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Amen. 
How many of you like the old 

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Helm, Holy, holy, holy? 
Well, three of you like it and 

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the rest of you, you're going to
find it very interesting when 

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you get to heaven and you see 
that the heavenly hosts are day 

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and night declaring holy, holy, 
holy is the Lord God Almighty 

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who was and is and is to come 
every time that I have the 

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opportunity. 
Thank you, Casey, for doing that

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song. 
Every time that I have the 

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opportunity to ponder those 
things, that one day because of 

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Christ, because of the grace of 
God, because of the sacrifice 

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that the Lord made at Calvary on
my behalf and on behalf of all 

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those who would trust in Him, I 
can confidently say that one day

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I will gather before the throne 
with the heavenly host and I 

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will sing Holy, holy, holy is 
the Lord of God Almighty who was

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and is and is to come. 
What a privilege that He has 

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given us to allow us to approach
his throne of grace to, to bow 

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before him even now symbolically
and spiritually, to bow before 

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him and to declare that He is 
thrice holy, holy, holy, holy. 

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What a privilege, privilege it 
is to partake in that. 

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That's why I love the Lord's Day
services where we gather 

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together, we get to get a little
glimpse into what heaven is 

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going to be like. 
And I'm thankful that those of 

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you who are in Christ, we will 
forever, I do mean forever. 

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And I want you to really 
contemplate that forever. 

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Praise and worship the Lord 
together as we're doing here 

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this morning. 
Well, I begin the last sermon in

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2025 with letting you know that 
there is something that is 

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probably the most annoying thing
that I see throughout the year 

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already happening to me. 
There is nothing more annoying 

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in all the world at this point 
in my life than a charismatic 

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YouTube. 
Who's continually searching for 

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some hidden code or some 
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To. 
Determine that this year coming 

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up is in fact the year that the 
Lord is going to return. 

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The reason that it annoys me is 
because since YouTube has been 

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in existence and I don't know 
know how long that actually has 

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been. 
Some of you probably know. 

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I don't know. 
I'm pretty sure it was in 

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existence probably several years
before I even knew about it, but

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it seems like every year they've
come up with some new formula to

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figure out that this is the year
of the Lord's return. 

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Now I've seen year after year 
after year as these 

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self-proclaimed prophets have 
attempted to uncover all the 

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numerical hidden Bible codes 
that have been hidden for 

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centuries. 
For millennials, I've seen them 

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discover hidden messages that we
never knew were there. 

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I actually remember right Y2K 
when because of the Mayans. 

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What a world superpower. 
The Mayan counter didn't go any 

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farther, so this has got to be 
the end. 

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Some of you remember that. 
Some of you sadly built a bunker

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and prepared for it. 
There's nothing more annoying 

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than this time of year for me, 
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The beginning of a new year. 
It's annoying because there's 

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always those people. 
We've got it figured out. 

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The only problem with that is 
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Matthew, chapter 24. 
I want you to turn there with me

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as we see what the Lord actually
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subject of His return. 
We're going to see that very 

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quickly. 
These social media prophets 

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contradict that even that which 
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When you get there, verse 36, He
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He says no one knows about the 
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in heaven, nor the Son, but only
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As it was in the days of Noah, 
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the Son of Man. 
From the days before the flood, 

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people were eating and drinking,
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up to the day Noah entered the 
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What is he saying? 
Life is going on. 

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His life is normally gone on. 
They're eating, they're 

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drinking, they're having 
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Life is just happening, he says,
and they knew nothing about what

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would happen until the flood 
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That is how it will be at the 
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Two men will be in the field, 
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left. 
Two women will be grinding with 

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a hand mill, One will be taken 
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Therefore, he says, keep watch, 
because you do not know on what 

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day your Lord will come. 
But understand this. 

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He says you can't. 
Predict this. 

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But here's some things you do 
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But understand this, if the 
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what time of the night the thief
was coming, he would have kept 

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watching, would would not have 
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So you also must be ready, 
because the Son of Man will come

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at an hour when you do not 
expect him. 

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Let's pray together. 
Father, in the name of Jesus, we

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come to you, thanking you for 
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Your word is true in our 
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Don't matter. 
God, I pray today as we look at 

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your word in regard to your 
second coming, to your return. 

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God, I pray that you give us 
clarity. 

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I pray that you bring us 
conviction. 

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I pray that we see the 
seriousness of this. 

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I pray that we see the fact. 
That it is imminent. 

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It is at the door that it could 
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Lord, I pray that we prepare 
ourselves in case these 

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charismatic YouTube prophets get
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May we find ourselves prepared 
as You've commanded us to do, 

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being watchful, being ready 
since we do not know the hour, 

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but we do know the reality. 
We know that You've promised a 

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return and we know that that 
will return will come to pass 

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just as You promised. 
May we weighed an eager 

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expectation and service to You 
as we long to see Christ face to

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face. 
Teach us from Your word today. 

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Prepare us. 
We pray these things in Christ's

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name, Amen. 
And so Jesus very quickly 

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stamping out the idea that many 
of these gurus on social media 

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have, right? 
They've tried to figure it out 

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every year and every year Jesus 
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You can't figure this out. 
And these self-proclaimed 

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YouTube prophets have missed it 
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The very problem with that is 
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If this was the Old Testament, 
they would have only had the 

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opportunity to miss one before 
they would have been stoned to 

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death. 
But they have missed multiple 

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occasions. 
In fact, every year they're 

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looking for that one little clue
they missed so that this could 

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be the year. 
Let me just make this very 

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clear, no matter what 
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have, if it's a biblical 
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you're pre meal, post meal, all 
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the fact that Jesus Christ is 
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Earth. 
I pray that we all understand 

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this, that today we put all of 
our eschatological views aside 

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to say this. 
He's going to return. 

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And the reason that I want us to
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You're not going to find me 
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It's because one day the 
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right. 
If they keep predicting it every

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single year, one year it's going
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that there will be the last 
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hour, there will be the last 
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everything before the return of 
Christ And what Jesus is telling

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us here in Matthew chapter 24, 
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stop trying to make all these 
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Then I'm going to come like a 
thief and when I come, the best 

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thing for all of you to do is to
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So what I want to do today, I 
want us to talk about that for 

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just a moment. 
Now what I don't want to talk to

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you about is your eschatological
viewpoint, whether you're pre 

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meal, post meal or whether 
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pre Trib, mid Trib, post Trib, 
those things don't matter to me 

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right now. 
We can talk about those things 

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at another time. 
Now please don't do this. 

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Please don't send me a bunch of 
emails this week trying to 

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convince me to be your. 
Viewpoint. 

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It's not going to work. 
The emphasis here is not your 

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viewpoint on the end times. 
The emphasis here is the return 

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of Christ, because all non 
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orthodox Christianity about 
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Christ will return. 
And if it's an eschatology that 

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doesn't include the return of 
Christ, it's heretical and we 

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don't even entertain it at all. 
That would be like those in 

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Thessalonica who were being 
thrown into confusion by people 

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telling them that the return had
already happened. 

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The return has not happened. 
No matter how you want to slice 

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it and dice it and define it, it
has not happened. 

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Now that's whether you believe 
in a rapture where Christ comes 

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to the clouds and the church 
meets them in the air and then 

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you're taken off to enjoy that 
place that he has prepared for 

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you as John says that he won. 
Whether you believe that we're 

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just going to, as Christians 
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live and to exercise the Kingdom
of God and we're actually going 

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to usher in the return of 
Christ, that would be some type 

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of post MIL ideology, whether 
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Other distinctly different 
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As long as you believe this and 
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when He returns, it's going to 
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going to happen. 
If you want to know what I feel 

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about that, just stick around a 
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You'll learn. 
I've taught it many times. 

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That's not what I intend to do 
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What I intend to do today is 
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I intend to get you to think 
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And as much as I hate to admit 
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One day the charismatics are 
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One day they are going, if they 
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nail the year of Christ's 
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And I hope it's this year. 
In fact, I hope it's 2025 before

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we get to 2026. 
That'd be a good way to close 

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out. 
But I don't know that you don't 

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know that. 
And these people on social media

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don't know that. 
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on if we're going to be Orthodox
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imminent, it is near, and it is 
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What I mean by that is the 
return of Christ has always been

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eminent every generation since 
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They knew that at any time the 
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like He was going to. 
And I think that's the key that 

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we always miss because even 
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mentioned, and yes, I have 
mentioned them in a very 

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sarcastic manner, many of you 
don't know this about me, but I 

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do have the spiritual gift of 
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I pray today that you can 
overlook that sarcasm and see 

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the truth that we're going to 
examine from Scripture one day. 

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These guys are going to be 
right. 

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And if they are, and just in 
case it's this year, Are you 

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ready? 
Are you ready for the return of 

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Christ? 
Are you ready for the judgement 

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that will follow? 
Are you ready for the wrath of 

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God to be poured out on the 
unbelieving, unrepentant 

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sinners? 
Because according to the Word of

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God, that is how all. 
Of this will transpire 

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ultimately, Are you ready? 
So it brings us to a place of 

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question, ways of us asking 
ourselves questions to find out 

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if we are truly ready like Jesus
just said in Matthew 24 to be 

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ready because we don't know the 
day or the hour, but we do know 

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there will be one. 
There will be a day and there 

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will be an hour. 
And so we must contemplate the 

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question if these YouTube 
charismatic prophets all right, 

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Are you ready? 
What is ready look like first, I

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want you to see this. 
If these charismatic Youtubers 

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get it right this time, you have
to ask yourself this first. 

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Question Are you ready? 
Write it down. 

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Are you saved positively? 
Do you know that you truly have 

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been born again? 
Are you positive in this? 

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Do you know that you are saved? 
Are you? 

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I'm not asking you. 
Is there a time where you walked

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an aisle and you prayed a little
prayer and parroted something 

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after someone else? 
I'm not asking you. 

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Did you go to a Fellowship of 
Christian Athletes rally at some

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point when you're a teenager and
they gave you some emotional 

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plea and you ran forward and you
prayed a prayer and you never 

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changed? 
I'm not talking about that. 

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I'm talking about a life 
changing encounter with the Lord

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Jesus Christ. 
Have you truly been saved? 

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And if you truly been saved, 
you'll see this, that you will 

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be trusting in Jesus as Lord and
Savior. 

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Are you, are you trusting in 
Jesus as Lord and Savior? 

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I'm not talking again about that
one time thing you did. 

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I went to this youth rally and I
trusted in Him that day. 

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My next question to you will 
always be this are you still 

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trusting in Him? 
Because a person who's truly 

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saved will trust in the Lord 
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Of their days, the faith that 
has saved them will hold on to 

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them and they will persevere and
trusting in the one and only 

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true Savior, the Lord of Jesus 
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So are you trusting in Jesus as 
Lord and Savior, as the only 

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Lord and Savior? 
There are many people who think 

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that they can get saved some 
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Doing good things, doing good 
deeds, having wholesome or even 

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holy works in your life. 
Those things don't save. 

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They can't save. 
Is only through the precious 

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blood of Jesus Christ and any of
us are saved. 

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It is only through faith in Him,
in him alone. 

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Acts 412. 
It says salvation is found in no

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one else. 
There's no other name under 

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heaven given to mankind by which
we must be saved. 

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If your savior is not named 
Jesus, you're not saved. 

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If your savior is your church 
attendance won't save you. 

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If your savior is your baptism 
won't save you. 

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If your savior is, reading your 
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The only one who can save you is
Christ Himself. 

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Have you been truly saved by 
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Because he's the only savior. 
He's the only one who can save 

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you from the wrath and the 
penalty of your sin. 

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He's the only one who can grant 
to you eternal life. 

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He is the only one who can grant
to you forgiveness from God in 

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cleansing from all of your 
infirmities. 

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And all of your wickedness, have
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John says this in first John 
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He says in verse 11, and this is
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eternal life. 
If we want to know where this 

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eternal life comes from, let's 
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Whoever has the Son has life. 
Whoever does not have the Son of

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God does not have life. 
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Jesus Christ. 
And so I want you to ask 

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yourself that question today. 
Are you saved positively? 

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Have you bowed the knee to the 
Lord Jesus Christ, the knee of 

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your life and the knee of your 
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Have you surrendered to Him 
completely as the only One who 

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can save you? 
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trusting in this Jesus who came 
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rescue all who would believe and
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Are you saved positively, not 
just trusting in Jesus as Lord 

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and Savior, but turning from sin
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This is where many people have 
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They leave out true repentance. 
Let me make this clear once and 

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for all. 
There is no true saving faith 

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without true repentance, because
a person who comes to faith in 

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Christ turns from their unbelief
by the power of God, who opens 

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their eyes to see the truth and 
their need for a Savior. 

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And he gives them the power to 
turn from their unbelief and to 

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turn to belief in Christ for the
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And so you can't have true 
saving faith without true 

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repentance. 
Is your life marked with true 

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repentance? 
Is it marked with turning from 

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sin and unbelief? 
I Again, I'm not talking about a

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one time event, though we know 
that this begins at a one time 

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event. 
Can you look at your life now 

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and see that God has been 
molding and shaping you and 

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conforming you to Christ, and 
your life has just been a 

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continual cycle since you came 
to know Christ, of turning from 

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your old nature, turning from 
your old sin, and turning to 

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Christ? 
Is a true Christian won't just 

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see repentance at salvation. 
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repentance and the fruit of 
repentance, their entire walk 

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upon this earth. 
Is it present in your life? 

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This is something that we have 
to consider. 

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This is something that we have 
to ask ourselves in light of 

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this question today. 
What if the charismatic 

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Youtubers get this right? 
What if 2026 is the real deal? 

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Because I can tell you this, you
can get on your Google machine 

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right now. 
Please don't right now. 

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But you could and you could 
Google it. 

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Is 2026 the year that the Lord's
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And you will find false prophet 
after false prophet after false 

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prophet claiming to know that it
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What if it is? 
Are you saved positively? 

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Do you truly know Christ as your
Lord and Savior? 

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Have you truly repented as 
evidence to your claim of faith?

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It is our repentance that gives 
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We often see people claiming to 
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But it's not authentic because 
there is no repentance that 

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accompanies our faith. 
They never turn from their own 

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life. 
They never turn from their old 

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habits. 
They never turn from their old 

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sin. 
They never turn from their 

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unbelief. 
They just want Jesus out of get 

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as a get out of hell. 
Free card and he's so much more 

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than that. 
Have you trusted in Him as your 

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Lord and Savior, turning from 
your sin and your unbelief and 

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true repentance? 
Luke chapter 13 verse 3. 

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Lord himself says, unless you 
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You too will perish. 
Even Jesus preached the gospel 

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of repentance and to preach the 
gospel that leaves out 

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repentance just to not preach A 
biblical gospel. 

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In fact, Jesus, while he 
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verse 14 says this. 
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Jesus went into Galilee 
proclaiming the good news of 

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God. 
The time has come, he said. 

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The Kingdom of God has come 
near. 

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Why He was standing before them 
in his first advent. 

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He was standing before them 
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Lord of Lords. 
He said the time has come. 

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He said the Kingdom of God has 
come near. 

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Repent and believe the good 
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What was happening there? 
Faith and repentance coupled 

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together. 
Working together. 

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The opposite sides of the same 
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You can't have true saving faith
without true biblical 

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repentance. 
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So if you want to answer this 
question today, are you saved 

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positively? 
Look at your life. 

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Are you trusting in Jesus Christ
as your Lord and Savior by 

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faith? 
And is that evidenced by a life 

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that has turned from unbelief 
and sin and turned to Christ and

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Christ alone as the only hope 
that you have of ever being 

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saved? 
You have that in your life 

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because if the charismatics are 
right and you're not saved, 

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you're clinging to some false 
assurance because somebody told 

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you to pray a little prayer 
after them and that made you 

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feel warm in your heart. 
You don't have true, authentic 

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saving faith. 
And the charismatics are right 

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this year. 
This will be a year of eternal 

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tragedy for you. 
This will be the year that you 

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walk off into hell, never to 
have opportunity to receive the 

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grace and the mercy of God 
again. 

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Unbeliever, one day you will run
out of time. 

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What if the charismatics are 
right? 

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What if it's now? 
Are you saved positively? 

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Oh, look inside yourself. 
Don't look at your husband. 

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Don't look at your wife. 
Don't look at your children. 

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Look at your own life. 
Have you truly surrendered to 

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Jesus Christ as your Lord and 
Savior, as the only hope of 

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forgiveness and eternal life? 
Have you trusted in Him and Him 

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alone? 
And do you see the evidence of 

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that in your life? 
True faith and true repentance? 

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Is your life marked by the fact 
that you truly have been saved? 

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Are you saved positively? 
Let me tell you this, if the 

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charismatic Youtubers get it 
right this year, I don't have a 

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worry. 
Just like I didn't have a worry 

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last year and the year before 
that, and the year before that 

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and the year before that. 
Why did I not have a worry? 

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Because my faith is in Christ 
and Christ alone. 

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His atoning work on the cross, 
His substitutionary sacrifice 

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that saved sinners from their 
sin. 

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My my hope rests in Him and Him 
alone. 

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My hope rests in the fact that 
He has changed me and He has 

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caused me to repent and turn 
from my old life and to 

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continually turn to life in. 
Him and him alone. 

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I have evidence of that in my 
life. 

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I am assured that I am saved. 
I am saved positively. 

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Are you? 
Because it's a very scary thing 

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to think that these 
self-proclaimed prophets might 

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be right and you're not right 
with God. 

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Because when eternity begins for
the unbeliever, it will be 

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eternal damnation, it will be 
eternal death, it will be a lake

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of fire for all the unbelieving.
I don't say that to make you 

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uncomfortable. 
I don't say that. 

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To make you upset or angry. 
I simply say that so that you 

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will look into your own soul and
ask yourself it's most important

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question, are you truly saved? 
Secondly, if these charismatic 

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YouTube profits get it right 
this year, are you serving 

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properly? 
Are you serving properly? 

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The Lord is giving instructions 
here in Matthew chapter 24 about

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what we're to do. 
How are we to serve properly? 

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You are always to be ready. 
You're to be ready as if it was 

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going to be today. 
Are you ready? 

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What does that look like? 
Here's some quick advice for you

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if you want to know. 
Are you serving properly? 

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Watch this. 
Are you submitting to the 

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Master's instructions? 
Did Jesus himself say this? 

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If you love me, you'll keep my 
command. 

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Do you think that the Lord meant
that? 

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Of course He meant that. 
And you think that your love for

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Him is obvious by your obedience
to Him? 

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Of course it is. 
That's exactly what the Lord 

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said when He said that in John 
14. 

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So are you submitting to the 
Master's instruction? 

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Are you obeying the? 
Lord as if he could return at 

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any moment. 
John in first. 

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John 2/28 says, and in this he 
says, and now, dear children, 

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continue in him, so that when he
appears we may be confident and 

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honest shame before him at his 
coming. 

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Can you say that confidently 
today that I'm confident that 

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when the Lord returns I am doing
exactly what he has left me to 

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do? 
Can you say that with 

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confidence? 
Can you say that with no shame? 

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Well, you have to be honest. 
There's some things that you're 

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hoping that maybe he doesn't 
know. 

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He know. 
Perhaps there are those things 

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that you've been convicted about
even for years, that you have 

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not released and turned over to 
the Lord. 

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He already knows about them. 
Stop playing with death. 

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Stop dabbling in filth. 
Release those things. 

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Confess your sins. 
He's faithful and just to 

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forgive your sins and to cleanse
you from all unrighteousness. 

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But true confession will always 
release that sin. 

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Are you ready or when he 
returns? 

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Will you be found dabbling in 
your little pet sin that you've 

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kept hidden away so nicely for 
you? 

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Oh, how embarrassing that will 
be for the believer who's doing 

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what he knows he ought not do. 
And if he's doing something that

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he ought not do, James says it 
is a sin. 

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For he who knows to do right yet
chooses to do wrong, to him it 

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is a sin. 
What a sad day that will be for 

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the true believer who finds 
himself sinning, actively 

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involved, and disobedience to 
the Lord when he does return. 

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There's also another side to 
this that Jesus unveils for us 

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later on in the 24th chapter of 
Matthew. 

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He says in verse 45. 
Now let me remind you of this. 

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He's talking about his return. 
That is still the context of 

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this. 
He says this. 

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Who then is the faithful and 
wise servant whom the master has

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put in charge of the servant 
servants in his household to 

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give them their food at the 
proper time? 

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It will be good for that servant
whose master finds him doing so 

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when he returns. 
Truly, I tell you, He will put 

456
00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:43,080
him in charge of all his 
possessions. 

457
00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:47,560
But suppose that servant is 
wicked and says to himself, my 

458
00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:50,080
master is staying away a long 
time. 

459
00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:52,880
This is for all the people who 
claim to be believers who say, 

460
00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:54,920
you know what, he's delayed long
enough. 

461
00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:56,720
I still have a little time to 
play around. 

462
00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:59,320
I'm going to actually dabble in 
my sin. 

463
00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:03,880
Very dangerous ground, as you 
will see, he says in verse 49. 

464
00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:08,840
And then this man begins to beat
his fellow servants and to eat 

465
00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:10,680
and drink with drunker 
drunkards. 

466
00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:14,120
The master of that servant will 
come on a day when he does not 

467
00:28:14,120 --> 00:28:18,120
expect him, and at an hour he is
not aware of, and he will cut 

468
00:28:18,120 --> 00:28:21,520
him to pieces and assign him a 
place with the hypocrites, where

469
00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:24,840
there will be weeping and 
gnashing of teeth. 

470
00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:27,600
You know what the danger of 
dabbling in your sin and 

471
00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:32,800
professing to be a believer is? 
It might be a false profession. 

472
00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:38,120
You might be like that wicked 
servant who was no servant at 

473
00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:39,760
all. 
If you're constantly playing 

474
00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:42,560
around with the world and hoping
that the Lord just won't find 

475
00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:44,320
out about it. 
Yes, I will agree with you. 

476
00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:47,720
You might be a believer who has 
gone wayward, but you'll know 

477
00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:49,080
it. 
Conviction will not let you 

478
00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:51,680
rest, and you will repent, and 
you will bow the knee in 

479
00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:53,640
humility to Christ and admit 
your sin. 

480
00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:56,120
But if you can continue just to 
hide it. 

481
00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:02,320
Jesus himself said there's a 
pretty good chance you're not a 

482
00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:04,600
real servant at all, that you're
really wicked, and you will be 

483
00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:07,080
assigned a place with the 
hypocrites where there will be 

484
00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:12,560
weeping and gnashing of teeth. 
I'll make you contemplate that 

485
00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:17,320
this morning. 
Are you serving properly, 

486
00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:21,200
submitting to the instructions 
of the master? 

487
00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:24,720
Are you using your time, your 
talents, your gifts, your 

488
00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:28,640
abilities for the Lord, or are 
you being like that wicked 

489
00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:30,320
servant who says he's delayed 
his coming? 

490
00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:33,120
He's he's already not come back 
to this amount of time. 

491
00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:35,600
I might as well go on and live 
it up a little while I'm here. 

492
00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:39,680
Sounds like the American church,
doesn't it? 

493
00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:42,160
And I can promise you right now,
most of the American church is 

494
00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:44,040
not talking about the return of 
Christ. 

495
00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:46,760
That would cramp people's 
lifestyle, wouldn't it? 

496
00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:50,760
No, most of them are talking 
about turning over a new leaf 

497
00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:53,720
for the new year. 
What a good resolution it is 

498
00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:56,920
that you need to make. 
No, what you need to do is you 

499
00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:59,320
need to make yourself prepared 
for the return of Christ, 

500
00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:02,480
because if these charismatics 
get it right, and again one day 

501
00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:06,960
they will, will you be caught 
off guard, unashamed? 

502
00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:09,800
That's a very dangerous place 
because you might be caught 

503
00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:11,960
unashamed because you're not a 
believer at all. 

504
00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:15,360
You're just playing a part. 
So are you serving? 

505
00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:18,680
Properly. 
Are you submitting to the 

506
00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:20,440
Master's instructions? 
Let me help you. 

507
00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:23,320
Serving properly is not coming 
into a worship service and 

508
00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:26,400
setting on a padded chair in an 
air conditioning building, 

509
00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:28,840
listening to a preacher on a 
nice sound system. 

510
00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:35,760
It's not serving the Lord. 
If this is the extent of your 

511
00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:38,440
so-called service because you 
come to church on a Sunday 

512
00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:41,560
morning, you are sadly mistaken.
When Christ does return, you are

513
00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:47,040
going to be embarrassed. 
He did not suffered the agony 

514
00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:50,440
that he suffered and died the 
death that he died so that we 

515
00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:55,680
can just go through the motion. 
He saved us so that we can serve

516
00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:59,320
him wholeheartedly, just as he 
served others wholeheartedly. 

517
00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:03,080
Are you serving him properly? 
Are you submitting to his 

518
00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:06,600
instructions? 
You learn something in regard to

519
00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:08,040
this from a man named Jonathan 
Edwards. 

520
00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:10,080
Some of you are familiar with 
Jonathan Edwards because of the 

521
00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:13,040
Great Awakening. 
Jonathan Edwards lived by a 

522
00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:15,160
code, and this code was called 
his resolutions. 

523
00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:17,320
He took his resolutions from 
scriptures. 

524
00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:19,520
All of the principles and all 
the ideas came from the Word of 

525
00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:21,680
God. 
And Jonathan Edwards was big in 

526
00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:24,000
his resolutions. 
If you have ever been around me 

527
00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,480
very long, I will usually at 
some point in time talk about 

528
00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:29,160
these things because He's given 
me an example in my life of a 

529
00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:31,320
person who was very disciplined 
for the Lord and. 

530
00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:33,040
We know we need that. 
Don't we? 

531
00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:36,960
You're one of our older adults. 
You had the privilege not too 

532
00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:39,320
long ago in your luncheon to 
actually go through the 

533
00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:43,200
resolutions of Jonathan Edwards.
And again, I apologize for the 

534
00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:45,200
lengthiness of that, but there 
was a lot to cover. 

535
00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:47,200
And I hope you gathered 
something from. 

536
00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:49,120
And one of the things that I 
hope that you gathered was the 

537
00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:53,040
life of Edwards, because he 
spoke of making the most of his 

538
00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:58,000
time in many of these 
resolutions, using it wisely, 

539
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:00,840
using it as if it was his last 
moment on earth. 

540
00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:04,040
He talked about. 
Walking in obedience to the Lord

541
00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:09,000
and His Word as if it was His 
last day in this world. 

542
00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:13,800
What a lesson for us. 
What a lesson for us, just in 

543
00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:18,160
case these charismatic Youtubers
get it right this time to find 

544
00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:22,320
ourselves serving the Lord and 
living for the Lord, utilizing 

545
00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:23,920
our time. 
Not for us, not for our 

546
00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:26,840
entertainment, not for our own 
earthly pleasures, but utilizing

547
00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:30,720
our time for the Kingdom of God.
For his purpose, oh, what 

548
00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:34,000
happened if the church really 
came alive to that fact. 

549
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:40,160
So we must take any 
consideration, men like Edwards,

550
00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:45,000
and ask ourselves this question,
Am I living a life that if this 

551
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:49,880
was my last day and I met God 
face to face, what face to face?

552
00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:53,440
Whether that was death, whether 
that was through the return of 

553
00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:58,840
Christ, Could I say that I'm 
unashamed about where I am in 

554
00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:01,240
this life? 
Oh, these are real questions. 

555
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:03,000
These are real questions that we
need to ask. 

556
00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:05,200
Why? 
Because Jesus tells us that our 

557
00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:10,120
life needs to be in order. 
When the Master come, is your 

558
00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:13,920
life in order? 
Are you serving properly, 

559
00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:16,680
submitting to the Master's 
instructions? 

560
00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:21,000
But also, we have to include 
this. 

561
00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:24,360
Are you spurring other 
believers? 

562
00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:28,400
Because part of doing what God 
wants us to do on this earth as 

563
00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:31,240
we wait for Christ is to spur 
other believers along. 

564
00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:34,800
Are you encouraging others? 
Are you lifting others up? 

565
00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:40,600
Are you discipling others? 
Are you sharpening iron as one 

566
00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:44,200
man sharpens another? 
You said Kirk, yes, I know those

567
00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:46,200
things are biblical and those 
are things that we ought to do. 

568
00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:49,160
But what in the world does this 
have to do with the return of 

569
00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:50,640
Christ? 
Has everything to do with the 

570
00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:52,920
return of Christ? 
Watch Hebrews chapter 10. 

571
00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:55,360
What the author of Hebrews so 
plainly says. 

572
00:33:55,680 --> 00:34:00,440
He says this in verse 24. 
Let us consider how we may spur 

573
00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:03,280
one another on to love and good 
deeds. 

574
00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:07,880
Right there in chapter 10, verse
24, verse 25, he says not giving

575
00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:10,840
up, getting together a summer in
the habit of doing, but 

576
00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:16,360
encouraging one another. 
And all the more as you see the 

577
00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:18,560
day approaching. 
What day do you think he's 

578
00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:20,520
talking about? 
Do you think that he's talking 

579
00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:23,719
about Groundhog Day? 
You think he's talking about the

580
00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:26,320
spring equinox. 
You think he's talking about 

581
00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:28,920
daylight savings time. 
No, when they talked about it in

582
00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:31,840
the New Testament, they always 
talked about this day as the day

583
00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:33,960
of the Lord, when the Lord 
returns. 

584
00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:37,239
And he says you ought to be 
people who are spurring each 

585
00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:40,600
other along while you wait for 
the Lord to return. 

586
00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:44,159
And he includes in that to 
forsake not the assembly of the 

587
00:34:44,159 --> 00:34:46,280
believers. 
We ought to come together. 

588
00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:48,600
And this ought to be a time 
where we charge one another's 

589
00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:51,719
batteries, we encourage one 
another, when we pray for one 

590
00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:54,360
another, when we love one 
another, and then we go back in 

591
00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:57,480
this Dark World. 
And we represent Christ until He

592
00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:00,520
come. 
Are you doing that? 

593
00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:05,920
Are you serving him properly, 
spurring others along, 

594
00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:09,640
encouraging them to continue and
to press on in the faith? 

595
00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:11,960
When you see a brother who 
struggles or a sister who 

596
00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:15,480
struggles, do you come alongside
of them and do you pick them up 

597
00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:18,480
and do you encourage them? 
Do you share with them your 

598
00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:24,360
vulnerability and your weakness?
Do you point them to Christ, the

599
00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:26,880
author and the perfector of our 
faith? 

600
00:35:27,720 --> 00:35:29,960
That's what we're to do if we're
serving properly. 

601
00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:34,800
So if these Youtubers finally 
get it right, are you doing 

602
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:38,400
that? 
When Christ returns, will He 

603
00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:43,480
find you submitting to your 
Master, loving the Lord your God

604
00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:46,080
with all your heart, soul, mind,
and strength, and loving your 

605
00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:51,360
neighbor as yourself, Spurring 
them along, pushing them closer 

606
00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:56,320
to Christ, Teaching them the 
truths of Scripture, walking the

607
00:35:56,320 --> 00:36:00,120
road with them, hurting with 
them, grieving with them, but 

608
00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:02,440
also rejoicing with them? 
Did you know that's what the 

609
00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:07,760
church is supposed to do? 
Remember back in the church when

610
00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:09,280
they used to talk about the 
return? 

611
00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:12,040
Of Christ. 
We ought to encourage one 

612
00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:14,880
another with that. 
You remember that they taught 

613
00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:16,200
it. 
We ought to encourage one 

614
00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:18,120
another with that. 
We ought to preach it from the 

615
00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:19,400
pulpit. 
We ought to teach it from the 

616
00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:21,960
Sunday school classes. 
And let's be honest, some of you

617
00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:24,880
from are from other churches and
you can probably think back to 

618
00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:27,400
your last church and you'll 
probably have to say this, 

619
00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:31,080
unless I'm just totally 
incorrect, I'm just going on my 

620
00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:32,480
own experience. 
You'd have to say this. 

621
00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:37,680
I haven't heard many. 
Sermons or any lessons or even 

622
00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:40,960
any thought provoking ideas 
concerning the return of Christ.

623
00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:44,080
They've really just attempted to
make me have a better life here 

624
00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:46,360
on this earth for some odd 
reason. 

625
00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:50,880
When the Bible is very clear 
that if we love this world, the 

626
00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:55,200
love of the Father is not in US,
we see how backward we have 

627
00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:58,600
gotten it. 
We don't have to stay there, do 

628
00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:01,560
we? 
And we don't have to stay there.

629
00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:06,720
Are you serving properly? 
If you're not pen of that, I'm 

630
00:37:06,720 --> 00:37:09,360
just in case these YouTube guru 
prophets are right. 

631
00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:18,280
You know, on your knees and say,
Lord, forgive me, forgive me for

632
00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:20,760
not doing that which you've 
gifted me and equipped me, 

633
00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:23,280
equipped me to do in the power 
of the Holy Spirit. 

634
00:37:23,720 --> 00:37:27,160
God, point me in the direction 
that I need to go to bring you 

635
00:37:27,160 --> 00:37:29,600
glory with my life. 
I know that you have recreated 

636
00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:32,720
me in Christ to do that, and I 
am not doing that, but the 

637
00:37:32,720 --> 00:37:35,600
desire of my heart is to do 
that, put people in my life who 

638
00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:39,120
will spur me along, who will 
teach me to do that, and then do

639
00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:41,840
it. 
That you'll be serving Him 

640
00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:45,200
properly so that you'll be 
serving him properly on that day

641
00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:48,320
that they do get it right, 
because again, one day they 

642
00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:51,880
will. 
Are you serving properly? 

643
00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:59,800
Thirdly, what if the charismatic
YouTube profits get the 

644
00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:02,640
prediction of the Lord's return 
right this time? 

645
00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:07,280
Thirdly, I want you to ask 
yourself this question. 

646
00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:12,280
Are you speaking passionately? 
Oh, this is going to be a 

647
00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:13,960
difficult one. 
Go ahead and buckle your seat 

648
00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:17,480
belt. 
This will be. 

649
00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:19,840
Rather in your face, and I don't
apologize for that. 

650
00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:22,280
I myself appreciate an in your 
face approach. 

651
00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:25,560
I like the truth. 
I don't want the truth to be 

652
00:38:25,560 --> 00:38:26,600
shaded. 
Because you know what? 

653
00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:28,560
The people who are willing to 
tell me the truth, I've found 

654
00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:29,960
this out in my life. 
They're the ones who love me the

655
00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:34,040
most. 
So let's look at truth here. 

656
00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:38,240
Are you speaking passionately? 
Do your words reflect that you 

657
00:38:38,240 --> 00:38:40,800
really believe in Christ's 
imminent return? 

658
00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:46,400
Are you speaking passionately 
like you believe this? 

659
00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:49,160
What I mean by that? 
Are you speaking to others 

660
00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:50,720
concerning the Savior's 
redemption? 

661
00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:54,320
Are you sharing the gospel with 
other people? 

662
00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:00,320
Because I have a hard time 
believing that someone really 

663
00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:02,840
believes in the imminent return 
of Christ and sharing the gospel

664
00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:07,680
is not important to them. 
I'll say that again in case you 

665
00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:13,360
missed it. 
I had a hard time believing that

666
00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:16,040
someone really believes in the 
imminent return of Christ if 

667
00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:19,720
they're not sharing the gospel, 
because we really believe that 

668
00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:21,960
Christ could return at any 
moment. 

669
00:39:22,040 --> 00:39:25,280
What should be our ultimate 
motivation in life? 

670
00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:27,680
That is the passion. 
We share the gospel with those 

671
00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:31,320
that are lost, those who are in 
need, those who need God's 

672
00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:34,000
forgiveness and His salvation 
and His eternal life. 

673
00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:36,240
Those are wrapped. 
Up in their sin and in their 

674
00:39:36,240 --> 00:39:38,520
addiction and who need to hear 
the truth. 

675
00:39:40,720 --> 00:39:44,640
Are you passionately speaking 
the gospel to others because you

676
00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:46,520
really believe in the return of 
Christ? 

677
00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:52,760
Are you speaking concerning the 
Savior's redemption just as the 

678
00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:55,600
apostles were instructed to do? 
Turn it to Acts chapter 1. 

679
00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:57,600
And let's look at this for a 
second, because a lot of times 

680
00:39:57,600 --> 00:40:00,200
it's not put in its context, 
unfortunately so. 

681
00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:08,880
Acts chapter one verse 7, this 
is Jesus ascension in case you 

682
00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:12,200
missed that. 
He says in verse 7 He said to 

683
00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:14,080
them, it's not for you to know 
the times or the dates the 

684
00:40:14,080 --> 00:40:16,840
Father has set by his own 
authority, but you will receive 

685
00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:19,080
power when the Holy Spirit comes
on you and you will be my 

686
00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:22,280
witnesses in Jerusalem and in 
all Judea and Samaria and to the

687
00:40:22,280 --> 00:40:24,040
ends of the earth. 
Why did he say this? 

688
00:40:24,120 --> 00:40:25,840
Well, in the verses prior to 
this, you know what the 

689
00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:29,880
disciples were asking. 
At this time, are you going to 

690
00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:33,240
restore the Kingdom? 
At this time, is everything 

691
00:40:33,240 --> 00:40:35,680
going to come to pass? 
That has been promised? 

692
00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:38,920
And you know what the Lord says?
Don't worry about that. 

693
00:40:40,520 --> 00:40:42,360
It's not for you to know those 
times. 

694
00:40:42,520 --> 00:40:44,840
He's very consistent in His 
eschatology, isn't He? 

695
00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:47,280
It's not for you to know those 
times or days. 

696
00:40:47,280 --> 00:40:49,800
The Father sent by his own 
authority, He said, but here's 

697
00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:52,640
one thing you can know. 
You will receive power from the 

698
00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:56,200
Holy Spirit, and when the Holy 
Spirit comes upon you, you will 

699
00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:59,440
be My witnesses in Jerusalem and
in Judea and Samaria and to the 

700
00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:01,400
ends of the earth. 
He said, the Holy Spirit's going

701
00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:03,280
to come on you and the Holy 
Spirit's going to come on you 

702
00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:04,800
with power. 
And you're not going to be able 

703
00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:06,920
to predict the exact day that 
the kingdom's going to be 

704
00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:10,000
restored, but you can know this.
I will give you power from my 

705
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:11,920
Spirit. 
To go out and to share the 

706
00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:15,800
gospel as a bold witness and a 
bold testimony of who I am, what

707
00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:19,120
I came to do says in verse 9. 
And after he said this, he was 

708
00:41:19,120 --> 00:41:22,200
taken up before their very eyes,
and a cloud hid him from their 

709
00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:24,800
sight. 
I call that the rapture of 

710
00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:27,160
Jesus. 
Other theologians want to argue 

711
00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:30,920
he was taken from them. 
It says in verse 10, they were 

712
00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:34,800
looking intently up into the sky
as he was going when suddenly 

713
00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:36,760
two men dressed in white stood 
beside them. 

714
00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:41,640
Men of Galilee, they said, why 
do you stand here looking into 

715
00:41:41,640 --> 00:41:43,280
the sky? 
So picture this with me. 

716
00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:45,280
These men want to talk end 
times, right? 

717
00:41:45,360 --> 00:41:48,680
Is this when you're going to 
restore the Kingdom and the Lord

718
00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:51,680
says the Holy Spirit's going to 
come on you because you can't 

719
00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:55,160
know the day or the time that 
the Father has established, but 

720
00:41:55,160 --> 00:41:57,680
the Holy Spirit's going to come 
upon you with power, and He's 

721
00:41:57,680 --> 00:42:00,440
going to give you the power to 
be my witness to preach the 

722
00:42:00,440 --> 00:42:03,040
gospel. 
To the ends of the earth, that's

723
00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:07,720
what you need to worry about. 
They're still standing there 

724
00:42:07,720 --> 00:42:15,920
looking captivated by the sign. 
The Angel says, Men of Galilee, 

725
00:42:15,920 --> 00:42:18,040
why do you stand here looking 
into the sky? 

726
00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:20,560
The same Jesus has been taken 
from you into heaven will come 

727
00:42:20,560 --> 00:42:22,880
back in the same way you have 
seen him go into heaven. 

728
00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:24,400
He says he's going to return 
just like he left. 

729
00:42:24,400 --> 00:42:27,680
What? 
Was the Angel saying, get busy? 

730
00:42:28,320 --> 00:42:31,600
Get busy doing what? 
Exactly what Jesus told you His 

731
00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:34,440
last request that he made before
he ascended all the way into 

732
00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:36,600
heaven. 
He said you'll receive power, 

733
00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:39,840
now go be a witness. 
Share the gospel. 

734
00:42:40,920 --> 00:42:44,080
But isn't it interesting? 
Most of the church will proclaim

735
00:42:44,080 --> 00:42:49,600
that I believe in the return of 
Christ, your lost neighbor who's

736
00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:52,640
destined for hell. 
Lest God intervene with the 

737
00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:56,720
gospel message, you won't even 
walk across the street to share 

738
00:42:56,720 --> 00:42:58,880
the good news of the Lord Jesus 
Christ with them. 

739
00:42:59,120 --> 00:43:01,080
You don't believe in the return 
of Christ. 

740
00:43:01,160 --> 00:43:04,920
Eminently you believe that after
you get done playing with all 

741
00:43:04,920 --> 00:43:09,040
the toys of this world then God 
will spare you. 

742
00:43:09,080 --> 00:43:13,520
And thankfully, Oh yes, I'm so 
important and the rest of the 

743
00:43:13,520 --> 00:43:17,320
world can go to hell for. 
All that you care, you say. 

744
00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:19,240
Well, I would never say that. 
No, not with your mouth, but 

745
00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:21,120
often times we say it with our 
lives. 

746
00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:26,880
I told you that this was going 
to be difficult because how can 

747
00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:29,040
we say this? 
How can we say that? 

748
00:43:29,040 --> 00:43:32,560
We believe in the imminent 
return of Christ, but we are not

749
00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:35,800
passionately sharing the gospel 
with those who are lost. 

750
00:43:40,280 --> 00:43:42,800
We ought to be proclaiming the 
gospel as if it is our last 

751
00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:47,880
moment. 1 great preacher said 
that I preach as a dying man. 

752
00:43:47,920 --> 00:43:53,440
The dying man we don't know when
our last opportunity to share 

753
00:43:53,440 --> 00:43:56,640
our God, to share the gospel 
with our neighbor is we don't 

754
00:43:56,640 --> 00:43:58,040
know. 
The last opportunity to share 

755
00:43:58,040 --> 00:44:00,200
the gospel with our family 
member is We don't know. 

756
00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:02,360
The last opportunity to share 
the gospel with our family 

757
00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:03,640
member is We don't know the last
opportunity. 

758
00:44:03,640 --> 00:44:06,040
To share the gospel with our Co 
worker is and if you really 

759
00:44:06,040 --> 00:44:08,520
believe that these charismatics 
could one day be right, that 

760
00:44:08,600 --> 00:44:10,720
Jesus really meant what he said 
and that he's going to return, 

761
00:44:11,120 --> 00:44:15,760
you can't live your life in a 
cubicle next to a lost person 

762
00:44:15,840 --> 00:44:17,640
and not share the gospel with 
them. 

763
00:44:19,520 --> 00:44:22,880
How could a Christian do that? 
Well, that would grieve your 

764
00:44:22,880 --> 00:44:27,920
soul every single day to know 
that they are lost, they are on 

765
00:44:27,920 --> 00:44:30,920
their way to hell and you've 
said nothing to them about the 

766
00:44:30,920 --> 00:44:34,400
only one who can save them. 
That's a different thing. 

767
00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:36,880
If you share the gospel with 
them and they reject the gospel,

768
00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:39,760
that's not on you, is it? 
Absolutely not. 

769
00:44:41,680 --> 00:44:44,080
Are you speaking passionately 
about the gospel of Jesus 

770
00:44:44,080 --> 00:44:49,400
Christ? 
Mark 8 verse 38 says, if anyone 

771
00:44:49,400 --> 00:44:51,880
is ashamed of me in my words, in
this adulterous and sinful 

772
00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:54,360
generation, Son of Man will be 
ashamed of them when he comes in

773
00:44:54,360 --> 00:44:56,320
his Father's glory with the holy
angels. 

774
00:44:58,080 --> 00:45:00,640
You say, well, what does that 
have to do with the gospel and 

775
00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:04,240
end times? 
The gospel is His word, and if 

776
00:45:04,240 --> 00:45:07,240
you're not sharing His word, it 
reveals that you are ashamed of 

777
00:45:07,240 --> 00:45:09,240
His word. 
And He's letting you know if 

778
00:45:09,240 --> 00:45:11,920
you're living a life ashamed of 
His word, know this. 

779
00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:14,560
He will return, and He will 
return with His holy angels. 

780
00:45:14,560 --> 00:45:17,040
And if you are ashamed of Him 
and His words while you were 

781
00:45:17,040 --> 00:45:20,920
here on this earth, He will be 
ashamed of you before His Father

782
00:45:21,080 --> 00:45:23,960
in heaven. 
And I can't rewrite the 

783
00:45:23,960 --> 00:45:27,320
scriptures to make your life 
comfortable in light of that. 

784
00:45:28,120 --> 00:45:31,920
It says what it says. 
And so I asked you, are you 

785
00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:37,120
speaking passionately concerning
the Savior's redemption just in 

786
00:45:37,120 --> 00:45:43,480
case the Lord will return soon? 
Are you speaking passionately, 

787
00:45:43,480 --> 00:45:45,280
secondly, concerning the 
Savior's return? 

788
00:45:45,280 --> 00:45:48,360
Are you telling people that He's
going to return again? 

789
00:45:48,360 --> 00:45:50,480
We have lost the sight of that 
in the church. 

790
00:45:50,760 --> 00:45:52,360
You know why we've lost sight of
it in the church? 

791
00:45:52,360 --> 00:45:55,000
Because I believe this. 
I believe that we think if we 

792
00:45:55,000 --> 00:46:00,280
ignore it, it will just go away.
And if it goes away, we can hold

793
00:46:00,280 --> 00:46:02,760
on to all the treasures that we 
have down here that we love so 

794
00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:05,840
much, all the kingdoms that 
we've built. 

795
00:46:08,000 --> 00:46:09,520
But it's not going to go away, 
is it? 

796
00:46:10,320 --> 00:46:12,280
And you know how I'm not. 
I know that it's not going to go

797
00:46:12,280 --> 00:46:15,120
away because Jesus has promised 
and everything that he says is 

798
00:46:15,120 --> 00:46:17,600
true. 
And so are you passionately 

799
00:46:17,960 --> 00:46:21,600
speaking this proclaiming this 
to others that Christ is going 

800
00:46:21,600 --> 00:46:24,320
to return? 
Are you proclaiming with that 

801
00:46:24,320 --> 00:46:27,520
message that there will be a day
of judgment and wrath for the 

802
00:46:27,560 --> 00:46:29,600
unbelieving and the unrepentant 
sinners? 

803
00:46:30,440 --> 00:46:33,960
Have you noticed the trend in 
America where we leave that out 

804
00:46:33,960 --> 00:46:37,440
of the gospel, right? 
We tell people to get saved, but

805
00:46:37,440 --> 00:46:39,240
we don't tell them what to get 
saved from. 

806
00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:43,400
In fact, many of the people in 
the American church who would 

807
00:46:43,400 --> 00:46:45,600
claim to be saved, when you 
asked them what did you get 

808
00:46:45,600 --> 00:46:51,040
saved from, they have no idea. 
And you know what you got saved 

809
00:46:51,040 --> 00:46:53,040
from? 
You got saved from the justice 

810
00:46:53,040 --> 00:46:55,000
and the wrath of God that you 
deserve. 

811
00:46:55,120 --> 00:46:57,880
That's what you got saved from. 
And you know where that wrath 

812
00:46:57,880 --> 00:47:00,600
and justice was poured out? 
It was poured out on the back of

813
00:47:00,720 --> 00:47:04,600
Jesus Christ on a cross 2000 
years ago, where He bore the 

814
00:47:04,600 --> 00:47:07,560
punishment and the wrath that 
belonged to you and belonged to 

815
00:47:07,560 --> 00:47:12,920
me. 
And so you can't leave that out 

816
00:47:12,920 --> 00:47:19,040
of the message, can you? 
If you are, you're preaching an 

817
00:47:19,040 --> 00:47:21,960
incomplete gospel. 
That's what the American church 

818
00:47:21,960 --> 00:47:23,800
likes to do, right? 
Preach the gospel where God's 

819
00:47:23,800 --> 00:47:26,000
all love, God's all forgiveness,
God's all grace. 

820
00:47:28,600 --> 00:47:32,640
But they forget to tell you that
those who don't trust in His 

821
00:47:32,640 --> 00:47:37,720
mercy and His grace and His 
forgiveness, all they have left 

822
00:47:37,720 --> 00:47:40,640
to look forward to is the 
fearful expectation of fiery 

823
00:47:40,640 --> 00:47:45,480
judgement in hell. 
Now, I don't say that to just be

824
00:47:45,480 --> 00:47:48,240
a mean guy because I promised 
you, if you would even take a 

825
00:47:48,240 --> 00:47:50,560
moment to get to know me, I'm 
not that mean of a guy. 

826
00:47:53,680 --> 00:47:57,320
I say that because I love you. 
I say that because I care about 

827
00:47:57,320 --> 00:48:00,920
your soul. 
I warn you about the impending 

828
00:48:00,920 --> 00:48:05,960
judgement of God that will come 
after the return of Christ. 

829
00:48:06,280 --> 00:48:11,240
Know that this is certain in any
eschatological calendar that you

830
00:48:11,240 --> 00:48:15,280
look at, there will be a 
judgement for unbelieving 

831
00:48:15,280 --> 00:48:18,440
sinners. 
Are you warning the unbelieving 

832
00:48:18,520 --> 00:48:20,080
about this? 
You say, well, Kirk, I don't 

833
00:48:20,080 --> 00:48:22,920
like to do that because that 
kind of scares them and I don't 

834
00:48:22,920 --> 00:48:28,000
want to scare them. 
I'm so thankful that someone was

835
00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:32,480
willing to scare me with the 
truth because I knew that I 

836
00:48:32,480 --> 00:48:35,120
deserved judgment. 
I knew that I deserved the wrath

837
00:48:35,120 --> 00:48:37,120
of God. 
I knew every sin that I had ever

838
00:48:37,120 --> 00:48:39,280
committed, every evil thought 
that I had ever had. 

839
00:48:39,680 --> 00:48:43,080
I knew how in need of God's 
mercy and forgiveness I was in. 

840
00:48:43,800 --> 00:48:46,760
I'm thankful that someone warned
me to flee the coming wrath. 

841
00:48:46,760 --> 00:48:50,600
I am thankful. 
That God sent as he sent 

842
00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:53,200
evangelists there in the 
Pilgrims Progress to warn 

843
00:48:53,480 --> 00:48:56,360
Pilgrim there in the City of 
Destruction to flee to the 

844
00:48:56,360 --> 00:48:58,120
Celestial City to focus on 
Christ. 

845
00:48:58,120 --> 00:49:01,800
I'm thankful someone came and 
they warned me, showing that 

846
00:49:01,800 --> 00:49:06,680
they truly did love me enough. 
To risk telling me the truth. 

847
00:49:08,240 --> 00:49:11,240
You love others enough to tell 
them the truth. 

848
00:49:12,960 --> 00:49:18,760
Or if you take Christ's return 
seriously, you will, because you

849
00:49:18,760 --> 00:49:21,440
will really believe what will 
happen after Christ returns, 

850
00:49:21,440 --> 00:49:23,040
that there will one day be a 
judgment. 

851
00:49:23,040 --> 00:49:25,800
There will be an account for sin
given for all the unbelieving 

852
00:49:25,800 --> 00:49:27,960
and the wicked sinners who did 
not turn to Christ. 

853
00:49:29,560 --> 00:49:32,080
They will be judged for their 
sin by a thrice holy God. 

854
00:49:32,080 --> 00:49:36,680
They will then be sentenced to 
the eternal lake of fire, where 

855
00:49:36,680 --> 00:49:39,360
they will experience eternal 
death. 

856
00:49:39,360 --> 00:49:49,280
But we had rather have friends 
keep everything light and the 

857
00:49:49,280 --> 00:49:51,240
risk that friendship by telling 
them the truth. 

858
00:49:52,120 --> 00:49:53,480
Can I just pose a question for 
you? 

859
00:49:53,480 --> 00:49:54,600
Is there any parents in the 
room? 

860
00:49:54,600 --> 00:49:55,840
Any parents here today raise 
your hand? 

861
00:49:56,760 --> 00:49:57,880
Any of you have young children 
still? 

862
00:49:58,920 --> 00:50:02,680
OK, so let's ask this question. 
Scenario number one. 

863
00:50:02,680 --> 00:50:05,000
You see some parents and they're
out in the yard. 

864
00:50:05,000 --> 00:50:08,120
They're having a nice weekend in
the front yard, playing with 

865
00:50:08,120 --> 00:50:11,640
their family on a busy St. 
Some point in time, one of their

866
00:50:11,640 --> 00:50:14,000
young children decides that a 
good idea is to walk out into 

867
00:50:14,000 --> 00:50:17,480
the road and play amidst a car. 
And that child started walking 

868
00:50:17,480 --> 00:50:19,480
toward that busy street where 
cars are going way too fast for 

869
00:50:19,480 --> 00:50:22,400
kids to even begin to enter into
the road or begin to even think 

870
00:50:22,400 --> 00:50:23,960
about it. 
And that child begins to 

871
00:50:23,960 --> 00:50:26,280
approach the road. 
And that parents sit there just 

872
00:50:26,280 --> 00:50:30,120
calmly on their lawn chair and 
said, now little Johnny, now 

873
00:50:30,120 --> 00:50:31,440
he's already had it to the 
street. 

874
00:50:31,600 --> 00:50:33,760
Now, little Johnny, it's going 
to be a good idea if you just 

875
00:50:33,760 --> 00:50:36,520
come back over here by mommy and
daddy, chill for a little while 

876
00:50:36,520 --> 00:50:41,600
and not go toward the busy. 
Road or we have the second 

877
00:50:41,600 --> 00:50:44,520
scenario, family. 
There's parents, there's kids, 

878
00:50:44,520 --> 00:50:45,720
they're out in the yard, they're
playing. 

879
00:50:46,600 --> 00:50:47,760
Little Johnny does the same 
thing. 

880
00:50:47,760 --> 00:50:50,880
He heads towards the busy St. 
and dad jumps up and says Johnny

881
00:50:50,880 --> 00:50:52,840
no. 
And he runs as fast as he can 

882
00:50:53,000 --> 00:50:55,640
and he grabs Johnny by the back 
of his shirt and just in the 

883
00:50:55,640 --> 00:50:58,400
nick of time he grabs him before
he steps out into the busy 

884
00:50:58,400 --> 00:51:01,760
traffic and he saves him from 
lasting and hitting head on with

885
00:51:01,760 --> 00:51:04,560
a car. 
Which parent loves her child 

886
00:51:04,560 --> 00:51:07,320
more? 
Which parent is more concerned? 

887
00:51:07,320 --> 00:51:09,680
That'd be easy for you in that 
scenario to go well. 

888
00:51:09,680 --> 00:51:12,760
Of course, the parent who did 
everything that he had to do to 

889
00:51:12,760 --> 00:51:15,600
rescue his child proved that he 
loved them more. 

890
00:51:15,720 --> 00:51:19,480
Are you doing everything under 
your control to rescue those who

891
00:51:19,480 --> 00:51:23,160
need the message of crime? 
To tell him the truth, that you 

892
00:51:23,160 --> 00:51:26,600
are headed toward judgement? 
You're going out into a busy St.

893
00:51:26,720 --> 00:51:30,320
and you will not prevail against
the car when he hits a human 

894
00:51:30,320 --> 00:51:33,200
head on. 
You will not prevail against the

895
00:51:33,200 --> 00:51:35,160
judgement of God. 
When He judges, He speaks truth 

896
00:51:35,160 --> 00:51:38,200
and He is right. 
He is not right some of the 

897
00:51:38,200 --> 00:51:39,520
time. 
He is right all of the time. 

898
00:51:39,520 --> 00:51:43,520
And you were all transgressors, 
and you are all destined for 

899
00:51:43,520 --> 00:51:47,520
judgement, lest Christ intervene
and passionately save you. 

900
00:51:47,840 --> 00:51:50,920
Unless we as the Church 
passionately speak the truth to 

901
00:51:50,920 --> 00:51:54,040
these people, warning them of 
the impending judgement and the 

902
00:51:54,040 --> 00:51:59,120
imminent return of Christ. 
You take Christ's return 

903
00:51:59,120 --> 00:52:01,560
seriously. 
Are you unafraid? 

904
00:52:01,560 --> 00:52:04,400
Are you unashamed to warn others
of the truth that the Lord will 

905
00:52:04,400 --> 00:52:09,840
return and He will return to 
judge the living and the dead? 

906
00:52:09,840 --> 00:52:17,960
Second Thessalonians chapter 1 
says in verse 6 says they tell 

907
00:52:19,560 --> 00:52:22,160
how you turn to God from idols 
to serve the living and true 

908
00:52:22,160 --> 00:52:24,840
God. 
Paul getting a report about the 

909
00:52:24,840 --> 00:52:27,160
Thessalonians that they were 
doing what they were supposed to

910
00:52:27,160 --> 00:52:30,440
do turning from idols, turning 
to the one true God and he says 

911
00:52:30,600 --> 00:52:33,720
and to wait for his son from 
heaven whom he raised from the 

912
00:52:33,720 --> 00:52:37,080
dead Jesus who rescues us from 
the coming wrath. 

913
00:52:38,200 --> 00:52:42,560
Paul reminding those in 
Thessalonica first, commending 

914
00:52:42,560 --> 00:52:44,080
them. 
I've heard about your reputation

915
00:52:44,080 --> 00:52:46,360
that you have turned from idols,
you've turned to God and you are

916
00:52:46,360 --> 00:52:50,000
longing for the appearing of the
Savior, the Lord Jesus, and you 

917
00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:53,760
know that he is the one who is 
going to rescue you from the 

918
00:52:53,760 --> 00:52:59,120
coming wrath. 
There's a wrath that is coming. 

919
00:53:00,880 --> 00:53:03,600
Are you preaching that? 
Are you teaching that? 

920
00:53:05,160 --> 00:53:07,520
Are you afraid? 
Are you ashamed? 

921
00:53:08,640 --> 00:53:11,600
The second Timothy chapter 4 
Paul talking to Timothy. 

922
00:53:11,600 --> 00:53:14,960
Often times we think of this as 
his charge before Paul left the 

923
00:53:14,960 --> 00:53:17,040
earth, but watch what he tells 
him in the presence of God. 

924
00:53:17,200 --> 00:53:20,320
Chapter 4 verse one end of 
Christ Jesus, who will judge the

925
00:53:20,320 --> 00:53:23,520
living and the dead and in view.
Of his appearing and His Kingdom

926
00:53:23,680 --> 00:53:26,160
in view of what he says in light
of the return of Christ. 

927
00:53:26,480 --> 00:53:29,480
Here's what I want you to do, 
Timothy, in light of the return 

928
00:53:29,480 --> 00:53:33,200
of Christ. 
Preach the Word, be prepared in 

929
00:53:33,200 --> 00:53:35,560
season and out of season, 
correct rebuke and encourage 

930
00:53:35,560 --> 00:53:37,200
with great patience and careful 
instruction. 

931
00:53:37,200 --> 00:53:40,320
For the time will come when men 
will not put up with sound 

932
00:53:40,320 --> 00:53:41,760
doctrine. 
Instead, to suit their own 

933
00:53:41,760 --> 00:53:44,520
desires, they will gather around
them a great number of teachers 

934
00:53:44,520 --> 00:53:47,200
to say what they're itching ears
want to hear. 

935
00:53:47,520 --> 00:53:50,560
Paul even using the return of 
Christ to motivate young Timothy

936
00:53:50,560 --> 00:53:54,280
to preach the Word, to preach 
the Word passionately, to speak 

937
00:53:54,280 --> 00:53:58,600
passionately about the Lord 
Jesus Christ because his return 

938
00:53:59,720 --> 00:54:03,400
is imminent and His judgment is 
inevitable. 

939
00:54:04,680 --> 00:54:10,200
Are you speaking that to others?
He loved them enough to tell 

940
00:54:10,200 --> 00:54:13,560
them that unless they flee the 
city of destruction, unless they

941
00:54:13,560 --> 00:54:16,760
flee from their sin and turn to 
Christ, there is no hope of 

942
00:54:16,760 --> 00:54:21,000
their rescue. 
They only have the judgment of 

943
00:54:21,000 --> 00:54:24,120
God to look forward to for all 
eternity. 

944
00:54:24,640 --> 00:54:27,360
You share that truth with them. 
Isn't it funny how the liberals 

945
00:54:27,360 --> 00:54:29,280
have made us afraid to share 
that truth? 

946
00:54:29,600 --> 00:54:33,400
If you share the truth of God's 
wrath and judgment, Kirk, you're

947
00:54:33,400 --> 00:54:35,880
probably only gonna push people 
away. 

948
00:54:37,800 --> 00:54:41,280
They're condemned already. 
John chapter 3 tells us that 

949
00:54:41,280 --> 00:54:44,080
because they have not believed 
in Christ, how am I going to 

950
00:54:44,080 --> 00:54:47,560
push them any farther away? 
They're already destined for the

951
00:54:47,560 --> 00:54:50,120
depths of hell. 
I can't push them any farther. 

952
00:54:50,160 --> 00:54:53,600
But what I can is I can tell 
them the truth, that God through

953
00:54:53,600 --> 00:54:56,800
Jesus Christ, will forgive the 
most vile and wicked Sinner. 

954
00:54:56,920 --> 00:54:59,920
If they would just turn to 
Christ and call on His name, He 

955
00:54:59,920 --> 00:55:05,160
will save them. 
Too preach the gospel, tell them

956
00:55:05,160 --> 00:55:08,640
that the only way that they are 
ever going to avoid the just 

957
00:55:08,640 --> 00:55:13,080
wrath and judgment of God is to 
be wrapped in the righteousness 

958
00:55:13,080 --> 00:55:16,560
of Jesus Christ, to be cleansed 
by his sacrifice, to be saved in

959
00:55:16,560 --> 00:55:20,320
him and Him alone. 
So if these charismatic YouTube 

960
00:55:20,320 --> 00:55:24,520
prophets get it right, are you 
speaking passionately? 

961
00:55:26,040 --> 00:55:29,960
Are you? 
So what would happen if the 

962
00:55:29,960 --> 00:55:36,080
church really mobilized? 
I mean, if we really mobilize 

963
00:55:36,080 --> 00:55:40,560
that everywhere you went became 
a mission field for the gospel. 

964
00:55:42,040 --> 00:55:44,600
And every day of your job was 
not just that mundane. 

965
00:55:44,600 --> 00:55:47,240
I got to get up and go to work. 
I get to go to the mission 

966
00:55:47,240 --> 00:55:50,320
field. 
There are others there who were 

967
00:55:50,560 --> 00:55:53,720
who were hurting just like I was
once hurting because of my sin, 

968
00:55:54,600 --> 00:55:57,400
who have no hope of eternal 
life, have no hope in this life.

969
00:55:58,760 --> 00:56:02,440
And I have the gospel that I 
have been entrusted with to give

970
00:56:02,440 --> 00:56:06,680
to them. 
I have the message in the words 

971
00:56:06,680 --> 00:56:08,800
of life. 
Oh, wouldn't our whole 

972
00:56:08,800 --> 00:56:11,800
perspective change? 
Are you speaking passionately? 

973
00:56:11,800 --> 00:56:17,200
Lastly, lastly, are you staying 
prepared? 

974
00:56:18,760 --> 00:56:21,920
Verse 42, Jesus made it 
obviously clear. 

975
00:56:22,640 --> 00:56:26,280
He says, therefore keep watch 
because you do not know on what 

976
00:56:26,280 --> 00:56:30,440
day your Lord will come. 
He says be prepared. 

977
00:56:32,080 --> 00:56:33,680
And so I ask you all boldly, are
you prepared? 

978
00:56:35,000 --> 00:56:36,400
Are you prepared if they get it 
right? 

979
00:56:36,400 --> 00:56:39,600
Are you prepared if it is 2026? 
Better put, are you prepared if 

980
00:56:39,600 --> 00:56:43,440
it's tomorrow, just before the 
service ends today? 

981
00:56:43,440 --> 00:56:46,000
What a joy that would be. 
I told someone earlier there'd 

982
00:56:46,000 --> 00:56:49,200
be no greater joy than the Lord 
to return mid sermon. 

983
00:56:52,920 --> 00:56:56,640
Are you ready? 
I know a question that it's not 

984
00:56:56,640 --> 00:56:59,280
being asked anymore. 
Are you ready for the return of 

985
00:56:59,280 --> 00:57:01,520
Christ? 
We, we have preachers who spend 

986
00:57:01,520 --> 00:57:04,120
all their time trying to teach 
you how to live your best life 

987
00:57:04,120 --> 00:57:08,680
now, how to enjoy this life, how
to overcome your obstacles. 

988
00:57:09,400 --> 00:57:11,000
You can't overcome your 
obstacles. 

989
00:57:11,600 --> 00:57:15,800
Your biggest obstacle is you. 
You were overcome by sin. 

990
00:57:15,800 --> 00:57:18,280
And the only one who's overcame 
sin is Christ. 

991
00:57:18,400 --> 00:57:21,560
And if you're in Christ, you've 
overcame sin without. 

992
00:57:21,560 --> 00:57:25,280
Christ, you have no hope, and so
you might as well prepare. 

993
00:57:25,280 --> 00:57:30,360
If you're in Christ, are you? 
Are you awake and longing for 

994
00:57:30,360 --> 00:57:33,280
Christ? 
Oh, I don't. 

995
00:57:33,280 --> 00:57:35,320
Mean to pick on the American 
church so much. 

996
00:57:35,320 --> 00:57:43,040
It just is what it is, isn't it?
Lazy, apathetic sleep. 

997
00:57:44,800 --> 00:57:47,760
And so I encourage this body of 
believers because that's my duty

998
00:57:47,760 --> 00:57:50,880
and that is my role as your 
pastor, to wake up from your 

999
00:57:50,880 --> 00:57:56,320
slumber and long for Christ. 
Let this be the first time in 

1000
00:57:56,320 --> 00:57:58,720
your Christian life that you 
wake up every day and with 

1001
00:57:58,720 --> 00:58:01,440
anticipation. 
Lord, please let this be the 

1002
00:58:01,440 --> 00:58:03,120
day. 
Please let this be the day that 

1003
00:58:03,120 --> 00:58:06,040
you rescue me from this field. 
Please let this be the day that 

1004
00:58:06,040 --> 00:58:09,120
you make all things right, that 
you restore your Kingdom as it 

1005
00:58:09,120 --> 00:58:12,600
once was before sin. 
Lord, let this be today, even 

1006
00:58:12,720 --> 00:58:15,400
now. 
Come, Lord Jesus, come. 

1007
00:58:20,360 --> 00:58:23,800
Let that be our heart. 
Just be awake and longing for 

1008
00:58:23,800 --> 00:58:27,880
Christ, not afraid of his 
return, thinking of all the 

1009
00:58:27,880 --> 00:58:30,400
things that we might miss out on
if he returns today. 

1010
00:58:34,720 --> 00:58:37,560
Think about the things that 
we'll gain because of the 

1011
00:58:37,560 --> 00:58:42,160
promises that He's made. 
Romans 13 Paul says to the 

1012
00:58:42,160 --> 00:58:45,000
church at Romans verse 11 and do
this understanding the present 

1013
00:58:45,000 --> 00:58:46,840
time. 
The hour has already come for 

1014
00:58:46,840 --> 00:58:50,280
you to wake up from your 
slumber, because our salvation 

1015
00:58:50,280 --> 00:58:52,080
is nearer now than when we first
believed. 

1016
00:58:52,080 --> 00:58:55,040
Of course it is. 
The night is nearly over. 

1017
00:58:55,040 --> 00:58:58,080
The day is almost here. 
So let us put aside the deeds of

1018
00:58:58,080 --> 00:58:59,800
darkness and put on the armor of
light. 

1019
00:58:59,800 --> 00:59:03,320
Let us behave decently as in the
daytime, not in carousing and 

1020
00:59:03,320 --> 00:59:06,360
drunkenness and sexual 
immorality and debauchery, not 

1021
00:59:06,360 --> 00:59:08,840
in dissensions and jealousy. 
Rather, clothe yourselves with 

1022
00:59:08,840 --> 00:59:12,480
the Lord Jesus Christ and do not
think about how to gratify the 

1023
00:59:12,480 --> 00:59:15,520
desires of your flesh. 
That's what it looks like to be 

1024
00:59:15,520 --> 00:59:19,440
awake, spiritually awake and 
longing for Christ, not 

1025
00:59:19,440 --> 00:59:23,400
gratifying my flesh anymore, but
longing for the day that Christ 

1026
00:59:23,760 --> 00:59:27,240
rescues me. 
Peter says in first Peter 

1027
00:59:27,240 --> 00:59:31,200
chapter 1, something along the 
similar lines there in verse 13.

1028
00:59:31,200 --> 00:59:33,840
Therefore, with minds that are 
alert and so and fully sober, 

1029
00:59:34,000 --> 00:59:38,480
set your hope on the grace to be
brought to you when Jesus Christ

1030
00:59:38,680 --> 00:59:41,320
is revealed at his coming. 
He's telling the believer, set 

1031
00:59:41,320 --> 00:59:42,720
your mind on the return of 
Christ. 

1032
00:59:43,640 --> 00:59:47,040
Set your mind on that. 
I'm not going to ask you, so 

1033
00:59:47,040 --> 00:59:48,400
don't worry. 
But wouldn't it be disappointing

1034
00:59:48,400 --> 00:59:50,240
if we were to ask when's the 
last time you talked about or 

1035
00:59:50,240 --> 00:59:51,680
thought about the return of 
Christ? 

1036
00:59:53,880 --> 00:59:58,240
When Peter tells the church, set
your mind on it every night 

1037
00:59:58,240 --> 01:00:02,360
before you go to bed. 
Lord, if you return before I 

1038
01:00:02,560 --> 01:00:05,800
awake, I long for you when you 
wake up in the morning. 

1039
01:00:05,800 --> 01:00:07,320
Lord, thank you for another 
sunrise. 

1040
01:00:08,960 --> 01:00:13,840
Lord, May today be the day that 
you come and you set the record 

1041
01:00:13,840 --> 01:00:16,960
straight. 
You redeem your people once and 

1042
01:00:16,960 --> 01:00:19,040
for all. 
Are you staying prepared? 

1043
01:00:19,040 --> 01:00:20,520
Are you awake and longing for 
Christ? 

1044
01:00:25,240 --> 01:00:28,920
Are you like the five wise 
virgins there in Matthew 25? 

1045
01:00:28,920 --> 01:00:32,560
In that parable they brought a 
little extra oil in case the 

1046
01:00:32,560 --> 01:00:35,760
Lord delayed. 
And we know theologically there 

1047
01:00:35,760 --> 01:00:37,440
is no delay. 
There's an appointed in set 

1048
01:00:37,440 --> 01:00:39,360
time. 
It only seems like a delay for 

1049
01:00:39,360 --> 01:00:43,360
us. 
But are you prepared in case but

1050
01:00:43,360 --> 01:00:45,800
YouTube prophets get it wrong 
again in 2026. 

1051
01:00:46,560 --> 01:00:48,840
Perhaps it's 2027. 
It will be next year if they 

1052
01:00:48,840 --> 01:00:51,040
missed it this year. 
I've seen the batter. 

1053
01:00:53,400 --> 01:00:57,040
But are you prepared either way?
The way you can long for Christ 

1054
01:00:58,280 --> 01:01:02,440
like those believers in 
Thessalonica who are longing for

1055
01:01:02,440 --> 01:01:05,200
Jesus to rescue them from the 
wrath that is the calm Paul 

1056
01:01:05,200 --> 01:01:09,280
speaks of them. 
First Thessalonians chapter 1 As

1057
01:01:09,280 --> 01:01:14,680
we saw a moment ago, Are you 
awake and longing for Christ? 

1058
01:01:15,480 --> 01:01:16,920
Are you aware and looking for 
Christ? 

1059
01:01:18,360 --> 01:01:21,560
Isn't it interesting that we as 
Christians would say that we're 

1060
01:01:21,560 --> 01:01:26,480
waiting the return of Christ, 
but none of us are looking for 

1061
01:01:26,480 --> 01:01:30,200
Him? 
None of us are really 

1062
01:01:31,160 --> 01:01:35,080
anticipating His return, Aware 
and looking for Christ. 

1063
01:01:35,440 --> 01:01:36,920
This is going to be displayed in
how you. 

1064
01:01:36,920 --> 01:01:39,840
Live. 
Does your life show that you are

1065
01:01:39,840 --> 01:01:42,840
really aware and looking for 
Christ? 

1066
01:01:43,680 --> 01:01:48,600
Titus chapter 2 verse 11. 
It says for the grace of God has

1067
01:01:48,600 --> 01:01:50,560
appeared that offers salvation 
to all people. 

1068
01:01:50,720 --> 01:01:53,720
It teaches us to say no to 
ungodliness and worldly passions

1069
01:01:53,720 --> 01:01:56,320
and to live self controlled, 
upright and godly lives in this 

1070
01:01:56,320 --> 01:02:00,360
present age. 
Watch verse 13 while we wait for

1071
01:02:00,360 --> 01:02:06,320
the blessed hope, the appearing 
of the glory of our great God 

1072
01:02:06,320 --> 01:02:15,960
and Savior Jesus Christ. 
Are you longing and looking for 

1073
01:02:15,960 --> 01:02:17,520
Christ? 
To where and looking for Him? 

1074
01:02:18,800 --> 01:02:21,480
Are you studying the Word of God
with great anticipation in your 

1075
01:02:21,480 --> 01:02:25,400
heart for that day? 
Are you longing for that greater

1076
01:02:25,400 --> 01:02:31,080
home in that greater country 
with that greater King that he 

1077
01:02:31,080 --> 01:02:34,640
has promised? 
Are you like Paul writing to the

1078
01:02:34,640 --> 01:02:39,800
Philippians chapter 3? 
It says in verse 20, But our 

1079
01:02:39,800 --> 01:02:44,360
citizenship is in heaven, and we
eagerly await a Savior from 

1080
01:02:44,360 --> 01:02:46,080
there. 
There he is again talking about 

1081
01:02:46,080 --> 01:02:49,520
the return of Christ, the Lord 
Jesus Christ by the power. 

1082
01:02:49,520 --> 01:02:51,600
That enables Him to bring 
everything under His control, 

1083
01:02:51,600 --> 01:02:54,680
will transform our lowly bodies 
so that they will be like His 

1084
01:02:54,680 --> 01:02:57,440
glorious body. 
Are you longing and looking for 

1085
01:02:57,440 --> 01:02:58,960
that? 
Are you? 

1086
01:02:59,400 --> 01:03:02,440
Are you aware of that? 
Has anybody taught you that? 

1087
01:03:02,560 --> 01:03:05,920
That one day all the elements of
this world, the death of this 

1088
01:03:05,920 --> 01:03:08,600
world, the sickness of this 
world, the pain of this world, 

1089
01:03:09,400 --> 01:03:12,760
it will all be taken away and 
you will receive a glorified 

1090
01:03:12,760 --> 01:03:16,280
body where you will worship the 
Lord in that state for all 

1091
01:03:16,280 --> 01:03:19,880
eternity. 
Are you longing for that? 

1092
01:03:21,440 --> 01:03:25,600
Are you spending endless amounts
of time and money trying to make

1093
01:03:25,600 --> 01:03:31,600
yourself look young? 
Here, let me tell you, it's not 

1094
01:03:31,600 --> 01:03:35,320
working. 
You're never going to glorify 

1095
01:03:35,320 --> 01:03:39,720
yourself. 
You will be glorified when 

1096
01:03:39,720 --> 01:03:43,000
Christ returns. 
Are you looking forward to that?

1097
01:03:43,000 --> 01:03:45,680
Do you wake up every morning in 
pain because you did stupid 

1098
01:03:45,680 --> 01:03:47,280
things when you were young, as I
did? 

1099
01:03:49,480 --> 01:03:52,200
Do you gripe and do you complain
about that or does it cause you 

1100
01:03:52,200 --> 01:03:55,880
to truly be aware that Christ 
has promised that He is going to

1101
01:03:55,880 --> 01:03:58,960
free us from the agony of all 
the pains of this earth? 

1102
01:04:01,680 --> 01:04:06,920
Where looking to Christ the 
day's coming. 

1103
01:04:09,120 --> 01:04:13,080
You have to ask yourself, will 
you be unashamed on that day? 

1104
01:04:15,720 --> 01:04:23,800
Will you Revelation 1615, John 
says, records the words of the 

1105
01:04:23,800 --> 01:04:28,400
Lord here says in verse 15, 
Look, I come like a thief. 

1106
01:04:28,880 --> 01:04:32,400
Blessed is the one who stays 
awake and remains clothed so as 

1107
01:04:32,400 --> 01:04:35,520
not to go naked and to be 
shamefully exposed. 

1108
01:04:35,520 --> 01:04:37,360
The Lord himself encouraging us 
to do what? 

1109
01:04:38,240 --> 01:04:45,080
Stay awake, stay aware, stay 
prepared just as he did there in

1110
01:04:45,080 --> 01:04:50,560
Matthew chapter 24 verse 42 
aware looking for Christ day's 

1111
01:04:50,560 --> 01:04:53,560
coming. 
Are you ready? 

1112
01:04:54,920 --> 01:04:57,680
Are you watchful as he's 
commanded us to be watchful 

1113
01:04:57,680 --> 01:05:01,040
waiting Luke chapter 12 and 
Luke's account he says this 

1114
01:05:01,040 --> 01:05:03,200
verse 35 be dressed ready for 
service. 

1115
01:05:03,440 --> 01:05:06,040
Keep your lamps burning like 
servants waiting for their 

1116
01:05:06,040 --> 01:05:08,920
master to return from a wedding 
banquet so that when he comes 

1117
01:05:08,920 --> 01:05:11,280
and knocks, they can immediately
open the door for Him. 

1118
01:05:11,800 --> 01:05:14,080
It will be good for those 
servants whose master finds them

1119
01:05:14,080 --> 01:05:18,360
watching when he comes. 
Truly, I tell you, He will dress

1120
01:05:18,360 --> 01:05:23,800
himself to service, to serve. 
Christ is going to serve those 

1121
01:05:23,800 --> 01:05:27,920
who are watching for Him. 
He will have them recline at the

1122
01:05:27,920 --> 01:05:30,280
table and will come and wait on 
them, just as He did in John 

1123
01:05:30,280 --> 01:05:32,440
chapter 13. 
This is disciples while He was 

1124
01:05:32,440 --> 01:05:35,760
here on this earth, verse 38. 
And it would be good for those 

1125
01:05:35,760 --> 01:05:39,720
servants whose master finds them
ready, even if he comes in the 

1126
01:05:39,720 --> 01:05:42,160
middle of the night or toward 
Daybreak. 

1127
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But understand this, that the 
owner of the house had known it 

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01:05:45,360 --> 01:05:48,200
what hour the thief was coming. 
He would not have let his house 

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01:05:48,200 --> 01:05:53,680
be broken into. 
You also must be ready, because 

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the Son of Man will come in an 
hour when you do not expect Him.

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01:06:00,280 --> 01:06:01,720
So what if the charismatics get 
it right? 

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01:06:04,440 --> 01:06:07,600
Are you staying prepared? 
Are you speaking passionately? 

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01:06:08,960 --> 01:06:13,400
Are you serving properly? 
Are you saved positively? 

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01:06:14,600 --> 01:06:16,880
I'll leave you with this 
believer. 

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01:06:18,600 --> 01:06:24,400
If the social media YouTube 
profits get it right, can you 

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01:06:24,400 --> 01:06:26,560
answer all those questions in 
the affirmative? 

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01:06:27,640 --> 01:06:30,240
Yes, I am saved positively. 
Yes, I am serving properly. 

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01:06:30,240 --> 01:06:33,800
Yes, I am speaking passionately.
Yes, I am staying prepared. 

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01:06:37,520 --> 01:06:40,160
I pray that if you can't answer 
that in the affirmative today, 

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01:06:42,000 --> 01:06:45,080
you would do what the Word of 
God has commanded us to do as 

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01:06:45,080 --> 01:06:48,160
conviction sets upon our hearts.
As believers, we are to confess 

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01:06:48,160 --> 01:06:50,680
our sins and He's faithful and 
just, to forgive us our sins and

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01:06:50,680 --> 01:06:52,120
to cleanse us from all 
unrighteousness. 

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01:06:52,120 --> 01:06:53,800
Would you be honest with God 
about that today? 

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01:06:56,120 --> 01:06:59,640
God forgive me that I haven't 
been living my life serving You 

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01:06:59,640 --> 01:07:03,520
properly and speaking and 
sharing the gospel passionately.

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01:07:04,480 --> 01:07:11,440
I haven't even given one single 
thought about being prepared or 

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01:07:11,480 --> 01:07:13,680
empower me by Your Spirit. 
Teach me by Your Word. 

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01:07:16,000 --> 01:07:17,920
And I can't answer all these in 
the affirmative. 

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01:07:19,000 --> 01:07:25,320
And be very confident He is able
to do just that. 

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01:07:27,360 --> 01:07:29,880
He is able to finish the work 
that he has started in you. 

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01:07:29,880 --> 01:07:32,800
And he will submit to the spirit
that yield to him. 

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01:07:34,160 --> 01:07:39,720
To the unbeliever, I boldly say 
this to you, you're not ready. 

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01:07:41,720 --> 01:07:45,640
You're not ready, just as I was 
once not ready. 

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01:07:47,280 --> 01:07:49,560
I was not ready to meet my 
Maker, because if I would have 

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01:07:49,560 --> 01:07:52,320
met my Maker in the condition 
that I was in, I would have met 

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01:07:52,320 --> 01:07:55,640
my Maker not as a child of God, 
but as an enemy because of my 

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01:07:55,640 --> 01:07:59,040
own sin. 
And I would have been judged for

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01:07:59,040 --> 01:08:02,280
every thought and every deed and
every evil word that came from 

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01:08:02,280 --> 01:08:06,680
this evil tongue. 
And I would have spent an 

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01:08:06,680 --> 01:08:12,040
eternity in hell, and rightfully
so, with no argument against 

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01:08:12,040 --> 01:08:14,400
anything that would have been 
brought against my charge. 

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01:08:18,319 --> 01:08:22,720
I wasn't ready. 
And I'm thankful for His grace 

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01:08:22,720 --> 01:08:27,120
and His mercy that has made me 
ready in Christ Jesus. 

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01:08:27,120 --> 01:08:29,560
I'm thankful that when I wasn't 
ready, He came. 

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01:08:29,560 --> 01:08:33,560
And through the sacrifice of 
Jesus Christ, He made me ready. 

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01:08:36,520 --> 01:08:38,479
Can I tell you this? 
He'll do the same for you today.

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01:08:39,760 --> 01:08:42,800
Repent of your sin. 
Turn to Jesus Christ as your 

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01:08:42,800 --> 01:08:45,160
Lord and Savior. 
Cry out to Him in desperation. 

1170
01:08:45,160 --> 01:08:47,279
You desperately need Him to save
you. 

1171
01:08:47,640 --> 01:08:51,720
Why do you need Him to save you?
Because one day these prophets 

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01:08:51,720 --> 01:08:53,880
are going to be right for the 
very first. 

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01:08:53,880 --> 01:08:58,240
Time and I will be thankful on 
that day. 

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01:08:59,520 --> 01:09:04,399
I will tip my hat to the YouTube
charismatic prophet when he 

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01:09:04,399 --> 01:09:07,120
finally gets it right. 
Thank you that you finally got 

1176
01:09:07,120 --> 01:09:11,920
it right. 
When He does, Are you ready? 

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01:09:14,040 --> 01:09:16,439
You have not surrendered to 
Christ as Lord and Savior. 

1178
01:09:16,439 --> 01:09:19,720
You're not ready. 
Repent of your sin today. 

1179
01:09:20,840 --> 01:09:23,600
Trust in Jesus Christ as the 
only hope of forgiveness and 

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01:09:23,600 --> 01:09:25,840
eternal life before it is 
everlastingly too late. 

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01:09:27,720 --> 01:09:31,359
Whosoever shall call upon the 
name of the Lord shall be saved.

1182
01:09:31,359 --> 01:09:32,920
That is a desperate call. 
Know this. 

1183
01:09:33,680 --> 01:09:35,160
The return of the Lord is 
imminent. 

1184
01:09:37,319 --> 01:09:41,160
His judgment is impending, and 
the only one who can save you 

1185
01:09:41,160 --> 01:09:43,319
from that judgment and wrath is 
Christ. 

1186
01:09:44,760 --> 01:09:45,960
Turn to Christ today and be 
saved. 

1187
01:09:46,600 --> 01:09:48,319
Father, in the name of Jesus, we
thank you for Your word. 

1188
01:09:48,319 --> 01:09:51,479
We thank You that it is true. 
We thank You that it has gone 

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01:09:51,479 --> 01:09:54,160
forth, and it will accomplish 
that which you've set out for it

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01:09:54,160 --> 01:09:56,440
to accomplish. 
But I pray if there be any soul 

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01:09:56,440 --> 01:09:59,400
here today who does not know 
Christ as Lord and Savior, I 

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01:09:59,400 --> 01:10:02,280
pray today that Your mercy will 
be showered upon them. 

1193
01:10:02,960 --> 01:10:05,240
That you would as only you could
do, draw them out of darkness 

1194
01:10:05,240 --> 01:10:07,920
and into light to receive 
forgiveness and eternal life. 

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01:10:07,920 --> 01:10:11,520
That you would give them faith 
to believe, power to repent, 

1196
01:10:12,040 --> 01:10:14,840
That you would regenerate them 
to new and everlasting life here

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01:10:14,840 --> 01:10:17,360
today. 
God, we thank you for the work 

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01:10:17,360 --> 01:10:20,400
that you're going to do as the 
Word has gone forth. 

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01:10:21,040 --> 01:10:22,760
God, I pray for the believers 
who are here today. 

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01:10:23,600 --> 01:10:25,960
Perhaps they examine their life 
and they see a deficiency. 

1201
01:10:27,800 --> 01:10:33,120
God, I pray that they would run 
to you in their deficiency and 

1202
01:10:33,120 --> 01:10:35,600
cry out to you who is 
sufficient, meet all of our 

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01:10:35,600 --> 01:10:37,440
needs, that they would be 
honest, that they would confess 

1204
01:10:37,440 --> 01:10:40,120
their sin, that they would trust
in your grace evermore. 

1205
01:10:40,120 --> 01:10:42,880
Today we'll give you all the 
glory for it in Jesus. 

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Amen. 
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