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And how you're living, I 
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take it. 
But first, John, chapter three, 

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I've got some exciting news for 
you this morning. 

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Jesus is coming back to get us. 
That's exciting news. 

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I don't know what you expected 
me to say, but that there's no 

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more exciting news than that 
he's coming. 

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And I don't know when it's going
to happen. 

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You don't know what happened, 
but it's going to happen someday

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and probably soon. 
And that's an exciting, exciting

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thought. 
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here in First John chapter 3 is 
speaking about the appearance of

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Jesus Christ in the clouds. 
He's coming. 

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He's coming, and it's going to 
trigger the rapture of the 

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Saints. 
And you know, honestly, society 

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will be just going on as usual. 
And the Bible says in in Hebrews

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Chapter 11, in a moment, in the 
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trump for the dead. 
And the trumpet shall sound and 

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the dead and Christ shall be 
raised incorruptible, and we 

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shall be changed. 
It's going to happen so quickly 

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that nobody's, you know, 
nobody's going to be prepared 

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for it, as far as you know, 
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does. 
First Thessalonia chapter 4 and 

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verse 17 says, then we which are
alive and remain shall be caught

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up together with them in the 
clouds to meet the Lord in the 

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air. 
And so shall we ever be with the

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Lord. 
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what life is going to be like on
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gone or just they're they're 
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and the next moment they're, 
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Could you imagine if Jesus 
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church service and everybody's 
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You'll know what happened and 
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missed it. 
And I mean, it's funny, but it's

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not going to be funny for the 
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You better make sure that you 
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your way to heaven. 
You better make sure that you 

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know you're going to go up in 
the Rapture. 

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But, but could you imagine an 
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is his savior? 
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You know, they say that at any 
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At any given point during a day,
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Could you imagine if five of 
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what kind of chaos that's going 
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Imagine when I was bad enough, 
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driver's seat, let alone imagine
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cars are without a driver and 
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down the road. 
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destruction? 
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But then and they'll find a way 
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They do that with everything 
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right? 
Oh, it was a zombie apocalypse. 

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Or, you know, I don't even know 
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Maybe that's not anything. 
But, you know, they'll have a 

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way to explain it away. 
They'll have a well, you know, 

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there's an alien invasion. 
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aliens all this time. 
And now there was an alien 

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invasion and half the people are
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Come up with a way to spin it, 
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Jesus Christ is going to come 
back while the world looks for 

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us. 
We're going to be with the Lord.

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And the Bible says in first John
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Think about these words. 
Wonderful, wonderful verses. 

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Behold what manner of love the 
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that we should be called the 
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Therefore the world knows us not
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Think about that. 
Behold, what manner of love the 

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Father hath bestowed upon us 
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That's an amazing, amazing 
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Beloved, now are we the sons of 
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what we shall be. 
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appear we shall be like him, for
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And every man that hath this 
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even as he is pure. 
How you think about that in in 

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in verse #2. 
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see Jesus face to face, and 
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about Jesus, I can guarantee you
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who he is. 
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Could you imagine? 
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blind, but could you imagine 
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The first thing you ever get to 
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that died for you. 
Behold, what manner of love the 

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Father has bestowed upon us, 
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sons of God. 
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verse #3, and every man that 
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himself, even as he is pure. 
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Institute with the men about 
studying out different words and

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making sure you understand what 
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That word, hope, in that passage
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It doesn't carry the usual 
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When you talk about hope, the 
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wanted can be had or, you know, 
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to turn out well. 
It's not like hoping for a new 

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car for your birthday or hoping 
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finally come through and buy me 
that truck I've been asking him 

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for. 
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for a raise at work or hope that
you know that the mess at the 

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office will turn out right. 
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hope. 
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of, you know, often I hope that 
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OK That's not the hope that the 
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The born again, people are not 
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they're going to be taken to 
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Savior, then by faith we can 
trust that he's going to do what

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he said he's going to do and 
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When the rapture happens, it 
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with pleasure, expectation or 
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Every man that hath this hope, 
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anticipation, every man that has
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confidence purifies himself even
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The anticipation, the 
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faith, that's what that word, 
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He that hath this hope in him 
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You know why so many Christians 
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things of the world? 
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Jesus to come. 
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Jesus Christ to come right now, 
what would be changed in your 

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life? 
What would be different in what 

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you're doing right now if you 
knew that Jesus Christ was going

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to come back tomorrow? 
There's no expectation, there's 

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no anticipation, There's no real
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I heard about a little girl who 
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the radio with her mother. 
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about the second coming of Jesus
Christ and and Jesus may come up

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today, may come today. 
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It was kind of in the afternoon,
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She took a bath and she put on 
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Her mom hadn't seen her for a 
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upstairs and she saw this little
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the window and she said, what 
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I'm up here looking for him to 
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And boy, if if we just had that 
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same attitude, Jesus Christ said
he's coming back, Are we looking

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for his coming? 
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expectation that he could come 
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When we were growing up, we we 
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And so Brian can tell you we 
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splitting, chopping, you know, 
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I mean that seemed like that's 
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The whole summer was cutting 
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And then all winter we cut and 
split wood and carried it in the

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house. 
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enough wood, but that's how we 
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you're a kid, you're going to 
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And once you know that we had 
four apple trees in our backyard

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that were there when we moved in
and they would never been pruned

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or anything. 
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I mean, you could eat them. 
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They had wormholes in them and 
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But when you're a teenage kid 
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to eat, you don't eat anything 
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wormhole, you just eat around 
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But The thing is, those apples 
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we'd be carrying wood or 
splitting wood and somebody 

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would throw an apple. 
And I don't know, you probably 

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never got hit in the back with 
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But it stings, it stings. 
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when you get hit in the back 
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to just let it happen, You're 
going to pick it up and throw it

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back, right? 
And next thing you know, there's

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apples flying everywhere. 
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There was a lot of apples flying
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We were supposed to be working. 
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throwing apples and everything 
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And guess my dad always came 
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Not when we were working, not 
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and chopping it and stacking it 
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He always came mid throw, right?
It's like where you come eye to 

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eye and you're like, stink. 
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My head's itching, right? 
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That's it's like it never 
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Same thing when your mom told 
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And you got plenty of time until
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you guys are in the middle of 
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And now what? 
Now we're trying to rush around 

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and clean it. 
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Christians treat the coming of 
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And if if we believe that, then 
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We'll be busy living for him, 
We'll be doing what's right when

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he comes back. 
We certainly didn't want to see 

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our dad then. 
There was no anticipation. 

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There was no eagerness. 
There was no I can't wait to see

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my dad now. 
Right. 

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And and we do the same thing 
with Jesus Christ. 

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But there's only one thing that 
we need to do in regard to the 

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expectation of Jesus Christ 
coming. 

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And we find that very plainly 
there in verse #3. 

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Every man that hath this hope in
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Or how? 
How far do you go? 

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How do you know when you're 
pure? 

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How do you know when, when 
you've gone far enough and 

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you're you're living though 
exactly the way you should? 

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Well, he tells us, even as he is
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So I think we got a long way to 
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If we really believe that Jesus 
Christ is coming back, then we 

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would purify some things. 
And this morning I want to 

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preach to you on this thought, 
when he shall appear, when he 

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shall appear. 
And I want to give you 5 things 

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that we would purify in our 
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Jesus Christ could come back 
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Let's pray and then we'll look 
at those things. 

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Good morning, Father. 
We love you. 

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Give me thank you for your 
goodness to us and thank you for

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an opportunity that we have to 
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I pray that you'd use this 
message in our hearts. 

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I pray that you'd give me the 
words to say fill me with your 

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power. 
I pray in Jesus name. 

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Amen. 
First thing that we would purify

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is our hearts, and that makes 
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You think naturally that if 
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our heart has to be pure. 
Jeremiah 17 and verse #9 was 

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exactly the opposite of what a 
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to say today. 
Follow your heart. 

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Just just do what your heart 
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do. 
That's that's horrible advice. 

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The Bible says in Jeremiah 17 
and verse #9, the heart is 

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deceitful above all things and 
desperately wicked. 

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Who can know it? 
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heart if it's desperately 
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Don't follow your heart. 
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That's what our job is. 
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for us to purify our hearts. 
It takes a lot of effort for us 

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to purify our hearts. 
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says keep thy heart with all 
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issues of life. 
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emotions. 
That's that's who you are, 

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right? 
I mean, I can't. 

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You're not going to open up your
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and clean it off a little bit 
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saying get your get your life 
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Out of the heart, keep your 
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of it are the issues of life. 
So how would we purify our 

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hearts? 
Will number one, we should be 

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cleansed through salvation. 
Are you ready for him to come? 

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Have you been saved? 
Have you accepted Jesus Christ 

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as your Savior? 
Are you one of those people that

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when you go to sleep at night, 
there's a lump in your throat 

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the size of a football because 
you're hoping you wake up in the

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morning because you don't know 
where you're going to be. 

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If you don't, there's no way to 
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What the tells us that we can 
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We can have that expectation? 
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night, I don't think about, 
well, I hope I wake up in the 

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morning, bring it on. 
You can't threaten me with 

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heaven, but what a wonderful 
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Jesus Christ came back in the 
middle of the night while I was 

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sleeping to be the greatest 
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Not worried about dying. 
I'm not worried about, you know,

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spending eternity in hell 
because I know where I'm going 

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when I die and know who my 
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do everything that he's promised
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But those who don't know Jesus 
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that uncertainty. 
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anticipating Jesus Christ coming
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They're not looking forward to 
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know what's going to happen when
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It might be the one person still
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he comes back. 
I want a feeling, that's what a 

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feeling that's going to be 
because most of those people who

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are sitting in church that are 
going to be there, the couple 

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that are left, they're going to 
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going to say the Rapture just 
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And if you miss it, it's too 
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You can't. 
You can't catch the second bus 

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in the Rapture. 
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You can't. 
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first time across, or you don't 
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don't spend eternity in heaven. 
What a horrible, horrible thing 

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that is. 
But you don't have to live with 

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that uncertainty. 
You can accept Jesus Christ as 

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your Savior. 
You can come to him for 

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salvation today and know for 
sure that if Jesus Christ came 

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back this afternoon, you'd be 
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And what a wonderful feeling 
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We don't live by feelings, but 
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I can tell you that much. 
Have you been to Jesus for that 

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cleansing power? 
Are you washed in the blood of 

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the land? 
Are you fully trusting in His 

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grace this hour? 
Are you washed in the blood of 

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the Lamb? 
That's how you get cleansed. 

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You get washed in the blood of 
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That cleansing is for salvation,
but also we find the cleansing 

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through sanctification. 
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process. 
After you're saved, getting 

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But if all you have is a 
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foundation. 
You have to have a house. 

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You have to build on that 
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It's the time of, as the Bible 
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that spoken of in Hebrews, 
growth in Christ is going to 

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produce a clean vessel. 
As you grow in Christ, you're 

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going to realize these are some 
things that I'm doing in my life

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that I shouldn't be doing. 
I need to clean those out. 

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These are some things that I 
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should be doing. 
I need to put those in, right? 

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I mean, you think about a house,
right? 

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If you decided, you know what, I
need that my house needs to be 

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cleaned. 
I'm going to stop dropping 

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crumbs on the floor. 
And you can try to stop dropping

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crumbs, but you're still going 
to drop some here and there. 

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You need to add a vacuum cleaner
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can use it to help clean up the 
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So you need to get rid of some 
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things in there. 
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sanctification process is all 
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But that sanctification comes 
through cleansing and I'll and 

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then turn over to Ephesians 
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If you will keep your finger 
there in First John or put a 

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bookmark or something, we're 
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But if we believed, if we truly 
believe that Jesus Christ is 

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coming back today, when He shall
appear, we would purify our 

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through salvation and #3 through
the scriptures, we'd be cleansed

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through the scriptures. 
Ephesians chapter 5 and verse 

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#26 says that he might sanctify 
talking about the church and 

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cleanse it with the washing of 
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15 and verse 13. 
Now you are clean through the 

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word which I have spoken unto 
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When you get your heart exposed 
to the word of God, then there's

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going to be a cleansing that 
takes place. 

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You can't read the word of God 
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You can't sit in a message and 
listen to the Word of God being 

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preached long without it 
affecting you, without it 

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changing you. 
Not that you plan it. 

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It's not that you have to 
activate it. 

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That cleansing comes from 
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God. 
If your heart is not clean, then

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I would say that you've not been
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With the word of God you get in 
the Bible, you'll have a hard 

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time finding time. 
You'll have a hard time finding 

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place. 
Sin you know, and sin doesn't 

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come so easy anymore When you 
start reading the Word of God 

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and you start really digging 
into it and studying it. 

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Did your mom make you scrub 
behind your ears when you were 

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growing up? 
I tell you that mothers must 

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think that that's the only place
you ever get dirt. 

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Because my mom would tell me 
that all the time the back of 

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your ears are so dear. 
I would scrub them things so 

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they were raw. 
And then she's like your ears 

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are dirty again. 
I'm like, I scrubbed it. 

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I don't know what you want me to
do. 

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There's no ear left. 
You're probably seeing my brain.

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And that's why it looks dirty, 
right? 

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But but that's exactly what the 
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It scrubs us. 
It cleans us. 

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It gets into the places that it 
needs to get into in order for 

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us to be clean before God. 
Turn over to 1st John One 

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because the word of God will 
cleanse your heart. 

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We need that purification if 
we're going to be pure. 

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If we're going to purify 
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then that's where we have to 
start. 

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We have to purify our hearts 
first. 

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John chapter one and verse #7 
says but if we walk in the light

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as he is in the light, we have 
fellowship one with another and 

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the blood of Jesus Christ his 
son cleanseth us from all sin. 

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Verse #9 If we confess our sin, 
by the way this is written to 

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Christians, if we confess our 
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To forgive us our sins and to 
cleanse us from all 

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unrighteousness, we need that 
cleansing. 

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You're walking through a dirty, 
dirty world. 

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You're walking through the muck 
and the mire and the mess and 

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everything else that's going on 
around us. 

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You need that cleansing. 
You need to have the word of God

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that cleanses us. 
Psalm 51. 

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David in his in his penitent 
Psalm, if you will, said in 

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verse #2. 
Wash me throughly from my 

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iniquity, he said, Cleanse me 
from my sin. 

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If you are convinced thoroughly 
that Jesus Christ was going to 

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come back today, you'd be at 
this altar this morning, 

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cleansing your heart. 
I can promise you that. 

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We need to be doing that every 
single day. 

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We need to be asking him for 
that cleansing. 

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We need to be asking him and 
that and and how do you know 

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what needs to be cleansed out? 
How do you know what needs to be

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changed? 
The word of God does that. 

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If we were really looking for 
the we would purify our hearts, 

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but also #2, we would purify our
heads. 

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Turn over to Philippians, 
Philippians chapter one. 

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And I'm thinking of the mind at 
this point. 

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I use the word head so I could 
stay with H this morning because

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all the rest of the points fit 
right in with that. 

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But Philippians, really. 
Paul deals with this matter of 

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the head or the mind a lot in 
the book of Philippians. 

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And over there in Philippians 
chapter one, we see first of all

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that we have to keep our minds 
on the gospel, keep our minds in

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the gospel. 
Paul spent so much time talking 

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about that. 
In fact, in verse #7 of chapter 

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one, he says, even as it is made
for me to think this of you all,

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because I have you in my heart 
in as much as both in my bonds 

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and in the defense and 
confirmation of the gospel, you 

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all are protectors of my grace. 
Verse 12 have fallen out. 

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These things that have happened 
and we have fallen out, he says 

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rather unto the furtherance of 
the gospel, verse 17. 

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But that I am set for the 
defense of the gospel. 

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Verse 27, he says. 
Only let your conversation be as

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it becometh the gospel of 
Christ. 

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I know that if we had made the 
gospel of Jesus Christ the one 

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main focal point of our entire 
thinking and all of our efforts,

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it would purify our thinking 
process. 

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If everything you did was with 
the idea of getting the gospel 

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out, it would change the way 
that you think. 

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If everybody that you 
encountered you thought that 

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person needs the gospel, it 
would change the way you think 

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about other people. 
If, if, if, if, if, if all you 

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can think about is getting the 
message of the gospel out. 

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It would purify your thinking. 
But then he goes on in chapter 

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two. 
He said we need to keep our 

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minds on our glory and Savior 
Jesus Christ, right? 

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Philippians chapter 2 talks all 
about that in verse #5. 

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Really kind of boils it all down
there. 

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Let this mind be in you, which 
was also in Christ Jesus. 

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Do you have the mind of Christ? 
If you had the mind of Christ, 

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your mind would be purified. 
You would be thinking about the 

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right things. 
Have you ever wondered what 

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Jesus thought about or what he 
thinks about? 

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I've thought that so many times.
Jesus was God, so he was. 

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He was sinless, He was perfect. 
He he could sin because he was 

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all man, but he couldn't sin 
because he was all God. 

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And what did he think about, you
know, What would he think about 

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the way it used to be in heaven?
Did he? 

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Did he what? 
What did he think about when he 

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was on this earth? 
I don't know. 

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But. 
But the mind of Christ is the 

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mind that we're supposed to 
have, right? 

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So have you ever considered what
really went through his mind as 

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he was being tried for the 
crimes that he didn't commit and

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he knew he didn't commit those 
things? 

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I wonder what he thought about 
when his when his own people 

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cried out. 
Crucify him. 

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Crucify him. 
What was going through his mind?

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But the mind of Christ is what 
we're supposed to have if we're 

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going to. 
We'll force our minds to dwell 

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on the Lord Jesus Christ and 
what He's done through the cross

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for us. 
It'll purify our hearts, our 

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heads. 
Collections Chapter 3 and verse 

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two says set your affection on 
things above, not on things on 

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the earth. 
If our affections are there, we 

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don't have time for this. 
Down here. 

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You can't split your affections.
That's what the Bible makes that

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very clear in Matthew. 
You're either going to love the 

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one and hate the other. 
You'll despise the one and hold 

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the other. 
You cannot serve God and ma'am, 

451
00:21:19,190 --> 00:21:22,270
and you can't love both with all
your heart the way that he tells

452
00:21:22,270 --> 00:21:24,430
it to. 
You either love the world with 

453
00:21:24,430 --> 00:21:26,470
all your heart or you love God 
with all of your heart. 

454
00:21:26,470 --> 00:21:30,670
There is no middle ground, Roman
chapter 13 and verse 14 says, 

455
00:21:30,670 --> 00:21:34,430
But put you on the Lord Jesus 
Christ and make not provision 

456
00:21:34,430 --> 00:21:37,550
for the flesh to fulfill it in 
the lust thereof. 

457
00:21:38,070 --> 00:21:39,910
You get your mind focused on the
gospel. 

458
00:21:40,070 --> 00:21:41,910
You get your mind focused on 
Jesus Christ. 

459
00:21:41,910 --> 00:21:45,110
You can have a hard time finding
other things to focus on that 

460
00:21:45,110 --> 00:21:46,630
shouldn't that, that are not 
right. 

461
00:21:47,390 --> 00:21:49,710
And then we go on to Philippians
Chapter 3, and he says that we 

462
00:21:49,710 --> 00:21:50,910
ought to keep our minds on the 
goal. 

463
00:21:50,910 --> 00:21:53,070
What's our goal? 
Get rich? 

464
00:21:54,510 --> 00:21:57,110
No. 
Is it to to retire at an early 

465
00:21:57,110 --> 00:22:00,230
age? 
Gain popularity? 

466
00:22:01,030 --> 00:22:02,590
All of those things are are 
empty. 

467
00:22:02,590 --> 00:22:04,670
They're vain, they're worthless,
they're useless. 

468
00:22:04,670 --> 00:22:06,950
When it comes to the cause of 
Jesus Christ, we're talking 

469
00:22:06,950 --> 00:22:10,070
about purifying our minds. 
Our goal should be to to what 

470
00:22:10,070 --> 00:22:13,550
Paul spells out and Philippians 
Chapter 3 and verse #14, I 

471
00:22:13,550 --> 00:22:17,040
pressed toward the mark for the 
prize of the high calling of God

472
00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:19,080
in Christ Jesus. 
That's what our minds ought to 

473
00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:20,280
be on. 
Paul says. 

474
00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:23,360
Nothing is going to detain me. 
Nothing's going to hold me back.

475
00:22:23,360 --> 00:22:25,960
Nothing's going to make me turn 
or alter my course. 

476
00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:29,360
I'm pressing toward the mark for
the prize of the high calling of

477
00:22:29,360 --> 00:22:32,760
God in Christ Jesus. 
See all these things, these 

478
00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:35,120
these are motivators for us, 
right? 

479
00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:37,600
Why would get Why would Jesus 
tell us about heaven and how 

480
00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:39,480
beautiful it is if he didn't 
want us to go there? 

481
00:22:39,950 --> 00:22:41,590
If he didn't want us to think 
about going there? 

482
00:22:41,630 --> 00:22:44,350
Why would he offer us crowns if 
he didn't want us to try to earn

483
00:22:44,350 --> 00:22:45,910
those crowns? 
Right? 

484
00:22:45,990 --> 00:22:49,390
They're there as motivators and 
he's Paul has got his eye on the

485
00:22:49,390 --> 00:22:51,750
prize. 
I pressed toward the mark for 

486
00:22:51,750 --> 00:22:55,790
the prize of the high calling of
God in Christ Jesus, right? 

487
00:22:55,790 --> 00:22:58,510
And then chapter 4. 
I don't want to belabor the 

488
00:22:58,510 --> 00:23:00,830
point, but he says we need to 
keep our minds guarded. 

489
00:23:01,190 --> 00:23:02,990
Philippians chapter 4 and verse 
#8. 

490
00:23:03,310 --> 00:23:05,430
Finally, brethren, whatsoever 
things are true. 

491
00:23:05,630 --> 00:23:08,510
Whatsoever things are honest. 
Whatsoever things are just. 

492
00:23:08,670 --> 00:23:11,150
Whatsoever things are pure. 
Whatsoever things are lovely. 

493
00:23:11,150 --> 00:23:12,790
Whatsoever things are of a good 
report. 

494
00:23:12,950 --> 00:23:15,870
If there be any virtue, and if 
there be any praise, think on 

495
00:23:15,870 --> 00:23:19,090
these things, those things which
you have both learned and 

496
00:23:19,090 --> 00:23:22,210
received, and heard and seen in 
me do, And the God of peace 

497
00:23:22,410 --> 00:23:24,730
shall be with you. 
But I rejoice in the Lord 

498
00:23:24,730 --> 00:23:27,370
greatly, that now at the last 
your care of me have flourished 

499
00:23:27,370 --> 00:23:30,450
again, wherein you're all so 
careful, but you lack the 

500
00:23:30,450 --> 00:23:32,490
opportunity. 
Not that I speak in respect of 

501
00:23:32,490 --> 00:23:35,090
want, for I have learned in 
whatsoever state I am there with

502
00:23:35,090 --> 00:23:38,850
to be content. 
How can Paul be so in control of

503
00:23:38,850 --> 00:23:42,170
himself? 
He has his, he has his thinking,

504
00:23:42,250 --> 00:23:44,330
right? 
That's why verse 11 was no 

505
00:23:44,330 --> 00:23:46,290
problem for him. 
I'm not speaking in respect of 

506
00:23:46,330 --> 00:23:49,370
I've learned whatsoever study 
him to be with, to be content. 

507
00:23:49,370 --> 00:23:51,170
Why? 
Because he had his thinking 

508
00:23:51,170 --> 00:23:53,770
right. 
He was dwelling on those things 

509
00:23:53,770 --> 00:23:56,130
that he tells us we ought to be 
dwelling on. 

510
00:23:56,970 --> 00:23:59,410
Make your mind think on the 
things inverse Satan. 

511
00:23:59,410 --> 00:24:02,530
Before long you're going to have
a purified head #3. 

512
00:24:03,770 --> 00:24:06,250
If we're really looking for the 
appearing of Jesus Christ and if

513
00:24:06,250 --> 00:24:10,720
you will turn over to James, 
Chapter 4, We'd purify our 

514
00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:16,040
hearts, We'd purify our heads. 
And #3, if we're really looking 

515
00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:19,360
forward to the coming of Jesus 
Christ, we'd purify our hands. 

516
00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:22,000
James Chapter 4 and verse 8 
makes that very clear. 

517
00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:25,800
He says draw night to God and he
will draw night to you. 

518
00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:31,320
Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, 
and purify your hearts, Ye 

519
00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:33,960
doubleminded. 
Well, there's purify in both of 

520
00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:35,160
those. 
Purify your hearts. 

521
00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:38,160
But he's also saying, purify 
your hands, clean your hands. 

522
00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:41,930
We'd put away the hands that 
hold the beer cans. 

523
00:24:41,970 --> 00:24:45,250
If we had pure hands, we put 
away the hands that hold the 

524
00:24:45,250 --> 00:24:48,450
telephone while we gossip. 
If we had pure hands, the hands 

525
00:24:48,450 --> 00:24:51,130
that participate in evil deeds, 
we'd put those away. 

526
00:24:51,130 --> 00:24:55,490
If our hands were pure, purified
hands would pass out tracks. 

527
00:24:55,930 --> 00:24:58,730
Purified hands would would take 
the message of the gospel and 

528
00:24:58,730 --> 00:25:01,930
give it to other people. 
It would knock on doors of 

529
00:25:01,930 --> 00:25:03,450
sinners. 
It would make our hands of 

530
00:25:03,450 --> 00:25:06,890
service to God. #4 I want you to
see this. 

531
00:25:06,890 --> 00:25:09,410
If we were really looking for 
the appearing of Jesus Christ, 

532
00:25:10,580 --> 00:25:13,820
we purify our homes. 
Don't raise your hands this 

533
00:25:13,820 --> 00:25:16,620
morning, but how many of you be 
thrilled to go home this morning

534
00:25:16,620 --> 00:25:21,420
and find Jesus Christ sitting in
your living room looking through

535
00:25:21,420 --> 00:25:25,500
all the things that you have in 
your house? 

536
00:25:27,300 --> 00:25:31,180
How would you feel if he turned 
on your TV and the last show 

537
00:25:31,180 --> 00:25:33,140
that you were watching popped up
for him to see it? 

538
00:25:34,980 --> 00:25:37,820
How would you like for him to go
through your DVD collection or 

539
00:25:37,820 --> 00:25:41,110
your Netflix account and see the
things that you've been 

540
00:25:41,110 --> 00:25:44,830
watching? 
Would that be something you'd be

541
00:25:44,950 --> 00:25:48,870
fine with or would you have to 
hang your head and say don't 

542
00:25:48,870 --> 00:25:51,590
look at that? 
Let me clear the history off of 

543
00:25:51,590 --> 00:25:54,390
that for just a minute. 
How about if you sat down at 

544
00:25:54,390 --> 00:25:57,390
your computer or picked up your 
cell phone and started going 

545
00:25:57,390 --> 00:25:59,910
through it? 
Are you okay with that? 

546
00:26:01,750 --> 00:26:04,690
Because if we really believe 
that Jesus Christ was coming 

547
00:26:04,690 --> 00:26:06,370
back today, we'd purify our 
homes. 

548
00:26:06,370 --> 00:26:08,330
There wouldn't be things in 
there that we didn't want him to

549
00:26:08,330 --> 00:26:11,410
see. 
The magazines or the books or 

550
00:26:11,410 --> 00:26:14,370
whatever you're choosing to read
and listen to and watch and all 

551
00:26:14,370 --> 00:26:16,250
of those other things that you 
think are hidden. 

552
00:26:17,490 --> 00:26:19,610
Hey, brother Josh is a is a 
computer guy. 

553
00:26:19,610 --> 00:26:23,090
He could find stuff in the in 
the dark corners of your of your

554
00:26:23,090 --> 00:26:25,690
computer. 
Imagine what Jesus Christ can 

555
00:26:25,690 --> 00:26:27,410
do, because he's already seen 
it. 

556
00:26:28,490 --> 00:26:32,430
He already knows it's there. 
He knows exactly where it's at. 

557
00:26:32,430 --> 00:26:34,030
He knows exactly what you're 
doing. 

558
00:26:35,630 --> 00:26:39,150
If you really believe that Jesus
Christ was coming back today or 

559
00:26:39,150 --> 00:26:42,790
could, your home would be pure, 
you wouldn't. 

560
00:26:42,790 --> 00:26:44,990
You wouldn't allow your kids to 
be doing those things. 

561
00:26:44,990 --> 00:26:47,150
You wouldn't be doing those 
things that you wouldn't allow 

562
00:26:47,150 --> 00:26:49,630
your kids to do. 
See. 

563
00:26:50,350 --> 00:26:53,150
Would you welcome the idea of 
him turning on a hidden tape 

564
00:26:53,150 --> 00:26:57,190
recorder and listening to your 
conversations the last week? 

565
00:26:59,250 --> 00:27:01,490
Listening to the things that you
talk about, Listen to the things

566
00:27:01,490 --> 00:27:06,970
that you argue about, But you 
have to change any of your plans

567
00:27:06,970 --> 00:27:09,250
for entertainment. 
If you knew that Jesus Christ 

568
00:27:09,250 --> 00:27:14,210
was coming to your house. 
See, the American home is in 

569
00:27:14,210 --> 00:27:17,170
shambles. 
The horrible news broadcast is 

570
00:27:17,170 --> 00:27:21,330
just, you know, just a report of
the failure in the homes of 

571
00:27:21,330 --> 00:27:24,130
America. 
The reason why this country is 

572
00:27:24,130 --> 00:27:26,930
in the condition that it's in is
because the homes have fallen 

573
00:27:26,930 --> 00:27:29,130
apart. 
And the reason the churches are 

574
00:27:29,130 --> 00:27:31,570
in the conditions they're in is 
because the the church is not 

575
00:27:31,570 --> 00:27:33,050
doing its job to strengthen the 
home. 

576
00:27:34,690 --> 00:27:39,250
Strong homes and strong families
make up strong churches, and 

577
00:27:39,250 --> 00:27:41,610
strong churches make up the 
backbone of a nation. 

578
00:27:42,250 --> 00:27:45,490
So when the home falls apart, 
the churches fall apart, and 

579
00:27:45,490 --> 00:27:47,890
when the churches fall apart, 
the backbone of the nation falls

580
00:27:47,890 --> 00:27:50,810
apart. 
If we would purify our homes, 

581
00:27:50,810 --> 00:27:53,250
what a difference it would make 
in our society. 

582
00:27:53,610 --> 00:27:56,770
Purified home but not be a home 
where child abuse occurred. 

583
00:27:57,110 --> 00:27:59,670
Purified home would not be a 
home where the dad was abusive 

584
00:27:59,670 --> 00:28:02,110
to the to the mother. 
Purified Home would be a home 

585
00:28:02,110 --> 00:28:05,470
where Christ is the head, where 
the Bible is the authority. 

586
00:28:05,710 --> 00:28:08,510
Purified home is a home where 
the Bible is red and the Bible 

587
00:28:08,510 --> 00:28:11,030
is memorized. 
Purified home is a home where 

588
00:28:11,030 --> 00:28:14,510
every member of that home has a 
high regard and a respect for 

589
00:28:14,510 --> 00:28:15,830
the other members of that 
family. 

590
00:28:15,830 --> 00:28:17,950
Right. 
Most most people treat the 

591
00:28:17,950 --> 00:28:20,510
neighbor's dog better than they 
than they treat their their 

592
00:28:20,510 --> 00:28:22,390
family, their own family 
members. 

593
00:28:23,230 --> 00:28:26,650
I remember the Larry Brown. 
Some of you wouldn't would know 

594
00:28:26,650 --> 00:28:27,690
who he is. 
He's been an event. 

595
00:28:27,690 --> 00:28:29,810
He was a pastor for a long time.
He's evangelist now. 

596
00:28:29,810 --> 00:28:32,570
But he preached a message called
treat her like a dog. 

597
00:28:33,890 --> 00:28:35,370
And you think the title is from 
a treat. 

598
00:28:35,370 --> 00:28:36,650
Treat. 
He's talking about your wife. 

599
00:28:36,650 --> 00:28:38,690
Treat her like a dog. 
He said most people treat their 

600
00:28:38,690 --> 00:28:40,290
dogs better than they treat 
their wife. 

601
00:28:40,530 --> 00:28:43,210
You know how many times you go, 
oh, you're such a good boy, Come

602
00:28:43,210 --> 00:28:45,210
here. 
And then you're hollering at 

603
00:28:45,210 --> 00:28:47,490
your wife, right? 
Treat her like a dog. 

604
00:28:47,490 --> 00:28:49,690
If you treat your wife the way 
you treat your dog, your wife 

605
00:28:49,690 --> 00:28:52,090
would probably get treated a 
whole lot better than most wives

606
00:28:52,090 --> 00:28:54,150
are treated. 
But how does that happen? 

607
00:28:54,150 --> 00:28:57,830
That happens when we purify our 
homes, when we let Jesus Christ 

608
00:28:57,830 --> 00:29:02,230
be the center of our home. 
And here's the last one. 

609
00:29:02,230 --> 00:29:08,110
Turn over to Romans, chapter 12.
I put this point last on purpose

610
00:29:08,110 --> 00:29:10,230
because I don't think it's 
anywhere as close to as 

611
00:29:10,230 --> 00:29:12,990
important as the first four 
points, but it's certainly worth

612
00:29:12,990 --> 00:29:15,350
mentioning nonetheless, because 
we find it in the Bible. 

613
00:29:15,870 --> 00:29:17,990
If we're really looking for the 
appearing of Jesus Christ, we 

614
00:29:17,990 --> 00:29:21,100
purify our hearts. 
We purify our heads, we purify 

615
00:29:21,100 --> 00:29:23,860
our hands, we purify our homes, 
and lastly we'd purify our 

616
00:29:23,860 --> 00:29:26,860
health. 
Roman chapter 12 and verse #1 

617
00:29:26,860 --> 00:29:29,900
says this. 
I beseech you therefore, 

618
00:29:29,900 --> 00:29:34,460
brethren, by the mercies of God,
that you present your bodies a 

619
00:29:34,460 --> 00:29:38,780
living sacrifice wholly 
acceptable unto God, which is 

620
00:29:38,780 --> 00:29:42,340
your reasonable service, and be 
not conform to this world to be 

621
00:29:42,340 --> 00:29:45,380
transformed by the renewing of 
your mind that you may prove 

622
00:29:45,380 --> 00:29:47,820
what is that good and acceptable
and perfect will of God. 

623
00:29:48,430 --> 00:29:51,630
To purify our health means we 
ought to be eating right, taking

624
00:29:51,630 --> 00:29:53,950
care of our bodies. 
I'm not a health nut by any 

625
00:29:53,950 --> 00:29:57,230
stretch, and I would never say 
that you need to cut out all the

626
00:29:57,230 --> 00:29:59,790
sugars or all carbs or whatever 
they say that you need to do to 

627
00:30:00,270 --> 00:30:02,110
to be the healthiest you can 
possibly be. 

628
00:30:03,190 --> 00:30:05,790
I like food as much as the next 
person, and I can put away of my

629
00:30:05,790 --> 00:30:09,070
shared desserts and all that 
stuff, but I do believe that we 

630
00:30:09,070 --> 00:30:10,950
should take care of the body 
that God's given us. 

631
00:30:11,030 --> 00:30:13,270
Somebody said this. 
If I had known I would live this

632
00:30:13,270 --> 00:30:14,990
long, I would have taken better 
care of myself. 

633
00:30:17,210 --> 00:30:19,250
I'll be honest with you, I think
it's less of a health nut issue 

634
00:30:19,250 --> 00:30:21,050
and more of a Bible issue when 
we don't take care of our 

635
00:30:21,050 --> 00:30:23,210
bodies. 
Turn over to Philippians chapter

636
00:30:23,210 --> 00:30:25,890
3. 
I'm not going to belabor this 

637
00:30:25,890 --> 00:30:28,450
point, but I think it's worth 
mentioning because in 

638
00:30:28,450 --> 00:30:33,490
Philippians chapter 3 and verse 
#17, the Bible says this 

639
00:30:33,610 --> 00:30:36,250
brethren be followers together 
with me and mark them which 

640
00:30:36,250 --> 00:30:38,770
walk. 
So as ye have us for an example 

641
00:30:39,090 --> 00:30:42,090
for many walk, of whom I've told
you often, and now tell you even

642
00:30:42,090 --> 00:30:44,530
weeping, that they are the 
enemies of the cross of Christ, 

643
00:30:44,730 --> 00:30:49,340
whose end is destruction, whose 
God is their belly, and whose 

644
00:30:49,340 --> 00:30:53,100
glory is in their shame, who 
mind earthly things. 

645
00:30:53,380 --> 00:30:55,100
For our conversation is in 
heaven. 

646
00:30:55,100 --> 00:30:58,300
From once we also look for the 
Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 

647
00:30:58,420 --> 00:31:01,420
who shall change our vile body, 
that it may be fashion like unto

648
00:31:01,420 --> 00:31:04,660
his glorious body, according to 
the working whereby he is able 

649
00:31:04,660 --> 00:31:06,420
even to subdue all things unto 
himself. 

650
00:31:06,780 --> 00:31:09,890
There is no good in this body of
flesh and the and the Bible 

651
00:31:09,890 --> 00:31:11,650
makes it very clear it's wicked,
it's evil. 

652
00:31:11,850 --> 00:31:14,530
But I would like for the Lord to
know that I have control over it

653
00:31:14,530 --> 00:31:16,090
and that I'm able to purify my 
health. 

654
00:31:16,690 --> 00:31:18,050
Right? 
The better your health, the 

655
00:31:18,050 --> 00:31:20,730
longer you live, the more time 
you have, and the more you're 

656
00:31:20,730 --> 00:31:22,850
able to accomplish for the cause
of Jesus Christ. 

657
00:31:23,290 --> 00:31:26,410
I've seen a lot of pastors who 
are so unhealthy that they died 

658
00:31:26,410 --> 00:31:30,330
at a young age and and and and 
were in the last few years of 

659
00:31:30,330 --> 00:31:32,730
their life, not even effective 
at all for the cause of Jesus 

660
00:31:32,730 --> 00:31:34,370
Christ because they didn't take 
care of their health. 

661
00:31:35,170 --> 00:31:37,410
And a lot of church members fit 
into that same category. 

662
00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:39,360
You need to take care of these 
bodies. 

663
00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:42,920
You only get one you only you 
only get to live once. 

664
00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:45,480
Only one life to a soon be 
passed. 

665
00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:47,400
Only what's done for Christ will
last. 

666
00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:50,440
So if you don't take care of 
this body that God gave you, the

667
00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:53,120
things that you're able to 
accomplish for Jesus Christ are 

668
00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:56,120
going to be far less than what 
you could accomplish if you had 

669
00:31:56,120 --> 00:31:57,560
taken care of the body that he 
gave you. 

670
00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:02,830
Listen, I just turned 40 and 
it's like a switch went boot and

671
00:32:02,830 --> 00:32:04,390
now I can't just eat anything I 
want. 

672
00:32:05,150 --> 00:32:09,710
I used to be able to actually 
started well before 40, but hey,

673
00:32:09,710 --> 00:32:12,150
I'm on a diet right now. 
I'm trying to lose a little bit 

674
00:32:12,150 --> 00:32:15,310
of weight because I realized 
that if I let it go, I'm going 

675
00:32:15,670 --> 00:32:17,670
to, I'm going to end up dealing 
with health problems later on. 

676
00:32:17,670 --> 00:32:20,190
I'm going to end up not being as
effective for the cause of Jesus

677
00:32:20,190 --> 00:32:23,430
Christ as I could be. 
I want to present my body a 

678
00:32:23,430 --> 00:32:26,350
living sacrifice. 
It's not a sacrifice to let my 

679
00:32:26,350 --> 00:32:30,340
body run out of control, not a 
sacrifice to allow this body to 

680
00:32:30,340 --> 00:32:32,980
do what it wants to do. 
My body doesn't like to 

681
00:32:33,020 --> 00:32:36,060
exercise, but it's important for
that to happen right now. 

682
00:32:36,180 --> 00:32:38,540
What is Paul saying First 
Timothy chapter 4 and verse 8 

683
00:32:38,660 --> 00:32:40,820
for bodily exercise. 
Profit is little. 

684
00:32:41,420 --> 00:32:44,060
There you go, I don't need to 
exercise doesn't do any good 

685
00:32:44,060 --> 00:32:47,180
anyway. 
He doesn't say don't exercise. 

686
00:32:47,630 --> 00:32:50,270
If you read the context of the 
passage, what he's talking about

687
00:32:50,270 --> 00:32:53,710
is he's saying but godliness, 
Profit is profitable into all 

688
00:32:53,710 --> 00:32:56,470
things, so he's saying bother 
the exercise compared to 

689
00:32:56,470 --> 00:33:00,310
spiritual exercise is nothing. 
But he didn't say don't do it 

690
00:33:01,030 --> 00:33:05,270
right, and he just says that 
when it's compared to godliness,

691
00:33:05,270 --> 00:33:07,390
it isn't worth much, but it is 
worth something. 

692
00:33:07,390 --> 00:33:09,470
It's going to allow me to serve 
God longer. 

693
00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:12,360
There are a lot of people who 
say they could quit this or quit

694
00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:14,760
that at any time. 
I I drink Mountain Dew. 

695
00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:16,560
Yeah, I have a six pack of 
Mountain Dew a day. 

696
00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:20,080
But I can quit anytime I want. 
Then do it right. 

697
00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:22,240
Well, I smoke, but I can quit 
anytime I want. 

698
00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:24,320
Then do it. 
Yeah. 

699
00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:25,800
Okay. 
That changes things a little 

700
00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:28,640
bit, huh? 
Well, I just don't want to. 

701
00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:30,400
I don't want to quit. 
Right. 

702
00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:32,600
Hey, you know what a good 
exercise is? 

703
00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:37,600
Tell yourself no To something 
that is not bad for you. 

704
00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:41,340
Even just just to tell yourself 
no, right? 

705
00:33:41,900 --> 00:33:43,660
You want that fourth piece of 
cake. 

706
00:33:44,980 --> 00:33:47,580
Tell yourself no. 
I don't need to have it right. 

707
00:33:47,620 --> 00:33:49,260
Look at it and say no. 
I don't need you. 

708
00:33:49,380 --> 00:33:51,340
My dad used to tell. 
My dad used to do that. 

709
00:33:51,380 --> 00:33:53,860
Sometimes, you know, mosquito 
would be on his arm. 

710
00:33:53,860 --> 00:33:55,340
And I'm like, dad, you got a 
mosquito on your arm. 

711
00:33:55,340 --> 00:33:56,420
He's like, yeah, I know. 
It's fine. 

712
00:33:56,700 --> 00:33:59,220
He can bite me if he wants to. 
He's like, I got enough 

713
00:33:59,220 --> 00:34:01,340
selfcontrol not to scratch it 
after he bites me. 

714
00:34:01,340 --> 00:34:03,300
And I'm like, we'll kill it. 
At least, you know. 

715
00:34:04,220 --> 00:34:05,740
So I would do the same thing, 
right? 

716
00:34:06,340 --> 00:34:09,530
Let the mosquito bite you. 
And smack them when you're ready

717
00:34:09,530 --> 00:34:10,850
to smack them. 
And then just look at the 

718
00:34:10,850 --> 00:34:13,409
mosquito bite. 
I mean, that's a silly thing, 

719
00:34:13,409 --> 00:34:16,370
but it's teaching you to say no 
to yourself. 

720
00:34:17,290 --> 00:34:19,929
It's a simple, simple thing. 
But but here's the here's, 

721
00:34:19,969 --> 00:34:22,730
here's where this comes into a 
spiritual aspect of that. 

722
00:34:23,290 --> 00:34:26,850
If you can't say no to your 
flesh when it comes to food or 

723
00:34:27,130 --> 00:34:30,090
junk or whatever else it is that
you're putting into it, then 

724
00:34:30,090 --> 00:34:35,370
you're a whole lot less likely 
to say no to a temptation when 

725
00:34:35,370 --> 00:34:37,909
the devil throws it in front of 
your path, right. 

726
00:34:38,030 --> 00:34:40,710
If you can say no, I'm not going
to eat that because I'm on a 

727
00:34:40,710 --> 00:34:44,030
diet and it's not good for me, 
then when the devil comes along 

728
00:34:44,030 --> 00:34:47,630
and says, hey, this is this is 
your thing, do this and it's a 

729
00:34:47,630 --> 00:34:50,870
whole lot easier to say no, I've
got control over my body, I've 

730
00:34:50,870 --> 00:34:53,070
got control over myself. 
I don't have to do that. 

731
00:34:53,790 --> 00:34:56,350
And it's, I mean it is a small 
thing and that's why I say this 

732
00:34:56,350 --> 00:34:59,830
is the is the put this point 
last on purpose. 

733
00:34:59,830 --> 00:35:03,350
But when you tell yourself no to
that extra piece of cake or to 

734
00:35:03,350 --> 00:35:06,400
that, you know, second helping 
of food or or whatever it is 

735
00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:09,920
you're teaching yourself 
selfcontrol, You don't have to 

736
00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:12,080
get crazy about it, but you 
ought to purify your health. 

737
00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:16,040
I think you go overboard too. 
You know, I'm not saying Lester 

738
00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:19,040
Roll Off went overboard, but 
Lester roll off was a was a was 

739
00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:21,760
a one of the most wellknown 
preachers in America in the 60s,

740
00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:26,200
seventies, 80s got the guy ate 
onions like apples and then he 

741
00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:28,320
died in a plane crash when he 
was 60, you know what I mean? 

742
00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:31,200
So you just never know, right? 
But you can. 

743
00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:34,720
You can go overboard and and 
make a big deal about it and and

744
00:35:34,720 --> 00:35:37,280
spend waste a lot of money that 
you don't need to be wasting on 

745
00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:39,160
that kind of stuff that you 
could be using for everything 

746
00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:40,600
else above. 
I understand all of that stuff, 

747
00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:42,760
but what I'm saying is you ought
to think about it. 

748
00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:46,040
You ought to purify your health.
The longer the the healthier you

749
00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:49,960
are and the longer you live, and
the longer you live healthy, the

750
00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:53,560
more you're able to accomplish 
for Jesus Christ, what is our 

751
00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:58,000
text verse, say back in first 
John, chapter three, First John 

752
00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:03,390
chapter 3, and verse #3. 
I want you to see it one more 

753
00:36:03,390 --> 00:36:11,230
time as we close this morning. 
He says this and every man that 

754
00:36:11,230 --> 00:36:19,990
hath this hope in him purifies 
himself even as he is pure. 

755
00:36:21,710 --> 00:36:26,710
Are you as pure as God is in 
your life right now? 

756
00:36:29,270 --> 00:36:30,430
I don't think anybody can say 
that. 

757
00:36:30,430 --> 00:36:33,790
In fact, if you do, I'm moving 
away because I don't want you 

758
00:36:33,790 --> 00:36:34,070
to. 
I don't. 

759
00:36:34,070 --> 00:36:36,030
I don't want to be part of the 
lightning bolt that you get hit 

760
00:36:36,030 --> 00:36:38,710
with. 
Not purify later. 

761
00:36:38,790 --> 00:36:42,070
Not should Purify, right? 
That means right now he is 

762
00:36:42,070 --> 00:36:44,190
purifying himself. 
Purifieth. 

763
00:36:44,910 --> 00:36:48,110
OK, man, we talked about this. 
Purifieth is in the present 

764
00:36:48,110 --> 00:36:49,710
tense. 
That means it's active. 

765
00:36:49,710 --> 00:36:53,110
It's it's happening right now 
and it's continuing to happen. 

766
00:36:54,150 --> 00:36:57,460
It's being done presently. 
Do you have that hope in Jesus 

767
00:36:57,460 --> 00:36:58,180
Christ? 
Are you? 

768
00:36:58,300 --> 00:37:00,740
Are you have that expectation? 
Are you looking forward to His 

769
00:37:00,740 --> 00:37:02,700
coming? 
Are you anticipating His coming?

770
00:37:04,140 --> 00:37:07,220
You can't say that you are if 
you have not purified yourself. 

771
00:37:08,660 --> 00:37:13,420
Have you purified your heart? 
Are you purifying your heart? 

772
00:37:14,180 --> 00:37:18,660
Are you purifying your head? 
Are you purifying your hands? 

773
00:37:19,380 --> 00:37:23,980
Are you purifying your home or 
purifying your health? 

774
00:37:25,540 --> 00:37:30,540
See, everyone that has this 
hope, this anticipation, this 

775
00:37:30,580 --> 00:37:34,340
expectation that Jesus Christ is
coming back is purifying 

776
00:37:34,340 --> 00:37:37,820
himself. 
Is that you this morning? 

777
00:37:38,420 --> 00:37:41,860
Are there things that you need 
to purify in your life? 

778
00:37:42,180 --> 00:37:44,860
If there are, then get them 
purified. 

779
00:37:45,060 --> 00:37:47,660
Because guess what? 
Jesus Christ could come back 

780
00:37:47,660 --> 00:37:49,660
today. 
I hope He does. 

781
00:37:50,300 --> 00:37:52,700
I hope he does. 
But if not, what have you lost 

782
00:37:52,700 --> 00:37:55,060
by being pure? 
Nothing. 

783
00:37:55,780 --> 00:37:58,060
He's coming back. 
It could be today, it could be 

784
00:37:58,060 --> 00:37:59,660
tomorrow. 
It could be 10 years from now. 

785
00:37:59,660 --> 00:38:02,380
But I want to be ready. 
If he does come back today, I 

786
00:38:02,380 --> 00:38:04,380
don't want to be found with my 
hand in the air. 

787
00:38:06,180 --> 00:38:09,060
Guilty. 
I want to be found busy only 

788
00:38:09,060 --> 00:38:11,500
been found working for him. 
I want to be found with a pure 

789
00:38:11,500 --> 00:38:12,860
heart. 
I want to be found with a pure 

790
00:38:12,860 --> 00:38:14,700
life. 
I want to be found doing 

791
00:38:14,700 --> 00:38:16,220
everything that he wants me to 
do. 

792
00:38:17,140 --> 00:38:22,420
Everyone that had this hope in 
him purifies himself even as he 

793
00:38:23,300 --> 00:38:26,010
is pure. 
When he shall appear. 

794
00:38:27,130 --> 00:38:29,930
Will you be pure? 
Will you be ready? 

795
00:38:31,690 --> 00:38:33,090
That's the question for you this
morning. 

796
00:38:33,090 --> 00:38:34,050
Let's pray, Father. 
We love you. 

797
00:38:34,050 --> 00:38:35,290
You're gonna be. 
Thank you so much for your 

798
00:38:35,290 --> 00:38:38,770
goodness to us. 
I pray that this message was 

799
00:38:38,810 --> 00:38:42,850
encouraging but also convicting.
God, it's convicting to me. 

800
00:38:44,250 --> 00:38:46,410
I, I I want to be pure. 
I want to be right. 

801
00:38:46,410 --> 00:38:51,090
I want to be holy before you and
I pray the same for every single

802
00:38:51,090 --> 00:38:53,770
person in here in God. 
If we need to make a decision 

803
00:38:53,770 --> 00:38:56,130
this morning, that here's an 
area that I need to work on, 

804
00:38:56,130 --> 00:38:58,730
here's an area that I need to 
work on purifying God. 

805
00:38:58,730 --> 00:39:01,690
I pray that you help us to make 
that decision this morning so 

806
00:39:01,690 --> 00:39:05,490
that we can be what you need us 
to be and what you want us to be

807
00:39:05,490 --> 00:39:07,890
when you're coming back. 
And so that we can anticipate 

808
00:39:07,890 --> 00:39:10,490
and look forward to the coming 
of Jesus Christ with everything 

809
00:39:10,490 --> 00:39:13,570
we have in us because we're 
ready for you to come. 

810
00:39:14,890 --> 00:39:17,650
Pray that you use the message in
our hearts this morning. 

811
00:39:18,500 --> 00:39:20,780
Convict us. 
Please, God, I pray in Jesus 

812
00:39:20,780 --> 00:39:21,620
name. 
Amen. 

813
00:39:21,620 --> 00:39:23,460
If you would please stand at 
your seats with heads about and 

814
00:39:23,460 --> 00:39:26,380
your eyes closed as the piano 
plays this morning, The 

815
00:39:26,380 --> 00:39:27,780
invitation is open. 
You can come.