Well hello. I want to welcome
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all of you to the 3ABN Worship
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Center. It's a joy to have
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all of you with us
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from here in Thompsonville
and from around the world.
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We welcome you all as
Pastor Kenneth Cox comes
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to continue the
Give Me The Bible series.
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You know he's been
joining with us here
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at 3ABN... this
is the eighth month.
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And each month he
brings a 5-Bible-study lessons,
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five lessons on each topic.
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And I asked him a little earlier
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why had he developed
such in-depth Bible studies
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on all of these topics.
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And to boil it down, this
is what Pastor Cox is doing:
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he's preparing a people.
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How many of you believe
that we are really living in
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the end of the end times?
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These truly are the closing
moments of earth's history.
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And how many of you
want to be in... you know,
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we've been learning of
the judgments in this five...
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topic this time on the judgment.
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We've been
learning so much about that.
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And we've learned that
there is how many resurrections?
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Two resurrections.
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How many of you want to be
in that first resurrection?
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The Lord is
returning for a people, and
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each one of these topics
that he brings to us every month
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is designed to prepare a people
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that we will be
ready at His return.
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We're going through difficult
times and we must be prepared.
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And that's what these
Bible studies are designed for
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is to strengthen us and
give us the power that we need
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so that when the
difficult times come
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we will have that Word to
draw upon and to fall back on.
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And that Word is what
will enable us to get through
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the difficult times.
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And so I just want
to encourage everyone.
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If you haven't had an
opportunity to hear all of these
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sermons, every one of them are
designed for you to help you.
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And you know
something that we are learning
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is that people all over
the world, not just people
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but congregations in
many different denominations
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take Pastor Cox's series and
they use them in their churches
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to do exactly
what I'm talking about:
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to prepare their people
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so that they will be ready to
go through the difficult times.
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So I want to
encourage all of you:
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get these lessons...
get the entire series.
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You know, when we finish this
month... at the end of the year,
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we will have sixty sermons.
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And how many of you
know that faith comes by...
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hearing, and
hearing by God's Word.
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So get these lessons.
Listen to them over and over
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and it will prepare you to be
in that overcoming, victorious
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company at the return
of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Well again, this month
we're looking at the judgment.
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And we've learned so
much concerning the judgment.
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That there's two judgments.
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And we've learned when
these judgments take place
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and the purpose
for the judgments.
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Something else we've learned...
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How many of you enjoyed the
teaching on the different books?
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The Lamb's Book of
Life, the Book of Remembrance,
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the Book of Iniquity.
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Wasn't that interesting
to see how that factored into
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and played into the judgment.
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Well tonight we're continuing
on this topic of the judgment,
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and we're looking at the
Great White Throne Judgment.
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So I know that this is going
to encourage and strengthen
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and educate every one of us.
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But before Pastor Cox comes
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we have our precious
brother with us tonight,
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and he is going to
minister Wonderful Peace.
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My brother:
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Amen.
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Michael Settle: Peace,
Peace, Wonderful Peace.
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Thank you, Michael.
Appreciate it very much.
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And good evening to each of you.
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Those of you that are joining us
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by television or by radio
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we hope that this series
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on the judgment
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has enlightened you.
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But we hope also
that it has drawn you
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closer to Jesus
Christ as you have seen
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His ministry in your behalf
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and what He's willing
to do for each one of us.
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So we're happy you're here.
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We hope that it
will be a blessing to you
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tonight as we bring this
particular series to a close.
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Our next series is
entitled Your Bible and You.
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This next series is going
to be kind of a practical one.
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This is an area that
we have... we receive
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lots of questions about.
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And so we're going to
deal with such subjects as
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Where Did Your Bible Come From?
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A lot of people want to
know where did it come from.
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How Can You Know That It's True?
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We'll have a subject on that.
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Which Translation Is Best?
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Lots of
questions about that one.
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Which translation
is best, you know?
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How do I know that?
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What... What Can
The Bible Do For You?
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Going to take a look at
that, and then we're going to
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close it off with the subject
on How To Study Your Bible.
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So this one's going
to be a practical one
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that we hope will be
helpful to each of you as you
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pick up the Word of God -
particularly in these days
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in which we are living in -
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you and I need to be more
and more into the Word of God.
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Dear friend, let
me tell you something:
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there's nothing outside of your
relationship with Jesus Christ
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and walk with Him by
faith, there is nothing
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more important than spending
time in the Word of God.
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You know, even to ministers...
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You know, I... when I
was working in the ministry
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I found that I had
so many things going
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I wasn't spending
any time in the Word.
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You know? And I just
couldn't ever seem to find time
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to study God's Word.
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And I thought,
this has got to stop.
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You know? Some way
I've got to figure this out.
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And I got to thinking about it.
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It says this is
food for you spiritually.
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And I thought, you know,
you don't have any trouble
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finding time to eat.
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You know, I do
that pretty regular...
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just without any trouble.
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And so I said:
"OK, if I'm so busy
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that I can't find time
to feed myself spiritually,
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I won't eat physically. "
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And you know, I
find time to do both.
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So take time for God's Word.
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You know, it will make a great,
great difference in your life.
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So we hope you'll follow
as we go into this next series
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on Your Bible and You.
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Tonight we're bringing
this series on the judgment
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to a close, and our subject is:
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This is the
last judgment, folks.
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This is what is referred
to as the Executive Judgment.
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And so you want to follow
this one because it shows you
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how things come to an end
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when Christ comes back
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and sets up His kingdom.
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So we hope that you'll be
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blessed in a special way
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as we take a look at the
Great White Throne Judgment.
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We appreciate you being with us,
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joining us as we have
gone through this subject
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on the judgment.
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Also it's been a
great, great privilege
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to have with us Kateena LeForge.
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She has blessed my
soul; I hope she has yours.
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She's going to sing
a beautiful song for us
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entitled Via Dolorosa.
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Down the Via Dolorosa
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in Jerusalem that day
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The soldiers tried to clear
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the narrow street.
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But the crowd pressed in to see
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the Man condemned to die
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on Calvary.
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He was bleeding from a beating;
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there were
stripes upon His back.
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And He wore a crown of thorns
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upon His head.
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And He bore with every step
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the scorn of those who
cried out for His death.
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Down the Via Dolorosa...
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called the way of suffering...
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like a lamb came the Messiah,
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Christ the King.
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But He chose to walk that road
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out of His love for you and me.
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Down the Via Dolorosa
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all the way
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to Calvary.
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Por la Via Dolorosa
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triste dia en Jerusalem
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Los saldados le abrian paso
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a Jesus.
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Mas la gente se acercaba
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Para ver al que llevaba
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aquella cruz.
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Por la Via Dolorosa,
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que es la via del dolor
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Como oveja vino Cristo,
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Rey, Senor.
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Y fue El quien
quiso ir por su amor
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por ti y por mi
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Por la Via Dolorosa
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al Calvario y a morir.
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The blood that would cleanse
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the souls of all men
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Made its way to the heart
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of Jerusalem.
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Down the Via Dolorosa...
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called the way of suffering...
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like a lamb came the Messiah,
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Christ the King.
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But He chose to walk that road
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out of His love
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for you and me.
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Down the Via Dolorosa
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all the way
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to Calvary.
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Our Heavenly Father,
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This evening as
we open Your Word
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we ask that our
hearts might be tender.
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That they might be receptive.
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That we might
let Your Holy Spirit
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work in our lives
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and that we will take Your Word
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and be willing to follow it.
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To prepare our hearts
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for the soon return
of our Lord and Savior.
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Bless each one tonight
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that is watching,
listening, is here.
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May they be drawn
into Your presence.
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For this we ask in
Christ's name, Amen.
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When Christ left this earth
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and went back to heaven,
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He didn't spend or
hasn't been spending
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all of His time
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in the judgment
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that we've been talking about.
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In fact, the scripture tells us
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one other thing that
He's doing up in heaven.
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And it says this:
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So during this time
He is building a city
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for you and for me.
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A city that "eye hath
not seen nor ear heard,
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neither hath entered
into the heart of man
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the things that God has prepared
for those who love Him. "
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So this... this
city is a fantastic city.
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And He gives to you and
to me this marvelous promise:
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So we have the promise that
Jesus Christ is coming back.
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OK. When He comes back,
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then it says that all
those who have died in Christ
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are going to be resurrected.
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This is what is called
the first resurrection,
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and it says here:
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So these are all those
that have accepted Christ
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down through the
ages. They are resurrected
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out of the grave; they come
forth from the grave changed.
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They come forth immortal.
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They come forth incorruptible.
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They come forth
in perfect health.
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They come forth in
absolute perfection
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and they will be that
way throughout eternity.
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And it says that these people
shall live and reign with Him
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for one thousand years.
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So the righteous are
spending a thousand years
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up in heaven where
they're going to live and reign
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with Christ for
a thousand years.
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As we come to the end
of the thousand years,
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it says that all the
dead... the rest of the dead -
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these are those who
had not accepted Christ -
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these are what the scripture
refers to as the lost...
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It says the rest of the dead did
not live again for 1,000 years.
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So they didn't live
again until the thousand years
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were finished. And they
come forth from the grave
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vastly different
than those that came forth
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in the first resurrection.
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Those that come forth
in the second resurrection
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there is no change in them.
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They are resurrected mortal.
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That means they are
resurrected subject to death.
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So they come forth
from that grave just exactly
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like they went into the grave.
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That's the way they come out.
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If they went into
the grave missing a leg,
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they come out of
the grave missing one.
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There is no change in them.
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They are all
resurrected. The scripture says
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they are as thick as
the sands of the sea.
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That means all...
all that have ever lived
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since the beginning
of time are resurrected.
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Think about it.
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That runs into
billions of people
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that will be resurrected.
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They come forth. They are as
thick as the sands of the sea.
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Then something begins to happen.
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This city that Jesus has made...
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that He's created
for you and for me...
00:22:47.16\00:22:49.59
all of a sudden that city
begins to come down from heaven.
00:22:49.79\00:22:54.63
So this New Jerusalem
now is coming down from God
00:23:07.41\00:23:11.23
out of heaven. It's
coming to this earth.
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And I don't want to
spend the time on it tonight,
00:23:13.90\00:23:16.27
but the scripture tells us
00:23:16.47\00:23:17.62
that city will come and
that Christ's feet will touch
00:23:17.81\00:23:21.65
the Mount of Olives. It will
split and become a huge plain
00:23:21.85\00:23:26.33
and the New Jerusalem
will come to rest right there.
00:23:26.53\00:23:29.92
OK. This is what
happens and takes place.
00:23:30.13\00:23:34.43
At the time the second
resurrection takes place
00:23:34.63\00:23:39.12
it says this:
00:23:39.32\00:23:41.15
Why? Because all the
wicked have been resurrected.
00:23:48.07\00:23:51.53
And since they've
all been resurrected,
00:23:51.74\00:23:54.11
He has a master plan in mind.
00:23:54.31\00:23:58.23
And so the
scripture goes on and says:
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Why? Why would he do this?
00:24:12.51\00:24:17.35
You know. Why
don't the wicked just say
00:24:17.55\00:24:21.44
"we'll go over here and we'll
live on this side of the earth
00:24:22.67\00:24:25.53
and you live over here... "
speaking of the righteous...
00:24:25.73\00:24:28.69
"you live over here in
this city. We won't bother you
00:24:28.89\00:24:32.36
and you don't bother us. "
00:24:32.56\00:24:33.98
You know?
00:24:34.99\00:24:37.20
Why? Why would the devil go
out and gather them all and say
00:24:37.40\00:24:41.02
"Listen. We're going to
go up and we're going to
00:24:41.22\00:24:43.52
take the city. "
00:24:43.72\00:24:45.11
Why about... why this?
00:24:45.31\00:24:47.03
Well, there's something missing.
00:24:47.23\00:24:50.85
There's an
element that's missing...
00:24:51.05\00:24:54.47
something that happened
way back in the beginning
00:24:54.67\00:24:58.79
in the Garden of Eden.
00:24:58.99\00:25:01.41
Listen:
00:25:01.61\00:25:03.05
You see, when they
came out of the grave
00:25:21.19\00:25:24.28
they came out of
the grave mortal.
00:25:24.48\00:25:27.15
They do not have immortality.
00:25:27.36\00:25:30.75
They know something...
The devil knows something
00:25:30.95\00:25:35.01
and he's... Watch:
00:25:35.21\00:25:37.15
All right, where
is the Tree of Life?
00:25:52.77\00:25:56.66
Well, it says
here in Revelation 22.
00:25:56.86\00:26:01.96
Inside the New
Jerusalem is the Tree of Life.
00:26:18.48\00:26:23.60
And the devil tells them
"If we can just take the city
00:26:23.80\00:26:29.22
we can eat of the Tree
of Life and live forever. "
00:26:29.42\00:26:35.34
We will have immortality.
00:26:36.62\00:26:40.24
We can eat of the Tree
of Life and live forever.
00:26:40.44\00:26:45.03
And because he
takes all the wicked...
00:26:45.23\00:26:49.28
and the scripture
says he does this...
00:26:49.48\00:26:51.97
They go up and they
surround the New Jerusalem.
00:26:59.06\00:27:03.80
Ready to try and take the city
00:27:04.00\00:27:06.51
so that if they can
just get inside and eat
00:27:06.71\00:27:11.66
of the Tree of
Life they'll live...
00:27:11.86\00:27:14.39
they'll not die.
00:27:14.59\00:27:16.27
This, at this point, folks,
00:27:18.42\00:27:21.00
this is the exact point
00:27:21.20\00:27:23.50
where the Great
White Throne Judgment
00:27:23.70\00:27:27.55
takes place.
00:27:27.75\00:27:29.53
'Cause think about it.
00:27:29.56\00:27:30.84
Surrounding the city are all
the wicked who have ever lived.
00:27:32.05\00:27:36.47
They've gone up;
they've surrounded the city.
00:27:36.67\00:27:40.07
So here's every man,
every woman that has ever lived
00:27:40.27\00:27:44.14
on the outside of the
city... all the wicked.
00:27:44.34\00:27:47.56
On the inside of the
city are all the righteous
00:27:47.76\00:27:52.54
that have ever lived.
00:27:52.74\00:27:54.19
So here at one point of time
00:27:54.39\00:27:57.34
you've got every man,
every woman that has ever lived
00:27:57.54\00:28:01.31
standing there.
And at that point
00:28:01.51\00:28:06.31
the Bible says
that God is lifted up
00:28:06.52\00:28:10.46
above the city.
00:28:10.66\00:28:13.15
When He is lifted up
above the city it says:
00:28:13.36\00:28:16.75
God is lifted up
here above the Holy City.
00:28:27.33\00:28:31.42
There every man,
every woman, stands.
00:28:31.62\00:28:36.02
And there in panoramic view
00:28:36.22\00:28:39.15
before everyone...
passes in panoramic view...
00:28:40.18\00:28:46.03
the whole plan of salvation.
00:28:46.23\00:28:49.09
They see what God has done
00:28:49.29\00:28:53.31
to try to save every person.
00:28:53.51\00:28:56.16
It says:
00:28:57.38\00:28:58.72
So here all of them are.
00:29:05.15\00:29:07.08
Now this is not a case,
folks... this is not a case
00:29:08.98\00:29:12.94
of trying to decide
whether they're OK or not.
00:29:13.04\00:29:15.51
Christ had stood up and
He had thrown down the censer
00:29:15.72\00:29:19.60
and He had said:
00:29:19.70\00:29:20.79
This had happened after the
Investigative Judgment was over
00:29:30.79\00:29:35.45
and all with the
righteous were settled.
00:29:35.65\00:29:38.64
And now they've gone
through the thousand years
00:29:38.85\00:29:41.20
in which every case of the
wicked have been looked at.
00:29:41.41\00:29:44.61
So this is not a
case of trying to settle
00:29:44.81\00:29:47.64
whether a person should be
there or whether they shouldn't.
00:29:47.84\00:29:50.81
This is the point of
the Executive Judgment
00:29:51.01\00:29:55.54
in which God is going
to cleanse the universe
00:29:55.74\00:30:00.82
of sin.
00:30:01.02\00:30:03.21
That it will be
absolutely NO MORE.
00:30:03.41\00:30:06.73
So here they are... the
Great White Throne Judgment.
00:30:18.96\00:30:22.59
The Book of Life is opened,
00:30:22.79\00:30:24.93
and only if your name
is in that Book of Life...
00:30:25.13\00:30:29.94
only then will you have life.
00:30:30.14\00:30:34.70
No other way.
00:30:34.91\00:30:37.01
So here the executive part
of the judgment is taking place.
00:30:47.72\00:30:52.98
Now Jesus told a parable
00:30:53.18\00:30:57.51
that puts all
this in place for us.
00:30:57.71\00:31:01.22
I mean, just lines it
all up beautifully for us.
00:31:01.42\00:31:05.87
And so I want us to
look at that parable
00:31:06.08\00:31:08.44
because it will help you
understand every phase of it
00:31:08.65\00:31:11.65
and how it all fits together.
00:31:11.75\00:31:13.44
It's found in
Matthew the 22nd chapter.
00:31:13.64\00:31:16.85
So you have all of
them being judged here.
00:31:28.35\00:31:31.47
All right, Matthew 22 verse 2:
00:31:31.67\00:31:34.35
OK, here this king is
00:31:41.56\00:31:44.71
and he has arranged for a
marriage for his son. Watch:
00:31:44.91\00:31:49.59
Now here the king is...
this is the king, folks.
00:31:59.51\00:32:04.17
This is not some
just average person...
00:32:04.58\00:32:10.01
this is the KING!
00:32:10.21\00:32:12.46
And he has sent out
a special invitation
00:32:12.66\00:32:15.85
to the people to
come to his son's wedding.
00:32:16.05\00:32:19.26
Come to partake of
the food, the feast,
00:32:19.56\00:32:24.13
and to enjoy his
son's wedding. And it says
00:32:24.34\00:32:27.98
they weren't willing to come.
00:32:28.01\00:32:31.29
You talk about
snubbing somebody...
00:32:31.50\00:32:35.30
I mean here
they're snubbing the king
00:32:35.43\00:32:37.33
saying: "No, we're
not going to come. "
00:32:37.53\00:32:39.33
You know what
this is talking about?
00:32:39.73\00:32:42.81
Yeah, it's talking about the
time of the antediluvian world.
00:32:44.64\00:32:49.07
When Noah preached
to them for 120 years
00:32:49.27\00:32:54.12
and they refused to come.
00:32:54.32\00:32:56.41
Here they were,
and for 120 years
00:33:07.42\00:33:12.70
they had received
a special invitation
00:33:12.90\00:33:16.31
and they refused.
00:33:16.51\00:33:18.96
And the word was
destroyed by water.
00:33:19.16\00:33:23.61
All of them. And God said: "OK,
00:33:25.17\00:33:28.92
if they... if they
weren't willing to accept it,
00:33:29.13\00:33:33.58
we'll make another invitation. "
00:33:33.78\00:33:37.08
And God said: "I'll
have a special people.
00:33:37.28\00:33:42.35
And I'll bless these people.
00:33:42.55\00:33:46.09
And I'll pour out My blessing
upon them so that everybody
00:33:46.29\00:33:51.45
on the earth will see how
wonderfully they've been blessed
00:33:51.65\00:33:56.36
and what God has done for them
00:33:56.56\00:33:58.81
and they'll know what happens
if you follow the Lord. "
00:33:59.01\00:34:02.97
So God said:
"OK, I'll take Abraham
00:34:03.17\00:34:08.34
and I'll make out
of him a great nation.
00:34:08.54\00:34:13.28
A nation that will walk
with God and will follow Me.
00:34:13.48\00:34:18.07
And I'll bless them,
00:34:18.27\00:34:19.42
and they'll be a
blessing to the whole world.
00:34:19.62\00:34:22.25
And I'll let them see what
it means to walk with God. "
00:34:22.35\00:34:25.61
Watch, we're still
looking at the parable:
00:34:25.81\00:34:29.84
So here he takes his
servants, sends them out.
00:34:45.00\00:34:48.88
Says: "Come to the
wedding; everything's ready.
00:34:49.08\00:34:52.94
It's all prepared. "
00:34:53.14\00:34:55.96
Read it.
00:35:04.87\00:35:07.03
They made light of it.
00:35:08.86\00:35:12.04
They went and
worshiped other gods.
00:35:12.34\00:35:16.52
And the children of Israel, who
were called as a special people,
00:35:18.12\00:35:23.71
they treated it lightly.
00:35:25.28\00:35:28.35
And he tried over
and over and over.
00:35:28.66\00:35:32.69
He sent prophet after
prophet after prophet to them
00:35:38.74\00:35:43.43
saying: "Change,
come to the wedding.
00:35:43.63\00:35:46.71
Everything's ready. "
00:35:46.91\00:35:48.51
And they treated them horribly.
00:35:48.71\00:35:50.62
If you don't think they didn't,
00:35:50.82\00:35:52.64
you need to read
the book of Jeremiah.
00:35:52.84\00:35:54.90
See how they treated
them... they refused it.
00:35:55.10\00:35:58.32
And then the king
went so far that this son
00:35:58.35\00:36:02.80
he was having the wedding for,
he said: "You go invite them. "
00:36:03.00\00:36:06.36
And he sent him as a servant,
00:36:06.66\00:36:10.79
and they killed him.
00:36:10.99\00:36:13.26
And it says:
00:36:15.86\00:36:18.09
Said: "You killed my son! "
00:36:29.78\00:36:34.20
Jesus told them about it.
00:36:34.51\00:36:38.23
He said: "This
city will be wiped out.
00:36:50.88\00:36:53.20
It will be burned. " And the
temple and the city was burned
00:36:53.40\00:36:56.91
because they took His
Son and killed His Son.
00:36:58.28\00:37:04.24
God is so longsuffering, folks.
00:37:06.15\00:37:10.03
I mean, so marvelous and so good
00:37:10.33\00:37:13.84
that He said: "OK,
we'll try another way. "
00:37:14.14\00:37:18.50
And the gospel, as I
told you the other night,
00:37:20.24\00:37:22.71
went to the Gentiles.
00:37:22.91\00:37:25.95
And He said: "We'll
preach the gospel and we'll
00:37:26.25\00:37:30.71
invite the people to come. "
00:37:30.91\00:37:31.88
And so the
parable goes on and says:
00:37:31.92\00:37:34.53
He said: "Send them
out, have them come.
00:37:45.78\00:37:50.17
Go out into the
highways and the byways.
00:37:50.37\00:37:53.12
Invite people to
come to the wedding. "
00:37:53.32\00:37:55.67
Watch:
00:37:55.97\00:37:58.53
Whoa. I mean, He said:
Go out here and invite them
00:38:17.27\00:38:22.31
and bring them to the wedding.
00:38:22.61\00:38:24.45
Have them come. " And the
wedding was filled with guests -
00:38:24.75\00:38:28.55
bad and good.
00:38:28.75\00:38:31.95
That's not the
way we think, is it?
00:38:33.53\00:38:35.73
You know, we
normally think only the good.
00:38:36.03\00:38:39.86
No. He said the bad and the good
00:38:40.16\00:38:43.39
and the wedding hall
was filled with guests.
00:38:43.60\00:38:47.15
There they were. Do you
understand what happened here?
00:38:47.35\00:38:51.09
Huh? Do you understand that
the gospel went to the Gentiles
00:38:52.32\00:38:57.31
and through the
preaching of Paul and Peter
00:38:57.61\00:39:00.89
and Luke and Silas
00:39:01.09\00:39:03.65
and Barnabas
and all the apostles
00:39:03.95\00:39:07.12
I mean it spread like
wildfire across the kingdom
00:39:07.32\00:39:11.51
and thousands upon
thousands of people accepted it
00:39:11.71\00:39:15.58
so that by the
time you reach 300 AD
00:39:15.89\00:39:19.40
half the Roman Empire
has accepted Jesus Christ.
00:39:19.60\00:39:23.88
The wedding hall
was filled with guests.
00:39:24.99\00:39:30.83
OK?
00:39:31.13\00:39:32.82
And then after that took place
00:39:33.12\00:39:34.85
the devil moved in.
And I don't have time
00:39:34.95\00:39:37.56
to go into all
that the devil did there
00:39:37.76\00:39:39.66
to bring about all
the trouble he did,
00:39:39.86\00:39:42.15
but then you hit the
time of the Reformation.
00:39:42.35\00:39:45.30
And through the reformers
such as Luther and Knox and
00:39:45.60\00:39:48.90
Zwingli and Calvin and
all those great reformers
00:39:49.10\00:39:52.22
the gospel is preached
and it spread around the world
00:39:52.42\00:39:54.76
and men and women reached
out in faith and accepted it
00:39:54.96\00:39:57.74
and believed it. And more people
were put into the wedding hall.
00:39:57.94\00:40:01.94
OK?
00:40:02.25\00:40:04.14
Watch:
00:40:06.52\00:40:08.77
1844 AD...
00:40:08.80\00:40:14.26
That's judgment, folks.
00:40:17.56\00:40:19.44
I mean the king has
come in to see the guests.
00:40:28.51\00:40:30.99
This is the judgment...
00:40:31.20\00:40:32.45
and here stands a man
without the wedding garment.
00:40:33.48\00:40:36.80
Now we need to
take just a moment
00:40:37.00\00:40:38.89
to talk about
the wedding garment
00:40:39.09\00:40:40.89
because the scripture
makes that real clear.
00:40:41.20\00:40:44.37
Listen:
00:40:44.57\00:40:45.66
So this... this garment
00:40:56.41\00:40:59.70
that the king was looking for
00:40:59.90\00:41:03.39
and this man was standing
there in his own garment
00:41:03.59\00:41:06.40
was something that
the king furnished.
00:41:06.60\00:41:09.54
Why did he furnish it?
00:41:09.74\00:41:12.04
Because the people in
the hall were bad and good.
00:41:12.44\00:41:17.78
See? Some couldn't
even afford anything
00:41:17.98\00:41:21.19
and therefore the king
provided a wedding garment
00:41:21.39\00:41:24.40
which was the
righteousness of Christ.
00:41:24.61\00:41:29.13
That was provided for everyone.
00:41:29.33\00:41:33.28
Watch:
00:41:33.48\00:41:35.24
What is that telling you?
00:41:47.87\00:41:49.33
Well let me tell
you what that says.
00:41:49.43\00:41:51.16
What that's
saying is when you and I
00:41:51.36\00:41:53.89
come to Jesus Christ and
we accept Him as our Savior
00:41:54.09\00:41:58.34
then through the
work of the Holy Spirit
00:41:58.54\00:42:01.61
He imparts to us
His righteousness.
00:42:01.81\00:42:06.26
It is never OUR righteousness.
00:42:06.46\00:42:08.63
It is HIS righteousness
that He gives to us.
00:42:08.83\00:42:12.36
This is what He gives to us,
and here this man was standing
00:42:12.56\00:42:16.80
in his own righteousness.
00:42:17.00\00:42:20.04
See? Didn't have on
the wedding garment.
00:42:20.24\00:42:22.35
Said: "No, I don't need it.
00:42:22.55\00:42:25.19
I'm OK. I can take
care of this myself. "
00:42:25.39\00:42:29.16
There he stood in
his own righteousness.
00:42:29.46\00:42:33.51
You see... I told you.
00:42:33.71\00:42:37.82
What you've got to have
is you've got to have Christ.
00:42:38.02\00:42:40.95
You have to have
His righteousness.
00:42:41.15\00:42:43.84
That way, He can
intercede for you.
00:42:44.04\00:42:47.39
He can stand
between you and God.
00:42:47.59\00:42:51.71
Makes a great difference.
00:42:51.91\00:42:53.96
Now, that is judgment.
00:43:01.51\00:43:05.36
That's the
Investigative Judgment.
00:43:05.56\00:43:07.66
He came in to see the guests.
00:43:07.86\00:43:09.09
That's what it's talking about.
00:43:09.29\00:43:10.51
Now we come to the
executive part of the judgment.
00:43:10.71\00:43:15.53
Watch what the king says to him:
00:43:15.73\00:43:17.69
Now what could he say?
00:43:26.67\00:43:29.09
It was given to you by the king.
00:43:29.29\00:43:32.46
It didn't cost a thing.
00:43:32.66\00:43:35.03
All you had to do was accept it.
00:43:35.23\00:43:37.78
That's all that was required
00:43:37.98\00:43:40.04
was to accept the
righteousness that He offered.
00:43:40.24\00:43:43.06
And he didn't accept it.
He said: "I'll take my own. "
00:43:43.36\00:43:46.83
So... so what could he say?
00:43:47.03\00:43:50.49
He certainly couldn't say to
the king "I didn't like yours. "
00:43:50.69\00:43:52.74
You don't tell kings that.
00:43:52.94\00:43:54.16
So here he was, standing
in his own righteousness...
00:43:54.46\00:44:00.06
speechless.
00:44:00.26\00:44:01.64
And the executive part
of the judgment takes place.
00:44:01.94\00:44:07.16
Decision was made.
00:44:23.88\00:44:25.69
"Take him away. "
00:44:25.99\00:44:28.07
The executive
part of the judgment.
00:44:28.37\00:44:31.46
Now folks, let me
tell you something.
00:44:31.77\00:44:35.25
I run onto
people who seem to think
00:44:35.55\00:44:37.83
that God... that Jesus
00:44:39.15\00:44:43.38
is going to condemn them.
00:44:43.58\00:44:45.95
No. Christ does not condemn.
00:44:46.15\00:44:49.91
Listen to this, folks:
00:44:50.11\00:44:51.48
You see that's what He's doing.
00:45:06.11\00:45:07.91
He's interceding. He's
pleading with His Father
00:45:08.11\00:45:11.11
in behalf of you and me.
00:45:11.32\00:45:12.94
He came to save the world.
00:45:13.14\00:45:14.98
So what am I
going to be judged by?
00:45:15.28\00:45:18.77
This is what will
judge you right here.
00:45:34.82\00:45:39.46
You see, you have been given
the whole thing right here:
00:45:39.66\00:45:44.32
all that's necessary for you
to be in the kingdom of heaven
00:45:44.53\00:45:49.68
is right there.
00:45:49.88\00:45:50.89
And all that you and I
have to do is accept it.
00:45:51.09\00:45:54.95
So in the judgment, Christ
is not going to condemn you.
00:45:55.15\00:45:57.85
It's what's written in the book
00:45:58.05\00:45:59.68
that will judge you...
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whether you have a right
there or whether you don't.
00:46:03.14\00:46:06.46
This is the way
the judgment works.
00:46:06.66\00:46:09.43
This is all the wicked.
00:46:12.28\00:46:14.58
Here they are... all
the wicked that ever lived.
00:46:25.36\00:46:29.76
And it says that fire
was rained down out of heaven
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and devours them. The righteous?
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They're inside the city.
00:46:36.95\00:46:38.84
That city will ride
those flames just like the ark
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rode the flood.
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The righteous inside the
city will be perfectly safe.
00:46:46.66\00:46:51.41
The wicked will be destroyed.
00:46:51.61\00:46:57.03
God will put an end...
not for a day or two, folks...
00:46:57.23\00:47:01.93
God will put an end
for eternity to sin.
00:47:02.13\00:47:07.03
It will not rise
up a second time.
00:47:07.33\00:47:10.95
Listen as the
scripture describes it:
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Says: "If this old
world's going to be burned up,
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what are you going to be?
00:47:43.31\00:47:44.46
How are you going
to relate to it? "
00:47:44.67\00:47:47.05
Because He's going
to put an end to it.
00:47:47.25\00:47:50.00
So this whole earth
is going to be burned up.
00:48:00.83\00:48:04.28
It's going to be made...
00:48:04.48\00:48:07.94
completely all the sin
is going to be burned up.
00:48:08.25\00:48:13.39
There will be sin no more.
00:48:13.69\00:48:17.56
And then God is going to take it
00:48:17.86\00:48:20.99
and make it brand new.
00:48:21.20\00:48:24.63
Listen carefully.
00:48:27.37\00:48:28.74
Get the picture, folks.
00:48:39.91\00:48:41.43
Those that are cast
into the lake of fire...
00:48:41.73\00:48:45.01
there is no resurrection
to the second death.
00:48:45.21\00:48:49.78
All of us...
righteous and unrighteous...
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die the first death.
00:48:55.99\00:48:58.16
And there is a resurrection
from that for both the
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righteous and unrighteous.
00:49:02.10\00:49:03.71
But the second
death? The wicked die that.
00:49:04.01\00:49:08.11
There is no
resurrection from that death.
00:49:08.31\00:49:13.17
This is the second
death. They will be no more.
00:49:13.37\00:49:16.72
That's the
horrible thing about it.
00:49:16.92\00:49:18.73
That's... that's the
thing that... that hurts my soul
00:49:19.13\00:49:24.99
because every
individual is unique.
00:49:26.68\00:49:31.10
There's not
another person like you
00:49:31.30\00:49:36.42
anywhere in the universe.
00:49:36.62\00:49:39.24
You are distinct, unique,
00:49:39.54\00:49:44.16
special. And
because you're that,
00:49:44.36\00:49:48.62
dear friend, you
are worthy to be saved.
00:49:48.92\00:49:53.99
That's the reason Jesus came...
00:49:54.29\00:49:56.03
because there's not...
00:49:56.13\00:49:57.17
there will never be another
00:49:57.37\00:49:58.86
individual like you
00:49:58.89\00:50:00.33
throughout eternity.
00:50:00.43\00:50:01.59
And therefore if
that person is lost,
00:50:01.79\00:50:04.46
never, never again will
there be a person like that.
00:50:04.77\00:50:09.69
Horrible.
00:50:10.00\00:50:12.41
But there is no
resurrection from it.
00:50:12.61\00:50:14.70
That's it.
00:50:22.35\00:50:24.92
"They will" as the
scripture says "be devoured.
00:50:25.22\00:50:29.60
Be consumed. They
will be no more. "
00:50:29.80\00:50:33.99
Thank the Lord that He's
going to take this old earth
00:50:46.03\00:50:49.58
and He's going to
make it brand new.
00:50:49.78\00:50:52.91
I mean it will be
restored the scripture says
00:50:53.11\00:50:57.60
back to the way it
was in the beginning.
00:50:57.81\00:51:00.49
In the Eden state
it will be restored.
00:51:00.69\00:51:04.27
And everything will be perfect.
00:51:04.47\00:51:07.91
All of nature
will operate perfectly.
00:51:08.11\00:51:11.46
It says there will be
nothing in all of God's kingdom
00:51:11.67\00:51:14.72
that will hurt nor destroy.
00:51:14.82\00:51:16.75
There won't be hurricanes.
There won't be tornadoes.
00:51:16.95\00:51:21.75
There won't be earthquakes.
00:51:21.85\00:51:23.08
All that stuff comes to an end.
00:51:23.28\00:51:26.36
In God's kingdom, everything
will operate absolutely
00:51:26.56\00:51:31.91
flawless.
00:51:32.11\00:51:33.67
Will be as He makes it.
00:51:33.87\00:51:35.55
All those that have ever lived
00:51:48.14\00:51:51.99
down through time
00:51:52.19\00:51:53.49
He's going to say:
"Come, come inherit the kingdom
00:51:53.70\00:51:58.75
that I have
prepared for you. Come...
00:51:58.95\00:52:03.59
enjoy... enjoy life.
00:52:03.79\00:52:07.54
Enjoy all the
things that God has made.
00:52:07.74\00:52:12.44
Not for a day. Not for a week.
00:52:12.64\00:52:17.19
Not for a month,
00:52:17.39\00:52:19.24
but throughout the
ceaseless ages of eternity
00:52:19.45\00:52:23.94
you can enjoy what
God made for you. "
00:52:24.24\00:52:27.76
Let Him be your Mediator.
00:52:30.43\00:52:36.40
Let Him represent
00:52:37.42\00:52:41.14
your case.
00:52:41.34\00:52:44.60
Accept this
00:52:44.90\00:52:47.50
Savior...
00:52:47.70\00:52:51.37
Jesus Christ
who took your place.
00:52:51.67\00:52:56.89
He is our Savior.
00:52:58.84\00:53:04.83
Our Mediator.
00:53:05.23\00:53:11.18
The great High Priest is He...
00:53:11.93\00:53:16.91
who pleads for you and me.
00:53:17.11\00:53:23.05
Won't you heed
His call of mercy?
00:53:24.37\00:53:30.28
Won't you let
Him plead your case?
00:53:31.53\00:53:37.05
Surrender all to Him
00:53:38.65\00:53:44.57
and receive His saving
00:53:45.44\00:53:50.81
grace.
00:53:50.84\00:53:55.55
Tonight if you don't
know Jesus Christ as your
00:53:57.67\00:54:01.87
Savior, tonight, won't you
00:54:02.08\00:54:05.52
just give Him your heart
00:54:05.62\00:54:06.76
and let Him be your Mediator?
00:54:06.96\00:54:09.19
Let Him plead your case?
00:54:09.39\00:54:10.63
Let Him stand in
your place in the judgment
00:54:10.93\00:54:13.59
that you might have
life and life eternal?
00:54:13.89\00:54:17.06
The Lord is offering that to you
00:54:17.26\00:54:19.88
where you can live... not die...
00:54:20.08\00:54:24.42
and enjoy all the wonderful
things that God has done
00:54:24.62\00:54:28.87
for you and for me.
00:54:29.07\00:54:31.64
Won't you reach out
tonight and accept Him?
00:54:31.94\00:54:35.03
Let us pray.
00:54:35.24\00:54:36.82
Father in Heaven,
00:54:37.12\00:54:38.24
we thank you.
Thank you for Your Word.
00:54:38.54\00:54:43.37
For the hope that
we have in the gospel.
00:54:43.77\00:54:46.86
Thankful that
Christ is our Savior.
00:54:47.06\00:54:52.59
He's our Mediator.
00:54:52.89\00:54:55.87
Our Advocate. That He's
willing to stand in our place.
00:54:56.17\00:55:01.43
That by accepting Him
00:55:03.12\00:55:05.46
we can pass from death unto life
00:55:05.66\00:55:08.71
and that we don't
come into judgment
00:55:09.01\00:55:12.24
because He takes our place.
00:55:12.44\00:55:14.42
May each one here tonight
00:55:14.72\00:55:17.31
that's watching or
listening or here tonight
00:55:17.61\00:55:20.83
may they by faith
accept this marvelous promise
00:55:21.03\00:55:25.63
that there is in Christ Jesus.
00:55:25.83\00:55:28.01
For this we ask
in His name, Amen.
00:55:28.21\00:55:31.78
Thank you for being with us,
00:55:34.40\00:55:35.99
for watching... listening.
00:55:36.29\00:55:38.34
And also be sure and be
with us for our next series
00:55:38.54\00:55:42.19
about the Bible:
Your Bible and You.
00:55:42.39\00:55:45.74
I think you'll find it
to be helpful, practical.
00:55:45.94\00:55:48.96
God bless you. Good night.
00:55:49.06\00:55:51.10
Psalm 19 and verse 1 says:
00:55:53.29\00:55:55.61
"The heavens
declare the glory of God
00:55:55.81\00:55:58.46
and the firmament
shows His handiwork. "
00:55:58.66\00:56:01.57
All around us we see the
handiwork of our Creator.
00:56:01.77\00:56:05.37
Every flower displays a
palate of color and texture
00:56:05.57\00:56:09.05
beyond the imagination of man.
00:56:09.25\00:56:11.61
Every variety is
uniquely designed
00:56:11.81\00:56:14.88
by the Master of creativity.
00:56:15.08\00:56:17.22
But they're not
just a thing of beauty.
00:56:17.42\00:56:19.68
Every flower has a
function and a purpose.
00:56:19.88\00:56:22.67
So does every living creature.
00:56:22.87\00:56:24.64
Whether it is
feathered or finned,
00:56:24.84\00:56:26.86
each creature was put
together by the Author of Life.
00:56:27.06\00:56:31.01
Even in a fallen world
00:56:31.21\00:56:33.10
God has placed a desire
for life in every creature.
00:56:33.30\00:56:36.54
Without instruction, a
mother knows how to nurture
00:56:36.74\00:56:40.11
and protect her young
00:56:40.21\00:56:41.48
reflecting the tenderness
God feels for each of us.
00:56:41.68\00:56:46.01
No man can observe nature
00:56:46.21\00:56:48.62
and deny His existence.
00:56:48.82\00:56:50.74
But the God of
Heaven went far beyond
00:56:50.94\00:56:53.75
by humbling Himself
and becoming the man Jesus.
00:56:53.95\00:56:58.17
He walked the
dusty paths of Israel
00:56:58.37\00:57:00.27
and He paid the
debt for every man's sin
00:57:00.47\00:57:03.04
so we could have eternal life.
00:57:03.24\00:57:05.71
The Bible says in
John 17 and verse 3
00:57:06.01\00:57:09.72
"And this is eternal life
00:57:09.92\00:57:11.80
that they may know You,
00:57:12.00\00:57:13.41
the only true God,
00:57:13.61\00:57:15.33
and Jesus Christ
whom You have sent. "
00:57:15.53\00:57:18.20
The evidence of a
Creator God is all around us.
00:57:18.40\00:57:22.07
He has revealed
details of His character
00:57:22.27\00:57:24.91
in a love letter
to you and to me.
00:57:25.11\00:57:28.17
Our desire is to help
you understand the Bible
00:57:28.37\00:57:30.90
and receive
life... eternal life...
00:57:31.10\00:57:34.17
by getting to
know Him intimately.
00:57:34.37\00:57:36.66
Won't you help us bring
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00:57:36.86\00:57:40.02
Please consider what you can do
00:57:40.22\00:57:41.71
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00:57:41.91\00:57:44.27
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00:57:44.47\00:57:46.09
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