Tonight, we're doing
something little special, folks.
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Tonight, we're kind
of featuring Dona Klein.
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As I told you, a
couple of years ago,
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she started writing music.
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And not only
has she written some
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but you've listened
to her play at the organ.
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Tonight, you're
going to have the privilege
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of not only listen
to her play at the organ
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but you're going
to hear her sing,
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one of her songs is titled,
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entitled, "After the Rain."
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When the twilight fades
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Into purple shades
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And I'm deep in blue
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All the long night through
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In my mind I see
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Days that used to be
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Then the teardrops start
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Raining in my heart
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When the raindrops hide
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The rainbow of God's love
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It's then I hear His voice
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Speaking gently
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From above
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Into every life
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A little rain must fall
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So look up, my child
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Dry your eyes and smile
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As the years go by
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There'll still be times
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I'll cry
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But through the clouds of rain
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I can see
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His smiling face
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Though the nights are long
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Jesus gives a song
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Joy replaces pain
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After all the rain
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Joy replaces pain
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After all the rain
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As I mentioned to you,
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we kind of
featuring Dona tonight,
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she's written
quite a number of songs
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in the last two years.
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And one of the songs
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that she has
written about heaven,
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and that's what we're going
to be talking about tonight.
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Tell me how to
find my loved ones.
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We're going to
talk about heaven.
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And she's
written a song entitled,
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"Almost Home."
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And tonight Maddy is
gonna sing that song.
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And Dona will be
joining her on the course.
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So I hope that you're blessed
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as Maddy brings that
beautiful song to us.
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Sometimes life gets so heavy
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And I get so weary
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Of fighting the good fight
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Of faith
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And the world seems to glimmer
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With its fake gold and silver
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Tempting me
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To give up the race
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Close the door
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Lord, behind me
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On these things that bind me
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And then
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Remind me again
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That I am a sinner
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A wayfaring stranger
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In search of a land without end
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I am almost home
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Where Jesus is waiting
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Where angels are singing
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And where
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I'll never more roam
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Hallelujah I am almost home
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All the sickness and dying
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With it sadness and crying
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Will all be
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A thing of the past
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And this world with its sorrow
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Will all go tomorrow
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And all things
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Will be new at last
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No more heartache or grieving
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For soon I'll be leaving
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For a land
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Where I'll never more roam
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I hear sweet music playing
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And soon I'll be singing
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Up there in that city of gold
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I'm almost home
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Where Jesus is waiting
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Where angels are singing
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And where
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I'll never more roam
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Hallelujah!
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I'm almost home
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Praise God
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I'm almost home
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Hallelujah!
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I'm almost home
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Father in heaven, tonight,
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we're so thankful
that we're almost home.
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We ask that as we take a look
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at the wonderful things
that You've prepared for us
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that our hearts may be open,
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our minds may be clear,
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that the Holy
Spirit may fill our lives,
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and the things of this
earth will grow strangely dim
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as we look to You and
to Your wonderful face.
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For this we pray in
Christ's name, Amen.
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Well, we're living in an
age of modern technology.
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Living in an age where we have
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what we call
highways of communication.
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And because of these
highways of communication today,
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they can find almost any person,
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any place in the world.
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You can just...
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In fact, there are
companies that advertise
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that for $35,
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they'll find somebody for you.
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You can't find a loved one,
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you don't know where they are,
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for $35 they'll
find them for you.
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That's part of the
highway of communications
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that we're living in today.
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And in spite of all that,
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there's still
people that are lost.
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Young people run off from home,
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parents don't
know where they are,
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can't seem to
locate them, find them,
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even some of the
homeless on the streets,
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loved ones that
people don't know.
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In fact, I picked up
a paper the other day
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and read where these people
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were walking down the
streets of Los Angeles,
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and here they
found their brother
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that they hadn't
seen 15, 20 years,
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homeless on the
street in Los Angeles.
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We live in a
world like that today.
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But what about our loved ones?
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Is it going to
be possible for me
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to find my loved
ones up in heaven?
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Will I know them?
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Will I recognize them?
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What promise do I have?
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What does the scripture tell
me about finding my loved ones?
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What is heaven going to be like?
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Can we know one another?
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What does the
scripture have to say about it?
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That's what we're
gonna look at tonight.
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Here in 1 Corinthians 13:12,
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it says, "For now we
see in a mirror, dimly,"
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we don't really see
very good right now,
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we see in a mirror
dimly, "but then face to face.
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Now I know in part,
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but then I shall know
just as I also am known."
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So yes, it says we're
going to know one another,
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we'll recognize one another.
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We'll know who people are.
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In fact, people that you and
I wouldn't recognize by looks.
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The scripture says
that we'll know who they are
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because it says this.
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Matthew 8:11.
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"I say to you that many
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will come from
the east and west,
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and sit down with Abraham,
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Isaac, and Jacob in
the kingdom of heaven."
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It's going to be an
experience, ain't it?
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Sit down and talk to
Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
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Marvelous.
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But we'll know them,
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we'll know who they
are, we'll recognize them.
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Each individual will be known,
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we will know one
another just as we are known.
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So if we're
gonna know one another,
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how am I going to
find my loved ones?
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You know, I
mean, I can read to you
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here in Revelation
where it talks about
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there being an
innumerable company.
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It talks about numbers of people
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of all nations and stuff.
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So there's not gonna be
just a little teeny company,
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there's gonna be the people
all the way down through time.
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This is a huge
multitude that will be there.
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How am I gonna
find my loved ones
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in this great, great,
big multitude of people?
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Well, Isaiah 57:15 says,
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"For thus sayeth,
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the High and Lofty
One who inhabits," what?
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"Eternity," that's kind
of nice to know isn't it?
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Inhabits eternity, just think,
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there will be no
such thing as end of time.
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No end of time.
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He inhabits eternity.
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You see, you and I think of
everything in terms of time,
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but that will be no longer.
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He inhabits eternity.
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"Whose name is Holy,
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I dwell in a high
and holy place with Him
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who has a
contrite and humble spirit,
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to revive the
spirit of the humble,
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and revive the heart
of the contrite ones."
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So God says, "I just dwell
with people who are humble,
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who have a contrite heart."
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That's God's people.
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That's the people
that God is interested
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in is those that
are humble and contrite.
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And it says that He
inhabits eternity with them.
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"I give them," what?
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Inhabits eternity,
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and He's going to give to
the righteous eternal life.
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Never gonna come to an end.
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Death will be
something of the past.
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You and I will
never have to think
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in terms of death again.
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You see, when God made
you, He didn't make you to die.
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He made man to
live for eternity.
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So He's gonna give
to them eternal life.
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"And they shall never perish,
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neither shall anyone
snatch them out of My hand."
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Nothing.
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Absolutely nothing bad
will ever happen to you.
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What... Can you comprehend that?
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That nothing
throughout eternity,
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nothing ever, ever,
ever, throughout eternity,
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will ever happen
to you that's bad.
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Can you handle that?
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You know, nothing.
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Listen, these
are marvelous things
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that God promises you
that He will do for you.
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Listen, Isaiah 33:24,
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"And the
inhabitants that will not say,
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'I am sick.'
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But the people who dwell in it
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will be
forgiven their inequity."
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Nobody in all of
God's wide Kingdom
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throughout all the universe,
will ever say, "I'm sick."
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You know what that means?
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Do you
understand what that means?
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That means some people
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are gonna have to
learn to talk over.
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Yeah, 'cause I
visit people and I say,
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"How you doing today?"
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They say, "Oh,
my back's hurt me."
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Next time I see
them, I say, "How are you?"
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They say, "Oh, my
head's killing me."
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They're going to have
to learn to talk over.
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Nobody in all of God's
kingdom will say, "I'm sick."
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That just won't be.
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"And God will wipe," what?
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"Every tear from their eye.
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There shall be no more
death, sorrow, nor crying."
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Nothing bad, folks.
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Anything that you can think
of that is hurtful, that's bad,
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that is causing
sorrow, tears, pains,
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that will be no more.
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"There shall be no more pain
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for the former
things have passed away."
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I don't know about you.
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But I wanna go there.
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Amen.
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I wanna be there where
there's no more sorrow.
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There's no more pain.
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Just think,
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get up in the morning
and knees won't be stiff.
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And, you know,
my back won't hurt,
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and none of that will be there.
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Person will be healthy,
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strong, nothing
will hurt or destroy.
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Violence...
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Isaiah 60:18,
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"Violence shall no
longer be heard in your land,
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wasting nor
destruction within your borders.
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But you shall call
your walls salvation,
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and your gates praise."
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That means there
won't be tornadoes.
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There won't be hurricanes.
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There won't be floods.
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There won't be war.
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There won't be
any of this anymore.
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There will be violence
nowhere in all of God's kingdom.
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Amen.
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Do you understand tonight?
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That in all of
God's vast universe,
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this is the only
one that has ever seen.
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This is the only place
folks that there's pain.
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This is the only
place there's sorrow.
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This is the only
place there's death.
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See, when Jesus told the
story of the one lost sheep,
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He was talking
about this planet.
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One lost sheep.
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There's only place there is.
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When it's all over,
there won't be this anywhere.
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We just won't have any
sorrow, or death, or crying,
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that's all gonna be ended.
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Nothing will hurt nor destroy.
00:18:43.72\00:18:48.26
There will be no lack of food.
00:18:48.29\00:18:52.43
You enjoy that?
00:18:52.46\00:18:53.83
I do.
00:18:53.86\00:18:55.20
No lack of food,
no lack of water,
00:18:55.23\00:18:57.30
marvelous things to eat.
00:18:57.33\00:19:02.07
"And he showed me a
pure river of water of life,
00:19:03.51\00:19:06.04
clear as crystal,
00:19:06.07\00:19:08.34
proceeding now the throne of God
00:19:08.38\00:19:09.71
and of the lamb."
00:19:09.74\00:19:11.08
I mean, absolutely clear,
00:19:11.11\00:19:14.32
not polluted in
any way, you know?
00:19:14.35\00:19:20.29
I have a hard time here
00:19:20.32\00:19:22.99
'cause I don't think
00:19:23.02\00:19:24.36
most of the
water tastes very good.
00:19:24.39\00:19:25.79
I'm not talking
just about Chicago,
00:19:25.83\00:19:27.36
I'm talking about everywhere.
00:19:27.40\00:19:29.06
I don't think the
water tastes very good.
00:19:29.10\00:19:30.77
They have to put so
many chemicals in it,
00:19:30.80\00:19:32.77
doctor it up
00:19:32.80\00:19:34.14
because it's
polluted and all that.
00:19:34.17\00:19:35.74
Just think about it,
00:19:35.77\00:19:37.11
when that stream
is absolutely clear
00:19:37.14\00:19:38.94
and there is no
pollution in it at all,
00:19:38.97\00:19:42.91
marvelous.
00:19:42.94\00:19:44.81
Then it says, "In
the middle of the street
00:19:44.85\00:19:49.35
and on either side of the
river was the tree of life,
00:19:49.38\00:19:55.92
which bore 12
fruits," bore how many fruits?
00:19:55.96\00:20:00.00
"12 fruits, each
tree yielding its fruit,"
00:20:00.03\00:20:04.57
Come on, how often?
00:20:04.60\00:20:06.63
Remember that.
00:20:06.67\00:20:09.34
"Each tree bearing
its fruit every month."
00:20:09.37\00:20:14.18
I always kind of hate to
see summer come to an end.
00:20:14.21\00:20:19.51
And the reason I do
00:20:19.55\00:20:20.88
is because I
really do like peaches.
00:20:20.92\00:20:25.65
I enjoy peaches.
00:20:25.69\00:20:27.82
And I can't hardly
wait to get to heaven.
00:20:27.86\00:20:32.43
And get my hands on a
nice, great, big, large,
00:20:32.46\00:20:36.46
juicy peach
00:20:36.50\00:20:39.53
and bite into it
and not have to worry
00:20:39.57\00:20:42.14
about the worm
haven't bitten me there.
00:20:42.17\00:20:44.54
It'll be so nice, you know?
00:20:44.57\00:20:46.78
But all the things
that there will be there
00:20:46.81\00:20:49.24
for God's people
in heaven, folks,
00:20:49.28\00:20:51.78
that God has prepared
and made for you and me.
00:20:51.81\00:20:55.08
Just think, the scripture says
00:20:55.12\00:20:58.22
that not only will
you have all the things
00:20:58.25\00:21:00.96
that I'm talking
about but it says
00:21:00.99\00:21:02.99
that you're not
even going to get tired.
00:21:03.02\00:21:06.80
What do you think about that?
00:21:06.83\00:21:08.83
Listen, this is what
the scripture promises you.
00:21:08.86\00:21:12.00
Isaiah 40:31,
00:21:12.03\00:21:13.67
"Those who wait on the
Lord shall renew their strength,
00:21:13.70\00:21:17.61
they shall mount up
with wings like eagles,
00:21:17.64\00:21:22.24
they shall run and not be weary,
00:21:22.28\00:21:26.15
they shall walk and not faint."
00:21:26.18\00:21:29.32
Boy, just think what it is.
00:21:29.35\00:21:30.69
If you take out and
run two or three miles
00:21:30.72\00:21:32.75
and you're not
even out of breath.
00:21:32.79\00:21:36.16
But it says they'll
run, they won't get weary.
00:21:36.19\00:21:40.00
And there's a text
in the Bible that says,
00:21:40.03\00:21:44.27
"I hath not seen, nor ear heard,
00:21:44.30\00:21:48.27
neither have entered
into the heart of man
00:21:48.30\00:21:50.51
the things that God has prepared
00:21:50.54\00:21:51.94
for those that love Him."
00:21:51.97\00:21:53.31
It's hard for you
and I to even imagine
00:21:53.34\00:21:57.55
what it will be like,
00:21:57.58\00:21:59.11
this wonderful place
00:21:59.15\00:22:00.48
that God has
prepared for you and for me.
00:22:00.52\00:22:03.65
I mean, He's made
that place just for you.
00:22:03.69\00:22:08.92
So where do I start looking?
00:22:08.96\00:22:11.43
I don't have to
worry about dying.
00:22:11.46\00:22:13.36
I don't have to worry
00:22:13.40\00:22:14.73
about something
bad happened to them.
00:22:14.76\00:22:16.10
I don't have to worry
about not having enough food,
00:22:16.13\00:22:18.77
all that the scriptures clear.
00:22:18.80\00:22:20.47
So if I'm gonna
find my loved one,
00:22:20.50\00:22:22.40
where am I gonna start looking?
00:22:22.44\00:22:24.31
Well, let's look at some clues
00:22:24.34\00:22:26.37
that the scripture
gives us for finding them.
00:22:26.41\00:22:28.91
Revelation 21:3,
00:22:28.94\00:22:30.45
"And I heard a loud
voice from heaven saying,
00:22:30.48\00:22:32.65
'Behold, the
tabernacle of God is with men.'"
00:22:32.68\00:22:38.55
Marvelous.
00:22:38.59\00:22:40.09
That says that God,
00:22:40.12\00:22:43.32
God the Father,
00:22:43.36\00:22:45.83
God of the
universe is gonna come
00:22:45.86\00:22:49.46
and make His
home with you and me.
00:22:49.50\00:22:54.50
Think about that.
00:22:54.54\00:22:56.27
Going to come and make
His home with you and me.
00:22:56.30\00:23:00.51
That He has there.
00:23:00.54\00:23:06.11
"And He will dwell with them,
00:23:06.15\00:23:09.62
and they shall be his people.
00:23:09.65\00:23:12.29
God Himself will be
with them and be their God."
00:23:12.32\00:23:17.49
That's the promise.
00:23:17.53\00:23:18.93
That God gives you an eye,
00:23:18.96\00:23:21.13
so it says, He's
going to tabernacle with us.
00:23:21.16\00:23:23.93
And it says that we
will have the privilege
00:23:23.97\00:23:26.43
of seeing His face,
"They shall see His face,
00:23:26.47\00:23:32.34
and His name shall
be on their foreheads."
00:23:32.37\00:23:36.48
Just think what
it's gonna be to.
00:23:36.51\00:23:40.05
To reach out and
take someone's hand,
00:23:40.08\00:23:43.65
find it to be God's hand.
00:23:43.69\00:23:46.72
And, you know, I
think of that song
00:23:46.76\00:23:48.09
that we sing
00:23:48.12\00:23:49.46
"Face to Face
with Christ my Savior"
00:23:49.49\00:23:52.36
Face to face, what
will it be when in rapture?
00:23:52.39\00:23:55.90
I behold Him, Jesus
Christ, that died for me.
00:23:55.93\00:24:01.70
It's gonna be Wonderful.
00:24:01.74\00:24:03.81
Wonderful the
scene, face to face,
00:24:03.84\00:24:06.54
He'll dwell with us.
00:24:06.57\00:24:08.94
"For as the new
heavens and a new earth
00:24:08.98\00:24:11.88
which I will make
shall remain before Me,
00:24:11.91\00:24:14.38
says the Lord.
00:24:14.42\00:24:16.15
So shall your descendants
and your name remain."
00:24:16.18\00:24:19.25
Watch what it's
saying here in Isaiah 66.
00:24:19.29\00:24:23.32
"And it shall come to pass that
from one new moon to another,"
00:24:23.36\00:24:29.96
Now just a minute,
00:24:30.00\00:24:31.63
one new moon from
another, to another...
00:24:31.67\00:24:35.97
How often do
you have a new moon?
00:24:36.00\00:24:41.11
You know, you have a
new moon every month.
00:24:41.14\00:24:45.35
Okay, so it says,
00:24:45.38\00:24:47.35
"From one new moon to
another shall all flesh come,"
00:24:47.38\00:24:52.65
do you know what
they're coming for?
00:24:52.69\00:24:55.26
Are you putting
two and two together?
00:24:55.29\00:24:56.86
You know what
they're coming for?
00:24:56.89\00:25:00.80
Well, how often
does the tree of life
00:25:00.83\00:25:03.97
bear its fruit?
00:25:04.00\00:25:06.23
Once a month.
00:25:06.27\00:25:08.30
Saying you're coming up
to eat of the tree of life?
00:25:08.34\00:25:12.81
"All the righteous have
come from all over the earth.
00:25:12.84\00:25:15.81
And they're going to
come up to the New Jerusalem
00:25:15.84\00:25:17.78
to worship and eat
of the tree of life."
00:25:17.81\00:25:21.32
And then it says,
"'From one Sabbath to another,
00:25:21.35\00:25:25.32
all flesh have come to worship
before Me,' sayeth the Lord."
00:25:25.35\00:25:28.36
So every Sabbath,
00:25:28.39\00:25:30.13
all of the people
throughout the whole new Earth
00:25:30.16\00:25:33.90
are going to come
up to the New Jerusalem
00:25:33.93\00:25:35.93
and there they're gonna worship.
00:25:35.96\00:25:38.63
Oh, think what
that's gonna be like.
00:25:38.67\00:25:41.14
Just think what it would to be
to hear the angelic choir sing.
00:25:41.17\00:25:45.44
Amen.
00:25:45.47\00:25:47.98
Think what it'll
be to hear Jesus,
00:25:48.01\00:25:52.55
never a man spake like that man.
00:25:52.58\00:25:57.15
You and I will
have that privilege.
00:25:57.19\00:26:00.72
Oh dear friend,
00:26:00.76\00:26:02.99
I hope you're
planning on going there.
00:26:03.02\00:26:06.70
I also hope
00:26:06.73\00:26:09.33
that it won't be
a surprise to you.
00:26:09.36\00:26:14.04
Yeah?
00:26:14.07\00:26:17.27
Because it says you're
gonna worship on what day?
00:26:17.31\00:26:22.64
Every Sabbath.
00:26:22.68\00:26:24.71
Now if you're
planning on going there,
00:26:24.75\00:26:27.05
you probably ought to get used
to worshiping on the Sabbath.
00:26:27.08\00:26:29.75
Amen.
00:26:29.78\00:26:32.12
That's what the scripture says.
00:26:32.15\00:26:33.86
"One new moon to another,
00:26:33.89\00:26:35.99
from one Sabbath to another
00:26:36.02\00:26:37.69
all flesh will come
to worship before Me."
00:26:37.73\00:26:40.10
So if you're
looking for your loved ones,
00:26:40.13\00:26:42.80
one of the best places to
find them would be, where?
00:26:42.83\00:26:46.60
Yeah, on the Sabbath at church.
00:26:46.63\00:26:49.57
And so please go find them.
00:26:49.60\00:26:51.77
That's where they'll be.
00:26:51.81\00:26:53.14
All flesh is going to be there.
00:26:53.17\00:26:55.61
Okay?
00:26:55.64\00:26:57.05
New Jerusalem,
00:26:57.08\00:26:59.88
marvelous city, folks.
00:26:59.91\00:27:02.62
The on description,
00:27:02.65\00:27:05.12
the city that
He's prepared for you.
00:27:05.15\00:27:08.52
I want you to listen
00:27:08.56\00:27:09.89
to some of the
wonderful things about it.
00:27:09.92\00:27:11.89
Revelation 21:15.
00:27:11.93\00:27:14.16
"And he who talked with me
00:27:14.20\00:27:15.70
had a gold reed
to measure the city,"
00:27:15.73\00:27:17.67
so we're gonna get an
idea of what size the city is.
00:27:17.70\00:27:20.67
"Its gates and its wall,
00:27:20.70\00:27:23.10
the city is
laid out as a square.
00:27:23.14\00:27:27.51
Its length is as
great as its breath."
00:27:27.54\00:27:31.48
That means it's square.
00:27:31.51\00:27:32.85
"And he measured the city
with a reed 12,000 furlongs.
00:27:32.88\00:27:38.69
Its length, and its breath,
and its height are equal."
00:27:38.72\00:27:43.02
Okay, 12,000 furlongs.
00:27:43.06\00:27:47.06
There's eight
furlongs in a mile.
00:27:47.10\00:27:50.63
So if you divide 8 into 12,000,
00:27:50.67\00:27:53.47
that tells you what?
00:27:53.50\00:27:56.67
That it is 1,500 miles
00:27:56.71\00:28:00.88
around that city.
00:28:00.91\00:28:04.01
It's square.
00:28:04.05\00:28:05.38
So that means that
it's 375 miles on a side.
00:28:05.41\00:28:12.15
You see, we don't
comprehend cities like that.
00:28:12.19\00:28:15.89
We have a state
in the United States.
00:28:15.92\00:28:19.26
That's almost that size.
00:28:19.29\00:28:24.23
Right there, State of Colorado.
00:28:24.27\00:28:28.37
Just about that size,
00:28:28.40\00:28:30.07
the New Jerusalem
will fill that whole state.
00:28:30.11\00:28:35.44
Yeah, fill that whole state.
00:28:35.48\00:28:38.31
You stop and think about that.
00:28:38.35\00:28:40.28
And I talk to
people and they say,
00:28:40.32\00:28:41.72
"Oh, Brother Cox,
00:28:41.75\00:28:43.49
I'm not worried
about going to heaven
00:28:43.52\00:28:45.12
because there won't
be room for me there."
00:28:45.15\00:28:48.89
Let me ask you a question.
00:28:48.92\00:28:51.13
Who told you?
00:28:51.16\00:28:52.83
Who told you that the
buildings in the New Jerusalem
00:28:52.86\00:28:55.30
were one story?
00:28:55.33\00:28:57.37
Who told you that?
00:28:57.40\00:28:59.77
You know, I mean,
here it's 375 miles long.
00:28:59.80\00:29:04.84
I mean, I can guarantee you,
00:29:04.87\00:29:06.68
I'm gonna show you
the walls of the city
00:29:06.71\00:29:09.11
are over 200 feet high.
00:29:09.14\00:29:11.75
Now you're gonna try to tell me
00:29:11.78\00:29:13.11
they're gonna have
one story houses there?
00:29:13.15\00:29:15.58
No, not hardly.
00:29:15.62\00:29:17.52
There's room for
every man, every woman,
00:29:17.55\00:29:20.32
every child
that's ever been born.
00:29:20.36\00:29:25.06
So there's plenty of
room for you, friend,
00:29:25.09\00:29:27.43
if you wanna go there.
00:29:27.46\00:29:30.03
Revelation 21:18,
00:29:30.07\00:29:32.83
"The construction of
its wall was of jasper,
00:29:32.87\00:29:37.04
the city was pure
gold, like clear glass."
00:29:37.07\00:29:41.84
Now we don't
quite understand jasper.
00:29:41.88\00:29:43.98
Closest thing we
have to jasper is diamond.
00:29:44.01\00:29:47.35
So it says that
this city is clear,
00:29:47.38\00:29:50.49
the gold, it's made out of gold.
00:29:50.52\00:29:52.15
And I don't know
how God refines it,
00:29:52.19\00:29:54.02
but He refines it
00:29:54.06\00:29:55.39
so that it's as
clear as glass, okay?
00:29:55.42\00:30:00.93
"Twelve gates
were twelve pearls,
00:30:00.96\00:30:04.33
each individual
gate was of one pearl."
00:30:04.37\00:30:08.47
Can you imagine that?
00:30:08.50\00:30:10.14
I mean, the Bible tells you
00:30:10.17\00:30:11.51
that there's three
gates on each side.
00:30:11.54\00:30:15.04
Okay, now, folks,
you got a wall here,
00:30:15.08\00:30:18.08
that's 375 miles long,
it's over 200 feet high.
00:30:18.11\00:30:23.72
Don't get in your mind
00:30:23.75\00:30:25.42
that the gates gonna
be a little dinky thing.
00:30:25.45\00:30:29.32
I mean, it's got to be
in proportion to the wall.
00:30:29.36\00:30:32.09
And it's made out of one pearl.
00:30:32.13\00:30:36.26
One pearl.
00:30:36.30\00:30:38.13
So you talk about it's beyond
00:30:38.17\00:30:40.30
what you and I
understand or comprehend.
00:30:40.34\00:30:43.81
"And the street of
the city was pure gold,
00:30:43.84\00:30:47.38
like transparent glass."
00:30:47.41\00:30:51.18
By the way, on
each one of those gates
00:30:51.21\00:30:56.08
is written one of the
names of the tribes of Israel.
00:30:56.12\00:30:59.95
That's what's written there?
00:30:59.99\00:31:02.59
You know why?
00:31:02.62\00:31:04.76
Or maybe I should ask you,
00:31:04.79\00:31:06.19
which gate are
you gonna go through?
00:31:06.23\00:31:09.76
And why would God write
over the top of each one
00:31:09.80\00:31:12.20
one of the names of
the tribes of Israel?
00:31:12.23\00:31:15.50
Why He writes the names
00:31:15.54\00:31:16.87
of the tribes of
Israel over them,
00:31:16.91\00:31:18.81
because you find out
that each one of those tribes
00:31:18.84\00:31:22.41
represent a
different personality type.
00:31:22.44\00:31:25.61
And according to
your personality,
00:31:25.65\00:31:27.28
you're gonna go
through that gate
00:31:27.32\00:31:28.65
into the city.
00:31:28.68\00:31:31.15
That's what's happening there.
00:31:31.19\00:31:32.75
"And the city had
no need of the sun
00:31:32.79\00:31:37.09
or of the moon is shine in it,
00:31:37.13\00:31:38.76
for the glory of
God illuminated it.
00:31:38.79\00:31:41.36
The Lamb is its light."
00:31:41.40\00:31:43.73
So don't miss read the text.
00:31:43.77\00:31:46.60
It doesn't say
that there's not sun.
00:31:46.63\00:31:49.04
And it doesn't say
there's not a moon.
00:31:49.07\00:31:50.97
It just says it doesn't need it
'cause God is the light there.
00:31:51.01\00:31:56.44
So God is there and the
city, the New Jerusalem,
00:31:56.48\00:31:59.75
will never need
the sun or the moon
00:31:59.78\00:32:03.39
because God is the light.
00:32:03.42\00:32:05.32
"Its gate shall not
be shut at all by day."
00:32:05.35\00:32:09.82
Why?
00:32:09.86\00:32:11.56
'Cause there's no night there,
so the gates are never shut.
00:32:11.59\00:32:14.80
They're always open.
00:32:14.83\00:32:16.87
And people can come
and go into the City of God
00:32:16.90\00:32:20.17
because He is the light there.
00:32:20.20\00:32:24.74
"And there shall
be no night there.
00:32:24.77\00:32:27.74
They need no lamp
or light of the sun,
00:32:27.78\00:32:30.65
for the Lord God
gives them light."
00:32:30.68\00:32:33.98
That's going to be wonderful.
00:32:34.02\00:32:36.38
City will be always be light.
00:32:36.42\00:32:40.06
Now you think about it.
00:32:40.09\00:32:43.19
If there's no night there,
00:32:43.22\00:32:45.49
okay,
00:32:45.53\00:32:47.16
and you never get tired,
00:32:47.20\00:32:50.27
how much can you get done?
00:32:50.30\00:32:55.14
I mean, there's no end, no end.
00:32:55.17\00:32:59.81
'Cause all of us
will be very real people,
00:32:59.84\00:33:03.55
real individuals,
00:33:03.58\00:33:04.95
"And they shall
reign forever and ever."
00:33:04.98\00:33:10.42
You say, "Well,
that's a large city."
00:33:10.45\00:33:13.79
I mean, 375 miles on the side.
00:33:13.82\00:33:18.29
Skyscrapers, wall
over 200 feet high,
00:33:18.33\00:33:22.20
in a city that big,
00:33:22.23\00:33:24.30
how will I ever
find my loved ones?
00:33:24.33\00:33:27.44
Well, let me tell you something.
00:33:27.47\00:33:28.94
God keeps perfect records.
00:33:28.97\00:33:33.88
God keeps perfect records.
00:33:33.91\00:33:37.18
He knows every one of you.
00:33:37.21\00:33:41.92
He knows you by name.
00:33:41.95\00:33:45.75
Okay?
00:33:45.79\00:33:47.12
He even knows your address.
00:33:47.16\00:33:52.13
He even knows how
many hair is in your head.
00:33:52.16\00:33:56.60
So He keeps perfect records,
00:33:56.63\00:33:59.53
God will have no trouble
00:33:59.57\00:34:01.84
letting you know
where your loved ones are.
00:34:01.87\00:34:04.47
Philippians 4:3.
00:34:04.51\00:34:05.97
"And I urge you
also, true companions,
00:34:06.01\00:34:08.11
help these women
00:34:08.14\00:34:09.61
who labor with
me in the gospel."
00:34:09.64\00:34:11.25
Paul's talking about
these women that helped him
00:34:11.28\00:34:13.05
in the gospel,
helped him preach it,
00:34:13.08\00:34:15.22
they supported
him, they cared for him.
00:34:15.25\00:34:17.45
That's what he's talking about.
00:34:17.49\00:34:19.59
"With Clement also,
00:34:19.62\00:34:21.46
and the rest of
my fellow workers,
00:34:21.49\00:34:23.56
whose names are in the..."
00:34:23.59\00:34:27.16
He said their names
are in the Book of Life.
00:34:27.20\00:34:28.63
You see, God has recorded
your name in the Book of Life.
00:34:28.66\00:34:32.20
And when God has recorded
your name in the Book of Life,
00:34:32.23\00:34:34.87
I'll guarantee
you, you can be found
00:34:34.90\00:34:38.94
because you are
the apple of his eye,
00:34:38.97\00:34:42.94
cares about you.
00:34:42.98\00:34:46.51
Jesus said in John 14:1-3,
00:34:46.55\00:34:49.05
"Let not your heart be troubled.
00:34:49.08\00:34:51.02
You believe in
God, believe also in Me.
00:34:51.05\00:34:56.39
In my Father's
house are many mansions,
00:34:56.42\00:35:00.23
if it were not so,
I would have told you.
00:35:00.26\00:35:03.57
I go to prepare
a place for you."
00:35:03.60\00:35:06.84
And if I go and prepare a
place for you, I will what?
00:35:06.87\00:35:10.94
"Come again and
receive you unto Myself,
00:35:10.97\00:35:13.17
that where I am,
there you may be also."
00:35:13.21\00:35:15.91
So the scripture
says that this city,
00:35:15.94\00:35:18.61
up in heaven, that
we've been looking at,
00:35:18.65\00:35:20.75
that Jesus has made that.
00:35:20.78\00:35:23.85
He's the one that's made it.
00:35:23.89\00:35:25.65
He's prepared a mansion
00:35:25.69\00:35:28.02
up in heaven just for you.
00:35:28.06\00:35:32.96
Huh?
00:35:32.99\00:35:35.13
A mansion just for you.
00:35:35.16\00:35:38.00
Okay.
00:35:38.03\00:35:39.43
"He who overcomes,
00:35:39.47\00:35:41.40
I will make a pillar
in the temple of My God,
00:35:41.44\00:35:44.74
and he shall go out no more.
00:35:44.77\00:35:48.84
And I will write on
him the name of My God,
00:35:48.88\00:35:54.58
and the name of
the city of My God,
00:35:54.62\00:35:57.99
the New Jerusalem."
00:35:58.02\00:35:59.35
So He's gonna
write down your name,
00:35:59.39\00:36:00.72
and your address,
00:36:00.76\00:36:02.09
and all He knows
exactly where you are.
00:36:02.12\00:36:08.43
You'll have the privilege
00:36:08.46\00:36:11.20
of talking to Him face to face.
00:36:11.23\00:36:16.77
God grants that.
00:36:16.81\00:36:18.41
The New Jerusalem,
00:36:18.44\00:36:19.77
"Which comes down
from heaven from God,
00:36:19.81\00:36:21.68
and I will
write on him My name."
00:36:21.71\00:36:24.55
So you won't have
any trouble finding Him.
00:36:24.58\00:36:28.15
But let me tell you something.
00:36:28.18\00:36:30.32
You're not looking for spirit.
00:36:30.35\00:36:33.36
Understand that you're
not looking for spirit.
00:36:33.39\00:36:36.19
They're not going to be,
00:36:36.22\00:36:37.86
you know, a
spirit that flips around
00:36:37.89\00:36:39.36
on an invisible cloud.
00:36:39.39\00:36:41.83
That's not the
way it's going to be.
00:36:41.86\00:36:44.67
The Bible tells us
this is how it will be.
00:36:44.70\00:36:48.27
Philippians 3:20,
00:36:48.30\00:36:50.47
"For our
citizenship is in heaven,
00:36:50.51\00:36:53.07
from which we also
eagerly wait for the Savior,
00:36:53.11\00:36:58.58
the Lord Jesus Christ,
00:36:58.61\00:37:00.95
who will
transform our lowly body,"
00:37:00.98\00:37:05.99
that's this body we have now,
00:37:06.02\00:37:07.79
He's gonna
transform our lowly body.
00:37:07.82\00:37:10.43
"That it may be fashioned
00:37:10.46\00:37:12.79
or conformed to
His glorious body."
00:37:12.83\00:37:17.47
So it says this body
of ours, this lowly body,
00:37:17.50\00:37:20.40
that it's gonna be
fashioned like His body.
00:37:20.44\00:37:24.44
That's referring to His
body after the resurrection.
00:37:24.47\00:37:29.11
Okay?
00:37:29.14\00:37:30.48
That's what it's
telling you that our bodies
00:37:30.51\00:37:32.05
will be like His
after the resurrection.
00:37:32.08\00:37:34.62
According to
the working by which
00:37:34.65\00:37:36.55
He is able to even
subdue all things to Himself.
00:37:36.58\00:37:40.56
Okay.
00:37:40.59\00:37:42.96
Was Jesus real?
00:37:42.99\00:37:47.03
Well, you
remember when He appeared
00:37:47.06\00:37:49.20
to the disciples
after the resurrection?
00:37:49.23\00:37:52.00
Here in Luke 24,
00:37:52.03\00:37:53.44
He said, "Behold,
My hands and feet,
00:37:53.47\00:37:58.17
that it is I Myself.
00:37:58.21\00:38:00.88
Handle Me and see,
00:38:00.91\00:38:03.21
for a spirit does
not have flesh and bones
00:38:03.24\00:38:06.05
as you see I have."
00:38:06.08\00:38:08.65
Remember, He said,
"Come here, Thomas,
00:38:08.68\00:38:11.75
put your finger
in the nail print."
00:38:11.79\00:38:15.56
He got something to eat.
00:38:15.59\00:38:17.56
He was a real person.
00:38:17.59\00:38:19.89
And so, dear friend,
you and I will be real.
00:38:19.93\00:38:24.37
The most fantastic
things you have ever dreamed of,
00:38:24.40\00:38:28.30
you'll be able to do.
00:38:28.34\00:38:31.27
We'll be real people.
00:38:31.31\00:38:33.81
Says in Job 19:26,
00:38:33.84\00:38:37.01
"And after my skin is destroyed,
00:38:37.05\00:38:39.88
this I know, that in my
flesh, I shall see God."
00:38:39.91\00:38:45.59
So we're gonna be real people.
00:38:45.62\00:38:47.72
Not only we're
gonna be real people,
00:38:47.76\00:38:49.62
we're gonna have real houses.
00:38:49.66\00:38:53.09
Did you know that?
00:38:53.13\00:38:54.50
Yeah.
00:38:54.53\00:38:55.86
In fact, you've got a mansion
00:38:55.90\00:38:57.93
up in heaven that
Jesus has made for you.
00:38:57.97\00:39:04.81
I heard a story the other day
00:39:04.84\00:39:09.71
that this fella dreamed
00:39:09.74\00:39:16.72
that he was in
heaven, and met by the angel.
00:39:16.75\00:39:21.89
And the Angel Gabriel told him
00:39:21.92\00:39:24.49
he was going to
show him to his home.
00:39:24.53\00:39:27.80
And there were some
other people with him.
00:39:27.83\00:39:29.90
And as they
went down the street,
00:39:29.93\00:39:32.30
Gabriel pointed out
their homes to them.
00:39:32.33\00:39:34.50
And they were beautiful,
marvelous, beautiful mansions,
00:39:34.54\00:39:39.04
I mean, lovely places.
00:39:39.07\00:39:40.84
And he walked through,
00:39:40.88\00:39:43.78
you know, their
mansions and looked at him.
00:39:43.81\00:39:45.65
And he thought,
00:39:45.68\00:39:47.02
"Man, I can't hardly
wait till I get to my mansion.
00:39:47.05\00:39:49.95
It's going to be wonderful."
00:39:49.98\00:39:51.85
And they walk down
the street little farther,
00:39:51.89\00:39:53.92
and they came to
rather humble cottage.
00:39:53.96\00:39:57.89
And the Angel Gabriel
said, "This is your home."
00:39:57.93\00:40:01.00
And the fella
said, "This is my home?"
00:40:01.03\00:40:02.96
He said, "Yes."
00:40:03.00\00:40:04.33
He said, "No,
there's some mistake.
00:40:04.37\00:40:05.93
This can't be my home."
00:40:05.97\00:40:07.70
And the Angel Gabriel
said, "Yes, this is your home.
00:40:07.74\00:40:11.31
This is for you."
00:40:11.34\00:40:13.34
And he said, "No."
00:40:13.38\00:40:14.71
He said, "This
can't be my home here."
00:40:14.74\00:40:16.54
He said, "I had
better than that on earth."
00:40:16.58\00:40:21.02
And the Angel
Gabriel said, "I'm so sorry."
00:40:21.05\00:40:23.89
He said, "We did
the very best we could
00:40:23.92\00:40:26.15
with what we received."
00:40:26.19\00:40:27.56
So you have to realize
00:40:32.06\00:40:35.36
where your treasure is,
00:40:35.40\00:40:38.33
there your heart is also.
00:40:38.37\00:40:41.20
Right.
00:40:41.24\00:40:42.57
But it says He's
gonna make us homes,
00:40:42.60\00:40:45.01
mansions, the
scripture calls them.
00:40:45.04\00:40:46.98
And this is what
it says about it,
00:40:47.01\00:40:49.38
"And they shall build
houses and inhabit them.
00:40:49.41\00:40:54.08
They shall plant
vineyards and eat their fruit.
00:40:54.12\00:40:57.95
They shall not
build another inhabit,
00:40:57.99\00:41:00.02
they shall not
plant and another eat.
00:41:00.06\00:41:03.76
For as the days of a tree,
00:41:03.79\00:41:05.49
so shall be the
days of My people.
00:41:05.53\00:41:07.66
And My elect shall long
enjoy the works of their hands."
00:41:07.70\00:41:11.53
Now I don't know if you caught
what that text is telling you.
00:41:11.57\00:41:16.00
That text is telling you
00:41:16.04\00:41:17.54
that you're gonna have two homes
00:41:17.57\00:41:21.24
because you got one in the city
that Jesus has made for you,
00:41:21.28\00:41:25.48
then you're gonna
have one out in the country
00:41:25.51\00:41:27.62
that you're gonna build.
00:41:27.65\00:41:29.58
Huh?
00:41:29.62\00:41:30.95
That's what its saying.
00:41:30.99\00:41:32.32
We'll build
houses and inhabit them.
00:41:32.35\00:41:33.69
Just think, now just think
when you can build a mansion
00:41:33.72\00:41:39.49
out in the country,
00:41:39.53\00:41:41.06
and what you build it
out of you can build it
00:41:41.10\00:41:45.47
out of anything you want to
00:41:45.50\00:41:48.44
'cause the city's pure gold,
00:41:48.47\00:41:52.97
so you can build your mansion
out of anything you want.
00:41:53.01\00:41:58.55
Secondly, you
don't have to hurry.
00:41:58.58\00:42:01.75
Time is no restraint.
00:42:01.78\00:42:04.19
Okay?
00:42:04.22\00:42:05.55
And you can build it
out of anything you want to.
00:42:05.59\00:42:08.12
And I don't know about you,
00:42:08.16\00:42:10.83
but I've already
started making plans.
00:42:10.86\00:42:15.46
I've already started
00:42:15.50\00:42:16.83
'cause I'm
planning on going there.
00:42:16.87\00:42:18.73
Tell you for sure.
00:42:18.77\00:42:20.80
Fact.
00:42:20.84\00:42:22.40
One of my rooms in my house,
00:42:22.44\00:42:26.07
I'm gonna have one whole wall
00:42:26.11\00:42:29.94
made out of diamonds.
00:42:29.98\00:42:34.52
A whole wall will have diamonds,
00:42:34.55\00:42:37.39
a wall on this side,
00:42:37.42\00:42:39.29
I'm gonna have it
out of living roses.
00:42:39.32\00:42:41.86
Just think how nice that'll look
00:42:41.89\00:42:43.26
as they reflect
in that diamond wall.
00:42:43.29\00:42:45.16
How nice it'll always smell.
00:42:45.19\00:42:48.00
Anything you wanna
think of, you can do.
00:42:48.03\00:42:52.80
You're not gonna get tired.
00:42:52.83\00:42:55.80
You can make it out
of anything you want to.
00:42:55.84\00:42:59.37
See, it's beyond our
comprehension, folks,
00:42:59.41\00:43:02.71
of what God has
prepared for you,
00:43:02.74\00:43:06.08
mansions that
you and I will have.
00:43:06.11\00:43:09.65
How will I recognize my
friends and my relatives?
00:43:09.68\00:43:13.82
How am I gonna know them?
00:43:13.86\00:43:16.09
Well, to begin with,
00:43:16.12\00:43:17.89
it says that these bodies
00:43:17.93\00:43:19.63
of ours are gonna
be fashioned like His.
00:43:19.66\00:43:22.23
Okay?
00:43:22.26\00:43:23.60
Well, let's see
what Jesus body was like.
00:43:23.63\00:43:26.23
Let's see if
people recognized him.
00:43:26.27\00:43:29.67
John 20:19,
00:43:29.70\00:43:33.07
"Then the same day at evening,
00:43:33.11\00:43:34.51
being the first day of the week,
00:43:34.54\00:43:36.24
when the doors were shut
00:43:36.28\00:43:37.61
where the
disciples were assembled
00:43:37.65\00:43:39.98
for fear of the Jews,
00:43:40.02\00:43:41.35
Jesus came and stood in
the midst and said to them,
00:43:41.38\00:43:43.95
'Peace be with you.'"
00:43:43.99\00:43:45.52
I mean, Jesus
came, spoke to them.
00:43:45.55\00:43:48.36
Did they recognize Him?
00:43:48.39\00:43:51.46
Oh, sure.
00:43:51.49\00:43:52.83
They knew who He was.
00:43:52.86\00:43:54.20
How did they recognize Him?
00:43:54.23\00:43:56.87
By His looks.
00:43:56.90\00:43:58.50
They saw Him,
00:43:58.53\00:43:59.87
they recognized
Him by His looks,
00:43:59.90\00:44:01.24
so you and I will recognize
our loved ones by our looks.
00:44:01.27\00:44:05.67
And I know there's
a bunch of you saying,
00:44:05.71\00:44:08.08
"Oh my, all this time, I
thought I'd look different."
00:44:08.11\00:44:14.55
Well, let me tell you something.
00:44:14.58\00:44:17.45
If you take any individual,
I don't care who they are,
00:44:17.49\00:44:21.56
and you take away
all the imperfections,
00:44:21.59\00:44:25.59
and all the
wrinkles, and all that,
00:44:25.63\00:44:28.86
everybody will be
absolutely beautiful.
00:44:28.90\00:44:32.30
No question.
00:44:32.33\00:44:33.67
Okay?
00:44:33.70\00:44:35.04
So we'll recognize
people by the way they look.
00:44:35.07\00:44:38.31
"And when He had said
this, He showed them His hands,
00:44:38.34\00:44:41.54
and His side.
00:44:41.58\00:44:42.91
Then the disciples were
glad when they saw the Lord."
00:44:42.94\00:44:46.45
So they recognized
Him by the way He looked.
00:44:46.48\00:44:49.08
Second way
00:44:49.12\00:44:50.45
that you will
recognize your loved ones
00:44:50.49\00:44:51.82
as you remember.
00:44:51.85\00:44:53.19
Mary.
00:44:53.22\00:44:54.82
Mary has gotten to the
tomb before anybody else,
00:44:54.86\00:44:57.86
she's gotten there
while it was still dark.
00:44:57.89\00:45:01.46
And Jesus has already risen.
00:45:01.50\00:45:04.33
And she thinks that
somebody has robbed the grave.
00:45:04.37\00:45:08.80
And she sees in the
darkness, and she's crying,
00:45:08.84\00:45:11.54
and she sees
someone standing over there.
00:45:11.57\00:45:13.98
She thinks it's the gardener.
00:45:14.01\00:45:16.34
And so she
speaks to him and said,
00:45:16.38\00:45:19.65
"If you've done
something with my Lord's body,
00:45:19.68\00:45:21.18
tell me what
you've done with it,
00:45:21.22\00:45:22.55
and I'll take care of it."
00:45:22.58\00:45:25.85
He says, "Now
when she had said this,
00:45:25.89\00:45:27.99
she turned around and
saw Jesus standing there
00:45:28.02\00:45:30.73
and did not know
that it was Jesus."
00:45:30.76\00:45:34.16
She didn't recognize
Him because it was dark,
00:45:34.20\00:45:36.23
and she was crying.
00:45:36.26\00:45:38.00
Okay.
00:45:38.03\00:45:39.37
"And Jesus said to her
'Woman, why are you weeping?
00:45:39.40\00:45:42.70
Whom are you seeking?'
00:45:42.74\00:45:44.07
And she supposing
Him to be the gardener,
00:45:44.11\00:45:48.38
said to Him, 'Sir, if
you have carried Him away,
00:45:48.41\00:45:51.15
tell me where you have laid Him,
00:45:51.18\00:45:53.72
and I'll take Him away.'"
00:45:53.75\00:45:55.58
She said, "If you've
done something with His body,
00:45:55.62\00:45:57.45
just tell me what
you've done with it."
00:45:57.49\00:45:59.99
"And Jesus said to her," what?
00:46:00.02\00:46:03.83
"'Mary!'
00:46:03.86\00:46:05.19
she turned and
said to Him, 'Rabboni!'
00:46:05.23\00:46:07.93
which is to say, teacher."
00:46:07.96\00:46:09.30
She recognized Him by His what?
00:46:09.33\00:46:12.43
Voice.
00:46:12.47\00:46:13.80
You and I
recognize our loved ones
00:46:13.84\00:46:15.30
by their voices.
00:46:15.34\00:46:16.91
You see, when you call
home or when I call home,
00:46:16.94\00:46:19.41
I don't have to
say, "Who's speaking?"
00:46:19.44\00:46:22.11
I know them by their voice.
00:46:22.14\00:46:24.05
You and I will
recognize by their voice.
00:46:24.08\00:46:26.95
Jesus has been resurrected.
00:46:26.98\00:46:30.49
There's a couple disciples
that are walking down to a city
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called Emmaus.
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And as they're walking along,
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they're talking
about what's happened.
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And Jesus comes and
starts walking with them.
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The Bible says that
God did not permit them
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to recognize Him,
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it's what the scripture says.
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It uses a term, it says,
"Their eyes were holden."
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It meant that they
couldn't recognize Him.
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God didn't let
them recognize Him.
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He walks this eight
miles to Emmaus with them.
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And they invite Him
to stop at their house
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for a bite to eat.
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Folks, these are disciples.
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These are men that spent
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three and a half
years with Jesus.
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And so He goes into the home.
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And when they get
there, He picks up the bread,
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and blesses it, and breaks it.
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They have seen Him do
that hundreds of times.
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And the moment He did
that, watch what happens.
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"Now it came to pass,
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as He sat at
the table with them,
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that He took bread
and blessed and broke it,
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and gave it to them."
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Okay, watch.
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"Then their eyes were
opened and they knew Him.
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And He vanished
out of their sight."
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They recognized him
by His characteristics,
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His mannerism,
the way He did things.
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So you and I are not
gonna have any trouble
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recognizing our loved ones.
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I told you, I
tell you four ways.
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That's three.
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The fourth way,
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I'm afraid only
applies to women.
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I'm not saying
a man can't do it.
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I just never have known of one.
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Okay.
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As a boy, growing up at home,
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I had a brother
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that was three
years older than I.
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And my folks never did put
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any restrictions on us.
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I wanna tell you
that was not for our good,
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young people.
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No.
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For instance, when
we got into the teens,
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my folks never told us
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when we had to
come home at night.
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All my dad ever said is,
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"You better be here
in time to milk the cow."
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And he meant that.
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So my brother and I,
we'd come home late at night.
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And of course, when I
came home late at night,
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I didn't wanna
wake up my parents.
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So I would try
to be very careful
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in not running into anything.
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I didn't turn the lights on.
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And I would try to
walk through the living room
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and make sure I
didn't disturb anybody,
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never once.
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Never once in my entire life
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did I ever get
through the living room
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that my mother didn't
say, "Kenneth, is that you?"
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Never.
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In fact, I asked my Brother Don,
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I said, "When you
come home at night,
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you turn the lights on?"
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He said, "No."
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I said, "Does
mother speak to you?"
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He said, "Every time."
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she recognized us
by our walk alone.
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See?
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So you're not gonna have
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any trouble recognizing
your loved ones, friend.
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They're there,
you'll recognize them.
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We won't have any
trouble finding them.
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Heaven is gonna be a
very, very wonderful place.
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A place where
there won't be heartache,
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place where the children
will play with the animals.
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It says the lion and the
lamb shall lie down together.
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Won't have to worry about it.
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I pastored several years
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in a little town
called Dalhart, Texas.
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When we drove into town,
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moved there, we
went by a little zoo.
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It's kind of a family thing.
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And my daughter
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who was very small at that time,
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said, "Daddy,
Take me to the zoo."
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And I said, "Honey, when
we get settled everything,
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I'll take you to the zoo."
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And so one day, I
said, "Let's go to the zoo."
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And so I took her out
here to this little zoo.
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And it was just
owned by this man.
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And really for a
little zoo that he owned,
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it was quite nice.
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We saw the possums,
and the raccoons, and,
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you know, the snakes
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and all the things
he had and enjoyed.
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And we were
about ready to leave.
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And he said, "Let me
show you something else."
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And so he took us out
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to this large tin
building out there
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and walked in the door
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and we followed him.
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And when we walked in the door,
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clear at the other
end of that tin building
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was two large cages.
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And in one was a male lion
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and the other was a female lion.
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And it didn't bother me because,
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you know, I've seen
lions in cages before.
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But he just quickened his
pace and walked off and left us.
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And he walked over there.
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And he pulled
the pin on the door,
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that great big male lion,
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and opened that door
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and that lion
come walking out there,
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and that bothered me.
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I'll tell you for sure.
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And he said, "Now,
don't let it bother you."
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He said, "He's just
as tame as a kitten."
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And sure enough, the old lion,
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you could just pull on his mane
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and he'd just
rub up against you,
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just as tame as it could be.
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This is the way the animals
will be in God's kingdom.
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All the things will be there.
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The roses will never fade.
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There will be no death.
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There will be nothing
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that will decay or
destroy in all of God's kingdom.
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That will be
something of the past.
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You and I will
have the privilege
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in enjoying all
the wonderful things
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that God has
prepared for you and for me.
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Heaven will be a
very, very wonderful place
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where you and I
will be able to enjoy
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the ceaseless ages of eternity.
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No sorrow, no
pain, we can do anything
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that we could ever envision.
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You're not wanna not
have anything to do, friends.
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You'll be very,
very real people.
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Who can go there?
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Who can go there?
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Have any idea?
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Anybody?
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Anybody that wants to?
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Revelation 22:17.
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"And the Spirit and
the bride say, 'Come!'
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Let him who hears say, 'Come!'
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And let him who thirst come.
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Whosoever desires,
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let him take the
water of life freely."
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Dear friend, there's
not any of you here tonight,
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there's not any of you
that are watching by television
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that can't be
there if you want to be.
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It's open to you.
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The invitation is given to you.
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God is inviting you.
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"Blessed are those
who do His commandments
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that they may have
right to the tree of life
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and may enter through
the gates into the city."
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So God says,
"Listen, the gates are open.
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They're never closed."
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All you have to do is say,
00:53:59.13\00:54:01.47
"I want to be there
and reach out in faith."
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Give your heart to Jesus Christ.
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And when you
give your life to Him,
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then He says, "You're my child."
00:54:11.21\00:54:14.52
You shall inherit what?
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You're gonna what?
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Inherit.
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Let's take a moment on that,
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I wanna make
sure you understand.
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You're given a gift.
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You're given an inheritance.
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And you're given a reward.
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Did you know that?
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Okay, what's the gift?
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What's the gift
that God gives you?
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Eternal life.
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That's given to you free.
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You can't buy it.
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You can't work for it.
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All you can do is accept
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what Jesus
Christ has done for you.
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Okay?
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He gives you an inheritance.
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What's the inheritance?
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Matthew 5:5.
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Come on, folks.
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The inheritance.
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"Blessed are the meek,
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for they shall
inherit the earth."
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That's given to
you as inheritance.
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Why are you
given an inheritance?
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'Cause can you
work for an inheritance?
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No.
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You're given an inheritance
because you're a child of God,
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gives you a
inheritance, gives you a reward.
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Do you know what the reward is?
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Huh?
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Crown of life.
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Gives you a crown.
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And the reward is
given to you based on what?
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Works. Works.
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If you want to know
where works come in,
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that's where they come in.
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Ask what is given
to you on the basis,
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crown of life given to you.
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Those are the
things God gives you.
00:56:13.47\00:56:15.60
He invites you to
come, He says to all of you,
00:56:15.64\00:56:18.57
Matthew 25:34,
00:56:18.61\00:56:20.38
"Then the King will say
to those on His right hand,
00:56:20.41\00:56:22.81
'Come, you blessed of My Father,
00:56:22.84\00:56:27.28
inherit the
kingdom prepared for you
00:56:27.32\00:56:30.75
from the
foundations of the world."
00:56:30.79\00:56:33.92
He said, "I've
prepared all this for you,
00:56:33.96\00:56:37.06
come enjoy it,
enjoy it for eternity.
00:56:37.09\00:56:42.56
It's yours.
00:56:42.60\00:56:44.83
Given it to you free."
00:56:44.87\00:56:47.97
And so He's inviting you tonight
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to come, enjoy
the kingdom of God.
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Jesus Christ is
inviting you this evening
00:56:53.98\00:56:58.68
to come and accept Him.
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It won't be long, dear
friends, we're almost home.
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You'll have the privilege
of living in His kingdom.
00:57:05.95\00:57:11.29
We're almost home
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Where Jesus is waiting
00:57:17.47\00:57:22.80
Where angels are singing
00:57:22.84\00:57:27.44
And where
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We'll never more roam
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Hallelujah
00:57:36.95\00:57:40.02
We're almost home
00:57:40.06\00:57:44.89
Let us bow our heads
for a word of prayer.
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Father, we thank You
00:57:52.30\00:57:54.90
for the privilege
00:57:54.94\00:57:56.27
that You've given
us to worship You,
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to study Your Word together.
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We pray that You
will bless each one,
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those that are
taking their stand here,
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and those that are taking it
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around the world
for Jesus Christ.
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We ask, Lord,
that Your Holy Spirit
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will hover over
them, be close to them,
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and may they know Your
presence in all that they do.
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For this we ask in
Christ's name, amen.
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