1 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:05,100 Man, it is good to be with each and every single. 2 00:00:05,100 --> 00:00:08,100 One of you, I don't know where you're joining from weather here 3 00:00:08,100 --> 00:00:11,700 at our 48th Street campus, or you're joining us from Macomb 4 00:00:11,700 --> 00:00:15,900 Kirksville. 929, Pike County, Hannibal Lima, Mount Sterling 5 00:00:15,900 --> 00:00:19,700 Keokuk, mom, at Jacksonville online inside. 6 00:00:19,700 --> 00:00:23,000 We are so incredibly thankful for you. 7 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:27,000 I heard a story that might be happening this weekend that a 8 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,900 person who's been watching us online is going to be driving. 9 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,500 Going in and getting baptized at one of our locations. 10 00:00:32,500 --> 00:00:34,900 So if it happens to be at your location, make sure you cheer 11 00:00:34,900 --> 00:00:37,700 super loud. That'll be a big win and we will 12 00:00:37,700 --> 00:00:41,000 be working diligently to try and find them a church home in their 13 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:43,600 area where they can serve and participate. 14 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:46,000 If you are brand new to the crossing, we are so glad that 15 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,900 you're here and make sure you connect with the campus. 16 00:00:48,900 --> 00:00:51,400 Pastor or one of your incredible staff members are 17 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:54,100 difference-makers before you leave because we would love an 18 00:00:54,100 --> 00:00:58,100 opportunity to love you well and to get connected one of the easy 19 00:00:58,100 --> 00:00:59,900 ways to do that is there's a QR code. 20 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,100 On the seat in front of you, if you pull out your camera, click 21 00:01:03,100 --> 00:01:06,100 on, that it will open up and allow you to actually fill out 22 00:01:06,100 --> 00:01:07,900 some information and kind of raise your hand. 23 00:01:07,900 --> 00:01:11,200 And say, hey, I was here and I'd love to get connected before. 24 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:15,000 I jump into the sermon series, as promised, we are getting 25 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:19,500 ready to embark on a brand new sermon series starting next 26 00:01:19,700 --> 00:01:22,200 weekend. That sermon series is called 27 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:27,100 weeds in my garden a series, on being honest, about mental 28 00:01:27,500 --> 00:01:31,800 health and we will be talking about About suicide, self-harm, 29 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:35,700 stress anxiety, burnout, low self-esteem and depression. 30 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:38,600 And I, like I said, this a couple weeks ago, I believe that 31 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:41,700 these next 12 weeks of our church will be the most 32 00:01:41,700 --> 00:01:45,200 important messages that we will preach this entire year. 33 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:47,900 There's a couple things that you can do to help us out as we get 34 00:01:47,900 --> 00:01:50,400 ready for them. I already mentioned the qr-code, 35 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:53,100 but if you click on that, QR code, that's in front of all 36 00:01:53,100 --> 00:01:55,100 your seats and you can do this. While I'm preaching, you're not 37 00:01:55,100 --> 00:01:56,600 going to even frustrate me. I'm going to love it. 38 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:59,100 If I see phones out, you can click on that. 39 00:01:59,100 --> 00:02:02,600 It'll pull up a Tree and there is a mental health survey. 40 00:02:03,100 --> 00:02:07,900 I would love all of you to take it every single one of you what 41 00:02:07,900 --> 00:02:09,400 it can do. It's going to take you 30 42 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:11,200 seconds. First question, how old are you? 43 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:13,700 That's easy cuz you should remember that, okay? 44 00:02:14,100 --> 00:02:17,100 If you don't remember how old you are, click 80, okay? 45 00:02:17,500 --> 00:02:20,300 Then after that you're going to say, hey, are you a male or 46 00:02:20,300 --> 00:02:24,900 female super easy. Third question is, which one of 47 00:02:24,908 --> 00:02:28,100 these things have you wrestled with in the last 12 months? 48 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:30,800 And it's perfectly reasonable for You to click none. 49 00:02:31,300 --> 00:02:33,100 Say, Clayton. I haven't had to navigate any of 50 00:02:33,100 --> 00:02:35,700 these issues personally, in the last 12 months, there's some 51 00:02:35,700 --> 00:02:37,800 nuns. And at all of our locations, I 52 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:40,900 want you to raise your hand and acknowledge yourself and but you 53 00:02:40,900 --> 00:02:42,400 can click all the ones that account for you. 54 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:44,600 Then the next question is, do you know anybody who does? 55 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:47,600 And then you're done, it's like super easy. 56 00:02:47,900 --> 00:02:50,000 But what it's going to do is it's going to help us as we 57 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:53,800 prepare this message to be able to lean in and draw. 58 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:56,300 Some information, we're not going to get like who your name 59 00:02:56,300 --> 00:02:57,400 is. We're not going to send you a. 60 00:02:57,400 --> 00:02:59,000 Hey man, thanks for being so honest about. 61 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,700 It's none of that stuff. We don't track it but it'll help 62 00:03:01,700 --> 00:03:08,800 me help you a whole lot better. So if you like us, Help us out. 63 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:13,800 Okay, now parents during the sermon series, if you have 64 00:03:14,300 --> 00:03:18,900 really young kids, Elementary age kids, I'm going to really 65 00:03:18,900 --> 00:03:22,100 ask you to do myself and the people around you, a huge favor 66 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:25,100 and yourself, a huge favor and take advantage of our incredible 67 00:03:25,100 --> 00:03:27,400 kids programming. I'm going to ask you to do that 68 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:29,800 for a couple of reasons. Now, you may have a sixth grader 69 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:32,500 who and you have a fuse. Take full advantage of that with 70 00:03:32,500 --> 00:03:34,900 your Junior highers. If you don't they're going to be 71 00:03:34,900 --> 00:03:36,800 fine in the auditorium. Your high school students, I'd 72 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:39,500 love for your high school kids. Be sitting with you in the 73 00:03:39,500 --> 00:03:42,400 auditorium as we go through the sermon series, I just don't want 74 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:44,500 to put ideas in your really young kids. 75 00:03:44,500 --> 00:03:48,200 Heads, I want to put you in a position to lead first before 76 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:51,500 they start asking you questions. Second thing is, is just just a 77 00:03:51,508 --> 00:03:54,400 general rule, your kids will always learn better in one of 78 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:56,200 our kids environment than they will in here. 79 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,200 You know, I know some of you think I'm great, but I'm not 80 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:02,100 that great. I cannot appeal to five year 81 00:04:02,100 --> 00:04:05,800 olds all the way to wherever you are, just not going to happen. 82 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:08,100 Your kid will always learn more about Jesus and that should be 83 00:04:08,100 --> 00:04:10,300 your goal as a parent. How do I put my kid in 84 00:04:10,300 --> 00:04:12,600 incredible environment for them to learn about Jesus? 85 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:15,000 Your kid will always learn about Jesus better in all of our kids 86 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,000 environments. And the third reason is I want 87 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,399 you to be a good neighbor. There can be people who are 88 00:04:19,399 --> 00:04:21,600 going to be sitting around you who are going to be clinging on 89 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:23,600 for dear life during the sermon series. 90 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,900 And I don't want your kid to be a distraction from the the help, 91 00:04:26,900 --> 00:04:29,000 and the help that they need, is that a fair deal? 92 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:30,000 Okay. All right. 93 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:33,100 Perfect. Now, we are in the last week of 94 00:04:33,100 --> 00:04:36,300 a sermon series. Called The Other Side, the first 95 00:04:36,300 --> 00:04:39,400 week, Jerry talked about heaven. Learn the heaven is a real place 96 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:42,700 that we will be changed and freed from all of the baggage of 97 00:04:42,700 --> 00:04:45,900 the lower story than last week. We talked about hell. 98 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,800 We learned that hell is real that Jesus talked about it more 99 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:51,500 than any other biblical writer combined. 100 00:04:51,700 --> 00:04:54,900 We learned that it is a forever place and it is a place of 101 00:04:54,900 --> 00:04:58,800 punishment and torment. But we also learned that by 102 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:03,000 God's grace and unfailing love, He sent Jesus Christ to pay the 103 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:06,400 price that we could never pay. And that when you receive Jesus 104 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:09,400 Christ as your lord and savior, Our you need, not worry about 105 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:13,100 the horrors of hell because heaven awaits you when you die 106 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:16,200 and if you missed any of those, are you want to pick up on? 107 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:19,500 Other sermons from the past, you can go to our website or you can 108 00:05:19,500 --> 00:05:23,200 go to YouTube. Our website is the crossing 109 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:25,600 dotnet. Our YouTube is one Crossing. 110 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:28,800 If you see this little Insignia, our logo, you'll know you're at 111 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:32,500 the right place and you can always we watch our sermons or 112 00:05:32,500 --> 00:05:35,000 if you liked one, when Jerry preaches on Sunday and you want 113 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:38,400 to re-watch it again on Monday on Monday mornings. our summers 114 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:42,800 are loaded so you guys can take advantage of that or You have to 115 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:44,800 be careful about this. If, you know, somebody that 116 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:47,300 could use a particular message, it's a great way to share it 117 00:05:47,300 --> 00:05:49,300 because you can just text it to them and they can just watch it 118 00:05:49,300 --> 00:05:50,800 on their phone when they're supposed to be working. 119 00:05:50,900 --> 00:05:54,500 Okay? All right, that being said, if 120 00:05:54,500 --> 00:05:57,500 you grew up in a church or maybe hung around with church people, 121 00:05:58,500 --> 00:06:04,600 you may have heard that one day, we are going to be judged and 122 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:08,900 there's a lot of misinformation about what judgment looks like. 123 00:06:08,900 --> 00:06:12,900 And so today we're going to be talking about the two Judgments. 124 00:06:13,100 --> 00:06:16,300 And if you spend any time reading your Bible, when you 125 00:06:16,300 --> 00:06:20,400 start reading about the Judgment sometimes and I'm saying this, 126 00:06:20,700 --> 00:06:23,900 as a person who reads his Bible, it can be a little confusing. 127 00:06:24,900 --> 00:06:27,300 Let me explain your in your Bible. 128 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:29,400 You're reading like a good Christian and you come across 129 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:33,400 Ephesians chapter 2 and this is what it says, okay? 130 00:06:33,900 --> 00:06:38,600 As for you, you are dead in your transgressions and sins in which 131 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:41,700 you used to live. When you follow the ways of this 132 00:06:41,700 --> 00:06:44,000 world, Old. And the of the ruler of the 133 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:47,500 kingdom of the air and the spirit, who is now at work in 134 00:06:47,500 --> 00:06:55,100 those who are disobedient, All of us also lived among them at 135 00:06:55,100 --> 00:06:59,100 one time, gratifying the Cravings of our flesh and 136 00:06:59,100 --> 00:07:03,800 following its desires and thoughts like the rest. 137 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,500 We were by Nature, deserving of Wrath. 138 00:07:08,300 --> 00:07:10,000 Okay. This is not the cheer me up 139 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:14,800 portion of the sermon. He lays out seven indictments on 140 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:16,900 the human soul. Ready. 141 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,700 Here's the first one. You were dead for your 142 00:07:19,700 --> 00:07:23,900 transgressions and sins. Next one, you walked in them as 143 00:07:23,900 --> 00:07:27,200 a way of life. Third one, you followed the ways 144 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:31,700 of this world for you. Followed the evil ruler five. 145 00:07:31,900 --> 00:07:34,800 You shared the attitude or Spirit of disobedient. 146 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:38,300 Men six. We all lived by the passions of 147 00:07:38,300 --> 00:07:41,900 the flesh 7. We follow the desires of the 148 00:07:41,900 --> 00:07:46,600 body and the mind, he is saying you and I are in a really bad 149 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:50,500 spot. We deserve wrath, then it gets 150 00:07:50,500 --> 00:07:52,200 to the good part. Look what happens? 151 00:07:52,300 --> 00:07:54,400 He's setting the stage to say, this is how bad it is, but look 152 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:58,100 how good it gets. But because of his, this is God. 153 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:02,500 God, great love for us. God, who is rich in Mercy? 154 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:07,700 Made us alive with Christ. Even when we were dead in 155 00:08:07,700 --> 00:08:14,400 transgressions, It Is by Grace, you have been saved. 156 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:19,700 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the 157 00:08:19,700 --> 00:08:23,500 Heavenly Realms in Christ Jesus. In order that in the coming 158 00:08:23,500 --> 00:08:29,300 ages, he might show the incomparable Riches of his grace 159 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:36,299 expressed in his kindness, to us in Christ Jesus. 160 00:08:37,299 --> 00:08:44,900 For it, is by Grace, you have been saved through faith and 161 00:08:44,900 --> 00:08:49,200 this is not from yourselves. It is the gift of God not by 162 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:56,900 works so that no one can boast. For we are God's handiwork 163 00:08:57,700 --> 00:09:01,300 created in Christ. Jesus to do good works, which 164 00:09:01,300 --> 00:09:06,600 God prepared in advance for us to do hear me. 165 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:10,800 Never doubt the expanse of God's love. 166 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:15,800 If you were to take all of the love for all of humanity, for 167 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:20,500 all of human history, it would only fill a Coke can compared to 168 00:09:20,500 --> 00:09:28,500 the ocean of God's love. We are all saved by grace and we 169 00:09:28,500 --> 00:09:32,800 lay hold of that salvation through faith. 170 00:09:33,100 --> 00:09:36,200 It's not something you earn, it's not something we do. 171 00:09:36,300 --> 00:09:41,000 It's not something we create. It is something we receive this 172 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:45,200 is echoed in Titus 3:5. Look, what? 173 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:50,700 He says he saved us. This is God, not because of 174 00:09:50,700 --> 00:09:53,500 righteous things, we had. Done. 175 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:57,400 But because of his, this is God's mercy. 176 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:01,900 God saved us through the washing of rebirth and Renewal by the 177 00:10:01,900 --> 00:10:06,800 holy spirit. So you have this huge thrust in 178 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:12,900 scripture that says, God is the one who saves you that are 179 00:10:12,900 --> 00:10:15,900 Heavenly. Reward is coming from God 180 00:10:15,900 --> 00:10:20,100 because of us simply laying hold of what Jesus Christ did on the 181 00:10:20,100 --> 00:10:22,500 cross. So when you read through things 182 00:10:22,500 --> 00:10:25,500 like this, Are going, it has nothing to do with our works. 183 00:10:25,700 --> 00:10:30,700 It has everything to do with what Jesus did on our behalf. 184 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:33,900 And so you've got this entire line of thinking over here, 185 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:36,600 right? And then you come across versus 186 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:41,300 like this, God will repay each person according to what they 187 00:10:41,300 --> 00:10:44,900 have done. And if you're like me, you go. 188 00:10:45,100 --> 00:10:53,900 Oh. because if you would like track the good things that I've 189 00:10:53,900 --> 00:10:58,600 done versus the bad things that I've done, it wouldn't be 190 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:01,900 pretty. Especially when you read that. 191 00:11:01,900 --> 00:11:05,300 Nothing is hidden from God. Everything is laid bare and we 192 00:11:05,300 --> 00:11:10,200 have to give an account. Like I'm a good Christian which 193 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:15,100 means I can fake it. Right, like someone can be mean 194 00:11:15,100 --> 00:11:20,200 to me and I can night. God bless you. but on the 195 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:26,800 inside, I'll kill you. Right? 196 00:11:27,900 --> 00:11:33,800 And then you reading your Bible. that if a man, Even thinks it in 197 00:11:33,808 --> 00:11:40,800 his heart. Oh, So Clayton help me out here. 198 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:45,300 Scriptures, talking about that. We are saved through Jesus. 199 00:11:47,300 --> 00:11:50,000 But somewhere along the line, we're gonna have to pay a bill. 200 00:11:51,300 --> 00:11:55,600 He's keeping track. The reason it doesn't sound good 201 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:57,500 and the reason it doesn't sound right. 202 00:11:58,700 --> 00:12:02,100 It's because when we are looking at scripture, we're looking at 203 00:12:02,100 --> 00:12:05,200 two separate things that no matter how good I am. 204 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:09,900 I can never earn my salvation but God is also going to repay 205 00:12:09,900 --> 00:12:11,500 us. According to what we've done, 206 00:12:11,700 --> 00:12:15,800 how does this work out? The reason these verses do not 207 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:19,500 make sense at first glance is because they are talking about 208 00:12:19,500 --> 00:12:27,400 two different Judgments. You and I will face two 209 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:31,500 different and separate judgments. 210 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:37,100 The first one is the great white throne and the second one is the 211 00:12:37,100 --> 00:12:41,500 Judgment seat of Christ. The easiest way to understand 212 00:12:41,500 --> 00:12:46,200 these two judgments is to think of them as having to answer two 213 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:50,700 different questions. In other words, There's going to 214 00:12:50,700 --> 00:12:55,200 be a test. and some of you, Went. 215 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:59,200 Oh, how many of you at all of our locations? 216 00:12:59,500 --> 00:13:01,300 You were great test. Takers in school. 217 00:13:03,100 --> 00:13:05,500 Okay. All right. 218 00:13:05,500 --> 00:13:07,300 Now I know who were reaching here at the Crossing. 219 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:10,300 Okay. God bless you, you can still 220 00:13:10,300 --> 00:13:13,500 keep coming, okay? And I'm guessing all the rest of 221 00:13:13,500 --> 00:13:15,100 you. You were not a good test taker 222 00:13:15,100 --> 00:13:16,500 in school. It's a good thing. 223 00:13:16,500 --> 00:13:18,900 I'm preaching this sermon then, Okay, because I'm going to give 224 00:13:18,900 --> 00:13:21,100 you the answers to the test. Okay? 225 00:13:21,300 --> 00:13:23,200 Now here's what you need to know. 226 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:26,600 When I was in school by God's grace. 227 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:29,400 I was actually a good test taker. 228 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:31,400 I need to not pretend like I can identify with you. 229 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:33,000 I was actually a really good test taker. 230 00:13:33,500 --> 00:13:36,500 I was actually one of those freaks who could stay up late 231 00:13:36,500 --> 00:13:40,000 the night before cram for my work and I could walk into class 232 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:45,500 and I could nail it to give you a little perspective when I was 233 00:13:45,500 --> 00:13:47,600 in my final year of Bible College. 234 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:50,700 So you go to Bible college for four years and you get a degree 235 00:13:50,700 --> 00:13:55,300 in biblical literature, but you could go for five years, do 150 236 00:13:55,300 --> 00:13:58,400 credit hours and it basically gave you Bachelor's in theology 237 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:02,200 which puts you a long way into your Masters and going into my 238 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:05,700 final 50 years of Bible College, The Crossing asked me if I 239 00:14:05,708 --> 00:14:09,200 wanted to be the youth pastor here and I was still going to 240 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:11,700 school in Joplin Missouri which is 6 hours away. 241 00:14:12,300 --> 00:14:14,700 This is before the four lanes, went through Camden and Lake of 242 00:14:14,700 --> 00:14:16,100 the Ozarks. Okay, this is back when it was 243 00:14:16,100 --> 00:14:18,200 two lanes to Purgatory. Okay. 244 00:14:18,700 --> 00:14:23,400 And so on Friday, afternoons, I would leave school and I would 245 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:26,300 drive all the way up here and I'll be the youth Minister on 246 00:14:26,300 --> 00:14:28,000 Friday nights at Saturday Sunday. 247 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:31,000 And then on Monday at noon, I would drive back to school. 248 00:14:31,900 --> 00:14:36,400 My senior year of college I took forty, four credit hours. 249 00:14:36,900 --> 00:14:41,200 I took 24 hours in the first semester and I took 20 hours in 250 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:44,000 the second semester. So I did a year and a half of 251 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:47,700 school, in my final year, with a one-way, commute of six hours 252 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:51,800 now, I was able to handle all of that except for one thing that 253 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:53,400 has always been my Achilles heel. 254 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:57,100 Languages, if you've listened to me for a while, you know, 255 00:14:57,200 --> 00:14:59,300 Sometimes I'll just be talking in the wrong word, just comes 256 00:14:59,300 --> 00:15:00,900 out of my mouth. That's just how it is. 257 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:03,000 I don't even understand English. Okay? 258 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:06,200 It's just it's just what it is and I was horrible. 259 00:15:06,300 --> 00:15:09,500 Horrible always have been at foreign language and one of the 260 00:15:09,500 --> 00:15:12,400 classes I had to take was Greek and I understood all of the 261 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:14,800 vocab but I understood none of the rules. 262 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,600 And by God's grace, there was a professor who really liked me. 263 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:22,200 And at the end of the quizzes, it would say what size shoe is 264 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:24,800 Clayton, Hensel wearing and I was like, I know the answer to 265 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:28,300 that and it was how many points did Clayton, Hensel score in the 266 00:15:28,300 --> 00:15:30,200 basketball game, and I'm like, I know the answer to that one, 267 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:32,700 too. And that is how I passed Greek. 268 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:37,100 Okay. Now, what was even worse than 269 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:41,500 Greek was Spanish? I was, oh God! 270 00:15:41,500 --> 00:15:45,200 Awful horrible at Spanish. I tried to make my Spanish named 271 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:48,100 Jorge and then I tried to change it to Zorro and class. 272 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:50,500 My Spanish teacher was not going to call me Zorro. 273 00:15:50,700 --> 00:15:53,400 Even though I signed all my papers with a z and I turned him 274 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:54,800 in. That was as far as I could get 275 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:57,000 into, Spanish is just putting easy on paper. 276 00:15:57,700 --> 00:16:01,100 And but the problem with me is, I didn't know how bad I was at 277 00:16:01,100 --> 00:16:04,200 Spanish. And so I was doing some Ministry 278 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:07,800 work on weekends and I would go to Tulsa Oklahoma when I was in 279 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:11,800 Bible College and we go down and we minister to people and I've 280 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:13,300 kind of got an outgoing personality. 281 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:17,200 And so I would go up to people and I would say what's up my 282 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:19,900 dog, except I would say it in Spanish and this is back when 283 00:16:19,900 --> 00:16:22,000 you said what's up my dog? Because that was cool. 284 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:24,400 And so I'd be coming out of a quick trip. 285 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:27,800 And I'd see a bunch of people who spoke Spanish and That's not 286 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:31,700 my dog, except I would do it in Spanish, and this is what you're 287 00:16:31,700 --> 00:16:34,200 supposed to say. You're supposed to say que pasa, 288 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:37,300 me, Pedro, and your want to roll the are, and that's incredibly 289 00:16:37,300 --> 00:16:40,400 important. The problem is, I wasn't very 290 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:44,500 good at that and I did this for months and then I was sitting 291 00:16:44,500 --> 00:16:48,400 across the table from a good friend, who was, who spoke 292 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:51,400 fluent Spanish because, well, it's his native language. 293 00:16:51,900 --> 00:16:57,600 And I said, you know, He sat down and I said, que pasa me 294 00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:01,200 Peril and he goes, say that again, because what I was 295 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:03,800 actually saying because I couldn't roll, my are is what's 296 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:09,000 up my butt? And so all over all over Tulsa. 297 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:13,800 Oklahoma, there is a big chunky, white boy walking around. 298 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:17,300 What's up my butt? What is up my bus? 299 00:17:18,099 --> 00:17:21,099 Hey amigo, don't do it. Stop what is on my mind? 300 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:28,800 So it's so important that if you if there's gonna be a test that 301 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:31,300 we get the answers, right? All right. 302 00:17:31,300 --> 00:17:34,200 You guys ready? Now, you're you're tuned in now. 303 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:38,200 Okay, so here's what we need to do. 304 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:42,400 We can prepare for the test. So let me set up the Senior Life 305 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:46,100 can be broken down into three sections life. 306 00:17:46,100 --> 00:17:50,500 Now life in between, And life forever. 307 00:17:51,500 --> 00:17:55,600 We are living in life. Now when we die, we go to life 308 00:17:55,700 --> 00:17:58,900 in between in the Old Testament. That's called she'll in the New 309 00:17:58,900 --> 00:18:02,400 Testament of Believers. Go to paradise and non-believers 310 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:06,900 go to Hades Paradise is not is not heaven. 311 00:18:08,100 --> 00:18:14,100 Hades is not hell. So if I were to die today, I 312 00:18:14,100 --> 00:18:16,800 would either go to paradise or I would go to Hades. 313 00:18:17,100 --> 00:18:19,300 I would not go any other place. I'm not in heaven. 314 00:18:19,300 --> 00:18:23,500 I'm not in hell. That is life in between then 315 00:18:23,500 --> 00:18:27,800 upon the final judgment. When God makes everything new 316 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:31,200 those in Christ. Will receive glorified bodies 317 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:33,800 and God will create a new Heaven and a new Earth. 318 00:18:34,100 --> 00:18:36,600 And those in Hades will be sent to hell. 319 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:39,900 And those in Paradise will receive their Eternal reward 320 00:18:40,300 --> 00:18:43,900 when you die. Your body and soul are 321 00:18:43,900 --> 00:18:47,500 separated. So my body goes into the urn or 322 00:18:47,500 --> 00:18:51,600 the casket, but my soul goes to either Paradise With God, the 323 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:54,900 father, Jesus, son, or it goes into Hades. 324 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:59,900 You are whisked away at the moment of your death to the 325 00:18:59,900 --> 00:19:03,700 first judgment, which determines whether or not you go to 326 00:19:03,700 --> 00:19:08,300 paradise, or you go to Hades. And the question at the great 327 00:19:08,300 --> 00:19:13,800 white Throne of judgment is simply this What did you do with 328 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:19,700 my son Jesus? That's the question that God is 329 00:19:19,700 --> 00:19:23,700 going to ask you. What did you do with my son? 330 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:28,000 Jesus, this is a question about salvation. 331 00:19:28,900 --> 00:19:31,000 Revelation chapter 20 look what it says. 332 00:19:32,300 --> 00:19:34,700 Then I saw a great white throne and him. 333 00:19:34,700 --> 00:19:38,200 Who was Seated on it. The Earth and Heavens fled from 334 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:41,100 his presence and there was no place for them. 335 00:19:42,300 --> 00:19:45,200 And I saw the dead Great and Small standing Before, the 336 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:47,200 Throne, and the books were opened. 337 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:51,000 And another book was opened, which is The Book of Life. 338 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:54,800 The dead were judged according to what they had done as 339 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:59,700 recorded in the books, the sea gave up the dead that were in it 340 00:19:59,700 --> 00:20:03,900 and death and Hades gave. Up the dead that were in them 341 00:20:04,100 --> 00:20:08,900 and each person was judged according to what they had done. 342 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:14,800 Then death and Hades were thrown into the Lake of Fire. 343 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:18,900 This is Hell, the Lake of Fire is the second death. 344 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:25,300 Anyone, whose name was not written in the Book of Life was 345 00:20:25,300 --> 00:20:34,900 thrown into the Lake of Fire. So for believers, we are united 346 00:20:34,900 --> 00:20:37,000 with Christ in the intermediate State. 347 00:20:37,300 --> 00:20:40,600 Paul tells us that to be absent from the body is to be present 348 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:44,800 with Christ and those who don't want Jesus to pay for their 349 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:49,100 sins, can pay for their sins on their own. 350 00:20:50,900 --> 00:20:54,600 That is what hell is it is an eternal payment for sins 351 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:57,400 committed against an eternal God. 352 00:20:57,700 --> 00:21:00,600 And some of you might be going I'm not okay with a guy who 353 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:04,100 sends people to hell. And I get that that makes sense 354 00:21:04,100 --> 00:21:07,200 logically but I need you to take another look at this. 355 00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:10,500 I would tell you that that is not really how it goes down. 356 00:21:12,300 --> 00:21:14,900 God is a god of love. It's one of his preeminent 357 00:21:14,900 --> 00:21:17,500 qualities. His love and his Holiness are 358 00:21:17,500 --> 00:21:21,400 two competing primary characteristics of who he is. 359 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:26,900 And love requires a choice. God will not force himself on 360 00:21:26,900 --> 00:21:28,700 you. He will not coerce you against 361 00:21:28,700 --> 00:21:30,100 your will. He wants? 362 00:21:30,100 --> 00:21:32,400 If you want to live forever without him? 363 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:36,600 He will honor your choice. The correct answer. 364 00:21:38,900 --> 00:21:40,600 To the question. What did you do with my son? 365 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:44,500 Jesus, is this. I gave my life to him. 366 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:48,900 That's what I did. I made Jesus my Savior and my 367 00:21:48,900 --> 00:21:52,600 Lord, I Surrender, the castle of my life, to the kingship of 368 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:54,600 Jesus. Here at the Crossing, we call 369 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:57,900 that an intimate personal relationship with Jesus Christ. 370 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:00,800 And you start that relationship. When you believe that Jesus 371 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:04,000 exists, that he's the son of God, that he died on the cross 372 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:07,500 for your sins that he rose three days later and that he ascended 373 00:22:07,500 --> 00:22:11,200 in to heaven. And in that moment, you stop 374 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:15,100 living for yourself and you start living for him and you 375 00:22:15,100 --> 00:22:19,800 become Number of his kingdom and you pursue his purposes for your 376 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:21,800 life. Then the very next thing that 377 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:26,100 you do is you get baptized it symbolizes, the death burial and 378 00:22:26,100 --> 00:22:28,600 resurrection of what Jesus did on our behalf. 379 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:32,600 It represents the washing away of your sins and your rebirth 380 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:36,400 into the family of God. I said this last week and I know 381 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:39,000 there's some of you who are wondering about maybe you were 382 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:43,600 sprinkled as a baby every time the Bible talks about baptism it 383 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:47,500 talks about immersion. Baptism means to dunk or 384 00:22:47,500 --> 00:22:52,500 submerge sprinkling, as a form of baptism is foreign to the 385 00:22:52,500 --> 00:22:55,800 biblical text and if you don't believe me, look for it 386 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:58,900 yourself. Secondly, your decision to be 387 00:22:58,900 --> 00:23:03,000 baptized needs to be your decision, not your parents, it's 388 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,300 great that your parents had faith and wanted you to grow up 389 00:23:05,300 --> 00:23:09,000 to follow the lord and you are doing in my opinion, the very 390 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:12,900 best thing when you choose to honor that decision when you 391 00:23:12,900 --> 00:23:16,300 grow older, that, when you choose Get baptized. 392 00:23:16,300 --> 00:23:19,200 You are cashing the spiritual. Check that your parents wrote 393 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:21,800 for you. When you were an infant, it is 394 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:26,100 the natural fulfillment to of their desire to dedicate you to 395 00:23:26,100 --> 00:23:28,500 the Lord. And the first place, now hear me 396 00:23:28,500 --> 00:23:34,700 carefully getting baptized and not living out your commitment. 397 00:23:34,700 --> 00:23:38,200 To Christ is not what Christ desires. 398 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:45,700 Baptism, does not save you. Jesus saves you. 399 00:23:46,500 --> 00:23:50,400 There are people in scripture who did all kinds of good works, 400 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:53,500 but Jesus says, to them away from me. 401 00:23:54,100 --> 00:24:00,100 I never knew you. It must be an intimate personal 402 00:24:00,100 --> 00:24:04,000 relationship, and when you get baptized and you begin to 403 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:07,400 follow. God, your name is written in the 404 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:14,600 Lamb's Book of Life and when you die, and you go, To the 405 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:17,300 Judgment. There's all the books of all the 406 00:24:17,300 --> 00:24:20,500 Deeds that you have done and then there is the Lamb's Book of 407 00:24:20,500 --> 00:24:23,600 Life. And if your name is found in the 408 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:27,800 Lamb's Book of Life, you go to paradise to be with Jesus and 409 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:30,600 God, the father. And if your name is not in the 410 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:33,100 Lamb's Book of Life, you go to Hades. 411 00:24:33,100 --> 00:24:39,400 And hell is your future then? One day when Jesus returns to 412 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:42,500 earth and God creates a new Heaven and a new Earth. 413 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:47,100 We will find ourselves at the Judgment seat of Christ. 414 00:24:47,100 --> 00:24:51,100 This is the second judgment that we will face second Corinthians 415 00:24:51,100 --> 00:24:54,500 chapter 5. Therefore, we are always 416 00:24:54,500 --> 00:24:57,500 confident and know that, as long as we are at home in the body. 417 00:24:57,500 --> 00:25:01,900 We are away from the Lord for we live by faith, not by sight. 418 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:05,700 We are confident. I say and would prefer to be 419 00:25:05,700 --> 00:25:08,000 away from the body and at home with the Lord. 420 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:11,500 So we make it our goal to please him. 421 00:25:11,700 --> 00:25:14,700 Whether we are at home in the body or away from it. 422 00:25:15,900 --> 00:25:21,300 For we must all appear before the Judgment seat of Christ. 423 00:25:21,500 --> 00:25:27,000 So that each of us may receive what is due us for the things 424 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:31,700 done while in the body, whether good or bad. 425 00:25:32,900 --> 00:25:37,600 The word judgment seat, the word there is bhima, it's the bema 426 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:41,000 seat. It stands for a raised platform. 427 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:46,800 It's where Runners would be judged or receive their Crown. 428 00:25:47,100 --> 00:25:50,500 Think of it as first second and third place at a wrestling meet 429 00:25:50,500 --> 00:25:53,500 or gold, silver, and bronze at the Olympics. 430 00:25:53,500 --> 00:25:57,700 It's where you stand and you receive the reward for what you 431 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:00,400 have done. If you ran the fastest, you get 432 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:02,200 the gold. If you ran second fastest, you 433 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:04,600 Silver. If you ran third fastest, you 434 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:07,800 and if your Chunky you watched online, okay? 435 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:10,000 That's what you did. You're like this running things. 436 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:13,100 Not, for me, it is at this bema seat. 437 00:26:13,100 --> 00:26:17,000 The second judgment. That we will be ask the second 438 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:20,100 question. Here's the question, in light of 439 00:26:20,100 --> 00:26:22,800 Jesus. What did you do with, what I 440 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:28,300 gave you? This question is not about 441 00:26:28,300 --> 00:26:30,700 heaven or hell. That's what the first question 442 00:26:30,700 --> 00:26:33,800 was about. This question is about, what 443 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:39,400 Will Heaven be like for you? Recently, all of us campus 444 00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:43,300 pastors went down to a st. Louis Cardinals game and I am 445 00:26:43,300 --> 00:26:46,700 pretty confident that the Hot Dogs cost more than the seats. 446 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:49,300 Okay. So like we were at the game, it 447 00:26:49,300 --> 00:26:53,400 was better than work but boy was it hot and when the sun wasn't 448 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:56,400 in your eye you could see the game you really could, and have 449 00:26:56,400 --> 00:27:00,000 the wind blown, it would have, you know, made it not miserable 450 00:27:00,300 --> 00:27:03,900 and make us all long for the glory of heaven and make us all 451 00:27:03,900 --> 00:27:06,900 fear the horrors of hell like we were at the game. 452 00:27:07,700 --> 00:27:10,300 But you could see that there were some people who had box 453 00:27:10,300 --> 00:27:14,000 seats. And I got nachos for, like 38 454 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:17,900 bucks. I was like this is out of much 455 00:27:17,900 --> 00:27:20,600 rather had a nicer seat. I got to be honest with you and 456 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:23,100 I'll be I'll tell you what I did about the sixth inning. 457 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:26,200 You may have done this. It's not right. 458 00:27:27,300 --> 00:27:29,500 I tried to find other people's seats that didn't appreciate 459 00:27:29,500 --> 00:27:32,400 them and sit there. And you know how you have to 460 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:35,300 find like oh that's a nice seat in the shade and oh boy that's 461 00:27:35,300 --> 00:27:38,200 yeah, I'll sit here. And then you like every person 462 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:40,900 who's coming like down the steps you try to pretend like oh it's 463 00:27:40,900 --> 00:27:43,600 just no it's not, it's not so it is yours, I'm so sorry. 464 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:45,700 Oh where's my ticket? I'm sorry. 465 00:27:45,700 --> 00:27:47,900 Yeah. Wrong row right? 466 00:27:48,100 --> 00:27:50,000 You're trying to sit in a different seat because you're at 467 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,500 the game. But your seats aren't all that 468 00:27:52,500 --> 00:27:56,900 great. You can see the game whenever 469 00:27:56,900 --> 00:27:58,500 the sun's not your eyes. It's one of those kind of 470 00:27:58,508 --> 00:28:01,500 setups. This question is all about 471 00:28:01,500 --> 00:28:04,200 lordship. This question is about what did 472 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:07,400 you do with your time, your talents and your abilities? 473 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:12,100 This question is about how you leveraged your money and how you 474 00:28:12,100 --> 00:28:15,400 opened your home and how you used your time. 475 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:19,700 This question is about how you used your gifts and whether you 476 00:28:19,700 --> 00:28:23,200 use it For Your Glory. And your mission or God's glory 477 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:25,800 and God's Mission. I know, for some of you this is 478 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:29,300 kind of hard to take in, but when you re read scripture, you 479 00:28:29,300 --> 00:28:34,900 will see this kind of talk everywhere in Scripture that God 480 00:28:34,900 --> 00:28:39,300 has the intent to reward. You in heaven for the work you 481 00:28:39,300 --> 00:28:44,000 did here on Earth, he's going to bless you, he's going to upgrade 482 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:45,700 your seats. Okay. 483 00:28:45,900 --> 00:28:48,800 So are you in heaven? Yes, he's actually giving you 484 00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:51,800 and I a chance to like kind of Pick the heaven. 485 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:54,800 We have you're going Clayton. This is far-fetched. 486 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:57,000 You ready ready? Here we go. 487 00:28:57,400 --> 00:29:00,400 When Jesus is talking about prayer, he says, don't Babble on 488 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:03,000 the street corners, like the pagans do instead, close the 489 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:05,500 door and pray and your father, who sees, what is done? 490 00:29:05,500 --> 00:29:13,800 In secret will read reward you oh, How about this one when you 491 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:17,700 fast, when you choose not to eat to focus your mind on spiritual 492 00:29:17,700 --> 00:29:20,200 things, don't make a big deal about it. 493 00:29:21,500 --> 00:29:24,400 Put some hair gel on, go to work, don't talk about how 494 00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:26,800 hungry you are and boy, it's been a long time. 495 00:29:26,900 --> 00:29:30,600 Whoo, what I'd give for a cheeseburger shut up, just be 496 00:29:30,608 --> 00:29:34,400 hungry for Jesus. And your father, who sees, what 497 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:37,500 is done in secret will reward you. 498 00:29:38,900 --> 00:29:41,400 Look at this one, Luke chapter 6 blessed. 499 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:45,400 Are you when people hate you when they exclude you and insult 500 00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:49,600 you and reject your name is evil because of the son of man pause. 501 00:29:50,300 --> 00:29:55,100 Some of you like to quote this verse but the reason people are 502 00:29:55,100 --> 00:30:00,700 mean to you is not because of Jesus, because you're mean Your 503 00:30:00,700 --> 00:30:03,600 crank. Ask your husband. 504 00:30:04,300 --> 00:30:07,300 Okay, hear me. I'm not trying to be mean. 505 00:30:07,700 --> 00:30:12,000 I'm just saying when people do this, because of Jesus, when you 506 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:15,700 take a stand because of him and people revile, you because of 507 00:30:15,700 --> 00:30:18,800 your allegiance to Christ, check out what God does. 508 00:30:18,900 --> 00:30:23,100 Let's keep going in the text rejoice in that day and leap for 509 00:30:23,100 --> 00:30:32,100 Joy, because great is your In hold on a second when you give 510 00:30:32,100 --> 00:30:35,700 to the poor, you're not supposed to let your right hand. 511 00:30:35,700 --> 00:30:37,500 Know what your left hand is doing. 512 00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:39,300 This is about when it comes time to give to the poor. 513 00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:44,500 Guess what God says. Because your father who sees 514 00:30:44,500 --> 00:30:49,500 what you do? Will reward, you don't shout 515 00:30:49,500 --> 00:30:52,100 about it. He even says this don't shout 516 00:30:52,100 --> 00:30:55,000 about it and make a big deal and print a really big check. 517 00:30:56,300 --> 00:30:59,500 When you do that he says you have already received your 518 00:30:59,500 --> 00:31:04,000 reward in full. You got your reward here on 519 00:31:04,300 --> 00:31:09,900 Earth but if you just bless the socks off of people and don't 520 00:31:09,900 --> 00:31:13,400 make a big deal about it, God's upstairs going. 521 00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:17,900 Oh boy. Have I got something in store 522 00:31:18,700 --> 00:31:22,200 for, you look what it says in First Corinthians chapter 3, 523 00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:26,000 verse 8, the one who plants and the one who Waters have one 524 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:30,400 purpose and they will each be rewarded, according to their own 525 00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:35,900 labor, the right answer to that. Second question, is this, I 526 00:31:35,900 --> 00:31:40,500 poured out my life, as a Living, Sacrifice to bring glory to God 527 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:44,600 to love my neighbors, to reach the lost and disciple, the 528 00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:47,400 saved. I took the talents that you gave 529 00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:51,000 me and I use them to serve people and point people to 530 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:53,600 Jesus. I took the money that you gave 531 00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:57,600 me and I use it to advance your church and your kingdom are used 532 00:31:57,600 --> 00:32:01,600 my time and I invested in people and Kingdom causes. 533 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:05,500 I took my words and I use them to pray to you and I pray to you 534 00:32:05,500 --> 00:32:09,200 on behalf of others and I used my words to share the good news 535 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:14,100 of your son Jesus and Jesus is serious about rewarding you. 536 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:18,200 Because look what he says at the very back of your Bible, go home 537 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:21,700 turn to the back or if you're, you know, my phone users. 538 00:32:21,700 --> 00:32:24,200 Scroll to the bottom. Look what it says in Revelation 539 00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:28,100 chapter 22 last book. This is Jesus because we'll be 540 00:32:28,100 --> 00:32:33,100 in Red Letters. Look, I am coming soon. 541 00:32:33,300 --> 00:32:39,200 My reward is with me. This is like the Santa Claus 542 00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:42,600 verse. This is him saying I've been 543 00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:44,900 watching you. Oh you did that. 544 00:32:44,900 --> 00:32:46,800 I got a reward for that. Oh you did that? 545 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:51,100 I got a reward for that. My reward is coming with me and 546 00:32:51,100 --> 00:32:56,300 I will give to each person according to what they have 547 00:32:56,600 --> 00:33:03,000 done, what you and I do matters. So let me encourage you to pour 548 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:05,300 out your life as a Living Sacrifice. 549 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:11,300 May we Echo the words of Paul and second Timothy Chapter 4 550 00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:14,800 for, I am already being poured out like a drink offering and 551 00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:18,000 the time for my departure is near, I have fought the good 552 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:20,000 fight. I have finished the race, I have 553 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:24,600 kept the faith. now there is in store for me, a crown of 554 00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:29,300 righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge will award 555 00:33:29,300 --> 00:33:35,100 me on that day and not only to me but also to all who have 556 00:33:35,100 --> 00:33:42,800 longed for his appearing. God takes note, and is planning 557 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:49,400 on rewarding Every Act that you and I did to advance his cause 558 00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:53,900 and his kingdom, he is going to ask you, what did you do with 559 00:33:53,900 --> 00:33:58,500 all that I gave you in light of Jesus sacrifice on the cross and 560 00:33:58,500 --> 00:34:03,700 I want every single one of us to be ready to answer that 561 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:05,800 question. We're moved to a time of 562 00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:12,500 decision. I'm going to do some. 563 00:34:12,500 --> 00:34:15,000 I don't normally do don't freak out. 564 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:18,000 Don't blog about it but I'm going to quote Confucius. 565 00:34:19,199 --> 00:34:21,300 And I know the quotient Confucius in a church setting is 566 00:34:21,300 --> 00:34:24,400 a little weird, but this is one of my favorite quotes. 567 00:34:24,699 --> 00:34:26,500 Like, I think about it all the time. 568 00:34:26,900 --> 00:34:33,000 This is what he says, every man has two lives and the first one 569 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:34,900 begin our. The second one starts when he 570 00:34:34,900 --> 00:34:44,199 realizes, he only has one. every man has two lives and the second 571 00:34:44,199 --> 00:34:51,500 one starts when he realizes he only has one There are some of 572 00:34:51,500 --> 00:34:54,699 you right now. Who have never started an 573 00:34:54,699 --> 00:34:58,300 intimate personal relationship with Jesus Christ. 574 00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:01,900 Maybe you're brand-new to the crossing. 575 00:35:01,900 --> 00:35:05,200 Maybe somebody brought you maybe somebody's been trained for you. 576 00:35:05,500 --> 00:35:08,600 I don't know the specifics of how you found yourself here. 577 00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:11,700 Listening to this moment right now whether in this room or 578 00:35:11,700 --> 00:35:17,200 watching online. But Jesus Christ died on your 579 00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:22,400 behalf, not just to save you from hell but to also give you 580 00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:25,700 new life in him. We read at the very beginning of 581 00:35:25,700 --> 00:35:30,100 my message that you were created by God to do good works which he 582 00:35:30,100 --> 00:35:33,700 prepared in advance for you to do that. 583 00:35:33,700 --> 00:35:36,700 There is an aspect of your life that you will never fully 584 00:35:36,700 --> 00:35:41,100 understand that you will never fully appreciate until you are 585 00:35:41,100 --> 00:35:45,200 in relationship with him. That there is this Potential 586 00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:49,200 that lies dormant in each and every single one of us, your God 587 00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:53,000 ordained created purpose is only found in Christ. 588 00:35:54,500 --> 00:35:58,000 And if you are here, listening this message today, and you have 589 00:35:58,100 --> 00:36:00,900 never started an intimate personal relationship with Jesus 590 00:36:00,900 --> 00:36:03,000 Christ. Only encourage you at not to put 591 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:06,700 it off any longer. Maybe for the past two weeks, 592 00:36:06,700 --> 00:36:09,200 you've heard about being baptized and you've never been 593 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:13,400 baptized, I would encourage you not to put that off any longer 594 00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:16,500 and it just a few moments that people around you are going to 595 00:36:16,500 --> 00:36:18,100 stay in and they're going to start singing and I'm going to 596 00:36:18,107 --> 00:36:20,100 encourage you to come up here to the front. 597 00:36:20,100 --> 00:36:22,300 There's me a pastor over by the baptistry, who would love a 598 00:36:22,308 --> 00:36:25,200 chance to answer some of your questions and talk to you about 599 00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:27,500 what it means to have an intimate personal relationship 600 00:36:27,500 --> 00:36:30,700 with Jesus Christ. To the rest of you in the room. 601 00:36:30,700 --> 00:36:33,400 Those of you who already have a relationship with Jesus Christ, 602 00:36:34,300 --> 00:36:39,400 the second life begins. When you realize, you only have 603 00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:44,700 one. So how are you going to spend 604 00:36:44,700 --> 00:36:48,100 it? I don't know how much time I 605 00:36:48,100 --> 00:36:51,600 have left. I don't know how many sunrises 606 00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:53,200 I'm going to see. I don't know how many more 607 00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:55,300 sunsets I'm going to get to enjoy. 608 00:36:55,600 --> 00:37:00,300 You don't either. This is the only one we have. 609 00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:05,100 This is the only life that we get to make a difference. 610 00:37:05,500 --> 00:37:10,300 This is the only life we get to be on Mission and to glorify God 611 00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:12,500 in helping. People find a relationship with 612 00:37:12,500 --> 00:37:14,100 him. And when I want to encourage you 613 00:37:14,100 --> 00:37:20,900 to do is pour your self out. If you're not serving start 614 00:37:20,900 --> 00:37:23,500 serving, if you're not giving, start giving, if you're not 615 00:37:23,500 --> 00:37:25,900 reaching, start reaching if you're not discipling, start 616 00:37:25,900 --> 00:37:27,300 discipling. Go God. 617 00:37:27,300 --> 00:37:29,500 This is the one life that I have. 618 00:37:29,500 --> 00:37:33,200 And the incentive inside of this is not only are you honoring 619 00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:36,400 what Jesus Christ did on the cross by living as a Living 620 00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:40,200 Sacrifice on his behalf. But God is taking note of what 621 00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:44,800 you do, whether big or small and he has every expectation of 622 00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:49,000 rewarding you And I don't want any of us to play it safe. 623 00:37:49,300 --> 00:37:53,400 When it comes to the rewards of God because God is described as 624 00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:57,000 The Ultimate Gift Giver and I don't want any of us to miss 625 00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:58,600 out. Would you stand with me? 626 00:37:59,500 --> 00:38:01,500 Heavenly Father, move in this place. 627 00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:05,800 Stir something up and each and every single one of us. 628 00:38:07,100 --> 00:38:10,600 Do a work that only you can deal. 629 00:38:12,500 --> 00:38:15,500 Got an areas where we are clinging more to the ways of 630 00:38:15,500 --> 00:38:20,200 this world than to your son, Jesus, convict us and strengthen 631 00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:22,200 us. And give us the ability to let 632 00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:26,500 go of the things of this world and take fully ahold of you of 633 00:38:26,500 --> 00:38:29,800 your word and your spirit and your promises. 634 00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:33,600 God help this church in all of its different locations, all 635 00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:38,800 across this region befall of people who are unashamedly and 636 00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:41,100 unapologetically on mission for you. 637 00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:45,100 God help us to be a church that when you look down from heaven, 638 00:38:45,300 --> 00:38:50,300 you can't help but smile at how we are trusting in your promises 639 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:52,700 and your name I pray. Amen.