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Well, good morning. Good morning.

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So our volunteer of the week

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is, Noah. Noah is sitting right over here.

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And I I knew his father was out

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of town. So in 1st service, I said

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he was out of town too. But he's

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not. He's right here.

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And,

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Noah does a lot of stuff. He's definitely,

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pastor Emily tells me all the time, he

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is a huge asset,

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in the kids'

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ministry downstairs. And so,

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and I also wanna mention the fact that,

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when we got here 12 years ago,

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Noah was, like, 4.

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and he told me one time

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that,

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of all of the people in the whole

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church, I was his best friend.

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He remembers. He may not act like he

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remembers, but

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we were pretty tight there for a while.

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And,

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because he had a birthday. I think it

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was his 5th birthday.

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And, he invited me to his birthday party.

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Me and like 10 5 year olds.

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It's great.

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You may laugh, but you weren't there. So

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he bought me some socks one time too.

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But we've we've grown apart

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over time.

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It's it's not me, it's him. So,

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so,

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so some things that, been happening.

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Obviously, you guys are paying attention. Hopefully, you're

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paying attention to this stuff. But Iran has

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basically just, declared war in Israel.

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they in in one day, they sent the

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largest

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barrage of ballistic missiles

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ever in the history of the planet,

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to attack another country. And if you're if

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if you know, I mean, do you just

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casually look at a map? Our map, Iran

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is like this, and Israel is literally this

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over here. Just a little sliver,

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compared to this. And with all of those,

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in fact,

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they

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a very few of them were even getting

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through their iron dome.

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And, and when they did, they would fall

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on places that nobody was.

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And, the only the only

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people that have been hurt or casualties

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have been, some soldiers,

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but no civilians have been hurt by any

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of those.

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200 ICBMs,

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think about that,

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to a to a country the size of

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Israel.

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And there's to me, there's no way you

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that you can deny that this is God

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keeping the the Jewish people safe. I mean,

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it's just

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how did that all happen? And you can

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say the Iron Dome, it's it's

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that's, that in itself is a miracle. So

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just continue to pray for that. I I

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I do think as we set up and

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we see this more and more and more,

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Iran is going to try this is what

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I think. K. This is supposition here. But

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Iran's gonna try to build this coalition. I

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think it potentially could be the coalition that

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we see in Ezekiel 38 that's being built.

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time, I've I've I've,

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thought that, Magog in Ezekiel 38, it could

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be Russia because of

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the the roche and the the Gogs and

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all that kind of stuff.

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But I I have been changing my view

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on this the last couple years,

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and I I've been studying this a lot

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even in the last few months. I really

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think that Magog,

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is not Russia. I think it's Turkey.

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And and part of the deal with that

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is because

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all of the countries that are mentioned are

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all Arab countries,

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Muslim countries. Why would Russia be part of

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that? Right? You say, well, Russia has some

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Muslims. I I think it's Turkey, And I'll

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I'll be explaining some of that probably the

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next couple months.

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this literally could be Ezekiel 38 setting up,

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right in front of our eyes. And the

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fact that Ezekiel 39

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is the building of the temple, which has

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to happen,

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before the 3 and a half year mark.

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that? To me, battle of Gog and Magog

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has to happen before the tribulation. Why? Because

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the temple,

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it gets built after the battle of Gog

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and Magog, and it's built at the 3

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and a half year mark. In fact, that's

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what the Antichrist does is he dedicates the

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temple. It's when he desecrates it. So

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things are happening.

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I I also wanna mention this. We had

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a we talked about a bunch of different

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stuff Wednesday night having to do with and

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I'm it's actually gonna use, one of the

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scriptures that we use Wednesday, and I'm gonna

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use it this morning. But

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one of the the conversations we have is,

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could could the government

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could the government of America

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be doing things knowingly,

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deceptively

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and knowingly

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corrupt and those kind of things?

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the the answer is yes. So

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but but here's the thing. Okay? So this

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this over the last 2 or 3 days,

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this has been found out.

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And the way that it got found out

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was,

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so with the

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hurricanes and that just devastated North Carolina. Right?

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There's a there's a bunch of groups,

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FEMA,

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Red Cross,

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with the Assemblies of God. It's got a

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group called Congo of Hope.

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All these groups are are sending food and

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resources and all this kind of stuff,

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was sending,

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Starlink,

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the Internet satellite

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to,

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to North Carolina so they could and just

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gonna be donating these by the 100, setting

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these up so they could get Internet again,

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and even,

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potentially phone service for towers that went down

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and stuff like this. And and they

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began to one of the people that were

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running that for Elon Musk realized that something

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was happening and this wasn't these these, starlings

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were not getting through and weren't getting to

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North Carolina. And so began to do some

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investigation

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and uncovered with, not just their group, but

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many different groups,

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Red Cross and some other groups,

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that FEMA

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had been taking all of this stuff and

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putting them in warehouses and not giving anybody

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anything.

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happened before.

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it because he's got enough money to make

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it an issue. Right? That's that really people

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like to say, well, you know, if you

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just as the the individual, the the common

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man will make a fuss, it'll make a

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difference. It helps if you have 1,000,000,000 of

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dollars too. But so he starts making a

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fuss. He gets lawyers involved, all this kind

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of thing, and finds out that FEMA has

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warehouses

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all over the place that have,

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resources,

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food, these satellite dishes, all kinds of things

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stockpiled, so that FEMA can control when and

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how this stuff gets out. They're not giving

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the people the stuff. People are needing,

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food, all kinds of things. They're not giving

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it, so that FEMA can be in control,

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and then they get all the credit for

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this when this goes down. The guy that

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Pete, that, you know, you're in for president

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and all this stuff, and he's the guy

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that's in charge of the fee. He he

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came out later and admitted that there was

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a problem. He said at first, this is

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all made up. Nothing has happened. And then

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later,

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he resolved the issue. He didn't say later

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there wasn't a problem. He just resolved it.

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Guys, our our government is so

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corrupt.

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It is amazing,

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how bad we have gotten so quickly.

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I believe that this is

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I believe that this is, prophetic too.

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That all the the stuff that that is

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happening and and has to happen. And so

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throwing that out there. I also have been

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getting some questions

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from from,

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some of you guys, but also online and

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and different things that,

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that we when

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before the primary,

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we had, like, a Wednesday night that I

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you guys asked questions, and we talked about,

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the candidates and stuff that we're running.

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The question that I'm getting right now is

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with all of these ballot initiatives,

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we have more ballot initiatives

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than ever in the state of Colorado. This

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is,

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hands down more than we've ever had. And

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so there's a lot and people are asking

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questions and and there's a 2 or 3

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that seem to be confusing, and I believe

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they're intentionally so.

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on a Wednesday and and walk through these.

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And, I'm not gonna do that now. I

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think the best way to do this would

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be go to my website, and I explain,

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my stances. I don't explain all of the

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details on them. I just explain,

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how I would look at these.

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If you've got a question on a few,

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let me throw one out that I think

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is pretty important.

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about an issue of 79

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that is

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yes. The making making abortion constitutional.

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K?

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But please please, as a Christian,

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get out and vote against that. Okay?

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This is the thing for me. I know

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I I kind of danced around and

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I mean, not for most people, but for

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me, it feels like dancing. Let me let

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me just say this. I don't see how

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you can call yourself a Christian and vote

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to murder babies. I don't.

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I'm tired of playing that game. Oh, well,

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this, you know, we just no. If you

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believe in murdering babies, I don't think you're

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serving the Jesus that created them. It's that

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simple. And so we need to get out

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and do something about that.

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confused about.

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It because it talks about,

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rights for children in schools. As if you

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give in children's rights, you're taking them away

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from parents.

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Parents are the ones in charge of children,

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not children in charge of children. K? When

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you let children be in charge of themselves,

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they eat nothing but sugar.

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So let's let's,

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let's have a little common sense.

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And so I I put all that stuff

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on the website. You can go there.

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Over the last,

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and it's my, political website

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which is

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pastor Scott

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for hd15.

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Dotcom.

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alright. So, the the last handful of weeks,

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I've been looking at

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looking at

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these are all built together. It's not it's

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not it wasn't a series, but they're all

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building into the next one kind of thing.

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That we're looking at the fact that Jesus

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is coming back.

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Looking at the rapture, we're looking at because

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of these things, we need a sense of

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urgency. And I don't think the church I

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think we're losing that sense of urgency. Let

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me let me say it different. I think

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we it hasn't been there for a long

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time, but I think we're kind of getting

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it again.

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This, hey,

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you know, this this thing's going downhill quick.

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You know, that kind of thing. And so

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that sense of urgency.

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And then also the the understanding that we're

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going to suffer,

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as Christians, we're going to suffer. And if

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we and if we do everything we can

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to shy away from that at some somewhere

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in that process, you're gonna miss god.

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K? You're gonna have to be ready to

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step up.

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When when things are getting difficult, step up.

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And the church cannot run

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from that moment.

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And and we as individuals

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cannot run from that. We've got to

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we've got to be who we're supposed to

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be. And so with all of that kind

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of building in, I wanna

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I want us to

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end very positively

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this morning

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and and look at this. You know, Paul

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talks a lot about that we're running

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this race and, and to keep our eyes

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on the prize.

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The the even the idea of running a

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race means that there is a there's an

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endpoint.

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Right? There's there's some

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there's gonna be a finish line somewhere.

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For life, there is a finish line.

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Depending on when Jesus comes back, most people

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that ever live

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die before the rapture.

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You know that. Right?

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A lot of people are have already gone

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before us so that they're not gonna make

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the rapture.

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But we all have a finish line called

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the end of our life.

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And and Paul talks about that we make

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sure that we keep our eyes on what

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we're here for. What is the point?

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What's the point of our existence, our life,

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and that we keep our eyes on Jesus?

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Because if not,

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we get sidetracked.

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And this is every one of us in

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this room,

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have done this in our Christian walk many

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many times. It's it's normal.

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We can get sidetracked and forget what

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what our life is about.

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Forget the big picture. Forget that that, this

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is all about Jesus.

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And we we see all of this this

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language, the stuff involved with this. And so

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I want us to to kinda

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relook at this this morning.

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What is

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what is what is the end game?

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What's what's the goal,

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with with everything? And then who knows what's

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gonna happen between now and then? Right? There's

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so there's so many

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I mean, I've been alive 54 years, and

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I have never seen things culminating

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worldwide

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and here in our country, like, it's culminating

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right now. That

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that the the last 3 or 4 well,

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the last 4 years,

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we have seen so many things happening, changing

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that we'd never would have thought possible

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just in the last 4 years. And it's

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been building till then. But then you take

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the last 6 months even and all the

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crazy stuff.

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There's I mean, I I think the average

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person could have said this was definitely possible

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4 years ago. But all of this even

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just all of the stuff, you just pick

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Trump. All the stuff that happened here.

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Four different assassinations attempts in the last few

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weeks.

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There's an election in in less than 30

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days

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that literally sets the stage for our complete

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future.

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Think about

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all the stuff that's been going on and

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then everything that's going on around the world.

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Now we have

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now we have, you know, Russia's invaded Ukraine.

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Israel is just cleaning up terrorists all over

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the place.

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This is

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Iran has actually,

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declared war on Israel, and Israel's like,

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bring it.

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I mean, they they

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I mentioned this some Wednesday night.

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Once they sent them ballistic missiles in, Israel's

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like, okay. Now, thank you for that. It's

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not exactly the way it went down. But

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thank you for that because now we're coming

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after your oil field and we're coming after

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your nuclear

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sites.

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So you open the door. We couldn't have

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done this,

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a month ago, 6 months ago, but thank

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you. Because we're gonna take out the things

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that needed to be taken out. But nobody

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else will stand up against Iran. All this

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stuff is happening.

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But guys, at the end of the day

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at the end of the day,

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Jesus is on the throne.

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Galatians chapter 6 verse 7. Don't be misled.

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You cannot mock the justice of God. I

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love it when it the the the justice

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of God, that statement. Because depends on depends

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on your relationship with Jesus, depends on how

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you see that that phrase, justice of God.

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If you don't belong to God, if Jesus

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has is not your savior, you are not

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covered with the blood of Jesus, you are

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not right with God, You should be very

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concerned when the statement justice of God is

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said.

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You should be scared,

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because the justice of God is a real

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thing.

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And nobody

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nobody is gonna get away from the justice

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and the judgment of god.

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If you serve Jesus, it should not scare

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you. In fact, you there's a there's probably

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a little bit, at least for me, there

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is. There's a little bit that says,

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yeah. I'm ready, Lord. Bring it.

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I'm ready for the justice of God.

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I'm tired. I'm tired of all of the

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stuff that I see constantly day after day

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after day

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of of

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babies being murdered,

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children being groomed, all of the evil, the

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the twisting

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and the perversion of society.

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I'm tired of the the bad guys lying

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and and and getting away with it in

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half a society going,

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okay.

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I'm tired of this.

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I'm tired of the world

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scene where the bad guys seem to win

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day after day after day. I'm tired of

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this.

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And I'm ready for the justice of God.

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I'm ready for this.

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I know I belong to Jesus. I know

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I'm covered with his blood. I am ready

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for the justice of God.

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I'm ready for for

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pedophiles to be put down.

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I'm ready for this.

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This is

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this is now this is where you gotta

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be careful, because

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you can get so caught up in that.

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You do have to keep a little balance,

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because the justice of God includes everybody.

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Make sure you're covered with the blood of

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Jesus,

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because the justice of God's gonna include everybody

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and all of our sins.

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Make sure you're covered with the blood of

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Jesus.

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But I like I like the justice of

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God.

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You will always harvest what you plant.

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Those who live only to satisfy their own

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sinful nature will harvest decay

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and death from that sinful nature. But those

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who live to please the spirit, and that's

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the key, only you know of every person

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in this room, nobody knows for sure anybody

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else.

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K?

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You there because nobody knows what's totally within

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your mind and your heart. Only you do.

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Now I think I can make a decent

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assessment

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of people.

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The people that are closer to me, I

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think I can make a decent assessment. But

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guys, at the end of the day

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at the end of the day, I only

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know where my heart is with Jesus.

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I only know if I am trying to

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please the spirit.

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But if you're trying to please the spirit,

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that's really what you're living for. To please

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God. To make sure that you're pursuing Jesus

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and you're saying no to sin. I mean,

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that's just a simple way to address this.

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Just saying no to sin.

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If you've got if you've got sin in

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your life, guys get take care of it

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now.

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Get repent of that. Get it out of

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your life and stop sinning. We are we

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don't have I I strongly believe this. We

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don't have time to be playing around.

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Get rid of the sin.

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K. But it says, if you're if you

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live to please the spirit, you will harvest

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everlasting life from the spirit. And we're gonna

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unpack that quite a bit this morning.

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You're you will harvest

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everlasting life from the spirit. So let's not

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get tired of doing what is good. We

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talked about that some Wednesday.

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It's it's difficult when you see all of

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the stuff. All the things I was just

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talking about, it's difficult sometimes to to feel

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like you're doing anything.

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Right? I I get a lot of people

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a lot of people. I get emails. Many

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of you have said things. I get emails

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from all over the state. In fact, Linda

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was Linda was noticing this yesterday, I think

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it was.

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Just sitting there and reading, and she says,

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you're getting people from all over the state

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of Colorado are emailing you and saying thank

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you

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for doing what you're doing. I don't I

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don't know who these people are. Thank you

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for doing what you're doing. But here's the

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00:19:52,769 --> 00:19:55,490
problem with it is when I hear that,

552
00:19:55,490 --> 00:19:57,730
I I hear in my own head and

553
00:19:57,730 --> 00:20:00,765
my own spirit, you're not doing anything.

554
00:20:02,265 --> 00:20:03,725
You're accomplishing nothing.

555
00:20:05,144 --> 00:20:07,465
Now I do I do balance that out.

556
00:20:07,465 --> 00:20:09,065
I don't need you to come afterwards and

557
00:20:09,065 --> 00:20:10,505
hug me and make me feel better about

558
00:20:10,505 --> 00:20:10,680
this.

559
00:20:11,559 --> 00:20:13,400
I do I do balance this out. I

560
00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:15,160
know I know I'm giving everything I got.

561
00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:16,220
I know I'm trying.

562
00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:17,100
But

563
00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:19,240
but this is the way I I've even

564
00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:20,539
prayed this recently.

565
00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:23,420
God, it'd be nice to have a win

566
00:20:24,304 --> 00:20:25,684
Just every now and then.

567
00:20:26,144 --> 00:20:28,404
Now I'm talking mostly in the political realm.

568
00:20:28,545 --> 00:20:30,224
Right? I feel like I feel like I

569
00:20:30,224 --> 00:20:31,984
have wins all the time as a pastor.

570
00:20:31,984 --> 00:20:33,265
I feel like I have wins all the

571
00:20:33,265 --> 00:20:35,204
time when I'm talking to people about Jesus.

572
00:20:35,265 --> 00:20:37,045
I feel like they're mostly wins.

573
00:20:38,349 --> 00:20:40,210
But but when you're doing all the stupidity

574
00:20:40,349 --> 00:20:41,970
of the the political arena,

575
00:20:42,669 --> 00:20:44,509
we're just we're just getting our rear handed

576
00:20:44,509 --> 00:20:45,649
to us here in Colorado.

577
00:20:46,349 --> 00:20:48,269
We are the most liberal state in the

578
00:20:48,269 --> 00:20:50,509
United States. That is they they they made

579
00:20:50,509 --> 00:20:51,950
this as a goal 2 years ago, and

580
00:20:51,950 --> 00:20:54,265
they are proving this over and over and

581
00:20:54,265 --> 00:20:54,765
over.

582
00:20:55,305 --> 00:20:56,845
We are more liberal now than

583
00:20:57,144 --> 00:20:59,964
California, Oregon, New Mexico, all of those

584
00:21:00,424 --> 00:21:01,244
kind of things.

585
00:21:02,585 --> 00:21:04,125
So so here's the thing.

586
00:21:04,904 --> 00:21:06,990
Don't get tired of doing what is right.

587
00:21:07,069 --> 00:21:09,170
Guys, you got to do the right thing

588
00:21:09,309 --> 00:21:12,029
even if nobody seems to notice, nobody seems

589
00:21:12,029 --> 00:21:13,809
to care, and you never get a win.

590
00:21:14,670 --> 00:21:16,369
You still gotta do the right thing.

591
00:21:16,750 --> 00:21:18,690
You've got to do the right thing.

592
00:21:19,630 --> 00:21:21,490
Don't get don't don't give up.

593
00:21:22,335 --> 00:21:23,855
Don't give up. I know I said this

594
00:21:23,855 --> 00:21:25,615
a few weeks ago. This has always been

595
00:21:25,615 --> 00:21:27,454
a big thing for me. This is one

596
00:21:27,454 --> 00:21:28,595
of my my strongest

597
00:21:28,974 --> 00:21:31,214
life mantras and I and I tried to

598
00:21:31,214 --> 00:21:32,974
instill this in my children as strong as

599
00:21:32,974 --> 00:21:33,875
anything else.

600
00:21:34,654 --> 00:21:36,034
Don't give up.

601
00:21:37,100 --> 00:21:37,840
Don't quit.

602
00:21:40,059 --> 00:21:42,480
What what has accomplished if you quit?

603
00:21:43,500 --> 00:21:45,100
You see, this is the thing is we

604
00:21:45,100 --> 00:21:46,940
we get so frustrated by this stuff and

605
00:21:46,940 --> 00:21:48,940
you're like, I'm not doing any it's not

606
00:21:48,940 --> 00:21:50,940
accomplishing it. I'm wasting my time. Blah blah

607
00:21:50,940 --> 00:21:52,160
blah. So I'll quit.

608
00:21:52,484 --> 00:21:52,984
Well,

609
00:21:53,684 --> 00:21:54,585
then you guarantee

610
00:21:55,444 --> 00:21:56,424
nothing happens.

611
00:21:58,005 --> 00:21:59,625
At least if you stay in there.

612
00:22:00,565 --> 00:22:02,805
At least if you keep pushing back on

613
00:22:02,805 --> 00:22:04,805
the darkness. And here's one of the easiest

614
00:22:04,805 --> 00:22:08,149
things. Just keep living for god. Just keep

615
00:22:08,149 --> 00:22:10,629
being a light. Just keep being a a

616
00:22:10,629 --> 00:22:13,109
person of truth and the word. And and

617
00:22:13,109 --> 00:22:15,450
regardless of what anybody else around you does,

618
00:22:15,509 --> 00:22:17,210
you keep being that.

619
00:22:18,884 --> 00:22:19,865
And it's amazing.

620
00:22:20,484 --> 00:22:22,345
What does he say next? Look at this.

621
00:22:22,805 --> 00:22:24,424
At just the right time

622
00:22:25,205 --> 00:22:27,785
when is that? I have no idea.

623
00:22:29,285 --> 00:22:30,345
Neither do you.

624
00:22:31,009 --> 00:22:32,690
At just the right time, we will reap

625
00:22:32,690 --> 00:22:33,829
a harvest of blessing

626
00:22:34,289 --> 00:22:35,269
if we don't

627
00:22:35,649 --> 00:22:37,889
give up. I never know when that is,

628
00:22:37,889 --> 00:22:40,289
but I have experienced it. I can look

629
00:22:40,289 --> 00:22:42,069
back and tell you some of those moments

630
00:22:42,609 --> 00:22:44,309
that was just the right time.

631
00:22:45,815 --> 00:22:46,315
Right?

632
00:22:48,535 --> 00:22:49,035
Therefore,

633
00:22:50,055 --> 00:22:52,134
whenever we have the opportunity, we should do

634
00:22:52,134 --> 00:22:52,955
good to everyone,

635
00:22:53,575 --> 00:22:56,394
especially those in the family of faith. Just

636
00:22:56,695 --> 00:22:59,494
just be Jesus to every single person you

637
00:22:59,494 --> 00:22:59,994
can.

638
00:23:00,860 --> 00:23:03,660
In action at all times and words as

639
00:23:03,660 --> 00:23:04,799
often as possible.

640
00:23:06,460 --> 00:23:07,600
Just be Jesus.

641
00:23:08,619 --> 00:23:11,200
That's an old quote that I made proper.

642
00:23:11,740 --> 00:23:12,960
The old quote was,

643
00:23:14,325 --> 00:23:16,404
be a witness at all times. Use words

644
00:23:16,404 --> 00:23:17,305
when necessary.

645
00:23:19,204 --> 00:23:21,144
That's not I don't like that quote.

646
00:23:22,805 --> 00:23:24,724
Here's a better one. Be Jesus all the

647
00:23:24,724 --> 00:23:27,065
time. Use words as much as possible.

648
00:23:28,549 --> 00:23:29,369
Do both.

649
00:23:29,750 --> 00:23:32,250
Okay. 2nd Timothy chapter 4

650
00:23:34,150 --> 00:23:35,990
verse 1. I solemnly urge you in the

651
00:23:35,990 --> 00:23:38,390
presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who

652
00:23:38,390 --> 00:23:40,869
will someday judge the living and the dead.

653
00:23:40,869 --> 00:23:42,089
That's you and I.

654
00:23:42,904 --> 00:23:44,684
You're gonna be one of those two things.

655
00:23:46,105 --> 00:23:47,565
Most of you in here are living.

656
00:23:50,664 --> 00:23:53,724
Thank you. Just seeing if everybody's paying attention.

657
00:23:54,585 --> 00:23:56,184
Most of you are let me change that.

658
00:23:56,184 --> 00:23:58,319
Most of you, maybe not. Okay.

659
00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:00,359
You're gonna be living or dead, and that's

660
00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:02,720
and he's gonna judge us. We're gonna stand

661
00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:04,319
before God. Guys, every one of us are

662
00:24:04,319 --> 00:24:06,000
gonna stand before God. As long as you're

663
00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:07,519
covered with the blood of Jesus, this is

664
00:24:07,519 --> 00:24:08,880
not bad. It's good. I'm gonna show you

665
00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:09,940
that. It's good.

666
00:24:10,664 --> 00:24:12,825
We're gonna stand before Jesus when he comes

667
00:24:12,825 --> 00:24:14,424
to set up his kingdom. So what does

668
00:24:14,424 --> 00:24:16,904
Paul tell Timothy here? Paul's an elder minister,

669
00:24:16,904 --> 00:24:19,305
tells a younger minister. He says, preach the

670
00:24:19,305 --> 00:24:20,285
word of God.

671
00:24:22,345 --> 00:24:24,184
Now what we've done over the years is

672
00:24:24,184 --> 00:24:26,220
we take that that phrase, preach the word

673
00:24:26,220 --> 00:24:28,559
of God, and we make that about ministers.

674
00:24:31,420 --> 00:24:34,619
Paul, elder missionary ministers telling this to a

675
00:24:34,619 --> 00:24:37,180
young minister, Timothy. Guys, when we use terms

676
00:24:37,180 --> 00:24:39,259
like that today, we actually change the context

677
00:24:39,259 --> 00:24:40,454
of what it looked like then.

678
00:24:41,015 --> 00:24:42,714
Timothy wasn't some kind of,

679
00:24:43,414 --> 00:24:46,554
officially ordained kinda minister like we would do

680
00:24:46,615 --> 00:24:47,115
nowadays.

681
00:24:47,654 --> 00:24:48,954
That's all man stuff.

682
00:24:49,575 --> 00:24:51,974
My ordination, I've said this before, and sometimes

683
00:24:51,974 --> 00:24:54,609
it irritates the powers that be in

684
00:24:54,990 --> 00:24:57,090
in higher up fellowship mentality.

685
00:24:57,549 --> 00:24:58,289
But yours

686
00:24:58,590 --> 00:25:00,109
I have I'm ordained with this in this

687
00:25:00,109 --> 00:25:01,630
God. You know what that means? That means

688
00:25:01,630 --> 00:25:02,769
a group of humans

689
00:25:03,869 --> 00:25:06,049
ratified something that God already did.

690
00:25:06,934 --> 00:25:08,615
They're just saying, Yeah we're on God's side

691
00:25:08,615 --> 00:25:10,634
with this. It means really nothing.

692
00:25:11,174 --> 00:25:12,934
I'm I'm not trying to downplay it, but

693
00:25:12,934 --> 00:25:14,934
it doesn't mean anything. It's just a group

694
00:25:14,934 --> 00:25:17,414
of humans that are saying we recognize that

695
00:25:17,414 --> 00:25:19,200
God has called you to do this.

696
00:25:19,759 --> 00:25:21,839
You are called by God just like I

697
00:25:21,839 --> 00:25:24,240
am, and you have to do the same

698
00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:27,200
thing that Paul's telling Timothy. Preach the word

699
00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:27,859
of God.

700
00:25:28,559 --> 00:25:30,399
But what we've done is we've taken preaching

701
00:25:30,399 --> 00:25:32,480
the word of God, and we've limited to

702
00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:35,404
the the what I'm doing as a professional.

703
00:25:36,585 --> 00:25:38,765
Alright. I'm a professional. I'm a professional preacher.

704
00:25:39,144 --> 00:25:40,904
How do we know? I get paid for

705
00:25:40,904 --> 00:25:41,404
it.

706
00:25:42,664 --> 00:25:43,485
I'm a professional.

707
00:25:44,345 --> 00:25:46,265
But the difference is is you should try

708
00:25:46,265 --> 00:25:47,244
this at home.

709
00:25:48,659 --> 00:25:51,220
Because preaching the what I'm doing actually, Galatians

710
00:25:51,220 --> 00:25:53,380
and Ephesians says, what I'm actually doing is

711
00:25:53,380 --> 00:25:55,859
I'm teaching you and training you how to

712
00:25:55,859 --> 00:25:57,940
preach the Word of God. That's actually what

713
00:25:57,940 --> 00:26:00,819
I'm doing. Right? So you're actually the preachers

714
00:26:00,819 --> 00:26:02,755
of the gospel. I'm the trainer and the

715
00:26:02,755 --> 00:26:04,295
teacher of preaching the gospel.

716
00:26:05,634 --> 00:26:07,894
That's really the way scripture looks at this.

717
00:26:08,195 --> 00:26:09,394
So what are you supposed to do at

718
00:26:09,394 --> 00:26:12,115
work? Preach the the preach the gospel. Home,

719
00:26:12,115 --> 00:26:13,095
preach the gospel.

720
00:26:13,474 --> 00:26:15,569
Community, preach the gospel. But what we do

721
00:26:15,569 --> 00:26:17,410
is we think that it this means you

722
00:26:17,410 --> 00:26:19,169
put together this nice little outline of a

723
00:26:19,169 --> 00:26:21,250
sermon and everything else. Guys, I've learned over

724
00:26:21,250 --> 00:26:22,609
the years and I and I have I

725
00:26:22,609 --> 00:26:24,529
have been amazed at this so many times

726
00:26:24,529 --> 00:26:25,349
over the years

727
00:26:26,130 --> 00:26:29,089
that you preach the gospel as good or

728
00:26:29,089 --> 00:26:31,115
better than I ever could preach the

729
00:26:31,654 --> 00:26:32,634
gospel. Because

730
00:26:33,015 --> 00:26:34,695
you don't you don't think you do because

731
00:26:34,695 --> 00:26:36,954
we've trained our minds to think this way.

732
00:26:37,095 --> 00:26:39,515
But you do because why? I've had conversations

733
00:26:39,815 --> 00:26:42,535
with you about many different ones. Many different

734
00:26:42,535 --> 00:26:45,080
times about this is what God showed you

735
00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:47,240
through the scripture. This is what God showed

736
00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:48,840
you in a time of prayer. This is

737
00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:50,119
what he's done in your life. This is

738
00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:51,480
how he saved you from this. This is

739
00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:53,000
how he broke this addiction. This is what

740
00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:55,559
he does. This is the gospel and you

741
00:26:55,559 --> 00:26:57,259
preach it just fine.

742
00:26:58,775 --> 00:27:00,554
When you stop and try to think

743
00:27:00,934 --> 00:27:02,154
about a sermonizing

744
00:27:03,015 --> 00:27:03,515
mentality

745
00:27:04,054 --> 00:27:05,494
is when it is when it,

746
00:27:06,214 --> 00:27:06,714
degrades.

747
00:27:07,974 --> 00:27:10,295
Because we we we have these weird things

748
00:27:10,295 --> 00:27:11,835
going on in in Christianity

749
00:27:12,490 --> 00:27:14,329
where a sermon is a certain thing like

750
00:27:14,329 --> 00:27:16,809
what I'm doing now. But you preach the

751
00:27:16,809 --> 00:27:18,190
gospel just fine.

752
00:27:19,210 --> 00:27:21,710
I've heard many of you do that.

753
00:27:22,649 --> 00:27:24,250
This is what God spoke to me. This

754
00:27:24,250 --> 00:27:25,855
is what God showed me. You know, we

755
00:27:25,855 --> 00:27:27,774
were praying for this, our family, our house

756
00:27:27,774 --> 00:27:29,774
or something else. And this is what God

757
00:27:29,774 --> 00:27:31,875
did and that is a testimony

758
00:27:33,054 --> 00:27:34,115
which is the gospel.

759
00:27:35,375 --> 00:27:37,234
You preach the gospel just fine.

760
00:27:37,869 --> 00:27:39,390
Don't be scared of it. Don't try to

761
00:27:39,390 --> 00:27:41,789
don't try to refine it and and fix

762
00:27:41,789 --> 00:27:43,549
it and all that stuff. Just tell somebody

763
00:27:43,549 --> 00:27:45,809
what Jesus is doing in your heart.

764
00:27:46,589 --> 00:27:48,269
What he's doing in your life. What he's

765
00:27:48,269 --> 00:27:50,990
done with your family, your your your spouse,

766
00:27:50,990 --> 00:27:52,289
your children, something.

767
00:27:53,015 --> 00:27:54,394
This is what God has done.

768
00:27:55,095 --> 00:27:56,075
Some of the strongest

769
00:27:56,934 --> 00:27:59,414
sermons on marriage in this room are from

770
00:27:59,414 --> 00:27:59,914
you.

771
00:28:01,174 --> 00:28:02,715
Because what God has done.

772
00:28:03,735 --> 00:28:04,875
Preach the gospel.

773
00:28:05,349 --> 00:28:07,109
Preach the gospel. This is what he wants

774
00:28:07,109 --> 00:28:09,029
us to do. Preach the gospel. And then

775
00:28:09,029 --> 00:28:11,769
he says, be prepared whether time is favorable

776
00:28:11,829 --> 00:28:13,369
or not. Now back in the day,

777
00:28:13,829 --> 00:28:15,210
I'm saying 30 years ago,

778
00:28:16,069 --> 00:28:18,704
this was actually pretty common before then up

779
00:28:18,704 --> 00:28:20,644
to about the time and then oh. Nowadays,

780
00:28:20,785 --> 00:28:22,565
this is not something you see happen.

781
00:28:23,025 --> 00:28:24,785
But it used to happen all the time.

782
00:28:24,785 --> 00:28:26,085
In fact, it was the expectation.

783
00:28:27,265 --> 00:28:29,345
I'm a young guy, youth pastor of a

784
00:28:29,345 --> 00:28:29,845
church.

785
00:28:30,349 --> 00:28:32,670
Maybe just, started being the pastor of church

786
00:28:32,670 --> 00:28:33,730
and I go on a vacation.

787
00:28:34,750 --> 00:28:36,990
And back in that day, we only would

788
00:28:36,990 --> 00:28:38,430
place here we went to vacation was to

789
00:28:38,430 --> 00:28:40,349
see family. Right? You know, when you're young,

790
00:28:40,349 --> 00:28:41,710
you got no money, that's where you go

791
00:28:41,710 --> 00:28:43,869
to vacation. You go to your mom in

792
00:28:43,869 --> 00:28:44,769
law's. So

793
00:28:45,605 --> 00:28:47,125
we go back to East Texas. And if

794
00:28:47,125 --> 00:28:48,744
I walked into the church

795
00:28:50,404 --> 00:28:52,404
and, somebody got church, they knew who I

796
00:28:52,404 --> 00:28:54,105
was. They knew I was in ministry.

797
00:28:54,884 --> 00:28:57,125
If I walked in, the pastor would say

798
00:28:57,125 --> 00:28:58,644
as I'm coming in the door, hey. How

799
00:28:58,644 --> 00:29:00,325
are you doing? Would you like to preach

800
00:29:00,325 --> 00:29:00,825
tonight?

801
00:29:01,660 --> 00:29:03,039
Usually, sunny night.

802
00:29:03,580 --> 00:29:05,019
That's when they would do that more often

803
00:29:05,019 --> 00:29:06,700
than sunny mornings. Would you like to preach

804
00:29:06,700 --> 00:29:08,380
tonight? I'm walking in the door. Would you

805
00:29:08,380 --> 00:29:09,359
like to preach tonight?

806
00:29:10,460 --> 00:29:12,460
That was the that was the norm. And

807
00:29:12,460 --> 00:29:14,380
this is where it came from. Be prepared

808
00:29:14,380 --> 00:29:16,799
whether time is favorable or not because

809
00:29:17,315 --> 00:29:18,855
sometimes that's not favorable.

810
00:29:19,234 --> 00:29:20,674
I just wanna go and sit in the

811
00:29:20,674 --> 00:29:22,515
building. I don't ever just get to sit

812
00:29:22,515 --> 00:29:24,914
in the building and and and draw on

813
00:29:24,914 --> 00:29:26,055
the offering envelopes

814
00:29:26,434 --> 00:29:28,835
and pick my nose and fall asleep. I

815
00:29:28,835 --> 00:29:30,535
don't ever get to do that stuff.

816
00:29:36,899 --> 00:29:38,419
Oh, it's hitting a little close to home,

817
00:29:38,419 --> 00:29:39,159
isn't it?

818
00:29:41,380 --> 00:29:41,880
So

819
00:29:43,139 --> 00:29:45,399
sometimes, and I'm not making this up guys,

820
00:29:45,955 --> 00:29:48,355
sometimes it had the song service, the pastor

821
00:29:48,355 --> 00:29:50,755
would get up in the pulpit. Back in

822
00:29:50,755 --> 00:29:52,434
those days, they had the big pulpit like

823
00:29:52,434 --> 00:29:54,275
this. Get up in the pulpit and say,

824
00:29:54,275 --> 00:29:55,335
oh, I see,

825
00:29:56,035 --> 00:29:57,894
Brother Bottoms in the back.

826
00:29:58,589 --> 00:30:00,450
Would you like to come up and preach?

827
00:30:03,230 --> 00:30:05,549
I'm standing up walking up there going, I

828
00:30:05,549 --> 00:30:08,929
should have something ready in 14 seconds.

829
00:30:12,055 --> 00:30:12,555
Because

830
00:30:13,255 --> 00:30:15,195
preaching the word but this here's the thing,

831
00:30:15,654 --> 00:30:16,934
if you think that you have to come

832
00:30:16,934 --> 00:30:18,715
up some kind of sermonized

833
00:30:19,654 --> 00:30:20,154
speech

834
00:30:21,255 --> 00:30:22,875
that fit some kind of criteria,

835
00:30:23,779 --> 00:30:25,779
yeah, that's a scary moment. But if you're

836
00:30:25,779 --> 00:30:28,259
just doing what Paul told Timothy, just preach

837
00:30:28,259 --> 00:30:28,919
the gospel.

838
00:30:30,179 --> 00:30:30,679
Just

839
00:30:30,980 --> 00:30:33,559
just tell people what Jesus is doing.

840
00:30:34,500 --> 00:30:35,880
It's not that big of a deal.

841
00:30:36,899 --> 00:30:37,880
It's really not.

842
00:30:40,235 --> 00:30:43,755
He says, patiently correct, rebuke, and encourage your

843
00:30:43,755 --> 00:30:44,975
people with good teaching.

844
00:30:45,674 --> 00:30:47,195
You do that all the time. You're just

845
00:30:47,195 --> 00:30:48,815
not processing it this way.

846
00:30:49,355 --> 00:30:50,255
You're constantly

847
00:30:50,555 --> 00:30:54,015
patiently correcting somebody. You're rebuking somebody, encouraging people

848
00:30:54,140 --> 00:30:56,640
with good teaching. People at work, your family.

849
00:30:57,500 --> 00:30:59,340
Because let's say somebody comes to you at

850
00:30:59,340 --> 00:30:59,840
work

851
00:31:00,220 --> 00:31:02,700
and they're going through a difficult separation or

852
00:31:02,700 --> 00:31:04,160
divorce or something like that.

853
00:31:05,100 --> 00:31:07,360
And they're feeling really down on this

854
00:31:07,740 --> 00:31:08,240
and

855
00:31:09,144 --> 00:31:11,545
maybe their spouse cheated on them and they're

856
00:31:11,545 --> 00:31:14,125
saying, well I guess I'm not worth anything.

857
00:31:14,345 --> 00:31:17,224
They're gonna they need somebody else besides me.

858
00:31:17,224 --> 00:31:18,204
Then you say,

859
00:31:18,505 --> 00:31:21,644
hey stop thinking like that. You're just fine.

860
00:31:22,299 --> 00:31:24,240
Jesus loves you just like you are.

861
00:31:24,779 --> 00:31:27,839
That's correcting somebody. That's rebuking somebody.

862
00:31:28,779 --> 00:31:30,460
And then you say this is how you

863
00:31:30,460 --> 00:31:32,460
think. This is what you're supposed to think.

864
00:31:32,460 --> 00:31:34,779
And here's the opportunity where you bring scripture

865
00:31:34,779 --> 00:31:36,859
in and you say this is what Jesus

866
00:31:36,859 --> 00:31:39,224
says about you. It doesn't matter what anybody

867
00:31:39,224 --> 00:31:41,785
else says about you. And that's encouraging people

868
00:31:41,785 --> 00:31:42,845
with good teaching.

869
00:31:44,184 --> 00:31:46,205
You do this stuff all the time guys.

870
00:31:46,825 --> 00:31:47,884
Preach the gospel.

871
00:31:49,144 --> 00:31:50,605
Do what you're supposed to do.

872
00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:52,759
For a time is coming when people will

873
00:31:52,759 --> 00:31:55,799
no longer listen to sound and wholesome teaching.

874
00:31:55,799 --> 00:31:57,880
We're obviously there. We know that. Right? I

875
00:31:57,880 --> 00:31:59,180
don't have to beat that drum.

876
00:31:59,799 --> 00:32:01,559
They will follow their own desires and look

877
00:32:01,559 --> 00:32:03,160
for teachers who will tell them whatever their

878
00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:06,194
itching ears want to hear. Then they will

879
00:32:06,194 --> 00:32:08,934
reject the truth and chase after myths.

880
00:32:10,115 --> 00:32:11,974
This is what I'm seeing so much

881
00:32:12,275 --> 00:32:14,134
right now across the church world

882
00:32:14,835 --> 00:32:17,335
is and and this is the the Internet

883
00:32:17,394 --> 00:32:19,474
is doing this so is the is the

884
00:32:19,474 --> 00:32:21,420
source of this so strongly right now.

885
00:32:22,380 --> 00:32:24,380
In in American church, it's it's all over

886
00:32:24,380 --> 00:32:26,619
the world. But in American church, there's so

887
00:32:26,619 --> 00:32:29,019
many people listening to so many things. And

888
00:32:29,019 --> 00:32:31,019
I see this stuff all all over the

889
00:32:31,019 --> 00:32:33,200
place that's not biblical stuff.

890
00:32:33,980 --> 00:32:35,600
It's all over the place.

891
00:32:36,304 --> 00:32:37,424
I I I'll give you one of the

892
00:32:37,424 --> 00:32:38,325
biggest ones

893
00:32:38,704 --> 00:32:39,984
that I see. And you and you may

894
00:32:39,984 --> 00:32:41,825
disagree with this. I'm gonna go I'm gonna

895
00:32:41,825 --> 00:32:44,005
break into a subsidiary of this.

896
00:32:44,464 --> 00:32:46,304
But there I I see this all over

897
00:32:46,304 --> 00:32:48,325
the place where people are talking about this

898
00:32:48,384 --> 00:32:50,944
great revival that's going to happen before the

899
00:32:50,944 --> 00:32:51,684
end times.

900
00:32:52,599 --> 00:32:54,299
As if I don't see that in scripture.

901
00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:56,779
Where does it say that in scripture?

902
00:32:57,559 --> 00:32:59,880
Not what we want to happen. I want

903
00:32:59,880 --> 00:33:01,880
that to happen, but I don't see that

904
00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:02,619
in scripture.

905
00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:04,779
Okay. And then

906
00:33:05,194 --> 00:33:07,434
there's two sides to this this kind of

907
00:33:07,434 --> 00:33:09,054
side trail of this same thing,

908
00:33:09,355 --> 00:33:10,954
is a lot of the teaching that's being

909
00:33:10,954 --> 00:33:12,394
done around the country right now on the

910
00:33:12,394 --> 00:33:13,855
7 mountains. Okay?

911
00:33:14,154 --> 00:33:16,954
I like the 7 mountains teaching. Anybody heard

912
00:33:16,954 --> 00:33:18,734
what I'm talking about? Okay.

913
00:33:19,279 --> 00:33:21,119
A lot of the 7 mountains teaching. Basically,

914
00:33:21,119 --> 00:33:22,819
what that is is there's 7 major,

915
00:33:23,919 --> 00:33:26,559
areas or arenas of society, and the church

916
00:33:26,559 --> 00:33:28,079
is supposed to get involved in all of

917
00:33:28,079 --> 00:33:29,059
those 7 areas.

918
00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:32,615
K? I strongly believe that. I've been preaching

919
00:33:32,615 --> 00:33:34,454
and teaching that stuff long before we called

920
00:33:34,454 --> 00:33:35,595
it the 7 mountains.

921
00:33:36,694 --> 00:33:38,855
Alright. I believe this very strongly, but here's

922
00:33:38,855 --> 00:33:40,954
the second step of it that is wrong.

923
00:33:42,134 --> 00:33:43,194
It's not biblical.

924
00:33:44,309 --> 00:33:45,289
Is they're saying

925
00:33:45,589 --> 00:33:48,390
once the church has moved into all of

926
00:33:48,390 --> 00:33:51,529
those areas, those 7 major areas of society,

927
00:33:52,069 --> 00:33:54,169
and the church takes them over,

928
00:33:54,630 --> 00:33:56,950
by the way the church will never take

929
00:33:56,950 --> 00:33:57,849
them over,

930
00:33:58,474 --> 00:34:00,575
because they're ungodly man institutions.

931
00:34:01,115 --> 00:34:02,795
What we're supposed to do is invade them

932
00:34:02,795 --> 00:34:04,955
with truth and light and affect them, but

933
00:34:04,955 --> 00:34:06,174
you can't take them over.

934
00:34:06,795 --> 00:34:08,635
You can't control them is what I'm saying.

935
00:34:08,635 --> 00:34:10,795
But the teaching is is once you once

936
00:34:10,795 --> 00:34:12,815
the church has taken those over,

937
00:34:13,789 --> 00:34:14,289
then

938
00:34:14,829 --> 00:34:16,210
Jesus will come back.

939
00:34:18,429 --> 00:34:19,809
That is not biblical.

940
00:34:21,230 --> 00:34:23,409
Nowhere in the Bible does it say that.

941
00:34:23,630 --> 00:34:25,409
Nowhere does it say that.

942
00:34:25,944 --> 00:34:26,444
Okay.

943
00:34:26,744 --> 00:34:27,405
In fact,

944
00:34:27,864 --> 00:34:28,605
that is

945
00:34:28,905 --> 00:34:29,964
Jehovah Witness

946
00:34:30,344 --> 00:34:30,844
theology.

947
00:34:32,424 --> 00:34:34,664
You live for Jesus, everybody does better and

948
00:34:34,664 --> 00:34:36,184
better and better. We all get gooder and

949
00:34:36,184 --> 00:34:38,585
gooder and gooder, and then we'd step into

950
00:34:38,585 --> 00:34:41,200
Nirvana. And Jesus just kinda takes his place

951
00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:41,860
of authority

952
00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:43,140
over Nirvana.

953
00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:47,460
That is that is not biblical. That's demonic.

954
00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:51,119
The Bible says, it's gonna get worse and

955
00:34:51,119 --> 00:34:52,719
worse and worse, not better and better and

956
00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:53,219
better.

957
00:34:54,295 --> 00:34:57,094
In the last days, people will be having

958
00:34:57,094 --> 00:34:59,015
itchy ears because they want to hear what

959
00:34:59,015 --> 00:35:01,974
they want instead of actual truth. And what

960
00:35:01,974 --> 00:35:04,135
we want is everything is just gonna get

961
00:35:04,135 --> 00:35:04,635
good.

962
00:35:05,574 --> 00:35:08,309
That's always been what humanity wants to hear.

963
00:35:08,469 --> 00:35:10,710
It's just gonna get real good. Why? Because

964
00:35:10,710 --> 00:35:11,610
we're good.

965
00:35:11,910 --> 00:35:13,670
And as long as we're really good, it's

966
00:35:13,670 --> 00:35:15,130
just gonna get good.

967
00:35:15,829 --> 00:35:18,329
Except that's the opposite of what scripture says.

968
00:35:18,550 --> 00:35:20,570
Scripture says, we're not good.

969
00:35:21,945 --> 00:35:22,925
We need Jesus.

970
00:35:23,704 --> 00:35:26,045
If we were good, we wouldn't need Jesus.

971
00:35:27,144 --> 00:35:28,905
We need Jesus to save us because what?

972
00:35:28,905 --> 00:35:32,364
We're sinners, and society is collapsing around us.

973
00:35:32,985 --> 00:35:34,985
And the last days are going to be

974
00:35:34,985 --> 00:35:35,485
evil.

975
00:35:36,500 --> 00:35:37,800
That's what scripture says.

976
00:35:38,339 --> 00:35:40,599
We gotta be careful we're not chasing after

977
00:35:40,820 --> 00:35:42,980
just whoever that writes the next book or

978
00:35:42,980 --> 00:35:44,119
does the next thing.

979
00:35:44,980 --> 00:35:46,119
I remember when,

980
00:35:47,539 --> 00:35:49,619
Rob Bell years ago wrote the book that

981
00:35:49,619 --> 00:35:50,839
there is no hell.

982
00:35:51,425 --> 00:35:53,105
And he was on Oprah Winfrey and all

983
00:35:53,105 --> 00:35:54,704
stuff. He was a pastor and all this

984
00:35:54,704 --> 00:35:55,824
kind of stuff. It's been a while, so

985
00:35:55,824 --> 00:35:58,304
you may not remember or know. But a

986
00:35:58,304 --> 00:36:00,465
lot of the church was like, well, maybe

987
00:36:00,465 --> 00:36:02,405
there isn't. We should rethink this.

988
00:36:04,269 --> 00:36:06,030
Because they just liked him so much, and

989
00:36:06,030 --> 00:36:07,489
I really liked that guy.

990
00:36:08,989 --> 00:36:11,230
But but you've gotta be able to recognize

991
00:36:11,230 --> 00:36:13,329
immediately when something's not true.

992
00:36:13,630 --> 00:36:14,130
Why?

993
00:36:14,590 --> 00:36:17,250
Because you you digesting truth all day long.

994
00:36:17,494 --> 00:36:20,135
You digest in truth. And when somebody throws

995
00:36:20,135 --> 00:36:21,835
something in there that's not right,

996
00:36:22,535 --> 00:36:24,474
you immediately recognize it.

997
00:36:26,295 --> 00:36:27,195
Just keep going.

998
00:36:29,900 --> 00:36:31,340
But you should keep a clear mind in

999
00:36:31,340 --> 00:36:33,660
every situation. Don't be afraid for of suffering

1000
00:36:33,660 --> 00:36:35,180
for the Lord. Talked about that a few

1001
00:36:35,180 --> 00:36:37,260
weeks ago. Work at telling others the good

1002
00:36:37,260 --> 00:36:39,579
news and fully carry out the ministry God

1003
00:36:39,579 --> 00:36:41,500
has given you. Fully carry out the ministry.

1004
00:36:41,500 --> 00:36:43,260
Guys, this affects every single one of us

1005
00:36:43,260 --> 00:36:45,614
in this room. God has called every one

1006
00:36:45,614 --> 00:36:47,375
of us to different things, not just like

1007
00:36:47,375 --> 00:36:49,454
one big thing, but that could be true

1008
00:36:49,454 --> 00:36:51,934
too. But but he calls us 2 things

1009
00:36:51,934 --> 00:36:54,094
along the way, and then different ministries and

1010
00:36:54,094 --> 00:36:56,175
and opportunities and all this kind of stuff.

1011
00:36:56,175 --> 00:36:58,299
And here's the challenge for us. It is

1012
00:36:58,299 --> 00:37:00,219
it is difficult to keep our eyes on

1013
00:37:00,219 --> 00:37:01,659
Jesus and do all the things the Lord

1014
00:37:01,659 --> 00:37:03,179
has told us to do. We'll do good

1015
00:37:03,179 --> 00:37:05,359
in in these areas, but not over here.

1016
00:37:05,579 --> 00:37:06,940
This is one of the things I've noticed

1017
00:37:06,940 --> 00:37:09,019
in in different ways. Well, I'll start this,

1018
00:37:09,739 --> 00:37:11,739
this, Bible study or life group or whatever,

1019
00:37:11,739 --> 00:37:13,795
but I'm not actually witnessing to anybody. Well,

1020
00:37:13,795 --> 00:37:16,195
we've got to fully carry out the ministry

1021
00:37:16,195 --> 00:37:17,715
that God has given us. And every one

1022
00:37:17,715 --> 00:37:19,875
of us have ministry. Don't run from it.

1023
00:37:19,875 --> 00:37:20,855
Run to it.

1024
00:37:21,315 --> 00:37:23,235
Don't be scared of it. Don't worry about

1025
00:37:23,235 --> 00:37:25,155
it. The Lord's gonna give you what you

1026
00:37:25,155 --> 00:37:27,539
need to accomplish the ministry before you.

1027
00:37:28,500 --> 00:37:31,059
K? Run for it to to fully carry

1028
00:37:31,059 --> 00:37:33,160
out the ministry. As for me, Paul says,

1029
00:37:33,380 --> 00:37:35,059
my life has already been poured out as

1030
00:37:35,059 --> 00:37:36,199
an offering to God.

1031
00:37:36,500 --> 00:37:38,739
The time of my death is near. Remember

1032
00:37:38,739 --> 00:37:40,820
talking about suffering? He knew he was gonna

1033
00:37:40,820 --> 00:37:42,795
die. He knew he was gonna go to

1034
00:37:42,795 --> 00:37:43,695
Rome to die,

1035
00:37:44,315 --> 00:37:46,014
but he wasn't scared of it.

1036
00:37:46,715 --> 00:37:48,394
There there there has to be a part

1037
00:37:48,394 --> 00:37:50,734
where you're getting close. Now maybe not necessarily

1038
00:37:50,795 --> 00:37:52,815
looking forward to having your head cut off,

1039
00:37:52,954 --> 00:37:53,454
but

1040
00:37:54,090 --> 00:37:55,849
but as you're getting closer to that, there's

1041
00:37:55,849 --> 00:37:57,390
just a resolve that says,

1042
00:37:57,769 --> 00:37:58,590
I'm ready.

1043
00:37:59,450 --> 00:37:59,950
Right?

1044
00:38:00,970 --> 00:38:01,789
I'm ready.

1045
00:38:02,730 --> 00:38:04,410
I think about you guys that are, like,

1046
00:38:04,410 --> 00:38:06,510
in your seventies. You gotta be ready.

1047
00:38:22,679 --> 00:38:24,219
I got plenty of time.

1048
00:38:28,359 --> 00:38:30,619
He says, I have fought the good fight.

1049
00:38:32,039 --> 00:38:33,339
I have finished the race.

1050
00:38:33,639 --> 00:38:36,199
And guys, here's the key, I have remained

1051
00:38:36,199 --> 00:38:36,699
faithful.

1052
00:38:38,285 --> 00:38:39,425
I have remained faithful.

1053
00:38:41,085 --> 00:38:42,945
If that's if that's all you got,

1054
00:38:43,244 --> 00:38:44,144
that's amazing.

1055
00:38:45,325 --> 00:38:46,545
I remain faithful.

1056
00:38:47,805 --> 00:38:49,805
And now the prize awaits me, the crown

1057
00:38:49,805 --> 00:38:50,545
of righteousness.

1058
00:38:51,039 --> 00:38:53,279
Think about it. Revelation where all the 24

1059
00:38:53,279 --> 00:38:54,880
elders are sitting around. This is the 12

1060
00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:56,960
disciples and the 12 tribes. And we know

1061
00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:58,239
every that we know the name of every

1062
00:38:58,239 --> 00:39:00,739
one of those people. Right? Ain't that cool?

1063
00:39:01,759 --> 00:39:03,440
And they take their crowns. The Lord comes

1064
00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:05,385
in and they take their crowns and they

1065
00:39:05,385 --> 00:39:07,085
throw them down before the lord.

1066
00:39:08,985 --> 00:39:10,364
I hope I get a crown,

1067
00:39:11,065 --> 00:39:12,585
and the only reason is so I can

1068
00:39:12,585 --> 00:39:14,125
throw it down before the lord.

1069
00:39:15,385 --> 00:39:16,824
I'd like to throw other things, but I

1070
00:39:16,824 --> 00:39:17,885
don't think he cares.

1071
00:39:20,025 --> 00:39:22,450
Right? My jeep, he's like, I don't like

1072
00:39:22,450 --> 00:39:22,950
jeeps.

1073
00:39:24,849 --> 00:39:26,390
He does. He does.

1074
00:39:28,050 --> 00:39:28,789
He does.

1075
00:39:31,410 --> 00:39:33,010
Look at this. He says, now the prize

1076
00:39:33,010 --> 00:39:34,950
awaits me, the crown of righteousness,

1077
00:39:36,434 --> 00:39:37,715
which means I've been made right with God.

1078
00:39:37,715 --> 00:39:39,335
I've been covered with the blood of Jesus,

1079
00:39:39,474 --> 00:39:41,474
which the lord, the righteous judge, will give

1080
00:39:41,474 --> 00:39:42,855
me on the day of his return.

1081
00:39:43,474 --> 00:39:45,494
And the prize is not just for me,

1082
00:39:45,555 --> 00:39:47,954
but for all who eagerly look forward to

1083
00:39:47,954 --> 00:39:48,614
his appearing.

1084
00:39:49,150 --> 00:39:51,630
That we're focused on him coming back. That

1085
00:39:51,630 --> 00:39:53,789
that is our that's where our attention is.

1086
00:39:53,789 --> 00:39:55,710
Jesus, you're coming back and I'm gonna live

1087
00:39:55,710 --> 00:39:57,949
today like you're coming back. I'm gonna live

1088
00:39:57,949 --> 00:40:00,050
tomorrow like you're coming back.

1089
00:40:00,590 --> 00:40:02,269
Because this is where a couple weeks ago,

1090
00:40:02,269 --> 00:40:03,489
I talked about the urgency.

1091
00:40:03,894 --> 00:40:05,655
This is where the church were were losing

1092
00:40:05,655 --> 00:40:06,155
this.

1093
00:40:06,934 --> 00:40:09,255
We need to regain this urgency in our

1094
00:40:09,255 --> 00:40:11,974
spirit that says, Jesus, you're right on the

1095
00:40:11,974 --> 00:40:13,894
you're right on the cusp of coming back.

1096
00:40:13,894 --> 00:40:16,474
And and I've heard this many times before

1097
00:40:16,700 --> 00:40:18,140
where people will say, I've been hearing this

1098
00:40:18,140 --> 00:40:19,420
all my life. I've been hearing this all

1099
00:40:19,420 --> 00:40:21,500
my life. Now I'm a 112 and Jesus

1100
00:40:21,500 --> 00:40:22,880
has not come back yet.

1101
00:40:23,740 --> 00:40:26,240
Okay. I get that. But guys, Paul

1102
00:40:26,619 --> 00:40:27,519
Paul lived

1103
00:40:27,820 --> 00:40:29,980
like Jesus was coming back during his time

1104
00:40:29,980 --> 00:40:32,400
frame. And he he thought he was.

1105
00:40:33,155 --> 00:40:35,315
He thought Jesus was coming back during his

1106
00:40:35,315 --> 00:40:35,815
life.

1107
00:40:37,315 --> 00:40:39,255
Was was Paul just an idiot?

1108
00:40:40,434 --> 00:40:41,494
No. He understood.

1109
00:40:42,114 --> 00:40:44,275
Keep your eyes on Jesus, because you don't

1110
00:40:44,275 --> 00:40:45,734
know when he's coming back.

1111
00:40:46,820 --> 00:40:48,500
Keep your eyes on him. He could come

1112
00:40:48,500 --> 00:40:49,239
back today.

1113
00:40:50,739 --> 00:40:52,420
Now there's a large part of me that

1114
00:40:52,420 --> 00:40:52,920
says,

1115
00:40:54,179 --> 00:40:55,719
oh Jesus, come on.

1116
00:40:56,980 --> 00:40:58,760
Let's wrap this thing up.

1117
00:41:00,704 --> 00:41:03,904
Let's stop. Let's let's stop babies dying. Let's

1118
00:41:03,904 --> 00:41:05,844
stop these kids being twisted.

1119
00:41:06,625 --> 00:41:07,764
Come back now.

1120
00:41:10,704 --> 00:41:13,125
But Jesus Paul Peter tells us,

1121
00:41:13,744 --> 00:41:15,650
the the reason he's dragging his feet

1122
00:41:16,829 --> 00:41:19,070
is because he doesn't want us to perish.

1123
00:41:19,070 --> 00:41:20,609
He doesn't want anybody to perish.

1124
00:41:21,389 --> 00:41:22,369
That's the point.

1125
00:41:23,389 --> 00:41:24,909
So shouldn't that be our point? We don't

1126
00:41:24,909 --> 00:41:26,289
want anybody to perish.

1127
00:41:27,405 --> 00:41:28,925
Jesus, I know you're coming back. I know

1128
00:41:28,925 --> 00:41:30,684
you're coming back. This stuff gets in my

1129
00:41:30,684 --> 00:41:31,985
spirit sometimes strongly.

1130
00:41:32,844 --> 00:41:34,864
Yesterday or day before or something like that,

1131
00:41:35,005 --> 00:41:36,385
I was thinking about this.

1132
00:41:36,844 --> 00:41:38,224
I'm praying for my kids.

1133
00:41:38,889 --> 00:41:40,409
I I know I've mentioned this before, but

1134
00:41:40,409 --> 00:41:41,389
I feel like Job.

1135
00:41:41,690 --> 00:41:43,289
I feel like Job so much. Not not

1136
00:41:43,289 --> 00:41:45,369
the persecution part of Job, but at the

1137
00:41:45,369 --> 00:41:46,750
very first part where

1138
00:41:47,210 --> 00:41:49,869
where he's constantly sacrificing for his kids

1139
00:41:50,650 --> 00:41:52,889
because he says, I'm worried that they're that

1140
00:41:52,889 --> 00:41:54,269
they've done something wrong.

1141
00:41:55,664 --> 00:41:56,164
Right?

1142
00:41:57,265 --> 00:42:00,164
I've got 5 grown kids, 3 3 biological

1143
00:42:00,625 --> 00:42:01,445
and 2,

1144
00:42:01,985 --> 00:42:02,965
daughter in laws.

1145
00:42:03,985 --> 00:42:04,724
And I

1146
00:42:05,105 --> 00:42:07,045
I worry about them all the time,

1147
00:42:07,859 --> 00:42:09,539
especially after I've talked to them and I've

1148
00:42:09,539 --> 00:42:10,440
been around them.

1149
00:42:13,380 --> 00:42:14,119
I worry.

1150
00:42:16,739 --> 00:42:18,179
Right? They come over for dinner and the

1151
00:42:18,179 --> 00:42:20,279
whole night, I'm like, God, help us.

1152
00:42:20,659 --> 00:42:21,639
Help us, Lord.

1153
00:42:22,125 --> 00:42:23,724
So I text them all. We have this

1154
00:42:23,724 --> 00:42:26,364
group messenger thing on Facebook Messenger, and I

1155
00:42:26,364 --> 00:42:28,364
just send them all a message. I said,

1156
00:42:28,364 --> 00:42:30,065
if Jesus comes back right now,

1157
00:42:31,244 --> 00:42:32,144
are you ready?

1158
00:42:34,829 --> 00:42:35,950
It it it

1159
00:42:36,590 --> 00:42:38,110
sometimes I wake up in the middle of

1160
00:42:38,110 --> 00:42:40,690
the night pleading with God. God, please

1161
00:42:42,349 --> 00:42:44,289
make sure my kids are right with you.

1162
00:42:44,989 --> 00:42:46,530
I don't wanna take the chance.

1163
00:42:47,704 --> 00:42:49,485
I need them there with me

1164
00:42:50,105 --> 00:42:51,565
when we step into eternity.

1165
00:42:52,985 --> 00:42:54,364
You should try that sometime.

1166
00:42:55,625 --> 00:42:57,565
Text your kids whether they're grown or not.

1167
00:42:57,704 --> 00:42:59,864
If they're 12 sitting in the other room,

1168
00:42:59,864 --> 00:43:01,784
text them, Jesus is coming back. Are you

1169
00:43:01,784 --> 00:43:02,284
ready?

1170
00:43:03,840 --> 00:43:06,180
Here's one. Teenagers, text your parents that.

1171
00:43:07,200 --> 00:43:08,960
Jesus is coming back. Are you going with

1172
00:43:08,960 --> 00:43:09,460
me?

1173
00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:13,380
Right?

1174
00:43:14,720 --> 00:43:16,545
As it's not something we can play around.

1175
00:43:16,545 --> 00:43:18,224
Now my my son is sitting over here.

1176
00:43:18,224 --> 00:43:20,625
He did text back, well, Amanda is probably

1177
00:43:20,625 --> 00:43:21,684
gonna have to get dressed.

1178
00:43:27,424 --> 00:43:29,264
The prize is not just for me, but

1179
00:43:29,264 --> 00:43:29,764
all

1180
00:43:30,280 --> 00:43:32,380
who eagerly look forward to his appearing.

1181
00:43:32,680 --> 00:43:33,900
Revelation 12

1182
00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:37,640
verse 10. Now I'm gonna walk through a

1183
00:43:37,640 --> 00:43:39,720
couple places here in Revelation. I love this.

1184
00:43:39,720 --> 00:43:40,840
But I want you to get I want

1185
00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:42,460
you to get a picture in your head.

1186
00:43:42,795 --> 00:43:45,614
So this is 2000 years ago that Jesus

1187
00:43:45,675 --> 00:43:48,394
takes John, the spirit of the Lord, but

1188
00:43:48,394 --> 00:43:50,234
Jesus is involved with all. It's called the

1189
00:43:50,234 --> 00:43:53,594
revelation of Jesus Christ. K. Let me help

1190
00:43:53,594 --> 00:43:54,255
you guys.

1191
00:43:55,110 --> 00:43:56,250
It's not revelations.

1192
00:43:57,670 --> 00:43:58,950
Stop putting an s on the end of

1193
00:43:58,950 --> 00:43:59,610
that word.

1194
00:44:00,470 --> 00:44:02,890
K? If you've done it, repent.

1195
00:44:05,190 --> 00:44:06,170
It's the

1196
00:44:06,550 --> 00:44:07,050
revelation

1197
00:44:08,230 --> 00:44:08,970
of Jesus.

1198
00:44:10,514 --> 00:44:12,614
Okay. So Jesus takes John,

1199
00:44:12,994 --> 00:44:15,074
and he runs him forward, at least we

1200
00:44:15,074 --> 00:44:17,175
know for sure, at least 2000 years.

1201
00:44:17,795 --> 00:44:19,335
We know that much for sure.

1202
00:44:20,275 --> 00:44:21,894
And he starts showing

1203
00:44:23,130 --> 00:44:23,630
John

1204
00:44:24,329 --> 00:44:27,150
stuff that has not happened to us yet.

1205
00:44:28,250 --> 00:44:29,710
It has not happened still,

1206
00:44:30,650 --> 00:44:32,269
and he shows him things.

1207
00:44:32,969 --> 00:44:34,250
And I love this because I wanna I

1208
00:44:34,250 --> 00:44:35,789
wanna I wanna show you something.

1209
00:44:36,375 --> 00:44:38,614
Maybe you haven't processed it the the the

1210
00:44:38,614 --> 00:44:40,295
same way. But in verse 10 of Revelation

1211
00:44:40,295 --> 00:44:40,795
12,

1212
00:44:42,295 --> 00:44:43,655
it says, then I heard a loud voice

1213
00:44:43,894 --> 00:44:45,574
now this is John. He hears a loud

1214
00:44:45,574 --> 00:44:48,295
voice shouting across the heavens. It has come

1215
00:44:48,295 --> 00:44:49,114
at last,

1216
00:44:49,949 --> 00:44:51,170
Salvation and power

1217
00:44:51,630 --> 00:44:53,789
and the kingdom of our God and the

1218
00:44:53,789 --> 00:44:55,170
authority of his Christ.

1219
00:44:56,349 --> 00:44:58,690
For the accuser of our brothers, that's Satan,

1220
00:44:58,750 --> 00:45:00,670
has been thrown down to earth. The one

1221
00:45:00,670 --> 00:45:03,474
who accuses them. Now the part of what

1222
00:45:03,474 --> 00:45:05,954
we see in Revelation 12 is John God

1223
00:45:05,954 --> 00:45:09,074
is showing John this the revelation, this revelation,

1224
00:45:09,074 --> 00:45:09,974
this epiphany,

1225
00:45:10,275 --> 00:45:11,014
this understanding.

1226
00:45:11,795 --> 00:45:13,554
But it goes all the way from before

1227
00:45:13,554 --> 00:45:14,775
the earth was created

1228
00:45:15,074 --> 00:45:17,474
or or before Adam and Eve up until

1229
00:45:17,474 --> 00:45:18,454
now. Because

1230
00:45:18,809 --> 00:45:20,250
Satan and the 3rd of the angels were

1231
00:45:20,250 --> 00:45:22,730
cast out of heaven before Adam and Eve

1232
00:45:22,730 --> 00:45:23,230
sinned.

1233
00:45:23,769 --> 00:45:26,489
K? That gets confused sometimes because where it

1234
00:45:26,489 --> 00:45:27,849
falls in the line. But this is a

1235
00:45:27,849 --> 00:45:29,150
good way to look at Revelation

1236
00:45:29,530 --> 00:45:31,070
is you've got these cycles.

1237
00:45:31,769 --> 00:45:32,269
Okay?

1238
00:45:33,244 --> 00:45:35,085
Starting in a past and going into the

1239
00:45:35,085 --> 00:45:37,244
future. Backing up not quite as far going

1240
00:45:37,244 --> 00:45:38,765
into the future. Backing up not quite as

1241
00:45:38,765 --> 00:45:40,204
far we're going in the future. So you

1242
00:45:40,204 --> 00:45:42,525
have these cycles that are going like this.

1243
00:45:42,525 --> 00:45:44,605
Because we see where God will show John

1244
00:45:44,605 --> 00:45:46,304
something and it's it's starting

1245
00:45:46,684 --> 00:45:47,505
from before

1246
00:45:48,599 --> 00:45:49,099
creation

1247
00:45:49,480 --> 00:45:52,360
to after it ends. And then he takes

1248
00:45:52,360 --> 00:45:53,960
other times and he does the exact same

1249
00:45:53,960 --> 00:45:56,059
thing. We know that Satan

1250
00:45:56,519 --> 00:45:58,059
was cast out of heaven

1251
00:45:58,360 --> 00:45:58,860
before,

1252
00:46:00,519 --> 00:46:02,860
the end of time in Revelation 12.

1253
00:46:03,465 --> 00:46:06,345
Because Satan tempted Eve. He was already cast

1254
00:46:06,345 --> 00:46:07,945
out at that time. When he came in

1255
00:46:07,945 --> 00:46:10,184
before God in Job, God says, where you

1256
00:46:10,184 --> 00:46:10,684
been?

1257
00:46:11,945 --> 00:46:13,005
It ain't in heaven.

1258
00:46:13,785 --> 00:46:15,644
He said, been hanging out on the earth.

1259
00:46:16,309 --> 00:46:16,809
Right?

1260
00:46:17,190 --> 00:46:18,869
So this is part of this. But look

1261
00:46:18,869 --> 00:46:21,030
what he says. For the accuser of our

1262
00:46:21,030 --> 00:46:23,030
brothers and sisters was thrown down to the

1263
00:46:23,030 --> 00:46:23,530
earth.

1264
00:46:24,309 --> 00:46:26,789
The one who accuses them before God day

1265
00:46:26,789 --> 00:46:28,090
and night in verse 11.

1266
00:46:29,030 --> 00:46:29,769
So strong.

1267
00:46:30,664 --> 00:46:32,204
And they defeated him.

1268
00:46:32,585 --> 00:46:35,405
This is temporary, but this is also transcendent.

1269
00:46:35,464 --> 00:46:37,065
This is one of those things that God

1270
00:46:37,065 --> 00:46:39,224
does all through the Bible, where something is

1271
00:46:39,224 --> 00:46:39,724
happening

1272
00:46:40,184 --> 00:46:42,184
for you and I individually, but it's also

1273
00:46:42,184 --> 00:46:43,644
happening into time.

1274
00:46:44,369 --> 00:46:45,429
K. The temporary

1275
00:46:46,130 --> 00:46:48,849
into the transcendent at the exact same time.

1276
00:46:48,849 --> 00:46:50,929
We see that all through Old Testament, New

1277
00:46:50,929 --> 00:46:53,170
Testament. I think so. They have defeated him.

1278
00:46:53,170 --> 00:46:55,010
You have defeated Satan. How do you defeat

1279
00:46:55,010 --> 00:46:57,010
Satan? By the blood of the lamb. That

1280
00:46:57,010 --> 00:46:59,684
part you can't you can't do that. That's

1281
00:46:59,684 --> 00:47:00,184
Jesus.

1282
00:47:00,565 --> 00:47:02,484
He's the lamb. It's his blood. He died

1283
00:47:02,484 --> 00:47:04,565
on the cross. That's what gives you the

1284
00:47:04,565 --> 00:47:06,884
ability to defeat Satan by the other 2.

1285
00:47:06,884 --> 00:47:08,324
But you have to have the blood of

1286
00:47:08,324 --> 00:47:08,824
Jesus.

1287
00:47:09,364 --> 00:47:10,884
Because you have to be covered with the

1288
00:47:10,884 --> 00:47:11,704
blood of Jesus.

1289
00:47:13,039 --> 00:47:14,340
Please know that.

1290
00:47:14,719 --> 00:47:16,480
You have to be covered with the blood

1291
00:47:16,480 --> 00:47:18,480
of Jesus. I talk to people all the

1292
00:47:18,480 --> 00:47:20,800
time that say they are Christians and have

1293
00:47:20,800 --> 00:47:23,679
never asked Jesus to forgive them, become their

1294
00:47:23,679 --> 00:47:25,440
lord and savior, and cover them with his

1295
00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:28,155
blood. They've never asked that question. Many of

1296
00:47:28,155 --> 00:47:30,875
these people are Catholics that have never asked

1297
00:47:30,875 --> 00:47:32,875
Jesus to be their savior, but they grew

1298
00:47:32,875 --> 00:47:34,315
up in the church so they think they're

1299
00:47:34,315 --> 00:47:34,815
good.

1300
00:47:36,474 --> 00:47:38,574
As the same thing can happen in any

1301
00:47:38,875 --> 00:47:39,375
church,

1302
00:47:39,755 --> 00:47:40,574
any denomination,

1303
00:47:40,954 --> 00:47:42,869
any setting. You can grow up in the

1304
00:47:42,869 --> 00:47:44,630
thing. But until you have asked Jesus to

1305
00:47:44,630 --> 00:47:47,690
be your savior and covered with his blood,

1306
00:47:47,989 --> 00:47:49,049
you're not saved.

1307
00:47:50,150 --> 00:47:50,969
This is important.

1308
00:47:52,230 --> 00:47:55,269
We have defeated Satan temporarily, but also in

1309
00:47:55,269 --> 00:47:55,929
the end,

1310
00:47:56,555 --> 00:47:57,994
He's gonna be defeated by the blood of

1311
00:47:57,994 --> 00:47:59,855
the lamb and by their testimony.

1312
00:48:00,155 --> 00:48:03,035
Remember what Paul told Timothy, preach the word

1313
00:48:03,035 --> 00:48:05,695
of God. Preach the word of God.

1314
00:48:06,635 --> 00:48:07,695
This is vital.

1315
00:48:08,555 --> 00:48:09,855
Preach the word of God.

1316
00:48:10,440 --> 00:48:12,280
That's your testimony. That's what I was talking

1317
00:48:12,280 --> 00:48:15,339
about earlier. Your testimony defeats Satan.

1318
00:48:16,599 --> 00:48:18,780
That the best way to go after Satan

1319
00:48:19,880 --> 00:48:22,199
is, if you got this army and you've

1320
00:48:22,199 --> 00:48:24,265
got this army, the best way to defeat

1321
00:48:24,265 --> 00:48:26,505
that army is convince all of them to

1322
00:48:26,505 --> 00:48:27,644
join your side.

1323
00:48:28,985 --> 00:48:30,285
Then there's no army.

1324
00:48:31,144 --> 00:48:32,445
You win by attrition.

1325
00:48:33,465 --> 00:48:35,164
There's no army to fight.

1326
00:48:35,530 --> 00:48:37,289
So what do you do? You witness to

1327
00:48:37,289 --> 00:48:39,450
them. You tell them about Jesus. You wanna

1328
00:48:39,450 --> 00:48:41,130
bet the one of the best ways there

1329
00:48:41,130 --> 00:48:43,150
is to save babies lives?

1330
00:48:43,690 --> 00:48:46,970
Tell somebody about Jesus. They get saved and

1331
00:48:46,970 --> 00:48:48,510
they stop murdering babies.

1332
00:48:49,450 --> 00:48:50,990
That's how we win the battle.

1333
00:48:51,875 --> 00:48:52,694
Our testimony.

1334
00:48:53,795 --> 00:48:55,394
One of the best way to to change

1335
00:48:55,394 --> 00:48:57,255
the whole LGBT mentality,

1336
00:48:57,875 --> 00:48:59,175
tell them about Jesus.

1337
00:49:01,315 --> 00:49:01,815
Not

1338
00:49:02,194 --> 00:49:04,275
not real against them. I mean, we have

1339
00:49:04,275 --> 00:49:05,714
to stand up against it. I get that,

1340
00:49:05,714 --> 00:49:07,650
but you're not winning you're not winning the

1341
00:49:07,650 --> 00:49:10,309
battle in that. You're just illuminating the problem.

1342
00:49:10,690 --> 00:49:12,210
It's the same thing Paul says that the

1343
00:49:12,210 --> 00:49:14,949
law does. It just shows everybody the problem.

1344
00:49:15,809 --> 00:49:17,909
Alright? When we when we talk about abortion

1345
00:49:17,969 --> 00:49:20,929
bad, we we're just illuminating the problem. No

1346
00:49:20,929 --> 00:49:22,309
babies stop dying.

1347
00:49:23,224 --> 00:49:24,905
But when people get it in their head

1348
00:49:24,905 --> 00:49:27,804
and their spirit that Jesus Christ saved them,

1349
00:49:27,945 --> 00:49:30,045
created them, wants to change them,

1350
00:49:30,425 --> 00:49:31,965
they stop murdering babies.

1351
00:49:33,144 --> 00:49:35,065
That's how we win. Our testimony. And then

1352
00:49:35,065 --> 00:49:37,304
the third one has to happen for the

1353
00:49:37,304 --> 00:49:39,619
second one to happen. It's that we don't

1354
00:49:39,619 --> 00:49:41,700
love our lives and we're at to the

1355
00:49:41,700 --> 00:49:43,640
point where we're not afraid to die.

1356
00:49:44,980 --> 00:49:47,140
If you're not afraid to give your life

1357
00:49:47,140 --> 00:49:47,880
for this,

1358
00:49:49,059 --> 00:49:50,760
probably not gonna win the battle.

1359
00:49:51,505 --> 00:49:53,184
And by the way, that's just a mantra

1360
00:49:53,184 --> 00:49:56,405
of all warfare anywhere in any setting physical,

1361
00:49:56,545 --> 00:49:57,605
spiritual, or whatever.

1362
00:49:57,985 --> 00:49:59,505
If you're not willing to give your life

1363
00:49:59,505 --> 00:50:02,005
for it, you're probably not gonna win.

1364
00:50:03,440 --> 00:50:05,039
But if you're willing to give your actual

1365
00:50:05,039 --> 00:50:06,719
life for and and this is why I

1366
00:50:06,719 --> 00:50:08,480
pick on things like, well, we're scared to

1367
00:50:08,480 --> 00:50:10,880
death that somebody's saying something on Facebook about

1368
00:50:10,880 --> 00:50:11,380
us.

1369
00:50:12,480 --> 00:50:14,259
We're we're scared to death that somebody

1370
00:50:14,880 --> 00:50:16,339
ridiculing us at work.

1371
00:50:18,045 --> 00:50:19,964
Right? Oh, they said this. Did you did

1372
00:50:19,964 --> 00:50:21,505
you hear them say that?

1373
00:50:22,925 --> 00:50:23,984
I don't care.

1374
00:50:27,164 --> 00:50:29,505
Right? When we're willing to give our life,

1375
00:50:30,579 --> 00:50:32,440
then what somebody says is irrelevant.

1376
00:50:33,619 --> 00:50:36,339
What somebody thinks is irrelevant or wouldn't when

1377
00:50:36,339 --> 00:50:38,440
we're willing to give our life,

1378
00:50:40,179 --> 00:50:42,599
then we'll we'll we'll bring our testimony.

1379
00:50:43,684 --> 00:50:44,885
A lot of times, we don't bring our

1380
00:50:44,885 --> 00:50:47,605
testimony because we're scared. We're we're we're worried.

1381
00:50:47,605 --> 00:50:49,445
We're nervous. We're what are they gonna say?

1382
00:50:49,445 --> 00:50:50,484
What are they gonna do? What if they

1383
00:50:50,484 --> 00:50:51,945
reject all this other stuff?

1384
00:50:52,324 --> 00:50:53,764
For not if we're willing to give our

1385
00:50:53,764 --> 00:50:55,224
life, we'll give our testimony

1386
00:50:55,605 --> 00:50:57,625
that Jesus' blood covers me.

1387
00:50:58,519 --> 00:51:00,219
And that's how you defeat Satan.

1388
00:51:01,000 --> 00:51:02,780
Then verse 17, it says,

1389
00:51:05,239 --> 00:51:07,320
and the dragon was angry at the woman

1390
00:51:07,320 --> 00:51:09,079
and declared war against the rest of her

1391
00:51:09,079 --> 00:51:10,539
children. That is,

1392
00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:11,739
the church.

1393
00:51:12,474 --> 00:51:13,694
K? Look at this.

1394
00:51:14,554 --> 00:51:15,934
They the the the

1395
00:51:16,554 --> 00:51:18,474
dragon declared war against the rest of her

1396
00:51:18,474 --> 00:51:21,194
children, all who keep God's commandments and maintain

1397
00:51:21,194 --> 00:51:22,014
their testimony

1398
00:51:22,474 --> 00:51:23,135
for Jesus.

1399
00:51:24,234 --> 00:51:26,679
That's what the church does. And that's what

1400
00:51:26,679 --> 00:51:29,000
Satan gets mad about is that we're keeping

1401
00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:30,460
god come god's commandments

1402
00:51:30,840 --> 00:51:33,559
and we're maintaining our testimony for Jesus, which

1403
00:51:33,559 --> 00:51:35,079
if you think about is the 2 greatest

1404
00:51:35,079 --> 00:51:37,160
commandments. We love god with everything, which means

1405
00:51:37,160 --> 00:51:39,079
you're gonna obey him. And you love your

1406
00:51:39,079 --> 00:51:41,000
neighbors yourself, which means you're gonna tell them

1407
00:51:41,000 --> 00:51:41,739
about him.

1408
00:51:42,654 --> 00:51:44,835
That is that is the 2 greatest commandments.

1409
00:51:45,135 --> 00:51:46,974
That's also our mission statement here at the

1410
00:51:46,974 --> 00:51:47,474
church.

1411
00:51:48,494 --> 00:51:50,914
Let's go to Revelation chapter 21.

1412
00:51:52,174 --> 00:51:53,534
Then I saw a new heaven and a

1413
00:51:53,534 --> 00:51:55,795
new earth. Now who's seeing this? John.

1414
00:51:56,269 --> 00:51:57,170
When is this?

1415
00:51:57,630 --> 00:51:58,449
Not yet.

1416
00:51:59,230 --> 00:52:00,609
This hasn't happened yet.

1417
00:52:01,150 --> 00:52:01,650
K?

1418
00:52:02,109 --> 00:52:03,889
God is giving John

1419
00:52:04,510 --> 00:52:05,329
this revelation.

1420
00:52:06,349 --> 00:52:08,109
I I wouldn't you like to just I

1421
00:52:08,109 --> 00:52:09,150
mean, you don't have to be the guy

1422
00:52:09,150 --> 00:52:10,429
writing it down, but wouldn't you like to

1423
00:52:10,429 --> 00:52:11,730
just when tagging along?

1424
00:52:13,014 --> 00:52:14,155
I think it would be

1425
00:52:14,775 --> 00:52:17,594
it would be awesome and also overwhelming

1426
00:52:17,894 --> 00:52:19,034
and also terrifying.

1427
00:52:20,215 --> 00:52:22,155
At the same time, all the stuff

1428
00:52:22,454 --> 00:52:23,275
that's happening.

1429
00:52:24,289 --> 00:52:25,730
Says, I saw a new heaven and a

1430
00:52:25,730 --> 00:52:27,809
new earth. For the old heaven and the

1431
00:52:27,809 --> 00:52:29,570
old earth had disappeared, and the sea was

1432
00:52:29,570 --> 00:52:31,730
also gone. And I saw the holy city,

1433
00:52:31,730 --> 00:52:32,710
the new Jerusalem.

1434
00:52:35,010 --> 00:52:37,650
You understand that's not just a city. It's

1435
00:52:37,650 --> 00:52:38,469
the people

1436
00:52:39,405 --> 00:52:40,545
that he's talking about.

1437
00:52:41,085 --> 00:52:43,105
I saw the holy city, the New Jerusalem,

1438
00:52:43,485 --> 00:52:45,565
coming down from God out of heaven like

1439
00:52:45,565 --> 00:52:46,224
a bride.

1440
00:52:48,045 --> 00:52:49,425
A city is not a bride.

1441
00:52:49,885 --> 00:52:50,864
We're the bride.

1442
00:52:52,210 --> 00:52:55,170
It's us coming down with this whole thing.

1443
00:52:55,170 --> 00:52:58,070
Okay. A bride beautifully dressed for her husband.

1444
00:52:58,210 --> 00:53:00,130
I heard a loud shout from the throne

1445
00:53:00,130 --> 00:53:02,449
saying, look God's home is now among his

1446
00:53:02,449 --> 00:53:04,545
people. Which means that wasn't just a it

1447
00:53:04,545 --> 00:53:06,864
wasn't it wasn't just a dwelling place that

1448
00:53:06,864 --> 00:53:09,444
was lowering down. It was us

1449
00:53:10,704 --> 00:53:12,324
that's coming down with this.

1450
00:53:12,784 --> 00:53:14,704
God's home is now among his people. He

1451
00:53:14,704 --> 00:53:16,625
will live with them and they will be

1452
00:53:16,625 --> 00:53:19,409
his people. God himself will be with them.

1453
00:53:19,489 --> 00:53:21,269
Guys, this is this is the thing.

1454
00:53:21,730 --> 00:53:23,010
This is the picture I want us to

1455
00:53:23,010 --> 00:53:24,949
get in our head of what's happening here.

1456
00:53:25,889 --> 00:53:27,510
God takes John,

1457
00:53:28,609 --> 00:53:30,210
and and through vision, and I think some

1458
00:53:30,210 --> 00:53:31,829
of it's actually bodily because

1459
00:53:32,534 --> 00:53:33,594
the the reason I say

1460
00:53:33,894 --> 00:53:35,755
could be bodily and vision is because

1461
00:53:36,295 --> 00:53:38,234
God is not limited to time and space.

1462
00:53:38,295 --> 00:53:40,295
God is outside of time and space, so

1463
00:53:40,295 --> 00:53:41,414
all of it can be seen at the

1464
00:53:41,414 --> 00:53:43,734
same time for God. He can see Adam

1465
00:53:43,734 --> 00:53:46,694
and Eve, and he can see Revelation 21

1466
00:53:46,694 --> 00:53:48,030
at the exact same time.

1467
00:53:48,909 --> 00:53:50,829
K. That's hard for us to wrap our

1468
00:53:50,829 --> 00:53:53,869
minds around, because we're somewhere in there going

1469
00:53:53,869 --> 00:53:56,269
one direction. Can't go backward. Can't get outside

1470
00:53:56,269 --> 00:53:58,269
of it. Can't see the whole thing. We're

1471
00:53:58,269 --> 00:53:58,929
in it.

1472
00:53:59,550 --> 00:54:00,449
God's not.

1473
00:54:00,795 --> 00:54:02,974
So he pulls John out and says, John,

1474
00:54:03,675 --> 00:54:04,974
I'm a show you something.

1475
00:54:06,474 --> 00:54:08,074
He takes him all the way to the

1476
00:54:08,074 --> 00:54:08,574
end

1477
00:54:08,954 --> 00:54:10,414
and he says, look at this.

1478
00:54:12,074 --> 00:54:13,534
Now here's the cool thing.

1479
00:54:14,519 --> 00:54:16,059
John is looking at this,

1480
00:54:17,320 --> 00:54:18,699
and he can see

1481
00:54:20,119 --> 00:54:20,619
everybody

1482
00:54:21,239 --> 00:54:23,180
that is covered with the blood of Jesus.

1483
00:54:24,440 --> 00:54:25,660
Every one of them.

1484
00:54:26,984 --> 00:54:27,644
Which means,

1485
00:54:28,904 --> 00:54:30,824
if you're covered with the blood of Jesus,

1486
00:54:30,824 --> 00:54:32,045
he can see you

1487
00:54:32,744 --> 00:54:33,644
in the future.

1488
00:54:35,384 --> 00:54:38,670
He can see you right during writing this.

1489
00:54:38,750 --> 00:54:41,069
He can see you in the future. We

1490
00:54:41,069 --> 00:54:44,030
always talk about God knows the end. John

1491
00:54:44,030 --> 00:54:45,969
got a little glimpse of the end too.

1492
00:54:46,349 --> 00:54:48,829
And he can see. He can see you

1493
00:54:48,829 --> 00:54:49,969
standing there.

1494
00:54:51,315 --> 00:54:53,155
I would love to to somehow make a

1495
00:54:53,155 --> 00:54:54,135
movie of this.

1496
00:54:54,994 --> 00:54:56,994
And you're sitting here right now, you're watching

1497
00:54:56,994 --> 00:54:59,255
the movie that I made of John

1498
00:55:00,434 --> 00:55:02,755
watching what God is showing him in the

1499
00:55:02,755 --> 00:55:05,234
future that hasn't happened, and you stop and

1500
00:55:05,234 --> 00:55:07,930
turn around in the movie and wave at

1501
00:55:07,930 --> 00:55:08,670
you here.

1502
00:55:12,489 --> 00:55:12,989
Right?

1503
00:55:14,809 --> 00:55:17,050
This hasn't happened yet, but all of the

1504
00:55:17,050 --> 00:55:18,489
people that are covered with the blood of

1505
00:55:18,489 --> 00:55:19,710
Jesus are there.

1506
00:55:21,815 --> 00:55:22,875
It's you and me.

1507
00:55:23,335 --> 00:55:24,394
And then he says,

1508
00:55:25,015 --> 00:55:27,275
he will wipe every tear from their eyes.

1509
00:55:27,735 --> 00:55:30,934
When John saw this, he is literally seeing

1510
00:55:30,934 --> 00:55:32,695
God. I I don't know if this is

1511
00:55:32,695 --> 00:55:33,195
like

1512
00:55:33,575 --> 00:55:34,394
per person

1513
00:55:35,090 --> 00:55:37,090
or if it's like all at once, but

1514
00:55:37,090 --> 00:55:39,090
God is wiping the tears. When John sees

1515
00:55:39,090 --> 00:55:40,550
this, he is seeing literal

1516
00:55:41,170 --> 00:55:41,670
faces

1517
00:55:42,210 --> 00:55:43,510
of real people

1518
00:55:43,809 --> 00:55:46,769
with tears and God is wiping that tear

1519
00:55:46,769 --> 00:55:48,949
away. John has already

1520
00:55:49,250 --> 00:55:49,750
seen

1521
00:55:50,125 --> 00:55:51,105
some of the faces

1522
00:55:51,565 --> 00:55:52,785
that are in the future.

1523
00:55:54,204 --> 00:55:55,825
Having their tear wiped away.

1524
00:55:56,525 --> 00:55:57,905
It could be you.

1525
00:55:59,644 --> 00:56:01,485
How do you know if it's not or

1526
00:56:01,485 --> 00:56:02,224
it is?

1527
00:56:03,839 --> 00:56:04,339
It's

1528
00:56:04,799 --> 00:56:05,539
the people

1529
00:56:06,480 --> 00:56:08,159
that are covered with the blood of Jesus

1530
00:56:08,159 --> 00:56:10,259
that are about to step into the presence

1531
00:56:10,639 --> 00:56:12,900
of God for eternity, what we call heaven.

1532
00:56:14,000 --> 00:56:15,299
John can see them.

1533
00:56:17,224 --> 00:56:19,724
And here's one that'll throw your mind

1534
00:56:20,344 --> 00:56:22,525
the whole space time continuum thing.

1535
00:56:22,985 --> 00:56:24,364
John can see himself

1536
00:56:26,025 --> 00:56:27,244
as one of those people.

1537
00:56:28,880 --> 00:56:30,640
Because this is real. This is not made

1538
00:56:30,640 --> 00:56:33,519
up stuff. This is real and it's going

1539
00:56:33,519 --> 00:56:34,179
to happen

1540
00:56:34,559 --> 00:56:36,019
and you're standing there.

1541
00:56:37,760 --> 00:56:38,260
This

1542
00:56:38,800 --> 00:56:40,640
this is why we keep our eyes on

1543
00:56:40,640 --> 00:56:41,140
Jesus.

1544
00:56:41,964 --> 00:56:44,045
This is the point of this. He will

1545
00:56:44,045 --> 00:56:45,964
wipe every tear from their eyes. There will

1546
00:56:45,964 --> 00:56:49,025
be no more death or sorrow or crying

1547
00:56:49,324 --> 00:56:51,664
or pain. All these things are gone forever.

1548
00:56:51,724 --> 00:56:53,324
I don't know how to wrap my mind

1549
00:56:53,324 --> 00:56:55,519
around that. I have to accept that by

1550
00:56:55,519 --> 00:56:56,980
faith because I don't understand.

1551
00:56:57,280 --> 00:56:59,519
I'd I've never lived in a world where

1552
00:56:59,519 --> 00:57:01,860
there is no crying or sorrow or pain.

1553
00:57:02,000 --> 00:57:04,239
I've got lots of life of sorrow. I've

1554
00:57:04,239 --> 00:57:06,639
got lots of baggage of pain. I've got

1555
00:57:06,639 --> 00:57:07,699
lots of tears.

1556
00:57:09,405 --> 00:57:11,885
And so when Jesus says, John, look at

1557
00:57:11,885 --> 00:57:14,224
this. I'm gonna take it all the way.

1558
00:57:15,324 --> 00:57:16,844
I have to accept that by faith because

1559
00:57:16,844 --> 00:57:18,465
I don't know what that feels like.

1560
00:57:19,005 --> 00:57:21,405
Could you imagine right now just inside your

1561
00:57:21,405 --> 00:57:22,889
spirit, your mind, your heart,

1562
00:57:23,369 --> 00:57:25,309
instantly all the hurt is gone?

1563
00:57:26,809 --> 00:57:27,309
Disappears?

1564
00:57:28,409 --> 00:57:28,909
Gone?

1565
00:57:30,329 --> 00:57:32,029
You don't know what that feels like.

1566
00:57:33,529 --> 00:57:35,309
All the the distrust

1567
00:57:36,329 --> 00:57:36,829
gone

1568
00:57:39,005 --> 00:57:39,505
Instantly,

1569
00:57:41,485 --> 00:57:42,945
this is what he's gonna do.

1570
00:57:43,724 --> 00:57:45,405
And the one sitting on the throne said,

1571
00:57:45,405 --> 00:57:47,724
look, I'm making everything new. And then he

1572
00:57:47,724 --> 00:57:49,244
said to me, write this down. I think

1573
00:57:49,244 --> 00:57:51,105
he said that because I think John's going

1574
00:57:53,730 --> 00:57:56,450
he's like, John, Write oh, yeah. Write this

1575
00:57:56,450 --> 00:57:56,950
down.

1576
00:57:58,450 --> 00:58:00,130
For what I tell you is trustworthy and

1577
00:58:00,130 --> 00:58:01,510
true. And he also said,

1578
00:58:02,050 --> 00:58:03,110
it is finished.

1579
00:58:04,125 --> 00:58:05,985
He said that once before, didn't he?

1580
00:58:06,925 --> 00:58:08,704
At the cross, he said, it's finished.

1581
00:58:09,405 --> 00:58:11,164
Everything that you need to be right with

1582
00:58:11,164 --> 00:58:13,264
god, everything you need to be forgiven

1583
00:58:13,724 --> 00:58:15,965
is finished. It's done. It's been provided for.

1584
00:58:15,965 --> 00:58:17,565
And then when he says it this next

1585
00:58:17,565 --> 00:58:18,065
time,

1586
00:58:18,364 --> 00:58:18,864
it's

1587
00:58:19,269 --> 00:58:19,769
everything

1588
00:58:20,550 --> 00:58:21,050
forever.

1589
00:58:22,789 --> 00:58:24,090
Everything on this earth,

1590
00:58:24,550 --> 00:58:25,530
it's done.

1591
00:58:26,150 --> 00:58:27,050
We're there.

1592
00:58:27,750 --> 00:58:28,730
It's over.

1593
00:58:29,190 --> 00:58:32,170
And we get to start the amazing part.

1594
00:58:33,635 --> 00:58:34,454
It's finished.

1595
00:58:34,835 --> 00:58:37,074
I'm the alpha and the omega. The beginning

1596
00:58:37,074 --> 00:58:38,835
and the end. To all who are thirsty,

1597
00:58:38,835 --> 00:58:40,434
I will give freely from the springs of

1598
00:58:40,434 --> 00:58:42,295
the water of life. All who are victorious

1599
00:58:42,355 --> 00:58:44,054
will inherit all these blessings.

1600
00:58:44,355 --> 00:58:45,815
And I will be their God

1601
00:58:46,400 --> 00:58:48,660
and they will be my children. 2nd Corinthians

1602
00:58:48,800 --> 00:58:49,619
chapter 4

1603
00:58:49,920 --> 00:58:50,739
verse 16.

1604
00:58:51,039 --> 00:58:54,180
This is why we never give up.

1605
00:58:56,480 --> 00:58:58,684
That is why we never give up. Though

1606
00:58:58,684 --> 00:59:00,605
our bodies are dying, our spirits are being

1607
00:59:00,605 --> 00:59:03,005
renewed every day. For our present troubles are

1608
00:59:03,005 --> 00:59:05,644
small and won't last very long, yet they

1609
00:59:05,644 --> 00:59:08,364
produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs

1610
00:59:08,364 --> 00:59:09,744
them and will last forever.

1611
00:59:10,684 --> 00:59:12,545
When Jesus said it is finished,

1612
00:59:13,670 --> 00:59:15,269
all the stuff you've dealt with on this

1613
00:59:15,269 --> 00:59:15,769
earth

1614
00:59:16,150 --> 00:59:17,930
will seem so minuscule.

1615
00:59:19,910 --> 00:59:20,809
It's finished.

1616
00:59:23,110 --> 00:59:24,869
So we don't look at the troubles we

1617
00:59:24,869 --> 00:59:26,950
see now, rather we fix our gaze on

1618
00:59:26,950 --> 00:59:28,489
things that cannot be seen.

1619
00:59:29,085 --> 00:59:31,085
For the things we see now will soon

1620
00:59:31,085 --> 00:59:33,344
be gone, but the things we cannot see

1621
00:59:34,045 --> 00:59:35,724
will last forever. Why don't you stand with

1622
00:59:35,724 --> 00:59:36,224
me?

1623
00:59:41,085 --> 00:59:42,704
Jesus, open our spirit.

1624
00:59:44,349 --> 00:59:45,250
Open our

1625
00:59:45,630 --> 00:59:46,769
spiritual eyes.

1626
00:59:48,909 --> 00:59:51,230
God, I pray that every single person in

1627
00:59:51,230 --> 00:59:51,969
this room

1628
00:59:53,389 --> 00:59:56,109
will just get a a little spiritual glimpse

1629
00:59:56,109 --> 00:59:56,849
right now

1630
01:00:00,224 --> 01:00:00,964
of how

1631
01:00:02,625 --> 01:00:04,324
amazing eternity with you is.

1632
01:00:07,344 --> 01:00:09,364
Or just give us just a little taste

1633
01:00:11,280 --> 01:00:12,260
through your word.

1634
01:00:17,119 --> 01:00:18,960
Lord, that I want every single one of

1635
01:00:18,960 --> 01:00:20,739
us in this building standing there.

1636
01:00:22,079 --> 01:00:24,500
Every one of us covered with your blood

1637
01:00:25,175 --> 01:00:25,675
standing

1638
01:00:26,855 --> 01:00:27,355
there.

1639
01:00:28,534 --> 01:00:30,394
And our tears will be wiped away.

1640
01:00:35,734 --> 01:00:37,655
That we get to hear you say in

1641
01:00:37,655 --> 01:00:41,039
person, looking right at you, we get to

1642
01:00:41,260 --> 01:00:43,519
say, hear you say it is finished.

1643
01:00:47,579 --> 01:00:48,799
We get to look across,

1644
01:00:50,940 --> 01:00:51,760
see friends,

1645
01:00:52,139 --> 01:00:53,039
family members,

1646
01:00:54,324 --> 01:00:55,065
even people

1647
01:00:55,405 --> 01:00:55,905
we

1648
01:00:56,244 --> 01:00:56,744
didn't

1649
01:00:57,085 --> 01:00:57,585
like.

1650
01:00:57,925 --> 01:00:59,224
And we all get to

1651
01:01:00,005 --> 01:01:02,344
be amazed at your glory, your presence.

1652
01:01:02,885 --> 01:01:05,364
We get to worship you out loud with

1653
01:01:05,364 --> 01:01:06,505
you right there.

1654
01:01:10,250 --> 01:01:11,690
Lord, help us to get this in our

1655
01:01:11,690 --> 01:01:12,190
spirit.

1656
01:01:12,730 --> 01:01:14,730
I'm not gonna get tired of doing what

1657
01:01:14,730 --> 01:01:16,730
I'm supposed to be doing. I'm not gonna

1658
01:01:16,730 --> 01:01:17,469
give up.

1659
01:01:18,650 --> 01:01:20,510
I'm not gonna I'm not gonna

1660
01:01:20,885 --> 01:01:22,804
cash in and just say, I'm tired, I'm

1661
01:01:22,804 --> 01:01:24,105
done, I've tried this.

1662
01:01:25,684 --> 01:01:28,085
Lord, I'm gonna pursue you. I'm gonna chase

1663
01:01:28,085 --> 01:01:31,605
after you with everything about me. I'm gonna

1664
01:01:31,605 --> 01:01:33,525
chase after your word. I'm gonna chase after

1665
01:01:33,525 --> 01:01:34,264
your truth.

1666
01:01:36,940 --> 01:01:38,780
And I'm gonna stand when you've told me

1667
01:01:38,780 --> 01:01:39,360
to stand.

1668
01:01:41,340 --> 01:01:42,640
In the name of Jesus.

1669
01:01:46,619 --> 01:01:48,539
Jesus, every one of us in this room,

1670
01:01:48,539 --> 01:01:50,954
convict us. If we don't belong to you,

1671
01:01:50,954 --> 01:01:52,174
convict us right now.

1672
01:01:52,474 --> 01:01:53,934
Help us to get it right,

1673
01:01:54,234 --> 01:01:54,974
right now.

1674
01:01:58,554 --> 01:02:01,034
But Jesus, forgive us. Forgive us of our

1675
01:02:01,034 --> 01:02:01,534
sin.

1676
01:02:02,119 --> 01:02:03,579
Cover us with your blood,

1677
01:02:03,880 --> 01:02:05,579
and make us right with God.

1678
01:02:08,519 --> 01:02:09,420
We repent.

1679
01:02:17,824 --> 01:02:19,045
In the name of Jesus.

1680
01:02:23,744 --> 01:02:25,045
In the name of Jesus.

1681
01:02:33,719 --> 01:02:34,760
I like Linda to,

1682
01:02:35,719 --> 01:02:37,340
lead us in the course of this

1683
01:02:39,880 --> 01:02:41,099
song as we finish.

1684
01:04:32,019 --> 01:04:33,860
Let's just tell him. Tell him in your

1685
01:04:33,860 --> 01:04:34,440
own words.

1686
01:04:35,855 --> 01:04:37,234
Lord, we love you.

1687
01:04:38,335 --> 01:04:40,594
We worship you. We exalt you.

1688
01:04:41,534 --> 01:04:42,835
You're the king, Jesus.

1689
01:04:45,135 --> 01:04:46,514
You're the king, Jesus.

1690
01:04:49,530 --> 01:04:50,750
We belong to you.

1691
01:04:54,329 --> 01:04:55,390
Thank you, Jesus.

1692
01:04:57,130 --> 01:04:58,750
God, we exalt you.

1693
01:05:00,585 --> 01:05:02,284
We exalt you, Jesus.

1694
01:05:05,224 --> 01:05:07,224
Lord, I want my heart, my mind to

1695
01:05:07,224 --> 01:05:08,284
belong to you,

1696
01:05:08,984 --> 01:05:09,804
my existence

1697
01:05:10,184 --> 01:05:11,484
to be totally yours.

1698
01:05:12,505 --> 01:05:14,505
My life is not my own. It is

1699
01:05:14,505 --> 01:05:15,005
yours.

1700
01:05:16,780 --> 01:05:18,880
Lord, my life is a drink offering.

1701
01:05:20,940 --> 01:05:23,199
My life is a drink offering for you.

1702
01:05:25,099 --> 01:05:27,280
Lord, pour me out any way you want.

1703
01:05:29,904 --> 01:05:30,885
In Jesus name.

1704
01:05:33,904 --> 01:05:35,824
God, I pray for our church, I pray

1705
01:05:35,824 --> 01:05:36,724
for our city,

1706
01:05:37,664 --> 01:05:38,484
our state,

1707
01:05:39,505 --> 01:05:42,085
our country. Help us to turn to you.

1708
01:05:44,329 --> 01:05:46,170
To turn to you, the beginning and the

1709
01:05:46,170 --> 01:05:47,710
end, the Alpha and the Omega.

1710
01:05:49,849 --> 01:05:51,550
We wanna belong to you.

1711
01:05:55,610 --> 01:05:56,590
Thank you, Jesus.

1712
01:05:57,934 --> 01:05:58,994
Thank you, Jesus.

1713
01:06:08,015 --> 01:06:09,155
Before noon tomorrow,

1714
01:06:10,530 --> 01:06:12,610
God's gonna give you the opportunity to ask

1715
01:06:12,610 --> 01:06:13,110
somebody,

1716
01:06:14,849 --> 01:06:17,650
if Jesus came back right now, are you

1717
01:06:17,650 --> 01:06:18,150
good?

1718
01:06:20,690 --> 01:06:22,930
Take the opportunity. Tell somebody. Look for any

1719
01:06:22,930 --> 01:06:25,030
way possible to tell somebody about Jesus,

1720
01:06:25,635 --> 01:06:27,394
and God will honor that in your life.

1721
01:06:27,394 --> 01:06:28,215
It's a guarantee.

1722
01:06:28,675 --> 01:06:31,235
Don't forget we have prayer tomorrow night if

1723
01:06:31,235 --> 01:06:32,855
you'd like to join us up here.

1724
01:06:33,394 --> 01:06:35,474
If not, we will see you Wednesday night.

1725
01:06:35,474 --> 01:06:36,614
Shake somebody's hand,

1726
01:06:36,914 --> 01:06:37,655
ask them,

1727
01:06:37,954 --> 01:06:39,894
if Jesus came back right now,

1728
01:06:40,409 --> 01:06:41,309
are you good?

1729
01:06:42,010 --> 01:06:43,769
And, we will see you then. Have a

1730
01:06:43,769 --> 01:06:44,909
great rest of your afternoon.