Hello, and welcome to
Behold the Lamb presents
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I'm Chris Shelton, your host,
and I'd like to welcome you
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to another wonderful Bible study
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with Pastor Kenny Shelton.
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Today, we're going to
look at something called
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"The Investigative Judgment."
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The Investigative
Judgment, you know,
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many people live as
though they don't have to own up
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to anything or anybody.
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They don't want to
be judged by anyone,
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but as we become
students of the Word,
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we find that there are really
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just two classes of
people living on this earth,
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the righteous
and the unrighteous.
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And how are we going to
know who is in which class.
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God said, we are going to know
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because there is an
investigative judgment.
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In fact,
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the investigative
judgment has already begun.
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So today, we're
going to find out
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just a little bit more about
it and who's going to be in it,
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but first let's go to
the 3ABN Worship Center
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and listen to a
song that is entitled,
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"Remember Me,"
by Sandra Enterman.
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Remember Me
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In a Bible cracked and faded
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By the years
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Remember Me
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In a sanctuary filled
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With silent prayer
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And age to age
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And heart to heart
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Bound by grace and peace
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Child of wonder
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Child of God
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I've remembered you
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Remember Me
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Remember Me
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When the color of the sunset
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Fills the sky
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Remember Me
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When you pray and tears of joy
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Fall from your eyes
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And age to age
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And heart to heart
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Bound by grace and peace
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Child of wonder
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Child of God
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I've remembered you
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Remember Me
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Remember Me
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When the children
leave their Sabbath school
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With smiles
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Remember Me
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When they're old enough to teach
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Old enough to preach
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Old enough to leave
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And age to age
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And heart to heart
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Bound by grace and peace
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Child of wonder
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Child of God
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I've remembered you
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Remember Me
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Age to age and heart to heart
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Child of wonder
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Child of God
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Remember Me
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Age to age and heart to heart
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Child of wonder
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Child of God
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Remember Me
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Thank you for joining us here
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once again in
Behold the Lamb Ministries,
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we really appreciate
each and every one of you.
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Thank you for your prayers,
your support of this ministry
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and all the
ministries around the world
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that's
endeavoring to get the truth
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into every home.
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God bless you, and
we thank you for it.
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Today, we're going to
be talking about something
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very, very interesting,
The Investigative Judgment.
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Once again it's a subject
that's misunderstood by many,
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and that's why we
need to go over it
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based on the Word of God
to find out these truths.
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And we'll find this
a life and death issues
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many people do not realize
that life and death issue
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that we understand
investigative phase
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of this judgment.
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Before we get into that,
naturally we want to pray,
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we always do.
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So we ask that you
would kneel with us,
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where you can,
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and let's pray
together, shall we?
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Loving Father in Heaven,
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again we thank You for
the privilege of prayer,
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we thank You that we
can call You our Father.
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Thankful that we
can call upon Your name,
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You said that You would
answer and You would hear.
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Lord, we need Your Holy
Spirit, send Your Holy Spirit,
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may You illuminate
these beautiful words
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that go into our
hearts and our minds
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to become a part of us.
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We may understand it,
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become more richly
spiritually in Your name.
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Thank You for hearing,
thank You for answering prayer,
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thank You for every person
now in the sound of my voice
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in Jesus' name we pray, amen.
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Again as we study The
Investigative Judgment,
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we look at three
phases of the judgment,
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and a lot of people think,
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oh, there's just one
phase of the judgment,
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but there's three phases,
number one, we just mentioned,
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The Investigative
Phase of the Judgment,
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investigative
phase of the judgment
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is the judge we're talking,
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takes place before Christ comes.
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It makes sense that
you're going to have...
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if something happens you
send out an investigator,
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you see what happened
and who did what, where,
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and so on and so forth
and then sentence is past.
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So the Investigative
Phase is the first part.
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Second is the
Judgment of the Lost,
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and that is
during the 1000 year,
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millennium period,
in 1000 years, you know,
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Christ comes, you
have the 1000 years,
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and then you had the
end of the 1000 years.
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The Executive Department,
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that's judgment is
the third part here
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that we want to
look at or simply,
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I could say the
punishment is what is at the end
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and the close of the 1000 years.
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So three phases of it quickly,
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you can see how
it's divided down.
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The Investigative Judgment,
keep this in mind as we study,
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is announced by the
first angel's message.
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So we can know there is a time,
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we're not gonna
spend time on all of that,
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on this lesson, but we can know
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when the investigative
part of the judgment has begun
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as by looking at
Revelation 14:6, 7,
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is for the
judgment hour has, what?
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Is come. The judgment is come.
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We have been living
in the judgment hour
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for a long time.
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If people recognize that,
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our lives may be a
little bit different,
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our priorities may be
a little bit different.
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If we really realize
that we are in the judgment,
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many, many
millions, millions of names
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have already come
up in the judgment.
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Did you get that?
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Ye billions have
already come up in the judgment,
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and that we're talking about
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those who have
passed off of the scene,
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the next will come
with those of the living.
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And that means, your
name and my name will come up,
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and when our name
comes up in the judgment,
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sins will be passed,
then you will not know it,
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I will not know it here,
but it will be passed before.
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We'll discuss that little more,
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I'll then give an
illustration as we go along.
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What is the condition...
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This might help us.
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What is the
condition of the world
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during this
time of the judgment?
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When the judgment hour commences
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which it already has
a long time ago, 1844.
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What is the
condition of the world?
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Well, I looked up
just a little paragraph
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in the Great Controversy in 491.
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The Bible is very
clear about the condition,
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it's going to be
worse and worse isn't it,
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before the coming of Jesus.
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People are going to be
out doing their own things,
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and so we need to look closely.
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Great
Controversy just says this,
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"The righteous and the wicked
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will be still be
living upon the earth
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in their mortal state..."
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So what about those,
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the righteous one and
the wicked are still what?
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Going around just doing
what we're doing every day.
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Notice, "Men will be planting
and they will be building,
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they're going to be
eating and drinking..."
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just like what,
in the days of what?
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Of Noah.
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Notice this "All are unconscious
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that the final
irrevocable decision
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has been pronounced
in the sanctuary above."
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That's where Jesus win, won it.
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Went back He says and now
then in the heavenly sanctuary
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and what's He doing?
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He's working in our behalf.
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He's pleading our cases, why?
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Because we're in the
hour of God's judgment.
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Very, very important
that we get that in our mind
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and we can say, well,
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what do you mean
there's sins past
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and we don't even know it.
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You remember at the
flood, what happened?
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The door of the ark
closed seven days before what?
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Before it rained.
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What did that mean
when that door closed?
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That means probation closed,
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not another
person would come in,
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so that means what?
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The decision had
already been made in heaven.
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The world knew it not.
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They just laughed and
mocked and continued on.
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They did not realize
that their doom was fixed.
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God put a
separation and He sealed
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when He closed that door
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between the
righteous and the wicked.
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Think about
probation had closed,
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there would be
no changing of it.
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And this is what we're
talking about here today.
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In fact Matthew 24:39, God says,
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"So shall also the
coming of the Son of man be."
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Does that make sense?
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So shall also the
coming of the Son of man be
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as it what?
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As it was in the days of
Noah, investigative judgment.
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Notice this passage
of scripture with me,
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found in Mark 13:35 and 36.
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Mark 13:35 and 36,
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here we would just do
a couple of words here
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that will help us
because of our time
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but you read it all
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because it is imperative
that we read scripture
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and have it in the
context of scripture.
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Mark 13:35 and 36,
simply notice the words,
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I underline this
here, "Watch ye therefore,
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'Lest coming suddenly
he find you sleeping.'"
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These are words
we need to be careful
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especially in
Seventh-day Adventism
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because you hear these messages
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over and over and we get sleepy.
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We think we know, what
we think we've got it all
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because you know it doesn't mean
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you're going to be saved,
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because you have a
head knowledge doesn't mean
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you're going to be saved
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because you
heard a million times
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doesn't mean you're going
to be saved in God's kingdom.
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God said,
there's something here,
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there's a warning here
that you need to be watching.
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You need to be watching why?
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He's going to come suddenly
and when He comes, what?
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He might find you sleeping,
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will be a little lull time
in our Christian experience
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that we're little bit dull,
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we're not
spiritual like we should be
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and that's the
time the enemy wants
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to catch us off guard.
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I say certainly today
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we are living in perilous times,
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would we say that?
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We're living because I
use the word dangerous times,
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could I use maybe the
word we're in, risky times,
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we're living in this world.
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You're running a risk
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every time you
go out of the house.
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Night time
you're running a risk,
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there's a thief,
there's a robber.
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You're running a
risk of hitting somebody
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head on in a car
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that's been maybe taking
things they shouldn't be taking.
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It's risky business
just living, going to work,
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just existing today.
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It's a dangerous time
in which we are living.
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And maybe the growing
danger of this passage,
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the growing danger of
this here for the Christian
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is that it's possible
that we may become weary
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in well doing.
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We may get a little tired
of it because you know people's
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sometime don't do you right.
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You know as a Christian
you try to do the right thing
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and sometimes it
backfires in your face
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and makes you get discouraged,
why do anything for anybody.
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Why try to do something good
or try to do something good,
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it blows up in your face.
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But there's
risky times, remember,
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we may get weary in well doing.
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We may get weary of
watching and waiting.
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Jesus said to
us, you need to pray,
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you need to watch, right?
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You need to be
praying, you need to be ready,
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so that means on
guard all the time.
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If not, what might happen?
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If I'm not watching,
and praying, and studying,
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I'm telling you right now,
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my mind is going to
turn toward the world.
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That's what happens.
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And a lot of the
attractions of the world,
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earth, just dislearn you.
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I want to call
them, attractions are here
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and distractions over here
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and a whole lot
of action over here.
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That's what the enemy is using
to get our eyes off of Christ
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in this time.
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What I probably think at
least what very few people
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considering, I'm saying
very few people considering
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the world's population,
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know that we are now
living in the great day of what?
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Atonement.
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We're living in the
great Day of Atonement.
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Christ is making
atonement for sins.
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Remember, if He doesn't make
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an atonement for
your sin or mine,
00:15:11.04\00:15:12.37
if we're not sending them up,
00:15:12.41\00:15:13.74
if we're not confessing
and forsaking them right now,
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and your name comes up,
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and can very well be
00:15:17.55\00:15:18.91
at the time of the
judgment of the living.
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There's going to be
sins pronounced at that time
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and it's irrevocable,
it will never be changed,
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and that's before He comes back.
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The great Day of
Atoning, you say,
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I'm not sure of the atonement,
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meaning this,
simply of the judgment,
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the judgment of
all nations right now.
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Nations are going
through judgments.
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You know some of the judgments,
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we'll say right now the warnings
00:15:48.91\00:15:50.61
are falling out all
over the world in storms,
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it could be anything,
by land, by sea, by air.
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God is warning us
that we better get ready.
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Destruction is at hand,
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the enemy is working to destroy,
00:16:03.66\00:16:06.19
and he's wanting
to take you and me
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when we're not close to Jesus.
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You get it?
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He wants to put
an end to our life.
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Well, maybe you know
there's something going on,
00:16:14.67\00:16:16.77
you need to be careful, right?
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Now we're thinking of
the judgment of all nations
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and every individual is
passing in the sanctuary above.
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Do you realize the
sanctuary in heaven
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Christ is working in our behalf?
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Think about what's
going on in heaven right now.
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If we really thought
about, we might change our ways.
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See our lives right now,
even though we're down here,
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we're walking around here.
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Our lives right now
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are in the very presence of God.
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Did you get that?
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Our life right now is in
the very presence of God.
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He is reviewing Kenney Shelton.
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That's pretty heavy
duty when you think that
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God of this
universe is reviewing me
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as though there is none
other on the face of this earth.
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And that's the way He does
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'cause there will be no mistake.
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Our lives in the
very presence of God.
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Revealed, what does that mean?
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I mean just in a
dictionary, just the dictionary,
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Webster said, when it
comes to this viewing,
00:17:15.80\00:17:18.50
God viewing us, it simply mean,
00:17:18.53\00:17:20.44
it's a viewing, it's a
study, think about that.
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It's a reexamination of us.
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It's a formal
inspection of our lives.
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It's to review our books.
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Interesting, a review of books.
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An act of going over.
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Think about an act
of going over your name,
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all of heaven is interested.
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How interested are you?
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How certain are we today
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that there is
even is a judgment?
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Are we even
certain there is one?
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Some people say, "I don't care
if there is a judgment or not.
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I'm not going to be involved."
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Yes, you are,
you're going to be involved
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whether you like it or not.
00:18:04.08\00:18:07.35
We don't have a choice in that.
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We are born on
this earth, right,
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we'll be
involved in the judgment
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one or the other.
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Remember the names that
we're talking about today
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so we don't forget are
the names of every person
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who has professed Jesus Christ.
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We're not even
talking about the wicked.
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That's different,
those will be lost.
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That's different,
separate timeframe than this.
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We're talking about every
one that says, "Lord, Lord,
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you know, well, we
accept You as Lord.
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Well, we've been baptized.
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Well, I gave my heart to Jesus."
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Well, what can you
really say about that?
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Millions, billions do that.
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But how many really love
Him with their whole heart.
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How many are
being obedient to Him
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and the investigation goes on.
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Other words, I
give my life to Christ.
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Okay, well, the angel said,
they gave their life to Christ,
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their name written in the book,
we'll see that more as we go.
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I know there's a judgment
because the Bible tells me
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there is a
judgment in Hebrews 9:27.
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Hebrews 9:27.
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Notice this very...
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This passage is used many times.
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Hebrews chapter what?
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9:27.
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The Bible said it is what?
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"It is appointed
unto men once to die,
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but after this," what?
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"The judgment."
00:19:18.39\00:19:19.72
It's appointed
unto man once to die.
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We live here long
enough we're going to die.
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Is that pretty simple
if Jesus doesn't come?
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But after that
what? The judgment.
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Man, that's clear as it can be.
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Question, how many
will appear in the judgment?
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Well, some say,
"I don't want to,
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or is not necessary,
or I didn't believe it,
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the pastor didn't teach it,
00:19:39.24\00:19:40.58
the church I went
to didn't teach it,
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I don't know anything about
it, so I'm not going to appear."
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The Bible says once
again in 2 Corinthians 5:10.
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2 Corinthians 5:10.
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The Bible says, how many? All.
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"For we must all appear
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before the
judgment seat of Christ."
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No exceptions.
How awesome that is.
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What a thought that is
that you will have to appear
00:20:02.60\00:20:05.37
before the
judgment seat of Christ.
00:20:05.40\00:20:07.47
I will too.
00:20:07.50\00:20:09.50
Everything known
about you and about me.
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Well, we may ask why?
00:20:12.71\00:20:14.44
Why would I want
to be in the judgment?
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Why am I in the judgment?
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What does this all mean?
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Well, the verse
continues on when it says,
00:20:20.18\00:20:22.78
"That every one may receive
the things done in," what?
00:20:22.82\00:20:27.02
"In his body, according
to that which he hath done,
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whether it be good or bad."
00:20:30.43\00:20:33.60
So we're going to have
to give account of our what?
00:20:33.63\00:20:36.10
Of our actions, of our
deeds, our words, the motives,
00:20:36.13\00:20:40.94
the things of our heart,
things that we are thinking,
00:20:40.97\00:20:43.14
people don't know about.
00:20:43.17\00:20:45.67
We all must appear
because we're going to give
00:20:45.71\00:20:47.74
an account to God.
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Man, that's it.
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Think about other
things in your life
00:20:50.95\00:20:52.28
you don't really want revealed.
00:20:52.31\00:20:54.12
You don't want people to know.
00:20:54.15\00:20:56.48
But I'm telling you
right now, heaven knows.
00:20:56.52\00:21:00.12
Billions and
trillions of whatever,
00:21:00.16\00:21:01.59
their angels, they all know.
00:21:01.62\00:21:03.96
Other worlds know.
00:21:03.99\00:21:05.46
There's no end to it.
00:21:05.49\00:21:07.06
They know what's going
down here in this little theater
00:21:07.10\00:21:09.66
as it were that's going on
00:21:09.70\00:21:11.10
in your life and in my life.
00:21:11.13\00:21:15.90
Can we really figure
out when we talk about
00:21:15.94\00:21:18.37
all this stuff when
the judgment will start?
00:21:18.41\00:21:21.24
Well, yes, we can,
again that's not going to be
00:21:21.28\00:21:23.31
something we're going
to go on and on about.
00:21:23.35\00:21:25.35
But the Bible
said, Acts Chapter 17.
00:21:25.38\00:21:29.25
Acts 17:30 and 31
tells us about we can know,
00:21:29.28\00:21:35.09
we can figure out
00:21:35.12\00:21:36.46
the judgment when it will start.
00:21:36.49\00:21:37.83
Why?
00:21:37.86\00:21:39.19
Because the Bible said,
Acts 17:30 and 31, it says,
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"God hath appointed a" what?
00:21:42.70\00:21:45.80
"A day, in which he
will judge the world."
00:21:45.83\00:21:49.10
"God hath appointed a day
00:21:49.14\00:21:52.21
in which he will
judge the world."
00:21:52.24\00:21:55.01
In another study
we'll do some time
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we'll reveal that timeframe,
the Bible reveals it clearly.
00:21:57.58\00:22:01.95
So God thinks it's important,
00:22:01.98\00:22:03.49
we need to understand
that it's very, very important
00:22:03.52\00:22:06.86
because your life
is at stake right now.
00:22:06.89\00:22:09.49
My life is at stake.
00:22:09.52\00:22:11.83
If our books you close,
our life books you close today,
00:22:11.86\00:22:15.50
what would be pronounced?
00:22:15.53\00:22:17.83
Now probation closes
today for you and for me,
00:22:17.87\00:22:20.54
how do we stand before God?
00:22:20.57\00:22:24.07
I mean that's, it's an issue
00:22:24.11\00:22:25.54
that we need to
really closely examine
00:22:25.57\00:22:27.64
and get serious
about because you think
00:22:27.68\00:22:30.01
you're going to live
forever in this world,
00:22:30.05\00:22:31.51
you are not and I'm not.
00:22:31.55\00:22:34.52
You think that
God will overlook it
00:22:34.55\00:22:35.88
because you're special.
00:22:35.92\00:22:37.25
Well, you're not special.
00:22:37.29\00:22:38.75
God is no respecter of
persons what the Bible said,
00:22:38.79\00:22:41.22
He loves us all the same.
00:22:41.26\00:22:43.96
He's appointed a day.
00:22:43.99\00:22:46.59
God has appointed
then a certain time
00:22:46.63\00:22:49.73
the scriptures
reveal us when it starts.
00:22:49.76\00:22:52.23
So why?
00:22:52.27\00:22:53.60
So that we're
not without warning.
00:22:53.64\00:22:55.07
Over and over God warns us
that the judgment is beginning.
00:22:55.10\00:22:59.14
This is what takes
place in the judgment.
00:22:59.17\00:23:01.11
This is what's going to be
brought up in the judgment.
00:23:01.14\00:23:04.11
We're going to have to
give account of ourselves.
00:23:04.15\00:23:06.75
Again we may say, we
don't want to give an account,
00:23:06.78\00:23:08.88
we're going to
have to give an account.
00:23:08.92\00:23:10.59
You might get out of it
in this life, you might say,
00:23:10.62\00:23:12.75
I'm not going to answer.
00:23:12.79\00:23:14.12
You might say, I'm
going to take the Fifth.
00:23:14.16\00:23:16.16
Somebody with me?
00:23:16.19\00:23:17.99
You might say, "I'm
going to take the Fifth.
00:23:18.03\00:23:19.49
I don't have to, bear you
will have to give an answer.
00:23:19.53\00:23:22.96
Your life is there.
Your life is recorded.
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Again simple, may let's just
do a reason for the judgment.
00:23:26.84\00:23:30.24
I need to know a
reason for the judgment.
00:23:30.27\00:23:33.27
In very simple he told.
00:23:33.31\00:23:34.88
Ecclesiastics 12:14.
00:23:34.91\00:23:37.55
Ecclesiastes
12:14 makes it so clear.
00:23:37.58\00:23:42.68
Notice the purpose of
the judgment is to say why?
00:23:42.72\00:23:45.95
Because we have professed.
00:23:45.99\00:23:47.56
When the person says,
"I'm a professed Christian,"
00:23:47.59\00:23:49.52
that doesn't mean that
you are, is that right?
00:23:49.56\00:23:51.59
That means I just
make a profession.
00:23:51.63\00:23:54.00
You ask some people, "Well,
I don't believe there's a God,
00:23:54.03\00:23:56.03
but I believe there
is like a higher power.
00:23:56.06\00:23:57.70
I think that's
going to be enough."
00:23:57.73\00:23:59.07
That's not enough.
00:23:59.10\00:24:01.70
It's got to be
more than a profession
00:24:01.74\00:24:03.14
and it has to be a lifestyle,
it has to be some changes made.
00:24:03.17\00:24:07.38
And notice what
Ecclesiastes 12:14 says,
00:24:07.41\00:24:09.91
"For God shall bring
every work into judgment,
00:24:09.94\00:24:14.28
with every secret
thing, whether it be good,
00:24:14.32\00:24:16.79
or whether it be evil."
00:24:16.82\00:24:19.29
Many passages, you
can read from this.
00:24:19.32\00:24:22.06
We don't have time to do that.
00:24:22.09\00:24:23.43
But God during the
judgment is going to bring what?
00:24:23.46\00:24:26.26
Every work,
everything we've ever said done,
00:24:26.29\00:24:30.60
thought, is
going to be brought up
00:24:30.63\00:24:32.43
in the judgment to
see whether we're worthy
00:24:32.47\00:24:35.17
to keep our name in
the Lamb's Book of Life.
00:24:35.20\00:24:38.34
Remember we said while ago,
00:24:38.37\00:24:39.81
well, I give my life to Jesus
and the angels record that.
00:24:39.84\00:24:42.64
We profess to be a what?
00:24:42.68\00:24:44.51
A Christian, but profession
doesn't mean anything.
00:24:44.55\00:24:47.85
It's how is your life?
00:24:47.88\00:24:50.99
How is your life?
00:24:51.02\00:24:52.39
Is in accordance with Scripture?
00:24:52.42\00:24:54.02
Are we doing what
the Bible asked us to do
00:24:54.06\00:24:56.16
to show that we are a Christian?
00:24:56.19\00:24:58.46
That's very interesting to me.
00:24:58.49\00:25:01.00
So, you know, what comes
out of this judgment then?
00:25:01.03\00:25:04.17
Everything is
going to be brought in
00:25:04.20\00:25:06.03
what's going to
come out of the judgment.
00:25:06.07\00:25:08.04
Simply we just mentioned.
00:25:08.07\00:25:09.57
It's going to
determine out of this judgment
00:25:09.60\00:25:13.01
whether we're going to be saved
00:25:13.04\00:25:14.64
or whether we're
going to be lost.
00:25:14.68\00:25:16.51
Think about it
00:25:16.54\00:25:17.88
whether we're going
to be saved or lost.
00:25:17.91\00:25:20.68
In fact the
wonderful Book of Ecclesiastes,
00:25:20.72\00:25:22.38
there is a lot of
wisdom in that book.
00:25:22.42\00:25:25.45
Ecclesiastes 3:17 said.
00:25:25.49\00:25:28.42
Here's what we know for sure.
00:25:28.46\00:25:31.06
It says that
"God will judge" what?
00:25:31.09\00:25:33.29
"Shall judge the
righteous and the wicked."
00:25:33.33\00:25:38.10
Out of these things,
right, the secret things,
00:25:38.13\00:25:41.14
whether we think is good,
00:25:41.17\00:25:42.50
or whether
they're going to be bad
00:25:42.54\00:25:43.87
whatever it is,
everything about us
00:25:43.91\00:25:46.88
God is going to judge.
00:25:46.91\00:25:48.54
And He judges the righteous
and He judges the wicked.
00:25:48.58\00:25:52.31
You know what
an awesome thought.
00:25:52.35\00:25:54.68
See, an awesome
thought to me is every day,
00:25:54.72\00:25:58.45
one day passing after the other.
00:25:58.49\00:26:00.69
They seem to go
rather quickly, don't they?
00:26:00.72\00:26:02.92
Anybody with me?
00:26:02.96\00:26:05.29
The day just
seemed to go by so quick.
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You know, Monday and Tuesday
and all sudden a Sabbath again.
00:26:08.03\00:26:10.93
And it's like
where did the week go?
00:26:10.97\00:26:12.97
But every day,
every day is passing.
00:26:13.00\00:26:15.24
That day is gone.
00:26:15.27\00:26:16.60
You can never get it back,
you can't change what you said,
00:26:16.64\00:26:18.57
what you did, what you've done.
00:26:18.61\00:26:20.14
Some things you can
certainly make restitution,
00:26:20.18\00:26:22.04
things you can
ask forgiveness for,
00:26:22.08\00:26:23.41
but there are some things
00:26:23.45\00:26:24.78
that you can
never approach again.
00:26:24.81\00:26:26.41
Situations
change, somebody has died,
00:26:26.45\00:26:28.12
something happened, you know.
00:26:28.15\00:26:30.15
So every day we look.
00:26:30.19\00:26:32.85
You know, one day
passing after the other,
00:26:32.89\00:26:34.79
every word spoken,
00:26:34.82\00:26:37.76
every deed that's done.
00:26:37.79\00:26:40.90
All the secret motives,
00:26:40.93\00:26:43.80
angels are recording
00:26:43.83\00:26:46.03
both the good and the evil.
00:26:46.07\00:26:50.34
Think about
recording just right there,
00:26:50.37\00:26:52.51
just right there
with you recording.
00:26:52.54\00:26:55.68
It's deciding our destiny.
00:26:55.71\00:26:58.51
You may, "Well, I
decide my destiny."
00:26:58.55\00:27:00.22
Yes, you really are
by the things that you do
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in this life, things that I do.
00:27:03.79\00:27:05.35
I know we have to
accept Jesus Christ.
00:27:05.39\00:27:07.82
But we realize the
good things or the what?
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Bad things what the Bible says.
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What if...?
00:27:14.66\00:27:16.06
What if today that God
would pull back the curtain?
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What if He would?
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In your life right now that
a curtain would just pull back
00:27:21.40\00:27:23.81
and you could see
what was really going on.
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We could see those angels,
00:27:27.34\00:27:29.08
they're just
recording everything.
00:27:29.11\00:27:33.85
Everything that's being recorded
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we have to meet in the judgment.
00:27:35.75\00:27:38.02
I just wonder how many things
00:27:42.66\00:27:46.66
would be left undone
00:27:46.70\00:27:50.53
or were unspoken.
00:27:50.57\00:27:53.87
How many tempered
tantrums would be?
00:27:53.90\00:27:57.51
Maybe we decide we
don't want to go that route.
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Think about it, every gesture,
00:28:03.48\00:28:06.68
even in
gestures there's a reason
00:28:06.72\00:28:08.32
why you make certain gestures.
00:28:08.35\00:28:11.39
It tells of us what's
may be going on the mind
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that may not
come out in the lip,
00:28:13.19\00:28:14.52
we have to be so very careful.
00:28:14.56\00:28:15.92
But the angels are recording it.
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They make no mistakes.
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Let's look a little closer
at this investigative judgment.
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I believe this, we as a
people must understand this.
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We must understand it.
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Could there even be a
more important subject
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that we could be looking at?
00:28:36.31\00:28:38.88
What's more
important in your salvation?
00:28:38.91\00:28:41.48
What's more important in
your relationship with God?
00:28:41.52\00:28:44.35
What's more
important than heaven?
00:28:44.39\00:28:45.72
Are you seeing my point?
00:28:45.75\00:28:47.09
Because this affects all of us,
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every one of us, life and death.
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Daniel the Prophet
records this judgment.
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What a saint?
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Turn with me to
Daniel Chapter 7.
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We'll read it
quickly. Daniel Chapter 7.
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Time is going on quickly.
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Most of us are
familiar, I'm sure with this.
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But notice when you
think about a judgment,
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you think about a
courtroom setting.
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If you read these verses,
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you will see a
courtroom setting,
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a court coming to order.
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If you've ever been to court,
00:29:18.89\00:29:20.59
you'll understand
what I'm talking about.
00:29:20.62\00:29:23.79
Daniel 7:9 and 10.
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Daniel said,
00:29:29.23\00:29:30.57
"I beheld till the
thrones were cast down,"
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notice this,
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"and the
Ancient of days did sit,
00:29:34.10\00:29:36.97
whose garment was white as snow,
00:29:37.01\00:29:39.84
hair of his head
like the pure wool:
00:29:39.87\00:29:43.01
his throne was
like a fiery flame,
00:29:43.04\00:29:46.21
and his wheels
as a burning fire."
00:29:46.25\00:29:49.85
Verse 10, "A fiery
stream issued and came forth
00:29:49.88\00:29:53.05
from before him:" notice
this, "thousands and thousands
00:29:53.09\00:29:57.03
ministered unto
him, ten thousand times,
00:29:57.06\00:29:59.96
ten thousand stood
before him:" notice, the what?
00:30:00.00\00:30:04.57
"The judgment was set,
and the books were opened."
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It's just not a
courtroom setting.
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The king, the
judge, God comes in.
00:30:13.17\00:30:17.71
Notice this and
notice this, you say,
00:30:17.75\00:30:19.38
"Well, it's ten
thousands and thousands times
00:30:19.41\00:30:21.18
ten thousands of angels, why?
00:30:21.22\00:30:22.65
Well, these
angels are witnesses.
00:30:22.68\00:30:26.25
In the court system you
see you have like the lawyers,
00:30:26.29\00:30:29.22
you have the
judge, praise God, right,
00:30:29.26\00:30:31.93
accept Jesus as
your Lord and Savior.
00:30:31.96\00:30:33.56
He's going to be your lawyer,
He's going to be your mediator,
00:30:33.60\00:30:36.26
and He's going to
stand in your behalf,
00:30:36.30\00:30:37.70
He's going to plead your case.
00:30:37.73\00:30:39.07
If you don't have
Him, you don't have a case.
00:30:39.10\00:30:42.20
I don't have a
case without Christ.
00:30:42.24\00:30:44.71
There's no way we can
have a case without Christ.
00:30:44.74\00:30:47.48
We can't win that case.
00:30:47.51\00:30:49.98
But then we have
all these, you know,
00:30:50.01\00:30:51.81
in a jury you have
a jury what 12 jurors
00:30:51.85\00:30:53.55
or whatever it is here.
00:30:53.58\00:30:54.92
But here's, it's thousands,
00:30:54.95\00:30:56.28
ten thousand time
thousands of thousands
00:30:56.32\00:30:57.75
because of the people.
00:30:57.79\00:31:01.39
Angels have been
writing in the book
00:31:01.42\00:31:03.69
to make sure it's right.
00:31:03.73\00:31:06.76
Now before we go on with
that, keep that thought in mind,
00:31:06.80\00:31:10.47
they all stood before God
00:31:10.50\00:31:14.77
judgment was set.
00:31:14.80\00:31:18.81
In Manuscript 17,
1906, this was written.
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Listen carefully.
00:31:22.71\00:31:26.01
"There is an unerring register,
00:31:26.05\00:31:30.19
kept of all sins committed.
00:31:30.22\00:31:33.19
The figures of
guilt rapidly accumulate
00:31:33.22\00:31:36.52
yet the judgment of God
is tempered with mercy."
00:31:36.56\00:31:40.46
See we think sometime we
get into something, we just go,
00:31:40.50\00:31:42.56
and go, and go, and go,
and is never, or is not,
00:31:42.60\00:31:45.20
nothing is
going to happen to us.
00:31:45.23\00:31:46.87
God let you go,
and go, and go, and go,
00:31:46.90\00:31:49.47
at the same time He's
pleading and pleading for you
00:31:49.50\00:31:51.21
to come out of that
thing before the judgment fall,
00:31:51.24\00:31:53.94
before that time period ends.
00:31:53.98\00:31:55.88
He only gives you a
certain period of time
00:31:55.91\00:31:58.48
just like He did all
the nations of the world.
00:31:58.51\00:32:00.85
Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece,
Rome, pagan Rome, papal Rome,
00:32:00.88\00:32:04.05
He had a certain period of time
00:32:04.09\00:32:05.42
because He said
after he will rise what?
00:32:05.45\00:32:07.32
Will rise another.
00:32:07.36\00:32:08.99
Nations are the same way,
00:32:09.02\00:32:10.36
United States of
America is the same way.
00:32:10.39\00:32:12.86
He's given us
only a specific time,
00:32:12.89\00:32:15.16
a certain amount of time
to get it right Sister Mary,
00:32:15.20\00:32:18.77
Brother Kenny, certain
amount of time to get it right.
00:32:18.80\00:32:22.27
And once you reach that time,
00:32:22.30\00:32:23.64
there's no turning
back, it's too late.
00:32:23.67\00:32:25.94
So why are we
dillydallying around with it.
00:32:25.97\00:32:28.01
Notice what it says here,
00:32:28.04\00:32:29.48
"The figures of
guilt rapidly accumulate,
00:32:29.51\00:32:32.41
yet the judgments of
God are tempered with mercy.
00:32:32.45\00:32:37.19
Until the figures
have been reached,
00:32:37.22\00:32:40.36
their appointed limit.
00:32:40.39\00:32:42.26
God continues through
his appointed agencies
00:32:42.29\00:32:45.66
to present the gospel message."
00:32:45.69\00:32:47.23
Did you notice that?
00:32:47.26\00:32:48.60
Even though
we're living opposite
00:32:48.63\00:32:49.96
of what we should be living,
00:32:50.00\00:32:51.33
God still sending you
a message after message.
00:32:51.37\00:32:53.77
He's letting
you hear the gospel.
00:32:53.80\00:32:55.14
He's trying to woo
you back into relationship
00:32:55.17\00:32:57.17
to put Him first in your life.
00:32:57.21\00:32:59.47
That's the way
heaven can be our home.
00:32:59.51\00:33:02.01
But notice, "Until
this time has come,
00:33:02.04\00:33:06.21
God bears long
with divine patience
00:33:06.25\00:33:09.78
and with the
perversity of the wicked."
00:33:09.82\00:33:14.02
But, He notices, "But
He will at last permit
00:33:14.06\00:33:18.09
the destructive
agencies of Satan
00:33:18.13\00:33:20.96
to bear sway to destroy."
00:33:21.00\00:33:24.93
After a way, a
while, after so many long,
00:33:24.97\00:33:27.84
so many years
destruction of Jerusalem AD 70,
00:33:27.87\00:33:30.74
God gave a lot of years,
you remember in prophecy.
00:33:30.77\00:33:32.87
Get it right,
Jerusalem. Get it right.
00:33:32.91\00:33:34.51
If you don't want not
one stone left upon another.
00:33:34.54\00:33:37.35
They didn't get it
right and when that day came
00:33:37.38\00:33:39.51
there wasn't a
stone left upon the other,
00:33:39.55\00:33:41.32
millions perished.
00:33:41.35\00:33:44.19
God's saying the
same thing today.
00:33:44.22\00:33:47.56
I gave you so much
time, every opportunity,
00:33:47.59\00:33:49.92
but there will come a time
when the heart is hardened,
00:33:49.96\00:33:52.16
and we no longer make
the right decision anymore.
00:33:52.19\00:33:54.33
There be no way
you'll ever turn back,
00:33:54.36\00:33:56.06
the one rose from the dead,
you wouldn't believe it anyway.
00:33:56.10\00:33:58.70
So God says, I
just have to let you go.
00:33:58.73\00:34:02.04
He doesn't want to,
but I have to let you go.
00:34:02.07\00:34:03.67
And when He says that,
00:34:03.71\00:34:05.04
the enemy comes
in to destroy you,
00:34:05.07\00:34:07.44
for all you've built up,
00:34:07.48\00:34:08.81
all that you think you might be,
00:34:08.84\00:34:10.18
the rug is pulled.
00:34:10.21\00:34:11.55
The enemy is
going to take you down
00:34:11.58\00:34:12.91
as quickly as he can.
00:34:12.95\00:34:15.28
Daniel 7:13 and 14.
00:34:15.32\00:34:17.79
Read, oh, our time
is going by, 13 to 14.
00:34:17.82\00:34:20.62
Notice what Daniel said.
00:34:20.66\00:34:22.02
Man, I'm telling you
this really gets down to it.
00:34:22.06\00:34:24.43
Daniel 7:13.
00:34:24.46\00:34:27.10
He said, "I saw
in the night vision,"
00:34:27.13\00:34:28.96
what was Daniel having?
00:34:29.00\00:34:30.87
He was having a
vision, "Behold," he said,
00:34:30.90\00:34:32.77
"one like the Son of man
came into the clouds of heaven,
00:34:32.80\00:34:36.84
and came to the
Ancient of days."
00:34:36.87\00:34:38.34
Here comes Jesus, right?
00:34:38.37\00:34:40.31
In the
judgment, here comes Jesus
00:34:40.34\00:34:42.14
and He comes up to the Father.
00:34:42.18\00:34:45.41
Isn't that wonderful
He's coming up to the Father
00:34:45.45\00:34:47.15
because we're in the judgment
and He knows, Kenny needs help.
00:34:47.18\00:34:51.05
He knows I am a lost
cause, there's nothing I can do,
00:34:51.09\00:34:53.52
I have sinned, I've come
short of the glory of God,
00:34:53.56\00:34:55.92
I'm under the death
sentence, and I need Jesus.
00:34:55.96\00:35:00.10
And Jesus shows up in
the judgment to represent
00:35:00.13\00:35:03.16
those who will
lead Him represent Him.
00:35:03.20\00:35:05.53
Think about it.
00:35:05.57\00:35:08.90
"Clouds of heaven came
to the Ancient of days,
00:35:08.94\00:35:12.17
and they brought
him near before him."
00:35:12.21\00:35:14.38
Oh boy, 14.
00:35:14.41\00:35:17.15
"And there was given
him dominion, and glory,
00:35:17.18\00:35:19.98
and a kingdom, and
all the people, nations,
00:35:20.02\00:35:22.48
language and so
on to serve him."
00:35:22.52\00:35:23.99
Think about this
right here just with me.
00:35:24.02\00:35:25.62
This is important.
00:35:25.65\00:35:27.86
The coming of Christ here
that we're just now talking
00:35:27.89\00:35:31.29
about the coming of
Christ here in this verse
00:35:31.33\00:35:34.03
is not the second
coming of Christ to the earth.
00:35:34.06\00:35:38.13
Did you get that?
00:35:38.17\00:35:39.50
The coming of
Christ here to the Father
00:35:39.53\00:35:41.60
is not the second
coming of Jesus Christ.
00:35:41.64\00:35:44.74
We're still in the
investigative phase,
00:35:44.77\00:35:46.61
did you see that?
00:35:46.64\00:35:47.98
Notice, Jesus came
to the Ancient of days.
00:35:48.01\00:35:51.01
Who is the Ancient of days?
00:35:51.05\00:35:52.65
The Ancient of days
which is God the Father,
00:35:52.68\00:35:54.48
isn't that right?
00:35:54.52\00:35:55.85
How do we know that
God the Father is always...
00:35:55.88\00:35:57.55
Let me read just one
passage there in Psalms.
00:35:57.59\00:35:59.55
Turn with me quickly
to the Book of Psalms 90.
00:35:59.59\00:36:03.86
Psalms 90:2.
00:36:03.89\00:36:06.56
Psalms 90:2.
00:36:06.59\00:36:08.76
Notice what says
here, "The Ancient of days,"
00:36:08.80\00:36:11.27
the Bible says it like this,
00:36:11.30\00:36:13.00
"Before the
mountains were brought forth,
00:36:13.03\00:36:15.77
or ever thou hadst form
the earth and the world,
00:36:15.80\00:36:19.04
even from everlasting to
everlasting thou art God."
00:36:19.07\00:36:25.01
Jesus was brought
before the Ancient of days.
00:36:25.05\00:36:27.52
Did you notice that,
00:36:27.55\00:36:28.88
before the
mountains were brought,
00:36:28.92\00:36:30.25
before anything
was said, God were,
00:36:30.29\00:36:31.75
He's been from
everlasting to everlasting.
00:36:31.79\00:36:33.82
There's no
beginning and there is no end.
00:36:33.86\00:36:37.43
Christ coming to the Father
00:36:37.46\00:36:40.43
as Daniel 7:14 tells us.
00:36:40.46\00:36:43.50
And notice this,
00:36:43.53\00:36:44.87
there was given to Him dominion.
00:36:44.90\00:36:46.94
Ah, you read in
verse 14, Daniel 7:14.
00:36:46.97\00:36:49.44
What was given to Jesus?
00:36:49.47\00:36:51.94
Dominion, good,
and glory, right,
00:36:51.97\00:36:54.18
and a kingdom
which will be giving Him
00:36:54.21\00:36:56.91
at the close of His
work as our mediator.
00:36:56.95\00:37:01.95
So He had a work to do.
00:37:01.98\00:37:03.89
So at the close then
00:37:03.92\00:37:05.25
of the 2,300
days longest prophecy,
00:37:05.29\00:37:08.52
2,300 years of Daniel 8:14.
00:37:08.56\00:37:11.49
Notice this, and
that ended in what?
00:37:11.53\00:37:14.80
1844.
00:37:14.83\00:37:16.60
1844, this longest 2,300 days.
00:37:16.63\00:37:19.57
Daniel 8:14.
00:37:19.60\00:37:21.44
And then again
it identifies Christ
00:37:21.47\00:37:23.61
when He was baptized,
00:37:23.64\00:37:24.97
it identifies right
His death on Calvary,
00:37:25.01\00:37:27.31
it identifies that gospel going
to the Gentiles through Paul,
00:37:27.34\00:37:29.94
we understand that
message 1810 years left,
00:37:29.98\00:37:32.98
we look 'cause
He's crucified in 34 AD.
00:37:33.01\00:37:35.65
1810 years is 1844.
00:37:35.68\00:37:39.72
That hour of His
judgment has come.
00:37:39.75\00:37:43.09
A warning that was given.
00:37:43.12\00:37:44.76
Man, if we just look
back and we see the warnings
00:37:44.79\00:37:46.76
that God gave
about the judgment hour,
00:37:46.80\00:37:48.66
it would knock our socks off.
00:37:48.70\00:37:50.87
If we just study
00:37:50.90\00:37:52.23
about the great
Lisbon earthquake,
00:37:52.27\00:37:54.34
was it 1755, it
was to wake what?
00:37:54.37\00:37:57.21
1755 was close, right?
00:37:57.24\00:37:59.11
1844.
00:37:59.14\00:38:00.48
God begin to warm the world,
"Wake them up, I'm coming."
00:38:00.51\00:38:02.94
You look at the
falling of the stars
00:38:06.85\00:38:08.62
and so on and so forth.
00:38:08.65\00:38:11.45
That's what
1833 falling of star.
00:38:11.49\00:38:13.59
That was close to
1844, 10, 11 years
00:38:13.62\00:38:16.62
before the judgment hour began.
00:38:16.66\00:38:18.59
Here comes this hour,
00:38:18.63\00:38:19.96
to get the
attention of the world
00:38:20.00\00:38:21.66
that we're now
entering in the judgment hour,
00:38:21.70\00:38:23.87
we need to get our lives right.
00:38:23.90\00:38:25.80
Study the earthly
sanctuary where you can see
00:38:25.83\00:38:27.64
exactly where
all this is leading,
00:38:27.67\00:38:29.07
where all this comes from,
00:38:29.10\00:38:30.44
how you can put it together,
can make no mistake about it.
00:38:30.47\00:38:34.01
1844. What is it?
00:38:34.04\00:38:35.74
Jesus when He first went
back to heaven, where did He go?
00:38:35.78\00:38:38.31
He went into the what?
00:38:38.35\00:38:39.68
There's two
apartments, holy and most holy.
00:38:39.71\00:38:41.28
He went where? He
went into the holy place.
00:38:41.32\00:38:45.42
For a lot of years, He
stayed in the holy place.
00:38:45.45\00:38:47.76
1844 is when He
stepped out of the holy
00:38:47.79\00:38:51.03
into the most holy place.
00:38:51.06\00:38:52.99
And the most holy place
00:38:53.03\00:38:54.36
there was one article
of furniture What is it?
00:38:54.40\00:38:56.53
The Ark of the Covenant.
00:38:56.56\00:38:57.90
What's in the
Ark of the Covenant?
00:38:57.93\00:38:59.27
The Ten Commandment law
is in the Ark of Covenant.
00:38:59.30\00:39:01.94
Jesus standing over the Ark,
00:39:01.97\00:39:03.71
over the Ark of the Ten
Commandments is a mercy seat,
00:39:03.74\00:39:06.27
and two angels that are
over because we need mercy,
00:39:06.31\00:39:09.34
because we've
broken the law of God.
00:39:09.38\00:39:12.05
It says, throw the law
of God out some people say,
00:39:12.08\00:39:14.18
"We don't worry about
the law of God anymore."
00:39:14.22\00:39:16.08
Come on somebody,
we need to wake up.
00:39:16.12\00:39:18.35
This is what it's all about
'cause we've broken the law.
00:39:18.39\00:39:21.62
Only one place,
00:39:21.66\00:39:22.99
only one
definition of what sin is.
00:39:23.02\00:39:24.89
1 John 3:4,
isn't it? What is it?
00:39:24.93\00:39:26.43
Sin is the
transgression of God's law.
00:39:26.46\00:39:30.27
Think about it.
00:39:30.30\00:39:31.63
Sin is the transgression of God.
00:39:31.67\00:39:33.00
This is what this
whole mess is all about.
00:39:33.03\00:39:34.94
This is why there is a
judgment because some what?
00:39:34.97\00:39:37.24
Have broken the
law. We've all broken it.
00:39:37.27\00:39:39.51
Some have confessed,
and repented, and forsaken,
00:39:39.54\00:39:42.41
they'll stand
righteous before God.
00:39:42.44\00:39:44.38
Others are trying to
cover, is not going to work.
00:39:44.41\00:39:48.88
So remember only those
who confess and repent of sins
00:39:48.92\00:39:53.66
through the
blood are now entitled.
00:39:53.69\00:39:56.83
Notice this, Christ
is looking for those
00:39:56.86\00:39:59.03
who are entitled to heaven.
00:39:59.06\00:40:02.93
The only people
that's going to be
00:40:02.96\00:40:04.47
considered for heaven are those
who have repented of their sin
00:40:04.50\00:40:07.84
and turn from bad.
00:40:07.87\00:40:09.24
And again only
ones consider is those
00:40:10.84\00:40:12.61
who profess to be a
Christian. Notice that.
00:40:12.64\00:40:15.54
The judgment of
the wicked, I said,
00:40:15.58\00:40:16.95
"Pour takes place at
a whole different time."
00:40:16.98\00:40:19.28
How do you know the
judgment begins with those
00:40:19.31\00:40:21.08
who profess to be a Christian?
00:40:21.12\00:40:22.68
How do we know it begins
with the professed Christians?
00:40:22.72\00:40:25.29
Because the Bible says that.
00:40:25.32\00:40:27.52
1 Peter 4:17.
00:40:27.56\00:40:29.62
1 Peter 4:17.
00:40:29.66\00:40:32.33
The Bible is very,
very clear about that.
00:40:32.36\00:40:35.56
It talks about a judgment.
00:40:35.60\00:40:37.40
The Old Testament
talks about a judgment.
00:40:37.43\00:40:39.17
The New Testament
talks about a judgment.
00:40:39.20\00:40:40.94
The Bible writers
talk about a judgment.
00:40:40.97\00:40:42.87
1 Peter 4:17 says,
"Judgment must begin," where?
00:40:44.14\00:40:47.74
"At the house of God."
00:40:47.78\00:40:49.11
What does that mean?
00:40:49.14\00:40:50.48
It begins with those who
profess to be a Christian,
00:40:50.51\00:40:53.08
that's where judgment begins.
00:40:53.11\00:40:54.45
Notice.
00:40:54.48\00:40:55.82
And it says now, listen
this, "If it first began at us,
00:40:55.85\00:40:58.52
what shall be the end of
them that obey not the gospel."
00:40:58.55\00:41:02.76
Wow.
00:41:02.79\00:41:04.13
What's going to happen to
those who obey not the gospel?
00:41:05.46\00:41:07.83
Oh, it's not good
news at all, is it?
00:41:07.86\00:41:09.56
Maybe we can consider this one.
00:41:10.67\00:41:12.00
Some may want to throw this out,
00:41:12.03\00:41:13.37
that's going to be up to you.
00:41:13.40\00:41:14.74
I'm not going to
throw it out because I think
00:41:14.77\00:41:16.10
this begins to be it in depth.
00:41:16.14\00:41:17.91
I believe this begins to get
into the real meat of the word
00:41:17.94\00:41:21.61
when we consider Ezekiel 9:6.
00:41:21.64\00:41:25.28
You member you
have the angel there,
00:41:25.31\00:41:27.45
ink cone, you know,
the rider, he's going to
00:41:27.48\00:41:29.35
and he's marking the
ones who will be saved,
00:41:29.38\00:41:32.42
the righteous
covered by the blood.
00:41:32.45\00:41:36.02
Notice what Ezekiel 9:6.
00:41:36.06\00:41:38.46
It says here because all
00:41:38.49\00:41:39.83
that was going on as
it were in the church,
00:41:39.86\00:41:42.90
the way people
turn their back on God
00:41:42.93\00:41:44.67
professing to be
one thing doing another.
00:41:44.70\00:41:46.94
So the time was
going to come, notice this.
00:41:48.50\00:41:50.41
And this has direct application
00:41:50.44\00:41:52.44
to the destruction of
Jerusalem first of all.
00:41:52.47\00:41:55.94
But it has a direct
application to us who are living
00:41:55.98\00:41:58.58
just before Jesus comes.
00:41:58.61\00:42:00.45
This is what makes it
very, very important to me.
00:42:00.48\00:42:02.85
Maybe we'll discuss a
little more about that.
00:42:02.88\00:42:04.49
Here's what it says
00:42:04.52\00:42:05.85
as the angel or the
rider with the ink cone
00:42:05.89\00:42:08.26
on his sides stamping,
putting a seal on the people,
00:42:08.29\00:42:10.96
"Slay utterly old and young,"
00:42:10.99\00:42:13.16
Ezekiel 9:6,
00:42:13.19\00:42:14.53
"both maids,
and little children,
00:42:14.56\00:42:17.43
and women: but
come not near any man
00:42:17.47\00:42:20.50
upon whom is the
mark, and begin," where?
00:42:20.54\00:42:24.97
Here it is again.
00:42:25.01\00:42:26.34
"And begin at my sanctuary."
00:42:26.37\00:42:29.44
Begin with those who profess Me,
00:42:29.48\00:42:31.48
those who are living for Me."
00:42:31.51\00:42:32.98
Notice this, "Then they began
00:42:33.01\00:42:34.92
at the ancient men
which were before the house."
00:42:34.95\00:42:38.19
Do you realize how many,
again, millions and billions,
00:42:40.56\00:42:42.86
they already have the destinies,
00:42:44.09\00:42:45.83
it's already there.
00:42:45.86\00:42:47.90
It's just not brought forth
yet because Jesus hasn't come.
00:42:47.93\00:42:50.73
Their sins has been pronounced.
00:42:52.07\00:42:55.00
Every day names are coming up.
00:42:55.04\00:42:58.21
Begin, it says,
"At my sanctuary."
00:42:58.24\00:43:01.24
I said before in
the primary application,
00:43:01.28\00:43:04.51
this vision marks the close
of probation for Jerusalem.
00:43:04.55\00:43:08.92
But in the last days, we're
talking about a judgment here,
00:43:10.22\00:43:13.96
begins at the house of what?
00:43:13.99\00:43:16.22
Of God.
00:43:16.26\00:43:18.49
May I get a little
more personal with it.
00:43:18.53\00:43:20.40
I believe it begins with
those who have had great light,
00:43:20.43\00:43:25.20
those who have been
given great light here
00:43:25.23\00:43:27.00
in these last days,
00:43:27.04\00:43:28.37
the preachers, and the teachers,
00:43:28.40\00:43:29.74
and all these
educators, and people who think
00:43:29.77\00:43:31.61
they maybe know
so much about it.
00:43:31.64\00:43:34.11
They have been
guardians of spiritual interest
00:43:34.14\00:43:37.45
of the people, they
have failed miserably.
00:43:37.48\00:43:40.82
God said, I sent
people in positions
00:43:40.85\00:43:42.68
'cause they are to guard
00:43:42.72\00:43:44.29
the spiritual
interest of My church,
00:43:44.32\00:43:46.76
to get up here, and
get people laughing,
00:43:46.79\00:43:48.52
and carrying on every day,
00:43:48.56\00:43:49.89
and fooling around
with all kind of stuff
00:43:49.92\00:43:51.73
that doesn't
amount to the end of time.
00:43:51.76\00:43:53.50
I can't get into that.
00:43:53.53\00:43:54.86
I'm just telling you why?
00:43:54.90\00:43:56.23
Because of this right now.
00:43:56.26\00:43:57.60
God said, "The time will
come when probation close.
00:43:57.63\00:43:59.43
Go out, that it's
destroying angels,
00:43:59.47\00:44:01.44
and destroy men,
women, children, maidens.
00:44:01.47\00:44:03.74
Why? Because
they'll never accept Him.
00:44:05.84\00:44:07.18
Because He's fair.
00:44:07.21\00:44:08.84
Because He said, "You will
be judged by good and evil.
00:44:08.88\00:44:11.68
The good things you've done..."
00:44:11.71\00:44:13.05
Put them out in a book,
every thought, every intent,
00:44:13.08\00:44:15.62
every motive of the heart.
00:44:15.65\00:44:16.99
Can't make a mistake right here.
00:44:17.02\00:44:18.35
If you accept Me,
then I can help you.
00:44:18.39\00:44:19.99
You confess it.
00:44:20.02\00:44:21.36
During this time here,
00:44:21.39\00:44:22.72
sins that are not
confessed and forsaken,
00:44:22.76\00:44:24.59
you see, they stay with you.
00:44:24.63\00:44:26.26
And in the judgment
they come back to bite you,
00:44:27.56\00:44:30.33
and heaven will
never be your home.
00:44:30.37\00:44:32.03
That's why it's so simple now
00:44:32.07\00:44:33.44
to ask God to forgive
us and really mean it.
00:44:33.47\00:44:36.94
Forsaking of sin. Why?
00:44:36.97\00:44:38.87
So that God can blot out here.
Our time is running quickly.
00:44:38.91\00:44:41.54
Our sins need to be blotted out.
00:44:41.58\00:44:43.41
This is what I
always think about that.
00:44:44.51\00:44:46.92
We have over the years,
confess many, many sins.
00:44:46.95\00:44:50.02
I have.
00:44:50.05\00:44:51.62
And I believe that
they've been covered
00:44:51.65\00:44:53.59
by the blood of the Lamb.
00:44:53.62\00:44:54.99
I have to have faith that
His blood is powerful enough
00:44:55.02\00:44:58.39
to cleanse me from
all unrighteousness.
00:44:58.43\00:45:01.43
But they're just covered
now, Sister Mary, Brother Mark,
00:45:01.46\00:45:04.63
they're just covered.
00:45:04.67\00:45:06.00
But there comes a
time of refreshing
00:45:06.03\00:45:08.04
in this judgment
where they're blotted out.
00:45:08.07\00:45:10.61
There's a difference
in blotting out of sins
00:45:10.64\00:45:12.67
and being covered by the blood.
00:45:12.71\00:45:14.14
Being covered by blood means
00:45:14.18\00:45:15.51
you can be saved
in God's Kingdom, yes.
00:45:15.54\00:45:17.88
But at time when
God blots them out
00:45:17.91\00:45:19.88
and He says, He
remembers them no more.
00:45:19.91\00:45:22.68
We are in that time
when your name comes up,
00:45:22.72\00:45:25.35
either the blood is covering
00:45:25.39\00:45:26.72
and you're living a
righteous life, what?
00:45:26.76\00:45:28.89
According to the law of God,
and the grace of God and what?
00:45:28.92\00:45:33.26
If you're living
that way right there,
00:45:33.29\00:45:35.20
sins is past,
heaven's going to be your home.
00:45:35.23\00:45:37.63
But if not,
00:45:37.67\00:45:39.93
you don't have the mark of God,
00:45:39.97\00:45:41.30
you have the mark of the enemy.
00:45:41.34\00:45:42.94
And He says, "Depart from
Me, you workers of iniquity.
00:45:42.97\00:45:45.17
I don't know you."
00:45:45.21\00:45:49.58
But those who have
00:45:49.61\00:45:50.95
the spiritual
interest of the church
00:45:50.98\00:45:53.05
needs to keep
it alive, and well,
00:45:53.08\00:45:54.58
and quit worrying about,
00:45:54.62\00:45:55.95
you know, Halloween,
and all these holidays,
00:45:55.98\00:45:58.55
and all this
junk that's going on
00:45:58.59\00:46:00.02
in the world today.
00:46:00.06\00:46:01.39
You know, all the
stuff that's going,
00:46:01.42\00:46:02.76
all the murders,
killing, abortions,
00:46:02.79\00:46:04.16
things that are
happening along in the church
00:46:04.19\00:46:05.89
and out of the church,
00:46:05.93\00:46:07.26
we need to get it right.
00:46:08.50\00:46:09.90
We've got to get it right.
00:46:11.27\00:46:12.63
If you're a
guardian of this truth
00:46:14.64\00:46:16.37
and everybody learns this truth,
00:46:16.40\00:46:17.84
you are a guardian.
00:46:17.87\00:46:19.71
You are a guardian.
00:46:22.31\00:46:23.65
That means you guard it
00:46:23.68\00:46:25.21
because you
know that it's right,
00:46:25.25\00:46:27.15
you're a protector of it.
00:46:27.18\00:46:28.88
But many today, who
supposed to be guardians,
00:46:32.35\00:46:35.29
they fail
miserably, they betrayed God,
00:46:35.32\00:46:38.03
they betrayed us as a people.
00:46:38.06\00:46:40.80
They're unfaithful shepherds,
and they're going to perish,
00:46:40.83\00:46:44.07
no doubt about it.
00:46:44.10\00:46:45.53
See, heaven makes a decision
00:46:45.57\00:46:47.97
for or against every individual.
00:46:48.00\00:46:50.01
I think we're sure
of that, we know that.
00:46:50.04\00:46:52.47
Daniel 7:10.
00:46:52.51\00:46:54.98
He said, remember
the judgment was set
00:46:55.01\00:46:56.95
and the books were what?
00:46:56.98\00:46:58.31
Quickly.
00:46:58.35\00:46:59.68
We have only
less than 10 minutes.
00:46:59.71\00:47:01.05
The books were open.
00:47:01.08\00:47:02.42
Notice the books.
00:47:02.45\00:47:03.79
John the Revelator
says this, Revelation 20:12.
00:47:03.82\00:47:05.85
I'll move quickly.
00:47:05.89\00:47:07.22
You better move with me,
write it down, read it later.
00:47:07.26\00:47:09.22
"And I saw the dead,
small, great, stand before God,
00:47:09.26\00:47:12.59
and the books were opened."
00:47:12.63\00:47:13.96
reading on it says,
00:47:16.00\00:47:17.90
"And another book was opened,
which is called the," what?
00:47:17.93\00:47:20.57
"The Book of Life.
00:47:20.60\00:47:22.07
The dead were
judged out of those things
00:47:22.10\00:47:24.34
which were written in the books,
00:47:24.37\00:47:26.17
according to their works."
00:47:26.21\00:47:27.54
Does that make sense?
00:47:27.58\00:47:28.91
Let's add
Revelation 20:15 right now.
00:47:30.95\00:47:33.48
Why? Because it says,
"Whosoever was not..."
00:47:33.52\00:47:36.18
Revelation what?
00:47:36.22\00:47:37.55
20:15.
00:47:37.59\00:47:39.15
"And whosoever was not found
written in the book of," what?
00:47:39.19\00:47:42.79
"Book of life was cast
into the lake of fire."
00:47:42.82\00:47:45.76
If your name is not written
in the Lamb's Book of Life,
00:47:45.79\00:47:48.00
will be cast into the
lake of fire, notice that.
00:47:48.03\00:47:51.13
What does the
Book of Life contain?
00:47:51.17\00:47:53.23
What is it all about?
00:47:53.27\00:47:55.34
It simply
contains any person's name
00:47:55.37\00:47:57.57
who ever accepted Jesus
as their Lord and Savior.
00:47:57.61\00:48:00.84
But again there has to be proof.
00:48:00.88\00:48:02.71
The proof is in the pudding,
the proof is in your life,
00:48:02.74\00:48:05.61
the proof as it
change, is truth changing you.
00:48:05.65\00:48:08.02
Are you still same old,
same old that you used to be
00:48:08.05\00:48:11.45
or has it really changed
you, are you a different person.
00:48:11.49\00:48:14.02
Your neighbors look at,
and your family looks and says,
00:48:14.06\00:48:15.76
oh, my lambs of love,
I don't even recognize.
00:48:15.79\00:48:18.16
I mean they've changed so much.
00:48:18.19\00:48:20.16
That's what the
word does inside.
00:48:20.20\00:48:22.10
Luke 10:20 says,
00:48:22.13\00:48:24.67
"Rejoice, rejoice because
your names are written," what?
00:48:24.70\00:48:27.80
"Are written in heaven."
00:48:27.84\00:48:29.70
You know your name is
written by faith in heaven,
00:48:29.74\00:48:31.41
we need to rejoice.
00:48:31.44\00:48:32.77
Daniel 12:1, the Bible tells us,
00:48:32.81\00:48:34.78
"That God's people
will be delivered."
00:48:34.81\00:48:37.81
Notice, who's
going to be delivered?
00:48:37.85\00:48:39.45
He's talking
about time of trouble
00:48:39.48\00:48:40.82
that the world
has never seen before.
00:48:40.85\00:48:42.58
He said, "God's
people will be delivered."
00:48:42.62\00:48:44.55
But notice who's
going to be delivered?
00:48:44.59\00:48:46.25
Daniel 12:1.
00:48:46.29\00:48:47.62
"Everyone that shall be
found written in the book."
00:48:47.66\00:48:49.96
Yet to be written in the book.
00:48:51.03\00:48:52.69
Paul says in Philippians 4:3,
00:48:52.73\00:48:54.96
tells that the
faithful, notice it,
00:48:55.00\00:48:56.87
the faithful ones whose
names are in the Book of Life.
00:48:56.90\00:49:00.20
Paul is talking about it,
John's talking about it here.
00:49:00.24\00:49:02.80
Revelation comes up.
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Again Revelation 21:27 says,
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"Only those who
enter the City of God
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are those who are written
in the Lamb's Book of Life."
00:49:08.54\00:49:12.78
Only ones what?
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Go to heaven.
00:49:14.18\00:49:15.52
The ones written in
the Lamb's Book of Life.
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Remember there is a
Book of Remembrance.
00:49:17.52\00:49:19.75
I'll go as quickly as I can,
there's a Book of Remembrance,
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it's recorded the
good deeds, Malachi 3:16.
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"Then that feared the Lord
and thought upon His name."
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Do you fear God, you have
reverence and respect for Him?
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Do you think about it?
00:49:33.23\00:49:34.57
And you think upon His name?
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You'd love to come to church.
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You love to
study the Word of God.
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Nehemiah 13:14 says this.
00:49:38.71\00:49:40.51
And notice this when you say,
00:49:40.54\00:49:42.41
"Well, I've got a
lot of good works.
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Look at all my good works."
00:49:43.81\00:49:45.41
If we don't match up
to what Christ had said,
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all those good
works are even erased.
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Look what Nehemiah 13:14
says, he's crying out, he said,
00:49:50.65\00:49:53.56
"Wipe not out my good deeds
00:49:53.59\00:49:56.49
that I have done
for the house of God."
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Don't wipe them out.
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There's also a
record kept of sins of men.
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Isaiah 65:6 and 7 says,
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"Behold, it is
written before me."
00:50:08.14\00:50:10.41
God is talking, He said,
00:50:10.44\00:50:11.77
"Behold, it's written before Me,
00:50:11.81\00:50:13.61
'Your iniquities,
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and the iniquities of
Your fathers together,
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saith the Lord.'"
00:50:17.48\00:50:18.81
But notice how
he's talking about,
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it is written.
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It's written in a book.
00:50:21.58\00:50:22.92
Your iniquities,
everything is there.
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There is proof.
00:50:24.32\00:50:25.65
There is a court going on.
00:50:25.69\00:50:27.02
There is a judgment going on.
00:50:27.06\00:50:28.39
And what is the standard?
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The standard is going to be used
00:50:30.06\00:50:31.96
in testing our characters
and our lives in the judgment
00:50:31.99\00:50:35.66
is the law of God.
00:50:35.70\00:50:38.80
Did you get it?
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The standard that
will be used in testing
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you, me, every one of us,
it will be the law of God.
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Why?
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It's simple, Apostle
James says in James 2:12.
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James 2:12.
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Notice what apostle
says, "So speak ye, and so do,
00:50:55.52\00:50:59.89
as they that shall
be judged by the," what?
00:50:59.92\00:51:02.86
"By the law of liberty."
00:51:02.89\00:51:04.23
The Ten Commandment law.
00:51:04.26\00:51:05.79
Are we going to be what?
00:51:05.83\00:51:07.16
You speak
according to law of God.
00:51:07.20\00:51:08.53
You do according
to the law of God.
00:51:08.56\00:51:10.17
You're going to be
judged by the law of God.
00:51:10.20\00:51:13.00
This is so clear, we can see it.
00:51:13.03\00:51:14.37
And then Ecclesiastes comes up.
00:51:14.40\00:51:16.17
Ecclesiastes 12:13 and 14.
00:51:16.20\00:51:20.08
Notice what it says here,
00:51:20.11\00:51:21.44
"Fear God, and
keep His commandments:"
00:51:21.48\00:51:24.05
You know this what?
00:51:24.08\00:51:25.41
"For this is the
whole duty of man.
00:51:25.45\00:51:28.98
For God shall bring
every work into judgment."
00:51:29.02\00:51:31.59
What's the whole duty of man?
00:51:31.62\00:51:32.95
Somebody help me out.
00:51:32.99\00:51:34.32
What's the whole duty of God?
00:51:34.36\00:51:35.76
Fear God and keep His command.
00:51:35.79\00:51:37.69
This is the whole duty.
00:51:37.73\00:51:39.06
Don't, well, we can
break them in God's grace.
00:51:39.09\00:51:40.93
Praise God for His grace.
00:51:40.96\00:51:42.93
I'm sure He
doesn't cover sin, does it?
00:51:42.96\00:51:45.83
The judgment will
produce whether you're worthy,
00:51:45.87\00:51:50.87
righteous or not,
and whether you're going
00:51:50.91\00:51:53.38
to rise in that
first resurrection.
00:51:53.41\00:51:57.31
We had time,
would read John 5:29.
00:51:57.35\00:52:00.05
It's important we come up
in that first resurrection,
00:52:00.08\00:52:02.32
if we have died in Jesus Christ
00:52:02.35\00:52:03.79
and all the
millions and billions.
00:52:03.82\00:52:05.45
I want to come up in
the first resurrection.
00:52:05.49\00:52:08.06
You come up in the
second resurrection,
00:52:08.09\00:52:09.62
you're doomed to hell.
00:52:09.66\00:52:10.99
Did you get it?
00:52:11.03\00:52:12.43
There's no other
chance, there's no other way.
00:52:12.46\00:52:14.10
There's nothing else
because you have chosen it.
00:52:14.13\00:52:17.87
God doesn't want that,
00:52:17.90\00:52:19.23
He wants us all to
be saved in the kingdom.
00:52:19.27\00:52:20.64
Righteous, dead is going to
be raised after the judgment.
00:52:23.00\00:52:27.74
Let's just prove right quick.
00:52:27.78\00:52:29.11
Something to think about.
00:52:29.14\00:52:30.48
Righteous, dead will be raised,
00:52:30.51\00:52:32.28
but not be raised
until after the judgment,
00:52:32.31\00:52:35.32
for the judgment
proves they are worthy
00:52:35.35\00:52:38.15
of the resurrection of life.
00:52:38.19\00:52:40.22
Did you get it? Didn't.
00:52:40.26\00:52:42.32
The righteous
don't come up until after
00:52:42.36\00:52:44.33
the investigate
faith and the judgment,
00:52:44.36\00:52:46.80
showing that they
will be not be presence,
00:52:46.83\00:52:50.57
present face to face with God.
00:52:50.60\00:52:53.07
It's going to be that
which is written in what?
00:52:53.10\00:52:55.24
The records.
00:52:55.27\00:52:56.64
The examination of
the records of our life.
00:52:56.67\00:52:59.37
This is very
important. It has to be decided.
00:52:59.41\00:53:02.04
You're going to have to decide.
00:53:02.08\00:53:05.45
If our sins have not
been repented and forgiven,
00:53:05.48\00:53:09.32
they will remain on the books.
00:53:09.35\00:53:12.85
And their names
will be blotted out
00:53:12.89\00:53:15.39
if we haven't
asked God to forgive us.
00:53:15.42\00:53:19.16
Ezekiel 18:24 says,
00:53:19.19\00:53:21.46
"The righteous turneth
away from his righteousness,
00:53:21.50\00:53:23.93
committeth iniquity.
00:53:23.97\00:53:25.30
All his
righteousness that he hath done
00:53:25.33\00:53:27.97
shall not be mentioned."
00:53:28.00\00:53:29.80
You got it.
00:53:29.84\00:53:31.47
Not mentioned.
00:53:31.51\00:53:33.41
Lord said to
Moses in Exodus 32:33
00:53:33.44\00:53:36.95
"Whosoever has
sinned against me,
00:53:36.98\00:53:38.41
him will I blot out of my book."
00:53:38.45\00:53:42.92
We need to put on Christ.
00:53:42.95\00:53:44.55
We need to put on His character.
00:53:44.59\00:53:47.99
We need to claim.
00:53:48.02\00:53:49.36
We need to claim
His righteousness.
00:53:49.39\00:53:52.09
We need to be found in
harmony with the law of God.
00:53:52.13\00:53:57.07
And if we do, our
sins will be blotted out.
00:53:57.10\00:54:00.74
God said, "I, even
I, am he blotteth out
00:54:00.77\00:54:03.24
by
transgressions," Isaiah 43:25.
00:54:03.27\00:54:08.71
Blotting out sins is
very, very important.
00:54:08.74\00:54:11.15
Being right with
God, realizing we're
00:54:11.18\00:54:12.61
in the judgment hour.
00:54:12.65\00:54:14.02
I want you to pray with
me as we close right now.
00:54:14.05\00:54:16.35
Time is running out.
00:54:16.38\00:54:17.72
But there'd be somebody
who make a decision for Christ
00:54:17.75\00:54:19.79
right now to realize,
this is so, so important,
00:54:19.82\00:54:21.69
the time is so right, right now
00:54:21.72\00:54:25.59
to get ready for Jesus to come.
00:54:25.63\00:54:26.96
Make sure our sins are
sent right by faith into heaven,
00:54:27.00\00:54:30.83
so they can be
forgiven. Let's pray.
00:54:30.87\00:54:32.90
Merciful Father in heaven,
we thank You for Your Word.
00:54:32.93\00:54:34.90
We thank You that's so clear,
we ask now forgiveness of sin,
00:54:34.94\00:54:38.17
anything in our hard
life that needs not be there.
00:54:38.21\00:54:40.04
Give us victory we
pray, total victory
00:54:40.08\00:54:42.04
that we may be like thee,
00:54:42.08\00:54:43.41
we may be ready
when our name comes up
00:54:43.45\00:54:45.55
that You can say, well done
00:54:45.58\00:54:46.92
thou good and faithful
servant, enter into the city.
00:54:46.95\00:54:48.68
And I thank You for Your
blood in Jesus' name, amen.
00:54:48.72\00:54:53.42
Hello and welcome back, friends.
00:54:53.46\00:54:55.26
As you can tell
from this message
00:54:55.29\00:54:57.13
with Pastor Kenny Shelton
that this is a solemn message.
00:54:57.16\00:55:01.26
Anyone, all of the billions
of people that have ever
00:55:01.30\00:55:04.57
been born on this planet,
00:55:04.60\00:55:06.17
we're all involved in
this investigative judgment.
00:55:06.20\00:55:09.74
You may still be wondering why?
00:55:09.77\00:55:11.91
Why is there an
investigative judgment?
00:55:11.94\00:55:14.34
Why are we involved in
this great controversy?
00:55:14.38\00:55:17.81
We have to find out.
00:55:17.85\00:55:19.18
Let's see what
the Bible has to say
00:55:19.21\00:55:21.15
about this great controversy
and where it all began.
00:55:21.18\00:55:23.69
We're going to look in
the Book of Revelation 12: 7
00:55:23.72\00:55:29.36
and it reads,
00:55:29.39\00:55:30.96
"And there was war in
heaven: Michael and his angels
00:55:30.99\00:55:34.30
fought against the
dragon, and the dragon fought
00:55:34.33\00:55:37.27
and his angels,
and prevailed not,
00:55:37.30\00:55:40.07
neither was their place
found anymore in heaven.
00:55:40.10\00:55:42.94
And the great dragon
00:55:42.97\00:55:44.31
was cast out, the old serpent,
called the Devil, and Satan,
00:55:45.37\00:55:47.81
which deceiveth
the whole world."
00:55:47.84\00:55:50.01
You see, now he that he's
here, he's deceiving all of us,
00:55:50.05\00:55:54.65
so many people, even
Christians believe that
00:55:54.68\00:55:57.55
we can have the world,
do the things of the world,
00:55:57.59\00:56:00.22
and still be found
righteous in the judgment.
00:56:00.26\00:56:03.59
Let's read on.
00:56:03.63\00:56:05.03
"He was cast out into the earth,
00:56:05.06\00:56:07.50
and his angels
were cast out with him.
00:56:07.53\00:56:09.93
And I heard a loud voice
saying in heaven," now listen,
00:56:09.96\00:56:13.37
this is good news,
00:56:13.40\00:56:14.87
"Now is come
salvation, and strength,
00:56:14.90\00:56:17.57
and the kingdom of our God,
and the power of his Christ,
00:56:17.61\00:56:21.28
for the accuser of
our brethren is cast down,
00:56:21.31\00:56:24.08
which accused them
before God day and night."
00:56:24.11\00:56:27.98
You see, brothers and
sisters, he is still at work.
00:56:28.02\00:56:31.95
He realizes even better than
we do that his time is short.
00:56:31.99\00:56:36.39
He's still accusing us.
00:56:36.42\00:56:38.56
He's still claiming that
we are his and not Christ.
00:56:38.59\00:56:41.86
All you have to do is
repent and earnestly tell God
00:56:41.90\00:56:46.80
that you are sorry.
00:56:46.84\00:56:48.74
God is faithful.
00:56:48.77\00:56:50.17
He is just to forgive you
to forgive all of your sins.
00:56:50.21\00:56:54.71
And in those heavenly records
where that was one sin recorded
00:56:54.74\00:56:58.88
next to your name that
become as white as snow.
00:56:58.91\00:57:02.65
That will be covered
by the blood of the lamb.
00:57:02.68\00:57:05.02
You know, I hope
that this is your prayer.
00:57:05.05\00:57:06.86
I hope that this is your desire.
00:57:06.89\00:57:09.16
We're in this great controversy
whether we like it or not,
00:57:09.19\00:57:13.26
won't you just take a moment,
00:57:13.29\00:57:16.03
and get this
copy, get this message,
00:57:16.06\00:57:18.43
make it your very own to
read time and time again.
00:57:18.47\00:57:21.80
All you need to
do is contact us here
00:57:21.84\00:57:23.77
at Behold the Lamb ministries,
we're in the United States.
00:57:23.81\00:57:26.78
You can call us at
(618) 942-5044 Central Time.
00:57:26.81\00:57:32.45
Or write to Behold
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00:57:32.48\00:57:34.48
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00:57:34.52\00:57:39.65
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00:57:39.69\00:57:41.02
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00:57:41.06\00:57:44.29
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at BeholdtheLambMinistries.com.
00:57:44.33\00:57:49.06
Friends, we look
forward to hearing from you.
00:57:49.10\00:57:51.10
We look forward if you
have any questions about this,
00:57:51.13\00:57:54.00
we'll do our very
best to try to answer
00:57:54.04\00:57:56.20
those questions for you.
00:57:56.24\00:57:57.71
May our precious Lord continue
to richly bless you and yours.
00:57:57.74\00:58:02.18