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Instead of continuing in our 
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want to take the remainder of 
our time, this afternoon to 

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encourage you with a different 
message that I hope will cause 

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you to Rejoice more than you 
already have. 

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And by by doing so we're not 
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that we were planned to explore 
because I believe that it's 

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going to require much more time 
and meditation in order to fully

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benefit from it. 
And so we're going to pause and 

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Mark and I'm just going to 
preach a message to that I 

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believe is a vital importance 
and a day that we are living in.

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and so open your Bibles with me 
to Colossians chapter 3, In 

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Colossians chapter 3. 
And meet me there. 

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In verse, excuse me, Colossians 
1 verse 3. 

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Earlier this week. 
I stumbled upon a video online 

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that it didn't look for but just
came to my recommendations and 

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the title of that video gripped 
me it grabbed my attention and 

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so I decided to watch it. 
The title was something along 

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the lines of does anyone feel 
like everything changed? 

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Does anyone feel like everything
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And I can say a lot about what 
was said in that, well, edited 

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clip, but the main thought of 
the individual behind the 

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commentary was that he can 
recognize how almost everything 

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in his world or in the world has
been altered in comparison to 

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his own upbringing. and he 
begins his monologue by 

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expressing his recollection of 
society and culture and what it 

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was like when he was growing up 
and how there was some level of 

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faith in our institutions, in 
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that means And essentially what 
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a few decades ago there was 
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Something of Hope, something of 
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something of kindness, something
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And all of us can attest to 
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Even if you're a millennial, you
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up in the 90s growing up in the 
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There was, there was a different
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living in today. 
And whatever was left of virtue 

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in our culture has virtually 
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And not just evaporated has been
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eeriness. 
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and suspicion. 
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the day. 
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conversations with people 
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Who have said there's something 
strange going on and I can't put

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my finger on it. 
I can't put my finger on it, but

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something is different. 
And they can't shake it off 

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especially in the past few 
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And one striking statement that 
was made in this video by this 

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man was the following quote. 
I have been hard-pressed to find

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a single soul who Harbors any 
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headed anywhere except in the 
wrong direction and quote. 

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You know it's bad when you talk 
to people who are not filled 

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with the Holy Spirit and they 
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something dangerous going on. 
There's deception on the rise. 

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You have even people saying I 
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children at this point. 
And reading some of the comments

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on that video. 
Only confirm what this man's 

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case was all about. 
You can feel the hopelessness 

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And people's posts after one, 
after the other have made 

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personal observations of the 
rapid, deterioration of the 

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quality of life, because of the 
cultural corruption and the 

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decay of dignified character. 
It's disappearing. 

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There's tension and it's 
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happening, we have people now 
trying to find answers you and I

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are different breed. 
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You and I are different people 
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vantage point if you are in 
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Because regardless of what is 
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body of people who have answers 
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Of the values in the common 
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generation. 
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You know what, we have we have 
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and the object of our hope is 
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that relationship with the 
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realities that offers layers of 
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just one-dimensional. 
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faith that gives us this 
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of Of what is being shaken 
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And what I want to do today in 
this brief time is just touch on

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one of those gospel Treasures 
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because of the lordship of Jesus
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over our hearts. 
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precious and so profound that it
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Fearless to make us immovable to
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despairing age and it's right 
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Colossians 13. 
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We always thank God the father 
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Jesus Christ. 
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heard of your faith in Christ 
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have for all the Saints verse 5 
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you in heaven of this, you have 
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truth of the truth. 
The gospel. 

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Because of the Hope laid up for 
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Paul makes a clear connection 
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hope laid up for us, in heaven. 
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followers of Christ contains a 
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beyond this world and it is a 
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And the hope is so incredible. 
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change you today to influence 
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When you look at this, you 
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promise in Jesus Christ. 
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this way. 
A personal reservation of a 

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place to be with God in his 
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You and I know that to be heaven
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about heaven lately. 
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past sermons. 
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Martyrs, and yet, it seems to 
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Nevermind conversation in our 
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When you see this hope of a 
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such a mark on the believer. 
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of it that Paul teaches how that
hope actually influence the love

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that the colossian Christians 
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Another looked back at the end 
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He says, and of the love that 
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Why? 
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up for you in heaven. 
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hope that energizes Christians 
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certain way of life and that is 
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It's goes beyond it goes into 
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humility, it goes into patients.
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goes into godliness day by day. 
There's a particular realization

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that can actually impact your 
character. and it has everything

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to do with this thing that we 
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confirm that in first John 3:3 
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where you says in everyone who 
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himself as he is pure. 
Everyone who does hopes in him 

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purifies himself as he is pure. 
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about is very similar to Paul's 
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realization living in the 
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actually has the power to 
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conform you. 
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anticipation, it actually gives 
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transformed into christlikeness.
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just hear, tidbits of what is 
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it will not only awaken a joy in
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stabilized you to the degree 
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in this life, you will be able 
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why? 
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something, it's an inheritance 
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inheritance that is 
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unfading, kept in heaven for 
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brother. 
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My sister? 
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When you move into a house, you 
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How close is it to my relatives?
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our planning for vacation and 
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and yet our home is in a place 
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very little thought about where 
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Not just thought the Bible even 
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That factor being so diluted is 
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And so I want to just touch on a
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The first thing I want to touch 
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If you are in Christ, Where you 
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incomparable satisfaction. 
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in Psalm 17 and I want you to 
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In Psalm 17 verse 13. 
This is David's prayer. 

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I don't want you to see what he 
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Psalm 17 verse 13. 
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Oh, Lord, confront him, subdue 
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Deliver my soul from the wicked,
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hand, O Lord, from Men of the 
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life. 
You fill their womb with 

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treasure. 
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Here's David crying out to God 
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who are Trying to plot against 
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his life. 
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He labels them, he criticizes 
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the following manner. 
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portion is in this life. 
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Lord deliver me from these men, 
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life to live for Everything that
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enjoy is confined to this world.
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Their possessions and their 
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to a few tomorrow's. 
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there that whatever they boasted
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relish, and whatever, they 
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recognize it or not is sourced 
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She is the one who is 
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Grace. 
Has that they swim in and 

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refused to recognize him for. 
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second part of verse 14, you 
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Okay, they don't want to give 
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be that kind of a person in this
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The very breath that you're 
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In today has been granted by 
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You fill their womb with 
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You are the one who's? 
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even into the lives of those who
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Who despise you? 
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give? 
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David says you were that 
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by defining by defining the 
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identity and hope but the 
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verse 14 and they leave their 
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matter how large a matter how 
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inch of. 
It is coming, not an inch of it 

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is coming into the world that 
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Not an inch not a piece. 
It has to be left behind. 

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It has to be left behind when 
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the Grave, the mortality rate of
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Not 50% it's not like fifty 
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and others die. 
All of you you want a Sunday 

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morning message are going to 
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Including the preacher so don't 
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in that direction, but but David
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gives his brief Category of 
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our world, really, he stops now,
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something to separate himself 
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three words, as for me, that's 
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As for me. 
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their portion is in this life. 
Oh yeah, they have their 

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possessions, they have property.
They have people. 

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But they're going on and they're
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They work for all that they were
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there going to leave that here. 
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your face in righteousness. 
When I awake, he's not talking 

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about a nap. 
When I awake, I shall be 

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satisfied with your likeness. 
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conformed to his likeness. 
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compared the quality of his life
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his power, his authority, his 
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those things up, because none of
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The language of the spirit of 
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righteous as a liking to sleep 
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be Serene and Swift. 
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be certain for me. 
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face. 
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about the Lord himself? 
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righteousness that would have 
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behold. 
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live, no one, no one can see. 
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cure can excitingly say what 
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Today was his stimulation for 
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unhindered intimacy. 
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David. 
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boast about it. 
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behold his face. 
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of him and his word, I'm going 
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the very presence of God and not
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I can say more about those two 
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phrase I want you to highlight 
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satisfied. 
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same Sensation that you 
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That's what he alludes to. 
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Christian living here that you 
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satisfaction. 
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nother level of gratification 
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woman and all of church history 
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is a satisfaction that will 
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You ready for this? 
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temptation to sin. 
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sustain you for thousands upon 
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millions of years. 
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that it will swallow up. 
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suffering that you have endured 
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Is waiting to meet you. 
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the shores of Eternity. 
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satisfied. 
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realized that there's so much 
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Can I tell you that one second? 
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Will Eclipse 100 Years of pain 
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One second. 
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clip actually series of Clip 
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to where they have these 
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give this as a gift to a 
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sister, or friend. 
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would usually do it out in the 
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that these people put on these 
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paralyzed. 
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trying to register what is 
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all they have known is very 
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they can perceive that there are
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greens, and purples, and 
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reality is. 
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thinking to myself immediately, 
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This is but a sample of what's 
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behold, what? 
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into the world that you have 
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register it. 
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dynamic Dimension that our minds
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imagine, there is incomparable 
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who are in Christ, Heaven is not
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It's for those who are in him 
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else. 
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He says. but according to his 
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heavens and a new Earth in which
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righteousness dwells. 
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This part will not excite those 
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but if you're righteous in 
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over this unique characteristic 
that Paul gives and highlights 

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concerning Heaven. 
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drive into your heart of Mine by
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that we are heading towards is 
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righteousness. 
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who are operating with their 
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the church still on Earth. 
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righteousness sprinkled here and
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atrocities and evils committed 
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and it's only getting bloodier. 
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But for those who have been made
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change until it is broken by the
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all things and listen, when he 
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everything absolutely and 
completely pure. 

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No corner will be untouched. 
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of contamination. 
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common misconception of what 
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give you the common 
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towards hazy place. 
Generally White. 

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Foggy with slow motion clouds 
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really in operation. 
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sits and surrounding him are 
millions of people who will sing

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worship songs with perfect pitch
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That's fair to ask you. 
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Yeah that's how I think heaven 
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If you just do a just a plenum 
preliminary study of what is 

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awaiting us, the Bible gives you
little Peaks little Windows into

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what is going to happen. 
What is going to come and they 

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will absolutely obliterate that 
false notion of where Christ is 

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bringing us. 
Can I show you one this? 

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My Boggle your mind but it's 
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That's what the Bible does. 
Oftentimes Revelation chapter 21

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listen to what I'm saying, what 
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Is it description of the new 
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So this is not going to be a 
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doctrine of the last days. 
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going to set up his Reign on 
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he's going to rule from 
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years, he will Implement 
Justice, you'll receive worship.

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has never known what I'm about 
to read to. 

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You is not in that time because 
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is over, then we read in the 
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there's going to New heavens and
a new Earth, huh? 

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So we're not we're not we're not
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place, there is going to be a 
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to be a regenerated Earth. 
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age, in this part. 
Now that I'm about to read. 

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Now, look at this description 
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city. 
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Not just borderless and 
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has no need of sun or moon to 
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That's how you know, we're not 
talking about an earth, you 

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can't survive without the Sun 
but in this world there's no sun

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or moon to shine on it for the 
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And it's lamp is the Lamb verse 
24 by its light, will the 

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nation's walk Nations and the 
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Bring their Glory into it. 
Cities Nations Kings. 

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There goes your Sunday school 
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I can't explain it and we don't 
have an exact and comprehensive 

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blueprint about it, but that 
alone is enough to prove that 

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eternity is going to be a lot 
more sophisticated and complex 

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than what we've been given in 
terms of what it will be like 

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that may relieve you. 
But that's not the main feature 

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mankind, has known cities and 
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almost near the Inception of 
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But what I will tell you in the 
next verse here is what we have 

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never seen scroll down to verse 
27 of the same chapter. 

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But nothing unclean will ever 
enter it. 

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Nor anyone who does what is 
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those who are written in the 
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That is the glory of the new 
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Imagine a world where nothing or
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No more perversion. 
No more being afraid to walk in 

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downtown Chicago, at a certain 
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No more murders, no more 
shootings, no more lies, no more

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deception, no, more pride, no 
more jealousy. 

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No more human sex trafficking, 
no more rumors of wars. 

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No more questioning people's 
motives no more wondering if 

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somebody's trying to cheat you 
ready for this? 

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No more divisions and church 
splits no more hypocrisy. 

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No matter where your eyes 
scroll, no matter where your 

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feet lead you you will realize 
that. 

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Absolutely everything has been 
made righteous. 

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Thank you. 
Hallelujah. 

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Indeed. 
You know, you turn on the news 

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today and I think the news are 
just experts, I'm making you 

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feel bad in 10 minutes. 
It's just bad news all the time 

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and they have a wonderful 
ability to make you realize how 

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your neighborhood is much more 
dangerous than you thought. 

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And if there's any coverage of 
good news, it gets like a two 

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minute slot and then they return
to their endless. 

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Horror Story Rampage. 
But in the world that is to come

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no bad news. 
Ever, ever. 

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Not one only, good news, only 
peace, only love only Harmony 

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only goodness safety. 
The warmth we don't even need 

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the Sun. 
The glory of God will shine upon

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us with our resurrected skin. 
And we will feel his Fellowship 

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wherever we go. 
I can continue. 

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I can talk to you about what's 
going to happen to our minds, 

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what's going to happen to our 
memory. 

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What's going to happen to our 
fellowship? 

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What's going to happen? 
In terms of our activity? 

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What's going to happen? 
In terms of, I can go so far 

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with this but I just want to 
point you to one thing because 

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perhaps you're not convinced 
that these brief thoughts that 

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were just shared are a matter of
great importance to the 

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Christian today. 
Perhaps, you think that this is 

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just a matter of satisfying 
curiosity of the unknown know, 

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it has practical implications to
your personal walk day by day. 

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How you treat others, how you 
worship, how you endure 

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suffering? 
And if there's anybody who 

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actually believes that there is 
Great Value in upholding this 

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00:31:16,700 --> 00:31:20,300
view of your heavenly home, you 
know who sees it Satan. 

455
00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:24,900
No. 
You don't believe me. 

456
00:31:25,300 --> 00:31:27,900
Well, you're in Revelation. 
So meet me in Revelation 13. 

457
00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:35,400
Revelation 13. 
A majority of that, chapter is a

458
00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:39,500
prophecy. 
That one day in human history. 

459
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:43,600
We will have a man who will rule
the world. 

460
00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:48,300
He will be a political figure 
who be known as the man of 

461
00:31:48,300 --> 00:31:54,800
lawlessness or the Antichrist. 
And this will be a false type of

462
00:31:54,808 --> 00:31:59,000
Messiah who will bring some kind
of Sanity into our life, at 

463
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:03,700
least at least in the beginning.
He will rescue, he will rescue 

464
00:32:03,700 --> 00:32:06,900
the nation's. 
From plunging into 

465
00:32:06,900 --> 00:32:08,900
self-destruction and 
destructions towards one 

466
00:32:08,900 --> 00:32:13,500
another, he will bring some some
peace like the world has really 

467
00:32:13,500 --> 00:32:18,700
never known. 
And in a day today where we see 

468
00:32:18,700 --> 00:32:21,800
such a lack of qualified leaders
on a global scale. 

469
00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:26,400
We can have some kind of an 
impression of how a person like 

470
00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:29,000
this will rise into power out of
nowhere. 

471
00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:33,100
He will put every other 
politician, every other world 

472
00:32:33,100 --> 00:32:35,800
leader to shame. 
He will be extremely 

473
00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:40,900
charismatic. 
Extremely persuasive, powerful 

474
00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:44,700
and and the Bible even says that
he will perform false signs and 

475
00:32:44,700 --> 00:32:49,300
wonders that will cause people 
to actually worship Him. 

476
00:32:51,300 --> 00:32:53,700
And you're going to have people 
who are going to be so desperate

477
00:32:53,700 --> 00:32:58,300
because of the destitution of 
life that they will fall on 

478
00:32:58,300 --> 00:33:02,800
their knees before this man. 
And he is a person who will take

479
00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:06,800
advantage of the weakness of 
that generation who will play on

480
00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:10,400
the fears of people. 
And he will actually demand 

481
00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:12,900
worship and you, are you ready 
for this? 

482
00:33:13,700 --> 00:33:16,700
It will come with an incentive 
if you want to buy something. 

483
00:33:16,700 --> 00:33:19,600
If you want to eat, if you want 
to be in business, you need to 

484
00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:23,100
take this Mark. 
And by the way, Christian, if 

485
00:33:23,100 --> 00:33:25,100
you're worried, you can't 
accidentally take the mark of 

486
00:33:25,100 --> 00:33:31,100
the beast. 
This will be a public way for 

487
00:33:31,100 --> 00:33:36,700
you to have an allegiance to 
this man and for others it will 

488
00:33:36,700 --> 00:33:39,900
be less about that will be more 
about you wanting to just live a

489
00:33:39,900 --> 00:33:43,300
comfortable life because you 
want to go where you want to go 

490
00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:46,500
and you want to do what you want
to do and you want freedom. 

491
00:33:46,500 --> 00:33:48,400
So tell me to do this. 
I'll do it. 

492
00:33:48,500 --> 00:33:49,600
Tell me to go here. 
I'll go. 

493
00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:51,400
Tell me to stay. 
I'll stay sound familiar. 

494
00:33:55,700 --> 00:33:59,900
And so this man is going to rise
into power and he's going to be 

495
00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:04,600
very bold in his statements. 
And so bold, will this man be 

496
00:34:04,700 --> 00:34:07,500
that he will actually defy the 
Living God. 

497
00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:13,699
He will publicly on this world 
platform degrade the name of the

498
00:34:13,699 --> 00:34:16,900
god that we worship and love, 
but not just that, look at verse

499
00:34:16,900 --> 00:34:22,800
6 now. 
It opened its mouth to utter 

500
00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:27,199
blasphemies against God. 
This is the Antichrist was going

501
00:34:27,199 --> 00:34:31,199
to be energized by Satan 
himself, blaspheming his name, 

502
00:34:31,199 --> 00:34:35,800
and his dwelling that is those 
who dwell in heaven. 

503
00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:39,100
Now, if you have the King James 
or the new King James, it would 

504
00:34:39,100 --> 00:34:44,199
read blaspheme his name and his 
Tabernacle, which is another way

505
00:34:44,207 --> 00:34:49,699
of saying heaven and those who 
dwell in heaven. isn't it 

506
00:34:49,699 --> 00:34:53,699
interesting that the Antichrist 
will not only stop at slandering

507
00:34:54,199 --> 00:34:59,300
God himself, but we'll go ahead 
and actually defame his holy 

508
00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:07,100
habitation Why would he do that?
Why would he try to pollute 

509
00:35:07,100 --> 00:35:10,800
people's minds about where God 
dwells? 

510
00:35:11,100 --> 00:35:14,800
And I'll tell you why? 
Because he longs to lie about 

511
00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:18,400
the very thing that the holy 
spirit in his word, tells you to

512
00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:22,600
set your mind and your Hope on 
you understand. 

513
00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:28,800
And if the devil can convince 
you, that heaven doesn't exist. 

514
00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:30,600
Because as much as this going 
to, this is going to be 

515
00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:33,900
intensified with the Antichrist.
Satan has been doing this since 

516
00:35:33,900 --> 00:35:36,700
the beginning, he has been 
whispering lies about the 

517
00:35:36,700 --> 00:35:40,800
afterlife since since the start.
And if you can't convince you, 

518
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:43,000
that there isn't a life to come 
after you die. 

519
00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:46,000
Then he'll convince you. 
Dear Christian that where you're

520
00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:49,300
headed is going to be a 
dreadfully boring place. 

521
00:35:49,300 --> 00:35:54,600
So live it up while you're here.
Because where you're going is an

522
00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:59,600
endless worship service and 
that's it, as old worship was 

523
00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:05,100
boring. 
And so you have to understand 

524
00:36:05,500 --> 00:36:09,200
that Satan sees the value of 
God's Heavenly plays to the 

525
00:36:09,207 --> 00:36:11,300
degree that he would want to 
smear it. 

526
00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:16,900
He would want you to think small
of it. 

527
00:36:18,700 --> 00:36:21,500
Because that's, that's what 
Christ is preparing for us. 

528
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:24,300
You see the devil hates God so 
much. 

529
00:36:24,300 --> 00:36:29,400
He wants to violate absolutely 
everything that he does, and 

530
00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:35,000
everything that he is. 
And I believe in part to take 

531
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:38,600
away heaven. 
You take away people's hope. 

532
00:36:40,300 --> 00:36:44,500
At least for the Christian. 
What can you do to the man? 

533
00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:46,500
Who knows that he will live 
forever? 

534
00:36:47,500 --> 00:36:50,600
What can you do to the woman? 
Who knows that she will be in 

535
00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:53,500
the arms of her Savior, for all 
of eternity? 

536
00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:56,800
What can you do? 
Jesus himself said it, do not 

537
00:36:56,800 --> 00:37:00,500
fear the one who can kill the 
body, but cannot kill the soul. 

538
00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:04,200
They can't touch you, 
ultimately. 

539
00:37:05,900 --> 00:37:08,800
So Satan knows that if he can 
blur your vision of what is to 

540
00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:15,400
come, then he can make you a 
very weak child of God. now, I 

541
00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:19,000
can say so much more, but let me
end up with one more verse in 

542
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:32,500
Revelation and we will break 
bread, go to a 14:13 It says, 

543
00:37:32,500 --> 00:37:36,600
then I Heard a Voice from Heaven
saying write this blessed are 

544
00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:43,500
the Dead who die in the Lord. 
From now on blessed indeed says,

545
00:37:43,500 --> 00:37:48,600
the spirit that they may rest 
from their labors for their 

546
00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:50,300
deeds. 
Follow them. 

547
00:37:51,900 --> 00:37:55,400
Who can actually say that death 
is a blessing. 

548
00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:01,400
Only one type of person, he who 
is in the Lord, only Hues in the

549
00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:03,600
Lord. 
That's why you have Christians 

550
00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:05,300
who don't call funerals 
funerals. 

551
00:38:05,300 --> 00:38:08,500
They call them homecomings. 
Listen, I don't know when I'm 

552
00:38:08,500 --> 00:38:12,000
going, but when I go call it a 
homecoming, don't call it a 

553
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:17,200
funeral. 
He's in glory, the spirit says 

554
00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:21,700
blessed, indeed. 
You had a man who was Balaam, 

555
00:38:22,300 --> 00:38:26,100
who is a false prophet? 
And to try to curse the people 

556
00:38:26,100 --> 00:38:30,600
of God and a numbers 23, the 
spirit of God comes upon him to 

557
00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:32,800
change his curse into a 
blessing. 

558
00:38:32,900 --> 00:38:36,400
And at the end, there of his of 
his Oracle he says something 

559
00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:43,300
along the lines of Oh that I may
die the death of the righteous 

560
00:38:43,500 --> 00:38:47,900
and may my end be like his. 
That's what he concludes. 

561
00:38:47,900 --> 00:38:51,400
It goes all something happened, 
there were the spirit of God, 

562
00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:53,800
showed him what death is like 
for the believer. 

563
00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:57,800
And even this Pagan false god 
worship, it goes, oh me, my end,

564
00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:02,400
be like that. 
If that's leading to that, I 

565
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:06,900
want that but here's the thing, 
you ready although Balaam who 

566
00:39:06,900 --> 00:39:11,100
did not really follow the true 
God although Balaam desired it 

567
00:39:11,100 --> 00:39:14,500
he never got it. 
Did he die the death of the 

568
00:39:14,500 --> 00:39:16,400
righteous? 
No, he died. 

569
00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:21,200
The death of the wicked. maybe 
today in this brief segment 

570
00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:25,100
where you got just a little 
taste of what makes Christians 

571
00:39:25,100 --> 00:39:30,400
in this life different Of what 
keeps our head up when people 

572
00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:33,000
are running into things in this 
world? 

573
00:39:34,500 --> 00:39:36,800
No this that we're not an 
exclusive Club. 

574
00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:39,800
We've been commissioned by God 
to recruit as many people as 

575
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:42,400
possible. 
I don't want to tell you today 

576
00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:49,400
that you can know eternal life. 
You can no life after death and 

577
00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:51,900
it's not just an escape from 
judgment. 

578
00:39:53,100 --> 00:39:57,800
It is an entrance into a bliss 
that I can't, really 

579
00:39:57,800 --> 00:39:59,700
communicate. 
I try my best. 

580
00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:04,400
But I want you to see this again
and realized that the way there 

581
00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:08,100
is not what you might think. 
Notice at the end here, it says 

582
00:40:08,100 --> 00:40:12,300
that they may rest from their 
labors for their deeds. 

583
00:40:12,300 --> 00:40:14,400
Follow them. 
He speaking about those who die 

584
00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:16,200
in the Lord. 
Did you notice that? 

585
00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:18,500
It isn't safe for their deeds. 
Go before them. 

586
00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:26,100
The Deeds of the righteous don't
go before them. 

587
00:40:26,100 --> 00:40:28,500
They follow them. 
Why? 

588
00:40:28,500 --> 00:40:31,000
Because we already have someone 
who went before us. 

589
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:35,900
His name is Jesus Christ. 
Our Works don't go before us to 

590
00:40:35,900 --> 00:40:39,500
place Us in Heavenly dwelling it
doesn't. 

591
00:40:39,500 --> 00:40:45,800
Prepare us a home with God, 
Christ work went there for us. 

592
00:40:46,100 --> 00:40:49,400
He is the Forerunner. 
He made that entrance on our 

593
00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:52,700
behalf and based on his own 
Merit in his own righteousness. 

594
00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:54,600
Honest. 
Do we have a name? 

595
00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:56,700
And we do we have a seat at his 
table. 

596
00:40:57,700 --> 00:41:00,100
The Deeds of the righteous. 
Follow them implying. 

597
00:41:00,100 --> 00:41:00,900
What? 
Yes. 

598
00:41:00,900 --> 00:41:03,500
As Christians. 
We're changed. 

599
00:41:03,500 --> 00:41:05,900
We look different. 
We live different and they will 

600
00:41:05,900 --> 00:41:07,700
accompany us when we stand 
before. 

601
00:41:07,700 --> 00:41:10,500
God, but not as a means for 
salvation. 

602
00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:15,200
Yes, God will evaluate our lives
and he will reward us based on 

603
00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:18,800
our faithfulness but he will 
never ever evaluate whether you 

604
00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:21,300
are worthy enough to be with 
them. 

605
00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:25,400
Because Christ does that for us.
He did that for us. 

606
00:41:26,900 --> 00:41:30,000
And so why we come here on 
Sundays and some on Wednesdays 

607
00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:33,300
and some on Fridays and why we 
live the way we live, is not so 

608
00:41:33,300 --> 00:41:37,100
that we can gather as much works
as possible, so that when we do 

609
00:41:37,100 --> 00:41:39,200
die we can come before. 
God said, here you go. 

610
00:41:39,600 --> 00:41:45,000
How did I make it that I pass? 
Note from the place of gratitude

611
00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:47,400
for the place of Grace and 
Faith. 

612
00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:50,500
Oh, we want to serve him and we 
want to live for him and they 

613
00:41:50,500 --> 00:41:52,900
follow us. 
And as we come before the Lord, 

614
00:41:53,200 --> 00:41:56,500
we realized that we stand there 
solely based on what Christ has 

615
00:41:56,500 --> 00:41:59,700
done and Lord because that 
because that you died for me, 

616
00:41:59,900 --> 00:42:02,300
here is my life. 
I dedicated it to you. 

617
00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:06,100
I use my gifts for you. 
I worshipped you, I honored you.

618
00:42:06,100 --> 00:42:08,800
Yes, I failed here in there, but
look Lord, this is what I did 

619
00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:13,800
because of you. 
And for hopefully all of us here

620
00:42:13,808 --> 00:42:16,500
at NBC, the Lord will say, Well 
done, good and faithful servant.

621
00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:18,700
Well done, good and faithful 
servant. 

622
00:42:18,900 --> 00:42:24,400
So my charge to you today if 
you're a visitor and I'm not 

623
00:42:24,400 --> 00:42:27,900
ashamed to preach in this 
manner, it sounds strong, but if

624
00:42:27,900 --> 00:42:33,300
I really believe in heaven and 
hell, I have to be strong. the 

625
00:42:33,300 --> 00:42:37,200
way that you have eternal life 
is when you actually surrender 

626
00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:42,200
your efforts and you just give 
up It's not you impressing. 

627
00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:46,100
God, it's not. 
You trying to be in a good place

628
00:42:46,100 --> 00:42:48,000
with him. 
Good reputation before him. 

629
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:49,800
You just said, Lord, I can't do 
it anymore. 

630
00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:54,200
I tried I failed and I realized 
that you've loved me enough for 

631
00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:57,200
your son, to live in my place, 
and to die in my place, I 

632
00:42:57,200 --> 00:43:00,000
receive that. 
And I accept that. 

633
00:43:00,300 --> 00:43:04,900
And I repent for my sin and I 
cling to the cross and I ask you

634
00:43:04,900 --> 00:43:06,900
to forgive me, ask you to wash 
me. 

635
00:43:06,900 --> 00:43:09,500
I asked you to write my name in 
The Book of Life. 

636
00:43:10,300 --> 00:43:13,600
And Lord, give me this hope that
this preacher is talking about. 

637
00:43:14,700 --> 00:43:18,300
And I tell you today, that that 
hope is not resting upon, 

638
00:43:18,300 --> 00:43:20,900
whether you have a good day or a
bad day as a Christian, it rests

639
00:43:20,900 --> 00:43:24,800
on that fact, that 2000 years 
ago, Christ lived a perfect life

640
00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:29,300
and he died a perfect death and 
is satisfied. 

641
00:43:29,300 --> 00:43:34,100
God, the judge of the earth and 
it was so, so sufficient that 

642
00:43:34,100 --> 00:43:38,400
even two thousand years later 
you can in 2020 to give your 

643
00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:42,800
life to him and that blood will 
still apply and still work. 

644
00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:46,200
Glory be to his name. 
And that's why we're breaking 

645
00:43:46,200 --> 00:43:49,800
bread today as Christians. 
We are coming to take the 

646
00:43:49,800 --> 00:43:53,700
symbols of his body and his 
blood and we are confessing to 

647
00:43:53,700 --> 00:43:56,900
him and to one another not of my
own works. 

648
00:43:58,300 --> 00:44:01,700
Nothing in my hand. 
I bring simply to the cross. 

649
00:44:01,700 --> 00:44:05,000
I cling, and if you're in this 
place and you're not a follower 

650
00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:08,100
of Jesus Christ, and you have 
not put your faith and trust in 

651
00:44:08,100 --> 00:44:10,300
him. 
This is something that is not 

652
00:44:10,300 --> 00:44:13,100
for you. 
It's only reserved for those who

653
00:44:13,100 --> 00:44:15,500
have put their faith in him and 
who have been born again. 

654
00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:18,500
But as you see, these people who
will stand now and come to this 

655
00:44:18,500 --> 00:44:21,900
table and partake may you 
realize that each person is 

656
00:44:21,900 --> 00:44:27,800
making a public statement so to 
speak saying to you, As they go 

657
00:44:27,800 --> 00:44:31,100
back to their chairs and as they
sing and meditate, they're 

658
00:44:31,100 --> 00:44:34,700
saying also to you. 
I am not righteous. 

659
00:44:35,900 --> 00:44:40,600
I have nothing to offer God, but
Christ took my place and I am 

660
00:44:40,600 --> 00:44:43,800
remembering that and I am 
rehearsing that and this moment 

661
00:44:43,800 --> 00:44:47,500
right here is reminding me that 
my hope is in Jesus alone. 

662
00:44:49,200 --> 00:44:53,500
And hopefully one day, if not, 
today you will repent and 

663
00:44:53,500 --> 00:44:56,600
believe on Christ and we will 
meet you at this table. 

664
00:44:57,800 --> 00:44:51,500
The worship team can come up. 
And hopefully one day, if not, 

665
00:44:51,500 --> 00:44:55,400
today you will repent and 
believe on Christ and we will 

666
00:44:55,400 --> 00:44:59,000
meet you at this table. 
The worship team can come up.