The hour is urgent, as darkness
is dispelled by the light of
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God's Word.
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A new day begins.
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Jesus, the light of
the world is shining.
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Prepare your hearts to
proclaim the final cry.
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This is 3ABN
Summer Camp Meeting.
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Hello, family,
and happy Sabbath.
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What an incredible blessing
to be in the House of the Lord
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today, to be opening up the
Word of God here at 3ABN Summer
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Camp Meeting, preparing
to proclaim the final cry.
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This is a special edition
of 3ABN Sabbath School Panel,
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because we have our
brothers and sisters here.
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We're worshipping together,
and we have you at home who are
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joining us as well.
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And I am today with a brethren
in this August ceremony.
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Is that what you would call it?
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August assembly.
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And I learned a new word
from Pastor Ryan Johnson.
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I am a sister in.
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Yay.
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I love that.
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I always used to say brothers
and sisters, and one time on
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Sabbath school he said the
brethren and sister in, and I
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just said I never
knew I was a sister in.
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So I love that.
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Yay.
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We are on lesson number
10 of our Sabbath school.
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This title for the whole
quarter was actually kind of
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complicated for us
when we recorded it.
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Allusions, images, symbols.
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How to study Bible prophecy.
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And lesson 10 is upon
whom the ends have come.
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Most of the lesson will be
looking at stories from the Old
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Testament that give us
details about end time events.
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I want to have each one of our,
want to introduce each one of
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our Sabbath School Panel
family, Pastor Ryan Johnson.
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Good to have you here.
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It's wonderful to be here.
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Thank you so much, Sister Jill.
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I have Monday's lesson in
which we will be looking at the
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ministry of Noah.
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We're going to be making some
comparisons throughout the word
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and seeing how Noah's day
compares to our day and what
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the take home message is.
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Amen.
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In the middle,
Pastor John Lomacang.
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I have Tuesday, the
story of Sodom and Gomorrah.
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I'll be making a comparison to
how God dealt with sin then and
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how God is going to
deal with sin today.
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Next to Pastor John,
Brother Pastor John Dinzey.
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Thank you.
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It's a blessing to be here.
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I have Wednesday.
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It is Wednesday.
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Yeah.
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It is Wednesday.
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is good news.
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If you didn't have Wednesday,
we have a little problem.
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We did this once on
Sabbath School Panel.
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I was sitting next to Pastor
John Lomacane and all of a
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sudden when I started my
day, he looked at me a little
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confused and I discovered later
that he had studied my day.
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And then this is the giftedness
of how when these brothers
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study the word.
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While I was doing my day, he
quickly figured out his day and
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when he opened his mouth,
you wouldn't have known that he
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hadn't studied it.
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So that's the power of the word.
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When we spend time in the word
and put the word inside, the
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word comes out through
the power of the Holy Spirit.
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Last but not least,
Pastor James Rafferty.
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Hi to you all and everyone here.
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Praise God.
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Be here.
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I have Thursday's lesson.
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Picking up where Pastor Dinzey
left off, we're looking at the
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pre -advent judgment which I
think is kind of providential
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because we're releasing
this book on the investigative
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judgment, Silence in the
Accuser, this camp meeting.
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And I just happen to be dealing
with the same subject that this
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book covers.
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So it's going
to be a good study.
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Amen.
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That's wonderful.
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Before we go any further,
we want to go to the Lord in
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prayer.
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Yes, of course.
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Let's bow our heads.
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open your word, as we gather
around the light, as it were.
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Please, Lord, open our hearts
and let us be ready to receive
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your Holy Spirit and let us be
closer to you as we get closer
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to each other.
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In thy name we pray.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Let's start with a memory text.
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The crew has it all ready.
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They're going to put it on the
side screen and we can repeat
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it together.
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Our memory text is 1
Corinthians chapter 10 verses
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11 and 12.
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Let's say it together.
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Now all these things happened
to them as examples, and they
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were written for our
admonition, upon whom the ends
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of the age have come.
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Therefore, let him who thinks
he stands take heed, lest he
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fall.
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So turn with me to the
book of Revelation chapter 6.
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The title of Sunday's
lesson is The Wrath of the Lamb.
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This is a heavy topic, and
it sometimes can be a difficult
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topic.
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It is really the cry of
the lost when Jesus comes.
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That's what
we're studying today.
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The cry of the lost when Jesus
comes, and we want to look at
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why are they lost?
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What do we know about the lost?
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And then we want to look at how
we can ensure we don't have to
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be in that group.
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And we can be saved.
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We don't want this to be, it
is a heavy topic, but we don't
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want it to be a dark topic
because it doesn't have to end
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there.
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We can come out of that
category and enter the category
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of the saved with
having assurance of salvation.
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We're in Revelation 6.
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This is the sixth seal
that brings us right up to the
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second coming of Christ.
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And we look at this, the cry
of the lost, Revelation 6 verse
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15.
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commanders, the mighty men,
every slave and every free man,
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hid themselves in the caves and
in the rocks of the mountains
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and said to the mountains
and rocks, what are those three
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words?
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Fall on us and hide us from
the face of him who sits on the
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throne and from the wrath of
the lamb, for the great day of
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his wrath has come
and who is able to stand.
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Now, if you keep reading, you
get to Revelation chapter seven
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and you discover
who's able to stand.
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The sealed are able to stand,
but that's not the focus of
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this study.
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So we won't get
there, but there is hope.
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But the cry is
the rocks hide us.
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Jesus is coming again.
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Hide us.
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We're afraid.
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Hide us from the holiness
of God who's coming again.
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Hide us.
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So I want to ask you,
what do we know about the lost?
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We don't often
ask that question.
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I would submit to you there's
at least six things that we
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know about the lost.
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Number one, they
have knowledge of Christ.
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Really?
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The lost have
knowledge of Christ?
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They called them, in
this passage, the lamb.
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Hide us from the face of him.
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The lamb.
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They have a knowledge of Christ.
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You know, if you look at
Matthew 24 verse 14, what does
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that verse say?
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as a witness to all nations
and then the end will come.
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That tells us just before
the second coming of Jesus, the
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whole world will
have heard the gospel.
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The whole world will
have knowledge of Jesus.
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So the lost have
knowledge of Christ.
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Number two, what do
we know about the lost?
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They have some
knowledge of prophecy.
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How do we know that?
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They said the great
day of his wrath has come.
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How do they know
about the day of wrath?
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How do they know
about the day of judgment?
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How do they know about
the second coming of Christ?
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The great day of
his wrath has come.
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The third thing I see, they
have some knowledge of what is
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needed to endure.
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Why is that?
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They said, who is able to stand?
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Who shall be able to stand?
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That means they have
some knowledge that their
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righteousness is not enough.
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And the holiness of God, seeing
that, recognizing that they are
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not enough.
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The fourth thing I see, they
had knowledge, but they never
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knew Christ.
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You know, there's a difference.
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We can have an intellectual
assent to the truth.
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We can think we know the word
of God, and yet we have never
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met Jesus.
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If you think about the parable
of the wise and the foolish
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virgins, we find
that in Matthew 25.
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And what happens to
the foolish virgins?
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They say in verse 11, they come
to the Lord and say, open to
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us.
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And they say, let us in.
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Open to us.
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And what does he say?
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I never knew you.
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Seriously.
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They thought they had knowledge.
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They thought they had an
intellectual understanding.
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And yet they never knew Christ.
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He never knew them.
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It matters whether you
and I have met Jesus Christ.
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It matters whether we have
an intimate heart knowledge of
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God.
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And he knows us.
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The fifth thing I see, they had
knowledge of Christ, but they
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never let the
gospel change them.
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They never let Jesus change
them to the point of loving
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other people.
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You know where I see that?
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I see that in
Matthew 25 as well.
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You know the sheep and the
goats, that whole separation
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that Jesus did.
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And the sheep are on one hand
and the goats are on the other.
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And remember, the goats
represent the lost, Pastor
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Ryan.
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And the lost, he says
to them, depart from me.
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You cursed.
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Depart from me.
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You're not going to
spend eternity with me.
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And verse 42,
what is the barometer?
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Whether they know Jesus?
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It's how they
treated other people.
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It's how they
loved other people.
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What does it say?
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I was hungry and
you didn't give me food.
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I was thirsty and you didn't
give me anything to drink.
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I was a stranger and
you did not take me in.
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I was naked and you
didn't clothe me and I was sick.
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And you didn't
visit me in prison.
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And they will say to the
Lord, when did all these things
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happen?
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When did we not clothe you?
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When did we not give you food?
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When did we not give you water?
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When did we not
give you shelter?
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And he says, inasmuch as you
did not do this to the least of
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these, you did
not do it unto me.
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So that shows how
we treat each other.
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As brothers and sisters in
the church and outside of the
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church is an
indicator of our walk with God.
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It's an indicator of whether
we've really known Jesus and
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whether we've
really experienced Jesus.
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I know a quick story.
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I was going to Kroger here
in West Frankfurt going grocery
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shopping.
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And I passed a lady
with a cardboard sign.
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You ever pass
somebody like that?
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And it says, hungry, need food.
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And you know what Jill did?
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I drove by.
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And I remember for a
whole week, Pastor John, that
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bothered me.
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For a whole week, I thought
about, you know, when you
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initially drove
by, what do you think?
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Well, maybe they're on drugs.
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Well, maybe it's a scam.
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Well, maybe, you know,
these justifications we do.
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And it bothered me the
whole week that I had passed by
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someone in need because of
whatever rationalization I had
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done in my own heart and mind.
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It matters whether
we love other people.
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The sixth thing I see is
that the lost had knowledge, but
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they chose never
to walk in obedience.
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We need to walk in obedience.
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Matthew 7, 21, not everyone
who says to me, Lord, Lord, will
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enter the kingdom of heaven,
but he who does the will of my
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Father in heaven.
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And then later he says,
depart from me, you who practice
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iniquity.
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It matters whether you
and I are willing to walk in
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obedience.
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So what do we
know about the lost?
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We know that knowledge,
intellectual assent to the
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truth will not save us.
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We know that knowledge
without love will not save us.
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We know that knowledge without
obedience will not save us.
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We know that knowledge without
inward transformation will not
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save us.
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So we don't want to
end there, Pastor James.
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We want to go to hope.
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So let's look at
how can we be saved?
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Now, I know you could do many
scriptures, but I want to give
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you an ABC just
because I like ABCs.
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So the A is ask.
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That's the first key.
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Ask.
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Ask for his forgiveness.
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First John one nine.
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If we confess our sins, he's
faithful and just to forgive us
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our sins and to cleanse
us from all unrighteousness.
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Now you might
say, wait a minute.
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I thought all could be saved
because of Jesus on the cross.
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And that is true, but all are
not saved because all have not
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accepted the substitutionary
atonement of Jesus on the
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cross.
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Spirit.
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Jesus, I want to be your child.
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And I'm asking
for that forgiveness.
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So the first key is A, ask.
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The second key is B, believe.
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What do we believe in?
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John three 16.
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Believe that God so loved
the world that he gave his only
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begotten son that whoever
believes in him should not
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perish, but have
everlasting life.
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Believe and accept by
faith his substitutionary death.
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Believe that the blood of Jesus
can cleanse us from all sin.
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First John one seven.
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Believe in your heart that
Jesus, God has raised Jesus
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from the dead and
you will be saved.
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That's Romans 10 verse 19.
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Now you might say, wait
a minute, Jill, the devils
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believe and tremble
and they're not saved.
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That's because there's a C.
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There's A, ask for forgiveness.
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This is repentance.
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Respond to the drawing of Jesus.
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B, believe.
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Accept that
righteousness by faith.
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C is choose.
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Choose to walk in obedience.
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And you might say, but wait
a minute, I thought it was all
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faith.
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And yes, it is faith.
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But you and I have a
choice to make every day.
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Every day we make
a choice for Jesus.
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What are the
choices that we make?
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And these choices are
the result of being saved.
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What are the choices we make?
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We choose every
day whom we will serve.
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That's Joshua 24 and 15.
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We choose every
day to look at Jesus.
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That's 2 Corinthians 3, 18.
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We choose every day to allow
God to make us a new creation.
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That's 2 Corinthians 5, 17.
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We choose every day to put
on Jesus Christ and not to make
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provision for the flesh.
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That's Romans 13, 14.
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We choose every day to allow
the old nature to be crucified
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and to rise in newness of life.
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We choose every day to crucify
the flesh with its passions and
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lusts.
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We choose every day
to walk in the Spirit.
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We choose every day to walk in
kindness and forgiveness toward
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others.
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We choose every day to put on
the armor of God that you and I
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can stand in the last day.
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Do you want to stand in
the last day when Jesus comes
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again?
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Stand in the
knowledge that you are forgiven.
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Stand in the knowledge that you
believe in Jesus and he belongs
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to you.
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Stand in the knowledge that
you choose every day to follow
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Jesus.
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Amen.
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Thank you so much, Sister Jill.
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Man, that was really sobering,
the difference between just
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having knowledge and
having a relationship.
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Wasn't that something, friends?
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You know, I would like to touch
base here with our memory text,
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if I could.
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This again is 1 Corinthians
chapter 10 and I'm going to
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begin verse 11.
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It says, Now all these
things happened unto them for in
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samples or examples and they
are written for our admonition
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upon whom the ends
of the world are come.
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Wherefore, let him, let her,
she, that thinketh he standeth,
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take heed, lest he fall.
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The things that have
taken place, they are there as
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examples.
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as the patriarchs were going
through with the Lord, did they
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know they were also
going through for the ages?
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Hmm, it also sobers us as
we go through understanding the
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example that we may set for
those who are looking at us,
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amen?
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Well, I'm Pastor Ryan Johnson
and I have Monday's lesson and
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we're going to be
looking at the ministry of Noah.
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We're going to be looking
at his story as a construct,
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whereby we may compare the
things that are taking place
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now with the things that are
taking place, that were taking
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place then.
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Why do that?
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Why even bother?
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Well, let's see if we can give
some credibility to doing this
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at all.
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I hope you have
your Bibles with you.
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I'm old fashioned.
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I like to feel the
pages in my fingers.
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We're going to Matthew 24 and
it says in verse 1, And Jesus
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went out and departed from the
temple, and his disciples came
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to him, for to show him
the buildings of the temple.
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And Jesus said unto them,
See ye not all these things?
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Verily I say unto you,
there shall not be left here one
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stone upon another, that
shall not be thrown down.
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Jesus makes a prophecy,
and here is the veracity of the
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word.
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And did it take place?
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It did take place.
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So we are talking about a
Jesus that tells the truth.
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Alright, so let's
see what else he says.
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And then they asked him, right
there, as he sat upon the Mount
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of Olives, verse 3, the
disciples came to him privately
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saying, Tell us when these
things shall be, and what shall
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be the sign of thy coming,
and of the end of the world?
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And some translations
say the end of the age.
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That is a fine question.
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And Jesus answered and said,
looking with prophetic vision,
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all the way down to where we
sit right now at camp meeting.
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He said, take heed,
that no man deceive you.
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Have mercy.
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Now let's go on to verse 36.
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Jesus is talking, he says, But
of that day and hour knoweth no
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man, nor the angels of
heaven, but my Father only.
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And here it is, but as the days
of Noah were, so shall also the
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coming of the Son of Man be.
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For as in the days that
were before the flood, they were
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eating and drinking and
marrying and giving in marriage
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until the day that Noah entered
into the ark, and knew not
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until the flood came and took
them all away, so also shall
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the coming of the Son of Man be.
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Jesus introduces
it into conversation.
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We should be looking at
how it was in the days of Noah.
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Now is there anything wrong
with getting married and taking
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a drink?
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A drink of...
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Depends on what you drink.
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Anything wrong with quenching
your thirst in a godly way?
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No, there is not.
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So what's going on here?
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You know, back when I was
in grad school, we studied the
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forms of the nervous
system, and you have this
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parasympathetic nervous system,
and you have this sympathetic
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nervous system, and some of us
know it as fight or flight, or
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rest and digest.
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When you're resting and
digesting, you're hanging at
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home having potluck, I love
potluck, with your family on a
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Sabbath afternoon.
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You're in a whole
different frame of mind.
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But if you were eating dinner,
and a wolf came into the dining
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room, or a lion, you wouldn't
be thinking about that veggie
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burger anymore, would you?
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You would go into a
completely different mindset.
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You would go from physiological
rest and digest into
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physiological fight or flight.
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Now what Christ is talking
about here is not us remaining
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in a state of stress.
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I just used that as an example.
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But staying in a state of
vigilance, the people in the
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days of Noah were leaning back
as though nothing was coming
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upon them.
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This was the spiritual
mentality that they had until
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the flood came
and swept them away.
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So if Jesus says it's worth
looking at why don't we have a
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look?
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Well, let's go on to Genesis.
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We're going to
Genesis chapter 6.
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I'll get that in a second.
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And here we see
some comparisons.
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Now, it says in 2 Peter chapter
3 and verse 5, just go on to
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Genesis 6, that in the last
days people would argue that
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there was no flood.
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Have we seen this take place?
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Was there a flood?
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Yes.
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You know, scientists say if
evaporation, the clouds in the
00:21:58.01\00:22:02.58
air, comes from the water
on the ground, then we have a
00:22:02.58\00:22:06.49
problem with
conservation of mass.
00:22:06.49\00:22:08.32
You cannot evaporate enough
water to cover all the land if
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there isn't enough water
to begin with to cover all the
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land.
00:22:16.26\00:22:20.64
and then condensing
it into a pot of water.
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They say that cannot take
place, and that kind of makes
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sense.
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of the earth, were broken up.
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And now what it says, I want to
read you something right quick.
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This is an article that I
came across, excuse my fumbling
00:22:36.55\00:22:39.45
around here, and I wanted to
find this and read it to you.
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This is from Time Magazine.
00:22:45.73\00:22:47.50
You see that, Pastor?
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There is a huge underground
ocean that could explain the
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origin of seas.
00:22:53.60\00:22:54.40
Just recently discovered by
geologists, here's another one.
00:22:54.80\00:22:58.57
The underground ocean, what you
should know, in the depths of
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the earth, 640 kilometers below
the surface, lies a colossal
00:23:02.14\00:23:07.08
ocean, a hidden and unexplored
world that challenges our
00:23:07.08\00:23:11.99
understanding of the planet.
00:23:11.99\00:23:13.22
They have found
water underground.
00:23:13.89\00:23:16.19
How much water?
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They say three times the volume
of the oceans that we have.
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God knew what he was doing.
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When the Bible said, the
fountains of the deep were
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broken up, there was water that
man didn't even know was there,
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covered everything.
00:23:30.87\00:23:32.81
And again, the
word is proven true.
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But what is the danger of
not believing in the flood?
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Well, here's one.
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If you don't believe in
the flood, and Jesus makes the
00:23:42.05\00:23:45.39
admonition, as it were in
the days of Noah, what does that
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mean to you?
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Hmm.
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Let's make some comparisons.
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In Genesis chapter 6, it
says in verse 5, and God saw the
00:23:54.83\00:23:59.30
wickedness of man was great
in the earth, and that every
00:23:59.30\00:24:02.64
imagination of the
thoughts of his heart were evil
00:24:02.64\00:24:06.01
continually.
00:24:06.01\00:24:07.01
Let's go quickly to
2 Timothy chapter 3.
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This is what the word says.
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It says, This know also that
in the last days perilous times
00:24:25.46\00:24:29.30
shall come, for men shall
be lovers of their own selves,
00:24:29.30\00:24:32.73
covetous, boasters, proud
blasphemers, disobedient to
00:24:32.93\00:24:36.81
parents, unthankful, unholy,
without natural affection,
00:24:36.81\00:24:40.44
truce -breakers, false accusers.
00:24:40.98\00:24:42.81
Sounds a mess, doesn't it?
00:24:43.01\00:24:44.18
Incontinent, fierce, despisers
of those that are good.
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Doesn't that sound like what
was described in Genesis when
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the spiritual state was
described when it said every
00:24:51.45\00:24:56.02
single imagination
and thought was evil?
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That is how it is today.
00:24:58.43\00:24:59.79
Jesus knew what he was talking
about when he was talking about
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the story of a scam.
00:25:04.33\00:25:05.57
Like recently, Sister KP and
I were talking about the toll
00:25:06.10\00:25:10.11
booth scam.
00:25:10.11\00:25:10.74
Anybody get that one there?
00:25:10.77\00:25:11.74
Yeah, and a new scam comes
forward and they have to warn
00:25:12.51\00:25:15.81
you and you're thinking
who thinks of this stuff?
00:25:15.81\00:25:18.65
We think of this stuff.
00:25:20.05\00:25:21.55
This is what happens when every
thought and imagination is evil
00:25:22.32\00:25:26.35
continually.
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Let's go back to
Genesis chapter 6.
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What else does it say?
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And then it says in verse 6 The
Lord has made man on the earth
00:25:30.69\00:25:35.66
and it grieved him at his
heart and the Lord said I will
00:25:35.66\00:25:40.30
destroy man whom I have created
from the face of the earth both
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man and beast and the creeping
thing and the fowls of the air.
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Let's turn quickly
to 2 Peter chapter 3.
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And this is what it says
there in verse 9 The Lord is not
00:26:00.72\00:26:04.69
slack concerning his promise as
some men count slackness but is
00:26:04.69\00:26:09.36
long -suffering to usward not
willing that any should perish
00:26:09.36\00:26:14.97
but that all should come to
repentance and even though we
00:26:14.97\00:26:19.71
are timed I'm going to
take a minute just a few seconds
00:26:19.71\00:26:24.08
really and just pause right
there because was washed away.
00:26:24.08\00:26:33.72
But it says right here that
the Lord is not willing that
00:26:35.12\00:26:37.83
anybody should be lost.
00:26:37.83\00:26:39.19
Appreciate the character of God.
00:26:40.76\00:26:42.56
It is with sorrow that he
must remove sin from the earth.
00:26:42.80\00:26:47.17
But let's go ahead and read.
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It says in verse 10, but the
day of the Lord will come as a
00:26:48.74\00:26:52.64
thief in the night in the which
the heavens shall pass away
00:26:52.64\00:26:56.68
with a great noise and
the elements shall melt with
00:26:56.68\00:27:00.25
fervent heat the earth also
and the works that are therein
00:27:00.25\00:27:04.89
shall be burned up just as
in Genesis where the flood would
00:27:04.89\00:27:09.72
come and wash everything
away we are told there that fire
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will come.
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There's a whole song.
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You know this song, Pastor
Loma King, it won't be water but
00:27:16.20\00:27:19.53
fire next time.
00:27:19.53\00:27:20.70
We see the similarity there
as it were in the days of Noah.
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Let's quickly go back to
Genesis chapter 6 and I want to
00:27:24.91\00:27:28.41
point something else out.
00:27:28.41\00:27:29.54
I have a few here but I
think this is more important.
00:27:29.54\00:27:31.98
If you look at verse 22 it says
thus did Noah according to all
00:27:32.15\00:27:37.35
that God
commanded him so did he.
00:27:37.35\00:27:39.65
Well what was it
that God commanded him?
00:27:40.12\00:27:42.02
In verse 14, make thee an ark.
00:27:42.09\00:27:44.69
The ark is salvation.
00:27:45.63\00:27:46.90
Does the Lord
offer us salvation today?
00:27:47.66\00:27:49.70
Yes, in the three angels
message doesn't it say having
00:27:50.20\00:27:53.74
the everlasting what?
00:27:53.74\00:27:55.64
Gospel.
00:27:56.64\00:28:01.18
but Noah did all according to
what the Lord commanded him and
00:28:01.18\00:28:05.11
I had to think about it.
00:28:05.11\00:28:06.75
Noah didn't build
that ark by himself.
00:28:06.98\00:28:08.92
Noah had help.
00:28:10.69\00:28:11.72
There was church board, deacons.
00:28:12.72\00:28:15.32
There were bright lights.
00:28:16.19\00:28:17.36
What happened to
all those people?
00:28:17.66\00:28:19.53
Well some of them fell asleep.
00:28:20.00\00:28:21.76
Do we see that
taking place today?
00:28:22.26\00:28:24.40
The Lord is putting some of
us to sleep as the closing hours
00:28:25.17\00:28:28.80
come upon us and
some of them fell away.
00:28:28.80\00:28:33.94
Are we seeing that today?
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You know I want to
do as Sister Jill did.
00:28:37.35\00:28:39.08
I don't want to end on that.
00:28:39.15\00:28:40.62
We need to end with some hope.
00:28:41.28\00:28:42.68
I need hope.
00:28:43.39\00:28:44.35
Thank the Lord there is hope.
00:28:45.19\00:28:46.79
Of all of the comparisons that
we have made this is the one
00:28:47.12\00:28:51.16
that I want us to
remember the most.
00:28:51.16\00:28:53.86
Go back to Genesis
chapter 6 and verse 8.
00:28:54.00\00:28:58.97
All of the thoughts
were evil continually.
00:28:59.67\00:29:02.24
The earth was
corrupt before the Lord.
00:29:02.70\00:29:05.01
It repented the Lord that he
had made man and woman on the
00:29:05.27\00:29:08.68
face of the earth but it
says in verse 8 that Noah found
00:29:08.68\00:29:13.48
grace in the eyes of the Lord.
00:29:13.48\00:29:17.59
Take this with you.
00:29:17.69\00:29:19.25
Yes the end is coming.
00:29:19.59\00:29:21.16
Yes the thoughts are a mess.
00:29:21.32\00:29:23.12
Yes we see the weather
going crazy and the world is
00:29:23.32\00:29:27.23
contracting like a woman
in labor pains but we can find
00:29:27.23\00:29:31.33
grace in the eyes of the Lord.
00:29:31.33\00:29:33.50
And if there is anyone that
is absolutely terrified of the
00:29:33.87\00:29:37.51
judgment.
00:29:37.51\00:29:40.91
just wondering
have I been judged?
00:29:40.91\00:29:42.44
Is it my time?
00:29:42.84\00:29:43.75
You haven't been reading
the right part of the gospel.
00:29:44.01\00:29:46.41
We can find grace and
with grace we are okay.
00:29:46.78\00:29:52.89
God be with you.
00:29:54.59\00:29:55.62
Pastor Lobeke.
00:29:55.72\00:29:56.32
Wow 13 minute sermon.
00:29:57.46\00:29:59.16
Praise God.
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Can you say amen.
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Conviction.
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Conviction.
00:30:02.23\00:30:05.43
And Tuesday is a somber lesson.
00:30:06.10\00:30:10.14
The story of Sodom and Gomorrah.
00:30:11.07\00:30:13.81
You know when Peter looks at
the last days he looks back to
00:30:14.81\00:30:19.05
find a reference to look
forward and he holds out Sodom
00:30:19.05\00:30:23.15
and Gomorrah as a description
of the climate of the last
00:30:23.15\00:30:27.66
days.
00:30:27.66\00:30:28.09
Now Sodom and Gomorrah were
cities that were located in the
00:30:28.86\00:30:31.66
particular region of the world
but Peter holds it out as the
00:30:31.66\00:30:36.46
condition of the world.
00:30:36.46\00:30:38.37
Not a region of the world
but a condition of the world.
00:30:38.80\00:30:44.54
He also points out that God's
judgments on the wicked of the
00:30:45.44\00:30:48.51
past is a divine example of how
God will judge the wickedness
00:30:48.51\00:30:54.82
of the future.
00:30:54.82\00:30:56.08
As you describe and study
the circumference of 2 Peter
00:30:56.48\00:31:00.86
chapter 2, theologians say that
2 Peter chapter 2 is part of a
00:31:00.86\00:31:07.13
larger argument.
00:31:07.13\00:31:08.26
That Peter is authenticating
the argument of God that God is
00:31:09.06\00:31:14.00
both a God of justice
and a God of judgment.
00:31:14.00\00:31:17.64
And we often overlook
God's judgment and justice.
00:31:18.27\00:31:21.88
Now God could not be a judge of
justice and judgment if he was
00:31:22.41\00:31:27.48
not a God that's fair.
00:31:27.48\00:31:28.62
He gives every one of us an
opportunity to choose our road.
00:31:29.32\00:31:32.19
He says in Deuteronomy 30
verse 19, I place before you two
00:31:32.32\00:31:36.16
roads, life and blessings
and death and cursings.
00:31:36.16\00:31:38.63
And he's so loving of us.
00:31:38.93\00:31:41.13
He said therefore choose life.
00:31:41.16\00:31:43.06
He tells us the
that is for our benefit.
00:31:43.10\00:31:46.37
But 2 Peter chapter 2 pulls an
entire plethora of description
00:31:47.20\00:31:52.87
from the past to reflect it
on the screen of the future and
00:31:52.87\00:31:56.44
says this is how it was and
this is how it's going to be.
00:31:56.44\00:31:59.91
So let's break down what the
fame of Sodom and Gomorrah is
00:31:59.95\00:32:04.79
causing to be
reflected on the world today.
00:32:04.79\00:32:06.99
Sodom and Gomorrah are cities
that have famous reference
00:32:07.56\00:32:10.69
today.
00:32:10.69\00:32:11.26
You know I don't know anybody
that would say well I'm on my
00:32:12.23\00:32:14.50
way to Sodom.
00:32:14.50\00:32:15.33
Now in New York City, you
may not know this, but there's a
00:32:16.63\00:32:20.47
train that you
can take to Babylon.
00:32:20.47\00:32:22.97
It's out on Long Island.
00:32:23.64\00:32:24.84
And I was in New
York not too long ago.
00:32:25.51\00:32:27.18
My wife and I and somebody said
well if you want to get to this
00:32:27.18\00:32:30.31
particular region out on Long
Island you have to look for the
00:32:30.31\00:32:32.95
train to Babylon.
00:32:32.95\00:32:33.85
It felt strange getting
on the train to Babylon.
00:32:34.02\00:32:37.29
But today the world is on the
train to Babylon and Sodom and
00:32:37.99\00:32:41.32
Gomorrah.
00:32:41.32\00:32:42.26
And oftentimes we don't
understand the circumference of
00:32:42.46\00:32:46.03
the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah.
00:32:46.03\00:32:47.86
Let me begin with one that
you may have not seen before.
00:32:47.86\00:32:47.86
Ezekiel chapter
16 verses 48 and 49.
00:32:51.60\00:32:54.74
What were the sins
of Sodom and Gomorrah?
00:32:55.80\00:32:57.51
Let me outline them and
then you'll see them in the
00:32:58.34\00:33:00.31
Injustice, pride, they lived
the lives of excess, idolatry,
00:33:02.24\00:33:09.48
and they ignored
the needs of the needy.
00:33:10.85\00:33:13.76
Ezekiel 16 verse 48.
00:33:14.92\00:33:16.36
The Lord says, As I live, says
the Lord, neither your sister
00:33:16.46\00:33:21.60
Sodom nor her daughters have
done as you and daughters have
00:33:21.60\00:33:25.47
done.
00:33:25.47\00:33:25.90
Verse 49.
00:33:26.53\00:33:27.37
Look, this was the
iniquity of your sister Sodom.
00:33:27.94\00:33:31.77
She and her daughter had pride,
fullness of food, and abundance
00:33:33.48\00:33:40.08
of idleness.
00:33:40.08\00:33:40.92
Neither did she strengthen the
hand of the poor and the needy.
00:33:41.88\00:33:47.09
Those are the things we
often overlook about Sodom and
00:33:47.46\00:33:49.69
Gomorrah.
00:33:49.69\00:33:52.83
also.
00:33:52.83\00:33:53.53
But she was a city of
injustice, pride, excess.
00:33:53.90\00:33:58.63
Are we living in a
world like that today?
00:33:58.73\00:34:00.60
You can't get enough.
00:34:00.97\00:34:02.20
Idolatry, sitting down to
eat and drink and rising up to
00:34:03.71\00:34:06.34
play.
00:34:06.34\00:34:10.71
future to
enjoyment of the present.
00:34:10.71\00:34:12.95
Also ignoring the needy.
00:34:14.08\00:34:15.52
And this is not saying, as Jill
mentioned, driving by a person
00:34:15.82\00:34:18.59
with a sign.
00:34:18.59\00:34:19.25
I remember that very example.
00:34:19.62\00:34:20.76
I remember being on San
Francisco and there was a man
00:34:20.76\00:34:20.79
sitting down in front of Macy's.
00:34:23.32\00:34:24.79
He says, I'm not going to lie.
00:34:24.83\00:34:25.99
I need the money for beer.
00:34:26.19\00:34:27.93
He was honest about it, but
we didn't give him anything.
00:34:28.73\00:34:31.07
But he just gave us a thumbs up.
00:34:31.83\00:34:33.20
I need the money for beer.
00:34:33.20\00:34:34.37
But the world today is a place
of injustice, pride, excess,
00:34:34.44\00:34:37.24
idolatry, and
ignoring the needs.
00:34:37.44\00:34:39.47
But now let's dive into the
cesspool of Sodom and Gomorrah.
00:34:40.08\00:34:44.58
Genesis chapter 13 and verse 13.
00:34:44.61\00:34:47.45
The Bible says, but the men
of Sodom were exceedingly wicked
00:34:48.05\00:34:51.19
and sinful, and
notice, against the Lord.
00:34:51.19\00:34:54.69
Not just against each
other, but against the Lord.
00:34:54.76\00:34:57.56
Every sin is against the Lord.
00:34:58.09\00:35:00.90
Verse 19, chapter 19 verse 5.
00:35:02.16\00:35:04.67
And they called to Lot and said
to him, now this is an amazing
00:35:05.87\00:35:09.77
picture.
00:35:09.77\00:35:10.51
Lot is protecting his family
from the passions of the men of
00:35:10.97\00:35:14.08
Sodom.
00:35:14.08\00:35:14.68
And he's locked his doors and
they are beating on his doors,
00:35:15.48\00:35:18.31
trying to gain access to have
an immoral relationship with
00:35:18.31\00:35:22.38
the angels that came to
rescue Lot and his family.
00:35:22.38\00:35:26.15
The Bible says, and they called
to Lot and said to him, where
00:35:28.12\00:35:31.06
are the men who
came to you tonight?
00:35:31.06\00:35:33.60
Bring them out to us that
we may know them carnally.
00:35:34.20\00:35:37.60
Brethren,
that's the world today.
00:35:38.23\00:35:39.53
That's not just in a region
of the world, that's the world
00:35:39.97\00:35:41.87
today.
00:35:41.87\00:35:42.54
What do they do?
00:35:43.81\00:35:44.84
Look at Romans 1 verse 24.
00:35:45.34\00:35:46.81
It was not just the men.
00:35:47.34\00:35:48.68
Romans 1 verse 24.
00:35:49.24\00:35:50.61
Therefore God also gave them
up to uncleanness in the lust of
00:35:51.38\00:35:56.22
their hearts to dishonor
their bodies among themselves.
00:35:56.22\00:36:00.59
Look at verse 26.
00:36:01.16\00:36:02.39
For this reason God gave them
up to vile passions, for even
00:36:03.22\00:36:08.20
their women exchange the
natural use for what is against
00:36:08.20\00:36:11.67
nature.
00:36:11.67\00:36:12.20
Women, likewise verse 27,
likewise also the men, leaving
00:36:12.97\00:36:17.61
the natural use of the woman
burned in their lusts for one
00:36:17.61\00:36:22.31
another.
00:36:22.31\00:36:22.74
Men with men committing what
is shameful and receiving in
00:36:23.71\00:36:27.55
themselves the penalty of
their error which was due.
00:36:27.55\00:36:31.59
Today society makes it seem
acceptable for women to be with
00:36:32.09\00:36:36.12
women and for
men to be with men.
00:36:36.12\00:36:38.99
I remember a young person a
couple years ago said to me,
00:36:38.99\00:36:42.00
now because I investigate
doesn't mean that's who I am.
00:36:42.23\00:36:46.74
Now they said because I
might kiss somebody of the same
00:36:49.24\00:36:51.87
gender doesn't
mean I'm that way.
00:36:51.87\00:36:53.61
And I said that's
exactly what it means.
00:36:54.11\00:36:55.61
You cannot drink alcohol
excessively and not say you're
00:36:55.68\00:36:58.91
an alcoholic.
00:36:58.91\00:36:59.48
And the devil is trying to
convince people that you could
00:37:00.18\00:37:02.82
dabble in sin but
not be affected by sin.
00:37:02.82\00:37:05.75
It's not possible.
00:37:05.99\00:37:07.16
It's not possible to experiment
with sin and not receive the
00:37:07.62\00:37:11.13
just judgments of God.
00:37:11.13\00:37:12.69
And so Jude now reaches into
Peter's back pocket and says
00:37:13.09\00:37:16.50
let me summarize
it for you Peter.
00:37:16.50\00:37:18.27
Jude chapter 1 and verse 7.
00:37:18.80\00:37:20.67
What were their sins?
00:37:22.17\00:37:23.27
As Sodom and Gomorrah and the
cities around them in a similar
00:37:24.47\00:37:29.14
manner to these, it was not
just Sodom and Gomorrah but the
00:37:29.14\00:37:33.15
cities around them were
affected by the sins in the
00:37:33.15\00:37:36.55
city of Sodom and Gomorrah
having given themselves over to
00:37:36.55\00:37:41.69
sexual immorality.
00:37:41.69\00:37:42.99
Not just men with men and women
with women but men with women
00:37:43.29\00:37:46.49
who were not theirs and women
with men who was not theirs.
00:37:46.49\00:37:49.03
And gone after strange flesh.
00:37:50.40\00:37:52.23
Let me pause on
that for a moment.
00:37:52.57\00:37:53.77
Why strange flesh?
00:37:53.87\00:37:54.97
This is vitally important.
00:37:55.24\00:37:56.44
You see when man and woman
come together they complete the
00:37:56.84\00:37:59.87
image of God on the human race.
00:37:59.87\00:38:01.34
When a man is with a man,
he distorts the image of God on
00:38:01.91\00:38:05.41
the human race.
00:38:05.41\00:38:06.18
When a woman is with a woman,
she distorts the image of God
00:38:06.68\00:38:09.68
on the human race.
00:38:09.68\00:38:10.52
In the book of Genesis
the Bible says God gave his
00:38:10.92\00:38:13.59
maleness to man and
his femaleness to woman.
00:38:13.59\00:38:17.16
So when man and woman
come together in marriage, they
00:38:17.53\00:38:21.03
complete the image of
God on the human race.
00:38:21.03\00:38:23.47
So this sin is a deformity,
a distortion, a destruction of
00:38:24.13\00:38:30.91
the image of God
in the human race.
00:38:30.91\00:38:32.61
It's not just about sexual sin
but it's destroying the image
00:38:32.71\00:38:36.21
of God on the human race.
00:38:36.21\00:38:37.61
The Bible says having
given themselves over to sexual
00:38:38.55\00:38:42.72
immorality and gone after
strange flesh are set forth as
00:38:42.72\00:38:48.82
an example suffering the
vengeance of eternal fire.
00:38:48.82\00:38:53.23
The fire in its
results were eternal.
00:38:53.46\00:38:56.63
Sodom and Gomorrah are not
burning today, but there are
00:38:56.97\00:38:59.70
some Sodoms and Gomorrah
that are going to be burning
00:38:59.70\00:39:01.60
tomorrow.
00:39:01.60\00:39:02.27
But God is saying I dealt with
them this way in the past, I'm
00:39:03.04\00:39:05.61
going to deal with
them this way in the future.
00:39:05.61\00:39:07.48
Genesis 19 verse 24
and 25, what did God do?
00:39:08.58\00:39:11.35
Then the Lord rained fire and
brimstone on Sodom and Gomorrah
00:39:12.08\00:39:16.99
from the Lord God out of the
inhabitants of the cities and
00:39:16.99\00:39:28.23
what grew on the ground.
00:39:28.23\00:39:30.77
He didn't just burn up the
works of the cities, he burned
00:39:31.27\00:39:34.67
up the evidences, the
DNA even in the grass.
00:39:34.67\00:39:37.64
He said nothing about this
sin will survive Sodom at all.
00:39:38.17\00:39:41.84
So here's the question.
00:39:42.14\00:39:43.21
Now I'm going to just
hit you with this today.
00:39:44.05\00:39:45.25
Since God did not affirm the
LGBTQ agenda in the past, can
00:39:45.41\00:39:53.22
the Christian church
affirm the LGBTQ agenda today?
00:39:53.22\00:39:57.59
You need to get this book and
share it around because a lot
00:39:58.49\00:40:01.63
of people look at this book
and say, well, it's a book of
00:40:01.63\00:40:03.60
judgment on the LGBTQ agenda.
00:40:03.60\00:40:05.40
No, it's a book of exposure
of the sin that God does not
00:40:05.43\00:40:08.97
endorse, but it also tells
us how we can get out of it.
00:40:08.97\00:40:12.47
You see, the gospel is not
a gospel of conformity, but a
00:40:12.47\00:40:18.08
gospel of conversion.
00:40:18.08\00:40:19.75
If we don't preach the
redemptive gospel, we are
00:40:20.52\00:40:22.98
preaching the conforming gospel.
00:40:22.98\00:40:25.02
God does not hate the sinner.
00:40:25.79\00:40:27.46
God loves the, God
does not hate the sinner.
00:40:27.96\00:40:30.99
He loves the sinner,
but he hates the sin.
00:40:31.23\00:40:34.10
That's why as Pastor Red here,
he's long suffering toward us,
00:40:34.86\00:40:38.97
not willing that any should
perish, but there are those
00:40:39.40\00:40:42.70
that are going to perish.
00:40:42.70\00:40:43.57
If you remain in
sin, you will perish.
00:40:43.57\00:40:46.37
Sin of immorality on any
level, LGBTQ on any level.
00:40:47.14\00:40:51.45
So, brethren, we
cannot affirm that.
00:40:51.75\00:40:53.78
And there are Christian
churches nowadays that are
00:40:54.12\00:40:56.18
setting up
chapters on their campuses.
00:40:56.18\00:40:57.89
There are some churches and
clergy that are openly gay and
00:40:58.52\00:41:01.49
lesbian and everything else.
00:41:01.49\00:41:03.19
And they're saying,
well, God is the God of mercy.
00:41:03.69\00:41:05.76
He is, but God is also a
God of judgment and justice.
00:41:05.79\00:41:09.60
And if the cities of the past
did not survive, cities of the
00:41:10.30\00:41:13.13
future will not survive.
00:41:13.13\00:41:14.44
God will deal with
them the very same way.
00:41:15.20\00:41:16.91
So now we get to the last part,
2 Peter chapter 2, verse 4 to
00:41:16.94\00:41:20.74
9.
00:41:20.74\00:41:20.98
For if God did not spare
the angels who sinned, but cast
00:41:22.41\00:41:25.11
them down to hell and deliver
them into chains of darkness to
00:41:25.11\00:41:28.92
be reserved for judgment.
00:41:28.92\00:41:30.25
Now, Peter is
pulling it all together.
00:41:30.62\00:41:32.05
If he didn't do that and
did not spare the ancient world,
00:41:32.35\00:41:35.42
but Noah saved Noah, one
of eight people, a preacher of
00:41:35.52\00:41:39.23
righteousness, bringing in
the flood on the world of the
00:41:39.23\00:41:42.60
ungodly and turning the cities
of Sodom and Gomorrah into
00:41:42.60\00:41:45.63
ashes, condemning them to
destruction, making them an
00:41:45.63\00:41:49.87
example to those who
afterward would live ungodly.
00:41:49.87\00:41:53.38
He said, look at
what happened in Sodom.
00:41:53.64\00:41:55.04
I'm not changing.
00:41:55.24\00:41:56.24
This is not going to
happen in the kingdom.
00:41:57.48\00:41:58.75
Somebody ought to say amen.
00:41:58.85\00:41:59.81
This is not going to happen.
00:42:00.68\00:42:01.78
We need to love.
00:42:01.78\00:42:02.65
Let me tell you something.
00:42:02.75\00:42:03.55
I have some family
members struggling with this.
00:42:03.82\00:42:06.05
They know Uncle
John don't stand for it.
00:42:06.59\00:42:08.66
I'm thanking God that some
of my family members are now
00:42:09.19\00:42:11.93
starting to read their Bibles,
understanding that there is a
00:42:11.93\00:42:14.73
different direction in life.
00:42:14.73\00:42:15.60
Come on, say amen somebody.
00:42:15.66\00:42:16.63
You got to love them, but
don't leave them where they are.
00:42:17.40\00:42:20.77
Show them the redemptive grace
of Christ in your own life, but
00:42:21.34\00:42:25.91
make it clear.
00:42:25.91\00:42:26.71
This is not God's way.
00:42:27.38\00:42:28.51
This is not my way.
00:42:28.54\00:42:29.51
God can change you.
00:42:29.58\00:42:30.91
God can save you.
00:42:31.01\00:42:33.21
Verse 7, And deliver the
righteous, righteous lot who
00:42:33.52\00:42:37.05
was oppressed by the
filthy conduct of the wicked.
00:42:37.05\00:42:39.89
He hated what he saw, for that
righteous man dwelling among
00:42:40.26\00:42:44.29
them tormented his righteous
soul from day to day by seeing
00:42:44.29\00:42:48.40
and hearing their lawless deeds.
00:42:48.40\00:42:49.86
But as Jill and as Pastor
Johnson ended on a positive
00:42:50.30\00:42:54.34
note, I need to do the same.
00:42:54.34\00:42:55.64
Is there any hope for us?
00:42:56.84\00:42:58.84
Isaiah 1 verse 9, Unless the
Lord of hosts had left to us a
00:43:00.34\00:43:06.78
very small remnant, we
would have become like Sodom.
00:43:06.78\00:43:11.62
We would have
become like Gomorrah.
00:43:12.45\00:43:14.62
God has a remnant.
00:43:14.89\00:43:17.13
Praise the Lord.
00:43:17.36\00:43:18.03
Amen, amen.
00:43:19.39\00:43:23.63
far to hear each
and every one of you.
00:43:23.63\00:43:25.23
I have Wednesday, the
judge of all the earth.
00:43:25.30\00:43:30.04
Let's go into
Genesis chapter 18.
00:43:30.77\00:43:33.27
Something interesting happens
before the destruction of Sodom
00:43:33.34\00:43:36.44
and Gomorrah in
the plains of Mamre.
00:43:36.44\00:43:38.78
And there God comes walking
down the desert along with two
00:43:39.25\00:43:47.99
other individuals that
we understand are angels.
00:43:47.99\00:43:50.89
And they were walking and it
appeared that they were going
00:43:51.83\00:43:55.33
to continue walking.
00:43:55.33\00:43:56.16
Abraham saw them and he ran to
them and invited them into his
00:43:56.60\00:44:00.67
home.
00:44:00.67\00:44:01.10
And it is very interesting
what takes place here because it
00:44:01.87\00:44:06.11
lets us know
something about God.
00:44:06.11\00:44:08.24
And this is one of the places
in the scriptures you can go to
00:44:08.54\00:44:12.55
understand more
of the mercy of God.
00:44:12.55\00:44:15.62
Amen.
00:44:15.62\00:44:16.32
In Genesis 18,
let's begin in verse 16.
00:44:17.39\00:44:19.45
Then the men rose from
there and looked toward Sodom.
00:44:20.56\00:44:24.29
And Abraham went with
them to send them on the way.
00:44:24.49\00:44:28.36
And the Lord said, shall I hide
from Abraham what I am doing?
00:44:28.76\00:44:32.63
Since Abraham shall
surely become a great and mighty
00:44:33.40\00:44:37.54
nation, and all the nations
of the earth shall be blessed in
00:44:37.54\00:44:40.91
him.
00:44:40.91\00:44:41.48
Now please listen carefully
to the next verse, the way God
00:44:42.14\00:44:45.01
talks to Abraham because
Abraham understands something
00:44:45.01\00:44:49.88
about God himself and God is
telling something to him about
00:44:49.88\00:44:53.89
whom he has
become through his grace.
00:44:53.89\00:44:56.86
For I have known him in
order that he may command his
00:44:57.59\00:45:02.23
children and his household
after him that they keep the
00:45:02.23\00:45:06.74
way of the Lord and to do
righteousness and justice that
00:45:06.74\00:45:12.74
the Lord may bring to Abraham
what he has spoken to him.
00:45:12.74\00:45:16.08
Well what is righteousness?
00:45:16.41\00:45:17.51
Righteousness is right doing.
00:45:19.31\00:45:20.55
And it has to do with
keeping God's commandments.
00:45:21.25\00:45:24.05
And God says to
Abraham, I know you.
00:45:24.49\00:45:27.19
You keep the commandments.
00:45:27.36\00:45:29.09
And he also spoke of him
that he would do justice.
00:45:29.96\00:45:35.16
Abraham would do justice.
00:45:35.30\00:45:36.70
Genesis 18, 20.
00:45:37.80\00:45:38.87
And Lord said, because
the outcry against Sodom and
00:45:38.87\00:45:38.90
Gomorrah is great, and because
their sin is very grave, I will
00:45:42.60\00:45:47.61
go down now and see whether
they have done all together
00:45:47.61\00:45:50.45
according to the outcry
against it that has come to me.
00:45:50.45\00:45:54.62
And if not, I will know.
00:45:54.68\00:45:56.69
Then the men turned away from
there and went toward Sodom.
00:45:57.49\00:46:00.39
But Abraham still
stood there before the Lord.
00:46:00.52\00:46:03.76
Now did the Lord say that he
was going to destroy Sodom and
00:46:04.36\00:46:08.66
Gomorrah at that point?
00:46:08.66\00:46:11.03
No.
00:46:11.87\00:46:14.07
Abraham understood that.
00:46:14.84\00:46:16.00
And he says in Genesis 18, 23.
00:46:16.27\00:46:18.37
And Abraham came near and
said, would you also destroy the
00:46:18.71\00:46:23.11
righteous with the wicked?
00:46:23.11\00:46:24.55
That's a good question.
00:46:25.51\00:46:26.75
And this helps us to
understand something about God.
00:46:27.48\00:46:30.65
Notice what Abraham says.
00:46:30.75\00:46:32.02
Suppose there were 50
righteous within the city.
00:46:32.45\00:46:35.62
Would you also destroy the
place and not spare for the 50
00:46:36.09\00:46:39.86
righteous that were in it?
00:46:39.86\00:46:42.10
Far be it from you to do such
a thing as this, to slay the
00:46:42.73\00:46:49.07
wicked, to slay the righteous
with the wicked, so that the
00:46:49.07\00:46:52.11
righteous should
be as the wicked.
00:46:52.11\00:46:53.91
Far be it from you.
00:46:54.31\00:46:56.14
That's very interesting.
00:47:02.65\00:47:03.95
That's very interesting.
00:47:04.92\00:47:05.82
So Abraham knows something
about God that he will not
00:47:06.22\00:47:10.96
destroy the
righteous with the wicked.
00:47:10.96\00:47:13.56
Abraham doesn't know how
many people live in Sodom and
00:47:14.56\00:47:17.17
Gomorrah.
00:47:17.17\00:47:17.63
I don't know
how many there were.
00:47:18.27\00:47:19.23
I don't know if anybody knows.
00:47:19.30\00:47:20.44
Surely at least over 100,000.
00:47:21.07\00:47:23.37
We don't know.
00:47:23.77\00:47:24.57
But Abraham says, if there
are only 50 righteous, would you
00:47:25.21\00:47:31.95
destroy it?
00:47:31.95\00:47:32.75
And the question I bring to you
now is, well how does Abraham
00:47:33.85\00:47:37.65
know that God, the judge of
all the earth, will not slay the
00:47:37.65\00:47:42.36
righteous with the wicked?
00:47:42.36\00:47:43.16
How does he know that?
00:47:43.16\00:47:44.53
Well what do we see
before Genesis chapter 18?
00:47:45.16\00:47:47.96
Well we look into Genesis and
we see God's dealing with Adam
00:47:48.80\00:47:53.34
and Eve.
00:47:53.34\00:47:55.17
Amen.
00:47:56.20\00:48:00.18
merciful to them.
00:48:00.18\00:48:01.18
How about the flood?
00:48:01.84\00:48:03.21
Did God extend mercy?
00:48:04.21\00:48:05.35
Did God look at the earth
and say, look how wicked these
00:48:06.05\00:48:09.88
people are?
00:48:09.88\00:48:10.62
Their thoughts are
only evil continually.
00:48:10.82\00:48:12.82
Destroy them right away?
00:48:13.82\00:48:14.72
No.
00:48:15.09\00:48:15.56
He asked Noah to build
an ark and for 120 years, we
00:48:16.32\00:48:21.83
understand, God extended
mercy, opportunity for people to
00:48:21.83\00:48:27.17
repent.
00:48:27.17\00:48:27.64
But unfortunately,
how many were saved?
00:48:29.47\00:48:32.74
Only eight people.
00:48:33.48\00:48:35.14
God did not destroy the
righteous with the wicked.
00:48:35.61\00:48:38.31
The righteous were in the ark.
00:48:38.75\00:48:40.42
And today we have
the same opportunity.
00:48:41.38\00:48:43.99
A message is going out.
00:48:44.99\00:48:46.52
A message is going out.
00:48:47.62\00:48:49.02
Repent for the
kingdom of God is at hand.
00:48:49.52\00:48:52.49
So people have
choices to make today.
00:48:53.26\00:48:55.00
So what else do
we see in the Bible?
00:48:55.63\00:48:57.50
Well we see the Tower of Babel.
00:48:57.87\00:48:59.63
People had become wicked.
00:48:59.83\00:49:01.04
They wanted to
do their own thing.
00:49:01.54\00:49:02.90
They didn't want to
listen to God's counsel.
00:49:02.90\00:49:04.84
Was God merciful then?
00:49:05.04\00:49:06.68
Absolutely.
00:49:07.31\00:49:07.91
So God had also extended
mercy to Abraham and Sarah.
00:49:08.44\00:49:12.35
And so he knew that the
God, the judge of all the earth,
00:49:13.35\00:49:17.59
would do the right thing.
00:49:17.89\00:49:18.95
But still he asked.
00:49:18.99\00:49:19.99
And so verse 26, so the
Lord said if I find in Sodom 50
00:49:20.56\00:49:25.59
righteous within the city, then
I will spare all the place for
00:49:25.59\00:49:30.97
their sakes.
00:49:30.97\00:49:31.97
Amen.
00:49:32.13\00:49:32.87
And so I have
thought about that sometimes.
00:49:33.13\00:49:36.04
I say I'm in a plane and not
that I'm going to say I'm the
00:49:36.04\00:49:39.47
only one
righteous in this plane.
00:49:39.47\00:49:40.71
But has God spared airplanes
and trains and buses because
00:49:41.81\00:49:47.22
God's righteous
people were there?
00:49:47.22\00:49:48.88
Absolutely.
00:49:49.65\00:49:50.19
The question is has God spared
the United States of America
00:49:51.09\00:49:54.69
because there are
some righteous people here?
00:49:54.69\00:49:57.03
Yes.
00:49:57.63\00:49:58.19
I would say yes.
00:49:58.39\00:49:59.56
And so then in verse 27,
then Abraham answered and said,
00:49:59.56\00:50:03.50
Indeed now I am, but dust and
ashes have taken upon myself to
00:50:04.27\00:50:09.74
speak to the Lord.
00:50:09.74\00:50:10.67
Suppose there were five
less than the 50 righteous.
00:50:10.84\00:50:14.18
Shall you destroy all the
city for the lack of five?
00:50:14.88\00:50:18.65
So he said, If I find
there 45, I will not destroy it.
00:50:18.88\00:50:23.05
Wow.
00:50:23.05\00:50:23.55
Isn't God merciful?
00:50:23.85\00:50:24.69
And Abraham kept talking
and went all the way down to 10
00:50:25.52\00:50:29.96
people.
00:50:29.96\00:50:30.63
Wow.
00:50:31.39\00:50:31.83
Is God merciful?
00:50:32.69\00:50:33.46
Yes.
00:50:34.30\00:50:35.06
If there were only 10 righteous
people, God would have spared
00:50:35.70\00:50:41.44
Sodom and Gomorrah.
00:50:41.44\00:50:42.57
And today you could visit
potentially Sodom and Gomorrah.
00:50:43.00\00:50:46.98
And Sodom and Gomorrah was
a beautiful place, by the way.
00:50:48.04\00:50:50.55
It's compared to
as the garden of God.
00:50:50.55\00:50:53.88
It was beautiful place
compared to the garden of God.
00:50:54.42\00:50:58.35
Must have been
a beautiful place.
00:50:58.35\00:50:58.39
But the corruption of the
people of Sodom, yes, as Pastor
00:51:00.52\00:51:05.09
Loma King has said, has
brought to them the judgment.
00:51:05.09\00:51:09.16
And this is a
message for people today.
00:51:09.60\00:51:11.83
You know, there are people that
say everyone in the world will
00:51:12.13\00:51:16.97
be saved.
00:51:16.97\00:51:17.47
No one will be destroyed.
00:51:17.97\00:51:19.94
People think that
because God is love.
00:51:21.21\00:51:23.18
God loves everyone.
00:51:23.51\00:51:24.58
But we see that the Bible
tells us that he has mercy to
00:51:25.31\00:51:29.78
thousands, but will no
means clear the guilty.
00:51:29.78\00:51:33.29
So God will judge everyone
according as their work has
00:51:33.69\00:51:38.49
been.
00:51:38.49\00:51:38.69
And he will destroy the wicked.
00:51:39.36\00:51:42.43
So in Genesis 18 32, I
like to read this to you.
00:51:43.43\00:51:47.77
Then he said, let not the
Lord be angry and I will speak.
00:51:47.97\00:51:50.71
But once more, suppose
10 should be found there.
00:51:50.94\00:51:53.61
And he said, I will not
destroy it for the sake of 10.
00:51:53.78\00:51:57.88
Praise the Lord.
00:51:58.28\00:51:58.95
So we know the Lord is merciful.
00:51:59.21\00:52:00.85
He has extended mercy to us.
00:52:01.45\00:52:04.59
And so I like to read to
you now from Psalm 67 verse 4,
00:52:04.59\00:52:09.99
marvelous scripture.
00:52:10.33\00:52:11.33
It says, Oh, let the nations
be glad and sing for joy.
00:52:12.23\00:52:20.07
Why?
00:52:20.47\00:52:20.90
For you shall judge the people
righteously and govern the
00:52:21.67\00:52:26.61
nations of the earth.
00:52:26.61\00:52:28.28
The Lord will govern
the people righteously.
00:52:28.74\00:52:33.45
And just as not one righteous
person died during the flood,
00:52:34.12\00:52:40.89
not one righteous person will
die when the execution of the
00:52:41.89\00:52:50.00
final judgment takes place.
00:52:50.00\00:52:51.77
Because everyone
has an opportunity.
00:52:52.53\00:52:55.14
But do all repent?
00:52:55.94\00:52:57.14
Not everyone repents.
00:52:57.87\00:52:59.47
And you know, God has
given us 10 commandments.
00:52:59.47\00:53:01.71
That's what he's going
to use to judge everyone.
00:53:01.81\00:53:05.05
I was driving in Chicago
after church one night, Saturday
00:53:05.95\00:53:09.65
night.
00:53:09.65\00:53:10.09
I was going down
the highway to go home.
00:53:10.62\00:53:12.52
And as I traveled about two
miles into the highway, there
00:53:13.15\00:53:17.96
are those lights that people
don't like to see when they're
00:53:17.96\00:53:20.96
driving.
00:53:20.96\00:53:21.60
And the sirens went off and I
said, and it came right behind
00:53:22.23\00:53:27.97
me, the police.
00:53:27.97\00:53:28.57
Anybody had that happen before?
00:53:28.67\00:53:30.34
Two people.
00:53:31.34\00:53:31.97
Congratulations.
00:53:32.21\00:53:36.51
time people.
00:53:36.51\00:53:37.08
But he stopped me.
00:53:38.81\00:53:40.52
I looked quickly at my
speed because I said, well, what
00:53:40.58\00:53:43.55
could be?
00:53:43.55\00:53:44.05
And I was going
54 miles an hour.
00:53:44.59\00:53:46.96
I said, the speed limit is 55.
00:53:47.12\00:53:48.69
I'm fine.
00:53:48.89\00:53:49.76
Well, maybe one of my lights is
out and he's going to just give
00:53:50.16\00:53:52.46
me a warning.
00:53:52.46\00:53:52.99
And of course I
stopped the vehicle.
00:53:53.63\00:53:55.23
He came by and do you
know why I stopped you?
00:53:55.23\00:53:59.53
Yeah, that's a
good question, isn't it?
00:54:00.77\00:54:02.47
I said, well, I don't
because I saw my speed.
00:54:02.77\00:54:06.61
He says, you are going 54 in
a 45 mile an hour speed zone.
00:54:07.24\00:54:12.45
It's 45, I said.
00:54:14.78\00:54:16.42
I have been down
this road many times.
00:54:16.85\00:54:18.69
It's 45.
00:54:18.75\00:54:19.49
And he said this,
it's been changed.
00:54:19.89\00:54:22.36
Last month it was changed.
00:54:25.46\00:54:27.13
Wow.
00:54:28.50\00:54:29.00
I was shocked.
00:54:29.20\00:54:29.93
I was shocked.
00:54:30.73\00:54:31.43
God's law does not change.
00:54:32.00\00:54:33.80
It remains the same.
00:54:34.44\00:54:35.77
And for all those people
out there that think the Sabbath
00:54:36.24\00:54:38.54
has changed, God's
law does not change.
00:54:38.54\00:54:41.98
It is eternal.
00:54:43.75\00:54:44.88
It has been made by a righteous
God and it does not change.
00:54:45.41\00:54:49.15
And we will be judged by it.
00:54:49.25\00:54:51.42
We will be judged by it.
00:54:51.95\00:54:53.49
And so I went to court because
the police said, hey, I see
00:54:54.06\00:54:59.56
that you haven't had a ticket.
00:54:59.56\00:55:00.60
And who knows how many years
he says, if you sign here, you
00:55:01.13\00:55:05.23
won't, I won't
take your license away.
00:55:05.23\00:55:06.94
And if you promise to go to
court, I'm not going to show
00:55:06.94\00:55:10.91
up.
00:55:10.91\00:55:11.34
You'll be dismissed.
00:55:11.44\00:55:12.24
I said, really?
00:55:12.77\00:55:13.61
I'll sign there.
00:55:14.01\00:55:15.04
I signed there and you
know something happened.
00:55:16.21\00:55:19.51
I went to court and one
case after another was judged.
00:55:19.65\00:55:25.19
And I said, man, this
is taking a long time.
00:55:25.59\00:55:27.62
When is my turn?
00:55:28.22\00:55:29.12
Because I'm thinking they're
going to dismiss my case.
00:55:29.39\00:55:32.16
And I heard people being
charged this money and that
00:55:32.33\00:55:34.93
money and that amount of money.
00:55:34.93\00:55:36.00
And I said, well, I
think I'm going to be okay.
00:55:36.23\00:55:38.23
I don't see the police here.
00:55:38.30\00:55:39.70
I'm going to be fine.
00:55:39.73\00:55:40.80
But then they started,
okay, the rest of you are here
00:55:41.14\00:55:45.21
because you have gone over the
speed limit, gone through red
00:55:45.21\00:55:48.68
lights, gone through stop signs.
00:55:48.68\00:55:50.28
And your name is
now going to be called.
00:55:50.45\00:55:52.15
A bunch of people lined
up over there on that side.
00:55:52.91\00:55:55.55
And I don't know how
many there let's say.
00:55:55.85\00:55:58.62
And he gave us a nice speech
about those signs are there to
00:55:59.72\00:56:05.13
protect you.
00:56:05.13\00:56:05.93
Obey the speed
limit, obey the law.
00:56:06.43\00:56:08.76
And he says, today I feel good
and I'm going to just forgive
00:56:09.40\00:56:13.70
everybody.
00:56:13.70\00:56:14.24
And he said, and obey the law
because I have a good memory.
00:56:15.87\00:56:21.34
And if I see any of your ugly
faces here again, you will be
00:56:21.61\00:56:27.95
punished according to
the full extent of the law.
00:56:27.95\00:56:30.12
And everybody
said, thank you, judge.
00:56:31.69\00:56:33.29
Thank you, judge.
00:56:33.62\00:56:34.39
God is merciful.
00:56:35.06\00:56:35.89
Everyone has the
opportunity to repent.
00:56:36.26\00:56:37.99
Let us repent and
accept God's mercy.
00:56:38.29\00:56:40.63
Amen.
00:56:41.63\00:56:41.83
Amen.
00:56:42.10\00:56:42.33
Amen.
00:56:42.40\00:56:42.56
Thank you, Pastor John.
00:56:43.67\00:56:45.07
Pastor James Rafferty here.
00:56:45.50\00:56:46.47
I have Thursday's lesson.
00:56:46.60\00:56:47.70
The quarterly is dealing
with the pre-advent judgment,
00:56:47.77\00:56:50.41
primarily focusing in Daniel
chapter 7 and the vindication
00:56:50.67\00:56:54.41
of God's people in the judgment.
00:56:54.41\00:56:56.78
That's what it's all about.
00:56:56.88\00:57:00.65
but he didn't go to 8.
00:57:01.08\00:57:02.28
That just was a
new thought to me.
00:57:03.35\00:57:04.89
He didn't go to 8
because he knew the flood.
00:57:04.92\00:57:07.72
He knew.
00:57:07.99\00:57:08.39
So 10.
00:57:08.66\00:57:09.16
He's getting close.
00:57:09.49\00:57:10.66
When we look at the quarterly
this week on this week's
00:57:11.66\00:57:15.06
lesson, the focus of the
quarterly is the vindication of
00:57:15.06\00:57:17.93
God's people in the
investigative judgment.
00:57:17.93\00:57:20.10
And that's a really good focus
because a lot of times we're
00:57:20.40\00:57:24.21
afraid of the
investigative judgment.
00:57:24.21\00:57:25.71
That's why we've
written this book here at 3ABN.
00:57:26.37\00:57:28.31
We've got this book available,
Silencing the Accuser, because
00:57:28.44\00:57:30.95
the primary focus of the
judgment for God's people and
00:57:30.95\00:57:36.32
for God is vindication.
00:57:36.32\00:57:38.22
The primary focus of the
judgment for those who are
00:57:38.99\00:57:42.39
professed followers of God,
but not really following God, is
00:57:42.39\00:57:46.70
going to be a sentence of
condemnation and a revelation
00:57:46.70\00:57:51.17
of the iniquity that
they've been covering up.
00:57:51.17\00:57:54.17
Have you ever been hurt by
someone who professes to be a
00:57:54.74\00:57:57.24
follower of God, but they're
not really a follower of God?
00:57:57.24\00:57:59.77
And God asks you, in relation
to that person, to forgive
00:58:00.18\00:58:04.28
them, to turn the other
cheek, to go the extra mile.
00:58:04.28\00:58:06.88
And that can be
difficult for us to do.
00:58:07.08\00:58:09.25
Probably some of the greatest
challenges we face in life is
00:58:09.48\00:58:12.22
to do that.
00:58:12.22\00:58:13.09
However, God brings to us this
revelation of judgment so that
00:58:13.49\00:58:18.03
we can be empowered to do that.
00:58:18.03\00:58:20.00
Does that make sense?
00:58:21.60\00:58:22.83
See, sometimes we forget
that God has everything in hand,
00:58:23.57\00:58:27.17
that he is, that what a person
sows, that's what they're going
00:58:27.30\00:58:31.47
to reap.
00:58:31.47\00:58:32.04
That God is going to bring
everyone into account and we
00:58:32.64\00:58:36.28
can trust him in the judgment.
00:58:36.28\00:58:39.31
That we don't have to take
these things into our hands.
00:58:39.68\00:58:42.58
And I love that about this
message of God's investigative
00:58:43.35\00:58:47.86
judgment.
00:58:47.86\00:58:51.46
Revelation, is part of
the everlasting gospel.
00:58:51.46\00:58:53.83
Revelation chapter 14, right,
verse 6, I saw another angel
00:58:54.23\00:58:57.47
flying in the midst of heaven,
having the everlasting gospel,
00:58:57.47\00:58:59.67
to preach unto them, to dwell
on the earth, to every nation,
00:58:59.93\00:59:01.87
kindred, tongue, and people,
saying with what kind of voice?
00:59:01.87\00:59:04.31
A loud voice.
00:59:04.87\00:59:06.04
So good news communicated
clearly, you're not yelling at
00:59:06.54\00:59:10.48
people on street corners with
bull horns, right, communicated
00:59:10.48\00:59:15.02
clearly, fear God and give
glory to him for the hour of
00:59:15.02\00:59:19.62
his judgment has come.
00:59:19.62\00:59:21.12
It's good news.
00:59:21.76\00:59:22.82
The judgment is good news.
00:59:23.36\00:59:24.53
And sometimes we forget that.
00:59:24.93\00:59:26.43
You know, Jesus said in John
chapter 12, verses 36 and 37,
00:59:27.00\00:59:31.67
that every idle word that men
shall speak, they shall have to
00:59:32.37\00:59:37.27
give an account
thereof in the day of judgment.
00:59:37.27\00:59:39.54
Every idle word.
00:59:39.94\00:59:40.74
Now, I don't know about
you, but I've spoken some idle
00:59:41.74\00:59:44.51
words.
00:59:44.51\00:59:45.25
But I'm so thankful because
I have a savior that's told me
00:59:45.75\00:59:49.25
that if I sin, I have an
advocate with the Father, Jesus
00:59:49.25\00:59:53.19
Christ the
righteous, 1 John 2, verse 1.
00:59:53.19\00:59:56.39
And he is the advocate not only
for my sins, but also for the
00:59:56.42\01:00:00.16
sins of the whole world.
01:00:00.16\01:00:02.50
That's the good news, the
everlasting gospel, Revelation
01:00:02.93\01:00:05.80
chapter 14, telling us
it goes to all the world.
01:00:05.80\01:00:08.37
The whole world has an advocate.
01:00:08.67\01:00:10.34
Now, we've got to understand
that Jesus is not advocating
01:00:11.24\01:00:14.18
before the Father because the
Father is against us and Jesus
01:00:14.18\01:00:18.11
is for us and Jesus is trying
to convince the Father, right?
01:00:18.11\01:00:20.85
To be as loving as he is.
01:00:21.62\01:00:23.22
No, no.
01:00:23.25\01:00:27.99
it might be
chapter 12 and verse 37.
01:00:27.99\01:00:29.92
I think it's 16, 27.
01:00:29.99\01:00:31.19
If you read the gospel of
John, you're going to find this
01:00:31.53\01:00:33.73
verse.
01:00:33.73\01:00:34.36
That the Father
himself loves you.
01:00:36.46\01:00:39.07
The Father
himself loves you, right?
01:00:40.04\01:00:42.14
And Jesus says in John 14,
now I know this is verse 9, if
01:00:42.90\01:00:46.27
you've seen me,
who else have you seen?
01:00:46.27\01:00:48.04
The Father.
01:00:48.54\01:00:51.18
son.
01:00:51.18\01:00:52.88
So why is Jesus defending us?
01:00:53.15\01:00:56.52
What is he defending us from?
01:00:56.82\01:00:58.02
Well, I'd like to suggest four
reasons for the judgment that
01:00:59.09\01:01:02.66
are outlined in this book.
01:01:02.66\01:01:03.96
Reason number one is found
in Romans chapter 14, Romans
01:01:04.79\01:01:08.76
chapter 14.
01:01:08.76\01:01:09.73
And look with me in verses
12 through 13, excuse me, verses
01:01:10.03\01:01:14.00
10 through 13 of
Romans chapter 14.
01:01:14.00\01:01:16.81
It's going to be easier for
me to open this little booklet
01:01:16.87\01:01:18.91
than it is to
leaf through the Bible.
01:01:18.91\01:01:20.64
So I'm just going to use this
little booklet here and be sure
01:01:20.68\01:01:25.65
and get a copy of this before
you leave for yourselves and
01:01:25.65\01:01:27.98
then get at least five or ten
copies for all the people you
01:01:27.98\01:01:31.55
want to share it with.
01:01:31.55\01:01:32.35
But why do you judge your
brother or why do you show
01:01:32.69\01:01:34.92
contempt for your brother?
01:01:34.92\01:01:36.32
For we shall all stand before
the judgment seat of Christ.
01:01:37.66\01:01:40.50
For it is written, as I live
says the Lord, every knee shall
01:01:41.63\01:01:44.60
bow to me and every tongue
shall confess to God so that
01:01:44.60\01:01:47.14
each one of us shall give
an account of himself to God.
01:01:47.14\01:01:50.01
Let us therefore, what
does therefore suggest?
01:01:50.44\01:01:53.44
What's gone before?
01:01:54.78\01:01:55.74
Based on this fact that we're
all going to stand before the
01:01:56.04\01:01:58.25
judgment seat of Christ,
everyone's going to give a
01:01:58.25\01:01:59.85
reason before.
01:01:59.85\01:02:00.35
Let us therefore, not what?
01:02:00.82\01:02:02.62
Not judge one another anymore.
01:02:03.69\01:02:05.99
Talk about good news.
01:02:06.72\01:02:08.99
Can you imagine what it would
be like if every person in this
01:02:10.19\01:02:15.40
room left camp meeting and
followed this injunction from
01:02:15.40\01:02:19.80
Paul?
01:02:19.80\01:02:20.47
Can you imagine
what that would be like?
01:02:20.67\01:02:22.17
The freedom we would have?
01:02:22.60\01:02:23.97
Don't judge anyone anymore?
01:02:24.27\01:02:26.04
Whoo!
01:02:26.61\01:02:27.11
This world would be turned
upside down if we follow this.
01:02:27.81\01:02:31.38
Now the only way we're going
to be able to follow this is by
01:02:31.81\01:02:35.15
not dumping the investigative
judgment in the garbage can.
01:02:35.15\01:02:39.12
We just can't dismiss
the investigative judgment.
01:02:39.72\01:02:41.86
The investigative
judgment is great news.
01:02:42.09\01:02:43.89
It's very practical.
01:02:43.89\01:02:44.93
If you believe that God is
going to hold everyone to an
01:02:45.43\01:02:48.70
account, everyone's going to
stand before the judgment seat
01:02:48.70\01:02:50.80
of Christ, you are off the hook.
01:02:50.80\01:02:52.40
You can now love people in a
capacity that you've never been
01:02:53.57\01:02:57.54
able to love them before.
01:02:57.54\01:02:58.47
That's good news and that's
what, in a sense, that's what
01:02:59.04\01:03:02.71
Christ is waiting for.
01:03:02.71\01:03:04.01
I remember I was
talking with a brother.
01:03:04.38\01:03:05.81
He was an Adventist and then
he was an Adventist and then he
01:03:05.85\01:03:08.55
was an Adventist and then
he was an Adventist and then he
01:03:08.55\01:03:10.15
was an Adventist and now
he's not an Adventist anymore.
01:03:10.15\01:03:11.79
But he's a Christian.
01:03:12.09\01:03:12.89
He's a Christian.
01:03:13.62\01:03:14.32
And he brought this up to me.
01:03:14.89\01:03:16.02
He said, you Adventists, you
guys, because Romans chapter 14
01:03:16.09\01:03:20.26
talks about certain days that
you keep and certain foods that
01:03:20.26\01:03:24.20
you eat and don't eat.
01:03:24.20\01:03:25.37
And he said, you Adventists are
violating Romans chapter 14 and
01:03:25.47\01:03:28.27
you're legalists because
you keep this certain day and it
01:03:28.27\01:03:30.84
doesn't matter what day we keep
and you eat this certain food
01:03:30.84\01:03:32.87
and don't eat this other food
and it doesn't matter what food
01:03:32.87\01:03:34.61
we eat.
01:03:34.61\01:03:35.18
You're legalists.
01:03:35.64\01:03:36.61
I said, wait a minute, brother.
01:03:37.51\01:03:38.75
Romans chapter 14 tells me that
I'm not supposed to be judged
01:03:39.71\01:03:44.75
by you.
01:03:44.75\01:03:45.62
That's what Romans 14 tells me.
01:03:49.16\01:03:51.19
And you're
calling me a legalist.
01:03:51.56\01:03:52.89
Romans 14 says that let every
man be fully persuaded in his
01:03:53.23\01:03:56.00
own mind.
01:03:56.00\01:03:59.30
You need to give me that.
01:03:59.53\01:04:00.97
And I'm fully persuaded
it's better for me to eat a
01:04:01.50\01:04:04.41
vegetarian diet.
01:04:04.41\01:04:05.11
You need to give me that.
01:04:05.17\01:04:06.11
Don't judge me.
01:04:06.21\01:04:06.84
I'm not going to judge you.
01:04:06.84\01:04:07.94
This is the principle that
I think pervades the gospel of
01:04:09.11\01:04:15.15
Jesus Christ.
01:04:15.15\01:04:15.92
We have no right to judge other
people on what they they keep
01:04:16.38\01:04:19.19
or don't keep and what
food they eat or don't eat.
01:04:19.19\01:04:21.12
God is going to
take that into account.
01:04:21.49\01:04:23.53
The second reason for the
judgment is found in Matthew
01:04:24.29\01:04:26.63
chapter 7 verses 21 to 23.
01:04:26.63\01:04:28.80
Now Sister Jill touched on
these verses earlier, but we're
01:04:28.93\01:04:31.60
going to look
at them again here.
01:04:31.60\01:04:32.80
They're the verses where Jesus
says, not everyone that says
01:04:33.27\01:04:37.31
unto me, Lord, Lord, is going
to enter into the kingdom of
01:04:37.31\01:04:39.67
heaven.
01:04:39.67\01:04:40.18
There are many that say,
Lord, haven't we done this?
01:04:40.81\01:04:42.48
And Lord, haven't we done that?
01:04:42.51\01:04:43.41
We've done many
wonderful works in your name.
01:04:43.48\01:04:44.88
And he's going to profess
unto them, I never knew you.
01:04:45.05\01:04:46.92
Depart from me, he
that work iniquity.
01:04:46.98\01:04:48.48
Now remember, we don't judge.
01:04:50.25\01:04:51.92
Christ is the one saying
those words, not us, right?
01:04:52.65\01:04:55.66
But again, we need to recognize
the principle that's found in
01:04:56.52\01:04:59.73
these verses.
01:04:59.73\01:05:00.46
What are these people doing?
01:05:00.83\01:05:01.96
They're working iniquity while
professing to be followers of
01:05:02.86\01:05:06.03
Jesus.
01:05:06.03\01:05:06.67
Jesus says, I'm
going to take care of that.
01:05:08.37\01:05:10.01
And by the way, they're also
saying that they deserve heaven
01:05:10.71\01:05:13.21
because of the many
wonderful things they do.
01:05:13.21\01:05:14.78
That's righteousness by works.
01:05:14.81\01:05:16.11
They don't have the gospel.
01:05:17.05\01:05:18.18
They're not depending
on Christ's righteousness.
01:05:18.31\01:05:20.25
They're depending
on their own works.
01:05:20.35\01:05:21.78
But the next reason I think
is the most significant one.
01:05:21.92\01:05:25.62
And it ties us to Daniel
chapter 7, which is where the
01:05:25.62\01:05:28.26
quarterly really lands.
01:05:28.26\01:05:29.32
This one we're going to look at
is found in Revelation chapter
01:05:29.89\01:05:32.49
12 and verse 10.
01:05:32.49\01:05:34.50
I heard a loud voice in heaven
saying, now has come salvation
01:05:35.10\01:05:37.60
and strength and the power of
our God in this Christ, because
01:05:37.60\01:05:39.57
the accuser of
our brethren is what?
01:05:39.57\01:05:42.37
Cast down which
accused them before God.
01:05:42.77\01:05:45.24
24, 7, 365.
01:05:45.84\01:05:47.68
The 24, 7, 365 guy.
01:05:48.51\01:05:50.81
That's who
we're really fighting.
01:05:51.78\01:05:52.95
It's not flesh and blood.
01:05:53.08\01:05:53.92
It's principalities and powers
and spiritual wickedness in
01:05:54.42\01:05:57.42
high places.
01:05:57.42\01:05:58.19
And that spiritual wickedness
empowers the little horn,
01:05:58.62\01:06:01.86
empowers the sea beast.
01:06:02.72\01:06:04.13
And this religious power
rises up to accuse, to make war
01:06:04.93\01:06:08.80
against God's people who
keep the commandments of God and
01:06:08.80\01:06:11.30
keep the faith of Jesus.
01:06:11.30\01:06:13.94
Christ's faith in us,
Christ's belief in us.
01:06:15.14\01:06:17.17
They hold on to that because
that's the only thing that's
01:06:17.21\01:06:19.27
going to get them through.
01:06:19.27\01:06:20.04
And this little horn power
is accusing us of violating his
01:06:20.81\01:06:25.88
commandments, the
change that he's made.
01:06:25.88\01:06:28.38
You know, in the end of time,
that's what's going to happen.
01:06:28.88\01:06:30.55
You know that, right?
01:06:30.59\01:06:31.39
God's people are going to
be hated because they didn't go
01:06:31.79\01:06:34.82
along with this man-made
system and this man-made power.
01:06:34.82\01:06:38.43
We're going to be accused, but
God is going to vindicate us in
01:06:38.73\01:06:44.33
the judgment.
01:06:44.33\01:06:44.93
He's going to make a
decision in favor of the saints.
01:06:45.80\01:06:49.44
Now we can't defend ourselves.
01:06:50.11\01:06:52.01
We can defend Christ and we
need to defend Christ, but we
01:06:52.17\01:06:55.28
can't defend
ourselves from the accuser.
01:06:55.28\01:06:57.08
We can't.
01:06:58.01\01:06:58.61
We're guilty as charged.
01:06:58.68\01:06:59.91
You were going
54 into 45, brother.
01:07:00.55\01:07:02.92
And it doesn't matter
what the police officer said.
01:07:05.99\01:07:09.42
That judge could have
thrown the book at you.
01:07:09.52\01:07:11.39
We are guilty
and we need a savior.
01:07:13.06\01:07:16.46
And that brings us to the final
picture that we have, and that
01:07:16.46\01:07:19.77
picture is found
in Luke chapter 7.
01:07:19.77\01:07:21.60
It's a story that's
found in all the Gospels.
01:07:21.77\01:07:23.44
It's the story of the
woman and the alabaster box.
01:07:23.54\01:07:26.31
But I like Luke 7's rendition
because it says there that when
01:07:26.98\01:07:30.65
she heard that Jesus was at
this feast at Simon's house and
01:07:30.65\01:07:34.15
Simon was a Pharisee who'd been
cured of leprosy, but he was
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still working the night
shift for the 24-7-365 guy.
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When she found that out, she
went into that gathering with a
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reputation equal to Rahab's,
and she poured out that box of
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ointment upon Christ's head and
wiped his feet with her tears
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and with her hair.
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The Bible says in this
rendition of the story that she
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stood behind Jesus.
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You know in the woman, a woman
in Bible prophecy represents a
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church.
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yet being accused by Simon who
was working night shift for the
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24 -7-365 guy.
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This woman, this woman, but
before he says that, he says
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this man, notice this man if he
were a prophet would know what
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kind of woman this
is for she is a sinner.
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When you look at the judgment,
you've got to realize that God
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is in the judgment with us.
01:08:43.82\01:08:45.65
The hour of his
judgment has come.
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When we are accused, he is
accused because he's saving us
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by his grace, and the
accuser doesn't like that.
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And I love the way this
story runs down because Christ
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actually steps beyond Mary.
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He's not worried about her.
01:09:01.24\01:09:03.47
He's got her back.
01:09:03.47\01:09:05.37
Mary is taken care of.
01:09:05.84\01:09:07.41
Her works testify that she
is sold out for Jesus, sold out
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for Jesus.
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But how can Jesus reach Simon?
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How can he reach the Pharisee?
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How can he reach
the Pharisee and us?
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What can he do to reach Simon?
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And so he tells that
story of the two debtors.
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And of course, as he
tells the story, he makes the
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declaration, leave her alone.
01:09:33.20\01:09:35.54
I love that, don't you?
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That's the
declaration of the judgment.
01:09:37.74\01:09:39.24
Leave her alone.
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And God is going to say that.
01:09:41.94\01:09:43.51
Daniel 7 tells us, he says,
a judgment is made in favor of
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the saints.
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alone.
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That's us.
01:09:51.15\01:09:51.55
That's the woman.
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That's the church.
01:09:52.29\01:09:52.32
Leave her alone.
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She has wrought
a good work on me.
01:09:54.89\01:09:56.66
And then he seeks
to reach the Pharisee.
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And I love the fact that
the woman worked with Christ to
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reach the heart of Simon.
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That's our job.
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That's our calling right now.
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Amen.
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Thank you so much, Pastor James
and Pastor Johnny, Pastor John
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and Pastor Ryan.
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I'm so grateful, aren't you?
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We stand behind
Jesus in the judgment.
01:10:16.34\01:10:20.38
He has our back.
01:10:20.68\01:10:21.78
That's beautiful.
01:10:21.78\01:10:22.82
I want to give each one of you
a moment for a final thought.
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Yes, the judgment is coming,
but we may find grace in the
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eyes of the Lord.
01:10:29.99\01:10:30.79
Amen.
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A sobering thought on
Sodom and Gomorrah, Mark 6, 11.
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When the gospel is being
preached and we reject it, the
01:10:36.87\01:10:39.57
Lord says, it will be
more tolerable for Sodom and
01:10:39.57\01:10:43.10
Gomorrah in that
day than for that city.
01:10:43.10\01:10:45.91
Our joy today is to accept the
gospel so that the judgment of
01:10:46.51\01:10:51.15
Sodom and Gomorrah is not on us.
01:10:51.15\01:10:52.81
Amen.
01:10:53.92\01:10:54.25
Amen.
01:10:54.45\01:10:57.62
God is not willing that
any should perish, but that all
01:10:57.95\01:11:00.86
should come to repentance.
01:11:00.86\01:11:01.99
And we have the
opportunity to repent.
01:11:02.52\01:11:04.36
Jesus has died on the
cross for us so that we can have
01:11:04.53\01:11:08.20
salvation.
01:11:08.20\01:11:08.73
Praise God.
01:11:08.83\01:11:09.33
Amen.
01:11:09.73\01:11:10.07
Amen.
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the Old Testament and in the
New Testament of the judgment.
01:11:14.27\01:11:17.71
The judgment is to be
made in favor of the saints.
01:11:17.71\01:11:20.81
We have nothing to fear in
the judgment, but perhaps we as
01:11:20.88\01:11:23.48
Seventh -day Adventists
have not comprehended that and
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therefore not emphasized
that in the message of the three
01:11:26.18\01:11:29.78
angels in the
everlasting gospel.
01:11:29.78\01:11:31.42
I would encourage you get
a copy of this book, read it
01:11:31.89\01:11:34.49
through and see if we can't
come to the world starting with
01:11:34.49\01:11:38.66
ourselves with a different
emphasis on the message of the
01:11:38.66\01:11:42.23
investigative judgment.
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Amen.
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That's such a beautiful thing.
01:11:44.07\01:11:45.07
I remember growing up in
the Seventh-day Adventist church
01:11:45.27\01:11:48.27
myself, being afraid of
the judgment, being terrified.
01:11:48.27\01:11:51.27
When my name comes up, will
I be right before the father?
01:11:51.57\01:11:56.01
You and I do not
have to be afraid.
01:11:56.34\01:11:59.05
We can have assurance of
salvation, assurance that our
01:11:59.41\01:12:04.45
God, that Jesus is our
advocate and our defense.
01:12:04.45\01:12:08.12
I love that.
01:12:08.22\01:12:09.46
He says in John 6 37, whoever
comes to me, I will never cast
01:12:09.46\01:12:15.33
out.
01:12:15.33\01:12:15.76
So just accept Jesus today.
01:12:16.13\01:12:17.47
Those of you at home and those
of you here as well, if you're
01:12:17.73\01:12:21.10
feeling that fear, we can
have joy and assurance in the
01:12:21.10\01:12:25.84
judgment.
01:12:25.84\01:12:26.41
I want to invite you
at home in 15 minutes.
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We go live with the divine
worship service from this stage.
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