Hello, friends,
welcome to A Sharper Focus,
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our Wednesday
night Bible study here
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at the 3ABN Worship Center.
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Thank you for
taking the time to tune in,
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I hope you have your Bibles.
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And you are prepared for a walk
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through the
Word of God together.
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We're continuing on
the topic of the judgment.
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And this is a
pretty lengthy topic.
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After this lesson study tonight,
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the next phase is
going to be the timing
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of the judgment.
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Many people have
heard about the judgment,
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but some don't know
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when the
judgment is going to begin
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and the phases of the judgment,
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very important
in light of the fact
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that we believe
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Jesus is coming soon.
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So get you Bibles, and
invite your family and friends
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if you're joining us from
one of the local churches.
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Thank you.
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We know that God is
going to bless you tonight,
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and we'll tell
you in just a moment
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how you can get a
copy of the lesson.
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But before we do anything else,
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let's begin with
a word of prayer.
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Gracious Father in heaven,
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the judge of all the earth,
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we thank You, Lord,
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tonight that we
can speak about a topic
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that does not
bring fear to our hearts
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but brings the blessed assurance
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when Jesus is our Savior.
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We pray tonight
as we study Your word
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that You will
come into our hearts,
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connect us
regardless of the distances
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that separate us.
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And may Your
Holy Spirit empower us
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to understand what we read,
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strengthen us also, Father,
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to not only be
intellectually informed,
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but spiritually strengthened.
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We pray in Jesus' name,
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amen.
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Go to this following website
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to get a copy of the lesson,
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ASF.3ABN.org,
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that's 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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The Truth About the Judgment.
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And then you can
follow along with us.
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On that website,
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you'll also notice that
there is a section of tabs
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where you can click for videos.
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If you've missed
any of the lessons,
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you can download the
lessons from 28 on back to 1
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or videos from, I
think, video number 88
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all the way back to number 1
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and conduct the Bible study
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wherever you
have the opportunity.
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But tonight, we're
going to talk about the judge,
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the judgment,
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and why it is such a
vitally important topic.
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But before we do that,
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we're going to
sing our theme song,
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and it is called Victory in...
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Victory in Jesus.
Let's sing the song together.
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I heard an old, old story
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How the Savior came from glory
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How He gave His life on Calvary
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To save a wretch like me
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I heard about His groaning
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Of His precious blood's atoning
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Then I repented of my sin
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And won the victory
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O victory in Jesus
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My Savior forever
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He sought me
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and bought me
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With His redeeming blood
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He loved me ere I knew Him
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And all my love is due Him
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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I heard about a mansion
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He has built for me in glory
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And I heard about
the streets of gold
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Beyond the crystal sea
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About the angels singing
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And the old redemption story
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And some sweet
day I'll sing up there
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The song of victory
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O victory in Jesus
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My Savior forever
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He sought me
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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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Little a cappella
tonight, but that's okay.
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The song is still
just as beautiful,
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Victory in Jesus.
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Now as we transition
to our first question
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for tonight,
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the topic is The
Truth About the Judgment.
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No one likes to go to
court except to be a juror
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or except to come to
represent someone else.
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But when anyone
is summoned to court,
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it's always an
experience of in-trepidation.
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Why am I being summoned?
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What am I being charged with?
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What is piled up against me?
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What is the evidence?
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How am I supposed to react?
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How is the outcome of
the trial going to be?
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Is it going to be in my favor?
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Am I going to be acquitted?
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Am I going to be indicted?
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Will I serve time? Will I walk?
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All those questions come
into the mind of individuals.
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And now in America,
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we have
something called court TV.
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And then the news, day by
day, whenever there's a case,
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they just happened to
come to the place now.
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They take you stage
by stage through trials.
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And America, many of us
remember a number of years ago,
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the OJ Simpson trial
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that seemed to have
grabbed the attention
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of almost all Americans,
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they were pinned
to the television
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as they looked at,
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and hung their
feelings and emotions
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on every word
from the prosecution
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to the defense team.
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And many were
shocked about the outcome.
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But I want to tell you,
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in this judgment,
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there is going to be
some shock about the outcome,
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but the evidence
is going to be clear
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because the Lord,
the righteous Judge,
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is going to be the one
presiding in our behalf
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or against those who choose
not to take a stand with Him.
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Go with me to a particular text.
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I want you to see
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2 Timothy 4:8.
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I want to begin with this one.
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This is not a
part of our syllabus,
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but I'd like to
begin with that one
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because Paul the Apostle,
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when he talked
about the judgment,
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the words he used here
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in 2 Timothy 4:8,
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4:8,
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words that will bring
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not only information to us
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but that will bring
encouragement to us.
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Notice what he
says about the Lord.
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In verse 7, I'll begin there,
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he says,
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"I have fought,"
what kind of fight?
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"A good fight, I
have finished the race,
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I have kept the faith."
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Three things he did.
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Fought, finished, and kept.
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But notice what
he says in verse 8.
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"Finally, there
is laid up for me,
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the crown of righteousness,
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which the Lord,"
the what kind of judge?
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"The righteous judge."
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So the Lord that we're
looking forward to facing,
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if we are His son and daughter,
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if we have lived
according to His will
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and His way,
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notice what the
benefit is going to be.
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"The Lord, the righteous Judge,
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that crown of righteousness, "
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he says,
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"will give me on that
day and not to me only
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but to all who have
loved His appearing."
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Now I want to begin
with that text tonight,
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love His appearing.
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If you know you've
done something wrong,
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you don't love
seeing the judge walk out.
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But if you've
done something right,
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you love His appearing.
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Here he comes, and you smile.
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Matter of fact,
you're actually courteous.
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If the judge comes out
and you are the defendant,
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you are on the prosecution side,
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you're there to
prosecute someone
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who has done
something against you,
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when the judge
comes out, you're kind of,
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"Hello, your honor.
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Glad to see you."
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But if you're on the defense,
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you're not happy,
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you don't love His appearing.
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I want to begin tonight
with this particular phrase,
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"When you serve the Lord,
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You are not
fearful of the judge."
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What kind of judge is
He according to this text?
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He's a righteous judge.
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And so if we are
living a righteous life,
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then the
righteous judge is the one
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that we love His appearing,
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but not everyone is
going to love His appearing.
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Go with me to Revelation,
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I'm going to show you something.
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Look at some of the reactions,
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Revelation chapter 6
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show you that
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not everybody's going
to like His appearing.
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There are going
to be two responses.
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Let me show you
the response of those
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that don't like His appearing.
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Revelation chapter 6,
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and look at this verse.
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All right,
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and let's see,
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we'll start with verse 14.
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Verse 14,
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the Bible says,
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"Then the sky," speaking
about the coming of the Lord,
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"receded as a
scroll when it is rolled up
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or rolled together,"
depending on what translation,
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"and every mountain and island
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was moved out of its place,
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and the kings of the earth,
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the great men, the rich men,
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the commanders, the mighty men,
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every slave,
and every free man,"
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what did they do?
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"Hid themselves in the caves
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and in the rocks
of the mountains."
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Why did they hide themselves?
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Because they did
not blank His appearing.
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What's the word I'm missing?
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They did not love His appearing.
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Because to them,
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He is not the righteous judge.
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He's the judge that's
coming to execute judgment,
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so they hid themselves.
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And then it goes on in verse 16.
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And they said to the
mountains and the rocks,
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"Fall on us," and
what's the next word?
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"Hide us from the face of
Him who sits on the throne."
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The judge sitting on His throne.
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They don't like His appearing.
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So they said, "Would
you hide His face from us."
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But for those of us who
love His appearing will say...
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I'll show you in just a moment
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what our
reaction is going to be,
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but let's finish their reaction.
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"Hide us from the face of
Him who sits on the throne,
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and from the," what,
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"Wrath of the Lamb,
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for the great day
of His wrath has come,
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and who is able to stand."
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That's all judgment language.
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Standing.
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When you come...
When the judge comes out,
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we'll all rise.
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When the judge comes, all rise.
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Who will be able to rise?
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In other words,
who will be able to...
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You know, if you're guilty,
you don't want to stand up.
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It's like, "Do I
have to stand up?"
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And they stand up.
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It's really sad
when you see people
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that are shackled,
and they're chained,
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and they have orange jumpsuits
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or their white
and black stripes,
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they stand up as the ones
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who are accused of
something that they have done.
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They stand, but in this case,
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the judge who
sits on the throne,
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the wicked are saying,
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"Hide us from His face
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because who is able to withstand
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the wrath of the Lamb?"
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That in and of itself
is a controversial topic
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because most people
are not afraid of lambs
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because lambs are gentle.
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To the Christian,
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to the one who
has served the Lord,
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there's a different
reaction altogether.
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Now let's go to
Isaiah chapter 25.
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Let's look at
the other reaction.
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Isaiah chapter 25.
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When it began by
laying the foundation.
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Yes, if you're with the
Lord, you love His appearing.
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But woe to those
who are not with Him.
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Woe to those who
are not with Him.
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Yes, verse 9.
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Thank you, Brother Dan.
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Isaiah 25:9,
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when the Day of Judgment comes,
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listen to how the
Bible portrays this picture.
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"And it will be
said, 'In that day,
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behold, this is,'"
together, "'Our God.
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We have waited for
Him, and He will,'" do what?
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"'Save us.
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This is the Lord,
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we have waited for Him.
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And we will be,'" what?
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"'Glad and rejoice
in His salvation.' "
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Somebody has come to
stand up in our behalf.
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And you know why
this is going to be said
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is because the
saints of all the ages,
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those that have
gone through persecution,
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it appears
sometimes when you look at...
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Just recently, and I
want to just mention this
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in the context of this.
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I think just
maybe last week or so,
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the 70th year of
the Holocaust was,
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and I don't want to
use the word celebrated,
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but it was recognized,
you don't celebrate that.
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But the
survivors of the Holocaust
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were featured on CNN,
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and we were in Australia
down, and then we saw this.
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And it was just day
after day after day,
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and they said it was
like the 70th anniversary
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of what happened
there in Auschwitz.
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And what was so
significant about that
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it says because
those who have survived,
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many of them are in their 80s,
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and some of them
bordering on 90, and they said,
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they don't think that
they're going to be around
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for the 80th-year anniversary.
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So it's better that
they put a lot of focus
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on this particular event
or this particular timeframe.
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When they were
liberated from Auschwitz,
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I can imagine them saying,
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"We will be glad and
rejoice in our salvation."
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'Cause they were
those that were...
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Could have had the same fate
as many that lost their lives
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in that terrible camp.
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But when their liberation came,
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they were glad and
rejoiced in their salvation.
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So the judgment has a
number of reactions to it.
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And I could imagine
many of the survivors saying,
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how... Well, let's
go to Revelation 6,
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I don't want to... I
don't want to say it,
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I want to show it to you,
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okay?
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I want to show it to you, okay?
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Revelation chapter 6.
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Okay.
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And Revelation 6:9 to 11,
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Revelation 6:9 to 11.
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It's terrible as
the atrocities were
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at that terrible death camp.
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I could imagine the
statement that's going to be
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nestled between
verse 9 and verse 11
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is one that many of those
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who are victims or
lost family members.
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One was very
moving, one guy said,
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"I lost 41 of my
43 family members."
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Forty-one.
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I could imagine this verse.
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Look at verse 9,
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and then we'll
go down to verse 10,
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all right?
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"When He opened the fifth seal,
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I saw under the altar,
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the souls of
those who had been slain
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for the word of God
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and for the
testimony which they held."
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Similar to what
Abel's blood crying
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to the Lord from the ground,
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not actual souls,
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but the Lord took note of
those who lost their lives.
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And notice what
verse 10 brings out,
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"And they cried with
a loud voice, saying,
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" what's the next two words?
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"'How long, O Lord,
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holy and true,
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until You,'" what?
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"'Judge and avenge our blood
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on those who
dwell on the earth?' "
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So the judgment has a whole lot.
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It's a day of accountability,
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it's a day of reconciliation,
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it's a day when
God settles the account
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in behalf of His children.
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And going back to Paul,
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he says, the
righteous judge, the saints,
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we have waited for Him,
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but the wicked,
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"Hide us, we don't
want to see this moment."
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What a sad day it's going to be.
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They're only
going to be two groups.
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So as we've
discussed the judgment tonight,
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as we continue on
in our discussion,
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it's a sobering
topic to consider
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but a blessed one for
those who trust in Jesus.
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Now let's look at
question number 11.
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Let's go to that one.
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Question number 11.
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And it's on the screen.
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In light of the judgment,
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what are the people
of God called to do?
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In light of the judgment,
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what are the people
of God called to do?
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2 Corinthians 13:5,
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2 Corinthians 13:5.
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And this is what...
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This action that God calls
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to Christian to participate
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in will keep us in the category
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where we're
glad to see the Lord.
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2 Corinthians 13:5,
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and here's the answer.
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Let's read this first one
together, it's on the screen.
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The Bible says,
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"Examine yourselves
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as to whether
you are in the faith.
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Test yourselves.
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Do you not know yourselves
that Jesus Christ is in you?
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Unless indeed,
you are disqualified."
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Now why does
Jesus Christ not being,
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you know, as
disqualify, as Paul says,
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"Christ in you," Christ where?
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"In you is the hope of glory."
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If Christ is not in them,
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they are disqualified.
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And, you know,
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Christ looks at us,
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and He reproduces
His character in us.
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If He doesn't see
His character in us,
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we are disqualified.
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That means you don't
go to the next level.
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That means you
don't pass this stage.
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The world is your final stage.
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So the answer is,
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what are we told to do?
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What's your answer?
What did you put down?
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Examine yourself,
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test yourself.
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It's important to
know where you stand.
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Is Christ in you?
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Is He your hope of glory?
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And then Philippians 2:12.
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Let's look at that
one, Philippians 2:12.
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All right.
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Philippians 2:12.
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Paul the Apostle
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wrote so much about the judgment
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because he had his
eye-opening experience,
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if I could use that.
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The Lord took his
vision briefly, restored it,
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and then from that day on,
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Paul the Apostle
became one endeared to Christ.
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I'll read this
text and share with you
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how this fits into
Paul's relationship
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with Christ.
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But look at Philippians 2:12.
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In light of the judgment,
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what are the people
of God called to do?
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And the Bible says,
"Therefore, my beloved,
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as you have always obeyed,
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not as in my presence only,
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but now much more in my absence,
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work out your own," what?
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"Salvation with
fear and trembling."
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Let me think of it this way.
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And this is
probably a small illustration
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compared to the
weight of our salvation.
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But when you're
about to fly overseas,
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and I'll just use the example,
we were recently in Australia.
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As the day is approaching,
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we are checking to make
sure everything's in place.
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Do we have
that? Do we have that?
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Do we have that?
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Do we have our visa,
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make sure that we
have our passports
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before we leave the house
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because certain
things have to be
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in order for you to
even get on the plane.
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You won't really
make your destination.
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So the Lord in
essence, saying here,
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that's a moment
of working it out,
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a moment of fear and trembling.
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I know of one of our
brethren that works here.
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He got all the way
almost to St. Louis
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and realized he lost...
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He didn't take his passport.
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Do you think that was a
moment of fear and trembling?
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It sure was,
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because he had to come back
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and hightail it back home,
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then turn around and
go the same equal distance
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of where he presently was
00:20:35.50\00:20:37.07
and carried all the way.
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Thank the Lord he made it.
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And I would say,
00:20:39.97\00:20:42.74
good thing he didn't meet
another judge along the way,
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which could have been
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quite another moment
of fear and trembling.
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But the Bible says
that we are to work out
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our own salvation.
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What that means is that
00:20:52.68\00:20:54.02
we're not the ones
responsible for our salvation,
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but we have to make sure
00:20:56.79\00:20:58.22
that the salvation
that we have received
00:20:58.25\00:20:59.82
from Christ is intact.
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As Revelation says,
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"Blessed is he
that keeps his garment,"
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the garment of righteousness
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is what the Lord is
speaking about here,
00:21:08.63\00:21:10.47
that we must keep untattered
and unspotted in reference
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to the final judgment.
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Question number 12.
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What admonition
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is given in light of
the unavoidable judgment?
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What admonition
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is given in light of
the unavoidable judgment?
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A few times, when I
was called for jury duty,
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I was able to avoid going,
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and I remember that very well.
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I was in Fairfield, California,
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and I had a trip coming up,
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and it was right at the time,
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and so they said,
"Okay, bring your ticket,
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bring your
itinerary to the court."
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'Cause a lot of times
people make up excuses
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as why they should not appear,
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brought my itinerary,
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and because it
was purchased prior
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to the invitation to be a juror,
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they went ahead and allowed me.
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But they said, "You are
only allowed three excuses.
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And if you get the third one,
00:22:04.42\00:22:05.75
we don't care what you
will be appearing in court."
00:22:05.79\00:22:09.52
And then I read at the bottom
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that you have a certain amount
of time in which to respond.
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Have you ever seen that?
00:22:14.13\00:22:15.46
And if you don't
respond by that certain time,
00:22:15.50\00:22:18.60
they will put a
warrant out for your arrest.
00:22:18.63\00:22:21.40
And I'm thinking,
00:22:21.44\00:22:22.77
I haven't even
done anything wrong,
00:22:22.80\00:22:24.61
but they'll serve a warrant
00:22:24.64\00:22:26.91
if you don't
respond to be a juror.
00:22:26.94\00:22:28.78
And I'm thinking,
"America is tough."
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You're going to
help somebody in a trial,
00:22:31.85\00:22:34.12
and if you don't show up,
00:22:34.15\00:22:35.88
they issue a bench warrant.
00:22:35.92\00:22:38.09
Well, you know... Huh?
00:22:38.12\00:22:40.19
You become the one.
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You surely won't appear
in court as a juror next time
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because you'll be the defendant.
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I tell you, I responded on time,
00:22:46.59\00:22:48.36
and I've said to people,
00:22:48.40\00:22:49.73
"There are certain notices
that you should never ignore.
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If you ignore, there's always
some kind of impact to that."
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So look at the answer.
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The unavoidable
judgment, James 4:8.
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Here's where the
text is found, James 4:8,
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and the Bible reads as follows,
00:23:02.74\00:23:05.41
"Draw near to God,"
let's say that together.
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"Draw near to God,
and He will," what?
00:23:08.55\00:23:12.25
"Draw near to you.
00:23:12.29\00:23:14.69
Cleanse your hands, you sinners,
00:23:14.72\00:23:16.93
and purify your
hearts, you," what?
00:23:16.96\00:23:21.56
"Double-minded."
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That's James 4:8,
question number 12,
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the first part, James 4:8.
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And the answer is
what admonition is given
00:23:29.97\00:23:32.41
in light of the judgment.
00:23:32.44\00:23:33.84
Draw near to God,
00:23:33.88\00:23:35.21
and God will draw near to you.
00:23:35.24\00:23:37.15
The cleansing aspect,
00:23:37.18\00:23:38.68
we often look at the
answer as cleanse your hands
00:23:38.71\00:23:41.18
and purify your hearts.
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When you draw near to God,
00:23:42.82\00:23:44.15
you'll know, in comparison,
00:23:44.19\00:23:46.02
you need to cleanse your hands,
00:23:46.05\00:23:47.72
and your heart needs to be pure.
00:23:47.76\00:23:50.36
The responsibility
on our part is not...
00:23:50.39\00:23:53.50
Don't focus on the
cleansing of the hands first,
00:23:53.53\00:23:55.56
focus on the
drawing near to God.
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You never know how dirty you are
00:23:58.67\00:24:00.00
until you stand
next to something
00:24:00.04\00:24:01.37
that's a whole lot
cleaner than you are,
00:24:01.40\00:24:03.91
right?
00:24:03.94\00:24:05.57
I had on a black suit,
00:24:05.61\00:24:07.14
and my wife had on
a nice white sweater.
00:24:07.18\00:24:10.78
And she looks so cute,
I put my arm around her.
00:24:10.81\00:24:13.78
And I just sat
there during this sermon,
00:24:13.82\00:24:15.42
I just put my arm around her.
00:24:15.45\00:24:16.95
When I removed my arm,
00:24:16.99\00:24:18.32
I was
feathered, I was feathered.
00:24:18.35\00:24:21.22
You never know
00:24:21.26\00:24:22.59
how much stuff gets on you
00:24:22.62\00:24:24.06
until you're next to
somebody who's a lot cleaner.
00:24:24.09\00:24:26.29
She had on
white, I had on black.
00:24:26.33\00:24:28.26
It showed all up.
00:24:28.30\00:24:29.63
And I tell you,
that's kind of how it is.
00:24:29.66\00:24:31.57
When we stand next to the Lord,
00:24:31.60\00:24:34.04
we will be able to see
in contrast to His purity,
00:24:34.07\00:24:37.47
we'll be able to see
the spots on our character.
00:24:37.51\00:24:39.94
So the drawing near to God,
00:24:39.97\00:24:41.51
God is darkness or light?
00:24:41.54\00:24:43.95
Which one is He? Light.
00:24:43.98\00:24:45.35
And I tell you, a lot of
stuff shows up in the light.
00:24:45.38\00:24:48.38
That's why in these
clubs, they're often dark.
00:24:48.42\00:24:51.19
Places of ill
repute, they're dark,
00:24:51.22\00:24:53.39
places of
gambling, they're dark.
00:24:53.42\00:24:54.92
If you notice all
the focuses of sin,
00:24:54.96\00:24:56.93
they're dark.
00:24:56.96\00:24:58.29
But when you walk in the
light as He is in the light,
00:24:58.33\00:25:01.36
you have
fellowship with one another,
00:25:01.40\00:25:03.20
and the blood of Jesus Christ,
00:25:03.23\00:25:04.70
His Son,
cleanses us from all sin,
00:25:04.73\00:25:07.07
1 John chapter 1,
00:25:07.10\00:25:08.80
I believe it's verse 7.
00:25:08.84\00:25:10.17
So we have to walk in the light,
00:25:10.21\00:25:11.87
then we'll see our condition.
00:25:11.91\00:25:13.24
That's why the
drawing near to God
00:25:13.27\00:25:14.91
is so vitally
important in the judgment.
00:25:14.94\00:25:17.11
When you draw near,
you'll see your need.
00:25:17.15\00:25:18.81
But look at 1 John 3:3,
00:25:18.85\00:25:21.75
1 John 3:3.
00:25:21.78\00:25:23.62
It's the second
portion to question number 12.
00:25:23.65\00:25:26.55
1 John 3:3,
00:25:26.59\00:25:29.46
and I'll go ahead and
put that on the screen
00:25:29.49\00:25:30.96
for those of you who
may be ahead of me already
00:25:30.99\00:25:33.26
'cause you see on the syllabus
where we're headed next.
00:25:33.29\00:25:35.86
But here's the answer.
00:25:35.90\00:25:37.23
And the Bible says,
00:25:37.27\00:25:38.60
"And everyone
who has this," what?
00:25:38.63\00:25:41.67
"Hope in Him, "
that is in Christ,
00:25:41.70\00:25:44.34
"Purifies himself,
00:25:44.37\00:25:46.21
just as He is pure."
00:25:46.24\00:25:49.34
That's an amazing statement.
00:25:49.38\00:25:51.35
It almost sounds
like, "Wait a minute,
00:25:51.38\00:25:52.71
why must I purify
myself if I am pure?"
00:25:52.75\00:25:55.58
The same thing
applies to Peter and Christ.
00:25:55.62\00:25:58.35
Remember when Jesus came
and He washed Peter's feet,
00:25:58.39\00:26:01.19
and Peter said,
00:26:01.22\00:26:02.56
"Well, could you
just do the whole thing?"
00:26:02.59\00:26:05.39
The Lord says,
"Those who are clean
00:26:05.43\00:26:08.63
only need to wash their feet."
00:26:08.66\00:26:10.60
That's the same context.
00:26:10.63\00:26:12.30
The Lord was in essence saying,
00:26:12.33\00:26:14.24
"We already have a
relationship, Peter,
00:26:14.27\00:26:16.71
but you're not all clean.
00:26:16.74\00:26:18.47
You got to get
it all cleaned up."
00:26:18.51\00:26:20.01
And we all know,
after that incident,
00:26:20.04\00:26:22.11
what happened to Peter?
00:26:22.14\00:26:23.55
He denied the Lord
00:26:23.58\00:26:25.81
because there were
still areas in his life
00:26:25.85\00:26:27.45
that needed to be cleaned up.
00:26:27.48\00:26:29.18
But let me ask you the question,
00:26:29.22\00:26:30.55
did they get
cleaned up after that?
00:26:30.59\00:26:32.25
Yes, because He said to
Peter, when you are converted,
00:26:32.29\00:26:35.39
strengthen the brethren.
00:26:35.42\00:26:37.16
And Peter was the spokesperson
on the day of Pentecost.
00:26:37.19\00:26:40.93
He was the one telling
the Jews what they need to do.
00:26:40.96\00:26:42.96
He said, "Repent,"
00:26:43.00\00:26:44.80
because he had
purified his heart.
00:26:44.83\00:26:46.63
And nothing sometimes
brings you to the place
00:26:46.67\00:26:48.44
of purification.
00:26:48.47\00:26:51.17
Unfortunately, like falling,
00:26:51.21\00:26:53.34
nothing really brings
you to the point of your need
00:26:53.38\00:26:56.11
except when you stumble.
00:26:56.14\00:26:58.08
And Peter
stumbled in a huge way.
00:26:58.11\00:27:00.42
But I want to make
this point of encouragement.
00:27:00.45\00:27:02.98
Even in our stumbling,
00:27:03.02\00:27:04.52
the Lord didn't cast Peter away,
00:27:04.55\00:27:06.72
but Peter met the moment
00:27:06.76\00:27:09.32
where he needed
to purify himself.
00:27:09.36\00:27:12.23
And truly, when
he was converted,
00:27:12.26\00:27:14.70
the purification took place,
00:27:14.73\00:27:16.20
he was able to
strengthen the brethren.
00:27:16.23\00:27:18.43
And, boy, did he preach
on the day of Pentecost.
00:27:18.47\00:27:20.14
"Repent, and be converted
00:27:20.17\00:27:22.44
that your sins
may be blotted out."
00:27:22.47\00:27:24.37
He understood what
that meant very clearly.
00:27:24.41\00:27:26.57
Look at Revelation 16:15,
00:27:26.61\00:27:28.28
the third part to
question number 12.
00:27:28.31\00:27:30.25
So the answer in John...
00:27:30.28\00:27:32.88
1 John 3:3 is purify yourself.
00:27:32.91\00:27:36.75
Purify. Stay pure.
00:27:36.79\00:27:39.42
In this world today,
00:27:39.45\00:27:40.86
the devil works on
corrupting everything.
00:27:40.89\00:27:44.26
Man, it's not easy to stay pure
00:27:44.29\00:27:46.70
because the music,
00:27:46.73\00:27:48.40
the movies, the
television programs,
00:27:48.43\00:27:51.53
the way people dress.
00:27:51.57\00:27:53.44
If you're in some
of these major cities,
00:27:53.47\00:27:56.20
I tell you, it's
really difficult.
00:27:56.24\00:27:58.31
I don't want to keep talking
about Australia too much,
00:27:58.34\00:28:00.28
but some of the portions,
00:28:00.31\00:28:03.55
we were down in
Brisbane, Australia,
00:28:03.58\00:28:06.48
and I know they have
their own issues too,
00:28:06.51\00:28:08.15
but I said to
my wife, I don't...
00:28:08.18\00:28:10.62
I said, "You know
what I don't miss?
00:28:10.65\00:28:12.35
I don't miss
hearing loud rap music,
00:28:12.39\00:28:15.26
hip-hop.
00:28:15.29\00:28:16.73
I don't miss hearing the...
00:28:16.76\00:28:18.63
at the stoplight."
00:28:18.66\00:28:20.00
And I can almost...
00:28:20.03\00:28:21.43
Here we are in a major city,
00:28:21.46\00:28:23.00
and I'm saying,
00:28:23.03\00:28:24.37
"Did we hear a siren once?
00:28:24.40\00:28:26.37
Maybe I'm not even sure.
00:28:26.40\00:28:29.04
But in some major
cities, that's all you hear,
00:28:29.07\00:28:31.41
the loud music,
the sirens, the...
00:28:31.44\00:28:34.61
Even out here in quiet
little Southern Illinois,
00:28:34.64\00:28:37.25
we could hear the echo
of gunshot in the background
00:28:37.28\00:28:39.21
as another deer bites the dust.
00:28:39.25\00:28:41.65
You know, it's
just the sounds of earth
00:28:41.68\00:28:44.25
are all around us,
00:28:44.29\00:28:45.75
but the purification
is something we know that
00:28:45.79\00:28:48.32
we are all in need of.
00:28:48.36\00:28:50.03
Let's look at this other one.
00:28:50.06\00:28:51.39
What admonition are we given?
00:28:51.43\00:28:53.09
reads as follows,
00:28:53.13\00:28:56.46
"Behold, I am coming as a thief.
00:28:56.50\00:28:59.17
Blessed as he who," does what?
00:28:59.20\00:29:01.60
"Watches and keeps his garments,
00:29:01.64\00:29:05.34
lest he walks," how?
00:29:05.37\00:29:07.21
"Naked and they see his shame."
00:29:07.24\00:29:09.54
So what's the admonition here?
00:29:09.58\00:29:11.68
What would you pick out?
00:29:11.71\00:29:15.32
Watch.
00:29:15.35\00:29:16.69
That's right. Watch.
00:29:16.72\00:29:18.49
Blessed is he who watches.
00:29:18.52\00:29:20.96
When you watch, uh-oh,
00:29:20.99\00:29:22.62
you know the moment.
00:29:22.66\00:29:24.46
You know, you know the moment.
00:29:24.49\00:29:25.83
You're ready when you watch...
00:29:25.86\00:29:28.03
In the terminal,
when the plane is coming,
00:29:28.06\00:29:29.53
watch.
00:29:29.56\00:29:30.97
When you're waiting for
the mail to come, watch.
00:29:31.00\00:29:33.27
When you know that
something is occurring
00:29:33.30\00:29:34.64
that's very
important, you watch.
00:29:34.67\00:29:36.27
That's a word of urgency.
00:29:36.30\00:29:38.14
It's not a word of,
00:29:38.17\00:29:39.74
"Huh, I'm waiting."
00:29:39.77\00:29:42.54
Watch.
00:29:42.58\00:29:44.21
And one of the reasons
why Jesus gave the word watch,
00:29:44.25\00:29:47.62
He said, "The
flesh indeed is..."
00:29:47.65\00:29:51.75
"The spirit indeed is willing,
but the flesh is," what?
00:29:51.79\00:29:54.39
"Weak."
00:29:54.42\00:29:55.76
In Matthew 24, He said that,
00:29:55.79\00:29:57.13
"Watch, for no one
knows the day nor the hour."
00:29:57.16\00:30:00.00
Watch, learn the
parable of the fig tree.
00:30:00.03\00:30:02.56
Watch.
00:30:02.60\00:30:03.93
If you look at the
signs all around us,
00:30:03.97\00:30:05.30
we should be watching,
00:30:05.33\00:30:06.87
watching, and waiting
for the coming of our Lord.
00:30:06.90\00:30:09.37
So the answer to
Revelation 16:15,
00:30:09.40\00:30:11.37
I'd like to use the word watch
00:30:11.41\00:30:13.61
because the keeping
of the garment will occur
00:30:13.64\00:30:15.94
if we are watching.
00:30:15.98\00:30:19.11
Amazing that language
is used in Revelation,
00:30:19.15\00:30:22.28
when the garment is
what Adam and Eve lost
00:30:22.32\00:30:24.42
in Genesis.
00:30:24.45\00:30:26.15
The Lord does
not want us to end up
00:30:26.19\00:30:27.66
like Adam and Eve did,
00:30:27.69\00:30:29.82
He wants us to
keep the garments,
00:30:29.86\00:30:32.16
keep the garments.
00:30:32.19\00:30:33.53
They didn't keep their garments,
00:30:33.56\00:30:35.06
and they walked naked.
00:30:35.10\00:30:36.56
And Adam actually said,
00:30:36.60\00:30:39.03
he said, "Why are we hiding?"
00:30:39.07\00:30:41.44
"I was naked, and I was ashamed,
00:30:41.47\00:30:44.64
and I hid myself."
00:30:44.67\00:30:46.74
See those who
are hiding themselves
00:30:46.78\00:30:49.14
as we read in Revelation 6:9-11,
00:30:49.18\00:30:52.11
they're hiding
themselves from the face of Him
00:30:52.15\00:30:54.95
who sits on the throne.
00:30:54.98\00:30:56.32
Can you tell me
why they're hiding?
00:30:56.35\00:30:58.85
Can you tell me
why they're hiding?
00:30:58.89\00:31:01.06
'Cause they're naked.
00:31:01.09\00:31:02.42
They don't have the
righteousness of Christ.
00:31:02.46\00:31:04.66
The same reason
why when Jesus came
00:31:04.69\00:31:06.26
to the marriage
supper, and he saw a man, he's,
00:31:06.29\00:31:08.50
"How have you come in here
without a wedding garment?"
00:31:08.53\00:31:12.10
And what did they do?
00:31:12.13\00:31:13.47
He's naked,
00:31:13.50\00:31:14.84
can't stay, got to go.
00:31:14.87\00:31:17.01
We have to have on
Christ's righteousness
00:31:17.04\00:31:20.01
to make it through the judgment.
00:31:20.04\00:31:21.38
Amen.
00:31:21.41\00:31:22.74
Let's go to question number 13.
00:31:22.78\00:31:24.61
Question number 13,
00:31:24.65\00:31:28.72
"Why is it imperative
00:31:28.75\00:31:30.19
that we keep our
lives clean before God?"
00:31:30.22\00:31:34.99
Clean before God.
00:31:35.02\00:31:37.16
Imperative.
00:31:37.19\00:31:39.03
Why is it imperative?
00:31:39.06\00:31:40.70
You know, the word imperative
means absolutely necessary,
00:31:40.73\00:31:46.27
means unequivocal,
00:31:46.30\00:31:48.00
means if there's
anything you got to do,
00:31:48.04\00:31:51.24
this is it.
00:31:51.27\00:31:52.77
Okay, here it is.
00:31:52.81\00:31:54.14
Psalms 24:3, 4.
00:31:54.18\00:31:57.45
Psalms 24:3, 4.
00:31:57.48\00:32:01.88
All right, here's the answer.
00:32:01.92\00:32:04.32
Bible says, "Who..."
00:32:04.35\00:32:07.02
Notice the question,
00:32:07.06\00:32:08.46
"Who may ascend into
the hill of the Lord?
00:32:08.49\00:32:13.60
Or who may stand
in His holy place?"
00:32:13.63\00:32:18.90
What's the answer?
Let's read this together.
00:32:18.93\00:32:21.00
"He who has," what,
00:32:21.04\00:32:22.87
"Clean hands and"
a what kind of heart,
00:32:22.90\00:32:25.01
"Pure heart,
00:32:25.04\00:32:26.37
who has not lifted up his soul
00:32:26.41\00:32:28.61
to an idol nor
sworn deceitfully."
00:32:28.64\00:32:32.88
Notice the very thing
that we were told earlier.
00:32:32.91\00:32:34.78
Cleanse your hands
and purify your hearts.
00:32:34.82\00:32:37.75
Here it is.
00:32:37.79\00:32:40.46
Because your hands
00:32:40.49\00:32:42.62
is an instrument of what you do.
00:32:42.66\00:32:44.33
Your heart is the
place where you think,
00:32:44.36\00:32:46.66
your affections.
00:32:46.70\00:32:48.36
It's amazing how
00:32:48.40\00:32:50.30
when the mark of
the beast is given,
00:32:50.33\00:32:52.53
it's received in the hand
and the forehead, same places.
00:32:52.57\00:32:56.04
The things you do.
00:32:56.07\00:32:57.41
The Lord said, "Make sure
00:32:57.44\00:32:58.77
that your hands are not involved
00:32:58.81\00:33:00.74
in an activity that
does not honor God."
00:33:00.78\00:33:04.05
Make sure that
your hands are clean.
00:33:04.08\00:33:06.85
A lot of times, when
some something's missing,
00:33:06.88\00:33:10.82
and they're looking
for this missing item,
00:33:10.85\00:33:12.85
they say, "Make
sure you didn't do it.
00:33:12.89\00:33:15.06
Make sure your hands are clean.
00:33:15.09\00:33:16.89
And make sure make
sure your hearts are pure.
00:33:16.93\00:33:19.33
When you make sure
your hands are clean
00:33:19.36\00:33:20.70
and your hearts are pure,
you have nothing to fear."
00:33:20.73\00:33:22.73
Ain't that right?
00:33:22.76\00:33:24.10
But if your hands are not clean
and your hearts are not pure,
00:33:24.13\00:33:27.14
you are what the Bible
referred to as the "guilty" one.
00:33:27.17\00:33:31.54
But you don't want
to be the guilty one.
00:33:31.57\00:33:32.91
We're on question number 13.
00:33:32.94\00:33:36.85
So the answer is in preparation,
00:33:36.88\00:33:39.71
why is it imperative
that we keep our lives clean
00:33:39.75\00:33:42.18
before the Lord?
00:33:42.22\00:33:44.42
Okay, tell me.
00:33:44.45\00:33:45.89
So we can stand
in the holy place.
00:33:45.92\00:33:47.86
So we can stand
in the holy place.
00:33:47.89\00:33:51.46
"Who may ascend in the hill?
00:33:51.49\00:33:53.46
Or who may stand
in the holy place?"
00:33:53.50\00:33:56.97
Now when you think about that,
00:33:57.00\00:33:58.63
what's holy about heaven?
00:33:58.67\00:34:00.34
Somebody tell me.
00:34:00.37\00:34:02.94
Let's just answer by
saying everything, everything.
00:34:02.97\00:34:05.87
The devil got kicked out,
00:34:05.91\00:34:07.24
there's nothing
unholy about heaven.
00:34:07.28\00:34:08.61
Everything about heaven is holy.
00:34:08.64\00:34:10.18
So in order for us to
get into this holy place,
00:34:10.21\00:34:12.21
we have to live
what kind of lives?
00:34:12.25\00:34:14.75
Holy lives.
00:34:14.78\00:34:16.12
What kind of hands must we have?
00:34:16.15\00:34:17.72
Holy hands.
00:34:17.75\00:34:19.09
When David the Psalmist
talks about lifting his hands,
00:34:19.12\00:34:22.69
people today want
to lift their hands,
00:34:22.72\00:34:24.59
but David said
lift up holy hands.
00:34:24.63\00:34:27.60
See?
00:34:27.63\00:34:28.96
Not just hands,
anybody can lift their hands,
00:34:29.00\00:34:30.70
but are those hands holy?
00:34:30.73\00:34:32.53
Is the life holy?
00:34:32.57\00:34:33.90
That's the most
important aspects
00:34:33.94\00:34:35.27
of the question.
00:34:35.30\00:34:36.64
What is holy? What is unholy?
00:34:36.67\00:34:38.01
God doesn't just want hands,
00:34:38.04\00:34:39.51
God does not just want hearts.
00:34:39.54\00:34:41.28
He wants what kind
of hearts and hands?
00:34:41.31\00:34:44.01
Pure hands and clean hearts.
00:34:44.05\00:34:47.05
So you want to write that
down under question number 13.
00:34:47.08\00:34:50.32
All right, let's go
to question number 14.
00:34:50.35\00:34:52.95
Question number 14.
00:34:52.99\00:34:54.62
Okay, Praise the
Lord, in part of speech.
00:34:58.26\00:35:00.33
In preparation of the judgment,
where can we find deliverance?
00:35:00.36\00:35:02.93
You need a pen?
00:35:02.96\00:35:04.30
You got that. There you go.
00:35:04.33\00:35:05.67
In preparation of the judgment,
00:35:05.70\00:35:07.04
where can we find deliverance?
00:35:07.07\00:35:09.57
Go with me to 2 Peter 2:9.
00:35:09.60\00:35:12.77
In preparation for the judgment,
00:35:12.81\00:35:14.14
where can we find deliverance?
00:35:14.18\00:35:18.88
Deliverance is huge when
it comes to the judgment.
00:35:18.91\00:35:21.68
You're either delivered
00:35:21.72\00:35:23.85
or you're not delivered.
00:35:23.89\00:35:26.45
How many want to be
delivered? Say amen.
00:35:26.49\00:35:28.76
We want to be delivered.
00:35:28.79\00:35:30.26
Yana, catch this for me
00:35:30.29\00:35:31.99
and give it to that
young lady next to you.
00:35:32.03\00:35:34.43
We want to all be delivered.
00:35:34.46\00:35:36.16
2 Peter 2:9,
00:35:36.20\00:35:38.13
let's look at what Peter says.
00:35:38.17\00:35:40.90
You know, when you
think of the life of Peter,
00:35:40.94\00:35:43.27
you will see that these texts
00:35:43.30\00:35:44.91
are texts of
personal experience.
00:35:44.94\00:35:47.94
Think of his life,
the kind of life he lived.
00:35:47.98\00:35:50.55
Here's what he says,
00:35:50.58\00:35:52.35
"Then the Lord
knows how to do," what,
00:35:52.38\00:35:57.59
"Deliver the
godly out of temptation
00:35:57.62\00:36:01.32
and to reserve the unjust
00:36:01.36\00:36:03.83
under punishment for
the Day of Judgment."
00:36:03.86\00:36:06.86
He said, "Believe me, the
Lord knows how to deliver.
00:36:06.90\00:36:10.67
The Lord knows how to deliver."
00:36:10.70\00:36:12.17
So in
preparation for the judgment,
00:36:12.20\00:36:13.90
where can we find deliverance?
00:36:13.94\00:36:15.57
Come, somebody tell.
00:36:15.60\00:36:16.94
The Lord, He
knows how to deliver.
00:36:16.97\00:36:20.18
He is the deliverer.
00:36:20.21\00:36:23.11
He knows how to deliver.
00:36:23.14\00:36:25.08
There's only one place
we find hope and courage.
00:36:25.11\00:36:28.75
Let me go with you.
00:36:28.78\00:36:30.92
As you write that answer down,
00:36:30.95\00:36:32.29
we're going to
go to 1 John 4:17,
00:36:32.32\00:36:35.69
and then I'm going to
share another text with you
00:36:35.72\00:36:37.89
in the book of Psalms
in just a moment here.
00:36:37.93\00:36:40.90
I'm going to turn to it
00:36:40.93\00:36:43.13
while you're
writing your answer in.
00:36:43.16\00:36:45.33
The Lord is our deliverer.
00:36:45.37\00:36:48.97
Okay, let's go to 1 John 4:17,
00:36:49.00\00:36:52.24
for the second part
of Question number 14,
00:36:52.27\00:36:54.51
here it is.
00:36:54.54\00:36:57.48
I like this.
00:36:57.51\00:36:59.91
"Love has been
perfected among us in this,
00:36:59.95\00:37:04.05
that we may have," together,
00:37:04.09\00:37:07.06
"Boldness in
the Day of Judgment,
00:37:07.09\00:37:11.29
because as He is." what else?
00:37:11.33\00:37:14.16
"So are we in this world."
00:37:14.20\00:37:16.23
You know what that talks about?
00:37:16.26\00:37:17.60
That talks about similarity.
00:37:17.63\00:37:18.97
If we're living like Christ,
00:37:19.00\00:37:20.50
we don't have to
wait to be like Him
00:37:20.54\00:37:21.87
because as He is, so are we.
00:37:21.90\00:37:23.74
A lot of times, people say,
00:37:23.77\00:37:25.11
"Well, I can't
wait till Jesus comes,
00:37:25.14\00:37:26.47
I'll be just like Him."
00:37:26.51\00:37:27.84
Well, this text says,
you already are like Him.
00:37:27.88\00:37:30.91
You're just waiting to meet Him.
00:37:30.95\00:37:33.28
Another text in 1 John 3:1, 2,
00:37:33.31\00:37:37.22
Paul, I mean, John
the Apostle says it again,
00:37:37.25\00:37:39.55
as he is, "Brethren, now...
00:37:39.59\00:37:41.62
Beloved, now are we
the children of God."
00:37:41.66\00:37:44.49
We are His children now.
00:37:44.53\00:37:45.86
We are like Him now
in this present world.
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So let's put the answer down.
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In preparation for the judgment,
00:37:49.83\00:37:51.17
where can we find deliverance?
00:37:51.20\00:37:53.74
In Him.
00:37:53.77\00:37:55.40
That's right.
00:37:55.44\00:37:56.77
We can find deliverance in Him
00:37:56.81\00:37:59.81
that we may have
boldness in the Day of Judgment
00:37:59.84\00:38:01.71
because as He is,
so are we in this.
00:38:01.74\00:38:04.91
We find deliverance in Him.
00:38:04.95\00:38:07.65
And by the way,
00:38:07.68\00:38:09.12
the deliverance comes
through His perfect love.
00:38:09.15\00:38:12.45
I was reading a
devotion from Oswald Chambers.
00:38:12.49\00:38:15.72
And it was just so beautiful,
I never thought of it that way.
00:38:15.76\00:38:18.59
And he narrowed down the text,
00:38:18.63\00:38:20.53
the love of
Christ constraineth us.
00:38:20.56\00:38:23.37
Now we know the
text is longer than that.
00:38:23.40\00:38:24.97
But he says, "The love
of Christ constrainteth us."
00:38:25.00\00:38:27.60
And as I was
reading through that,
00:38:27.64\00:38:29.97
it finally clicked on me that
00:38:30.01\00:38:32.07
what he mean by constrain.
00:38:32.11\00:38:34.21
Now let me use the illustration.
00:38:34.24\00:38:35.78
"Because love has
been perfected among us,"
00:38:35.81\00:38:37.91
in this, the word
love is introduced there.
00:38:37.95\00:38:40.42
Let's expand the word
00:38:40.45\00:38:42.08
and help understand what
the constraining part is.
00:38:42.12\00:38:46.12
If love constrains us,
00:38:46.15\00:38:50.09
let's think of the word
restrain for a brief moment
00:38:50.13\00:38:53.70
and use them in a
similar comparison.
00:38:53.73\00:38:56.23
If you're passing by a dog,
00:38:56.26\00:38:57.77
and he's on a
chain, and he's vicious,
00:38:57.80\00:39:00.27
why can't he bite you?
00:39:00.30\00:39:02.40
Somebody tell me.
00:39:02.44\00:39:04.34
Because he's
restrained by the chain.
00:39:04.37\00:39:07.44
Does he want to do it?
00:39:07.48\00:39:08.94
Yes or no? Yes.
00:39:08.98\00:39:10.35
He's given you every indication,
00:39:10.38\00:39:11.71
the growling, the
biting, the snarling of teeth,
00:39:11.75\00:39:13.92
the scratching of the ground.
00:39:13.95\00:39:15.48
In other words, he's saying,
"If this chain were not here,
00:39:15.52\00:39:18.75
oh boy, you
would be in trouble."
00:39:18.79\00:39:20.99
Now the Lord does
not chain us, does he?
00:39:21.02\00:39:24.06
But let me tell you what,
00:39:24.09\00:39:25.43
how beautiful this came to me,
00:39:25.46\00:39:26.80
and I was sharing
this with my wife.
00:39:26.83\00:39:28.16
We read this
before we went to bed.
00:39:28.20\00:39:30.03
And I thought, "Wow!
00:39:30.07\00:39:31.57
I've heard about God's love,
00:39:31.60\00:39:32.93
but now this gives
me a new dimension."
00:39:32.97\00:39:34.30
You know, even after
28 years of pastoring,
00:39:34.34\00:39:36.30
you can still learn
something new about God's love.
00:39:36.34\00:39:39.57
Oftentimes, we
think of God's love
00:39:39.61\00:39:40.94
is just some kind
of little emotional.
00:39:40.98\00:39:42.78
"Oh, I love you.
00:39:42.81\00:39:44.15
Oh, this is powerful."
00:39:44.18\00:39:47.18
But Oswald Chambers said,
00:39:47.22\00:39:48.72
"The love of
Christ constrains us."
00:39:48.75\00:39:50.69
And he described it this way.
00:39:50.72\00:39:52.05
He says,
00:39:52.09\00:39:54.39
"We are so
captivated by the love of God
00:39:54.42\00:39:59.03
that we don't need a chain
to stop us from doing wrong."
00:39:59.06\00:40:03.47
It says, "The love of
God has so gripped us,"
00:40:03.50\00:40:07.14
he says, "Have you been
gripped by the love of God."
00:40:07.17\00:40:10.21
You see, we often love
God for what He does for us.
00:40:10.24\00:40:13.07
But he said, "That's not
the love that constrains us,
00:40:13.11\00:40:16.24
that's the love that
keeps us coming to Him
00:40:16.28\00:40:18.41
because you've
done something for it."
00:40:18.45\00:40:19.78
"Oh, I love
being around you. Why?
00:40:19.81\00:40:21.15
'Cause you
always buy me something.
00:40:21.18\00:40:22.65
Well, I love it when you show up
00:40:22.68\00:40:24.02
because I always have some fun."
00:40:24.05\00:40:25.39
But that's not the love
that's talked about here.
00:40:25.42\00:40:27.22
It's a constraining love,
00:40:27.26\00:40:28.59
meaning I am so
in love with Christ
00:40:28.62\00:40:30.96
that I can't imagine
00:40:30.99\00:40:33.86
doing something to hurt Him,
00:40:33.90\00:40:36.16
that I can't imagine...
00:40:36.20\00:40:37.53
Beautiful example is
Joseph and part of his wife.
00:40:37.57\00:40:41.07
He says, "How?"
00:40:41.10\00:40:43.94
But he said,
00:40:43.97\00:40:45.41
"How can I do this
great wickedness and" what,
00:40:45.44\00:40:49.54
"sin against God?"
00:40:49.58\00:40:50.91
That's a perfect example
00:40:50.95\00:40:52.28
of the constraining love of God.
00:40:52.31\00:40:54.42
He said,
00:40:54.45\00:40:55.78
"I know if I were to
appeal to my human feelings,
00:40:55.82\00:40:59.62
this is a good situation.
00:40:59.65\00:41:01.52
But I'm so restrained by God,
00:41:01.56\00:41:04.89
I can't do this."
00:41:04.93\00:41:06.59
He's not saying, "I
don't want to do this."
00:41:06.63\00:41:08.46
Or "I can't do this."
00:41:08.50\00:41:10.03
He's saying, "How can I do this?
00:41:10.07\00:41:12.33
How can I?
00:41:12.37\00:41:13.70
God loves me so
much, how can I do this?
00:41:13.74\00:41:15.40
All that He's done for me?
00:41:15.44\00:41:16.77
How can I? I can't even fathom."
00:41:16.81\00:41:19.11
So when you love God,
00:41:19.14\00:41:22.21
that's what it means by,
00:41:22.24\00:41:23.58
"Love has been,"
what's the next word?
00:41:23.61\00:41:25.75
"Perfected among us in this."
00:41:25.78\00:41:29.08
So we're not
looking forward to...
00:41:29.12\00:41:30.75
We look forward to
the Day of Judgment
00:41:30.79\00:41:32.15
because we love
the Lord so much.
00:41:32.19\00:41:33.99
We have lived our lives
00:41:34.02\00:41:35.42
that the end of
the verse is very true.
00:41:35.46\00:41:37.83
"As He is," what?
00:41:37.86\00:41:39.19
"So are we in this world."
00:41:39.23\00:41:40.96
His love is perfect,
00:41:41.00\00:41:42.33
and it has been perfected in us.
00:41:42.36\00:41:44.67
We can't think of doing anything
00:41:44.70\00:41:46.94
to offend and crucify
the Son of God afresh.
00:41:46.97\00:41:50.51
And I tell you,
00:41:50.54\00:41:51.87
that's a serious area of
growth for so many Christians.
00:41:51.91\00:41:54.58
Do you love the Lord
00:41:54.61\00:41:55.94
because He asked you
to do things that you like
00:41:55.98\00:41:58.75
or you're
comfortable to do right now?
00:41:58.78\00:42:00.68
Or are you so constrained
by His love that you're saying,
00:42:00.72\00:42:02.82
"Lord, just whatever.
00:42:02.85\00:42:04.85
What can I render toward You?
00:42:04.89\00:42:07.36
What can I render to You
00:42:07.39\00:42:08.72
for all Your
benefits towards me?
00:42:08.76\00:42:10.33
What can I do? Just tell me."
00:42:10.36\00:42:12.59
Anyway,
00:42:12.63\00:42:14.20
my little sermon,
sermon number three,
00:42:14.23\00:42:16.87
"But the love of
Christ constrains us."
00:42:16.90\00:42:18.30
And that's why this
text jumps out at me
00:42:18.33\00:42:19.83
'cause the word love
00:42:19.87\00:42:21.20
has taken on a
different meaning altogether.
00:42:21.24\00:42:22.77
Why don't you do what you
do? Because I love the Lord.
00:42:22.80\00:42:25.27
People say, "Now really
give me another reason."
00:42:25.31\00:42:28.14
What better
reason could there be?
00:42:28.18\00:42:29.51
Amen.
00:42:29.54\00:42:30.88
There should be no other reason.
00:42:30.91\00:42:32.25
Why do you serve
God? 'Cause I love him.
00:42:32.28\00:42:33.88
Why do you go to
church? 'Cause I love the Lord.
00:42:33.92\00:42:35.25
Why do you sing?
'Cause I love the Lord.
00:42:35.28\00:42:36.62
Why do you serve?
'Cause I love the Lord.
00:42:36.65\00:42:37.99
That should be the only
reason why you do what you do.
00:42:38.02\00:42:40.36
The love of
Christ constrains you.
00:42:40.39\00:42:43.89
Number 15. Let's go to that one.
00:42:43.93\00:42:46.29
All right,
00:42:46.33\00:42:47.90
number 15, let's go to that one.
00:42:47.93\00:42:49.86
Who will the presiding
judge be in the Day of Judgment?
00:42:53.84\00:42:59.51
Who will the presiding
judge be in the Day of Judgment?
00:42:59.54\00:43:01.74
Years ago,
00:43:01.78\00:43:03.14
when I was growing
up, I used to think,
00:43:03.18\00:43:04.51
"Man, I don't want to see God.
00:43:04.55\00:43:06.95
Oh, but I love to see Jesus."
00:43:06.98\00:43:08.48
Sometimes people have
made God to be the bad guy,
00:43:08.52\00:43:11.42
Jesus to be the good guy,
00:43:11.45\00:43:12.95
and it's kind of
like a contending argument
00:43:12.99\00:43:14.46
between the two.
00:43:14.49\00:43:15.82
"Don't do that, Dad."
00:43:15.86\00:43:17.26
"But I want to."
00:43:17.29\00:43:18.63
"But please don't do it, Dad."
00:43:18.66\00:43:20.50
You'll discover
something beautiful
00:43:20.53\00:43:21.90
in this particular text.
00:43:21.93\00:43:23.53
Okay, let's go to John 5:22,
00:43:23.57\00:43:26.57
John 5:22, all right?
00:43:26.60\00:43:31.17
"For the Father
judges," how many?
00:43:31.21\00:43:33.98
"No one, but has
committed," how much?
00:43:34.01\00:43:38.41
"All judgment to the Son."
00:43:38.45\00:43:42.15
He has committed
how much judgment?
00:43:42.18\00:43:44.02
All judgment to the Son.
00:43:44.05\00:43:49.16
That's exactly how God is.
00:43:49.19\00:43:51.86
I want to take you
now to another text.
00:43:51.89\00:43:57.63
In adding to that,
00:43:57.67\00:43:59.63
we want to go to Psalms 96,
00:43:59.67\00:44:01.34
I want you to
see verse 10 and 13.
00:44:01.37\00:44:04.94
Who will be the presiding judge?
00:44:04.97\00:44:06.78
The Son.
00:44:06.81\00:44:10.25
And as we go to
the next question,
00:44:10.28\00:44:12.98
you'll see why this court
is so beautiful for the saint.
00:44:13.01\00:44:15.88
But look at Psalms 96.
00:44:15.92\00:44:18.02
Psalm 96:10 and 13.
00:44:18.05\00:44:24.26
Verse 10, the Bible says,
00:44:24.29\00:44:25.66
"Say among the nations,
00:44:25.69\00:44:28.63
'The Lord reigns,
00:44:28.66\00:44:31.37
the world also is
firmly established,
00:44:31.40\00:44:34.80
it shall not be moved,
00:44:34.84\00:44:36.67
He shall judge
the peoples,'" how,
00:44:36.71\00:44:40.48
"'Righteously.'"
00:44:40.51\00:44:42.48
And then verse 13,
00:44:42.51\00:44:44.41
"For He is coming,
00:44:44.45\00:44:45.78
for He is coming to" do what,
00:44:45.81\00:44:47.62
"Judge the earth.
00:44:47.65\00:44:49.12
He shall judge
the world with" what,
00:44:49.15\00:44:52.25
"righteousness,
00:44:52.29\00:44:53.62
and the peoples with" what,
00:44:53.66\00:44:55.42
"With His truth."
00:44:55.46\00:44:57.16
And one more text,
00:44:57.19\00:44:58.59
Psalms 7:11.
00:44:58.63\00:45:01.40
Let's look at this one together.
00:45:01.43\00:45:02.86
So you see when His
righteousness is done,
00:45:02.90\00:45:05.43
when His judgment is done,
00:45:05.47\00:45:06.94
it's done righteously.
00:45:06.97\00:45:09.67
And He judges them
based on what the truth is.
00:45:09.70\00:45:13.58
Psalms 7:11,
00:45:13.61\00:45:16.11
all right?
00:45:16.14\00:45:17.91
Now let's answer the question.
00:45:17.95\00:45:20.05
Who is the
judge? Somebody tell me.
00:45:20.08\00:45:21.55
Who's the judge? Jesus is.
00:45:21.58\00:45:23.22
Okay, now you'll see.
00:45:23.25\00:45:24.65
Now the reason I'm
showing you this text is because
00:45:24.69\00:45:28.22
the Pharisees had a hard
time when Jesus declared Himself
00:45:28.26\00:45:32.26
to be equal with the
Father, which meant...
00:45:32.29\00:45:34.56
They said,
00:45:34.60\00:45:36.06
"Well, if you're
equal with the Father,
00:45:36.10\00:45:39.40
are you saying you're God?"
00:45:39.43\00:45:42.14
And Jesus didn't respond...
00:45:42.17\00:45:43.84
because if you're
equal with the Father,
00:45:46.88\00:45:48.74
you must be God.
00:45:48.78\00:45:52.28
Who's the judge
again? Say it again?
00:45:52.31\00:45:54.42
Jesus. Now look at Psalms 7:11.
00:45:54.45\00:45:57.39
Look at Psalm 7:11.
00:45:57.42\00:45:58.99
Okay, "God is a..."
00:46:02.02\00:46:03.66
what kind of judge?
00:46:03.69\00:46:05.69
So who's the
judge in that verse?
00:46:05.73\00:46:08.43
Who's the judge there?
00:46:08.46\00:46:10.37
Who's the judge in this text?
00:46:10.40\00:46:13.23
So are they the same?
00:46:13.27\00:46:15.04
Yes, yes.
00:46:15.07\00:46:17.04
And look at the
rest of the text.
00:46:17.07\00:46:18.87
I smiled at this
for a brief moment,
00:46:18.91\00:46:20.68
not that there's
anything to be taken lightly,
00:46:20.71\00:46:22.91
but it says, "And God is angry
with the wicked," how often?
00:46:22.94\00:46:26.92
"Every day."
00:46:26.95\00:46:29.22
Man.
00:46:29.25\00:46:31.09
Do you want God
to be angry with you
00:46:31.12\00:46:32.85
or happy with you?
00:46:32.89\00:46:35.26
Now I want you to know that
this is not an emotional anger,
00:46:35.29\00:46:38.13
God is not sitting
somewhere like this.
00:46:38.16\00:46:42.66
God is not an emotion.
00:46:42.70\00:46:45.30
These are principles here.
00:46:45.33\00:46:46.67
The principle...
00:46:46.70\00:46:48.04
God is saying,
00:46:48.07\00:46:49.87
"I'm angry with that,
00:46:49.90\00:46:51.24
but I'm happy.
00:46:51.27\00:46:52.77
I'm angry."
00:46:52.81\00:46:54.14
God is so...
00:46:54.18\00:46:56.11
We cannot encapsulate
God in our understanding,
00:46:56.14\00:46:58.78
but God is angry
toward wickedness,
00:46:58.81\00:47:01.52
God is angry toward those
who are wicked all day long.
00:47:01.55\00:47:04.92
He sees what has
taken place in the earth,
00:47:04.95\00:47:07.69
and He knows exactly
00:47:07.72\00:47:09.46
from whom these
things have occurred.
00:47:09.49\00:47:12.56
So He's angry with those
00:47:12.59\00:47:14.00
who are
perpetrating these wicked things
00:47:14.03\00:47:15.43
in the earth.
00:47:15.46\00:47:16.80
He's angry with them
00:47:16.83\00:47:18.17
all day long, every day.
00:47:18.20\00:47:21.74
Let's go to the next
question, question number 16.
00:47:21.77\00:47:24.34
I was comparing the two to
show you that God and Jesus
00:47:24.37\00:47:28.31
is the judge.
00:47:28.34\00:47:30.05
Same person,
00:47:30.08\00:47:31.41
He's committed this to the Son.
00:47:31.45\00:47:32.78
So in the Old
Testament, when you see God...
00:47:32.81\00:47:35.38
Somebody asked the question,
00:47:35.42\00:47:37.29
"At what point
did the name Jesus
00:47:37.32\00:47:38.69
start to be used?
00:47:38.72\00:47:40.09
And when did the word Michael...
00:47:40.12\00:47:43.59
Where does the
word Michael come from?"
00:47:43.63\00:47:45.49
As Revelation talks
about Michael the Archangel.
00:47:45.53\00:47:48.16
Well, the word Jesus,
00:47:48.20\00:47:49.86
call His name Jesus
00:47:49.90\00:47:51.63
was the name He was
given in His condescension,
00:47:51.67\00:47:54.20
but He was always
Michael the Archangel.
00:47:54.24\00:47:57.31
He was always the
commander of the angels.
00:47:57.34\00:48:00.48
It's not a new name.
00:48:00.51\00:48:01.84
It's a name from eternity.
00:48:01.88\00:48:03.21
He was always the
commander of the angels.
00:48:03.24\00:48:06.45
Psalms... I mean,
question number 16.
00:48:06.48\00:48:08.32
Here it is.
00:48:08.35\00:48:10.09
"What other role
does Jesus fulfill
00:48:10.12\00:48:12.62
in the process of the judgment?"
00:48:12.65\00:48:15.56
Wow.
00:48:15.59\00:48:17.19
1 John 2:1.
00:48:17.23\00:48:18.63
What other role
does Jesus fulfill
00:48:18.66\00:48:20.83
in the process of the judgment?
00:48:20.86\00:48:23.43
Okay, here it is on the screen.
00:48:23.47\00:48:25.60
Let's bring it up together.
00:48:25.63\00:48:26.97
I think many of
you are already there.
00:48:27.00\00:48:29.00
"My little children,"
00:48:29.04\00:48:30.64
there goes the
relationship again.
00:48:30.67\00:48:32.77
"These things are right to you
00:48:32.81\00:48:34.41
so that you may
not," what, "sin.
00:48:34.44\00:48:37.21
And if anyone sins, we have
an advocate with the Father,
00:48:37.25\00:48:42.02
Jesus Christ the righteous."
00:48:42.05\00:48:45.25
What's an advocate?
00:48:45.29\00:48:46.62
Another word for
advocate today is what?
00:48:46.65\00:48:48.42
That's exactly...
00:48:48.46\00:48:49.79
So Jesus.
00:48:49.82\00:48:51.16
This is huge.
00:48:51.19\00:48:52.53
Jesus is the lawyer,
00:48:52.56\00:48:53.90
and He is the judge.
00:48:53.93\00:48:56.00
He's your defense attorney,
00:48:56.03\00:48:57.67
and He's the one
that decides the outcome.
00:48:57.70\00:49:00.04
Is that a hung jury?
00:49:00.07\00:49:01.97
The court is in your favor.
00:49:02.00\00:49:03.54
There's not one.
00:49:03.57\00:49:04.91
He's not arguing with somebody
00:49:04.94\00:49:06.27
on the other side
of the bench saying,
00:49:06.31\00:49:07.64
"Father, please."
00:49:07.68\00:49:10.01
"All right, just for you."
00:49:10.05\00:49:12.41
He's the judge,
and He's the advocate.
00:49:12.45\00:49:15.25
So if you sin,
you've got a judge
00:49:15.28\00:49:17.09
and an advocate.
00:49:17.12\00:49:18.59
He makes the final
decision about your outcome,
00:49:18.62\00:49:20.99
but He also stands with you.
00:49:21.02\00:49:22.49
And I like the
way that 1 John 2...
00:49:22.52\00:49:24.59
Let's go there.
00:49:24.63\00:49:25.96
I want to just look
at this in more detail.
00:49:25.99\00:49:27.73
1 John chapter 2,
00:49:27.76\00:49:29.10
how beautiful that is
00:49:29.13\00:49:30.47
'cause a lot of
times, people say,
00:49:30.50\00:49:31.83
"I don't want to face the judge,
00:49:31.87\00:49:33.20
so I need a good lawyer."
00:49:33.23\00:49:35.04
He's the judge and the lawyer.
00:49:35.07\00:49:37.17
How beautiful that is.
00:49:37.21\00:49:39.07
1 John chapter 2,
00:49:39.11\00:49:41.18
and I'm looking at verse 1.
00:49:41.21\00:49:43.31
Now I'm going to
go to verse 2 now.
00:49:43.35\00:49:45.15
I want to go to verse 2.
00:49:45.18\00:49:46.51
This is why I
want to turn there.
00:49:46.55\00:49:48.35
So you want to add...
00:49:48.38\00:49:49.72
The answer to the question,
00:49:49.75\00:49:51.09
"What other role
does Jesus fulfill
00:49:51.12\00:49:52.45
in the process of the judgment?"
00:49:52.49\00:49:53.82
He's our lawyer,
00:49:53.86\00:49:55.19
He is our lawyer, okay?
00:49:55.22\00:49:58.29
Also our lawyer.
But look at verse 2.
00:49:58.33\00:50:00.40
Look at 1 John 2:2.
00:50:00.43\00:50:03.30
And the Bible says, "And
He Himself is the," what,
00:50:03.33\00:50:07.47
"propitiation for our sins,
00:50:07.50\00:50:09.94
and not for ours only
00:50:09.97\00:50:12.91
but also for the" what,
00:50:12.94\00:50:14.91
"whole world."
00:50:14.94\00:50:16.28
Now that's powerful.
00:50:16.31\00:50:18.78
How can one man
00:50:18.81\00:50:21.62
provide reconciliation
00:50:21.65\00:50:25.25
for the entire world?
00:50:25.29\00:50:28.26
How could one man
00:50:28.29\00:50:30.66
be substitutionary righteousness
00:50:30.69\00:50:33.73
for the whole world?
00:50:33.76\00:50:36.03
How could one man be
imparted righteousness
00:50:36.06\00:50:41.17
for the whole world?
00:50:41.20\00:50:43.64
What in essence is
being said by the text is,
00:50:43.67\00:50:45.77
whatever situation you find
it, if you need an advocate,
00:50:45.81\00:50:48.61
I'll stand on
behalf of the whole world,
00:50:48.64\00:50:52.35
anybody sin, I
will represent you.
00:50:52.38\00:50:55.32
Ain't that wonderful news?
00:50:55.35\00:50:56.99
So He's not just saying,
00:50:57.02\00:50:58.35
"I'll represent
just My children,"
00:50:58.39\00:50:59.72
but hey, His children, verse 1,
00:50:59.75\00:51:02.52
"But I'll
include the whole world.
00:51:02.56\00:51:04.03
If you come to Me,
no matter who you are,
00:51:04.06\00:51:05.59
I will represent
you in the judgment."
00:51:05.63\00:51:07.83
That's the beautiful thing.
00:51:07.86\00:51:09.86
He's not limiting
that to just His children.
00:51:09.90\00:51:12.13
That's why I'm going
to show you the text.
00:51:12.17\00:51:13.57
Verse 1, children,
verse 2, the whole world.
00:51:13.60\00:51:16.54
And there, John 3:16,
00:51:16.57\00:51:17.94
"For God so loved the world."
00:51:17.97\00:51:20.24
There you go.
00:51:20.28\00:51:21.61
He's not just interested
in those who know Him,
00:51:21.64\00:51:23.91
He wants everyone to know Him,
00:51:23.95\00:51:25.95
and everyone to
have their sins cleansed,
00:51:25.98\00:51:28.52
and everyone to
be in His kingdom.
00:51:28.55\00:51:30.82
But you got to come to Him.
00:51:30.85\00:51:32.19
You have to choose
Him as your advocate.
00:51:32.22\00:51:33.89
And if you don't
choose Him as your advocate,
00:51:33.92\00:51:35.52
He's just going to
be your judge, right?
00:51:35.56\00:51:38.89
You're going to
meet Him one day,
00:51:38.93\00:51:40.76
might as well have him
as your defense attorney.
00:51:40.80\00:51:43.47
And by the way,
who's the prosecutor?
00:51:43.50\00:51:44.97
Somebody tell me.
00:51:45.00\00:51:47.07
Satan, the
accuser of our brethren,
00:51:47.10\00:51:50.77
not God,
00:51:50.81\00:51:52.34
the accuser of our brethren,
00:51:52.37\00:51:54.28
who accuses us day and
night has been cast down.
00:51:54.31\00:51:58.05
Amen to that. Amen.
00:51:58.08\00:51:59.68
He's been cast down.
That's why he's upset.
00:51:59.71\00:52:02.62
He's been kicked
out of the court,
00:52:02.65\00:52:04.65
and he's outside
trying to destroy people
00:52:04.69\00:52:07.26
because he knows
he has a short time.
00:52:07.29\00:52:10.49
Okay, number 17, here we go.
00:52:10.53\00:52:12.89
Moving right along.
00:52:12.93\00:52:15.10
"What assurance can we claim
00:52:15.13\00:52:17.40
in light of the judgment?"
00:52:17.43\00:52:19.10
"What assurance can we
claim in light of the judgment?"
00:52:19.13\00:52:22.84
Revelation 3:5,
00:52:22.87\00:52:25.31
Revelation 3:5,
00:52:25.34\00:52:29.64
need some assurance,
00:52:29.68\00:52:31.11
need some blessed assurance.
00:52:31.15\00:52:34.58
Here it is,
00:52:34.62\00:52:35.95
Revelation 3:5,
00:52:35.98\00:52:39.22
"He who overcomes
00:52:39.25\00:52:41.89
shall be clothed in,"
00:52:41.92\00:52:43.36
what kind of garments?
00:52:43.39\00:52:44.79
"White garments,
00:52:44.83\00:52:46.66
and I will not blot out his name
00:52:46.70\00:52:49.40
from the Book of Life,
00:52:49.43\00:52:50.97
but I will," do what?
00:52:51.00\00:52:52.93
"Confess his
name before My Father,
00:52:52.97\00:52:56.67
and before His," What?
00:52:56.71\00:52:58.54
"Angels."
00:52:58.57\00:52:59.91
Now why, why the
Father and the angels?
00:52:59.94\00:53:03.08
Everyone sees what we're doing,
00:53:03.11\00:53:06.28
but whose blood is cleansing us?
00:53:06.31\00:53:09.78
The blood of Jesus Christ,
00:53:09.82\00:53:11.25
His Son,
cleanses us from all sin.
00:53:11.29\00:53:14.42
So now let's say why
the Father and the angels?
00:53:14.46\00:53:17.09
Let's put the
whole Great Controversy
00:53:17.13\00:53:18.96
back on the table here.
00:53:18.99\00:53:20.80
Now the Father
is not in the dark,
00:53:20.83\00:53:23.00
He's not in the
dark, the angels...
00:53:23.03\00:53:25.83
Our angels...
00:53:25.87\00:53:27.20
That's why it says,
00:53:27.24\00:53:28.57
"I will confess his
name before My Father,
00:53:28.60\00:53:30.97
and before His angels,"
00:53:31.01\00:53:32.41
Brother Hutchinson's angels,
00:53:32.44\00:53:33.78
Sister Zeta's
angels, the Yannick's angels,
00:53:33.81\00:53:36.81
Angela's angels,
the list goes on and on.
00:53:36.85\00:53:38.81
I will confess his...
00:53:38.85\00:53:40.18
Because the angel said,
00:53:40.22\00:53:41.55
"I've been following
00:53:41.58\00:53:42.92
Brother Hutchinson all his life,
00:53:42.95\00:53:44.29
and I have some questions
00:53:44.32\00:53:45.65
about whether or not
he should be in here.
00:53:45.69\00:53:47.02
Yannick, I don't know."
00:53:47.06\00:53:49.56
The Lord says,
"Look, Yannick is My son.
00:53:49.59\00:53:52.86
My blood cleanses His sins."
00:53:52.89\00:53:55.40
"All right, if
you say so, Lord."
00:53:55.43\00:53:57.07
You see, the issue
of the Great Controversy
00:53:57.10\00:53:58.53
is huge.
00:53:58.57\00:54:01.00
The angels that
are assigned to us...
00:54:01.04\00:54:04.64
Now this is a sobering thought.
00:54:04.67\00:54:07.31
They are with
us when we know it,
00:54:07.34\00:54:09.81
they are with us
when we acknowledge it,
00:54:09.84\00:54:11.41
and they are with us
when we don't acknowledge it.
00:54:11.45\00:54:13.62
And they are
keeping a very exact record
00:54:13.65\00:54:15.28
of our activities.
00:54:15.32\00:54:18.22
And they'll go
sometimes and I could imagine,
00:54:18.25\00:54:20.32
then I thought,
00:54:20.36\00:54:22.59
"I hate to write this down,
00:54:22.62\00:54:25.59
but according to this,
00:54:25.63\00:54:27.76
he shouldn't be there."
00:54:27.80\00:54:29.86
And then Jesus says,
00:54:29.90\00:54:32.07
"If anyone sins,
00:54:32.10\00:54:34.20
you have an
advocate with the Father,
00:54:34.24\00:54:36.44
Jesus Christ the righteous.
00:54:36.47\00:54:37.87
If you confess your sins,
00:54:37.91\00:54:39.44
I am faithful and just
to forgive you your sins
00:54:39.47\00:54:42.04
and cleanse you from
all unrighteousness."
00:54:42.08\00:54:44.88
So now when the blotting out,
00:54:44.91\00:54:47.68
I will not blot out his name,
00:54:47.72\00:54:49.78
our activities
say to the angels,
00:54:49.82\00:54:52.25
his name shall be blotted out,
00:54:52.29\00:54:53.86
but the blood of Jesus says,
00:54:53.89\00:54:55.39
"His sins
should be blotted out."
00:54:55.42\00:54:57.23
Amen to that?
00:54:57.26\00:54:58.59
Don't blot out my
name, blot out my sins.
00:54:58.63\00:55:02.40
And that's the beauty of Jesus.
00:55:02.43\00:55:04.83
According to the way we
live, sometimes, the name...
00:55:04.87\00:55:07.80
The angel says, "You
need to blot his name out."
00:55:07.84\00:55:09.97
But when you have Jesus
Christ as your advocate,
00:55:10.01\00:55:12.34
then He always says, "No,
I'm blotting his sin out."
00:55:12.37\00:55:15.14
Martin Luther
talked about a dream once,
00:55:15.18\00:55:17.51
the Reformer Martin Luther,
00:55:17.55\00:55:18.91
he said he was
tormented in this dream.
00:55:18.95\00:55:20.68
I remember
reading that years ago.
00:55:20.72\00:55:23.55
And he said, he tossed,
and turned, and in a dream,
00:55:23.59\00:55:26.79
there was a battle
between the Lord and the devil,
00:55:26.82\00:55:29.42
and the devil took out a scroll
00:55:29.46\00:55:31.66
and rolled it
out before the Lord
00:55:31.69\00:55:33.90
and showed the Lord all
of Martin Luther's sins.
00:55:33.93\00:55:37.70
And he said it
was a dream of agony,
00:55:37.73\00:55:40.20
but he continued to look closer.
00:55:40.24\00:55:42.24
And the Lord over
every one of the sins,
00:55:42.27\00:55:44.57
He saw the word stamped,
blotted out, blotted out.
00:55:44.61\00:55:48.41
Come on, blotted out.
00:55:48.44\00:55:50.15
Amen, someone?
00:55:50.18\00:55:51.51
Blotted out,
forgiven, forgiven, forgiven.
00:55:51.55\00:55:54.65
That is our only hope.
00:55:54.68\00:55:56.95
Our names won't be blotted out,
00:55:56.99\00:55:59.02
but our sins
will be blotted out.
00:55:59.05\00:56:01.72
We're going to talk about that
in the context of the judgment.
00:56:01.76\00:56:04.03
When do your
sins get blotted out?
00:56:04.06\00:56:06.03
If your sins are
being forgiven every day,
00:56:06.06\00:56:09.23
they go before us
00:56:09.26\00:56:10.60
as was the case in
the sanctuary services,
00:56:10.63\00:56:13.57
they go into
the most holy place,
00:56:13.60\00:56:15.34
but when do
they get blotted out?
00:56:15.37\00:56:17.51
When does that
cleansing take place?
00:56:17.54\00:56:19.31
That's another
part of the judgment
00:56:19.34\00:56:20.68
that we must understand.
00:56:20.71\00:56:22.04
And I think we'd get one
more in before our time is done.
00:56:22.08\00:56:24.55
Number 18, since
it's a single question,
00:56:24.58\00:56:26.55
let's just get this one
in before our time is done.
00:56:26.58\00:56:29.58
How do we know
00:56:29.62\00:56:31.39
that we can have
victory in the judgment?
00:56:31.42\00:56:34.39
How do we know
00:56:34.42\00:56:35.82
that we can have
victory in the judgment?
00:56:35.86\00:56:40.50
Beautiful question,
00:56:40.53\00:56:42.30
number 18.
00:56:42.33\00:56:43.67
Revelation 12:10,
00:56:43.70\00:56:45.53
Revelation 12:10.
00:56:45.57\00:56:48.10
And here it is.
00:56:48.14\00:56:50.04
"Then I heard a loud
voice saying in heaven."
00:56:50.07\00:56:53.64
Now this loud voice is
the voice of good news.
00:56:53.68\00:56:56.85
"Now salvation, and strength,
00:56:56.88\00:57:00.22
and the kingdom of our God,
00:57:00.25\00:57:02.68
and the power of
His Christ have come,
00:57:02.72\00:57:06.22
for the accuser of our brethren,
00:57:06.25\00:57:09.39
who accuse them before our God
day and night has been," what?
00:57:09.42\00:57:13.60
Say it. "Cast down."
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Let's use the word kicked out.
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The judge said, "Enough.
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Case dismissed."
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In behalf of the saints,
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Daniel 7:25 says,
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Judgment was made...
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We're going to
look at that next week.
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Judgment was made
in favor of the saints,
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and the devil was kicked out,
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didn't like that
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so we can have victory.
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Write this down.
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How do we know that we can
have victory in the judgment?
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Why?
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Because the
accuser has been cast down.
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Write that down. Amen to that.
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He's been
evicted, he's been put out.
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Friends, you know, this
topic of the judgment is one
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that is of great consideration.
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It's not a fearful topic.
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If it doesn't make sense to you,
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keep studying God's
Word because one day,
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I know it'll come
into A Sharper Focus.
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God bless you.
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