:39:12.61
Okay, I just want to hear.
00:39:12.65\00:39:14.98
Okay, I'm glad
you didn't say Jesus
00:39:15.02\00:39:16.48
because Jesus is
not excusing you.
00:39:16.52\00:39:18.79
You must all appear.
00:39:18.82\00:39:20.52
You were listening.
00:39:20.56\00:39:21.89
Question number
three. Question number three.
00:39:21.92\00:39:25.09
What does the Bible reveal
00:39:25.13\00:39:27.03
will be the
standard of judgment?
00:39:27.06\00:39:29.46
This is vitally
important because sometimes
00:39:29.50\00:39:33.34
wealthy people sometimes think
they play by different rules.
00:39:33.37\00:39:38.17
People that are not,
00:39:38.21\00:39:39.57
people that are
considered society dropouts
00:39:39.61\00:39:41.51
think they play
by different rules.
00:39:41.54\00:39:42.88
There are a lot
of people that feel
00:39:42.91\00:39:44.25
that they have exclusiveness,
00:39:44.28\00:39:45.68
they don't have to
play by the same rules.
00:39:45.71\00:39:48.48
Well, some people think
that, well, I'm very educated,
00:39:48.52\00:39:51.45
I should be excused
00:39:51.49\00:39:52.82
or judge me based
on my social status,
00:39:52.85\00:39:56.59
my educational abilities,
00:39:56.62\00:39:58.76
my financial resources,
00:39:58.79\00:40:00.73
and my status in society.
00:40:00.76\00:40:02.66
If that were the
standard of judgment,
00:40:02.70\00:40:06.43
if wealth was, poor
people will be lost.
00:40:06.47\00:40:09.87
If education was,
uneducated people will be lost.
00:40:09.90\00:40:13.01
So the judgment has to be
the same for every one of us.
00:40:13.04\00:40:16.44
Let's look at James 2:12.
00:40:16.48\00:40:19.05
The judgment has
to be the same for
00:40:19.08\00:40:20.98
or the standard has to be
the same for every one of us.
00:40:21.02\00:40:24.72
Here it is,
00:40:24.75\00:40:26.09
James 2:12,
00:40:26.12\00:40:28.09
and the Bible reads as follows,
00:40:28.12\00:40:30.86
"So speak and so," what else?
00:40:30.89\00:40:33.73
"Do as those who will be
judged by the law of liberty."
00:40:33.76\00:40:39.40
Now the reason why it's
called the law of liberty,
00:40:39.43\00:40:41.74
by the way,
everybody is judged by law.
00:40:41.77\00:40:44.64
When you go to a court,
00:40:44.67\00:40:47.08
and I've learned
this as I got older.
00:40:47.11\00:40:49.64
I'm not going to get
into the nitty-gritty of it,
00:40:52.91\00:40:54.42
but I've heard some people say
00:40:54.45\00:40:56.89
whether you win or lose the case
00:40:56.92\00:40:58.55
depends on the lawyer you have.
00:40:58.59\00:41:01.36
Because he'll use the law,
00:41:01.39\00:41:03.02
he'll argue the
law in your favor.
00:41:03.06\00:41:05.23
He'll cite case history,
00:41:05.26\00:41:08.13
he'll dig, she will dig,
00:41:08.16\00:41:10.17
your lawyer team will dig,
00:41:10.20\00:41:12.23
and sometimes you
could be as guilty as sin
00:41:12.27\00:41:16.14
but you can have a good lawyer
00:41:16.17\00:41:18.37
and he will get
you either acquitted
00:41:18.41\00:41:21.31
or you'll be declared not guilty
00:41:21.34\00:41:23.31
or you will not be found guilty.
00:41:23.35\00:41:27.48
You won't be
convicted in the criminal trial.
00:41:27.52\00:41:30.15
But what happens
00:41:30.19\00:41:31.52
when you're not
convicted in the criminal trial?
00:41:31.55\00:41:32.99
Sometimes they
come back for what?
00:41:33.02\00:41:34.62
Civil trial,
00:41:34.66\00:41:35.99
because the people
that are persecuting
00:41:36.02\00:41:37.36
you said, I'm not having this.
00:41:37.39\00:41:38.73
They want to find
you guilty of something.
00:41:38.76\00:41:41.20
But in this case,
00:41:41.23\00:41:42.66
law is the thing that's
going to be the standard
00:41:42.70\00:41:44.73
by which every one of
us is going to be judged.
00:41:44.77\00:41:46.80
The question is, what law?
00:41:46.84\00:41:49.07
Is it the law of the
city of Thompsonville?
00:41:49.10\00:41:51.77
Is it the laws of
the city of New York?
00:41:51.81\00:41:54.01
Is it the laws that were decided
00:41:54.04\00:41:55.41
by the Supreme Court
of the United States?
00:41:55.44\00:41:57.38
What law?
00:41:57.41\00:41:58.75
Let's go to the
very next question,
00:41:58.78\00:42:00.48
the very next question.
00:42:00.52\00:42:02.02
How do we know
00:42:02.05\00:42:05.52
that everything
we do will be judged?
00:42:05.55\00:42:07.99
First of all, we know
that the law is going to be
00:42:08.02\00:42:09.49
involved in that.
00:42:09.52\00:42:10.86
Let's find out what law that is.
00:42:10.89\00:42:12.76
Let's go to Ecclesiastes
00:42:12.79\00:42:17.23
12:13-14,
00:42:17.27\00:42:22.47
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14.
00:42:22.50\00:42:29.34
I went to, I worked
on a particular project
00:42:33.01\00:42:35.68
with a lawyer once,
00:42:35.72\00:42:37.05
this had nothing
to do with a case,
00:42:37.09\00:42:38.65
had nothing to
do with the trial.
00:42:38.69\00:42:40.86
This lawyer was involved
in a number of other things.
00:42:40.89\00:42:43.36
And so I was
invited to go where he was,
00:42:43.39\00:42:46.63
and prepare a project for him.
00:42:46.66\00:42:49.30
And he said, I
want to take a picture
00:42:49.33\00:42:51.77
in the law library,
00:42:51.80\00:42:54.04
and I walked in the law library
00:42:54.07\00:42:56.64
and I looked at
the amount of books
00:42:56.67\00:43:01.24
that were there.
00:43:01.28\00:43:02.61
And he said,
00:43:02.64\00:43:03.98
every year more
get added to that.
00:43:04.01\00:43:06.55
I see, you mean that's not it?
00:43:06.58\00:43:07.92
He's said, oh, no,
that's not it by far,
00:43:07.95\00:43:10.49
every year more and I
said, what are those books?
00:43:10.52\00:43:13.76
He said those books
are not just the laws
00:43:13.79\00:43:16.56
that are put there
by the judicial system
00:43:16.59\00:43:20.26
of the city in which we
live in and the Supreme Court,
00:43:20.30\00:43:22.63
but every year the
books that get added are cases
00:43:22.66\00:43:25.90
that have taken
place between 2011 and 2012
00:43:25.93\00:43:29.77
or 2012 to 13 and 13 to 14.
00:43:29.80\00:43:32.07
They had all these
books, they document everything.
00:43:32.11\00:43:34.78
So you can say,
00:43:34.81\00:43:36.71
case number 653
on January 2, 1995,
00:43:36.75\00:43:42.92
Mark versus Jenny,
00:43:42.95\00:43:45.15
you could cite that case,
00:43:45.19\00:43:46.82
everything that
we do is recorded
00:43:46.86\00:43:53.66
and I thought, man,
00:43:53.70\00:43:55.40
so if I win,
00:43:55.43\00:43:57.13
somebody could come
back years later and cite
00:43:57.17\00:44:00.50
why and how I won
00:44:00.54\00:44:02.94
and use the same methods
to win in a similar situation.
00:44:02.97\00:44:06.17
It's amazing.
00:44:06.21\00:44:07.54
You got to take some time, huh?
00:44:07.58\00:44:09.24
Yeah, this whole one
00:44:09.28\00:44:10.61
that we've heard for many years,
00:44:10.65\00:44:11.98
Roe versus Wade,
you've heard that one.
00:44:12.01\00:44:13.88
That's been
going on for decades,
00:44:13.92\00:44:16.08
much of my adult
life, Roe v. Wade.
00:44:16.12\00:44:18.65
That's it, they've
shortened Roe v. Wade,
00:44:18.69\00:44:21.06
and the case where Roe...
00:44:21.09\00:44:22.42
It's amazing, and
that's been recorded.
00:44:22.46\00:44:24.13
They go back and
cite that case law.
00:44:24.16\00:44:26.29
But let's look at how
the Bible describes this.
00:44:26.33\00:44:28.16
How do we know that
everything will be judged?
00:44:28.20\00:44:30.37
The Bible says in
Ecclesiastes 12:13,
00:44:30.40\00:44:34.57
"Let us hear the conclusion
00:44:34.60\00:44:37.41
of the whole matter.
00:44:37.44\00:44:41.68
Fear God, and
keep His commandments,
00:44:41.71\00:44:44.38
for this is the
whole duty of man.
00:44:44.41\00:44:47.68
For God will bring
every work into judgment,
00:44:47.72\00:44:51.72
with every," what kind of thing?
00:44:51.75\00:44:54.16
"Secret thing,
whether it be good,
00:44:54.19\00:44:56.49
or whether it be," what?
00:44:56.52\00:44:57.86
"Evil."
00:44:57.89\00:44:59.23
Now, you know, if
you read that text,
00:44:59.26\00:45:00.60
you would think, "Oh
man, I'm in trouble."
00:45:00.63\00:45:04.13
But I want to
pause and say the fear
00:45:04.17\00:45:06.40
that we can find
that can grip us.
00:45:06.43\00:45:09.30
The fear that will grip us
00:45:09.34\00:45:10.67
is because we don't
know the Lord is our Savior.
00:45:10.71\00:45:12.91
But when you know
the Lord is your Savior,
00:45:12.94\00:45:15.24
then that fear
is no longer there,
00:45:15.28\00:45:16.61
we'll find out.
00:45:16.64\00:45:17.98
I'm not going to jump ahead
of myself, you'll find out.
00:45:18.01\00:45:19.75
In other words,
00:45:19.78\00:45:21.12
you better have a good what?
00:45:21.15\00:45:24.05
You better have a good lawyer,
00:45:24.09\00:45:25.55
because Jesus is
not the prosecutor.
00:45:25.59\00:45:27.92
He is the defense attorney.
00:45:27.96\00:45:31.63
He's defending us.
00:45:31.66\00:45:33.80
He is arguing in our behalf.
00:45:33.83\00:45:38.03
Because you know, you can't come
00:45:38.07\00:45:39.60
to the court and say,
00:45:39.63\00:45:40.97
well, your Honor, I
could give you five reasons
00:45:41.00\00:45:43.77
why I need to be saved.
00:45:43.81\00:45:47.28
Not of works, lest
any man should what?
00:45:47.31\00:45:49.11
Boast.
00:45:49.14\00:45:50.48
There's no reasons on our part.
00:45:50.51\00:45:51.91
So the encouraging thing is,
00:45:51.95\00:45:55.12
we are called to
labor for the Lord
00:45:55.15\00:45:57.39
but our labor is not
propitious to our salvation,
00:45:57.42\00:46:01.39
it's not contingent.
00:46:01.42\00:46:02.76
Our salvation is not contingent
on the work that we do,
00:46:02.79\00:46:05.89
for it is God who
works in us both to will
00:46:05.93\00:46:07.93
and to do of His good pleasure.
00:46:07.96\00:46:09.50
The Holy Spirit's
working in us and through us.
00:46:09.53\00:46:11.93
So the answer, how do we know
00:46:11.97\00:46:13.30
that everything
we do will be judged?
00:46:13.34\00:46:15.37
It says,
00:46:15.40\00:46:17.47
"Every secret thing,
whether it be," what?
00:46:17.51\00:46:20.64
"Good or whether it be," what?
00:46:20.68\00:46:22.58
Oh man, what a text?
00:46:22.61\00:46:24.65
What a text?
00:46:24.68\00:46:26.68
I'm gonna share a
text in a moment here,
00:46:26.72\00:46:30.79
because what
let's go to Hebrews.
00:46:30.82\00:46:32.59
Let's go to Hebrews.
00:46:32.62\00:46:33.96
I see the verses
here in the lesson,
00:46:33.99\00:46:35.82
but I can cite it
because I'm going to use
00:46:35.86\00:46:37.86
a verse a little
earlier than that.
00:46:37.89\00:46:40.43
Okay.
00:46:40.46\00:46:43.50
Okay.
00:46:43.53\00:46:44.87
Let's see.
00:46:48.74\00:46:50.91
Let's, okay. Let's look at this.
00:46:50.94\00:46:52.54
Okay.
00:46:52.57\00:46:55.44
Hebrews 4:12,
00:46:55.48\00:46:58.45
and by the way,
00:46:58.48\00:46:59.81
let me add the answer
into question number four.
00:46:59.85\00:47:02.28
The commandments of God
00:47:02.32\00:47:04.05
is the standard
by which we are going
00:47:04.09\00:47:06.12
to be judged.
00:47:06.15\00:47:07.49
Let us hear the
conclusion of the whole matter,
00:47:07.52\00:47:08.86
fear God and
keep His commandments.
00:47:08.89\00:47:10.76
That is, that is
and I want to put this
00:47:10.79\00:47:12.96
in the right context.
00:47:12.99\00:47:14.40
We're not saying,
00:47:14.43\00:47:15.76
Oh, you know, this
week, I'm up to number eight,
00:47:15.80\00:47:18.43
I got aided and perfected.
00:47:18.47\00:47:20.67
I just need to work on two more,
00:47:20.70\00:47:22.24
and then I'll be good.
00:47:22.27\00:47:24.01
And then you call your friend
after like nine more months.
00:47:24.04\00:47:26.61
Hey, guess what?
00:47:26.64\00:47:27.98
Today I completed
the tenth commandment.
00:47:28.01\00:47:31.05
I'm saved.
00:47:31.08\00:47:32.75
I'm good.
00:47:32.78\00:47:34.75
Is there any of
us that are good?
00:47:34.78\00:47:36.62
No, not one.
00:47:36.65\00:47:38.02
It's the standard by
which we shall be judged.
00:47:38.05\00:47:41.02
We're going to give
you some more information
00:47:41.06\00:47:43.19
in just a moment.
00:47:43.22\00:47:44.56
Why God calls us to
keep the commandments,
00:47:44.59\00:47:46.53
if the
commandments are not the reason
00:47:46.56\00:47:49.06
why we're going to be saved?
00:47:49.10\00:47:50.57
All right.
00:47:50.60\00:47:51.93
We'll see that in a moment.
00:47:51.97\00:47:53.30
I could just...
00:47:53.34\00:47:54.67
I'll just give you
this little tidbit.
00:47:54.70\00:47:56.04
We don't keep the
commandments to be saved,
00:47:56.07\00:47:57.67
we keep the commandments
00:47:57.71\00:47:59.04
because we are in a
saving relationship.
00:47:59.07\00:48:01.44
It is the parameters.
00:48:01.48\00:48:02.81
Let me use a story
to illustrate this.
00:48:02.84\00:48:04.21
Now I talked about all
the books in the court.
00:48:04.25\00:48:06.95
When my wife and I
decided to get married,
00:48:06.98\00:48:08.78
we did not go down to
the courthouse in Brooklyn,
00:48:08.82\00:48:13.42
and say,
00:48:13.46\00:48:15.92
I'd like to read all the books
that you have about marriage,
00:48:15.96\00:48:20.00
that all the laws
that govern a relationship.
00:48:20.03\00:48:22.90
I want to read them
all just to make sure
00:48:22.93\00:48:24.43
that when I get
married, I could do all that.
00:48:24.47\00:48:28.70
Can you imagine
how that would be?
00:48:28.74\00:48:30.81
Can you imagine that?
00:48:30.84\00:48:33.01
You might walk into
that, the judge may say,
00:48:33.04\00:48:35.58
do you really
00:48:35.61\00:48:37.38
want to see all the books
00:48:37.41\00:48:40.18
in the laws of this state
00:48:40.22\00:48:42.22
as it pertains to a
marriage relationship?
00:48:42.25\00:48:44.65
Well, now that I'm a counselor,
00:48:44.69\00:48:47.46
I do a lot of couple counseling.
00:48:47.49\00:48:49.72
I'm aware of certain
states like they say,
00:48:49.76\00:48:51.33
well, this state if
you're getting divorce,
00:48:51.36\00:48:52.93
it's a 50-50 state.
00:48:52.96\00:48:54.66
You know, when
people are thinking
00:48:54.70\00:48:56.03
about their
relationships falling apart,
00:48:56.06\00:48:57.60
that's the only time
they want to be concerned
00:48:57.63\00:48:58.97
with the law.
00:48:59.00\00:49:00.34
Well, this is a
state where if you break up
00:49:00.37\00:49:02.40
and you have a house together
where you got to split it
00:49:02.44\00:49:05.24
or well, this is the
state where custody is 50-50.
00:49:05.27\00:49:08.61
All of a sudden they
become familiar with the law.
00:49:08.64\00:49:10.31
But here's my point.
00:49:10.35\00:49:12.15
I didn't need any laws,
I didn't need to read laws
00:49:12.18\00:49:15.82
before I
decided to marry my wife
00:49:15.85\00:49:17.59
because I was
marrying her because I what?
00:49:17.62\00:49:20.42
Loved her and
so my love for her,
00:49:20.46\00:49:24.06
all those laws were in place
00:49:24.09\00:49:28.66
just because of my love for her.
00:49:28.70\00:49:30.63
That's how the law
says, this is the love of God
00:49:30.67\00:49:32.27
that we keep His commandments,
00:49:32.30\00:49:33.64
and His
commandments are not burdensome.
00:49:33.67\00:49:35.97
If my relationship was,
00:49:36.00\00:49:37.47
you know, Honey,
I'm on book five,
00:49:37.51\00:49:39.71
page 19, paragraph 7.
00:49:39.74\00:49:42.08
I'm really working hard
on this one for my marriage,
00:49:42.11\00:49:44.61
I don't know if
I'm going to get it
00:49:44.65\00:49:45.98
but we got time, don't we?
00:49:46.01\00:49:48.62
Praise the Lord.
00:49:48.65\00:49:49.98
It is our love relationship
00:49:50.02\00:49:51.72
that holds the commandments
of God in the right standing
00:49:51.75\00:49:56.12
between us and Him.
00:49:56.16\00:49:57.89
And the Holy Spirit has
everything to do with that.
00:49:57.93\00:50:00.86
All right?
00:50:00.90\00:50:02.23
Now where are we going?
00:50:02.26\00:50:03.60
Hebrews 4, look at this,
00:50:03.63\00:50:05.07
Hebrews 4.
00:50:05.10\00:50:06.90
Because when I talked about
00:50:06.94\00:50:10.94
how there's
nothing going to be hidden,
00:50:10.97\00:50:12.31
Look at verse 12,
00:50:12.34\00:50:14.21
"For the Word of God is living
00:50:14.24\00:50:16.48
and powerful or
powerful and quick"
00:50:16.51\00:50:18.78
as the King James
Version says, look at that,
00:50:18.81\00:50:21.75
"sharper than
any two edged sword,"
00:50:21.78\00:50:23.92
look at how deeply it gets,
00:50:23.95\00:50:25.95
"piercing even to
the division," of what?
00:50:25.99\00:50:29.39
"Soul and spirit and
of joints and marrow,"
00:50:29.42\00:50:32.63
and look at the
rest of the verse,
00:50:32.66\00:50:34.10
and this is very
powerful when it comes,
00:50:34.13\00:50:36.00
"and is a
discerner of the," what?
00:50:36.03\00:50:39.07
"Thoughts and
intents of the heart."
00:50:39.10\00:50:42.10
I'm going to come
back to that in the moment.
00:50:42.14\00:50:44.61
"And there is no creature..."
00:50:44.64\00:50:45.97
Look at verse 13,
00:50:46.01\00:50:47.34
"And there is no
creature hidden from his sight
00:50:47.38\00:50:51.41
but all things are naked
and open to the eyes of him
00:50:51.45\00:50:54.65
to whom we must," do what?
00:50:54.68\00:50:56.65
"Give an account."
00:50:56.69\00:50:59.35
Isn't that amazing?
isn't that frightening?
00:50:59.39\00:51:01.59
I've seen criminals
just about to create...
00:51:01.62\00:51:04.03
You know, these hidden cameras,
00:51:04.06\00:51:05.39
there're cameras
every place nowadays.
00:51:05.43\00:51:09.06
Periodically somebody
will put something on Facebook
00:51:09.10\00:51:11.73
or you see something on
some kind of video feed in,
00:51:11.77\00:51:15.40
and they'll show some
of the dumbest criminals
00:51:15.44\00:51:17.64
looking around,
00:51:17.67\00:51:19.01
looking around and
this is all caught on tape.
00:51:19.04\00:51:22.71
The point of the
matter is we live our lives
00:51:22.74\00:51:24.71
and everything we do in
the eyes of God is what?
00:51:24.75\00:51:28.38
Caught on tape.
00:51:28.42\00:51:30.89
Now, if we would pause there
and say, well, it's on tape.
00:51:30.92\00:51:35.99
It's recorded.
It's in the books.
00:51:36.02\00:51:38.16
You're gonna have to
face it in the judgment.
00:51:38.19\00:51:39.73
There's no getting by
that, hit the play button.
00:51:39.76\00:51:42.76
It could be very frightening
if you don't know the Lord.
00:51:42.80\00:51:45.73
Huh? Huh?
00:51:45.77\00:51:47.97
Right, okay, the spy
camera, that's very good.
00:51:48.00\00:51:51.71
He's been caught,
there's no, nothing hidden
00:51:51.74\00:51:54.84
and not only this,
00:51:54.88\00:51:56.21
but I want to
point something out
00:51:56.24\00:51:57.58
and look at the end of verse 12,
00:51:57.61\00:51:58.95
"In the judgment,
00:52:01.08\00:52:02.55
we will also have to give
an account for our thoughts
00:52:02.58\00:52:05.72
and our intentions.
00:52:05.75\00:52:08.92
I know what you said,
00:52:08.96\00:52:10.29
but that's not
what you intended.
00:52:10.33\00:52:12.59
What did you intend?
00:52:12.63\00:52:14.36
What do you mean what I intend?
00:52:14.40\00:52:15.73
I know what you said.
00:52:15.76\00:52:17.27
But let me show
you what you intended.
00:52:17.30\00:52:19.13
Hit the play button.
00:52:19.17\00:52:20.74
I know what you said,
but I know what you thought.
00:52:20.77\00:52:24.77
See, it's amazing
00:52:24.81\00:52:26.54
how everything is
open and clear before God.
00:52:26.57\00:52:30.08
So I've heard a lawyer once say,
00:52:30.11\00:52:33.15
in order for me to defend
you, you've got to come clean.
00:52:33.18\00:52:37.39
In other words, don't
hide anything from me.
00:52:37.42\00:52:40.29
How can I defend you
00:52:40.32\00:52:42.32
if you don't tell
me what's going on?
00:52:42.36\00:52:45.09
Here's the good news.
00:52:45.13\00:52:46.70
Does the Lord
know us? Yes, He does.
00:52:46.73\00:52:48.73
Does He know everything? Yes.
00:52:48.76\00:52:50.27
Okay, so what is good for,
00:52:50.30\00:52:53.64
I'm looking at the clock here,
00:52:53.67\00:52:55.17
I may just jump
to it and come back,
00:52:55.20\00:52:57.21
back to it again,
00:52:57.24\00:52:58.61
because I wanna give
you some encouragement.
00:52:58.64\00:53:00.71
You know, if we pause
00:53:00.74\00:53:02.08
at this point of
the lesson and say,
00:53:02.11\00:53:03.61
"Well, see you next week."
00:53:03.65\00:53:05.71
People will say, "Man,
00:53:05.75\00:53:07.68
I don't think I'm
going to make it."
00:53:07.72\00:53:09.35
And I've heard
Christians for many years say,
00:53:09.38\00:53:12.22
"Oh,
00:53:12.25\00:53:13.76
I don't know if I'm ready."
00:53:13.79\00:53:16.16
And you know, there's
nothing more frightening
00:53:16.19\00:53:17.83
than being a Christian
00:53:17.86\00:53:19.76
and not knowing if you're ready.
00:53:19.79\00:53:23.00
Oh, I read somewhere,
00:53:23.03\00:53:25.47
it's a work of a lifetime.
00:53:25.50\00:53:27.80
And you think, how
long have I been Christian?
00:53:27.84\00:53:30.11
Just three years. "Oh, man.
00:53:30.14\00:53:32.27
I don't think I
have enough time."
00:53:32.31\00:53:33.88
You got to understand
00:53:33.91\00:53:35.24
if it were based
on everything you did,
00:53:35.28\00:53:38.01
then you really would
be in a bad place to be.
00:53:38.05\00:53:41.28
Can I give you an
encouraging verse?
00:53:41.32\00:53:42.98
Let's go to my favorite.
00:53:43.02\00:53:45.22
This has become my favorite.
00:53:45.25\00:53:49.06
You know exactly where
I'm going, right, honey?
00:53:49.09\00:53:50.99
This has become my favorite.
00:53:51.03\00:53:53.53
We're gonna go to
the Book of 1 John,
00:53:53.56\00:53:56.87
I'm pointing this in here
00:53:56.90\00:53:58.90
just before we go to
question number five.
00:53:58.93\00:54:01.27
We're gonna go
to 1 John Chapter 3,
00:54:01.30\00:54:04.41
that's right,
00:54:04.44\00:54:05.77
1 John 3:1-2.
00:54:05.81\00:54:08.98
And we're going to
read down to verse 3,
00:54:09.01\00:54:10.71
just to give you the
proper context to this,
00:54:10.75\00:54:13.15
because you need to
know if you are a Christian,
00:54:13.18\00:54:15.38
you need to know
00:54:15.42\00:54:16.75
that the Lord loves you
00:54:16.79\00:54:18.45
and what He has started,
00:54:18.49\00:54:20.62
He will finish.
00:54:20.66\00:54:23.12
All right,
00:54:23.16\00:54:24.49
1 John 3:1-3.
00:54:24.53\00:54:31.03
Wow.
00:54:31.07\00:54:34.60
Oh, boy, I tell
you, this is wonderful.
00:54:34.64\00:54:36.60
Okay, "Behold what manner
of love the Father has," what?
00:54:36.64\00:54:42.71
"Bestowed on us."
00:54:42.74\00:54:44.71
In other words, He loves us,
00:54:44.75\00:54:47.22
"That we should be
called the children of God.
00:54:47.25\00:54:51.99
Therefore, the
world does not know us
00:54:52.02\00:54:54.29
because it did not know Him."
00:54:54.32\00:54:55.96
I want to pause
and just give you
00:54:55.99\00:54:57.33
a powerful revelation right now.
00:54:57.36\00:55:00.66
If your lawyer were your
dad, would you feel pretty good?
00:55:00.70\00:55:05.13
Huh?
00:55:05.17\00:55:07.20
Dad.
00:55:07.24\00:55:08.77
Son, you don't have
to tell me anything.
00:55:08.80\00:55:10.21
I gave you life. I
know everything about you.
00:55:10.24\00:55:15.31
Dad, you gonna be my lawyer.
00:55:15.34\00:55:17.38
I'm your lawyer.
00:55:17.41\00:55:18.75
I've been
around your whole life.
00:55:18.78\00:55:20.12
I know everything about you.
00:55:20.15\00:55:22.72
And I'm going to defend
you with everything I have
00:55:22.75\00:55:24.59
because you are my child.
00:55:24.62\00:55:27.29
Does a father want to see
his child send away, sent away?
00:55:27.32\00:55:32.79
Does a mother want to
see her daughter sent away?
00:55:32.83\00:55:35.13
If it's a mother
defending her daughter
00:55:35.16\00:55:36.73
or father defending his son,
00:55:36.77\00:55:38.67
and she is your
lawyer or he is your lawyer,
00:55:38.70\00:55:41.64
that prosecution team
is going to have a fight
00:55:41.67\00:55:45.04
of their lives on their hands?
00:55:45.07\00:55:47.31
Because why is your mother?
00:55:47.34\00:55:49.64
Why is that
lawyer fighting for you?
00:55:49.68\00:55:51.61
Because you're good?
00:55:51.65\00:55:53.01
No, they know of the many
times that you disappointed.
00:55:53.05\00:55:55.85
They know of the many
times that they've punished you,
00:55:55.88\00:55:57.55
they know of the many times
that you've disappointed them.
00:55:57.59\00:55:59.85
Why are they
fighting in your behalf?
00:55:59.89\00:56:01.22
Somebody tell me,
00:56:01.26\00:56:02.99
because they love you.
00:56:03.02\00:56:04.49
And they cannot fathom a
thought of being separated
00:56:04.53\00:56:07.13
from their son
or their daughter.
00:56:07.16\00:56:09.13
That's why they're fighting.
00:56:09.16\00:56:10.50
But now let's look at the verse.
00:56:10.53\00:56:11.87
Look at the next verse.
00:56:11.90\00:56:13.94
"Beloved," what is
the very next word?
00:56:13.97\00:56:16.54
"Now we are children of God."
00:56:16.57\00:56:18.21
When are we the children of God?
00:56:18.24\00:56:19.67
Now, if we're
facing the judgment,
00:56:19.71\00:56:21.64
and God is our Father,
when are we his children?
00:56:21.68\00:56:25.28
Now.
00:56:25.31\00:56:26.65
So if His
character is being examined,
00:56:26.68\00:56:31.69
and we are His
children, if He's vindicated,
00:56:31.72\00:56:34.16
are we going to be vindicated?
00:56:34.19\00:56:36.02
Let's go on.
00:56:36.06\00:56:38.43
"And it has not
yet been revealed
00:56:38.46\00:56:40.36
what we shall be.
00:56:40.40\00:56:42.06
But we know that
when he is revealed,
00:56:42.10\00:56:43.90
we shall be," what?
00:56:43.93\00:56:45.33
"Like Him, for we
shall see Him as He is."
00:56:45.37\00:56:48.67
I would stop
there and simply say,
00:56:48.70\00:56:51.77
He is righteous,
what are we going to be?
00:56:51.81\00:56:53.48
Righteous.
00:56:53.51\00:56:54.84
We will see Him as He
is and we will be like Him.
00:56:54.88\00:56:57.28
Amen to that.
00:56:57.31\00:56:58.81
That righteous character
and then finally, verse 3.
00:56:58.85\00:57:02.52
This is what our
responsibility is.
00:57:02.55\00:57:04.79
Now when, let me just put
the context together here.
00:57:04.82\00:57:07.29
When your lawyer
fights in your behalf
00:57:07.32\00:57:09.86
and your lawyer is your mother
00:57:09.89\00:57:12.13
or your father,
or family member.
00:57:12.16\00:57:16.26
And they finally
get you acquitted
00:57:16.30\00:57:18.63
or declared not guilty.
00:57:18.67\00:57:22.80
Would they say, let me
use David as an example,
00:57:22.84\00:57:25.41
since he's right in front of me.
00:57:25.44\00:57:28.04
Would they say, David,
go ahead and leave the court
00:57:28.08\00:57:30.65
and just commit as
many crimes as you can
00:57:30.68\00:57:32.75
because you're free.
00:57:32.78\00:57:34.12
Will they say that?
00:57:34.15\00:57:35.52
Look what they'll say.
00:57:35.55\00:57:36.92
Verse 3, "And everyone
00:57:36.95\00:57:39.02
who has this hope
in Him does," what?
00:57:39.05\00:57:42.32
"Purifies himself
just as He is pure."
00:57:42.36\00:57:45.86
I have gotten you exonerated,
00:57:45.89\00:57:48.43
you've been declared guiltless,
00:57:48.46\00:57:50.13
you've been set
free of the charges
00:57:50.17\00:57:52.33
have not been held against you.
00:57:52.37\00:57:54.14
There's nothing
gonna be on your record.
00:57:54.17\00:57:56.81
Go and sin no more.
00:57:56.84\00:57:59.91
So what is our responsibility
in light of the judgment?
00:57:59.94\00:58:03.24
In light of the
judgment, the Lord is saying,
00:58:03.28\00:58:04.78
every day we can live in Christ,
00:58:04.81\00:58:07.48
that life, that is
a consecrated life,
00:58:07.52\00:58:10.19
that is a sanctified life.
00:58:10.22\00:58:12.89
Because He's working out in us,
00:58:12.92\00:58:15.82
His good and
acceptable and perfect will.
00:58:15.86\00:58:18.53
He's working out in every
one of our lives every day,
00:58:18.56\00:58:21.76
the very thing
that we need to know
00:58:21.80\00:58:24.07
and that is we need to know Him,
00:58:24.10\00:58:25.73
that we could have confidence,
00:58:25.77\00:58:27.14
that we can have
boldness in the Day of Judgment.
00:58:27.17\00:58:29.80
Now, I want to go ahead
and give you one more verse
00:58:29.84\00:58:32.31
before we wind up today.
00:58:32.34\00:58:33.68
Look at question number
five, just the first verse.
00:58:33.71\00:58:35.98
And I think I can get it
in about a minute and a half.
00:58:36.01\00:58:38.58
Question number
five, let's go to that.
00:58:38.61\00:58:41.32
What are some of the specifics
00:58:41.35\00:58:42.68
that will be
reviewed in the judgment?
00:58:42.72\00:58:45.42
Sure, very quickly,
00:58:45.45\00:58:47.66
Matthew 12:36-37.
00:58:47.69\00:58:50.99
Wow, this is terrible,
00:58:51.03\00:58:52.96
but I'm going to read it
just in the interest of time.
00:58:52.99\00:58:55.36
Matthew 12:36-37.
00:58:55.40\00:59:00.24
Pray, Lord, put a lock
in front of our mouths.
00:59:00.27\00:59:05.41
"But I say to you
that for every idle word,
00:59:05.44\00:59:08.18
men may speak,
00:59:08.21\00:59:09.64
they will give account of
it in the Day of Judgment.
00:59:09.68\00:59:16.22
For by your words,
you will be justified
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and by your words
you will be," what?
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Condemned.
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This is amazing,
not only by your deeds
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and your actions,
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but by your thoughts
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and your
intentions and by your words.
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Is everything under review?
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Yes.
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You need to come back for
the next leg of this lesson
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because right now
you may be walking
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around your house saying,
Lord Jesus have mercy on me.
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There's good news
when you know Jesus
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as your personal Savior.
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There's good news, the
judgment is not a fearful event,
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when you know that the
Lord is your righteous judge.
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So, friends, we encourage you
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to continue
studying the Word of God
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and if it doesn't make sense,
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yet, one day it will
come into A Sharper Focus.
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God bless you.
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