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 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:39,120 At this great White Throne judgment, there's going to be 6 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:41,640 famous people there, there's going to be rock stars there, 7 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:44,560 there's going to be people that did great things on the earth 8 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:47,240 and the world thought they were wonderful, but these people were 9 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:49,080 heathen. They never bowed their knee to 10 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:50,960 Jesus Christ. They never repented of their 11 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:53,920 sin. They never allowed the Holy 12 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:57,960 Spirit to save them because they rebelled against the Lord. 13 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:00,600 The small and the great will be standing there and the books 14 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:03,160 will be open. The Word of God is what judges 15 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:05,600 us. When I preach on Sundays, I'm 16 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:07,880 not judging you and you're not judging me. 17 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:11,000 There cannot be 1 without the other. 18 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:14,840 Often the love and grace through salvation that's found in Jesus 19 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:18,480 is shared with others, while the understanding of what true 20 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:21,520 eternal damnation means is left out. 21 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:25,960 Sometimes, in order to be able to really see the good news for 22 00:01:25,960 --> 00:01:29,920 what it is, we need to share the bad news as well. 23 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:34,800 Today, Pastor Clark teaches us that we have a responsibility to 24 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:38,760 share both sides. We must warn our neighbors, 25 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:41,800 friends, and loved ones that if they don't believe, they will 26 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:45,560 have to suffer hell. Now here's Pastor Clark in 27 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:49,600 Revelation Chapter 20 with today's edition of Living Waters 28 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:52,040 of Grace. This rich man is able to see 29 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:56,560 this beggar, and he is in torment, it says in verse 23, 30 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,920 And in being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and 31 00:01:59,920 --> 00:02:02,560 saw Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosom. 32 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:04,720 And he cried. And he said, Father Abraham, 33 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:07,840 have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip 34 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:10,639 of his finger in the water and cool my tongue, for I'm 35 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:13,680 tormented in his flame. Think about the day that you had 36 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:16,800 the greatest thirst, that you were begging for water. 37 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:19,000 I had my appendix out when I was in 9th grade. 38 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:21,640 They couldn't give me water because I had perinitis all 39 00:02:21,640 --> 00:02:23,560 through my body and they had tubes running in me. 40 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:26,200 I must die. And I remember making promises 41 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:27,760 to God. I'd hear the bells at Seton 42 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:29,240 Hill. I didn't even know who God was 43 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:31,120 at the time, but I heard the bells in the conviction. 44 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:33,600 I said, God, if you get me through this, I'll follow you. 45 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:37,160 All the days of my life I lied. When I got out of that hospital, 46 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:40,960 I went back to my sinful ways. But I remember laying in that 47 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:43,600 hospital so thirsty. All can't you saying to the 48 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:46,000 nurse, can I have it somewhere? No, the doctor said, you can't 49 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:47,680 have any water. Oh, please. 50 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:50,320 I I mean, I, I would do anything for a glass of water. 51 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:52,720 I was parched. I just, that's all I could think 52 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:54,800 of this water, this water, this water. 53 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:56,400 And finally they had mercy on me. 54 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:59,200 They gave me ice chips, but you know, it didn't work too good. 55 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:01,120 You know, ice chips didn't quench my thirst. 56 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:03,920 I'd let them melt a little bit so I could try to sneak and 57 00:03:03,920 --> 00:03:06,520 drink the water, but they'd come in before the chips were 58 00:03:06,640 --> 00:03:08,840 completely gone. And then soon as they saw water 59 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:11,040 and they dump it out and put ice chips back in again. 60 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:14,720 It was this terrible. But this man saying I just want 61 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:19,000 a tip of a finger and water to cool my tongue from tormented in 62 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:23,480 this flame. That's what your loved ones are 63 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:27,080 facing. That's what your neighbors are 64 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:31,120 facing. That's what your Co workers are 65 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:36,800 facing. Luke 28 verse 28 there 1628 for 66 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:39,320 I have 5 brothers. That he may testify to them, 67 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:41,600 lest they come also to this place with torment. 68 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:45,520 He's begging them send someone to my family and tell them they 69 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:48,400 don't want to come here. And Abraham says in verse 21 70 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:51,640 they have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them. 71 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:55,240 And he said no father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the 72 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:58,160 dead, they will repent. He said to them, if they do not 73 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:01,920 hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, 74 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:03,680 though one raised from the dead now thanks. 75 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:06,800 Jesus rose from the dead. To this day people reject the 76 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:12,680 truth of hell. They don't believe Matthew 812 77 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:18,440 But the sons of the Kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. 78 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:22,320 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 79 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:26,440 Those who are part of this Kingdom of darkness, of Satan 80 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:29,040 will be cast into this outer darkness. 81 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:32,120 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 82 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:35,960 Matthew 2213. Then the king said to the 83 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:39,760 servants, Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast 84 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:42,960 him into outer darkness. There will be weeping and 85 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:47,760 gnashing of teeth. Jude verse thirteen, way in the 86 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:50,800 back there, right before you get ready to go into the Book of 87 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:54,200 Revelation there. Jude verse 13. 88 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:58,320 This is talking about the lost raging waves of the sea, foaming 89 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:01,840 up their own shame, wandering stars, for whom is reserved the 90 00:05:01,840 --> 00:05:07,400 blackness of darkness forever. Luke 1328. 91 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:09,960 How long does this last for people? 92 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:16,920 Luke 1328 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, for when 93 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:20,040 you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets and 94 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:24,120 the Kingdom of God and yourselves thrust out. 95 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:29,280 Hebrews 6 tells us it's a place of eternal judgment. 96 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:34,280 There's no hope of release and turn over to Revelation 21. 97 00:05:34,280 --> 00:05:37,560 We'll be there next week, but we'll take a little preview of 98 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:40,520 what it warns and says is going to happen to those who don't 99 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:44,960 have Christ. Revelation chapter 21, verse 7 100 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:46,880 and 8. It says He who overcome shall 101 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:49,840 inherit all things. I will be his God and he shall 102 00:05:49,840 --> 00:05:53,000 be my son. We overcome by the blood of the 103 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,320 Lamb and the word of our testimony. 104 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:56,920 It tells us earlier in revelation. 105 00:05:57,160 --> 00:06:00,240 But this is the state of those who have these issues. 106 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:04,520 The cowardly, unbelieving, abominable murderers, sexually 107 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:09,560 immoral sorcerers, idolaters and all liars shall have their part 108 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:13,360 in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the 109 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:18,040 second death. Now we need prayer guys. 110 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:23,760 We all do, and I want to have some prayer today about lost 111 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:29,000 people, the people outside this building, the people that we 112 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:32,000 face every day in our life that maybe we've never shared our 113 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,520 faith with. We haven't warned people. 114 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:37,880 We haven't warned our neighbors. Maybe we haven't warned our 115 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:42,680 loved ones, our friends, our buddies in school, no matter how 116 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:46,360 old. We have this responsibility to 117 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:50,360 tell people about the grace of God, the mercy of God, His 118 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:53,920 forgiveness and His salvation. So great is salvation, but we 119 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:56,560 also have the responsibility to warn them that if they don't 120 00:06:56,560 --> 00:07:00,600 believe, they're going to have to suffer hell forever and ever. 121 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:08,680 Turn to John chapter 3 Gospel, John chapter 3, the importance 122 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:12,160 of being born again. Jesus said in verse three, you 123 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:15,840 must be born again. I say to you, unless one is born 124 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:18,000 again, he can't enter into the Kingdom of God. 125 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:22,480 The way we're born again is that we repent of our sin and we ask 126 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:25,320 Christ to forgive us and have mercy on us and to save us. 127 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:28,520 And when we repent, it isn't disagreeing with God, it's 128 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:31,320 turning from the sin. I'm coming to you, Lord, and I'm 129 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:34,520 asking you to save me. So I no longer live like I used 130 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:36,840 to live, and I live like a child of God now. 131 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:40,960 And God changes our heart, He changes our mind, He changes our 132 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:43,880 nature, and everything is new. We're walking the newness of 133 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:45,600 life. I don't want to go back and do 134 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:48,360 the stuff I used to do when I was lost. 135 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:51,360 Why would I want to live like I was lost when Christ has saved 136 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:53,240 me? The Bible says if any man's in 137 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:56,520 Christ is a new creation, old things are passed away. 138 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:58,160 Behold, all things are become new. 139 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:00,160 I don't want the old way of life anymore. 140 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:03,160 And unfortunately, some of us still want to go back and mess 141 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:06,480 around with the pig slop. And the Bible says that it's 142 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:08,320 like a dog returning to his vomit. 143 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:11,800 God's given us this wonderful inheritance and this glorious 144 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:13,960 new way of living, overcoming life. 145 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:17,040 And somehow we're like the children of Israel that God 146 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:19,280 freed from the bondage of Pharaoh in Egypt. 147 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:21,400 And God's taken them to the promised land. 148 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:23,800 And they start having some trials and difficulties and they 149 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:26,760 think, well, I need to go back and, and do this again because 150 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:29,360 this, this will make me happy, which is foolish. 151 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:34,559 And Jesus says in John 316, everybody's familiar with this 152 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:36,919 verse. For God so loved the world that 153 00:08:36,919 --> 00:08:40,600 he gave his only begotten son, that whoever believes in him 154 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:43,400 should not perish, but have everlasting life. 155 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:45,200 This is how much God loves us, guys. 156 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:48,400 He did it all. He gave it all for you and me. 157 00:08:48,560 --> 00:08:52,200 There's not one thing he didn't do in order to save us to the 158 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:55,920 other most, there's nothing that's short in his saving arm. 159 00:08:56,240 --> 00:09:01,400 He can save anybody, the worst of people like me and like you. 160 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:05,720 He says if you believe in Him and believe isn't just a mental 161 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:08,440 assentage. I'm going to stake everything I 162 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:11,680 have and everything I am upon Jesus Christ. 163 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:13,600 And I'm going to live to honor him. 164 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:16,800 I'm going to live to follow him. And I'm not going to be a friend 165 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:19,960 with the sinful patterns of the world system anymore. 166 00:09:20,560 --> 00:09:23,960 I'm going to live as a child of God, by the power of God, by the 167 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:29,000 Spirit of God. But this is a judgement verse 168 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:32,440 18. He who believes in him is not 169 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:36,240 condemned, but he who does not believe is condemned already. 170 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:38,920 Why? Because he is not believed in 171 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:41,080 the name of the only begotten Son of God. 172 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:44,960 So if you're here today, God's anger and His wrath is upon you. 173 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:48,280 Yes, God loves you, He wants to save you, but His anger is upon 174 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:51,200 you because of your sin. And that's why He pleads with 175 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:54,680 people throughout the history of time, through preachers and 176 00:09:54,680 --> 00:09:58,920 prophets and evangelists and witnesses, to tell people to 177 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:01,600 flee from the wrath that is to come. 178 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:07,600 And verse 36 of John three, he who believes in the Son has 179 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:10,440 everlasting life. He who does not believe in the 180 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:15,200 Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him. 181 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:18,000 So if you're here today and you don't have Jesus as your Savior, 182 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:22,320 God's wrath is abiding on you. You don't want to leave here, 183 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:26,160 because if you leave here and you die today or this week, 184 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:28,520 there's no hope for you. There's no second chance. 185 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:31,080 You can't say, well, I was thinking about believing when 186 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:33,840 Clark was talking about this, but you know, I had some other 187 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:35,800 things on my mind. I thought I could do it later 188 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:38,480 and I sort of believed, but I wasn't ready to really repent. 189 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:40,840 And so you stand before God and say, well, this is really what I 190 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:42,080 was going to do. I didn't have time. 191 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:45,800 No, the Jesus says through Paul, the day is a day of salvation. 192 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:49,960 Don't put off what you know you need to do right now. 193 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:59,400 In John chapter 5 verse 24, he says most assuredly I say to 194 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:03,440 you, this is Jesus. He who hears my words and 195 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:07,280 believes in him who sent me has everlasting life. 196 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:10,520 And boy, I'll tell you if you're here today and you believe this, 197 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:13,040 take a sigh, a big sigh of relief. 198 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:19,080 You have everlasting life. It tells us in first John 513. 199 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:21,880 These things are written unto you that believe on the name of 200 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:25,560 the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life 201 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:28,600 by believing in the name of the Son of God, not hoping or 202 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:30,880 wishing or man. I I don't know, I'm not real 203 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:33,640 sure the assurance of our salvation. 204 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:37,400 Paul said, I know whom I believed in, and I'm persuaded 205 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:40,640 that he is able to keep that which I've committed unto him 206 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:45,280 against that day. And he who sent me and has 207 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:48,760 everlasting life shall not come into judgment, but has passed 208 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:53,520 from death unto life. That's the best thing, isn't it? 209 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:55,760 That's happened to you and me. If it's really happened to you 210 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:58,240 that you've passed from death unto life. 211 00:12:00,560 --> 00:12:06,320 Now the clencher for me and for you as believers here today. 212 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:15,000 Luke chapter 10, verse 2. Jesus said in Luke 10 the 213 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:19,600 harvest is truly great, but the laborers are few therefore pray 214 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:22,360 the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest 215 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:26,880 field. Thank God for technology today 216 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:30,920 because we have means to get the gospel out that we never had 217 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:34,760 before. TV, Internet, video. 218 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:38,000 We can fly to different places in the world and take the 219 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,560 gospel. We podcast these sermons. 220 00:12:40,560 --> 00:12:43,280 We have them on our website for people that want to hear and, 221 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:47,280 and people do listen. But in spite of all the 222 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:51,560 technology and all the things that we have, there's still over 223 00:12:51,560 --> 00:12:53,920 850 unreached people groups in the world. 224 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:56,640 That's what Paul Dye told me when he was here visiting from 225 00:12:56,640 --> 00:13:00,640 New tribes. 850 people groups in the world who haven't heard the 226 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:04,240 gospel once. And Jesus has been saying this 227 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:07,120 about the harvest since he was on the earth, and it doesn't 228 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:10,160 seem to change. The harvest is still great and 229 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:13,400 the laborers are still few. And he says for us to pray to 230 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:16,080 him, the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth 231 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:19,760 laborers into his harvest field. Now that's what I want to have 232 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:21,880 today. I want you guys to come down 233 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:25,920 here, first of all, willing to yield your lives to be servants 234 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:28,360 in the harvest field saying, Lord, here I am. 235 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:30,800 Send me. I don't know who it is this week 236 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:33,800 you want me to talk to about Jesus, but I'm willing to do 237 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:37,520 that. I want to be concerned about the 238 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:39,240 people I work with. I don't know how I'm going to 239 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:42,440 bring it up in the conversation, but somehow I need to let them 240 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:45,680 know what you've done for me and what you want to do for them. 241 00:13:45,680 --> 00:13:48,320 But they're not going to know unless I talk and I tell them. 242 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:51,400 And lots of times you're in places in your life that no one 243 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:53,040 else is going to be the witness but you. 244 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:57,080 God's put you in such a place for such a time as this that 245 00:13:57,080 --> 00:13:59,400 you're going to be the witness to that person's soul. 246 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:01,720 You're the only person that's going to be the witness in that 247 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:02,920 person's life. Perhaps. 248 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:08,200 Jeff gave me a video one time. It's a horrible video and it's 249 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:11,120 made-up, but it gets the point across where this these guys are 250 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:14,120 in high school, they're partying together, they're playing around 251 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:16,400 and whatever they sports stuff they do together. 252 00:14:16,680 --> 00:14:19,120 One guy is a Christian. He's backslidden. 253 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:21,840 He's afraid to share his faith because if he shares it, his 254 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:24,600 buddy might not think he's cool anymore, doesn't want to hang 255 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:27,520 around them. And so his buddy ends up getting 256 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:31,280 in an accident and dies and he's in hell and he's writing a 257 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:33,840 letter back to his friend. I thought you were my friend. 258 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:37,840 Why didn't you tell me what was waiting me all the times we were 259 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:40,520 together and hanging out? You said you cared about me. 260 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:43,520 I thought we were best friends and now I'm in hell and I'm 261 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:44,880 going to be here forever and ever. 262 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:47,240 And you're just hearing him screaming and yelling. 263 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:50,240 Why didn't you tell me? Why didn't you tell me why? 264 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:52,200 And it's enough. You just want to turn it off. 265 00:14:52,200 --> 00:15:01,840 It's it's haunting in John chapter 4 verse 2, but he said 266 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:04,720 to them, I have food to eat of which you do not know. 267 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:07,840 The disciples said to one another, has anyone brought him 268 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:11,520 anything to eat and Jesus said to them, my food is to do the 269 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:14,760 will of him who sent me and to finish his work. 270 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:20,600 What's your food in your life is your food to do the will of the 271 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:25,520 Lord who saved you and to finish the work he's given you to do. 272 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:31,120 Do you not say there are still four months and then comes the 273 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:33,560 harvest. That's all our in our minds. 274 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:36,360 Well, I'll get around to it someday later on. 275 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:39,600 Timing isn't right. I'm not real sure what I should 276 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:42,440 do yet, but I got time. There's still four months. 277 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:45,400 Then comes the harvest. Jesus said, behold, I say to 278 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:49,280 you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are 279 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:54,480 already white for harvest. In other words, I have all these 280 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:56,120 people who are ready to get saved. 281 00:15:56,760 --> 00:15:58,240 They're ready. Their hearts are prepared. 282 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:00,640 My spirits convicted them. And who's going to? 283 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:03,720 Who's going to pluck it? Who's going to, Who's going to 284 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:06,360 be privileged to harvest that person? 285 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:09,760 And we're too embarrassed. Sometimes they're afraid. 286 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:11,600 Well, they, they might not like me. 287 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:13,280 They might laugh at me. How do you know? 288 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:15,960 You might go up to someone you think is like, totally like 289 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:18,960 against what you're going to say and they're going to say to you. 290 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:21,400 I've been waiting for someone to tell me this. 291 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:24,040 I need a savior. I've been haunted at night. 292 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:26,480 I'm afraid of dying. And I, I didn't know there was 293 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:29,080 an answer to my sin. I didn't know that there was a 294 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:32,320 God who loved me who would forgive me of all my guilt. 295 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:35,960 I remember I was a firefighter in Atlantic City many years ago 296 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:39,280 before I went to Bible college, and I was really on fire back in 297 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:41,040 those days. And all I wanted to do is tell 298 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:44,240 people about Jesus. And I need the Lord by his grace 299 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:50,200 to pour that same kind of fire in my heart again, 'cause I get 300 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:54,920 busy like you guys, I get focused and Jesus says, is it 301 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:59,640 nothing to you? All those who pass by that are 302 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:04,640 heading toward hell. So they fire him and they say, 303 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:06,280 hey, they laugh, Hey, here comes the. 304 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:10,079 They call me the Sneakin Deacon because one time I made a $2.00 305 00:17:10,079 --> 00:17:12,280 bet on the horses at the Atlantic City racetrack. 306 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:14,760 They caught me in a weak moment. They go, we got him the Sneakin 307 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:18,000 Deacon. But in a way it was sort of cool 308 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:19,960 because when I did that, they sort of said this guy's just a 309 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:21,640 regular guy. He's not a holy roller. 310 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:24,640 He's not perfect. And but anyway, they said, oh, 311 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:27,079 we don't want to hear this. Eddie's the guy that needs it. 312 00:17:27,079 --> 00:17:29,440 Eddie, he's a tough guy. He was a concrete guy, and he 313 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:33,440 was a fireman as well. And Eddie was a tough guy, man. 314 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:35,560 He's a big brawny guy. And I'm thinking, man, how am I 315 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:37,240 going to get in a conversation with him? 316 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:38,920 You know, it's just like, this is a challenge. 317 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:40,520 And, and I just tried to live it. 318 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:43,000 And I'll never forget one night, I'm laying in the bunk. 319 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:44,400 He's beside me in the other bunk. 320 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:46,840 All the guys are getting ready to go to sleep. 321 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:48,800 And he said, hey, hey, hey, Claire. 322 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:50,840 I said, yeah, Eddie. He said, what do you think about 323 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:54,720 that guy Billy Graham? I said, I like him. 324 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:55,720 Why, Eddie? Why do you bring up? 325 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:57,800 I don't know. I was just watching him on TV 326 00:17:57,800 --> 00:17:59,440 the other night. And, you know, I think what he 327 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:01,880 was saying was really good. I think it made some sense, you 328 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:05,800 know, and I knew the Lord was drawing him in and I had the 329 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:08,480 privilege to pray with that man and see him come to Christ. 330 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:13,160 You just don't know the person you think as farthest from 331 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:17,240 heaven as many times the person who's closest to salvation. 332 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:23,200 He who reaps wages, receives wages, and gathers fruit for 333 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:26,520 eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may 334 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:31,000 rejoice together. Jesus says, For in this saying 335 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:33,080 is true, 1 sows and another reaps. 336 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:36,400 Don't worry about who's there and who isn't there, as long as 337 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:39,600 you're there, because you're going to give an account before 338 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:43,000 your Lord for what you did and how faithful you were. 339 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:49,000 Jesus says I sent you to reap that for which you have not 340 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:51,960 labored. Someone planted someone watered 341 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:55,080 it. The easy work is pulling the the 342 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:57,920 harvest off because it's already the Lord's prepared it. 343 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:03,040 Others have labored and you have entered in to their laborers. 344 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:07,040 So I'd like to just have a time and, and starting with me, the 345 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:11,120 revivals in, in Europe that occurred during the times of 346 00:19:11,120 --> 00:19:15,680 the, the Welsh revival with Roberts and Whitfield and those 347 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:18,520 guys in the US. And yeah, it was a time like 348 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:21,200 this where there was people living that were busy with the 349 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:24,360 affairs of life. And we have intercessory prayer 350 00:19:24,360 --> 00:19:25,880 here. And, and it doesn't matter how 351 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:28,680 many people are there. Sometimes it's 345 that's there. 352 00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:31,200 And I know many of you are praying too, but we're praying 353 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:32,920 for souls. We're praying for the Lord to 354 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:35,800 get a hold of our hearts so that we're about his business. 355 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:39,400 We can be a church teaching the Bible and, and be proud, but we 356 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:41,760 go through the Bible expositionally, verse by verse, 357 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:44,520 and we teach line upon line, precept upon precept. 358 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:48,280 And the Lord saying, well, big deal, let's live the word. 359 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:51,120 Let's do what the word saying you're supposed to do with it, 360 00:19:51,120 --> 00:19:52,760 right? Be doers of the word, not 361 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:56,120 hearers only. And so we pray and, and what 362 00:19:56,120 --> 00:19:58,320 happened in Wales with Evan Roberts? 363 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:00,920 He was a discouraged pastor. He came in, people were 364 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:03,320 apathetic and complacent like they are everywhere. 365 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:05,840 There isn't a church where there isn't complacency and 366 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:08,040 lukewarmness and indifference. And that's not to condemn. 367 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:09,400 I said. God knows that's how we are, 368 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:11,640 right? I can't stir you. 369 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:13,800 You can't stir me. The sirit's the one that stirs 370 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:15,920 us. God is the one that pours out 371 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:18,640 His Spirit for revival. And so they prayed. 372 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:21,080 And I'm sure Roberts at the time, he goes in there as a new 373 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:24,000 pastor, 2 old ladies, they come here, they want to pray, and I'm 374 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:25,680 discouraged. Why isn't anybody else here 375 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:27,520 tonight? Finally, he just started getting 376 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:30,680 together with them and praying. Oh Lord, give us whales, give us 377 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:32,240 souls. Pray, pray, pray. 378 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:38,160 God had favor upon those three humble people that had nothing 379 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:41,480 to offer but a cry out to God for him to move. 380 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:47,040 God heard that prayer, poured out his Spirit upon whales, and 381 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:50,880 there was a revival of profile. Women would be walking across 382 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:54,000 the square with their shopping goods and their clothes and all 383 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:56,240 the things that were important to them as they were walking 384 00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:58,040 across. No one's preaching to them. 385 00:20:58,120 --> 00:21:00,200 They're falling on their knees and crying out. 386 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:03,800 God be merciful to me, a Sinner. The Holy Spirit's atmosphere 387 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:06,240 working everywhere. The bars were shut down and 388 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:08,840 whales. It's sad what happens as history 389 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:11,040 moves on. Everybody forgets, and God needs 390 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:13,160 to start another revival, right all the time. 391 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:15,840 That's because when you think you're going good and all of a 392 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:18,680 sudden human nature starts going backward, there needs to be 393 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:21,040 continual repentance, continual revival. 394 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:25,440 And so they prayed, and a little church like this wasn't filled 395 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:27,560 very often when the revival broke out. 396 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:30,480 The coal miners got off of work, weren't going to the bars. 397 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:33,880 They were coming to this little church and they were packed in 398 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:35,560 there. They were filthy coal miners. 399 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:38,720 And when the call was given to come and repent and get saved, 400 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:41,200 men were coming up front. But there were so many people 401 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:44,040 crowding the aisles and the pews that the men had to get down on 402 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:46,920 their stomachs so that people could crawl over top of them to 403 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:49,680 get down in the front and and cry out for God's mercy. 404 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:53,280 It was a move of God's spirit. Men would punch fists through 405 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:55,840 the window and say, don't forget me. 406 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:59,560 Don't forget me. We need this again in our world 407 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:03,040 today. America needs revival, and I 408 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:05,760 know there's many churches like ours around this country that 409 00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:08,600 are praying for the very same thing that we're seeking God 410 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:11,120 for. God hasn't given up on us yet. 411 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:14,520 And so I'm just here today as your pastor, just saying, could 412 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:18,640 you come and say, Lord, here am I, send me for this harvest 413 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:22,240 field. I want to give my life for 414 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:25,760 what's going to last forever and maybe a burden for someone who 415 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:28,320 needs the Lord to intercede for them and pray. 416 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:31,080 Jesus said my house shall be a House of prayer. 417 00:22:31,360 --> 00:22:33,840 It's not about having a service and going home and that's it. 418 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:36,920 It's about us doing business with God because God is doing 419 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:40,720 business with us today. The first one here, I want God 420 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:45,160 to do a work on my heart so that I am so compelled to share my 421 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:48,640 faith that I'm haunted by the power of the Spirit of God that 422 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:51,320 every chance I have is a spirit gives me opportunity. 423 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:54,680 I want to be able to proclaim the good news of the gospel with 424 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:57,160 my customers. I want to be able to talk to my 425 00:22:57,160 --> 00:23:00,440 bosses and the people I work with and my gay neighbors and 426 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:02,960 need the Lord and my neighbors that live with women on each 427 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:05,400 side of my house. I want to be able to confront 428 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:07,440 them with not a judgement, right? 429 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:10,400 Because who am I to judge? I got my own sins, but the good 430 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:14,240 news is Christ is a merciful loving Savior and He's able to 431 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:17,440 save if we repent and he'll help us to turn from our sin. 432 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:20,160 Amen. This is what the church is 433 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:22,000 about. It's not about religion. 434 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,080 It's not about anything but salvation. 435 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:26,720 It's about forgiveness and it's about repentance. 436 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:29,160 And when God looks down in a church and he sees there's a 437 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:32,800 people that are going to pray for revival and pray for souls, 438 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:35,280 and God's hand will be on your life for these things. 439 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:37,760 He really will. And don't be embarrassed and 440 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:40,400 don't be shy because This is why we're here. 441 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:45,120 We're here in these last days as His children to come and to give 442 00:23:45,120 --> 00:23:47,440 our lives and to let them work in our hearts. 443 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:52,880 We are digging into the Book of Revelation here on Living Waters 444 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:55,640 of Grace. Pastor Clark is tackling this 445 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:59,520 challenging book as we try to discern the messages that are 446 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:03,160 within its pages. There's so much imagery, and at 447 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:06,600 times you're not always sure what's literal and what's 448 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:08,960 metaphorical. At one point, there's a 449 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:12,760 reference to an adulterous woman riding on a beast. 450 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:16,200 And as someone else mentioned, at one point it almost sounds 451 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:20,680 like a rodeo from hell. And in actuality it kind of is. 452 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:25,000 You learn about the downfall and demise of a sinful and 453 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:29,280 rebellious world, falling down in worship to someone who is the 454 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:36,240 anti hero, the enemy, Satan working his insidious ways into 455 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:40,920 the minds of fallen people. It's sad and it's heartbreaking, 456 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:44,640 but it's a classic story of good versus evil. 457 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:48,080 Thankfully, we know how this story ends. 458 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:55,360 Jesus wins, Jesus reigns, and evil is conquered once and for 459 00:24:55,360 --> 00:24:57,880 all. We pray and trust you've 460 00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:02,880 received Jesus as your Savior. But if you haven't, don't wait 461 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:06,160 until the events and revelation become what's happening on the 462 00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:09,680 streets. None of us wants you to be there 463 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:12,960 at that time. Instead, we'd love for you to be 464 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:17,760 with us in heaven as we celebrate the marriage supper 465 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:23,240 with Jesus as his bridegroom. To get a better understanding of 466 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:26,400 where we are in the Book of Revelation, to listen to any 467 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:31,040 messages before or after this one, you can find them at our 468 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:34,640 website, calvarychapelonline.com. 469 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:38,360 That's it for today's edition, but we hope you'll want to hear 470 00:25:38,360 --> 00:25:41,880 Pastor Clark teach more from the Book of Revelation. 471 00:25:42,360 --> 00:25:46,240 It can be exciting to think about the future for believers, 472 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:49,400 but it can feel a bit harrowing for those who don't believe. 473 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:53,480 Come here more next time on Living Waters of Grace.