1 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:08,119 This is Living Waters of Grace, the teaching ministry of Clark 2 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:12,240 Wofford, senior pastor of Calvary Chapel of Westmoreland, 3 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:16,400 County of Greensburg, PA. Now here's Pastor Clark as he 4 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:18,760 continues teaching through God's Word. 5 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:40,200 The Bible says that if anyone draws back, his soul doesn't 6 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:44,080 have pleasure in him. But thank God, if we're really a 7 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:47,720 child of God, we can't turn back forever, can we? 8 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:52,840 God speaks to us, he humbles us, he breaks us, and he draws us 9 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:56,200 back to himself, doesn't he? And all of us have a testimony 10 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:58,840 of that, I'm sure. And each time that we come back, 11 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:03,640 we come back with the strength and the vigor and a decisiveness 12 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:06,600 that I'm no longer interested in, in heading back. 13 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:10,960 Being a true child of God means that Jesus will never leave us. 14 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:15,000 No matter how far we've backslidden, Jesus will break us 15 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:18,680 down and draw us back to Him. There aren't enough excuses we 16 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:20,560 can make that will keep Him away. 17 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:24,880 Each time we come back, we must come back with a determination 18 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:27,760 to no longer be interested in the excuses. 19 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:32,120 Today, Pastor Clark teaches us that as believers, we have the 20 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:36,520 Holy Spirit dwelling inside us, and he convicts us where we need 21 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:39,440 correction, always pulling us back to him. 22 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:41,640 Now. Here's Pastor Clark in 23 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:45,880 Revelation chapter 20 with today's edition of Living Waters 24 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:49,120 of Grace. Some of us are here and we 25 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:55,080 unfortunately, if Christ tarries or some of us are taken out at 26 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:57,880 what is called the rapture, the catching away. 27 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:03,080 And those who are left behind that never committed themselves 28 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:07,720 truly and fully to Jesus Christ, because of them lingering and 29 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:11,360 missing that return of Christ and because of their love for 30 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:15,680 the present world system, they will be deceived into taking the 31 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:18,720 mark of the beast, the mark of the Antichrist. 32 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:25,160 And some of you here today will perhaps end up taking that. 33 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:28,840 That is not my prayer. It's not the Lord's Prayer. 34 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:31,600 He's not willing that any should perish, but all that come, come 35 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:33,960 to repentance. But things are going to get so 36 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:36,920 bad during that tribulation that if you're left here with, 37 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:42,160 without faith in Christ, you will be tempted and most likely 38 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:45,200 moved to say, well, this doesn't make sense not to take this 39 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:47,960 because if I don't get this identification code, I don't 40 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:50,400 have any ability to access my bank accounts. 41 00:02:50,640 --> 00:02:53,960 I can't work at my job anymore. I can't buy food for my family. 42 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:57,160 I'm going to get that mark. And the mark is the ultimate 43 00:02:57,160 --> 00:03:00,120 betrayal of of your soul to the devil. 44 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:03,680 And once you take that mark of the beast, you'll never be able 45 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:06,080 to withdraw from that commitment. 46 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:09,440 Hebrews tells us about the subject of what we call the 47 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:12,520 perseverance of the Saints. And if you're really gods today, 48 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:15,960 if you really belong to him, if you've really been saved and 49 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:18,560 your life has been radically transformed, you don't have to 50 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:21,520 worry about being left behind and you don't have to worry 51 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:25,040 about any kind of mark on your body that will represent your 52 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:29,200 allegiance to Antichrist. It says therefore in verse 35 of 53 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:32,960 Hebrews chapter 10. Therefore do not castaway your 54 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:36,440 confidence, which has great reward, for you have need of 55 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:39,120 endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you 56 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:42,880 may receive the promise for yet a little while, and he who is 57 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:44,880 coming will come and will not tarry. 58 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:49,000 Now the just shall live by faith, but if anyone draws back, 59 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:51,480 my soul shall have no pleasure in Him. 60 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:56,320 But we are not of those who draw back to perdition or hell, but 61 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:59,040 are those who believe to the saving of the soul. 62 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:02,160 So we use this term sometimes backsliding. 63 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:05,000 And we've all been there where we've been walking with the Lord 64 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:07,600 and we've been following him. And then some events, some 65 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:11,240 crisis, some temptation, some trial, some failing our life 66 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:14,200 causes us to move away from the Lord. 67 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:17,720 In other words, we we're like lot, we're lingering in an area 68 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:19,320 that we shouldn't be hanging out in. 69 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:24,080 Or perhaps some of us are, are like lot's wife that we're 70 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:26,840 falling the Lord and and the devil's whispering in our ear. 71 00:04:26,840 --> 00:04:29,360 Well, you're missing out on this and you don't do this anymore 72 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:32,280 and wasn't this good and, and all of a sudden you look back 73 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:36,400 and Jesus is saying, if you're truly called to follow me in the 74 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:39,840 Kingdom, you put your hand to the plow and you just keep going 75 00:04:39,840 --> 00:04:41,400 forward. You keep going forward. 76 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:43,040 You're not going to look back anymore. 77 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:46,680 And I've looked back different times in my life and I suffer 78 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:50,200 the consequences of looking back when I was in Bible college as a 79 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:54,320 young and I I'm dealing with the emotions of a young man and the 80 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:57,800 instability and the weaknesses of my own will and the 81 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:00,200 immaturity of my own walk with the Lord. 82 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:02,920 And I'm in Bible college and I'm hearing about unreached people 83 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:05,240 group people have never once heard the gospel. 84 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:07,880 And I had this compulsion in my heart that want to be involved 85 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:10,280 in going to reach people I've never heard. 86 00:05:10,280 --> 00:05:13,200 But you know, when I go out on weekends to visit families from 87 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:16,760 the church we're attending nice houses, nice cars, nice careers. 88 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:19,480 I'm thinking, Lord, why can't I be like one of those people? 89 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:21,880 They love you, but they have, they sort of have the best of 90 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:23,360 both worlds. They have you and they have the 91 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:26,880 world at the same time, right. But there was this emptiness in 92 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:29,800 them as I would meet with them because they sort of wanted what 93 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:33,960 I wanted in the sense of being a missionary, but I sort of wanted 94 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:35,840 what, what they had. You know what I mean? 95 00:05:35,840 --> 00:05:38,560 It was like a paradox. And I had this, this tension in 96 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:41,560 between. And so I had my hand at a plow, 97 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:45,280 but I was looking backwards and, and, and I, I caused myself to 98 00:05:45,280 --> 00:05:48,800 be put on a shelf for a period of time because, you know, the 99 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:52,560 Lord can't use us if we're not totally committed, if we're, 100 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:55,520 we're looking back and we still want what the world has to offer 101 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:56,600 it. And the Lord says, well, I'll 102 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:59,560 catch up with you later and you'll see the consequences of 103 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:02,960 what that decision will be upon you. 104 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:05,920 And so the Lord gave me my desires and I was able to, you 105 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:09,120 know, achieve a certain amount of success in the world, but I 106 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:11,320 paid a terrible sacrifice for that. 107 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:20,680 I almost lost my marriage 39 years now married by the grace 108 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:25,800 and only by the grace of God. I was in Bible college and I 109 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:27,160 said, Clark, what are you doing, man? 110 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:29,160 You know, I said, well, the Bible says if you don't have the 111 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:31,320 material to finish the tower, it's better that you don't 112 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:33,960 start. So I, I made-up all kind of 113 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:39,320 excuses why I, I didn't think it was really worth being totally 114 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:44,760 sold out to Jesus Christ. And as I said, I, I suffered the 115 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:47,800 consequences. And the Bible says that if 116 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:50,640 anyone draws back, his soul doesn't have pleasure in him. 117 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:56,160 But thank God, if we're really a child of God, we can't turn back 118 00:06:56,160 --> 00:07:00,920 forever, can we? God speaks to us, he humbles us, 119 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:04,400 he breaks us and he draws us back to himself, doesn't he? 120 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:07,080 And all of us have a testimony of that, I'm sure. 121 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:12,040 And each time that we come back, we come back with a strength and 122 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:17,160 a vigor and a decisiveness that I'm no longer interested in and 123 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:19,720 heading back. And I have a compassion and an 124 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:22,480 understanding for people that have setbacks in their Christian 125 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:24,800 lives. I don't judge because I've been 126 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:28,520 there, but I want to be an example and also tell my story 127 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:32,160 so that I might be able to prevent a young man like Cameron 128 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:36,600 from going back into the world. And when we see people, our 129 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:39,240 brothers and sisters, who are going back into the world, we 130 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:42,600 need to pray for them. We need to admonish them and 131 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:48,240 exhort them and warn them of the consequences of falling, because 132 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:51,320 falling is a very, very horrible thing to do. 133 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:57,520 Falling away from the Lord. He is no fool to lose what he 134 00:07:57,520 --> 00:07:59,840 cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose. 135 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:10,160 So at 45 years of age, we had some crises in our lives as a 136 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:14,080 family, long given up any kind of hopes of ever being in the 137 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:16,040 ministry. That was the last thing on my 138 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:20,200 mind in my life. And my kids were going to a 139 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:23,600 church that had this this youth thing they wanted to go to. 140 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:26,240 So Cindy and I weren't going to any church at the time. 141 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:28,360 So I figured, well, I'll go down there. 142 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:31,960 And it wasn't my style church. It was just really hyper 143 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:33,320 emotional and that kind of stuff. 144 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:36,360 But there was an old time missionary that spoke and he was 145 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:40,640 in his late 70s and he was talking about what life's really 146 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:43,280 about and what's most important in life. 147 00:08:43,919 --> 00:08:47,800 And as you look at your life, you know, where is it today? 148 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:50,440 And the Lord used this old missionary guy to really get to 149 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:52,880 me. It was a revival called People 150 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:54,960 Coming Back to God. And it started out, I think the 151 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:57,160 first night there was like 2829 people. 152 00:08:57,160 --> 00:09:00,200 And then each night it went down and until the end, the last 153 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:01,840 night, there was only a few of us there. 154 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:04,280 And it was like God had this revival. 155 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:06,840 That's for me. And so I went forward and I 156 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:10,200 said, Lord, you know, I've just sort of wasted my years from the 157 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:15,520 day I got saved and I was 20 up until my mid 40s now, I was in 158 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:19,120 the churches for a long time. I was a Deacon and I teach a 159 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:21,280 young married class. I was going through the motions. 160 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:25,080 I was doing what was expected that I was, I was dying inside 161 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:28,440 because I was, I was living for the world and I wasn't living 162 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:31,240 for Christ. And people might have thought I 163 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:34,000 was because I looked on the outside like I was, but I knew 164 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:36,600 down deep inside that I was messed up. 165 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:41,280 So I went on my face before the altar there and I just said, 166 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:45,440 Lord, here's my life. I want to give it back to you. 167 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:49,960 I understand that I've wasted a lot of years. 168 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:54,600 And if by chance you would give me an opportunity to have things 169 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:58,120 made right with you today, I'll do whatever it is that you want 170 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:03,840 me to do in the days ahead. Oh, God began to stir my heart 171 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:06,600 again and do something in me. And I'd had no interest in being 172 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:10,080 a pastor or anything or making any kind of great promises of 173 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:11,520 God. It was like a baby step. 174 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:14,400 I had no idea other than I'm just surrendering my will to the 175 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:17,560 Lord. My daughter's telling all her 176 00:10:17,560 --> 00:10:20,720 friends, I have a new dad. I wasn't like his horrible 177 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:22,200 father. I mean, I cared, you know. 178 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:26,000 But all of a sudden I'm, I'm compelled again to be the father 179 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:29,320 of my home that I need to be and the husband I need to be to lead 180 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:33,120 my family in the ways of God. I'd sort of checked out on that. 181 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:35,560 You know, I've depended on the church to do it for me, right? 182 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:38,160 The youth group to do it for me. Some of you guys know what I'm 183 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:41,640 talking about. And so one thing led to the next 184 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:45,480 The Lord put on our heart about this church plant to be a 185 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:49,560 ministry of restoration and reconciliation for ruined lives, 186 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:55,600 which Cindy and I had. That God can restore the years 187 00:10:55,600 --> 00:11:01,120 that the locust has eaten, that there's not one of us here that 188 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:05,600 has fallen so far that we're away from the outstretched arms 189 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:09,200 of God calling us back to Himself and to draw us to 190 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:12,600 Himself. And I know the people that God 191 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:18,760 calls it his church are people that are broken in, contrite and 192 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:23,680 desiring His will. Now, as we see in Revelation 193 00:11:24,560 --> 00:11:29,280 chapter 4, that there will be these people that will not take 194 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:31,240 the mark of the beast, and because of that, they'll be 195 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:34,000 martyred. Now for us who are raptured out 196 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:36,600 of here, we're going to miss the real hell, the tribulation. 197 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:39,480 We're going to be taken out. God's wrath will not come upon 198 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:42,640 His church, but there will be people during that tribulation 199 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:46,200 that will be saved, that will be anointed by God to be witnesses, 200 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:48,480 and they will refuse to take the mark of the beast. 201 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:50,920 And because of that, they will be beheaded. 202 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:52,720 They will be beheaded and martyred. 203 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:57,520 Verse 5 it says, But the rest of the dead did not live again 204 00:11:57,520 --> 00:11:59,200 until the thousand years were finished. 205 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:02,800 This is the first resurrection. Blessed is he who has part in 206 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:06,480 the first resurrection over such the second death has no power, 207 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:10,040 but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign 208 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:13,960 with him 1000 years. Now we think of the Old 209 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:16,720 Testament Saints. Whenever Jesus was crucified, it 210 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:19,840 says in Ephesians, he went into the lower parts of the earth to 211 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:22,560 lead captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. 212 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:24,520 So Hades is split into two sections. 213 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:26,320 You have hell and you have paradise. 214 00:12:26,560 --> 00:12:29,440 The Old Testament Saints were in paradise waiting for the 215 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:32,440 finished work of Christ at the cross and his resurrection. 216 00:12:32,680 --> 00:12:35,760 As Christ rose from a dead, He went in there and released as 217 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:39,320 captive in the bosom of Abraham, and brought them into the 218 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:42,040 Kingdom with him. That they take part in the first 219 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:45,680 resurrection, it tells us in First Corinthians, I believe. 220 00:12:45,680 --> 00:12:48,440 Let me just double check here. Yeah, First Corinthians chapter 221 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:51,320 15, verse 20. It says now Christ has risen 222 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:53,960 from the dead, and he became the first fruits of those who have 223 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:57,480 fallen asleep. For since by man came death, by 224 00:12:57,480 --> 00:12:59,640 man also came the resurrection of the dead. 225 00:12:59,960 --> 00:13:02,840 For as an Adam all die, Even so in Christ all shall be made 226 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:04,920 alive, but each one in his own order. 227 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:07,960 Christ is the first fruits, afterward those who are Christ 228 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:10,600 at his coming. Then comes the end, when He 229 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:13,320 delivers the Kingdom of God to the Father, when He puts an end 230 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:16,520 to all role and all authority and power, for He must reign 231 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:18,720 till he has put all enemies under his feet. 232 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,520 The last enemy will be destroyed, which is death. 233 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:24,840 So when Christ rose from the dead, you remember in the 234 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:27,440 gospels where it talked about the people that came out of the 235 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:32,120 graves mystery, they were taking part as Christ is the first 236 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:35,360 fruit of the first resurrection. He's the 1st. 237 00:13:35,680 --> 00:13:38,800 And then the Old Testament Saints of the bosom of Abraham, 238 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:43,160 those who were resurrected out of the graves during the time of 239 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:47,080 his resurrection in the Gospels. And then we have those of us who 240 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:49,920 will be raptured and taken into the Kingdom of heaven. 241 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:52,880 We're taking part as the first fruits of the first 242 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:55,560 resurrection. And then we have those, those 243 00:13:55,560 --> 00:13:58,800 Saints in the tribulation period who were beheaded that Christ 244 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:01,720 will bring forth into life again, and they'll rule and 245 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:04,920 reign with him in that millennial Kingdom. 246 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:09,520 The first fruits taking part in the first resurrection with our 247 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:14,360 new bodies, all those who are redeemed will be raised up. 248 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:17,680 The second resurrection doesn't occur until the end of the 249 00:14:17,680 --> 00:14:19,640 millennial Kingdom after the 1000 years. 250 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:23,880 And if you're here today and you're not saved, you won't take 251 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:26,680 part in the first resurrection. Unfortunately, you'll have to 252 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:28,360 deal with the second resurrection. 253 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:31,600 And the second resurrection is not a resurrection you want to 254 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:34,720 take part in because all those who are raised out of the graves 255 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:38,520 are being raised for the final judgment where the Bible says 256 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:42,040 the book will be open and the Lamb's book of life. 257 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:44,760 And whosoever's name is not found written in the Lamb's Book 258 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:47,240 of life will be cast into the lake of fire. 259 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:48,800 It's the resurrection of judgment. 260 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:53,760 And So what will this millennial Kingdom be like as we begin to 261 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:56,360 conclude here in this chapter today, chapter 20? 262 00:14:56,800 --> 00:14:59,960 Well, there'll be peace. There'll be no more war. 263 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:04,040 Isaiah Chapter 11 If we flip over there for a minute, there's 264 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:07,480 a few verses here. Isaiah Chapter 11 verse 6 265 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:09,280 through 9. It says the wolf shall dwell 266 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:11,520 with the lamb. The leopard shall lie down with 267 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:14,920 the young cat, goat, the calf and the young lion and the fat 268 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:17,240 lean together, and the little child shall lead them. 269 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:19,280 The cow and the bear shall graze. 270 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:21,160 The young one shall lie down together. 271 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:23,440 The lion shall eat straw like the ox. 272 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:26,080 A nursing child shall play by the cobras hole. 273 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:29,040 The wean shall shall put his hand in the viper's den. 274 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:32,040 They shall not hurt nor destroy at all. 275 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:34,120 My holy. A mountain for the earth shall 276 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:36,840 be full. The knowledge of the Lord as the 277 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:40,880 waters cover the sea. Imagine that, having a baby 278 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:43,040 today and letting your baby play with a snake. 279 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:45,200 No one in their right mind would do that, right? 280 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:47,320 Well, during the millennial Kingdom, the snakes will be 281 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:48,800 friends. They won't hurt anybody. 282 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:51,000 There won't be any ravenous lion. 283 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:53,200 It's going to come and attack anybody. 284 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:57,000 I mean, it's just perfect peace. There'll be incredible happiness 285 00:15:57,280 --> 00:16:00,520 and Isaiah 12 three. Therefore with joy you will draw 286 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:03,280 water from the wells of salvation. 287 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:05,760 You'll have long life and health. 288 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:12,080 Isaiah chapter 33 verse 24. This is a precursor to the 289 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:17,920 Kingdom that'll reign forever and ever, and the inhabitant 290 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:21,040 will not say I am sick. The people who dwell in it will 291 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:25,520 be forgiven their iniquity. There will be a time of 292 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:27,280 incredible prosperity on the earth. 293 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:30,680 Not like the prosperity teachers are teaching today that self 294 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:32,640 fulfilling, self willed prosperity. 295 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:35,000 This prosperity will come from the throne of God. 296 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:38,800 It says in Isaiah 35 verse one. The wilderness and the wasteland 297 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:42,240 shall be glad for them and the desert shall rejoice and blossom 298 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:44,920 as a rose. It shall blossom abundantly and 299 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:47,280 rejoice even with joy in singing. 300 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:49,360 The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it. 301 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:51,200 The excellence of Carmel and Sharon. 302 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:55,240 They shall see the glory, the Lord, the Excellency of our God, 303 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:58,080 prosperity. And then there will be joy in 304 00:16:58,080 --> 00:17:00,880 our employment. And unlike today, many of us are 305 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:03,840 working, the Bible says, with a sweat of our brow. 306 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:07,280 And there's a lot of aggravation and tension in the job markets 307 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:09,200 today. But in the days of the 308 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:12,359 millennial Kingdom, and it says they shall build houses and 309 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:14,400 inhabit them. They shall plant vineyards and 310 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:17,119 eat their fruit. They shall not build and another 311 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:19,200 inhabit. They shall not plant and another 312 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:21,720 eat. For as a days of a tree, so 313 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:25,640 shall be the days of my people, and my elects shall long enjoy 314 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:28,280 the work of their hands. How glorious that will be. 315 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:33,520 And our inheritance will be an inheritance for those who are 316 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:36,320 truly born again. If you flip over to Romans 317 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:39,640 chapter 828, we know the Bible says all things work together 318 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:42,560 for good to those who love God, and are called according to His 319 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:46,320 purpose. For whom He did foreknow, He 320 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:49,960 also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He 321 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:52,400 might be the first born among many brethren. 322 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:55,560 Moreover, whom He predestined, these He called, and those He 323 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:59,720 called, those He justified, Whom He justified He also glorified. 324 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:02,560 What then shall we say to these things? 325 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:04,840 If God is for us, who can be against us? 326 00:18:05,360 --> 00:18:08,400 He who did not spare His own Son, referring to Jesus, but 327 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:12,440 delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also 328 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:16,000 freely give us all things? Who shall bring a charge against 329 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:19,520 God's elect? It is God who justifies, who is 330 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:22,160 he who condemns? It is Christ who died and 331 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:25,440 furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of 332 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:28,960 God, who also makes intercession for us. 333 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:32,440 It tells us over in first Peter, if you flip over there first 334 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:39,240 Peter chapter 2, as this ends in Revelation chapter 20, verse 5, 335 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:43,960 referring to the priesthood. You know, the Catholic Church 336 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:47,920 teaches about a priesthood and the Orthodox Church, some of 337 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:50,000 these other churches teach about the priesthood. 338 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:53,280 So the priests are here and all of us are down here, right? 339 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:57,080 And we have to go to the priest to get absolution for our sins 340 00:18:57,240 --> 00:19:00,560 or go to the priest to be our mediator between God and man. 341 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:03,440 That's not biblical. The Bible tells us there's one 342 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:05,680 mediator between God and man. Who's that? 343 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:09,960 The man Christ Jesus. I'm sorry, but man can't help 344 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:12,400 you. You don't have faith and 345 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:14,960 dependence on the legs of a man. You have faith in the Lord. 346 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:19,800 Godly men will point you to Jesus Christ as your intercess. 347 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:23,160 We can pray for one another and God answers the prayers of His 348 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:28,200 righteous faithful servants, but Christ is the one who mediates. 349 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:32,000 I was here with Cameron and Cameron was being convicted by 350 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:36,320 the Lord to come to Christ. I sat on my knees here before 351 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:38,560 the Lord. Lord, you alone are the mediator 352 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:44,000 between the Father and between Cameron. 353 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:47,440 You're the one who has to save him. 354 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:51,680 You're the one who has to reach into his life and show him his 355 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:55,760 lostness, his sin. I can tell him, but unless the 356 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:59,040 Spirit shows him, he won't know why he needs to be saved. 357 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:03,800 And if you're here today, only God can show you you're lost. 358 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:07,880 All of us have to come to a point in our life to know that 359 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:12,520 we're lost and we need a Savior. And once you know you're lost, 360 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:15,120 then you know you need to be found. 361 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:20,680 The one who can save you is Jesus Christ, the righteous one. 362 00:20:21,120 --> 00:20:25,360 It tells us in first Peter 9 that you're a chosen generation. 363 00:20:25,360 --> 00:20:28,040 This is referring to us here today who are part of God's 364 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:32,880 family, the Christian, the born again, a royal priesthood, a 365 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:37,760 holy nation, His own special people that you may proclaim the 366 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:41,240 praises of Him who's called you out of darkness into his 367 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:44,640 marvelous light, who once were not a people. 368 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:48,680 Meaning one time we weren't part of this family, we weren't part 369 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:52,800 of his Kingdom, but are now the people of God who had not 370 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:57,400 obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. 371 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:03,400 As we study the Book of Revelation, we study it for two 372 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:06,600 reasons, to learn what it's what's going to happen in the 373 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:11,320 last days or we're not living in fear and we have confidence in 374 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:14,360 God's promises. But we also teach this book 375 00:21:14,360 --> 00:21:18,440 because we know there are people here who are lost in any given 376 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:23,080 church and there are people here today that need to come to 377 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:30,000 Christ to see him as their only hope of forgiveness and 378 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:34,560 salvation. It tells us in First Timothy 2, 379 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:37,800 as it says, there is only one mediator between God and man, 380 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:43,560 the man Christ Jesus. He desires all men, all people 381 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:46,840 to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 382 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:50,760 There's not one of you here today that God does not love and 383 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:54,960 doesn't want you to get saved. When I was beside Cameron here, 384 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:57,800 I said, Cameron, you have to come to the Lord yourself. 385 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:02,040 I can't do it for you. So I just encourage you to pray 386 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:06,320 to him from your own heart, what best you know to say. 387 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:12,720 And when I heard him opening his heart to God and speaking to 388 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:19,600 God, I knew that God was taking him from death to life, from 389 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:23,480 darkness into the beautiful glory of his Kingdom. 390 00:22:24,360 --> 00:22:28,840 And he just shared very simply, Lord, I know I'm a Sinner. 391 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:33,400 You know, Lord, I've been around the block a few times, as we all 392 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:40,240 have, and as only a Sinner could cry to a merciful God, he did, 393 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:45,960 and God radically saved him and changed his life for all 394 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:49,120 eternity. If you're here today and you 395 00:22:49,120 --> 00:22:54,080 have not experienced the saving grace and love and work of the 396 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:56,800 gospel of Jesus Christ, I encourage you to come forward 397 00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:58,920 today. If you're here with someone you 398 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:02,400 know wants to come, come with them, take their hand and come 399 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:05,800 with them and pray because God wants to save you. 400 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:09,680 You don't want to be left here in this time of impending 401 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:13,320 tribulation that will soon come upon the world where you'll be 402 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:17,360 so propelled and so compelled to take that mark of the beast that 403 00:23:17,360 --> 00:23:20,720 you'll be lost for all eternity. If you're here today and you 404 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:24,320 know that you're lingering and the world, and the world has 405 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:27,360 part of you and the Lord has part of you and you're wrestling 406 00:23:27,360 --> 00:23:29,880 and you're tired of walking in two places. 407 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:32,160 You want to walk and the ways of God. 408 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:35,400 You've had it with the world. You don't want it to influence 409 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:37,400 you anymore. You don't want it to direct you. 410 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:40,920 You don't want it to oppress you or control you. 411 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:44,240 You want to be set free from the influences of that world. 412 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:48,160 I encourage you to make a prayerful commitment that you 413 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:52,520 surrender your life anew and afresh to God so that He can you 414 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:55,320 for the purpose of why He created you. 415 00:23:57,160 --> 00:24:00,720 This has been Living Waters of Grace with Pastor Clark. 416 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:04,120 We're going through the challenging and also intriguing 417 00:24:04,120 --> 00:24:07,120 Book of Revelation. Whether you're a fan of reading 418 00:24:07,120 --> 00:24:09,920 ahead in books of fiction, there's such a benefit to 419 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:13,480 reading ahead in the Bible to read about how it all ends. 420 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:17,440 But in an interesting turn of events, the Book of Revelation 421 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:21,600 is not really the end, but rather the beginning. 422 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:26,080 It's the end of life as we know it here on earth, but there's so 423 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:29,200 much to look forward to. But what comes after all? 424 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:32,240 The judgement of the earth and those who reject God? 425 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:36,520 There's a lot to work through, and it can be heartbreaking to 426 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:40,120 read through the intense judgements and wrath that will 427 00:24:40,120 --> 00:24:42,920 come on those who hate God with all their might. 428 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:47,000 The thing is, God has given chance upon chance to these 429 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:51,120 people and they don't want it. So the outcome is that there are 430 00:24:51,120 --> 00:24:55,360 judgments and consequences for those who've rejected the good 431 00:24:55,360 --> 00:24:59,560 news and the gift of salvation that's offered through Jesus's 432 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:03,680 death and resurrection. Are you one who has heard about 433 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:07,520 these things but doesn't really want it because you want to live 434 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:13,040 life on your terms? Trust me, living for Jesus is so 435 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:15,600 much better. That doesn't mean it will be 436 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:18,280 easy. As you listen and read through 437 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:22,240 Revelation with us, you'll come to a stark realization that you 438 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:25,720 don't want to be on Earth when the apocalypse happens. 439 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:30,480 So check out Calvary Chapel online.com to learn how to come 440 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:34,880 to a saving grace through faith that will allow you to be with 441 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:38,520 Jesus for eternity. We'd also love to meet you in 442 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:42,680 person at Calvary Chapel Westmoreland and join us at 400 443 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:50,240 E Pittsburgh St. Ste. 6B in Greensburg, PA 15601. 444 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:53,440 This has been living Waters of Grace.