Hello, friends,
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welcome to another
Wednesday night Bible study
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here at the 3ABN Worship
Center at A Sharper Focus.
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And we thank you for tuning in
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and we are
always very appreciative
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of those of you
who take the time
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to crack open the
pages of your Bible
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and to sit down
with us for the next hour
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as we walk through
God's Word together.
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And wherever you are
if you are joining us
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from Buffalo New York,
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our prayers are with you
because we know that right now
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they're having a
winter wonderland,
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but wherever you
may be joining us from,
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we like to welcome
you with a hearty amen.
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Can we all say amen to that?
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Amen.
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And get your
Bibles, and your family,
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and your friends, and your pens,
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and we're going to walk
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as we do through the Word of God
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in a spiritual excursion.
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But before we talk
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about where to get
a copy of the lesson
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and anything else,
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we always begin
with a word of prayer.
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Let's pray together.
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Precious Father and our God,
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precious savior and our Lord
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tonight we come to You
asking for Your presence
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to guide us tonight
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through the study of Your Word.
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Lord, this all
important topic of the judgment
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is one that
calls for sober minds,
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for godly lives
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for those of us who
will take an account
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of where we are in
light of this present setting
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that we are living under.
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And we do pray
that Your Holy Spirit
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will be our teacher tonight
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we ask, in Jesus' name we pray.
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Amen.
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Now, what is the
lesson number we're up to,
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lesson number what?
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Lesson number 28 is
our lessons for tonight,
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lesson number what?
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Twenty eight. Twenty eight.
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And if you're wanting
a copy of that lesson,
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go to this following website
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ASF.3abn.org
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and download lesson number 28,
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"The Truth About The Judgment."
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Now, some of you
have done that before
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I added an additional page
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and so you should
have page one and two
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from question one
down to question number 17.
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Now, in a later lesson
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what we're going to do
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is we're going to establish
the timing of the judgment.
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We're gonna look
at the prophecies
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of the judgment.
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You know, Daniel
Chapter 7, Daniel Chapter 9.
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We're gonna look up
what the Bible talks about
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in the prophetic
setting about the judgment.
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But tonight
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we're talking about the
conditions of the judgment
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and the kind of life
that the Lord wants us to live
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in light of the judgment.
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But before we
dive into our lesson,
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we always sing our theme song
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so join us as we
sing this song tonight,
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"Victory in Jesus."
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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 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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"The Truth About The Judgment"
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is the topic of lesson tonight
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as we're gonna continue.
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We began
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and we restarted the lesson
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because so much time
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was between our
first session and the next.
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And tonight we're gonna
begin with question number five,
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but let me just go ahead and lay
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some short brief foundation.
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Go with me to Revelation
Chapter 14 in your Bible.
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What book did I say? Revelation.
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Revelation, and
what chapter? Fourteen.
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Revelation Chapter 14.
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Revelation Chapter 14.
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It's still amazing to me
that many Christians are taught
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that Revelation is
this mysterious hard
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to understand book,
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when in fact it's
not hard to understand.
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The Bible makes it
clear in the very beginning,
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"Hear what the Spirit
says to the churches."
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And if you are
asking for the Spirit
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to lead your
life and to guide you
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through God's Word,
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Revelation is not a mystery.
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Matter of fact, the
very name of Revelation
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means the book of revealing.
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It's not the closed book,
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it's the open book.
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And so tonight as we look
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at the messages
of the last days,
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the Bible refers
to three messages,
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what are they called?
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The three angels' messages?
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Angels, not
because physical angels
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are flying around
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shouting a message to the earth,
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but angels are also synonymous
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to messengers.
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And when the Bible says,
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let's look at
Revelation Chapter 14,
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instead of me just
quoting it from mine,
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I'll have you follow along
in the pages of the scripture.
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Revelation 14:6-7,
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"And I saw another angel
flying in the midst of heaven,
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having the
everlasting gospel to preach
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to those who dwell on the earth,
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to every nation,
tribe, tongue and people."
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So how many people
are to hear this message?
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Everybody.
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What is he saying?
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"Saying with a loud
voice," a voice of urgency,
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"fear God and give glory to Him,
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for the hour of His judgment
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has come or is come,"
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depending on
whatever translation you have.
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Some people have the King James,
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some have New King James,
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but the judgment hour is here.
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We're living in the
hour of God's judgment.
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And I want to make
that very abundantly clear.
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It is the hour
of God's judgment.
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Now, putting that
in the proper context,
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sometimes we think,
"Well, I'm on trial,"
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and I want to tell you today,
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if I were on trial
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and my salvation
was based on my works,
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would I be saved
or would I be lost?
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Come on, somebody help me out.
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We'll all be lost.
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Our salvation is based on
the righteousness and the...
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Let me use another word,
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not only the righteousness
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but the integrity of
the character of Jesus,
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the integrity of
the character of Jesus.
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So when we talk
about the integrity
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of the character of Jesus,
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the one that really is
on trial is the Father.
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But because He's on trial,
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His children who
declare to be connected to Him
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are also on trial.
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In other words, are
you really a righteous God?
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That's what the
universe wants to know.
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That's what Satan
has accused Christ
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of not being just.
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But there's also
another factor to that.
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If you are in fact,
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looking forward to eternity,
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let's back up
from our perspective,
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and think of this from
a heavenly point of view.
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Now that the angels
that remained two thirds,
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they knew that
Satan and the angels
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that followed him or expunged
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or evicted from heaven put out
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because they sinned,
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so heaven is a
sinless place right now.
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Amen for that?
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But as the great controversy
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as we are a
spectacle to the universe
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as the unfallen world,
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and I use that phrase loosely
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because when I use that phrase,
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people will ask,
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"Well, how do you
know others are looking?"
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Well the Bible
says we are a spectacle.
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What the Bible
means by a spectacle
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as we are being observed.
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Spectacles, what are those?
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Did anybody ever had spectacles?
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We don't call them
spectacles anymore.
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We call them what? Glasses.
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If I said, "Let me
borrow your spectacle."
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Somebody say, "What
year are you living in?"
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But we are, we are a spectacle,
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we are being viewed.
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But now think about the angels
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that did not sin.
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They might wonder,
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"Jesus, are You
really going to bring
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those sinners in here?"
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And what makes you think
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that what happened before
is not going to happen again.
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So at that very point
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we are, our lives
are being examined
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as to our worthiness to
make it into the kingdom.
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But once again, I repeat,
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if it were just about my life,
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I would not have any possibility
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of entering the kingdom.
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But because of the
righteousness of Jesus
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being bestowed on us,
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I like the text,
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"Beloved, behold,
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what manner of love the Father
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has bestowed on us,
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that we should be
called the," what?
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"Children of God."
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That's powerful if
you think about it.
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A sinless God
bestows on us His love,
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and then calls us His children.
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But the children of
God will be examined
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as to their worthiness.
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You see, to be
very clear about it.
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If any event
occurred in your home,
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let me just be specific.
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If your wallet was
missing in your home,
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would you begin by
going to the neighbor's house
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to look for your wallet?
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Or if you had a lot of children,
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where would you start?
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You start as,
"Did you see my wallet?
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Can anyone see my wallet?"
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If you hear something happening
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that is connected
to your family name,
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would you start by
checking with the neighbors,
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or would you check with
your family members first?
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And you see where I'm
headed with this in a moment
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as I get to the particular text.
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Anybody claiming to have
a connection with Christ,
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the connection with Christ
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is going to be examined
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whether or not
it's just what you said,
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or whether or not
it's how you live.
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That's the
purpose of the judgment.
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Is it just a declaration
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because many could
say, "We're Christians,"
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the Bible says, "Many
will say, Lord, Lord,"
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but because they are
not connected to Christ
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in their righteous life,
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He'll say, "Depart from
me, you who work," what?
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"Iniquity."
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So they're professing His name.
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Matter of fact, go
with me to Isaiah Chapter 4.
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Just another text before we
go into question number five.
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Look at Isaiah.
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Christianity
nowadays is popular.
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Let's see.
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Okay.
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Okay, Isaiah 4:1.
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Isaiah 4:1.
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All right?
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"In that day..."
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It's a little warm tonight.
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"In that day, seven women
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shall take hold of
one man, saying..."
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Let me just break
this down in the Bible.
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In prophecy, what symbol is used
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to identify the church?
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A woman, and
who would the man be
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if the woman
represents the church?
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Come on speak to me,
who would the man be?
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Christ. Okay.
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Seven women will
take hold of one man
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and how providential it is
that there are seven churches
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talked about in Revelation.
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The number seven is
a number of perfection.
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And they would say,
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"We will eat our own
bread or our own food,
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we will wear our own apparel,
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only let us be
called by your," what?
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"Name to take
away our reproach."
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So to say you're a Christian,
today in the eyes of the world,
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it really doesn't mean much.
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Because with all this,
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with all the things that
are happening in Christianity,
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and I don't want to
get into that at all,
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but what I'm saying is,
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it's important to have more
than just the name Christian.
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Amen? Amen.
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That's what the
purpose of the judgment is.
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So tonight, as we
begin to go through that,
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I want to go ahead and begin.
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I'm going to go and speed right
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through to question number five.
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I'm gonna go just
very quickly there
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and get to question number five,
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so that we could
look at that together.
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Question number five
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is where we're going to
be starting tonight, right?
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Let's look at that.
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And the question is,
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what are some of the specifics
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that will be
reviewed in the judgment?
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Let's begin by going
to Matthew Chapter 12.
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Matthew Chapter 12,
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and we're going to look together
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at verse 36 and verse 37.
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You know, it's hard to read
it, it's hard to do this lesson
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and not to go
through self-examination.
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I just want to testify,
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and let you know that
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while I'm putting
this lesson together,
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it's like I'm
turning the mirror on myself.
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I'm literally
beginning to search
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through my own spiritual closet.
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I'm beginning to
examine my own spiritual life,
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beginning to
chronicle myself and say,
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"Wait a minute, you're teaching
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about the judgment.
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But are you living in harmony
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with the very topic
you're teaching others?"
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It's important not just to teach
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about the judgment,
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but to live the life
that the judgment requires
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that we should live.
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Look at these texts, these texts
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if you don't know the Lord,
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some of these texts will have
you biting your fingernails.
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Here's what it says
in Matthew Chapter 12,
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beginning with verse 36.
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It's on the screen.
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Let's read this one
together as we begin,
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"But I say to you,
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that for every
idle word men may speak,
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they will give," what?
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"Account of it in
the day of judgment."
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Why?
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For by your
word, you will be what?
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Justified and by your
words, you will be what?
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Condemned, have mercy.
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You think about that.
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And when you go to court,
nowadays, in this society,
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there was a time
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I was talking to somebody
about this the other day.
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There was a time when
people went to concerts,
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or any kind of public event
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that they did not allow
any recording devices in there.
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Remember that?
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Now, I'm not talking
about that you went to concerts,
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but in light of the
fact that there was a time
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when privacy was
something that we enjoyed.
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Do we live in a society
where we enjoy privacy anymore?
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Come on, say to me?
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Absolutely not,
everything is on videotape,
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police show up,
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everybody pull
their cameras out.
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And by the way I found out today
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it is perfectly
legal to videotape anyone
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that works for an
official government agency.
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It's completely legal.
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So if a police says,
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"Turn your camera
off," that's a legal process.
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You can record any transaction
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between you and a parole officer
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or a police officer,
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not a parole but
a police officer.
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Anybody that shows up and so,
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but what's happening nowadays,
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my point is, if you say things,
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if you post
stuff on the internet,
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if it's on
Facebook, there was a time
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when you go for a job interview
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that nobody cared about
what you did on the internet.
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Those days are gone.
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Am I right?
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"What's your name?
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How do you spell
your name? Marlena.
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Okay, check her Facebook page."
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Social media, now
you're being judged by that.
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And I also heard of
a case just recently,
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Sandusky, you
remember the guy Sandusky,
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who has been accused
of molesting so many boys
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in the school that he was?
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It was just disclosed
on the news the other day.
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While the people
that are prosecuting him
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and the judge
that's overseeing the case,
00:17:06.69\00:17:08.42
and many of the
prosecution team,
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they themselves are guilty
of this kind of impropriety.
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Pornography going
through the internet
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from their jobs
from workers to worker.
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This is not the
day and age of privacy.
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So now, here's my point,
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and we'll get to
that in a moment.
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If they are being
judged by everything they type,
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by everything they send,
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we've heard of congressman that,
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you know, years
ago when Jim Bakker,
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remember Jim Bakker,
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when he got arrested and
Jimmy Swaggart was "Yea..."
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Then three months later,
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Jimmy Swaggart, "I have sinned."
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Everything that is in the dark,
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everything you say,
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what you write is going to be...
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It's not only
being revealed by men,
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but if men see
it, does God see it?
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And this is amazing,
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"For by your words,
you'll be justified."
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You gotta be
careful what you say.
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Not only careful what you say.
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So let's go ahead
and put the answer down.
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What are some of the specifics
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that would be
reviewed in the judgment?
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Okay, idle words,
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idle words, words.
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I met somebody
that was really quiet
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and you couldn't
get them to talk at all.
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And somebody said,
"Why are they so quiet?"
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I said "They want to repent
of a whole lot less than us
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in the judgment."
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Because everything you say,
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but we found out last week,
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it was not just by what you say.
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It was not just by what you say.
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Remember that?
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So let's just go and
put the first one down.
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Matthew 12:36-37,
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"The words you say,
you'll have to meet them again.
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You'll have to meet them again.
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Unrepented of,
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you'll have to meet them again."
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But also, I want to say
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what I've heard before they said
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whatever you say,
make it soft and sweet.
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Just in case one
day you have to eat it.
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Soft and what?
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Sweet, because
sometimes we could shout out
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words to people
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and they'll echo
back to us later.
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Be careful.
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My mother used to say,
00:19:03.97\00:19:05.31
if you can't say
something good, finish it.
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Most of us don't
even take that advice,
00:19:08.61\00:19:11.61
'cause we grow up
and start our own.
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I may give them
piece of my mind.
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Well, whatever peace
of mind you gave them,
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it'll be
reviewed in the judgment.
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Let's look at the next one.
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Not only what you
say, but 1 Corinthians 4:5,
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let's look at that together.
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1 Corinthians 4:5.
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The judgment is
a serious process,
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'cause I tell you,
whenever they do it,
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what they call
discovery and investigation
00:19:32.77\00:19:34.90
in court cases,
00:19:34.94\00:19:39.14
by the time
you're called to court.
00:19:39.17\00:19:41.34
You know, they got your name.
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They know what they're
coming after you for, all right?
00:19:46.68\00:19:51.02
Let's look at this one.
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Let's look at this one.
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Okay.
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Here it is on the screen."
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Therefore, judge
nothing before the time,
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until the Lord comes,
00:20:02.43\00:20:04.80
who will both bring
to light the," what?
00:20:04.83\00:20:09.14
"Hidden things of
darkness and reveal the," what?
00:20:09.17\00:20:14.21
"Counsels of the hearts.
00:20:14.24\00:20:17.25
Then each one's
praise will come from God."
00:20:17.28\00:20:19.98
See, let me make
that really clear
00:20:20.02\00:20:21.62
what this is talking about.
00:20:21.65\00:20:22.98
You see people praise us
00:20:23.02\00:20:24.35
because they don't
know the rest of the story.
00:20:24.39\00:20:27.29
On Facebook today,
00:20:27.32\00:20:28.89
I'm not a Facebook person.
00:20:28.92\00:20:30.46
But once in a
while I'll look in there
00:20:30.49\00:20:32.13
because with these
new phones nowadays,
00:20:32.16\00:20:34.70
most of you have smartphones.
00:20:34.73\00:20:37.93
It just keeps popping,
bing, bing, bing, bing,
00:20:37.97\00:20:42.14
what's all these
bings, and I'm going there,
00:20:42.17\00:20:43.94
21 and it's right above
the Facebook dot, I hit it.
00:20:43.97\00:20:47.71
And I looked at this
thing that was amazing to me.
00:20:47.74\00:20:51.15
Ladies on one of the networks,
00:20:51.18\00:20:52.85
I don't know if
it's Good Morning America
00:20:52.88\00:20:54.25
or Today Show whatever.
00:20:54.28\00:20:55.68
She's one of the talk show
hosts on one of the programs.
00:20:55.72\00:20:58.65
She was talking about
how she was invited to be...
00:20:58.69\00:21:02.12
I'm gonna be very
general to be a part
00:21:05.16\00:21:07.03
of a particular concert series
00:21:07.06\00:21:09.00
where they were
three other ladies
00:21:09.03\00:21:10.37
that were going
to be a part of that.
00:21:10.40\00:21:11.73
And she was told to
call in at a specific time
00:21:11.77\00:21:13.44
to be a part of
this conference call.
00:21:13.47\00:21:15.27
Well, to be just so
she could be punctual,
00:21:15.30\00:21:18.27
she called in
earlier and she said,
00:21:18.31\00:21:21.38
"You know, they kind of put you
00:21:21.41\00:21:22.74
in a queue until the calls..."
00:21:22.78\00:21:24.11
While the other three
ladies had already been there.
00:21:24.15\00:21:26.21
So they put her in a queue
00:21:26.25\00:21:27.58
and they left her on mute
00:21:27.62\00:21:28.95
as she listened to
the other three ladies
00:21:28.98\00:21:30.79
totally destroy her character
and things they said about her.
00:21:30.82\00:21:35.36
She said, "She
listened for good 20 minutes,"
00:21:35.39\00:21:37.33
and she said "Until today,"
00:21:37.36\00:21:39.16
when she said it on television.
00:21:39.19\00:21:40.90
She said, "They
didn't know until today
00:21:40.93\00:21:43.26
that I listened to everything
00:21:43.30\00:21:44.77
they said about
me for 20 minutes.
00:21:44.80\00:21:47.47
They talked
about the way I looked.
00:21:47.50\00:21:49.30
They talked about
how they didn't like me,
00:21:49.34\00:21:50.84
they talked about
all her characteristics."
00:21:50.87\00:21:53.07
And she said "I
never let them know.
00:21:53.11\00:21:55.01
They didn't know until right now
00:21:55.04\00:21:56.41
that I'm saying it upon
international television.
00:21:56.44\00:21:59.05
They don't know
until right now,"
00:21:59.08\00:22:00.52
she said, "But
there's a reason why
00:22:00.55\00:22:01.98
I never said it."
00:22:02.02\00:22:03.35
She said, "Because
I knew that one day
00:22:03.39\00:22:05.02
I'd have to work with them.
00:22:05.05\00:22:06.69
Every one of those women
00:22:06.72\00:22:08.06
that were part of
that conversation,
00:22:08.09\00:22:09.42
I worked with every one of them
00:22:09.46\00:22:10.79
since that conversation,
00:22:10.83\00:22:12.16
and I never told them
that I knew what they felt
00:22:12.19\00:22:14.40
and thought and said about me.
00:22:14.43\00:22:16.70
I didn't tell
them a single word,
00:22:16.73\00:22:18.07
they don't know
until right now."
00:22:18.10\00:22:21.30
But she said, "I could
have been angry and upset,
00:22:21.34\00:22:23.97
I could have been vindictive,
00:22:24.01\00:22:25.34
I could start at
ways to get back at them.
00:22:25.37\00:22:27.48
But I just want to thank them.
00:22:27.51\00:22:30.55
Because they were
able to say things
00:22:30.58\00:22:32.95
behind my back they really felt
00:22:32.98\00:22:35.28
and it fueled
me to not come back
00:22:35.32\00:22:40.22
with an evil
attitude, but to prove..."
00:22:40.26\00:22:44.69
Let me just put this right.
00:22:44.73\00:22:46.26
"Not to try to get back at them.
00:22:46.29\00:22:48.73
But it fueled me to
take inventory of my own life
00:22:48.76\00:22:52.83
to see whether
these things were true."
00:22:52.87\00:22:54.60
And she said, "Sadly
enough, a lot of them were true.
00:22:54.64\00:22:58.24
But they didn't want
to tell me to my face.
00:22:58.27\00:22:59.84
So they told me behind my back."
00:22:59.87\00:23:03.24
And now she said, "I
want to just thank you
00:23:03.28\00:23:05.41
for saying what you did,
00:23:05.45\00:23:07.12
because it gave
me the propulsion
00:23:07.15\00:23:09.58
that I needed to make
it to where I am today."
00:23:09.62\00:23:14.56
And she said, "Where are they?
00:23:14.59\00:23:17.46
She's on
international television,
00:23:17.49\00:23:18.99
"Where are they"
00:23:19.03\00:23:20.36
In other words.
00:23:20.40\00:23:23.06
"I did something
about what I heard."
00:23:23.10\00:23:25.83
The point I'm making is,
00:23:25.87\00:23:27.87
she could have used it,
00:23:27.90\00:23:29.67
and load up all those words
00:23:29.70\00:23:31.77
and justifyingly came
after every one of them.
00:23:31.81\00:23:35.51
But she considered
the counsels of her heart.
00:23:35.54\00:23:38.51
And now all the
praise that she's getting
00:23:38.55\00:23:40.95
is not because she succeeded,
00:23:40.98\00:23:42.68
but because she never
was a vengeful individual.
00:23:42.72\00:23:45.79
You see, what I'm
saying is all that we do,
00:23:45.82\00:23:50.19
the only one whose
praise that really does count
00:23:50.23\00:23:52.76
is the praise
that comes from who?
00:23:52.79\00:23:55.23
The only praise that matters
00:23:55.26\00:23:56.60
is the praise
that comes from God.
00:23:56.63\00:23:57.97
Here's my point.
00:23:58.00\00:23:59.33
We could live lives
that other people may praise,
00:23:59.37\00:24:01.50
but the only
life that we must live
00:24:01.54\00:24:03.41
is the life
that God will praise.
00:24:03.44\00:24:04.81
Come on, say amen to that.
00:24:04.84\00:24:06.27
'Cause those are
those, that's the hidden life.
00:24:06.31\00:24:08.51
Who you are when
no one's watching
00:24:08.54\00:24:09.88
is who you really are.
00:24:09.91\00:24:11.61
What you do
when no one is around
00:24:11.65\00:24:12.98
is who you really are.
00:24:13.01\00:24:14.35
When the judgment is over,
00:24:14.38\00:24:15.72
God wants to say to
you, "Good, good job.
00:24:15.75\00:24:18.85
Whoo!
00:24:18.89\00:24:20.22
I know those one. I've seen you.
00:24:20.26\00:24:21.86
I heard you call me in
those moments of temptation.
00:24:21.89\00:24:24.33
Oh, I even saw
when you fail some time,
00:24:24.36\00:24:26.66
but I'm so glad
you turned back to me
00:24:26.70\00:24:28.73
and asked me for forgiveness."
00:24:28.76\00:24:30.93
We're not speaking
about perfect individuals.
00:24:30.97\00:24:32.43
We're speaking about people
00:24:32.47\00:24:33.80
that are consciously living
in the hour of the judgment.
00:24:33.84\00:24:36.37
So what else is going to
be reviewed in the judgment?
00:24:36.40\00:24:38.81
The counsels of our hearts,
00:24:38.84\00:24:40.41
put that on 1 Corinthians 4:5,
00:24:40.44\00:24:42.38
"The counsels and the
thoughts of our heart,"
00:24:42.41\00:24:45.41
the hidden things,
the things in darkness,
00:24:45.45\00:24:49.08
those things will come out.
00:24:49.12\00:24:50.65
So don't ever think we got by,
00:24:50.69\00:24:52.25
you know, we don't get
by because the only one
00:24:52.29\00:24:54.22
that we really
have to get by is God
00:24:54.26\00:24:56.86
and, you know, the thoughts...
00:24:56.89\00:25:00.20
I mentioned that last week
00:25:00.23\00:25:01.56
when we went to
Hebrews Chapter 4,
00:25:01.60\00:25:03.73
we're going to
get there in a moment,
00:25:03.77\00:25:05.10
we're going to get
there till the next text.
00:25:05.13\00:25:07.04
Okay, when we get
into the next text.
00:25:07.07\00:25:09.20
Let's go to question number six.
00:25:09.24\00:25:10.64
Here we are,
question number six.
00:25:10.67\00:25:13.48
How do we know
that it is not possible
00:25:13.51\00:25:16.01
to hide
anything in the judgment?
00:25:16.04\00:25:17.55
You know, you've
heard that before.
00:25:24.45\00:25:25.79
We go to Hebrews 4:13,
00:25:25.82\00:25:28.26
Hebrews 4:13.
00:25:28.29\00:25:31.73
Sometimes people have lawyers
00:25:31.76\00:25:33.09
that they don't even
tell the whole truth to
00:25:33.13\00:25:34.80
and they want the
lawyers to defend them.
00:25:34.83\00:25:36.60
I remember some
cases where you...
00:25:36.63\00:25:38.27
I don't know if it's in shows
00:25:38.30\00:25:41.30
or whatever the case
may be but some lawyers say,
00:25:41.34\00:25:43.77
"How can I defend
you if you don't tell me
00:25:43.81\00:25:46.27
if you really did it?
00:25:46.31\00:25:48.61
Be open with at least
me, let me know everything.
00:25:48.64\00:25:52.55
Don't let me as
your defense attorney
00:25:52.58\00:25:54.35
walk into court,
00:25:54.38\00:25:55.72
and here's something
that you should have told me.
00:25:55.75\00:25:59.29
How could I defend you,
00:25:59.32\00:26:00.66
how could I
stand in your favor?"
00:26:00.69\00:26:02.52
But look at what the Bible says.
00:26:02.56\00:26:04.36
Hebrews 4:13.
00:26:04.39\00:26:08.10
Okay, here it is.
00:26:08.13\00:26:12.93
"And there is no
creature or creation,
00:26:12.97\00:26:17.11
hidden from His sight,
but all things are," what?
00:26:17.14\00:26:21.88
"Naked and," what else?
00:26:21.91\00:26:23.65
"Open to the eyes of Him
00:26:23.68\00:26:25.41
to whom we must give account."
00:26:25.45\00:26:29.22
Wow. Wow, wow.
00:26:29.25\00:26:32.42
Wow.
00:26:32.45\00:26:34.06
You know sometimes
00:26:34.09\00:26:35.42
you can't share
all your praises,
00:26:35.46\00:26:36.79
but sometimes you have to.
00:26:36.83\00:26:38.69
And that's why it's important
to keep very accurate records
00:26:38.73\00:26:41.00
because sometimes
you'll be called into account
00:26:41.03\00:26:42.76
and if you can't prove,
00:26:42.80\00:26:44.17
you know, like last week
00:26:44.20\00:26:45.60
when Illinois
remember that guy called and...
00:26:45.63\00:26:50.87
Okay, I won't tell that story.
00:26:50.91\00:26:52.54
My wife didn't catch it.
00:26:52.57\00:26:54.61
And I said, I got my receipt.
00:26:54.64\00:26:56.78
I got the day...
00:26:56.81\00:26:59.08
Okay my wife gave me
approval to share that story.
00:26:59.11\00:27:02.35
Tax season.
00:27:02.38\00:27:03.72
Who likes tax season?
00:27:03.75\00:27:05.42
I see no hands are up.
00:27:05.45\00:27:07.46
We are all in agreement,
00:27:07.49\00:27:08.92
but you got to pay it, right?
00:27:08.96\00:27:10.86
You're going to... April 15
00:27:10.89\00:27:12.79
on in October and some
people pay it quarterly.
00:27:12.83\00:27:15.73
Well, when I hadn't
paid my taxes this year
00:27:15.76\00:27:18.47
and still I got a letter
from the good old boys saying
00:27:18.50\00:27:22.40
"You haven't paid and now here
there's all these penalties."
00:27:22.44\00:27:25.81
I said, ha-ha,
when I get home, honey,
00:27:25.84\00:27:29.54
I called them on
the road, they said,
00:27:29.58\00:27:30.91
"Do you have this
such and such and such."
00:27:30.95\00:27:32.28
I don't have with
me but when I get home
00:27:32.31\00:27:33.65
I will be calling back.
00:27:33.68\00:27:35.08
When got home and
made the phone call,
00:27:35.12\00:27:38.19
you know, when you know
that you know that you know
00:27:38.22\00:27:41.22
you don't mind standing
before the judgment book.
00:27:41.26\00:27:43.53
Come on, can I get an amen?
00:27:43.56\00:27:45.03
When you know what
you've done is right,
00:27:45.06\00:27:46.83
you don't fear being examined.
00:27:46.86\00:27:50.50
Called, okay.
00:27:50.53\00:27:52.83
So security number, here it is.
00:27:52.87\00:27:54.34
Are you sir... verify.
00:27:54.37\00:27:55.74
Yes I verify, great. Okay.
00:27:55.77\00:27:57.57
Now according to the record,
00:27:57.61\00:27:58.94
you owe such and such, I said,
00:27:58.97\00:28:00.31
"Your records are incorrect.
00:28:00.34\00:28:02.94
Because I not only
have how much I sent,
00:28:02.98\00:28:05.81
but when I sent it,
from where I sent it,
00:28:05.85\00:28:08.28
and not only that I
got a return receipt stamp
00:28:08.32\00:28:10.32
that your office received it."
00:28:10.35\00:28:12.89
So let's look for
that. "Oh, hold on, hold on."
00:28:12.92\00:28:16.93
Ten minutes. "Hold on, hold on.
00:28:16.96\00:28:18.99
Okay. All right?
00:28:19.03\00:28:21.00
Well, error on our part.
00:28:21.03\00:28:23.26
Upon closer investigation
your balance is zero.
00:28:23.30\00:28:28.67
Amen. "Your balance is zero."
00:28:28.70\00:28:30.97
That's the second
encounter in our lives
00:28:31.01\00:28:33.34
in that same thing.
00:28:33.38\00:28:34.71
And in both
encounters, praise God,
00:28:34.74\00:28:36.11
I give Him the glory.
00:28:36.14\00:28:37.48
You got to keep
records, you got to do what?
00:28:37.51\00:28:39.01
Keep records.
00:28:39.05\00:28:40.38
Let me tell you why this going
to transition to the judgment
00:28:40.42\00:28:42.28
because your records are going
to be examined in the judgment.
00:28:42.32\00:28:45.05
The record of your life,
you got to remember that.
00:28:45.09\00:28:47.69
You got to remember
that the record of your life
00:28:47.72\00:28:49.92
will be examined as the records
00:28:49.96\00:28:51.49
are being examined in the earth.
00:28:51.53\00:28:53.19
People are
concerned about records.
00:28:53.23\00:28:54.93
And if you can't stand
behind what's in that record,
00:28:54.96\00:28:58.27
then you know,
you're not going to be able
00:28:58.30\00:28:59.67
to stand in the judgment.
00:28:59.70\00:29:01.04
That's why it says
00:29:01.07\00:29:02.74
"We..." the last
four words together,
00:29:02.77\00:29:05.14
"We must give account."
00:29:05.17\00:29:08.28
That's what's gonna
happen in the judgment.
00:29:08.31\00:29:10.45
How do we know
that it is not possible
00:29:10.48\00:29:12.01
to hide anything, we must what?
00:29:12.05\00:29:14.02
Give account, you want to
write those four words down.
00:29:14.05\00:29:16.28
Let's go to now Luke 8:17.
00:29:16.32\00:29:20.16
Luke 8:17,
00:29:20.19\00:29:22.99
you see, this is
a sobering message
00:29:23.02\00:29:25.19
but it's also a delightful one
00:29:25.23\00:29:27.26
when you're not
fooling yourself.
00:29:27.30\00:29:31.07
Notice I didn't say
fooling anybody else,
00:29:31.10\00:29:33.54
because you can't fool the Lord.
00:29:33.57\00:29:36.50
The only one that we
can pull the wool over
00:29:36.54\00:29:40.01
the eyes of are
ourselves, is ourselves.
00:29:40.04\00:29:43.41
And, you know,
they say you can fool
00:29:43.45\00:29:44.91
some of the
people some of the time,
00:29:44.95\00:29:47.05
or all the
people some of the time
00:29:47.08\00:29:48.42
but you can't fool
00:29:48.45\00:29:49.78
all of the
people all of the time.
00:29:49.82\00:29:52.15
You can't fool God at all.
00:29:52.19\00:29:53.89
Look at Luke 8:17.
00:29:53.92\00:29:56.19
Here it is, here it is.
00:29:56.22\00:30:00.23
We can read this together.
00:30:00.26\00:30:02.00
Are we all ready?
00:30:02.03\00:30:03.37
"For nothing is," what?
00:30:03.40\00:30:05.20
"Secret that
will not be revealed,
00:30:05.23\00:30:08.60
nor anything hidden
that will not be known and,"
00:30:08.64\00:30:12.07
what else?
00:30:12.11\00:30:13.44
"Come to light."
00:30:13.48\00:30:14.81
What's the phrase
00:30:14.84\00:30:16.18
that you've heard
throughout the life?
00:30:16.21\00:30:17.55
You know, people,
00:30:17.58\00:30:18.91
what's the
phrase that you heard?
00:30:18.95\00:30:20.48
Say it again?
00:30:20.52\00:30:22.22
What's hidden in the
dark will come to light.
00:30:22.25\00:30:24.29
Sometimes you just...
00:30:24.32\00:30:25.65
We've taken our own,
we've taken that short portion
00:30:25.69\00:30:27.26
of the scripture out ourselves.
00:30:27.29\00:30:28.62
What's hidden is,
yeah, that's what you say,
00:30:28.66\00:30:30.09
what's hidden in the
dark will come to light.
00:30:30.13\00:30:32.63
I know that's what you
said, but I'm going to school.
00:30:32.66\00:30:36.63
I have learned when people say,
00:30:36.67\00:30:38.13
you don't believe me?
00:30:38.17\00:30:40.97
No.
00:30:41.00\00:30:43.87
You know, you're not
gonna take my word for it.
00:30:43.91\00:30:45.64
You know, kids would do that.
00:30:45.67\00:30:47.64
Take my word for it.
00:30:47.68\00:30:49.01
No, I want to see the paper,
00:30:49.04\00:30:50.38
I'm not taking
your word for anything.
00:30:50.41\00:30:51.91
'Cause if you've ever
had to raise children,
00:30:51.95\00:30:54.32
they'll try to back
you in the corner with,
00:30:54.35\00:30:56.42
"Don't you believe me?"
00:30:56.45\00:30:59.99
We raised, we
don't have children,
00:31:00.02\00:31:01.36
but we raised enough
nieces and nephews to know
00:31:01.39\00:31:03.12
that when they say,
"Why don't you believe me?"
00:31:03.16\00:31:05.43
Open the closet, an avalanche.
00:31:05.46\00:31:08.23
They claim to have
cleaned their room.
00:31:08.26\00:31:09.86
How did you clean so fast?
00:31:09.90\00:31:12.23
Open the closet,
like you don't believe me.
00:31:12.27\00:31:14.14
Open the closet, avalanche.
00:31:14.17\00:31:16.84
They hid it in the closet.
00:31:16.87\00:31:18.77
My niece. Praise the Lord.
00:31:18.81\00:31:20.61
She's grown up, now
she has her own child.
00:31:20.64\00:31:23.45
But I remember she
used to clean the kitchen.
00:31:23.48\00:31:24.81
I say, how did you
sweep the kitchen so fast?
00:31:24.85\00:31:27.88
Until one day I
pulled out the refrigerator
00:31:27.92\00:31:29.68
and found all the dust
00:31:29.72\00:31:31.19
that she claimed
to have picked up.
00:31:31.22\00:31:33.62
"What's hidden in the dark shall
00:31:33.66\00:31:35.52
come to light."
00:31:35.56\00:31:36.89
So there's nothing hidden.
00:31:36.93\00:31:38.26
God can see us
sweeping stuff under the rug.
00:31:38.29\00:31:40.20
You've heard that
phrase, sweep it under the rug.
00:31:40.23\00:31:43.60
Hiding it, you can't hide it.
00:31:43.63\00:31:45.53
Nothing is secret
that will not be revealed,
00:31:45.57\00:31:49.00
nor anything hidden
that will not be known
00:31:49.04\00:31:51.01
and come to light.
00:31:51.04\00:31:52.37
And sometimes it's
just a matter of...
00:31:52.41\00:31:54.81
It's just a matter of what?
00:31:54.84\00:31:56.18
Time.
00:31:56.21\00:31:57.55
It'll come to light.
00:31:57.58\00:31:59.78
Affairs, playing, stealing.
00:31:59.81\00:32:04.42
That's why...
00:32:04.45\00:32:05.79
You know the thing
that always amazes me
00:32:05.82\00:32:07.16
and I'm a pastor,
so I could say this.
00:32:07.19\00:32:10.53
I can't figure out
how people can serve God
00:32:10.56\00:32:12.49
and rob God and still claim
to be getting ready for heaven.
00:32:12.53\00:32:18.03
Somebody once preached,
and I was so glad to hear this,
00:32:18.07\00:32:21.17
one of our very
well known preacher said,
00:32:21.20\00:32:23.24
"Returning tithe]
to God is the least
00:32:23.27\00:32:27.64
that you are called to do."
00:32:27.68\00:32:29.54
Not the most, that's the
least 'cause it belongs to Him.
00:32:29.58\00:32:34.42
You gonna steal
something from God and say,
00:32:34.45\00:32:35.78
"Oh, I can't wait
for Jesus to come."
00:32:35.82\00:32:37.65
Okay, well, let me
check your financial records.
00:32:37.69\00:32:40.62
You might be
taking the down elevator.
00:32:40.66\00:32:43.39
So we got to give
account for everything,
00:32:43.43\00:32:45.09
not just our lives,
but our honesty before God
00:32:45.13\00:32:47.66
and too many years
00:32:47.70\00:32:49.56
we always talk
about this in meetings,
00:32:49.60\00:32:51.27
they say 30%, 40%
of the church supports,
00:32:51.30\00:32:53.77
the other 60%
00:32:53.80\00:32:55.20
and the whole crew
claims to be serving God.
00:32:55.24\00:32:59.34
Sad but it's not gonna happen.
00:32:59.37\00:33:01.24
So the answer is, to
Luke 8:17, what's it?
00:33:01.28\00:33:06.05
"Nothing is secret?"
00:33:06.08\00:33:07.75
That's right.
00:33:07.78\00:33:09.12
Nothing is secret.
00:33:09.15\00:33:10.49
And there's one more text.
00:33:10.52\00:33:12.39
There's one more text.
00:33:12.42\00:33:15.02
Matthew 6:6,
00:33:15.06\00:33:18.39
let's go to Matthew 6:6.
00:33:18.43\00:33:21.60
All right?
00:33:21.63\00:33:23.26
Matthew 6:6.
00:33:23.30\00:33:26.80
Okay, here it is.
00:33:26.84\00:33:28.17
"But you, when you
pray, go into your room,"
00:33:31.71\00:33:36.44
some translation
says your closet,
00:33:36.48\00:33:39.38
"and when you
have shut your door,
00:33:39.41\00:33:42.08
pray to your
Father who is," where?
00:33:42.12\00:33:45.09
"In the secret place,
00:33:45.12\00:33:47.32
and your Father
who sees in," what?
00:33:47.36\00:33:50.16
"Secret will reward you," how?
00:33:50.19\00:33:52.86
"Openly."
00:33:52.89\00:33:54.43
I read a
devotional the other day,
00:33:54.46\00:33:56.10
I was gonna share with my
board on a couple nights ago.
00:33:56.13\00:34:00.30
But I think that's gonna
be the catapulting foundation
00:34:00.34\00:34:02.57
of my sermon this Sabbath.
00:34:02.60\00:34:04.24
But, you know, sometimes we live
00:34:04.27\00:34:06.64
for those grand and
great and glorious moments,
00:34:06.68\00:34:09.24
when in fact, the only grand
and great and glorious moment
00:34:09.28\00:34:11.58
before God is the life
that we consistently live
00:34:11.61\00:34:14.48
on a day by day basis.
00:34:14.52\00:34:15.85
Without the
lights, without the camera,
00:34:15.88\00:34:17.22
without the
action, without the stage,
00:34:17.25\00:34:18.72
God's looking for that life.
00:34:18.75\00:34:20.52
He's not looking for those
Elisha mountaintop moments.
00:34:20.56\00:34:22.96
He wants to see you
00:34:22.99\00:34:24.33
on the mountaintop as
well as in the valley.
00:34:24.36\00:34:26.29
So God is looking for
the consistency there.
00:34:26.33\00:34:28.43
And the author,
which is Oswald Chambers,
00:34:28.46\00:34:31.37
pointed out, he says, he says,
00:34:31.40\00:34:34.90
"Without those
glorious grand and,"
00:34:34.94\00:34:37.34
and I'm using my own phrase,
00:34:37.37\00:34:38.71
"lights,
camera, action moments."
00:34:38.74\00:34:42.08
God is looking for
that consistent life
00:34:42.11\00:34:44.78
that may go completely unnoticed
00:34:44.81\00:34:46.78
by those around
you, but noticed by God,
00:34:46.82\00:34:49.98
so we can't live
00:34:50.02\00:34:51.69
because we want to
like the Pharisees,
00:34:51.72\00:34:54.02
there's some people that
pray wonderfully in public.
00:34:54.06\00:34:56.73
The Pharisees did too.
00:34:56.76\00:34:58.13
"Thank God, Lord,
I'm not like other men."
00:34:58.16\00:35:00.66
And there's some people
that have glorious prayers
00:35:00.70\00:35:02.66
and they have
wonderful public lives.
00:35:02.70\00:35:04.70
But what is going to be
reviewed in the judgment
00:35:04.73\00:35:07.04
is those things
that have been secret,
00:35:07.07\00:35:09.50
then the Lord is going to
bring those secret things out.
00:35:09.54\00:35:12.07
And if you have
been faithful before God,
00:35:12.11\00:35:14.08
He will reward us how?
00:35:14.11\00:35:16.54
Openly.
00:35:16.58\00:35:17.91
That's the only
reward that we really want.
00:35:17.95\00:35:19.75
The one that we want to hear is,
00:35:19.78\00:35:21.12
"Well done thou good
and faithful servant."
00:35:21.15\00:35:23.79
That's what we want to hear.
00:35:23.82\00:35:25.29
So the answer to number six,
00:35:25.32\00:35:26.89
how do we know
that it is not possible
00:35:26.92\00:35:28.39
to hide anything?
00:35:28.42\00:35:30.13
Because the Father sees in what?
00:35:30.16\00:35:32.59
The Father sees in secret.
00:35:32.63\00:35:35.60
Always amazes me
when you see those...
00:35:35.63\00:35:39.43
When people
want to rob somebody,
00:35:39.47\00:35:40.80
they go like this,
they look to the left,
00:35:40.84\00:35:43.61
when they want
to steal something,
00:35:43.64\00:35:44.97
they look to the left,
see if anybody looking.
00:35:45.01\00:35:46.37
They need to look up,
00:35:46.41\00:35:48.04
because there's
always somebody looking.
00:35:48.08\00:35:50.15
Nowadays, it's ridiculous
to even try to steal anything.
00:35:50.18\00:35:52.81
And there's still people that
walk into Walmart and Macy's
00:35:52.85\00:35:55.48
and pack their clothing
and their jackets with stuff
00:35:55.52\00:35:57.89
and they get
arrested in the parking lot.
00:35:57.92\00:36:00.02
I'm thinking to
myself, "Don't they know
00:36:00.06\00:36:01.39
that this is the eye
on everybody generation?"
00:36:01.42\00:36:04.89
They got, they
get to the doorway.
00:36:04.93\00:36:09.20
What's happening?
00:36:09.23\00:36:10.83
All those
electronic devices are saying
00:36:10.87\00:36:12.77
they are loaded down.
00:36:12.80\00:36:14.84
But if men can detect like that,
00:36:14.87\00:36:18.84
can God detect even better?
00:36:18.87\00:36:22.61
See, God is not
letting anything get by either.
00:36:22.64\00:36:24.98
And here's the reason why?
00:36:25.01\00:36:27.25
Very major reason why?
00:36:27.28\00:36:29.18
God does not...
He's not gonna...
00:36:29.22\00:36:30.92
Okay.
00:36:30.95\00:36:32.29
Go to Revelation Chapter 22.
00:36:32.32\00:36:34.02
Okay.
00:36:34.06\00:36:36.42
Okay, here it is.
00:36:36.46\00:36:39.33
Okay.
00:36:39.36\00:36:42.30
Okay.
00:36:42.33\00:36:43.67
Revelation Chapter 22.
00:36:46.74\00:36:48.07
And let's see...
00:36:52.44\00:36:56.95
Let's look for...
00:36:56.98\00:36:58.68
Revelation Chapter 22,
00:37:03.32\00:37:05.69
and we're going to look at...
00:37:05.72\00:37:09.42
Well, the
declaration I want to look at
00:37:09.46\00:37:10.99
is just verse 11, very quickly.
00:37:11.03\00:37:13.13
Well, no, verse
14 and 15, all right?
00:37:13.16\00:37:15.46
Okay, here it is.
00:37:15.50\00:37:16.83
Verse 14 and 15,
we know verse 14,
00:37:16.87\00:37:18.67
that's in our
vernacular, almost naturally,
00:37:18.70\00:37:22.64
"Blessed are those
who do His commandments
00:37:22.67\00:37:24.64
that they may have
right to the tree of life,
00:37:24.67\00:37:26.44
and may enter through
the gates in the city."
00:37:26.47\00:37:28.64
The next verse, what
are the first two words?
00:37:28.68\00:37:32.38
"But outside," okay,
"are dogs and sorcerers
00:37:32.41\00:37:36.69
and sexually immoral and
murderers and idolatrous,
00:37:36.72\00:37:39.55
and whoever loves
and practices a lie."
00:37:39.59\00:37:41.69
Now why are they outside?
00:37:41.72\00:37:44.09
Because God
ain't letting them in.
00:37:44.13\00:37:46.03
Amen?
00:37:46.06\00:37:47.40
Nothing will enter the
New Jerusalem that defiles,
00:37:47.43\00:37:51.43
nothing is coming in.
00:37:51.47\00:37:53.20
So God has His
own divine strainer,
00:37:53.23\00:37:56.24
and that
strainer is the judgment.
00:37:56.27\00:37:58.97
It's not going
to make it through.
00:37:59.01\00:38:00.81
Anybody was raised
with mothers that made cakes
00:38:00.84\00:38:03.04
and they always had
you have the flour sifter.
00:38:03.08\00:38:05.61
Anybody old enough...
00:38:05.65\00:38:06.98
Help me out, I'm not
the only one in here.
00:38:07.02\00:38:09.05
I remember when
I was growing up,
00:38:09.08\00:38:10.72
my mother would let me do that.
00:38:10.75\00:38:12.09
She'd get the bag
of flour, she said,
00:38:12.12\00:38:13.49
"Now your job is to
sift it," 'cause she figured
00:38:13.52\00:38:16.22
I could at least do
that without messing it up.
00:38:16.26\00:38:19.36
And I would say,
well, it's flour,
00:38:19.39\00:38:20.73
why do you have to sift?
00:38:20.76\00:38:22.10
She said, because
there are things in there,
00:38:22.13\00:38:23.80
that unless you sift it,
and we had a four tier sifter,
00:38:23.83\00:38:27.67
she said, "Now you
just take a cup at a time,
00:38:27.70\00:38:29.60
and you put it in there and you
00:38:29.64\00:38:31.41
and you pull
the handle in there,
00:38:31.44\00:38:32.77
four strainers moving like that.
00:38:32.81\00:38:34.64
And I would be surprised,
sometimes I find a pebble
00:38:34.68\00:38:37.55
or a little
stone and she said now,
00:38:37.58\00:38:41.28
"Would you want
that to be in the cake?"
00:38:41.32\00:38:42.65
No.
00:38:42.68\00:38:44.02
She said, "Did you
see it?" I said "No."
00:38:44.05\00:38:45.39
She said, "But it's in there."
00:38:45.42\00:38:46.76
God is going to sift us out.
00:38:46.79\00:38:48.22
He's gonna see what's in there.
00:38:48.26\00:38:49.66
So that doesn't get
in the final process.
00:38:49.69\00:38:51.39
That's what the
judgment is all about.
00:38:51.43\00:38:53.23
Okay, but now let's look
at a couple of things here
00:38:53.26\00:38:55.56
that will give us confidence.
00:38:55.60\00:38:57.00
Question number seven.
00:38:57.03\00:38:58.37
So did you write down the answer
00:38:58.40\00:38:59.73
to question number six,
00:38:59.77\00:39:01.10
I think we did.
00:39:01.14\00:39:02.47
Question number seven.
00:39:02.50\00:39:03.84
Question number
seven, here it is.
00:39:03.87\00:39:06.01
What is the only confidence
00:39:06.04\00:39:08.11
that we can
have in the judgment?
00:39:08.14\00:39:11.51
1 John 1:9.
00:39:16.62\00:39:19.22
You theologians know
that one by heart, right?
00:39:19.25\00:39:23.59
Okay, there's so much
more of that text I could use,
00:39:23.63\00:39:26.03
but I just want to
give you that portion.
00:39:26.06\00:39:27.66
Okay.
00:39:31.50\00:39:34.87
There's also a verse I
want to read in a moment here
00:39:34.90\00:39:37.74
in John Chapter 3 verse?
00:39:37.77\00:39:40.84
John 3 verse?
00:39:40.88\00:39:43.61
No.
00:39:43.65\00:39:45.61
That's the one that
everybody was taught at birth.
00:39:45.65\00:39:47.85
I want to give you another one.
00:39:47.88\00:39:49.22
Okay.
00:39:49.25\00:39:50.59
I don't know how
we all know that one.
00:39:50.62\00:39:52.65
But look at the answer here.
00:39:52.69\00:39:54.06
What confidence can we have?
00:39:54.09\00:39:55.72
Let's read this together.
00:39:55.76\00:39:57.16
Okay.
00:39:57.19\00:39:58.53
"If..." What's the first word?"
00:39:58.56\00:40:00.46
If we confess our sins,
00:40:00.50\00:40:04.50
He is faithful and," what else?
00:40:04.53\00:40:07.30
"Just."
00:40:07.34\00:40:08.67
That's the
justice aspect of God.
00:40:08.70\00:40:10.27
"He is faithful and
just to forgive us our sins
00:40:10.31\00:40:14.54
and to cleanse
us from," how much?
00:40:14.58\00:40:16.95
"All unrighteousness."
00:40:16.98\00:40:20.62
All unrighteousness.
00:40:20.65\00:40:22.75
See the confidence we
have, is if we confess,
00:40:22.78\00:40:25.49
He's faithful and just.
00:40:25.52\00:40:26.99
Now the word there
just is a short word.
00:40:27.02\00:40:29.26
He is the justifier.
00:40:29.29\00:40:31.59
He is the justifier.
00:40:31.63\00:40:33.80
He's not just, but
He's the one that clears us,
00:40:33.83\00:40:36.46
that's what that means.
00:40:36.50\00:40:37.83
He clears us.
00:40:37.87\00:40:39.20
If you confess,
He will clear you.
00:40:39.23\00:40:40.60
He is faithful and just.
00:40:40.64\00:40:42.20
He will not throw your
confession back at you.
00:40:42.24\00:40:45.27
If you are, if you confess,
He will not only forgive,
00:40:45.31\00:40:49.58
but He will cleanse
from all unrighteousness.
00:40:49.61\00:40:53.52
I don't know how
permanent that was.
00:40:53.55\00:40:55.82
A not too long ago,
00:40:55.85\00:40:57.19
I became familiar with Oxyclean.
00:40:57.22\00:40:59.02
Anybody heard
about Oxyclean before?
00:40:59.05\00:41:02.02
There's some
chemicals coming out nowadays
00:41:02.06\00:41:03.56
that are amazing.
00:41:03.59\00:41:04.93
Oxyclean, well, I
first became familiar with it
00:41:04.96\00:41:07.33
with the carpet.
00:41:07.36\00:41:08.76
You know, there's an
Oxyclean carpet spray
00:41:08.80\00:41:10.97
and they say,
"Don't spray very much."
00:41:11.00\00:41:12.63
And I think I look at
the stain of the carpet
00:41:12.67\00:41:14.14
I think that's
gonna need a whole lot.
00:41:14.17\00:41:15.50
You know we had this idea
00:41:15.54\00:41:16.87
that the more you
put the better it is.
00:41:16.91\00:41:18.64
Well, that's
not always the case.
00:41:18.67\00:41:20.08
It's so concentrated.
00:41:20.11\00:41:21.98
You see.
00:41:22.01\00:41:23.41
So and they said,
"When you spray don't rub,
00:41:23.45\00:41:25.65
just leave it alone and
come back in five minutes."
00:41:25.68\00:41:28.58
It's gone.
00:41:28.62\00:41:30.49
Oxyclean really works.
00:41:30.52\00:41:32.35
This is not a commercial.
00:41:32.39\00:41:34.76
But if the sales go
up, send me a check.
00:41:34.79\00:41:36.99
I appreciate that.
00:41:37.03\00:41:38.66
But Oxyclean really works.
00:41:38.69\00:41:41.16
If Oxyclean a
chemical made by man
00:41:41.20\00:41:43.30
can get rid of a stain,
00:41:43.33\00:41:45.67
how much can the blood of
Jesus cleanse us from all sin?
00:41:45.70\00:41:49.20
Amen, somebody?
00:41:49.24\00:41:50.61
That's beautiful, it is divine.
00:41:50.64\00:41:53.14
I won't even connect
the word Oxyclean with that,
00:41:53.17\00:41:55.68
it is divine cleansing.
00:41:55.71\00:41:57.75
If we confess, He will cleanse.
00:41:57.78\00:42:00.52
You know, the Bible says
00:42:00.55\00:42:01.88
and I'll go all
the way to the very end
00:42:01.92\00:42:03.25
and come back
00:42:03.28\00:42:04.62
because we may not
get to that text today,
00:42:04.65\00:42:05.99
but the blood of Jesus
Christ His Son cleanses us
00:42:06.02\00:42:08.82
from all sin.
00:42:08.86\00:42:11.23
That's how beautiful that is.
00:42:11.26\00:42:12.59
You see, the Lord is not
in a process of condemning.
00:42:12.63\00:42:14.93
John 3:17, let's go there.
00:42:14.96\00:42:17.27
Very quickly before
we go to the second part
00:42:17.30\00:42:19.10
of chapter seven
or question seven.
00:42:19.13\00:42:22.24
John Chapter 3,
00:42:22.27\00:42:24.11
some people get the
wrong concept about God
00:42:24.14\00:42:27.68
and I wanna put that
back in the proper perspective
00:42:27.71\00:42:29.64
because God has seen
00:42:29.68\00:42:31.01
in some of the
drawings during the Dark Ages,
00:42:31.05\00:42:33.58
in medieval drawings,
00:42:33.62\00:42:35.15
God is seen as
this terrible guy,
00:42:35.18\00:42:37.65
you know, this guy
that just can't wait for you
00:42:37.69\00:42:39.65
to step out line up, "Oh!
00:42:39.69\00:42:41.02
Got you, Celestine.
00:42:41.06\00:42:42.62
You didn't get away this time.
00:42:42.66\00:42:43.99
Ha! Mike, caught you."
00:42:44.03\00:42:45.73
That's not how God is.
00:42:45.76\00:42:47.10
He sees all, but He's
a tender, pitying father.
00:42:47.13\00:42:50.83
Matter of fact, He said,
"Whom He love," He does what?
00:42:50.87\00:42:54.47
"Chasten."
00:42:54.50\00:42:56.14
I think that's the
text my parents read
00:42:56.17\00:42:57.54
when they always said
it's gonna hurt me more
00:42:57.57\00:42:58.97
than it's gonna hurt you.
00:42:59.01\00:43:00.68
They love us,
so they chasten us,
00:43:00.71\00:43:02.11
they correct us,
00:43:02.14\00:43:03.48
despise not the
chastening of the Father.
00:43:03.51\00:43:05.88
Okay, look at John
3:17, just to give you
00:43:05.91\00:43:08.45
the proper
perspective of who God is.
00:43:08.48\00:43:11.15
You see, "For God did not
send His Son into the world,"
00:43:11.19\00:43:14.32
to do what?
00:43:14.36\00:43:15.86
"To condemn the world,
00:43:15.89\00:43:17.99
but that the world
through Him," what?
00:43:18.03\00:43:20.80
"Might be saved."
00:43:20.83\00:43:22.46
Look at the
reason. Look at verse 18.
00:43:22.50\00:43:24.70
"He who believes in
Him is not condemned,
00:43:24.73\00:43:28.20
but he who does
not believe," is what?
00:43:28.24\00:43:31.07
"Condemned already."
00:43:31.11\00:43:33.58
Would it be fair to go visit
somebody in prison and say,
00:43:33.61\00:43:38.35
"Ha-ha, they got you."
00:43:38.38\00:43:41.05
Would that be fair?
00:43:41.08\00:43:43.42
He'll say, "You
didn't have to come visit me.
00:43:43.45\00:43:45.25
I don't need to hear that.
00:43:45.29\00:43:46.62
I know I'm locked
up, I know I'm guilty.
00:43:46.65\00:43:48.12
I was looking for
some encouragement.
00:43:48.16\00:43:51.43
You put your name
on the visiting list
00:43:51.46\00:43:53.06
just to torment me."
00:43:53.09\00:43:54.43
"Hey, never
getting out, are you?
00:43:54.46\00:43:57.07
No, that's not how God is.
00:43:57.10\00:43:59.33
He did not come to condemn
00:43:59.37\00:44:00.70
those who are already condemned,
00:44:00.74\00:44:02.07
what we did not understand.
00:44:02.10\00:44:03.44
Go real quickly now to
1 Corinthians Chapter 15.
00:44:03.47\00:44:06.88
Look at what He
came to save us from.
00:44:06.91\00:44:08.84
You got to get that
whole thing together.
00:44:08.88\00:44:10.91
Why were we condemned?
00:44:10.95\00:44:12.48
Look at why He came,
look at the conditions.
00:44:12.51\00:44:15.32
Look at the
conditions, He found us in.
00:44:15.35\00:44:18.39
If you find somebody
bruised and bleeding,
00:44:18.42\00:44:22.22
even Lord said, "A bruised reed,
00:44:22.26\00:44:24.56
I will not break
in a smoking coal.
00:44:24.59\00:44:27.33
I'm not gonna pour water on
it, I'm not gonna quench it."
00:44:27.36\00:44:29.93
But 1 Corinthians
Chapter 15, let's look at this.
00:44:29.96\00:44:33.03
This is the reason why
the Lord came, He saw us.
00:44:33.07\00:44:37.07
Okay, look at 1
Corinthians 15:22.
00:44:37.11\00:44:40.74
This is the
condition He found us in.
00:44:40.78\00:44:42.91
If you find a
person that's gonna die,
00:44:42.94\00:44:45.41
you don't rub it in by saying,
"Can't wait till you die."
00:44:45.45\00:44:48.85
No, you don't do that.
00:44:48.88\00:44:50.22
Look at what the Bible says.
00:44:50.25\00:44:51.99
1 Corinthians 15:22.
00:44:52.02\00:44:53.89
"For as in
Adam," how many of us?
00:44:53.92\00:44:56.99
"All die, even so in
Christ," how many can be?
00:44:57.03\00:45:02.63
"All shall be," made what?
00:45:02.66\00:45:04.80
"Alive." Who do
we find our life in?
00:45:04.83\00:45:06.94
Christ.
00:45:06.97\00:45:08.60
Christ is not the condemner,
we were born condemned,
00:45:08.64\00:45:11.74
that's why we
must be born again.
00:45:11.77\00:45:13.98
And so the process
of being born again,
00:45:14.01\00:45:16.48
accepting the
forgiveness of Christ
00:45:16.51\00:45:19.61
is what the escape
from judgment is all about.
00:45:19.65\00:45:22.22
That's the good news.
That's the confidence.
00:45:22.25\00:45:24.49
Go now to question number seven,
00:45:24.52\00:45:26.15
and go to Hebrews Chapter 4.
00:45:26.19\00:45:27.99
We read verse 13.
00:45:28.02\00:45:29.52
But now we're gonna go
back to Hebrews Chapter 4,
00:45:29.56\00:45:31.73
and we're gonna
look at verse 15 and 16.
00:45:31.76\00:45:33.96
All right?
00:45:34.00\00:45:35.63
Hebrews Chapter 4,
00:45:35.66\00:45:37.13
we read verse 13,
that nothing is hidden.
00:45:37.17\00:45:39.67
But now let's go and
see the rest of that text.
00:45:39.70\00:45:41.50
All right?
00:45:41.54\00:45:42.87
We're gonna look at
verse 15 and 16 together.
00:45:42.90\00:45:46.11
Hebrews 4:15-16.
00:45:46.14\00:45:50.35
And here it is.
00:45:50.38\00:45:51.71
All right?
00:45:51.75\00:45:54.75
This is so wonderful,
00:45:54.78\00:45:56.12
because a lot of times
when people are in high places,
00:45:56.15\00:45:58.09
you have to walk
softly before them.
00:45:58.12\00:46:00.22
The Lord is in
the highest place.
00:46:00.26\00:46:01.92
Look at what it says. He knows.
00:46:01.96\00:46:03.49
It says,
00:46:03.53\00:46:04.86
"For we do not
have a High Priest
00:46:04.89\00:46:07.26
who cannot
sympathize with our," what?
00:46:07.30\00:46:09.86
"Weaknesses."
00:46:09.90\00:46:11.23
Does He know
about our weaknesses?
00:46:11.27\00:46:12.60
Yes.
00:46:12.63\00:46:13.97
"But was in all
points," what's the next word?
00:46:14.00\00:46:18.47
"Tempted as we are,"
and what's the good news?
00:46:18.51\00:46:21.58
"Yet without sin."
00:46:21.61\00:46:23.28
But look at
this, but look at this.
00:46:23.31\00:46:25.35
We need to read this together.
00:46:25.38\00:46:26.72
Are you ready? Here we go.
00:46:26.75\00:46:28.08
"Let us therefore," what?
00:46:28.12\00:46:29.82
"Come boldly before
the throne of grace,
00:46:29.85\00:46:33.09
that we may obtain," what?
00:46:33.12\00:46:34.72
"Mercy and find grace
to help in time of," what?
00:46:34.76\00:46:37.49
"Need."
00:46:37.53\00:46:38.86
What better time
do you need grace
00:46:38.89\00:46:40.23
than in the
time of the judgment?
00:46:40.26\00:46:42.66
He says, you need
grace and you need what else?
00:46:42.70\00:46:45.27
Mercy.
00:46:45.30\00:46:46.63
Grace and mercy, now why mercy?
00:46:46.67\00:46:48.44
Let me tell you why.
00:46:48.47\00:46:49.80
If you're innocent,
you ask for justice.
00:46:49.84\00:46:52.57
If you're guilty,
you ask for mercy.
00:46:52.61\00:46:54.94
You don't go before a
judge knowing that you're guilty
00:46:54.98\00:46:56.75
and say, "Look, I need justice."
00:46:56.78\00:46:59.05
"We've got the videotape
of you committing the crime,
00:46:59.08\00:47:00.82
you want justice, give him life.
00:47:00.85\00:47:02.92
That's justice.
00:47:02.95\00:47:04.55
Make him serve a sentence."
00:47:04.59\00:47:06.35
But when you throw yourself
on the mercy of the court,
00:47:06.39\00:47:09.72
he says, "Oh, you
will obtain mercy,
00:47:09.76\00:47:12.49
and you will find grace
to help in time of need."
00:47:12.53\00:47:15.26
Let's just go
ahead and look at that.
00:47:15.30\00:47:17.47
God is merciful
and long suffering.
00:47:17.50\00:47:20.47
Is that true
about Him? Yes, He is.
00:47:20.50\00:47:22.44
But also how are we saved?
00:47:22.47\00:47:24.11
By grace through faith.
00:47:24.14\00:47:26.27
So mercy and
grace is the combination
00:47:26.31\00:47:28.14
that gives us confidence
00:47:28.18\00:47:29.71
that God knows how
weak we really are.
00:47:29.74\00:47:32.78
Amen?
00:47:32.81\00:47:34.38
And when you can look at Bible,
00:47:34.42\00:47:35.75
look at Bible characters
that we now we admonished,
00:47:35.78\00:47:38.42
we look at Moses, and we
say, "What a wonderful man?"
00:47:38.45\00:47:42.66
Well, he killed an Egyptian,
00:47:42.69\00:47:44.39
but we don't remember
he killed an Egyptian.
00:47:44.43\00:47:46.86
We look back at
Moses as a godly man.
00:47:46.90\00:47:48.60
Am I right?
00:47:48.63\00:47:49.96
Because God forgave him.
00:47:50.00\00:47:52.13
We look at Noah.
00:47:52.17\00:47:53.74
"Oh, he made it
through the flood."
00:47:53.77\00:47:55.20
But I won't talk too much
about Noah, but he didn't.
00:47:55.24\00:48:00.14
You know, after he
made it to the other side,
00:48:00.18\00:48:03.18
some things happen in the family
00:48:03.21\00:48:05.51
that some of you know about.
00:48:05.55\00:48:07.45
But when we mentioned Noah now,
00:48:07.48\00:48:08.98
perhaps is Noah found grace
in the eyes of the God's grace.
00:48:09.02\00:48:13.76
David, King David.
00:48:13.79\00:48:17.39
Lady came into his
life named Bathsheba.
00:48:17.43\00:48:19.29
Oh, but Jesus
forgave him of that.
00:48:19.33\00:48:23.06
He said, "Take not
Your Holy Spirit from me,
00:48:23.10\00:48:25.00
restore to me the
joy of Your salvation."
00:48:25.03\00:48:27.97
And did Jesus restore?
00:48:28.00\00:48:29.70
Create in me a
what kind of heart?
00:48:29.74\00:48:31.24
Clean heart.
That's what we need.
00:48:31.27\00:48:32.94
God is not looking
for perfect people.
00:48:32.97\00:48:35.04
He's looking for
people that know where to find
00:48:35.08\00:48:37.01
that throne of grace.
00:48:37.05\00:48:39.95
Because they,
none of us sinless.
00:48:39.98\00:48:41.62
But He said,
00:48:41.65\00:48:42.98
there's a throne of
grace is just make a right.
00:48:43.02\00:48:45.12
It's right there.
Don't make a left.
00:48:45.15\00:48:46.86
That's not the throne of grace.
00:48:46.89\00:48:48.29
You make a right.
00:48:48.32\00:48:49.72
Father, He's on the
right hand of the Father,
00:48:49.76\00:48:51.33
the throne of grace, He said,
00:48:51.36\00:48:52.76
"And if you come
there, you will obtain mercy."
00:48:52.79\00:48:55.00
That's what that
whole city of refuge concept
00:48:55.03\00:48:57.60
was in the Old Testament.
00:48:57.63\00:49:00.20
When a man knew he was guilty,
00:49:00.24\00:49:01.57
he runs into the city of refuge.
00:49:01.60\00:49:03.74
That's where we
sing those songs,
00:49:03.77\00:49:05.11
we can run into,
00:49:05.14\00:49:06.47
we can run into
the house and be saved.
00:49:06.51\00:49:07.98
And here's the beauty of that.
00:49:08.01\00:49:09.34
You got to study the city
of refuge concept is powerful.
00:49:09.38\00:49:12.35
As long as the priest,
00:49:12.38\00:49:15.25
as long as the priest was alive,
00:49:15.28\00:49:20.22
the sinner who ran
into the city of refuge
00:49:20.26\00:49:22.76
had protection.
00:49:22.79\00:49:24.86
Now, you didn't get
that because if you got it,
00:49:24.89\00:49:28.26
how long is our priests alive?
00:49:28.30\00:49:30.90
"He ever liveth to
make intercession for us."
00:49:30.93\00:49:34.27
Amen.
00:49:34.30\00:49:35.64
So as long as
the priest is alive
00:49:35.67\00:49:37.37
and we run into him,
00:49:37.41\00:49:38.74
we can be saved.
00:49:38.77\00:49:40.34
He gives us the right to exist.
00:49:40.38\00:49:43.35
He gives us the right to exist
00:49:43.38\00:49:44.88
because we run into
Him and we are saved.
00:49:44.91\00:49:49.32
So we have a High
Priest. So what's the answer?
00:49:49.35\00:49:51.35
What is the only confidence
00:49:51.39\00:49:52.72
that we can have in
the Day of Judgment?
00:49:52.75\00:49:54.09
He knows our weaknesses.
00:49:54.12\00:49:55.76
What do we obtain?
00:49:55.79\00:49:57.19
Mercy and grace.
00:49:57.23\00:49:59.49
We obtain mercy and grace.
00:49:59.53\00:50:02.16
And when the Bible
uses the word boldly,
00:50:02.20\00:50:05.23
when he uses the word boldly,
it doesn't mean arrogantly.
00:50:05.27\00:50:09.70
It means come,
I'm waiting for you.
00:50:09.74\00:50:12.07
I mean, come run to me.
00:50:12.11\00:50:13.88
My arms are open.
00:50:13.91\00:50:15.24
The prodigal son, He
knows what that's about,
00:50:15.28\00:50:17.21
the father looks every day.
00:50:17.25\00:50:18.85
You know, when sinners
are away from the Lord,
00:50:18.88\00:50:20.85
He looks every day
for them to come back.
00:50:20.88\00:50:22.55
He doesn't say, "I'm done.
00:50:22.58\00:50:24.49
I'm done with you. Forget it."
00:50:24.52\00:50:25.95
God doesn't have a
done with you moment.
00:50:25.99\00:50:28.06
He looks for us.
00:50:28.09\00:50:29.62
"Whoever comes to Me, He says,
"I will in no wise," do what?
00:50:29.66\00:50:32.89
"I won't get rid of you."
00:50:32.93\00:50:34.36
Let's go to
question number eight.
00:50:34.40\00:50:36.26
Go to question number eight.
00:50:36.30\00:50:38.07
It's little warm in here.
00:50:38.10\00:50:42.64
Question number eight.
00:50:42.67\00:50:44.44
Here it is.
00:50:44.47\00:50:46.54
Okay, some more assurance.
00:50:46.57\00:50:48.28
We need more assurance.
00:50:48.31\00:50:50.58
What assurance
does the Bible give
00:50:50.61\00:50:53.58
that there will be a judgment?
00:50:53.62\00:50:55.92
We've been talking
about all these things.
00:50:55.95\00:50:57.35
What assurances
does the Bible give
00:50:57.39\00:50:58.72
that there will be a judgment?
00:50:58.75\00:51:01.59
Let's go to Acts Chapter 17.
00:51:01.62\00:51:03.93
Acts Chapter 17.
00:51:03.96\00:51:05.29
And we're gonna look
together at verse 31.
00:51:05.33\00:51:08.06
Acts 17:31.
00:51:08.10\00:51:11.53
All right, okay, here it is.
00:51:11.57\00:51:13.67
I'm turning there,
00:51:17.44\00:51:19.64
are we all there?
00:51:19.67\00:51:21.31
Okay, even if you're not there,
00:51:21.34\00:51:23.01
for those of you tuning
in, we have it on the screen.
00:51:23.04\00:51:25.95
All right, here it is.
00:51:25.98\00:51:27.38
Here's the answer.
00:51:27.42\00:51:28.75
The Bible says,
00:51:28.78\00:51:30.12
"Because He has appointed a day
00:51:30.15\00:51:34.26
on which He will do," what?
00:51:34.29\00:51:36.56
"Judge the world in
righteousness," how?
00:51:36.59\00:51:41.66
"By the Man
whom he has ordained.
00:51:41.70\00:51:44.97
He has given
assurance of this to all
00:51:45.00\00:51:47.87
by raising Him from the dead."
00:51:47.90\00:51:49.60
In other words, let's
put this in the context.
00:51:49.64\00:51:51.54
Since Jesus has been
raised from the dead,
00:51:51.57\00:51:54.91
the judgment is coming.
00:51:54.94\00:51:57.18
The certainty of
the judgment is the fact
00:51:57.21\00:51:58.88
that Jesus was
raised from the dead,
00:51:58.91\00:52:01.02
that's what the text says.
00:52:01.05\00:52:02.78
"He has given
assurance of this to all
00:52:02.82\00:52:06.35
by raising Him from the dead."
00:52:06.39\00:52:08.32
If Jesus wasn't raised,
there'll be no judgment.
00:52:08.36\00:52:10.83
That means He's
forever locked into the tomb.
00:52:10.86\00:52:13.09
But since He
overcame death in the grave,
00:52:13.13\00:52:15.50
the judgment being resurrected
and the judgment is evidence
00:52:15.53\00:52:19.17
that the judgment is coming.
00:52:19.20\00:52:21.14
Now, the purpose of the judgment
00:52:21.17\00:52:22.54
is not just because Jesus...
00:52:22.57\00:52:24.14
Well, let me just rephrase that.
00:52:24.17\00:52:26.47
The purpose of the judgment
00:52:26.51\00:52:27.84
is not just to
examine our lives,
00:52:27.88\00:52:29.81
but to forever eradicate sin.
00:52:29.84\00:52:32.08
To one day,
eternally, banish Satan.
00:52:36.18\00:52:39.35
Amen?
00:52:39.39\00:52:40.76
It's not just to
examine our lives,
00:52:40.79\00:52:42.49
He's gonna get rid of the cause.
00:52:42.52\00:52:44.13
The Bible talks
about that in Malachi,
00:52:44.16\00:52:45.69
He's gonna destroy
both root and branch.
00:52:45.73\00:52:48.63
He's gonna eradicate
the possibility of sin
00:52:48.66\00:52:51.20
ever coming up again.
00:52:51.23\00:52:53.77
But the assurance
of His resurrection
00:52:53.80\00:52:55.60
is the assurance
00:52:55.64\00:52:56.97
that the certainty the
fact of His resurrection
00:52:57.01\00:52:59.41
is the assurance that
the judgment is coming.
00:52:59.44\00:53:02.44
So what assurance
does the Bible give
00:53:02.48\00:53:04.91
that there will
be a resurrection?
00:53:04.95\00:53:06.61
What is the
assurance somebody tell me?
00:53:06.65\00:53:09.72
What's the assurance?
00:53:09.75\00:53:11.79
Say it again, the resurrection.
00:53:11.82\00:53:15.06
He has given
assurance of this to all
00:53:15.09\00:53:16.96
by raising Him from the dead.
00:53:16.99\00:53:18.59
Jesus was raised,
that's the assurance,
00:53:18.63\00:53:21.80
there will be a judgment.
00:53:21.83\00:53:23.57
And that's why it's important
00:53:23.60\00:53:24.93
to be on the right side of that.
00:53:24.97\00:53:26.43
It's important to
be on the right side,
00:53:26.47\00:53:31.64
when the judgment hour comes,
00:53:31.67\00:53:33.48
and by the way,
it's already here.
00:53:33.51\00:53:35.61
By the way, it's already here.
00:53:35.64\00:53:37.85
Let's go to the next question.
00:53:37.88\00:53:39.48
Are you all ready for number 10?
00:53:39.51\00:53:40.92
Or is it number nine?
00:53:40.95\00:53:42.38
Number nine?
00:53:42.42\00:53:43.75
I know I was going
fast ahead of myself.
00:53:43.79\00:53:45.82
Number nine,
here's the question.
00:53:45.85\00:53:50.59
What are the two categories
represented in the judgment?
00:53:50.63\00:53:53.83
There are only two categories.
00:53:53.86\00:53:55.40
All right?
00:53:55.43\00:53:58.20
And it's not
those who are sleeping
00:53:58.23\00:53:59.57
and those who are awake.
00:53:59.60\00:54:01.97
What are the two categories?
00:54:02.00\00:54:03.44
Go with me to 1 Peter 4:17.
00:54:03.47\00:54:07.44
Okay?
00:54:07.48\00:54:10.08
Sorry, sorry.
00:54:10.11\00:54:11.75
Sorry. That's okay.
00:54:11.78\00:54:13.15
You guys are awake.
00:54:13.18\00:54:15.02
Ecclesiastes 3:17.
00:54:15.05\00:54:17.45
I went ahead of
myself on my iPad here,
00:54:17.49\00:54:19.99
but it's right on my laptop.
00:54:20.02\00:54:21.42
So we're all on
the same page together.
00:54:21.46\00:54:24.03
Can you all forgive me?
00:54:24.06\00:54:26.36
I don't know.
00:54:26.39\00:54:27.76
I don't know.
00:54:27.80\00:54:29.53
Okay, here we go.
00:54:29.56\00:54:32.40
Okay, Ecclesiastes 3:17,
it's in the lesson correctly.
00:54:32.43\00:54:37.51
Okay.
00:54:37.54\00:54:38.97
Here we are. Here we are.
00:54:39.01\00:54:40.54
Here's the answer.
00:54:40.58\00:54:41.91
And I left it out on
the text, but that's okay.
00:54:41.94\00:54:43.78
Here's the
answer, Ecclesiastes 3:17.
00:54:43.81\00:54:46.51
And if you have your Bible,
00:54:46.55\00:54:47.88
you put the text
in the output of book
00:54:47.92\00:54:49.62
but I didn't put the text.
00:54:49.65\00:54:50.99
But here it is.
00:54:51.02\00:54:52.35
"I said in my heart,
'God shall judge the," who?
00:54:52.39\00:54:56.56
"Righteous and wicked,
00:54:56.59\00:54:58.43
for there is a time there
00:54:58.46\00:55:00.83
for every purpose
and for every work.'"
00:55:00.86\00:55:03.90
What two categories are
there gonna be in the judgment?
00:55:03.93\00:55:07.87
The righteous and the wicked.
00:55:07.90\00:55:10.71
There's no third category.
00:55:10.74\00:55:12.21
So here's the
point that's being made.
00:55:12.24\00:55:13.94
If we are not righteous
that is living in Christ,
00:55:13.98\00:55:16.98
then we are only
in one other category.
00:55:17.01\00:55:19.01
I heard a guy said,
00:55:19.05\00:55:20.58
"You know, hey, I
don't hurt anybody.
00:55:20.62\00:55:23.52
I don't steal anything.
00:55:23.55\00:55:25.79
I contribute to the
neighborhood programs,
00:55:25.82\00:55:28.76
I donate to all the charities.
00:55:28.79\00:55:31.59
I have never stolen anything,
haven't lied about anything."
00:55:31.63\00:55:35.33
You know,
00:55:35.36\00:55:36.70
if salvation was based on
all the things we didn't do,
00:55:36.73\00:55:39.83
then hey, we
could all work our way
00:55:39.87\00:55:41.37
into the graces of God.
00:55:41.40\00:55:43.17
But what I
mentioned a moment ago
00:55:43.20\00:55:44.54
is very important to understand.
00:55:44.57\00:55:46.27
We were all born
alienated from God.
00:55:46.31\00:55:49.01
We were all born
in a broken condition.
00:55:49.04\00:55:50.91
We were all born in sin,
and shape, and in iniquity.
00:55:50.95\00:55:54.02
We were all born with a
character and a position
00:55:54.05\00:55:57.35
that cannot enter
the kingdom of God.
00:55:57.39\00:56:00.16
That's what the
Bible meant when it says,
00:56:00.19\00:56:02.16
"By flesh and blood cannot enter
00:56:02.19\00:56:03.73
the kingdom of heaven."
00:56:03.76\00:56:05.09
All right?
00:56:05.13\00:56:06.46
So that's why the Bible
says we must be born again.
00:56:06.49\00:56:10.47
The first birth is an
assurance of condemnation.
00:56:10.50\00:56:13.37
But the second
birth or the new birth
00:56:13.40\00:56:15.64
is the assurance
00:56:15.67\00:56:17.31
that we can
stand right before God
00:56:17.34\00:56:19.11
in His righteousness.
00:56:19.14\00:56:21.11
The last one.
00:56:21.14\00:56:22.48
I think we
could squeeze this in,
00:56:22.51\00:56:23.85
question number 10.
00:56:23.88\00:56:25.21
Question number 10.
00:56:25.25\00:56:26.58
According to the Bible,
00:56:26.61\00:56:27.95
where does the judgment begin?
00:56:27.98\00:56:32.92
I know you guys are smart enough
00:56:32.95\00:56:34.29
to know this one.
00:56:34.32\00:56:35.66
So I'll save time
and just turn to it.
00:56:35.69\00:56:37.59
Are you ready?
00:56:37.63\00:56:38.96
1 Peter 4:17.
00:56:38.99\00:56:41.76
"For the time has come
for judgment to begin," where?
00:56:41.80\00:56:46.74
"At the house of God, follow,
00:56:46.77\00:56:49.77
and if it begins with us," when?
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"First, what will
be the end of those
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who do not obey
the gospel of God?"
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Now, I'd like to go to verse 18.
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I leave that for next
week, but here's the point.
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Where does the judgment begin?
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It begins with us.
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Why does it begin with us?
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Because we claim
to have a connection,
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as I said earlier in
one of the examples I used,
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if something is
missing in the house,
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Marlene is gonna
begin with her kids.
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Right?
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Corbine, have you seen
it? Nori, have you seen that?
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Well, I'm not
gonna call your sisters
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they were at school.
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Sure they didn't have
anything to do with it."
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You sure, you
didn't. I didn't see.
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Well then, David, did you find?
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No, but then maybe I
just don't know where it is.
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Right?
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But you go through
those who are in the house.
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If we claim to be in
the house of the Lord,
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the judgment begins by
examining the lives of those
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who claim to be connected
to the man Christ Jesus.
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Are you His children,
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as Pastor CD Brooks
said his father told him,
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I only have a good
name, I can't give you money.
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I'm gonna give you a good name.
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Protect that name.
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The Lord has
given us a good name.
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He calls on us to
protect that name.
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If it doesn't
make sense, friends,
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continue studying and one day
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it will come
into A Sharper Focus.
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God bless you.
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