1 00:00:09,850 --> 00:00:12,890 Welcome to the podcast of the White Church in Adelaide, South 2 00:00:12,890 --> 00:00:14,610 Australia. Well, it's good to have everyone 3 00:00:14,610 --> 00:00:16,970 here. When I was when we were singing, 4 00:00:16,970 --> 00:00:19,250 I just I was reminded of this verse and I was just going to 5 00:00:19,250 --> 00:00:22,010 read it for us here. It says that this is Paul 6 00:00:22,010 --> 00:00:26,610 writing in one Corinthians. He says I has not seen nor ear 7 00:00:26,610 --> 00:00:30,200 heard nor have entered into the heart of man the things which 8 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:32,280 God has prepared for those who love him. 9 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:35,440 And I was just thinking about that just in in the moment 10 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:39,080 there. And it was just like, we have no 11 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:44,440 idea the things that God has in store for us as his people. 12 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:48,440 We have no idea the things that, you know, we live in a fallen 13 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:50,000 world. We've got a fallen body. 14 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:53,560 We've got we're fighting fallen ways of thinking and all this 15 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:56,880 stuff. We have no idea what it's what 16 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:03,360 God has even made us to be like. We have some idea, but it's like 17 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:07,440 you couldn't comprehend the way that God intended things to be. 18 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:11,480 Isn't that amazing? It's like we sing here together 19 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:14,720 and we lift him up and we, we, you know, we, we do the best 20 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:17,600 that we can with the, with the understanding that we have, with 21 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:19,200 the revelation that God's given us. 22 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:23,280 We do the best that we can, but it's like it's, it's becoming 23 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:28,560 clear to me that I have no idea, like I have no idea how amazing 24 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:33,400 this God is that I serve. I have no idea how amazing, you 25 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:36,640 know, the, the, the church that he's building actually is. 26 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:39,720 I have no idea. You know, the the things that 27 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:42,560 he's got laid out for us in into eternity. 28 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:46,560 We just can't wrap our head around how amazing our God is 29 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:49,560 and the plans and the purpose that he has for us. 30 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:53,640 He gives us some idea and we need some idea because otherwise 31 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:54,960 we're just here doing nothing, right? 32 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:56,840 But we're, we are here doing something. 33 00:01:57,440 --> 00:02:00,800 We're doing the best we can with the revelation that we have and, 34 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:04,840 and all of that stuff. So yeah, I, I hope that just 35 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:07,760 excites us. I'm saying that just to to build 36 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:11,160 us up and just to go, you know, as much as life is a struggle 37 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:14,480 here, because it is, we have our good moments and we have our 38 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:16,880 tough moments. Sometimes it feels like we're 39 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:18,400 having more tough moments than good. 40 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:20,280 But you know, we do have good moments. 41 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:23,240 So we do enjoy life to the for the most part, I think. 42 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:31,240 But yeah, just be putting our our mind beyond this place and 43 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:32,760 beyond the time that we're living in. 44 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:35,080 And that's sort of what we're going to be speaking about this 45 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:36,920 morning. We're going to spend the next 46 00:02:36,920 --> 00:02:40,120 few weeks talking about heaven and hell. 47 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:45,760 So this week is sort of like a, it's kind of an introduction, I 48 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:49,400 guess, to the coming weeks. We're going to spend the whole 49 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:52,080 of next, you know, unless things change, we're going to spend the 50 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:55,840 whole of next week talking about hell and then we're going to 51 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:57,560 finish. But the week after we're going 52 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:02,440 to talk about heaven. You know, the Bible has a lot to 53 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:06,440 say about these things. Jesus has a lot to say about, 54 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:08,760 you know, like Jesus didn't just come and talk about heaven. 55 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:11,840 Can I say that Jesus had a whole lot to say about hell? 56 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:14,040 So there's plenty that we can look through and work through. 57 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:18,520 So we're just going to have a look at some scriptures today 58 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:24,280 just to be sure, just to settle that the scripture teaches 59 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:29,760 heaven and hell. It teaches a, a place, places 60 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:33,880 when we, when we leave this place that there is a place 61 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:37,040 where people are going to spend an eternity with God. 62 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:42,480 And there is another place where people and fallen angels and 63 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:45,920 Satan are going to spend eternity separate from God. 64 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:47,880 That is the truth of the Scripture. 65 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:50,160 But let's have a look and, and see what the word of God 66 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:55,000 actually says. Can I just say as well, just to 67 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:59,680 set us up like, what are we, what are we expecting to, to get 68 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:01,400 out of talking about these things? 69 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:07,240 Well, I would hope that for us as believers in this room that 70 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:11,440 it fills us with hope, right? But when we talk about heaven 71 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:15,360 and we talk about hell, us as believers who have given our 72 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:18,480 life to Christ and know him and follow him and serve him, it 73 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:23,880 should do nothing but stir us with hope and strength for the 74 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:26,320 future. You know, should take our, our, 75 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:31,720 our doubts and our cares away to know that our God has made a 76 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:34,120 way. He has set things in stone. 77 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:36,840 He has written in his word. He is faithful and true. 78 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:39,480 What Jesus says will come to pass. 79 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:41,840 That is a good thing for you and I. 80 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:45,520 That is the good news. You know, the gospel talks about 81 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:47,960 these things. It's the good news of the 82 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:52,720 gospel, you know, So that is that should be the expectation 83 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:55,120 for us in this place. It should stir us with hope 84 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:59,560 where we're talking about preparing the bride. 85 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:03,800 You know, we we as the church, we as the bride of Christ, we 86 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:06,320 need to be prepared for for Jesus to come. 87 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:11,360 One of the things that you know, one of the purposes and you know 88 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:14,560 the vision for this church. One of the big things that that 89 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:18,120 God has put us here to do is to prepare the bride is to make 90 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:21,920 sure that we are looking to his coming. 91 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:25,840 We are prepared. We are putting aside the things 92 00:05:25,840 --> 00:05:29,880 of this world. We are, we are entering into the 93 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:33,880 things of God now and that when he comes, we are prepared and we 94 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:35,840 are ready. This is something that the 95 00:05:35,840 --> 00:05:40,840 church, this local church, this is high on our list of things 96 00:05:40,840 --> 00:05:44,200 that we want to be talking about, stirring each other on 97 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:46,680 about. Make sure that we're aware about 98 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:55,320 being prepared for his coming. This should stir a sense of 99 00:05:55,360 --> 00:06:00,280 urgency in US. It really should when we think 100 00:06:00,280 --> 00:06:05,080 about, you know, those that we care about and our loved ones, 101 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:08,840 those that, you know, might even be in our homes or whatever. 102 00:06:08,840 --> 00:06:10,760 Like there's people that don't know him. 103 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:13,640 There's people that don't understand the truth of the 104 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:15,280 things that we're going to be sharing here. 105 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:23,120 These truths as believers should stir us up with a heart of 106 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:25,280 compassion for the lost around us. 107 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:29,520 It shouldn't, we shouldn't just be able to live carelessly in 108 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:32,880 these things. You know, and I think sometimes 109 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:35,600 for me and I think for others, you could say that sometimes 110 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:39,760 we're guilty of that, just living a little carelessly when 111 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:43,720 it comes to people that God's put in our lives that we don't 112 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:48,920 really think too much about the the solid reality that every 113 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:51,120 single person is going to stand before God. 114 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:54,000 God and those that aren't written in the book have an 115 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:56,240 eternity of being separated from him. 116 00:06:57,120 --> 00:06:59,000 We should care about those things. 117 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:02,280 Jesus cares greatly about those things. 118 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:05,600 Jesus is building his church. The church should care greatly 119 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:10,960 about those things. And again, that's that's not a 120 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:13,000 heaviness. That's not a like, oh, I need to 121 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:14,360 do something. I'm not doing anything. 122 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:16,680 That's just compassion. That's just God's heart. 123 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:20,400 That's just saying, Lord, like if that's not my reality, that's 124 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:24,080 just a point of saying to the Lord, why, why is there no 125 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:27,120 compassion here? Lord, I believe this to be true. 126 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:32,120 Why does it seem like I'm able just to, you know, go through my 127 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:36,400 life and not be burdened, You know, the, the prophets in the, 128 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:39,200 in the, especially in the Old Testament Scripture that were 129 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:44,400 burdened for what God had said, you know, especially on the fall 130 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:48,280 of Jerusalem and stuff like that, that were burdened for the 131 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:51,280 things that God was about and the things that God was doing. 132 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:54,520 And we should have a burden here. 133 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:58,840 And I pray that we would, maybe we just pray right now, Lord, 134 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:02,760 if, if there's work to be done in our hearts, Lord, we seek you 135 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:06,160 for that thing. We seek you to transform us to 136 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:08,720 be like you. Lord, we want to take on your 137 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:12,240 burden for the loss around us. We want to have a heart for the 138 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:14,640 people that you have the heart for. 139 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:18,720 So just help us with that, Lord. Take away any heaviness and 140 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:22,520 you're feeling like we've missed it or all of those things. 141 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:25,240 It's not about that, Lord. It's it's about us just wanting 142 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:28,520 to to see what you see and, and feel what you see. 143 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:32,000 Feel what you feel so that we could be effective, Lord, in the 144 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,799 things that you've called us to. Amen. 145 00:08:34,799 --> 00:08:41,120 Thank you, Lord. So, you know, when we're talking 146 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:44,240 about heaven and hell, we're talking about a great 147 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:49,680 separation, We're talking about a final judgement, you know, 148 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:54,280 and, and, and what I am talking about is like, it's like the 149 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:57,720 end, the end point. It's like there's a whole lot 150 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:00,160 that needs to happen. You know, if you read through 151 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:02,680 the Scripture, there's, you know, we would say that Jesus 152 00:09:02,680 --> 00:09:05,840 has done it all. And, and he has in terms of our, 153 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:09,120 you know, assuring our salvation, but Jesus has things 154 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:11,720 to do. You know, the word of God says 155 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:15,000 that there's stuff that God still needs to do, but after 156 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:18,520 that, there's a, there's going to be a final judgement. 157 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:21,240 There's going to be a new heaven and a new earth. 158 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:22,800 That's this is what I'm talking about. 159 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:27,600 I'm talking about the thing down the road for all eternity where 160 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:32,040 God's done what needed to be done when the separation takes 161 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:34,560 place. And those that belong to the 162 00:09:34,560 --> 00:09:39,240 Lord are gathered together with him forever and those that do 163 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:42,440 not, are not in his presence anymore. 164 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:47,640 This is what I'm talking about. This is heaven and hell and it's 165 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:51,400 for all eternity. It's forever, you know, it's, 166 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:54,120 it's final. The word of God is very clear 167 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:57,080 that it's just like there's no do overs after that. 168 00:09:57,080 --> 00:10:01,800 It's like once this is done, God's not playing games anymore. 169 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:04,040 It's just like this is the sure thing. 170 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:07,920 This is going to happen. God will have his desire. 171 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:12,920 God's word will stand. That will be it. 172 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:16,760 There's no, there's Satan's not going to break out of hell and 173 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:20,280 come and call some more done God. 174 00:10:20,560 --> 00:10:24,840 Satan's allowed to do certain things because God allows him 175 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:28,280 to. You know, the, the our Lord is 176 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:33,240 Lord, that Satan doesn't do anything that he doesn't allow. 177 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:36,560 That's a hard truth to for us to try and get our heads around. 178 00:10:36,560 --> 00:10:40,280 Sometimes it's tough, but the Word of God says that that 179 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:42,960 Satan's going to be bound for 1000 years and then he's going 180 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:44,880 to be released again. I'm not getting into all that 181 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:46,520 today. I'm getting sidetracked. 182 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:50,720 But I'm talking about after that, you know, when Satan is 183 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:52,880 locked up and bound forever done. 184 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:56,800 All right, so let's open up some scriptures and have a look. 185 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:00,760 We're going to we're going to start in Daniel 12, verse 2. 186 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:06,320 And I just want you guys to notice that it says that all 187 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:09,640 people experience a physical resurrection. 188 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:12,120 All people. Let's just read the Scripture 189 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:16,480 and then we'll talk about it. Daniel 12, verse 2, it says, And 190 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:19,800 many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, 191 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:25,320 some to everlasting life, some to shame and everlasting 192 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:28,200 contempt. This is the separation. 193 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:34,680 This is the the two groups here. Same in the New Testament. 194 00:11:34,680 --> 00:11:40,320 If we have a look at the book of John, so John 5 verse 28, it 195 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:42,680 says this. It says do not marvel at this 196 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:46,640 for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will 197 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:50,720 hear his voice and come forth. Those who have done good to the 198 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:53,960 resurrection of life, those who have done evil to the 199 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:57,240 resurrection of condemnation. Do you see what it said there? 200 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:01,680 So to the resurrection of condemnation, to the, to the 201 00:12:01,680 --> 00:12:06,360 resurrection of life. So the Greek word for 202 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:10,680 resurrection in the Scripture, it's the same, it's the same 203 00:12:10,680 --> 00:12:15,680 word, but to be resurrected into life and to be resurrected into 204 00:12:15,680 --> 00:12:19,080 condemnation. So that means everyone's going 205 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:22,200 to be woken up in a physical sense. 206 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:25,400 You know, there's they they're going to be in a state of full 207 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:29,240 consciousness. I think we have to realize that 208 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:33,120 those that are going to spend eternity separated from God. 209 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:38,360 It's not like ignorant bliss. Now they're conscious. 210 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:43,520 They know which is that would have to be the most tormenting 211 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:49,360 thing ever to know that you're conscious and separated from God 212 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:51,720 and there's no getting over the void. 213 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:53,680 There's no getting to the other side. 214 00:12:53,680 --> 00:12:57,800 That's it. Now that's that's horrifying. 215 00:13:04,670 --> 00:13:07,270 And those are these are the some of the things that need to stir 216 00:13:07,270 --> 00:13:11,510 us up, you know, for the people that are around us, for our 217 00:13:11,510 --> 00:13:14,830 friends and and our family. It's just like, I don't want to 218 00:13:14,830 --> 00:13:17,550 be like, I don't want to be, you know, standing there one day and 219 00:13:17,550 --> 00:13:20,110 having my friends look over me and say, why didn't you tell me 220 00:13:20,110 --> 00:13:22,430 this? Right? 221 00:13:22,430 --> 00:13:25,030 I don't want them in this place just going. 222 00:13:25,310 --> 00:13:31,360 I had a friend that knew him and they're there and I'm here and 223 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:34,160 they never told me. You know, the Bible talks about 224 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:36,880 that, right? I'm not going to, I don't know 225 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:39,080 the Scripture off the top of my head, but it talks about those 226 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:43,240 that don't warn, you know, we got to warn. 227 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:49,680 You know, it's, I know that sharing these things with people 228 00:13:49,680 --> 00:13:52,640 is hard. It's not an easy thing to do, 229 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:57,840 but better for you to make them uncomfortable hearing that than 230 00:13:57,840 --> 00:14:02,000 them to be uncomfortable here living it, right? 231 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:05,480 So we're at some like there's a reality in this for us where we 232 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:09,040 have to get over ourselves for the sake of others. 233 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:11,960 You know, they don't want to hear about the gospel. 234 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:14,200 They're going to want to hear about it if they're going to end 235 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:16,840 up in this place, right? And it's going to be their 236 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:19,720 decision whether they choose to believe it or not. 237 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:26,440 OK, So Matthew 25 verse 31, it says, when the Son of Man comes 238 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:30,560 in his glory, and all his holy angels with him, then he shall 239 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:33,480 sit on the throne of his glory, and the nations shall be 240 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:37,360 gathered before him, and he will separate them one from another. 241 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:41,800 As a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats, and he will set 242 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:44,880 the sheep on his right hand and the goats on his left. 243 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:48,280 Then the king will say to those on his right hand, Come, you 244 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:52,040 blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you 245 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:54,080 from the foundation of the world. 246 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:57,920 And verse 41 says, and then you will say also to those on his 247 00:14:57,920 --> 00:15:03,640 left hand, depart from me, you curse into everlasting fire, 248 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:06,000 prepared for the devil and his angels. 249 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:10,400 Do you see that this is over and over again this? 250 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:15,240 It's not unclear. The Lord's making this very 251 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:18,120 clear that this is the reality, this is the truth. 252 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:22,480 I think that, you know, people were shying away from this 253 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:25,200 truth. Now, even in the churches, 254 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:29,240 that's a scary thing that we would shy away from the things 255 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:32,920 that Jesus taught, from the things that the word of God 256 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:36,880 teaches. So another scripture, just give 257 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:42,440 us another one. Matthew 13, verse 41, it says 258 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:45,760 the Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out 259 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:49,280 of his Kingdom all things that offend and those which practice 260 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:52,640 lawlessness, and it will cast them into the furnace of fire, 261 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:55,440 and there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 262 00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:59,320 Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the Kingdom 263 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:03,720 of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him 264 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:06,080 hear. Are we listening? 265 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:11,840 Who's got an ear in this place? Ryan's got teeth. 266 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:13,880 Good job. We've got ears. 267 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:17,840 Are we listening because it's not just having an ear, it's 268 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:21,960 having an ear to hear. He who have an ear to hear, let 269 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:23,920 him hear. That's not just saying just 270 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:27,080 because you've got an ear and it's coming into your into your 271 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:29,400 ear. That's saying that if your ear 272 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:33,240 is listening, if you are listening up and you're saying, 273 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:38,000 Lord, show me the truth. You know, like I said, like many 274 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:41,520 are shying away from this reality and, you know, saying 275 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:46,800 things like, how could a loving God send anyone into that place? 276 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:50,720 Because it's horrific. It's a horrible place. 277 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:56,760 How could a loving God do that? Well, the Bible talks about 278 00:16:56,760 --> 00:17:00,920 these things as well, right? It's like in order for God to 279 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:06,400 love his beloved, he has to. I want you to think about that 280 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:08,960 for a minute. It's like, you know, that 281 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:11,079 question of how could a loving God do that? 282 00:17:11,079 --> 00:17:13,359 How could a loving God not do that? 283 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:20,440 How could a loving God allow evil to reign with his chosen? 284 00:17:21,319 --> 00:17:22,920 Does that sound like a loving God? 285 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:24,960 Does that sound like a loving father? 286 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:29,280 Of course it doesn't. See how we twist things, See how 287 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:32,520 we like, try and put our understanding of what love is on 288 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:35,200 God and God's understanding of love. 289 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:38,840 God is love. God's love is so much more 290 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:43,760 complete than mine. And so, you know, I was thinking 291 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:45,920 about this. It's just like just a couple of 292 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:47,520 pictures to help us understand that. 293 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:50,560 I'm sure that us sitting here realise that that's true, that 294 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:53,280 he has to do this. But I'm just thinking about like 295 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:55,520 my boys. It's just like, it's a very, you 296 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:58,880 know, this falls way short. OK, just so you know, but like, 297 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:01,920 if my boys are playing and one of them is hurting the other 298 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:06,320 one, do you know what I do? I separate them, right? 299 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:09,840 I'll pick one up and I'll put him in his room, right? 300 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:13,000 Because I'm not going to allow him to hurt the other one. 301 00:18:13,120 --> 00:18:15,040 The other one's just sitting there having a good time or 302 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:16,560 whatever. I'm not going to as a loving 303 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:19,920 father, I'm not going to allow the other one to ruin this guy's 304 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:21,840 day, right? I'm going to separate him. 305 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:23,080 I'm going to put him in his room. 306 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:26,480 I'm going to deal with it. That's what a loving Father 307 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:27,480 does. He deals with it. 308 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:29,160 He doesn't allow things to go on. 309 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:34,320 God's grace and mercy is allowing things to happen right 310 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:40,040 now, but mercy and grace come to an end and then judgement has to 311 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:46,080 happen because God is loving. You know, another, another way 312 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:48,240 that we can sort of help us understand this. 313 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:51,920 It's interesting to me because society understands this 314 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:55,600 concept, right? When someone hurts your family, 315 00:18:56,240 --> 00:18:58,560 you know, if, if people like you hear it on the news and stuff 316 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:00,320 like that, there's horrific things going on. 317 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:06,200 When when someone comes along and inflicts pain or or 318 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:09,880 suffering upon a family or a people, what are the people cry 319 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:15,560 out for judgement, call the cops, grab this guy away, get 320 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:18,560 him away from here, lock him up. You know, throw away the key. 321 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:21,480 Like we understand this. There's certain crimes where you 322 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:25,840 just go this, this person can't be living in our society, right? 323 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:30,400 So to say that how could a loving God, it's a ridiculous 324 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:33,960 thing to say. My, my non believing friends 325 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:37,320 would agree that God would have to do this if he was real, 326 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:41,040 right? So anyway, I hope that, you 327 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:44,120 know, we can land that. It's just like God has to deal 328 00:19:44,120 --> 00:19:49,120 with these things. So heaven is God's dwelling 329 00:19:49,120 --> 00:19:52,520 place. It's where God dwells, right? 330 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:58,000 And to be in hell, like I've said, to be in that place is to 331 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:02,240 be separated from God. It's like an eternal separation. 332 00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:06,120 You know, the Garden of Eden was a very special place. 333 00:20:06,120 --> 00:20:07,880 You know why it was special when I think about it. 334 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:12,960 Because God walked there, isn't it What a what a place. 335 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:16,080 It's not just because it was perfect and it was beautiful and 336 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:19,240 you know, God said it's very good, but God was there. 337 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,320 God was work walking in the cool of the day. 338 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:25,440 Do you know what happened when you guys know what happened when 339 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:28,000 sin came and man fell? What what did God have to do 340 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:32,480 separate? He had to he had to drive him 341 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:34,880 out of the garden. You can't be here anymore. 342 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:39,480 I am wife, you can't be with me anymore. 343 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:42,200 You're cut off from life. You're cut off from the lights, 344 00:20:42,360 --> 00:20:45,680 from the source of life. You know that he puts a flaming 345 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:48,440 fire in front of it. Flaming sword. 346 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:50,400 It's kind of the same picture, isn't it? 347 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,160 It's just like you're not getting in, you're in the fire 348 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:55,040 now there's there's no getting out. 349 00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:58,920 So it's to be separated from God's presence. 350 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:04,560 So before, you know, just talking about eternity, you 351 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:08,240 know, eternity is just like this never ending period. 352 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:10,760 It's like it's not time. It's like it's not a very, very 353 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:13,000 long time. It's not like the clock just 354 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:14,640 keeps going. It's just like there is no time 355 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:16,000 now. It's forever. 356 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:18,400 It's eternity. And I was thinking about that 357 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:20,480 this week. I was like, before death entered 358 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:23,320 the world, did time mean anything? 359 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:26,320 Not really. It's just like today's another 360 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:28,360 day. Do you know what I mean? 361 00:21:28,360 --> 00:21:30,680 Like the sun's going to rise tomorrow and here we are. 362 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:33,440 It's just like before death came along. 363 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:36,320 It's like things in the way the way that they were supposed to 364 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:38,360 be. And as soon as death comes 365 00:21:38,360 --> 00:21:40,640 along, now the clock's ticking. You see what I'm saying? 366 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:44,400 And so when there's no death, the clock's not ticking anymore. 367 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:48,880 It's like, like it's just just live, just live and enjoy life 368 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:52,640 if you're where you need to be. I just thought that was an 369 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:56,200 interesting thing when I thought about that today during the 370 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:59,760 week. You know, fear of death is 371 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:04,640 fearing life ending, isn't it? That's what fear of death is. 372 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:08,240 It's not just fearing, you know, the things to come. 373 00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:10,640 It's just going, I'm not going to be alive anymore. 374 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:14,040 And we like to be alive, don't we? 375 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:16,600 We love, we love life. Life is good. 376 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:18,920 You know, our life is good because God gave it to us and he 377 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:21,120 said it's good. It's part of who he is. 378 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:26,520 Life is good. So we don't fear death because 379 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:32,360 Jesus has conquered the grave. Revelation one verse 17, it 380 00:22:32,360 --> 00:22:35,960 says, And when I saw him, I feel like his feet is dead. 381 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:39,400 This is John speaking and it said, but he laid his right hand 382 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:42,840 on me, saying to me, do not be afraid. 383 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:49,120 I am the 1st and I am the last. I am him who lives and was dead. 384 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:52,000 And behold, I am alive forevermore. 385 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:55,880 Amen. And I take and I have taken the 386 00:22:55,880 --> 00:23:00,240 keys of Hades and of death. This is what Jesus has done for 387 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:01,760 us. He's taken away the fear of 388 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:03,960 death. He's taking it out the way. 389 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:06,280 You're going to have an earthly death here, but we're going to 390 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:08,600 be resurrected. We're alive in the spirit. 391 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:12,080 We'll be with him forever. You know, when we leave this 392 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:13,600 place, we're going to be with the Lord. 393 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:16,080 Can I just say that I'm not sort of talking about that today, but 394 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:19,400 when we die as believers, we're going to be with him. 395 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:23,200 That should stir up some, some hope in US. 396 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:27,480 You know, many of you are a little older than me, just a 397 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:31,640 just a just a little bit. But in a sense, you know, like 398 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:36,080 it's I envy the fact that you might get there first. 399 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:38,920 I don't know. That's a stupid thing to say in 400 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:40,520 the natural. That is the dumbest thing that 401 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:46,920 you could ever say, right? But in God's word to say that, 402 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:48,240 you know, and Paul said this himself. 403 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:51,680 He said it's better that I go, but for your sake, I stay. 404 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:55,320 It's just like I would prefer to be where he is. 405 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:59,760 And I hope that all of us in this room could say that like, I 406 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:02,560 would prefer to be where he is. It's not like I want to just end 407 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:05,400 this and get out of here, sort of, sort of do. 408 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:08,120 But it's not what I'm saying. Like it's like, we got to be 409 00:24:08,120 --> 00:24:11,360 like Paul, OK, This is my point. It's like we got to be like 410 00:24:11,360 --> 00:24:13,200 Paul. We got to know that, hey, it's 411 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:16,320 better to be where he is. But Lord, I want to stay here 412 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:19,600 because because of what? Because of there's people around 413 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:24,600 me every day who are destined to be separated from the Lord 414 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:26,840 forever. And I want to stay here and I 415 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:29,920 want to play my part because I want to see some people saved. 416 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:33,160 I want to see some people come to know him the way that I've 417 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:36,560 come to know him. And so don't be in a hurry to 418 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:39,920 get out of here. You hear me? 419 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:44,160 You know what I'm saying? And so from Genesis to 420 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:48,520 Revelation, God's purpose was what was God's purpose through 421 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:50,280 the Scripture, all through the Scripture. 422 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:56,000 I'll give you a hint. It says I will be their God and 423 00:24:56,000 --> 00:25:00,040 they will be my people. How often does that come up in 424 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:04,120 the Scripture? Over and over and over and over. 425 00:25:04,120 --> 00:25:05,440 And what do we see in the Scripture? 426 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:08,880 We see God creating man and woman. 427 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:11,160 We see the God walking with them in the garden. 428 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:14,240 This is great. I will be their God. 429 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:16,520 They will be my people. And we see a whole bunch of 430 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:20,120 other stuff in between, but God's constantly saying I will 431 00:25:20,120 --> 00:25:21,680 be their God, they will be my people. 432 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:24,600 God calls up a nation of Israel. Why? 433 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:29,080 To reveal himself to the world. I will be their God. 434 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:32,040 They will be my people. The purpose of God raising up 435 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:34,880 Israel was so that the nations would know who he was. 436 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:37,240 Right. And then Jesus has come and 437 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:39,880 revealed the Father. You know, he says that he's not 438 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:42,040 just your father now, He's not sorry. 439 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:43,920 He's not just my father, He's our father. 440 00:25:44,360 --> 00:25:47,520 Do you see what he's saying? He's saying he's, he's 441 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:49,560 fulfilling this. He's saying, you know, God's 442 00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:51,480 saying I will be their, their Father. 443 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:53,920 They will be my people. And obviously the Book of 444 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:56,160 Revelation talks about exactly the same thing. 445 00:25:56,360 --> 00:25:57,640 This is what we're talking about. 446 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:01,600 Heaven in eternity with him forever. 447 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,680 He will be our Father. We will be his people. 448 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:07,640 That's an amazing truth. And that is the truth that is 449 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:10,600 all through the Scripture. If you could believe one thing, 450 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:13,880 believe that that is the thing that God's trying to get us our 451 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:16,720 attention to. Believe that everything that 452 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:18,840 He's done, everything that He will do, everything that He's 453 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:22,200 planning and all these things is to fulfil His great purpose, 454 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:27,760 that He would be honoured as God because He is worthy of honour. 455 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:29,880 You know why? Because He is God. 456 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:33,600 He created all things. None of us have any existence 457 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:36,560 outside of what He did. He is worthy of honour, He is 458 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:41,680 worthy of praise, He is our Lord and we in all eternity will be 459 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:45,360 sons and daughters of the King and we will have the privilege 460 00:26:45,360 --> 00:26:49,560 of being with him and the privilege of singing it out and 461 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:54,480 the privilege of of enjoying the things that God has for us. 462 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:58,520 But we get to do that here. We get to sing praises, we get 463 00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:02,080 to lift Him high, we get to tell others that He is King. 464 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:03,920 Amen. Amen. 465 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:07,720 So we tell people. What do we tell people? 466 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:10,240 Do we tell people that God loves them? 467 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:13,240 Yes. Is that all we tell them? 468 00:27:14,360 --> 00:27:16,640 What else do we tell him? Yes, we tell him that and we 469 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:19,880 tell him the rest. So John 316, very famous verse. 470 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:24,040 You know, you just realized this morning from reading that that 471 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:27,200 Jesus is talking to Nicodemus. I didn't like, I've never put 472 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:28,840 two and two together. That's pretty cool. 473 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:31,080 Anyway, that's just some trivia for you. 474 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:34,880 It's not trivia. John 316 It says, For God so 475 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:38,880 loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever 476 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:42,600 believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting 477 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:45,840 life. For God did not send His Son 478 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:49,400 into the world to condemn the world, but that the world 479 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:54,160 through Him might be saved. God loves you, what else? 480 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:56,320 All right, let's keep reading verse 18. 481 00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:59,360 He who believes in Him is not condemned. 482 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:02,360 Catch this. But he who does not believe is 483 00:28:02,360 --> 00:28:07,480 condemned already. Jesus said that because He has 484 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:10,400 not believed in the name of the only begotten Son. 485 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:12,040 Do you see what we do with Scripture? 486 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:16,560 Sometimes we leave out half of it and we say, you know, oh, 487 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:19,160 John 316, such an amazing verse of God's love. 488 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:23,480 And it is it's amazing. But then if that's all you tell 489 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:28,480 someone, you miss the bit where Jesus says, hey, if you believe 490 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:31,000 that you're saved, If you don't believe that you're condemned 491 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,600 already. It's almost like that's, you 492 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:36,120 know, that's like you can't speak to people like that. 493 00:28:36,120 --> 00:28:39,520 Jesus. Did you know, like was Jesus out 494 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:41,720 to save people or not? Yes, of course he was. 495 00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:46,080 He, he, Jesus thought that that was a necessary side to the 496 00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:50,040 gospel to share, right? And so we need to, when we're 497 00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:52,960 sharing the gospel, when we're sharing the truth with people, 498 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:54,960 we're going to make sure we share it the way that God 499 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:57,960 presented it. I think that's pretty important, 500 00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:01,280 isn't it? So we can't miss out the the way 501 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:03,680 people are condemned already. They need a savior. 502 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:06,480 If they don't understand that they're condemned, what need do 503 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:10,280 they have of a Savior? It's like, what are you saved 504 00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:12,400 from? You're saved from eternal 505 00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:17,080 separation from condemnation. You're, you're saved from God's 506 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:22,000 judgement that leads you to a place of separation from him. 507 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:26,000 That's what salvation is. Oh, we just, you know, I'm 508 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:27,480 saved. You know, I hoped that people 509 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:29,840 would be saved. Saved from what? 510 00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:34,440 Saved from judgement. Jesus took the judgement upon 511 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:37,160 himself. You know that that doesn't 512 00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:41,240 always sound pleasant. It doesn't really sound that 513 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:44,440 pleasant, does. It doesn't necessarily feel good 514 00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:47,720 to say to someone that you care about, you know, that you're 515 00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:51,040 condemned. You know that God loves you, but 516 00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:55,800 you're condemned that you're dead, that you need some life 517 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:57,560 and God's willing to give it to you. 518 00:29:57,560 --> 00:30:00,040 That doesn't sound very, you know, pleasant does. 519 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:04,880 It doesn't feel good necessarily to say that to someone, but it's 520 00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:07,920 not about feeling good. It's not about like what you 521 00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:11,000 know feels good and feels right in our own understanding. 522 00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:15,160 It's about the truth. It's about sharing the truth 523 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:19,840 with people and letting them decide whether they're going to 524 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:24,680 get a hold of this or not. Because ultimately our decision 525 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:27,480 is going to be the thing that's that sends us there. 526 00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:30,840 You know, we could, you know, it's an interesting thing when 527 00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:33,400 you think about that, you know, people would say God doesn't 528 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:36,800 send anyone to hell. It's kind of true, but it's kind 529 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:40,240 of not as well because who's going to send them there then? 530 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:44,560 Because it's like, if someone rejects Christ, I'm not going to 531 00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:47,560 believe that how are they going to get to hell unless God sends 532 00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:48,800 them there. Do you see what I'm saying? 533 00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:51,360 It's like God does send them to hell, but they choose it. 534 00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:55,000 So be careful. Even in our language we like, 535 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:57,960 we, we don't even like to say that language because it doesn't 536 00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:00,080 sound good. Do you see what I'm saying? 537 00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:03,120 It doesn't necessarily matter. We're going to be tactful in how 538 00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:07,280 we talk to people, but so long as the truth is being 539 00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:12,080 proclaimed, that is more important than us sugar coating 540 00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:16,200 things, fluffing it up a bit, you know, because my, all my 541 00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:18,800 friends, you know, he's a bit of a hard man. 542 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:21,560 So you know, he's not going to want all this, you know, this 543 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:24,040 sort of stuff or whatever. So I have to tell him a certain 544 00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:26,800 way and, you know, make it seem a certain way or whatever. 545 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:30,400 Just tell him the truth and let God, like the Holy Spirit is the 546 00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:33,520 one that saves, right? You and I didn't get saved 547 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:38,200 through anything other than the Lord doing a work in our heart 548 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:42,280 and now us receiving it like we made a choice short, but it was 549 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:46,000 the work of God in here that got in and and it wasn't your 550 00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:49,960 amazing words. It wasn't your your tactfulness 551 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:52,160 that helped someone receive the gospel. 552 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:57,920 It was the Spirit of God right God, you know that God chose 553 00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:00,440 you. You know we would say that you 554 00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:02,560 know I with the day that I chose the Lord. 555 00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:05,800 That's not what Jesus said Jesus said I have chosen you. 556 00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:09,400 He said to his disciples. He said I have chosen you. 557 00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:12,720 He said that, you know, that those that the Father gives me, 558 00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:16,160 do you see the language? Do you see how we twist things 559 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:18,120 up? We're going to be careful of our 560 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:20,600 language. Anyway, I'm getting sidetracked. 561 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:24,240 Let's just keep moving. All right, so I'm bringing this 562 00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:27,640 to a close. But again, let me just just 563 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:32,320 remind us of of the hope that you know what we're hoping to 564 00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:34,200 get out of this in the coming weeks. 565 00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:36,400 Next week's going to be difficult. 566 00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:41,960 Talking about Hell's not fun, but we're just going to relay 567 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:44,400 the truth of the word of God and let God deal with it. 568 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:46,120 Do you see what I'm saying? That's what we're going to do 569 00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:52,720 so, but with this is stirring up a reality that all of us must 570 00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:56,960 face. You know, this is, I hope that 571 00:32:56,960 --> 00:33:02,520 this would drive us into having real conversations with people 572 00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:05,440 that don't know him. You know, we can sit around our 573 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:08,800 tables and we can go and play, you know, with their kids and 574 00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:11,680 stuff like that and have a great time and leave. 575 00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:15,560 But if we're not seeking to have real conversations with those 576 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:17,880 that we care about, how's the gospel going to come through? 577 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:19,800 Right. We're going to, we are going to 578 00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:23,040 have to be purposeful in how we go about this. 579 00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:26,800 You know, when we plan to see our friends, be prayerful, be 580 00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:28,920 purposeful. Don't just, oh, you know, we'll 581 00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:30,600 just we'll just see them. We'll see what happens. 582 00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:33,880 Be purposeful. We need to be purposeful in our 583 00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:35,600 meetings. Amen. 584 00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:38,120 All right, because other otherwise nothing happens. 585 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:41,240 I'm sure you guys know you have these meetings with your friends 586 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:43,960 and then they leave and you just go, oh, that was sort of bit of 587 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:47,160 a bit of a non, non, non event. Why? 588 00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:49,680 Well, they're not going to bring it up with you. 589 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:53,680 Maybe they might, but you know, we know the truth. 590 00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:56,040 If someone doesn't know the truth, how they're going to 591 00:33:56,040 --> 00:33:59,880 bring up the truth with you. So it's us that has to steer in, 592 00:33:59,880 --> 00:34:02,400 in, you know, the conversation in a certain direction. 593 00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:07,880 All right, Can I just say as well, you know, I, I stand here 594 00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:10,360 and I sound really flippant when it comes to life and death. 595 00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:14,320 Death is hard. There's a reality to death that 596 00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:18,440 is very hard for us here. You know, we've said, you know, 597 00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:22,560 we've said goodbye to people that we love and we care for and 598 00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:25,679 we're, you know, we're unsure where they are. 599 00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:28,440 This is tough, man. This is not easy. 600 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:32,920 And so I just want to, you know, just make sure that we know that 601 00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:36,080 these are real, real things in here. 602 00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:39,120 Yeah, we're all going to face it one day. 603 00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:42,760 And it's not easy, but we do have hope. 604 00:34:43,639 --> 00:34:47,120 And so we just got to make sure that we're living in that hope. 605 00:34:47,679 --> 00:34:49,639 Amen. Awesome. 606 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:52,239 I just just on this as well. You know when I said that, you 607 00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:55,560 know, you don't know, I've got some friends that are no longer 608 00:34:55,560 --> 00:35:01,600 here, That's tough. How do you land that? 609 00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:05,520 How do you deal with that? You know how you deal? 610 00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:13,360 You got to trust the Lord. You got to trust that He knows 611 00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:17,920 better than you and I, He knows every single person. 612 00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:23,160 He knows it's God's will that all men would be saved, that all 613 00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:24,720 would be saved. That's God's will. 614 00:35:24,720 --> 00:35:27,920 You got to trust that will, like I said before, it's God that 615 00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:32,400 calls he chooses. So you just got to trust that 616 00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:37,160 our loving God, our father, whose whose plan and purpose is 617 00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:40,920 for his to be with him forever. He will sort it out. 618 00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:44,640 He will make sure that you know, he's across this. 619 00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:46,040 I guess we could just got to trust him. 620 00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:47,280 That's what that's all I'm saying. 621 00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:52,120 Don't just like let your your mind race around these things if 622 00:35:52,120 --> 00:35:55,840 it's making you, you know, just if you're losing your comfort, 623 00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:58,080 if you're losing your peace, just give it to the Lord. 624 00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:01,240 Just give it up. Don't try and work it all out. 625 00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:03,120 Amen. Is that OK? 626 00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:06,640 He knows. All right, I'm going to close 627 00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:09,080 with one more scripture here. This is an amazing one. 628 00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:10,920 I love this. I've read this to you before. 629 00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:18,240 This is John 17 verse 17. And it says Jesus spoke these 630 00:36:18,240 --> 00:36:21,280 words. He lifted up his eyes to heaven 631 00:36:21,720 --> 00:36:28,160 and he said, Father, the hour has come, glorify your Son, that 632 00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:34,200 your Son also may glorify you as you have given him authority 633 00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:39,600 over all flesh, that he may give eternal life to as many as you 634 00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:43,800 have given him. And this is eternal life. 635 00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:47,640 This is the one right, and this is eternal life, that they may 636 00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:55,200 know you, the the only true God and Jesus Christ whom you have 637 00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:58,360 sent. I've glorified you on the earth. 638 00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:01,640 I've finished the work which you have given me to do. 639 00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:07,120 And now, O Father, glorify me together with yourself, with the 640 00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:13,400 glory with which I had with you before the world was. 641 00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:16,240 Isn't that cool? Jesus was not created. 642 00:37:16,240 --> 00:37:21,520 Jesus is God. Amazing, but that they may know 643 00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:23,200 Him. What is eternal life? 644 00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:26,960 It is the fulfillment of God's plan and purpose. 645 00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:31,360 I will be their God. They will be my people. 646 00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:37,040 Eternal life is knowing Him. And the privilege that we have 647 00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:41,040 as believers now is that we get to live in that reality now. 648 00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:44,040 That is our reality. That is our hope. 649 00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:49,160 That is our peace and one day, even as we started, you know the 650 00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:51,400 verse that I started that you can't comprehend it. 651 00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:53,280 You don't know the things that God has planned. 652 00:37:53,720 --> 00:37:57,200 This is like the you know, again, this is like the what we 653 00:37:57,200 --> 00:38:00,720 have now knowing him is like this sure hope it's this. 654 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:06,000 It's this like it's the rock that that holds us now to know 655 00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:10,680 that these things are true. But gosh, that stirs 656 00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:17,640 anticipation and faith and joy to know that we will be with him 657 00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:20,440 in a way that we can't comprehend or know now because 658 00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:23,920 I, I experienced God now, you know, in a real way. 659 00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:27,600 And it's wonderful, you know, and when I'm struggling and 660 00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:32,680 when, when I need him, you know what he does, he shows up, he's 661 00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:35,040 that good. And that's amazing. 662 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:38,280 But one day, do you know that like one day, if we're 663 00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:40,800 privileged enough, we'd be able to give Jesus a hug? 664 00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:45,800 You know, he comes to his disciples and he says touch me. 665 00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:48,240 He says look at my hands and look at and look at my feet. 666 00:38:48,240 --> 00:38:52,880 He says I am flesh and bone. I'm like you resurrected body. 667 00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:57,920 Jesus is a man, Jesus is God. We will get to relate to the 668 00:38:57,920 --> 00:39:01,880 Lord the way that you and I can relate to one another. 669 00:39:04,280 --> 00:39:06,680 I think that's a pretty cool thing, isn't it? 670 00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:08,960 This is like you can't wrap your head around that. 671 00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:11,680 Being able to talk to God, walk with God again. 672 00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:13,760 This is like the Garden of Eden all over again. 673 00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:17,400 Being with God, that is eternal life. 674 00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:22,040 All right, so why don't we just pray together? 675 00:39:22,040 --> 00:39:26,760 I've said enough, but I do hope that this serves us on. 676 00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:29,600 Hey, let's seek the Lord together. 677 00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:34,720 Father, we, we thank you that that we can seek you now and 678 00:39:34,720 --> 00:39:38,680 that you can be found. Lord, I thank you that you're 679 00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:42,240 with us in this place. I thank you, Lord, that you use 680 00:39:42,240 --> 00:39:44,600 us and guide us and shape us and grow us. 681 00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:48,040 You have plan and purpose for us here, Lord. 682 00:39:48,040 --> 00:39:54,160 I pray that that the reality of the truth of heaven and hell of 683 00:39:54,160 --> 00:40:00,560 eternity with you or separated from you will stir us up, Lord. 684 00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:06,280 We'll grip our hearts and it will compel us, Lord. 685 00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:11,880 To be faithful witnesses here on this earth, I even just pray 686 00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:14,080 right now. Holy Spirit, come and empower 687 00:40:14,080 --> 00:40:17,640 us, Lord. Empower us, Lord, we can't do 688 00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:20,560 these things on our own. We pray that you would bear 689 00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:23,200 witness of Your name in US and through US. 690 00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:26,840 Lord, when we pray for others, when we pray for salvation, when 691 00:40:26,840 --> 00:40:32,080 we pray for deliverance, when we pray for healing, we pray, Holy 692 00:40:32,080 --> 00:40:34,720 Spirit, that you would come and touch lives around us, that you 693 00:40:34,720 --> 00:40:40,200 would declare the name of Jesus wherever we go, we want to see 694 00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:44,480 your mighty hand to save. We want to see people around us 695 00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:47,640 come to know you to experience this amazing God. 696 00:40:49,360 --> 00:40:53,040 So Father, we just close today with in just honor of you. 697 00:40:54,520 --> 00:40:58,280 We love you Lord, You are a good, good Father. 698 00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:02,600 We don't question your judgment, we don't question your ways, we 699 00:41:02,600 --> 00:41:05,000 just trust you. We leave it in your mighty hand 700 00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:10,000 and all of these things we pray in Jesus mighty name, Amen. 701 00:41:15,120 --> 00:41:17,000 Thank you for joining us for today's message. 702 00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:19,880 For more information about The Way Church, please visit 703 00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:22,840 ourwebsite@thewaychurch.com dot AU. 704 00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:24,200 Have a blessed day.