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CHRIS: The gospel in Revelation.
It is the story of God's
relentless pursuit after
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each and every one of us. The
reality that Jesus made a choice
to die for our sins, to
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reconcile, to bring us back to
God: that is the story of the
Book of Revelation. We don't
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need to be fearful of it. We
don't need to wonder if we can
understand it. It's not some
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mystical book. But it is the
story of One Who wants to be in
relationship with you. In the
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fourth part of this series, once
again, I have joining me Pastor
Jon-Ross Ennest. JON-ROSS:
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Hey. CHRIS: Pastor Jon-Ross, so
glad to have you here. JON-ROSS
I'm really glad to be here.
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CHRIS: Now, pastor Jon-Ross, we
have been. and covered a lot of
territory. We're going to get
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right into it because we are
finishing off this series. We
could spend volumes and volumes
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of time talking about the Book
of Revelation and the relentless
pursuit of God after us. The
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last show, where we left off, is
we talked about faith. Having
faith in the promise that Christ
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has done for us and guaranteed
us a place in heaven through His
sacrifice, through His life, and
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that's really the story of the
Book of Revelation. Now, one of
the things we were not able to
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get to - because, in the context
of that faith, there's something
happening - and we would be
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remiss to just simply gloss over
what was happening there in the
Book of Revelation. So
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Revelation chapter 20, we're
going to go there, and let's
talk about what was happening in
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Revelation that referenced this
faith. So Revelation chapter 20.
And I believe we're going to go
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to verses 12 and 13. Why don't
you read those, and let's unpack
that a little bit. JON-ROSS:
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Yeah, although I'm going to
start in verse 11, just for a
little more context.
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CHRIS: Okay. So Pastor Jon-Ross,
I'm just being very
straightforward. I speak on
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prophecy all around the world.
You've spoken on prophecy all
around Canada and other places.
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I will tell you without a
question of a doubt, the
greatest fear that I find among
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people is this issue of
judgment. JON-ROSS: Yeah. And I
think this fear of judgment is
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totally unnecessary. What we
have going on here in this
judgement, we see, obviously,
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God is present, and the
inhabitants of Earth are
standing before him, arrayed in
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a judgment scene. Here, what we
see is, we've got - and we
talked about it last time - is
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Christ is our all. He is our
sufficiency. He is our
justification. He is the renewal
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of that love relationship with
God. And by putting our faith in
Him, we can stand confidently.
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And here's what I mean. 1st John
2:1 talks about Jesus as our
advocate. Scripture is replete
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with evidences of God Himself as
judge. So we have Christ our
Advocate; the Father the Judge;
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well, where's the accuser? This
is the question. CHRIS: Yes.
JON-ROSS: And what we see going
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on here is these people are
standing before - and we'll get
to the accuser thing in a moment
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- but what I really want to draw
out and touch on here is that
these people, they're standing
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before the throne, and they're
judged according to their own
works. CHRIS: Okay. Now, so
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we've got a couple of words
there that, in different
contexts to different people,
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are going to kind of create.
because one of the things we've
been trying to do in the last
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several shows, is, the Book of
Revelation often brings about
it. or with it fear,
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trepidation. We've been talking
about, there's nothing to fear.
This book is about a God Who
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loves us, a God Who created this
world who's now relentlessly
pursuing a broken relationship.
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Reconciliation. But we have this
now, this word "judgment" which
can kind of bring some angst and
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some fear. And then we have
"judged according to their
works." And those who are
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Christian or who have some
Christian context are
automatically saying, "Whoa,
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whoa, whoa, you just talked
about faith; now you have
works." JON-ROSS: Yeah. CHRIS:
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Do we have anything in the Bible
that can kind of help us work
through this a little bit?
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Any writing that will help us?
JON-ROSS: Absolutely. We can go
to Romans, actually, Romans
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chapter 8. In Romans 8, Paul is
talking about these very
subjects, and you know, as we've
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mentioned, Paul was a person who
had to come to his own terms
with being able to accept God's
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love for him after he had
persecuted, killed Christians
because of their faith in Jesus.
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So he knew what it was like to
wrestle through receiving God's
grace as a gift. CHRIS:
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Absolutely. JON-ROSS: So in
particular, we can look at
verses 31 and 32. CHRIS: Okay,
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why don't you read
those for us? JON-ROSS: Yeah.
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JON-ROSS: And he's not asking a
question, "Is God for us?" He's
making an assertive statement:
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God is for us. And I often say
to people, you know, in the
Gospels, Matthew in particular,
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it says "Emmanuel, God with us."
I say, "Exactly. God's not
against us; God's with us. He's
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on our side."
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CHRIS: Okay. JON-ROSS: This is
beautiful. CHRIS: Yes. JON-ROSS:
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God's on our side, which we've
already seen. It's been made
abundantly clear. CHRIS:
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Abundant. JON-ROSS: God did not
spare His son, but gave him up
for us all, so that we could
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graciously receive all things.
And what I'm talking about,
we're not just talking about
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trivial, earthly things; we're
talking about something that's
of great, great value, great
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importance: eternal life. CHRIS:
Yeah. And I think that's an
important thing to point out,
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because a lot of times, we'll
hear preachers that will talk
about the reception of the
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gospel, and somehow, someway,
you're going to receive all the
riches of the Earth and
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prosperity and all this thing.
But what Paul gets at here that
is very clear is that the
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assurance of eternal life, the
assurance that we have in Jesus,
is that God is for us. JON-ROSS
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Yes. CHRIS: And this is what I
often say: Too often, what we
preach or we talk about in
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Christianity is that God will
deliver us from trial. But the
testimony of the Scripture is
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that God won't deliver us, but
God, rather, walks through those
trials often with us because
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He's for us. JON-ROSS:
Absolutely. CHRIS: Now, this is.
you know, God's poured out the
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power of heaven in His free
gift. What are some practical
applications with this power of
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the gospel to save us? JON-ROSS:
Yeah, and verse 33 brings in
this first very practical
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application. And it says:
JON-ROSS: So we've already
established justification, just
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as if I never sinned. Who can
accuse me? By Christ, I'm made
innocent. So how can you make an
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accusation against me? And this
is particularly important in
light of eternity, in light of
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our future, in the imminent
Second Coming of Christ, is that
we have an accuser. There is one
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who accuses us. But, Revelation
promises that we will stand
innocent in light of this.
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Revelation 12, let's take a look
that. CHRIS: Now, we're going to
go to Revelation 12. I want to
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pause for a moment, because you
mentioned a verse earlier, and I
don't want to gloss over it,
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because while there is an
accuser, we have an advocate,
someone who's on our behalf.
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JON-ROSS: That's right. CHRIS:
Now, we're seeing that this is
Christ. But you mentioned the
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text, and I don't want our
viewer to miss it. First John
2:1. Now, I will tell you, I'm a
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little biased on this, because
if there is a favourite verse in
the Bible, this one is my
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favorite verse. First John
chapter 2 and verse 1. Why don't
we read that just to be very
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clear in the ears and the eyes
of the viewer that we have an
Advocate? While there's an
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accuser, there is One Who is
advocating on our behalf. Why
don't you read that? JON-ROSS
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Absolutely. CHRIS: And so this
is a beautiful thing. Now, we're
going to talk about it, 'cause
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there is one who accuses us. But
here is the clarifying point
throughout everything we've been
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talking about. God is doing
everything and has done
everything to win us back, to be
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in a reconnected, reconciled
relationship with Him. And it
says that Jesus is our advocate.
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Now, I will tell people often, I
used to explain that verse by
saying "advocate" means our
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attorney, our defence attorney.
I will tell you, I had to
testify in a trial - and this is
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no offence to any defence
attorneys out there - but I was
waiting on the exterior of the
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courtroom, and I saw the defence
attorneys, and many of them were
making these slick deals and all
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of this. And I sat there and I
said, "I've belittled the
ministry of Jesus." This word
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"advocate" is actually the same
word used to describe the
comforter of the Holy Spirit.
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Being the comforter, Jesus is
assuring us that His love is
more powerful than anything
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we've done or anything we could
be accused of. But we need to
mention, there is an accuser.
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Who's the accuser? The Bible
will talk about who this accuser
is, what he's doing. JON-ROSS:
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Revelation 12. And there, when
we go to Revelation 12, we see
in verses 10 and 11, John
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records what he sees:
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JON-ROSS: And in verse 9, makes
it explicitly clear, names all
of the names that Satan is known
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by. It is Satan who is the
accuser of the brothers and
sisters, as John records. And
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then it says in verse 11 - and
this is beautiful and this fits
in so well. This is part of the
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theme. This makes up the fabric
of the Book of Revelation.
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JON-ROSS: It's beautiful. CHRIS:
It is very beautiful. Now, we're
not going to spend a
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lot of time talking about the
accuser, because frankly, the
accuser doesn't deserve a lot of
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time to be spoken of. JON-ROSS:
That's right. CHRIS: I will tell
the viewer, we did an
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entire series, "Noah: The Real
Story" where I talk about who is
Satan, where did he come from,
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what are his origins? You will
be fascinated by this study to
see that this is actually an
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individual that was also
relentlessly pursued by the love
of God, but made a choice to
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reject that love. But Pastor
Jon-Ross, the issue at hand here
is, we have an accuser. That
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accuser is Satan the devil, the
archenemy of God. But the key
verse is verse 11. JON-ROSS:
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Yes, absolutely. CHRIS: His
accusations are overcome, and
how are they overcome? JON-ROSS:
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By the blood of the Lamb. CHRIS:
And here's the key. When we look
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at the Book of Revelation, we
see this pattern emerging. For
example, here, we have the lamb
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and we have the dragon. And you
know, in our own understanding
of lamb and dragon, a dragon's
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going to win every time.
JON-ROSS: That's right. CHRIS:
However, the promise of the Book
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of Revelation and the gospel in
Revelation is, the Lamb defeats
the dragon through His blood and
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through His sacrifice. And so we
overcome the dragon. Actually,
we don't overcome; God has
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overcome the dragon, and we can
have that same overcoming by
placing - as we talked about
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earlier - our faith in the
life-giving sacrifice of Jesus
Christ. JON-ROSS: That's
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right. And we can tell that
these people who overcome the
accuser, it says that "and by
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the word of their testimony."
They had internalized, they had
embraced the grace of God in
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Jesus Christ, and they were
sharing it with the world. They
were unashamed of the Gospel. So
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it's a really important point.
They had internalized it; they
had embraced it. CHRIS: Yes. So
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let's go back to Romans, 'cause
I know in Romans chapter 8, we
left off in verse 33, but I know
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in verse 34 - you and I had been
talking - and in verse 34,
there's a very important verse
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there, and why don't you talk
about that? Because right now,
again, one of the great
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difficulties we face is we say,
"This is too good to be true.
How is this even possible that
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through Adam's sin, I deserve to
die, because I've separated
myself from God?" And some
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people say, "Well, why should we
die if we've separated from
God?" Because when we understand
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Who God is, God is the
life-giving source of the entire
universe. JON-ROSS: Yeah.
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CHRIS: Let's read verse 34.
Why don't you read that for us?
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JON-ROSS: Yeah. CHRIS: Okay. So
let's unpack this a little bit,
because this has got some power
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in it. Talk to me about what's
happening here. Christ has died,
Christ is seated at the right
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hand of the Father, what's going
on here? JON-ROSS: That's right.
So here, Paul is saying, "Who
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can condemn? Who can judge me as
guilty, as unworthy? You can't.
No one can because Christ Jesus,
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my Saviour, He died for my
sins." CHRIS: Okay, let's hit
the pause button right there,
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because I think this needs to
be. because we live in a world
where there is great
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condemnation. We live in a world
where there's condemnation
coming from all over the place.
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What you're telling me and what
the Bible promises is, when I
place my faith in Christ, no one
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can make accusation against me
because I've placed my full
faith, my full trust in Him, and
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His death and His blood covers
me and reconciles me to Him.
JON-ROSS: Yes, absolutely.
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CHRIS: That is a powerful thing.
But let's talk further, because
it doesn't say He just.
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because I think too often, our
Christian message is, "Christ
died for us." JON-ROSS: Mmhmm,
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yeah. CHRIS: And we don't say
anything else. JON-ROSS: That's
right, but there's more. CHRIS:
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There's more. What's more?
JON-ROSS: Because you know, Paul
was a student of the
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Scriptures, and he wrote the
Book of Romans. But the
Scriptures that he said it was
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not the New Testament - he was
very familiar with the Old
Testament - and when he invokes
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this idea of interceding, he's
drawing on this imagery of the
priest from the Old Testament
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sanctuary service. And it's
beautiful. The Old Testament
priest, he went into the
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sanctuary, different
compartments of the sanctuary at
various times in the year, but
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he did it on behalf of Israel,
on behalf of the people. So when
Paul says that, you know, "Who
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can judge us? Christ died; more
than that was raised and is at
the right hand of God
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interceding for us," he's
saying, "Christ is there as our
representative on behalf of us
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before God, ministering on our
behalf on our side there with
Him." CHRIS: And that is
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powerful because what this now
defines for us very clearly is,
the judgment is nothing to fear.
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In fact, the judgment is
something we can embrace because
the judgment, the judgment in
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and of itself, is good news, and
the good news is. well, why
don't you tell us? What is the
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good news? JON-ROSS: The good
news? Is I'm forgiven, I'm set
free, and I can live with God
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for eternity. CHRIS: And that is
the ultimate good news.
JON-ROSS: That is the ultimate
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good news. There's. you know,
the implication of what Paul
brings out in verse 34, we can
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find it in Revelation. CHRIS:
Let's do it. JON-ROSS:
Revelation 21. Revelation 21.
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Last time, we were in Revelation
20. And in Revelation 21, what
we find here, some beautiful
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truth. Verses 3 to 7:
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JON-ROSS: Let's pause there.
That's beautiful. But we have to
unpack it a little bit. We see
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in verse 3, "Behold, the
dwelling place of God is with
man." The separation that sin
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brought so long ago is gone,
gone. There's no more
separation. Sin has been
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removed. CHRIS: Yes. The
fascinating thing, it's very
interesting, in the King James
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Version, it says, "The
tabernacle of God is with man."
And it's very important for
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people to understand that that's
what. in the Old Testament, it
says, "Let them build me a
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sanctuary, that I may dwell with
them." The tabernacle is all
about a reunited relationship,
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because God's desire is that He
could be with us. JON-ROSS Yeah.
And Jesus has already
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affected that. He's already made
it happen when He died at the
cross, bearing my sins, dying
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for me. He's already made
provision for it; we're just
waiting for it to happen. CHRIS:
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That is a powerful, powerful
thing. And you know. and I love
the fact that it says, "Write
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these things down because they
are trustworthy." JON-ROSS
Mmhmm. It's like John is saying,
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"Remember it; it's coming; don't
forget." CHRIS: Absolutely. Now,
in the Book of Romans, back
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in chapter 8, it talks about
this promise even in a little
bit more detail. Why don't we go
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back to Romans for just a few
moments, and let's look at that
there. A couple of important
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verses. Why don't you share with
us? JON-ROSS: Absolutely. So
Paul, then, again, continues
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with asking his
questions. He says:
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JON-ROSS: There, in Paul's day,
the Christians were facing
intense persecution. It was not
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uncommon to have someone kick in
your door, drag you out of your
home, and kill you because of
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your faith in Christ. So there
was real pressure that existed
in. on the Christians of Paul's
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day. But then he says:
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JON-ROSS: Paul says, the love of
Christ buoys us up, holds us
strong, keeps us confident and
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steadfast because it doesn't
change, that regardless of
what's happening around me, I
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can be confident because I have
a guarantee in heaven waiting
for me. CHRIS: And that's
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powerful because in most of our
human relationships, whether
they be friends, whether they be
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family, we can often have those
relationships change because of
events in our life. But
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Peter-Paul assures us that
nothing will separate us.
JON-ROSS: That's right. CHRIS:
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Pastor Jon-Ross, we only have a
couple minutes left, so let's
land right at the end of the
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Book of Revelation, Revelation
chapter 22. Let's get right to
the. because we began by talking
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about the grace of Christ, the
love of Christ, His relentless
pursuit, right there in
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Revelation 22. JON-ROSS: This is
the Christian's hope, and it's
the hope that we're just
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simply waiting to take a hold
of, because it's already been
accomplished in Christ. Verses 4
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and 5 of Revelation 22, it says:
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CHRIS: This is amazing. And then
the final words of the Book of
Revelation. Why don't you
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read those final words as we
wrap this study up? JON-ROSS
This captures the essence of
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what John, I believe, is trying
to communicate to us. He says:
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JON-ROSS: John's experience of
ministry with Christ, seeing the
unveiling of God's love through
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the Book of Revelation, he says,
"Receive the gift of God's
grace, because that's what's
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going to sustain you and make
salvation and eternity with God
possible." CHRIS: The story of
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Revelation is simple: A God
relentlessly pursuing to mend a
broken relationship, and the
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question of whether or not we
will receive the free gift He's
given us. Let's have prayer.
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JON-ROSS: Yeah. CHRIS: Heavenly
Father, we are so grateful that
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You sent Your Son Jesus. And my
prayer is very simple right now,
that all those that are hearing,
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all those that are watching
right now would receive the gift
and be transformed. We pray this
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in Jesus' name,
amen. JON-ROSS: Amen.
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Bev: Hi everyone. We've been
focusing on the NEWSTART
acronym, that's N, E, W, S, T,
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A, R, T. And today we're looking
at T = Trust in Divine Power.
Changing our lifestyle is the
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hardest thing many of us will
ever try to do. It's difficult
to change habits that we've
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acquired, practiced and polished
for years. That's why it's
imperative that we trust in
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Divine Power, because God is
strong where we are weak. Let's
just recap the NEWSTART
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principles that we've learned. N
is for Nutrition. We learned
about carbohydrates, fats and
00:25:46.78\00:25:53.82
proteins. We learned that our
bodies absolutely require
carbohydrates. We learned to
00:25:53.92\00:25:58.39
stay away from too much fat, and
how to incorporate more
plant-based proteins in our
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daily eating. E is for Exercise.
It is such an essential part of
a healthy lifestyle. And, we're
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never too old to start! Be
inspired by Hulda Crooks, who
started mountain climbing at age
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66. What a gal!! W is for Water.
Are you getting enough? 6 to 10
cups per day is ideal, depending
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on your size and activity level.
S is for Sunshine. The kiss of
the sun for vitamin D, and for
00:26:25.21\00:26:31.65
keeping our mood light and
bright! T is for Temperance, an
old-fashioned word for a
00:26:31.75\00:26:37.29
new-fangled notion called
balance. It's important to have
balance in all aspects of our
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lives. Eat, exercise, and sleep
just enough to enhance your
health and keep your body
00:26:43.00\00:26:48.77
strong. A is for Air. Your body
requires oxygen in order to
function. Be sure that you are
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living healthfully so that your
trillions of cells can get all
the oxygen they need. R is for
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Rest. Are you getting 7 to 8
hours each night? Most of us
aren't, and we suffer because of
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it. T is for Trust in Divine
Power. Philippians 4:13 tells us
that we can do all things
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through Christ who strengthens
us. So, we know we can have a
brand new start through Christ
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who desires for us to have good
health above all things. I love
that! I hope you do too. If you
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want additional information on
how to experience a new start,
visit our It Is Written website
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at www.iiw.ca, go to the Live
Healthy page, and you'll find
links to great resources. Bye
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for now!
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>
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CHRIS: The relentless pursuit of
God, His love for us, and the
sacrifice of His Son: that is
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the Book of Revelation. It is
the gospel of love, the gospel
personified, Jesus dying and
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wanting to reconcile with you.
Dear friend, I want to offer you
today the DVD series The Gospel
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in Revelation. Here's the
information you need for today's
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offer. >
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CHRIS: Pastor Jon-Ross, thank
you so much for joining us today
and thank you for such a
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powerful series on the gospel in
Revelation. JON-ROSS: Pastor
Chris, thanks so much for having
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me; I really appreciate it, and
it's my hope that people are
encouraged by this. CHRIS: Yes.
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And friend, I do hope you've
been encouraged. I hope you have
found the grace of God in your
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life. I want to encourage you to
find additional resources for
growth in your spiritual journey
00:29:39.44\00:29:44.51
at our website,
itiswrittencanada.ca. Please
join us again next week. Until
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then, remember, it is written:
"Man shall not live by bread
alone, but by every word that
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proceeds from the mouth of God."
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