Can you build your faith on it?
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The promises of
God's Word are sure.
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They do not fail.
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This Book has
stood the test of time.
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For what earthly reason
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would the Father
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send down His Son
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to suffer rejection
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and pay for
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crimes He had not done?
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For what earthly reason
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would the Father
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let Him hang on the tree?
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I wept
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with the answer...
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the one earthly reason
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was me.
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I was the
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reason
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the one
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earthly reason.
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I was the
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guilty;
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He was the
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sacrifice.
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I was the
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taker;
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He was
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the giver.
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Dying
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while I go free...
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the one earthly reason
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was me.
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The fairest of heaven
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was summoned
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from His throne in the sky
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to pay for my purchase...
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not even
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the angels could die.
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The only provision
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for my pardon
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was destined to be
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that sweet Lamb of glory...
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His only reason
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was me.
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I was the
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reason...
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the one earthly
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earthly reason.
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I was the
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guilty;
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He was the
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sacrifice.
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I was the
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taker;
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He was
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the giver.
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Dying
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while I go free.
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The one earthly reason,
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God's only reason,
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the one
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earthly reason
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was me.
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Amen!
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Heavenly Father,
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there was no earthly reason
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for You to send Your Son
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except, Lord, that
without Him we would be lost.
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Lord, tonight
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may we see clearly
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that life is found
only in Jesus Christ.
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May we surrender our hearts,
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may the Holy
Spirit move in our lives,
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and may each of us be
drawn close to Jesus Christ.
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For this we ask
in Your name, Amen.
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We find that today
man is trying to find
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life in many,
many different places.
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Just exactly where
can I find eternal life?
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We find that some people
think that they can communicate
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with the dead...
that life is found there.
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They look to those
that have gone on before
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hoping that some way some how
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that they might
communicate and talk with them.
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But life is
certainly not found in man.
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Not going to find it in
man. Man cannot offer it.
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It is not to be
found among mankind.
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Man has looked for it
down through the centuries
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but it can't be
found in humanity.
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Says in Genesis 3:19:
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So the Bible is very clear that
you and I were taken from dust
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and it says that we
will return to dust.
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And you have stood
in funeral services
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and you've heard the
minister say the committal:
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"dust to dust
and ashes to ashes. "
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We know that when a person dies
they return back to the dust
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or to the ashes. So
life is not found in us.
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Man does not have immortality.
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It's not found there.
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Tells us in Job 4 and verse 17:
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"Can a mortal... " Can a what?
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A mortal. Doesn't say immortal.
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Mortal means what?
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Mortal means
subject to death. Yes.
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No way. Man is dust and
he returns back to the dust.
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So all I'm trying to
get across to you tonight
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is life - eternal life -
cannot be found in human beings.
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Man has searched for it.
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So it says clearly that only God
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has immortality.
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Now what I'm doing here tonight,
folks, is I'm laying down
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a basic principle of scripture.
And if you get that real clear
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in your mind, then a lot of
the troubles that people have
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will clear up. And so the
principle that I'm trying to
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lay down tonight is
that God is the only One
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that has immortality.
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Man does not have
immortality... man is mortal.
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OK? That means he
is subject to death.
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Goes on and says:
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Even though science
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would like to give the
idea that they can offer life
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they have not
been able to do it.
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All you have to do is
look around. Right now
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almost in every large
city in the United States
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they now have places
where you can go and be frozen.
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Did you know that?
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Yeah. People now
think that when they die
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they can take
them and freeze them...
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and keep them frozen
until medical science
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develops a cure for
the problem that they had.
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And then they will thaw
them out and cure their problem.
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And so you can actually pay
to be frozen and kept that way.
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Sorry... man is
mortal, subject to death.
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I can take you to the
book store and I can show you
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book after book that will
tell you that there is life
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after death.
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The Bible does not teach
that there is life after death.
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Just does not do that, folks.
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In fact, there's a
place over here in Arizona
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where they tell you that dying
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is just the result
of a wrong attitude
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and that you can come to that
particular place in Arizona.
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And of course, you have
to give them all your money.
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And you live there at
that place all your life.
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And if you die well the problem
was you just had the wrong
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attitude, you know. But
this is offered today, folks.
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The Bible has this to
say in Titus 3 verse 7:
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Get it clear.
The Bible doesn't say
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eternal life now. It says
"The hope of eternal life. "
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OK? You need to get it clear.
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It doesn't say that
man now has eternal life.
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It's the hope of eternal life.
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Luke 2:23: "Who
shall not receive
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many times more
in this present time.
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And in the age
to come... " What?
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Yeah. "In the age
to come eternal life. "
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See, the Bible
is very, very clear.
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You and I don't have to
be in any doubt about it.
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In the age to come you
and I can have eternal life
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but right now we are mortal.
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We're subject to death. That's
what the scripture simply says
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about us.
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You're not going to find
eternal life any other place.
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There isn't such a
thing as a fountain of youth.
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There isn't a place
where you can go in this world
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and receive eternal life.
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You will find it
only in Jesus Christ.
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"I... I am the
resurrection and the life. "
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You see, that's the
reason when Jesus died, folks,
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and He came forth from the grave
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you find one statement
in scripture after another
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that validates the fact that
He came forth from the grave.
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He did not make it so
there would be any doubt.
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There were over 500
people that saw Him after
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the resurrection. And He
gave it with infallible proof
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that He came
forth from the grave.
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I'm going to share
just a few with you tonight
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to show you that Jesus Christ
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is the
resurrection and the life.
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These are proofs
of His resurrection.
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He appeared to Mary
Magdalene. John 20 verse 10.
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You remember
that? Appeared to her.
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Secondly, the other women.
You remember it talks about
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Salome and Mary and those?
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The other women that
came... He appeared to them
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there in Matthew 28:8.
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You remember that?
They're on the road to Emmaus
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and there He spoke to
them, talked to them. All right.
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Eleven disciples... He appeared
to them after His resurrection.
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These are people,
folks, that He appeared to
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and spoke to. Absolute
proof of the resurrection.
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Luke 24:33.
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Second time He appeared to
them. Thomas was not there.
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Remember that? Appeared
to them, spoke to them there
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in John 20 verse 19.
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Then He appeared again to
them and Thomas was there.
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You remember? And He said:
"Come, Thomas, and put your
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finger in the nail
print, hand in my side. "
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'Cause Thomas
didn't want to believe. OK?
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He appeared to them.
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Appeared again to the
disciples in Matthew 28;16.
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Remember this one
there on the Mt. of Olives?
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All these are statements
of proof that Jesus came forth
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from the grave... that
He IS the resurrection.
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Therefore what I'm
trying to say to you tonight:
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if Christ is the
resurrection - and He said
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that He is the
resurrection and the life -
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then you and I if
we're going to find life
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on the other side of the grave
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we're going to find
it only in Jesus Christ.
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We're not going to
find it any other place.
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Clear?
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So dear friend, tonight
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you don't have eternal
life if you don't have Christ.
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You see, if you don't have Jesus
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you don't have anything
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because you're going to die
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and all the things you have are
going to go to somebody else.
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But if you've got
Jesus you've got everything
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because you've got life.
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You're going to
come out of the grave
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as He came out of the grave.
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So you and I will
have that opportunity.
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All right. Listen
as it continues on:
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Now it's true: you and I
need to spend time in the Book.
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This is how you come
to know Jesus Christ.
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Do you understand me?
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But dear friend, let
me tell you something:
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don't read the book and
not get acquainted with Jesus.
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Because it says: "This is
life eternal, to... " What?
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"to know You. "
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You see, eternal
life is in Christ
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and you and I must know Him.
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As an individual we
must know Him as our Savior.
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It's not... You can't have
an arms-off experience with
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Jesus Christ. It's got to be
something that is in your heart
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and in your soul.
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It's got to be
something that you experience.
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You take somebody
who has experienced it
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and they may not be
able to explain it to you.
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But I can tell you
one thing: they know it.
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There's no question about that.
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God is a great God,
and the Lord Jesus Christ
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comes into your heart
and gives you eternal life.
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I guarantee you... you know it.
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No question about it.
All right... let's go on.
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You don't have it.
You're mortal... right?
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So how am I going to
receive eternal life tonight?
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Well the Bible tells you
this is how you receive it.
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Is that clear?
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Dear friends, if you didn't read
any other text but that one,
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that's clear enough.
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It says: "If you do not have
the Son, you don't have... "
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"life. "
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Now I hope you'll
fasten that in your mind
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because I'm coming to something.
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I'm coming to a
point in just a little bit
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and if you don't have
that fastened in your mind
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then you may have trouble.
But if you'll fasten it clearly
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in your mind that if
you don't have the Son
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you do not have life.
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If you get that real clear,
then the point we're coming to
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won't be a
problem with you. OK...
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If he doesn't have life,
the wrath of God abides on him.
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That person that
believes in Jesus Christ
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has everlasting
life. That's a promise
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that God gives to you.
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OK? So we find that eternal life
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is found only in Jesus Christ.
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Now the question
is: how do I keep it?
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It's a gift. That's what
it tells me: it's a gift.
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It's given to us. That what it
says in Romans the 5th chapter
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verse 17 that it is a gift.
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So it's a gift given to
me... but how do I keep it?
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Do you know how to keep it?
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'Cause I run onto
people that lose it.
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Well let's see how you keep it.
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OK, how do I keep it?
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Fight the good fight of faith.
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That's how you keep it.
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I've got to look and I've
got to read the Word of God
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and I've got to walk by
faith. I've got to believe.
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As Jesus said: "Blessed is he
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who doesn't see and believes. "
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You see, I've
got to walk by faith.
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The Christian
experience is a walk by faith.
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That's the
difference. You see, animals...
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animals live by scent.
00:21:35.97\00:21:37.95
OK? That's how they
exist is by what they smell.
00:21:39.08\00:21:42.87
Sinners...
sinners... they live by reason.
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That's how sinners live.
00:21:50.95\00:21:52.65
Christians live by faith.
00:21:53.05\00:21:57.14
Great, great difference.
00:21:57.44\00:22:00.19
Great difference!
00:22:00.39\00:22:01.94
And if I'm going to
lay hold of eternal life
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I do that by faith.
00:22:04.96\00:22:06.92
That means that by faith
00:22:08.02\00:22:12.23
I put Jesus Christ
above everything else.
00:22:12.53\00:22:18.39
I must... Listen carefully
'cause the scripture's going to
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tell you... I must
put my priorities right.
00:22:22.99\00:22:28.10
How do you keep it?
00:23:06.84\00:23:08.21
I keep it by making
sure my priorities are right.
00:23:09.72\00:23:14.70
That's what
Jesus was taking about
00:23:15.80\00:23:17.47
when He talked about the
man that went out and bought
00:23:17.67\00:23:20.20
the piece of land. He
talked about the man that
00:23:20.30\00:23:22.56
sold everything he had
for the pearl of great price.
00:23:22.76\00:23:26.24
I have to place it
in the right priority
00:23:26.44\00:23:29.22
and reach out
and hang onto it...
00:23:29.42\00:23:31.62
and hang onto it for
all I'm worth by faith.
00:23:31.82\00:23:35.61
THEN you keep eternal life.
00:23:36.83\00:23:39.85
That's what He's telling us.
00:23:40.16\00:23:41.68
All right. Now we
come to the point that
00:23:42.08\00:23:46.24
many people don't understand:
what is the penalty for sin?
00:23:46.64\00:23:52.10
What is the penalty for sin?
00:23:53.42\00:23:56.10
That's what we have to establish
00:23:56.20\00:23:58.11
because this is the area that
many people do not understand.
00:23:58.41\00:24:02.11
Sin brings forth what? Death.
00:24:19.28\00:24:23.49
The penalty for sin is death.
00:24:23.79\00:24:28.74
That's what the
scripture tells us:
00:24:29.04\00:24:31.05
that death came
into the world by sin.
00:24:31.35\00:24:34.87
OK, through one man
sin entered the world
00:24:43.19\00:24:46.39
and death through sin.
00:24:46.89\00:24:50.45
And thus death spread to
all men because all sinned.
00:24:50.75\00:24:55.56
Because Adam sinned
00:24:56.76\00:24:58.73
death passed upon
the whole human race.
00:24:59.03\00:25:04.07
OK? Death means what?
00:25:04.37\00:25:08.82
Death means what?
00:25:11.89\00:25:13.61
Death means that
life ceases, doesn't it?
00:25:16.90\00:25:21.86
It does not means this, friends:
00:25:22.26\00:25:24.62
it doesn't mean that
you change existence.
00:25:24.82\00:25:28.12
See, that's what
some people think.
00:25:30.47\00:25:32.50
They think when you die
all you do is change existence.
00:25:32.71\00:25:35.62
No, that isn't
what the Bible says.
00:25:35.92\00:25:38.30
Death means the end of life...
00:25:38.90\00:25:43.05
ceases.
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Now there's a special death
00:25:46.04\00:25:48.00
that you and I as Christians
do not want to have happen.
00:25:49.12\00:25:53.19
The Bible is very clear on that
00:25:54.73\00:25:56.50
because righteous and un-
righteous both die, don't they?
00:25:56.80\00:26:01.98
Yes.
00:26:02.28\00:26:03.88
OK. But watch
carefully. It tells us:
00:26:04.18\00:26:07.43
See, eternal life
is "in Christ Jesus. "
00:26:21.63\00:26:25.36
"He that hath
the Son hath life. "
00:26:25.46\00:26:28.73
That's the way it happens;
that's the way it takes place.
00:26:29.23\00:26:32.04
Death brings
about the end of life.
00:26:33.21\00:26:37.96
Now are you getting clear.
00:26:59.54\00:27:01.63
You see, righteous
and unrighteous both die
00:27:01.93\00:27:05.81
the first death
but only the wicked
00:27:05.91\00:27:10.15
will die the second death.
00:27:10.45\00:27:12.40
See, you have
eternal life in Christ Jesus.
00:27:13.71\00:27:17.02
Jesus said: "Even though a
man may die yet he shall live. "
00:27:17.32\00:27:22.11
Just as He died
00:27:22.41\00:27:24.11
and came forth from the grave
00:27:24.21\00:27:25.58
so the righteous will
die and will go in the grave
00:27:25.83\00:27:28.63
but they will come out.
00:27:28.83\00:27:30.70
They will be resurrected.
They have life in Christ Jesus.
00:27:31.21\00:27:34.86
But the wicked the
Bible says very clearly
00:27:35.16\00:27:38.64
will be resurrected but
they will die the second death.
00:27:38.84\00:27:43.88
FROM THAT there is no return.
00:27:44.08\00:27:48.85
And dear friends,
it is not... it is not
00:27:49.15\00:27:53.74
a place where the devil
00:27:54.57\00:27:58.91
is going to stoke the
fires of hell for eternity.
00:27:59.31\00:28:02.78
It is not that.
00:28:03.08\00:28:04.65
Death means the ceasing of life.
00:28:04.95\00:28:09.28
Comes to an end.
00:28:09.59\00:28:11.10
Does not continue on.
00:28:11.40\00:28:13.32
You see, there's a resurrection
of the just AND the unjust
00:28:30.50\00:28:34.64
and they come
forth from the grave.
00:28:34.84\00:28:37.16
There's just a great
difference in the two.
00:28:37.36\00:28:39.90
Those that are
righteous, those that are just,
00:28:40.00\00:28:43.20
they have eternal life.
00:28:43.51\00:28:47.28
The Bible says
that they are "changed
00:28:47.59\00:28:51.71
in a moment, in the
twinkling of an eye,
00:28:51.91\00:28:55.07
at the last trump,
00:28:55.27\00:28:56.64
for this mortal must
put on immortality. "
00:28:56.71\00:29:00.86
And so as the righteous
come forth from that grave
00:29:01.06\00:29:04.82
they have life
eternal. Immortality!
00:29:05.22\00:29:10.26
The wicked? NO!
00:29:10.57\00:29:12.80
No.
00:29:13.30\00:29:14.98
They come forth from the
grave to die the second death...
00:29:16.13\00:29:21.82
and from that
there is no return.
00:29:22.02\00:29:27.14
Let me take a moment on this.
00:29:28.80\00:29:30.78
I hope you'll
understand something.
00:29:32.49\00:29:34.61
Do you understand
what you're worth tonight?
00:29:36.16\00:29:38.87
Do you understand
what you're worth?
00:29:39.27\00:29:41.39
Do you understand tonight
that there is not another
00:29:42.78\00:29:47.33
individual anywhere
in the entire universe
00:29:47.53\00:29:52.43
that's exactly like you?
00:29:52.73\00:29:54.94
Do you understand me?
00:29:55.24\00:29:56.92
That's what makes
you of supreme value.
00:29:57.32\00:30:02.21
You see, if
that was not the case
00:30:02.41\00:30:05.59
then when sin
came into the world
00:30:05.79\00:30:08.08
God could have just wiped
it all out and started over.
00:30:08.38\00:30:12.85
But the fact is: there is
not another person like you
00:30:13.35\00:30:18.51
anywhere in the
vast universe of God.
00:30:18.71\00:30:22.41
That's what makes
you of supreme value.
00:30:22.81\00:30:26.62
That's why Jesus Christ would
have come and He would have
00:30:26.83\00:30:30.41
died if it had only been you.
00:30:30.62\00:30:33.25
Now, that's also why
00:30:35.77\00:30:39.17
if you're lost,
00:30:40.84\00:30:43.51
if you are involved
in the second death,
00:30:43.91\00:30:47.47
how terrible that is.
00:30:47.67\00:30:49.57
I mean, you will never be...
00:30:50.07\00:30:52.88
That'll be the end. There'll
never throughout eternity
00:30:53.18\00:30:56.55
be an individual like you
00:30:56.75\00:30:58.52
if you're lost -
gone - for eternity.
00:30:58.72\00:31:03.32
How terrible! Never would there
be another person like you.
00:31:03.42\00:31:08.18
That's why the Lord Jesus
Christ said: "Listen, I'll come
00:31:11.38\00:31:16.58
to this old planet
and I'll die for you...
00:31:16.69\00:31:19.90
die just for you...
00:31:21.21\00:31:23.13
that you might
have eternal life. "
00:31:23.43\00:31:27.45
That's what He did
for you and for me.
00:31:27.75\00:31:31.36
No more. All the way down
through the corridors of time
00:31:44.26\00:31:50.25
never, never again
will the wicked be.
00:31:50.45\00:31:56.13
They're going to perish.
00:32:23.76\00:32:25.49
They will be no
more... never again.
00:32:25.99\00:32:29.31
Are you beginning to understand?
00:32:36.02\00:32:38.06
See, that's
what's going to happen:
00:32:39.61\00:32:41.00
the wicked just
aren't going to be any more.
00:32:41.20\00:32:43.63
They're going to be destroyed
and they will be no more.
00:32:43.83\00:32:48.69
Never again.
00:32:48.82\00:32:50.91
Says the wicked will
be like brute beasts.
00:33:09.58\00:33:13.68
They'll be
destroyed... they'll be no more.
00:33:13.88\00:33:17.30
That's what God says is
going to happen to them.
00:33:18.67\00:33:21.38
So what I'm trying to
tell you tonight, dear friends,
00:33:21.68\00:33:24.58
is you can have life.
00:33:25.88\00:33:27.63
God offers you life.
00:33:27.93\00:33:29.87
All you've got to do
is accept Jesus Christ
00:33:30.27\00:33:33.02
and give your heart to Him.
00:33:33.12\00:33:34.65
Surrender your life to Him...
00:33:35.05\00:33:37.06
He'll give you eternal life.
00:33:37.46\00:33:39.46
How thoroughly is
He going to do His job?
00:33:49.75\00:33:52.01
Never throughout the
ceaseless ages of eternity
00:33:57.40\00:34:01.24
will sin ever come again.
00:34:01.55\00:34:04.79
"Affliction shall
not rise a second time. "
00:34:05.09\00:34:09.62
Glory, hallelujah!
It'll be an end of it.
00:34:09.92\00:34:13.18
There will be no more.
00:34:13.38\00:34:15.11
Never all the way down
through the ceaseless ages
00:34:15.21\00:34:19.25
of time will sin ever
raise its ugly head again.
00:34:19.36\00:34:23.14
Be no more.
00:34:23.44\00:34:25.16
That God offers
to you and to me.
00:34:26.39\00:34:29.96
How could this be, folks?
00:34:30.99\00:34:33.77
Now you think about
it: how could this be?
00:34:34.07\00:34:36.88
If there was a place called hell
00:34:39.42\00:34:42.56
where the wicked
burn for eternity,
00:34:42.87\00:34:48.82
how could this text be?
00:34:49.32\00:34:53.16
There would be a constant
sight, a constant reminder,
00:34:53.46\00:34:57.45
of what sin was.
00:34:57.75\00:34:59.83
No... not what
the scripture says.
00:35:00.13\00:35:02.84
What is going to
happen? Is there a hell?
00:35:04.27\00:35:06.51
Yes, there's a hell.
00:35:06.71\00:35:08.08
You and I have a hell to
shun and a heaven to win.
00:35:09.17\00:35:11.61
Oh yes, there's punishment...
00:35:12.11\00:35:14.45
but let's see what
the scripture says.
00:35:14.85\00:35:18.43
This is referring to the wicked.
00:35:26.42\00:35:27.85
Have you ever seen a
stubble field on fire?
00:35:33.46\00:35:36.82
Do you know what
I'm talking about?
00:35:37.23\00:35:39.28
I grew up in Oklahoma.
00:35:39.58\00:35:41.67
The western part of Oklahoma
has huge, huge wheat fields.
00:35:42.72\00:35:47.41
Wheat fields so big that
you can't see across them, OK?
00:35:47.71\00:35:52.43
And they come in there
the latter part of May,
00:35:52.66\00:35:54.95
first of June and
they cut that wheat
00:35:55.16\00:35:57.45
and they leave about
that much stubble sticking up.
00:35:57.75\00:36:00.79
And then it begins to dry.
00:36:01.81\00:36:05.56
By the time you get August
that stubble is golden brown.
00:36:05.96\00:36:11.88
There is no
moisture in it at all.
00:36:12.12\00:36:14.84
And you let it get on
fire and I will tell you
00:36:15.04\00:36:19.31
you haven't seen a fire
till you've seen a stubble field
00:36:19.51\00:36:22.58
on fire. I mean, it'll
roll across that field.
00:36:22.68\00:36:25.78
You can hear the roar
of the fire for miles away
00:36:25.98\00:36:29.28
as it burns across that field.
00:36:29.48\00:36:30.95
And when it's through, there
is absolutely nothing left.
00:36:31.06\00:36:35.81
That's what it's talking
about when it says the wicked
00:36:36.21\00:36:38.94
will be like stubble that
is fully burned... fully dried.
00:36:39.14\00:36:44.39
What? You see
folks, that text didn't say
00:37:01.96\00:37:05.83
"the fire shall burn them. "
00:37:06.03\00:37:07.95
It says: "it
shall burn them up. "
00:37:09.53\00:37:12.95
Don't miss that little word up.
00:37:13.15\00:37:15.45
So it says the wicked
are going to be burned.
00:37:22.34\00:37:24.78
They're going to be burned up.
00:37:24.98\00:37:26.49
It will leave them
neither root nor branch.
00:37:26.69\00:37:30.48
How thoroughly
does it do its work?
00:37:30.78\00:37:32.52
So it says the wicked
are going to be burned up.
00:37:44.63\00:37:47.06
They're going to
be turned into ashes.
00:37:47.09\00:37:49.96
It speaks of the
wicked as stubble.
00:37:52.32\00:37:55.05
Do you know what the scripture
speaks of the righteous as?
00:37:56.45\00:37:59.53
Hmmm?
00:38:01.03\00:38:02.81
It talks about
the wicked as stubble.
00:38:03.22\00:38:05.40
What does it
speak of the righteous?
00:38:06.90\00:38:09.89
What does it call them?
00:38:10.09\00:38:11.46
Well it refers to
the righteous as gold.
00:38:12.25\00:38:15.83
The Bible talks
about them as gold.
00:38:17.06\00:38:19.32
Fire burns up stubble.
00:38:20.50\00:38:24.23
Fire does what to gold?
00:38:25.45\00:38:27.58
Refines it... purifies it.
00:38:27.98\00:38:30.48
See? Marvelous what it does!
00:38:30.78\00:38:34.26
It's marvelous what God does.
The righteous... they're gold.
00:38:34.56\00:38:39.18
Refines, purifies them.
00:38:39.39\00:38:41.30
But the wicked?
They are stubble.
00:38:41.60\00:38:44.72
They will be no more.
00:38:45.02\00:38:47.43
Some people say:
"Well Brother Cox,
00:38:47.74\00:38:49.95
when you die, you
know, well your soul...
00:38:50.15\00:38:52.43
it goes off some other place. "
00:38:52.73\00:38:55.27
Do you know what a soul is?
00:38:55.57\00:38:57.50
Let me clarify what a soul is.
00:38:57.80\00:38:59.81
The Bible says
that you are a soul.
00:39:00.11\00:39:03.40
OK? What makes a soul?
00:39:03.90\00:39:06.86
The Bible says it takes the body
00:39:07.16\00:39:09.72
and the breath of
life to make a soul.
00:39:10.12\00:39:13.46
That's why it refers to
you as souls. It even refers
00:39:13.66\00:39:16.42
to the fish in
the sea as a soul. OK?
00:39:16.62\00:39:21.27
Cause it has a body,
has the breath of life.
00:39:21.57\00:39:23.71
OK? So you are a soul.
00:39:24.75\00:39:28.32
When a person dies
00:39:28.82\00:39:30.55
the body goes back to the
ground the scripture says.
00:39:30.75\00:39:33.60
It says the spirit -
which is the breath of life -
00:39:33.90\00:39:36.68
goes back to God.
00:39:36.88\00:39:39.72
On the resurrection morning...
00:39:40.13\00:39:42.44
on the resurrection morning
God's going to form the body
00:39:42.84\00:39:46.66
again and the breath
of life will enter it
00:39:46.76\00:39:50.24
and that person
will be a living soul.
00:39:50.44\00:39:53.28
That's what it says.
00:39:53.58\00:39:55.42
That's why this text says this:
00:39:55.62\00:39:58.01
Yes, destroy the person.
That means they will be no more.
00:40:15.61\00:40:21.57
That will forever
be the end of them.
00:40:21.67\00:40:23.98
Says that the fire will
burn them... burn them up.
00:40:25.27\00:40:29.27
They will be no more.
00:40:29.57\00:40:32.36
Now I run onto people
that have trouble here
00:40:41.44\00:40:44.12
'cause it says -
speaking of the wicked -
00:40:45.44\00:40:47.64
that they're going to go into
what? Everlasting punishment.
00:40:47.84\00:40:51.83
OK... but the
righteous into eternal life.
00:40:52.03\00:40:56.82
Now folks, the problem
here is this word punishment.
00:40:57.02\00:41:01.72
You see, what I run onto people
is they try to take this word
00:41:02.02\00:41:07.22
and apply it the wrong way.
00:41:07.42\00:41:08.89
You see, the
punishment is eternal.
00:41:09.19\00:41:15.13
When the wicked are destroyed
they're never never coming back.
00:41:16.65\00:41:21.60
The punishment is
eternal. Are you with me?
00:41:21.90\00:41:26.25
That's why it says they're
going to go into everlasting
00:41:26.45\00:41:28.50
punishment. Means
they are destroyed.
00:41:28.60\00:41:30.48
Never throughout eternity
will they ever come back.
00:41:30.68\00:41:33.52
Please do not take
that word "everlasting"
00:41:33.72\00:41:36.66
and apply it to punishing.
00:41:36.86\00:41:39.62
The punishment is
eternal not the punishing.
00:41:39.82\00:41:44.66
And that's where
people get it all mixed up.
00:41:45.06\00:41:47.85
They take it and apply
it to punishing rather than
00:41:48.05\00:41:50.52
punishment. And the Bible gives
you a very very clear example
00:41:50.72\00:41:56.46
so that you don't have to be
in any doubt about it at all.
00:41:56.66\00:41:59.23
OK. Remember a city by the
name of Sodom and Gomorrah?
00:41:59.43\00:42:04.47
Wicked... so wicked
00:42:06.91\00:42:12.23
that God said: "I
have to destroy it. "
00:42:12.74\00:42:17.11
And so God sent some angels.
00:42:18.60\00:42:22.31
Do you remember those angels
had to take Lot and his two
00:42:22.51\00:42:26.49
daughters and wife and lead
them out of Sodom and Gomorrah
00:42:26.59\00:42:30.75
by their hands, and then Lot's
wife didn't even make it then.
00:42:30.85\00:42:35.60
OK? Would you like to see what
the scripture says about this?
00:42:35.80\00:42:40.02
Watch... 'cause
it's making a comparison:
00:42:40.33\00:42:43.65
Sodom and Gomorrah suffered
the vengeance of eternal fire.
00:43:08.26\00:43:11.38
Are Sodom and
Gomorrah burning today?
00:43:11.58\00:43:13.97
No! No. Do you
know where they are?
00:43:14.17\00:43:17.85
Oh, they're under
about 3 feet of water
00:43:20.09\00:43:24.43
in the lower
end of the Dead Sea.
00:43:24.63\00:43:26.00
Certainly not burning today.
00:43:26.21\00:43:28.64
But the punishment was
eternal... not the punishing.
00:43:28.84\00:43:34.49
Are you with me?
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See, the Bible makes
that very, very clear.
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Punishment?
Yes... that's eternal.
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The punishing is not.
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So the wicked
will receive punishment
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but God is not,
folks... God is not a God of -
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how should I say? - vengeance
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in the sense that
He's not a sadist.
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He's not interested
in punishing people.
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That's not God's way.
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When will it take place?
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Well let's see. The
scripture makes it very
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clear when it's
going to take place.
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Doesn't say wrath now...
it says "wrath to come. "
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Get it clear...
it's not happening now.
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When people die
they don't go to hell.
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That does not happen;
they DO NOT go to hell.
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They are asleep,
and the wrath to come
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is when they will
face it... not now.
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When is it? End of this age.
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That's when that's
going to happen... not now
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but at the end of the age
is when it will take place.
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This subject,
folks, is important because
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you misunderstand
the character of God
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if you don't
understand it right.
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Very very hard to love a God
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who is not merciful.
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You take... If you
put somebody in hell,
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if you say when
they die they go to hell,
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people that died 6,000 years ago
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they've been burning
in hell for 6,000 years?
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They get 6,000 years more
punishment than people today?
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No. You see, God's not that way.
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God is just; God is
kind... longsuffering.
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Oh, don't misunderstand me.
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Sure there's punishment
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but He's a God of
mercy. God loves you,
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cares about you.
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All right now. The scripture
is just as clear as can be.
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"The wicked are
reserved for the day of doom;
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they shall be brought
out on the day of wrath. "
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That's what the wicked are
going to receive... all of that:
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Hmmm.
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"A vigil kept over the tomb. "
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Waiting for the
day of resurrection.
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If you don't know Jesus Christ,
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if you don't know Him
as your personal Savior,
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the Bible says
you have an angel.
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It says that that
angel keeps record...
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keeps record of
all the things we do.
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If you know Jesus
Christ and you die,
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then that angel will
be there to welcome you
00:47:51.15\00:47:55.20
when the
resurrection takes place.
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If you don't know Jesus Christ,
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that angel keeps a
vigil over the tomb
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so that on the
resurrection of the wicked
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they will come forth to
receive their punishment.
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To receive their punishment.
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So the Bible says the
wicked are going to die.
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Clods of the earth
will be sweet to them.
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They'll be
there. But on that day
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when God calls all the
people forth from the grave
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judgment will take place.
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And then it says the
wicked will be destroyed.
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It says this earth
will burn. All the wicked
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will be burned up in it.
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Now let me explain something.
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God takes no pleasure whatsoever
in the punishment of the wicked.
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That is contrary to
the nature of God, friends.
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And if you've been one of these
people that down through the
00:49:30.60\00:49:32.87
years have never been
able to put together how a God
00:49:32.97\00:49:37.15
could punish people through
the ceaseless ages of eternity,
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I hope tonight you're seeing
that that is NOT how God is.
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That God loves
you; He cares for you.
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He doesn't want you lost.
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He takes no pleasure whatsoever
00:49:50.32\00:49:53.15
in the punishment of the wicked.
00:49:53.35\00:49:55.63
That's what God has pleasure in.
00:50:12.18\00:50:14.69
Turn from your way and live.
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Do you understand that?
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The Bible calls that conversion.
00:50:20.35\00:50:23.29
You with me? You
understand conversion?
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I think I told you one
night what conversion is.
00:50:27.59\00:50:30.45
That's right. I'm going
to hell, I'm going to hell,
00:50:30.95\00:50:34.91
I'm going to
hell, I'm going to hell.
00:50:35.11\00:50:36.96
Turn around: I'm going to
heaven, I'm going to heaven.
00:50:37.06\00:50:39.80
That's conversion:
turn around and LIVE!
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Amen! That's what
God offers to you.
00:50:43.03\00:50:45.28
I don't have to be lost.
00:50:45.58\00:50:47.17
That's what God has pleasure in.
00:50:48.33\00:50:50.62
That's what He
wants... He wants you saved!
00:50:50.92\00:50:53.29
Wants you in the
kingdom of heaven.
00:50:53.69\00:50:55.47
So tonight God is
just simply offering to you
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life in Christ Jesus.
00:51:09.90\00:51:12.58
I want you to think
with me a little bit.
00:51:12.88\00:51:14.83
What's the penalty for sin?
00:51:16.03\00:51:18.18
Are you clear on that tonight?
00:51:19.60\00:51:21.13
The penalty for sin is death.
00:51:21.43\00:51:24.74
Did Jesus pay
that penalty for you?
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Yes! Huh? Yes. Are all
of you clear on that? Yes.
00:51:28.18\00:51:32.04
That Jesus paid
the penalty for you.
00:51:32.24\00:51:34.79
Praise the Lord!
Amen! Paid the penalty.
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OK, now think with me.
00:51:39.07\00:51:41.18
If the penalty for sin was
to go to hell and burn in hell
00:51:41.48\00:51:47.26
for eternity, then
Jesus didn't pay it.
00:51:47.36\00:51:50.94
Are you with me? Yes!
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See, any time you do that
00:51:55.98\00:51:58.38
you just move
Jesus out of the picture.
00:51:58.58\00:52:00.71
No. He paid it...
the penalty was death.
00:52:01.01\00:52:03.73
He died...
understand me tonight...
00:52:04.03\00:52:06.97
Jesus died like the sinner died.
00:52:07.28\00:52:12.48
That's why He cried
out: "My God, My God,
00:52:12.78\00:52:15.46
why hast Thou forsaken Me? "
00:52:15.66\00:52:17.33
Because He died as the sinner.
00:52:17.53\00:52:18.90
He didn't die as you and
I as a Christian might die
00:52:19.00\00:52:22.80
and have hope. He
died understanding
00:52:23.00\00:52:26.28
that He was
paying the price for sin.
00:52:26.48\00:52:28.70
He paid that
price... a horrible price.
00:52:29.00\00:52:32.28
He paid for your sins and mine.
00:52:32.58\00:52:34.58
You and I... we
can die by faith.
00:52:37.26\00:52:41.67
And even though I may
die yet I still can live
00:52:41.91\00:52:47.73
because of what Jesus
Christ has done for you and me.
00:52:48.89\00:52:52.15
And don't let
people mix you up on that.
00:53:00.78\00:53:03.97
The opposite of life is death.
00:53:04.27\00:53:05.64
Death is not life. OK?
00:53:07.06\00:53:11.15
OK, that's simply the way it is.
00:53:19.98\00:53:22.39
Now let me ask you a question:
00:53:22.69\00:53:24.49
What do I have to do
to have eternal life?
00:53:28.03\00:53:30.60
What do I have to do
to have eternal life?
00:53:32.89\00:53:36.08
I have to accept Jesus
Christ as my personal Savior.
00:53:38.04\00:53:41.80
Life is in Him. That's
how I receive eternal life.
00:53:42.10\00:53:46.26
I don't know if you
put it all together.
00:53:47.76\00:53:50.92
You see, dear friend,
you've got to have Christ
00:53:51.22\00:53:55.54
to receive life.
00:53:55.75\00:53:57.32
You can't get
00:53:57.62\00:53:59.87
eternal life in hell.
00:54:00.07\00:54:02.94
Did you just follow me?
00:54:05.00\00:54:06.37
Only way you can get
eternal life is in Christ.
00:54:06.40\00:54:09.12
You can't get
eternal life in hell.
00:54:09.42\00:54:11.82
It's impossible.
00:54:12.22\00:54:13.95
The end of life... the
wicked are going to die
00:54:15.27\00:54:20.66
and they're going
to die the second death
00:54:20.86\00:54:23.20
and that will be the end
of them. They'll be no more.
00:54:23.50\00:54:26.75
But to you and to me
we have a promise of life.
00:54:27.05\00:54:32.13
Life in Christ Jesus...
00:54:32.63\00:54:34.73
that's what He offers to us.
00:54:36.12\00:54:38.42
And so tonight I hope that you
00:54:38.72\00:54:42.40
by faith will
just simply reach out,
00:54:42.70\00:54:46.49
accept Jesus Christ
into you heart as your Savior
00:54:46.69\00:54:49.62
and find life in Him.
Because He wants to give
00:54:49.92\00:54:52.76
life to you in a very
very definite and special way.
00:54:52.96\00:54:58.56
If you reject
00:54:58.86\00:55:04.49
God's final call to you,
00:55:04.79\00:55:10.76
you'll have no chance
00:55:11.80\00:55:15.77
your footsteps
00:55:15.87\00:55:18.08
to retrace.
00:55:18.18\00:55:23.01
All hope will then be gone
00:55:23.41\00:55:29.28
and doom you'll face.
00:55:29.88\00:55:35.88
O heed His call...
00:55:36.84\00:55:42.44
God's final call.
00:55:42.85\00:55:48.79
Let's bow our heads
for a word of prayer.
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Heavenly Father, we thank you
00:55:53.57\00:55:55.54
for all that You
have done for each of us.
00:55:56.04\00:55:59.67
Wonderful hope that we
have in Christ our Lord
00:56:00.07\00:56:03.34
to know that in Christ
Jesus we can have life eternal.
00:56:03.64\00:56:07.64
May each one of us
claim that today by faith.
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