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In the 19th century, there was a
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named Soren Kirkegaard. 
He said a lot of things that we 

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would not accept nor agree with,
but one thing he did say would 

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spark a lot of interest in the 
church today. 

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He said these words too often in
the church. 

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People adopt an attitude of 
theater, imagining the preacher 

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is an actor and they as critics 
praising and blaming his 

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performances. 
Actually, he says, the people 

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are the actors on the stage of 
life. 

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The preacher is merely the 
prompter reminding them of their

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lost lines. 
He hits on a nerve. 

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Now we know you're not actors. 
We know you're children of the 

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living God. 
And yet it is true that the 

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essence of our gathering 
together is to remind us of our 

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responsibility to live and honor
the Lord. 

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All that to be said is that when
you think about it, my 

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responsibility is to remind you 
of what you're supposed to be 

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doing. 
Have you ever thought this way? 

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That that the Bible, the Bible 
is a book of reminders. 

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The Bible is a book of 
repetition. 

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The Bible is a book of 
reiteration because the Bible 

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says the same thing over and 
over and over again. 

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It's it's come from different 
authors, it's come by way of 

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different illustrations and 
historical situations, But 

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everything in the Bible is the 
same. 

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Every book of the Bible is 
literally the same thing. 

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It's just come at from a a 
different perspective. 

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It's all about a Redeemer. 
His name is the Messiah, the 

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King of Israel. 
He is coming, He's coming to 

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die, and after he dies he's 
going to rise again and then 

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he's going to come back again 
instead of his Kingdom. 

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Everything in the Bible is about
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So all the authors just keep 
pointing to the same person 

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who's going to do the same thing
that they all say he's going to 

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do because it's all inspired by 
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And so the book is a is the 
Bible is the book of repetition,

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a book of reiteration, a book of
reminders. 

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And I think it's imperative that
that the preacher reiterate over

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and over again the same thing. 
That's what the preachers of the

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Bible did. 
So Jesus did, so Paul did, so 

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Peter did, so Malachi did. 
It's what the psalmist did. 

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They just kept reminding the 
people of where they were and 

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what happened and where they 
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need to be doing. 
So Kirkegaard hit hit on a on a 

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nerve in the church. 
There's so many times we just 

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come to watch and listen and 
then pass criticism on what we 

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see or don't see instead of 
coming to listen to what it is 

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that we need to be reminded of 
and to follow through on that 

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truth and to live it out that 
that is just so incredibly 

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important. 
And Paul in First Thessalonians 

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5, where where we're at is 
giving by way of reminder of the

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day of the Lord. 
He's going to remind them as to 

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the the time of that day. 
He's going to remind them in 

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terms of the term of that day. 
He's going to remind them in 

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terms of the terror of that day.
He's going to remind them as to 

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the thief who comes in that day 
and reminds them though of the 

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thrill of that day. 
And we need to understand that 

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thrill. 
That's where we have paused. 

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We've been here for a couple of 
weeks and we'll be here for a 

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couple of more because I'm in no
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After all, I'm not going 
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And I'm going to be here next 
week, Lord willing, and the week

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after that, Lord willing until 
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But the bottom line is there's 
this great thrill behind 

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everything about the coming of 
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So I want you to be able to 
train the children sitting next 

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to you about the second coming. 
I want you to teach them about 

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salvation 1st and the second 
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That's the order you teach your 
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You teach them about what it 
means to have faith in Jesus 

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Christ and to live for the glory
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And then you tell him that this 
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that is the emphasis of the 
Scriptures in the New Testament.

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And so we as parents likewise 
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minds of our children about the 
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Listen, if you want your 
discouragement to disappear, you

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must stay focused on the coming 
of the King because that's where

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the world's going and we need to
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And so we need to be reminded. 
And let me remind you so you can

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tell it to your children and 
explain to them about the day of

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Christ, the day of the Lord and 
the day of God, because it 

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encapsules everything about the 
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The Day of Christ is about the 
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reward to the Christian. 
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That's what Paul talks about in 
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That's one. 
He's 413 to 18. 

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Then he goes on to the day of 
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Lord follows the day of Christ, 
and the day of Christ is about 

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the retribution of sinners and 
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So just make sure you got it, 
that the Day of Christ is about 

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the rapture of the church and 
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And then the Day of the Lord is 
about the retribution of sinners

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and the redemption of Israel. 
And then comes the Day of God 

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and day. 
The Day of God is all about the 

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righteousness that dwells 
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reigns forever. 
All of us in many enemies are 

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subdued and you dwell in perfect
righteousness and that is the 

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thrill behind the coming of the 
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We are looking and longing and 
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of God. 
If you got your Bible, turn to 

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second Peter chapter 3 with me 
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This is good for your children 
as you sit there and you open 

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your Bible that they learn that 
they need to open their Bibles 

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to hear what God has to say that
they might listen to the living 

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and abiding word of God. 
That is just so incredibly 

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important. 
And so Peter says that this way 

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in second Peter chapter 3 verse 
#10 But the day of the Lord will

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come like the thief, in which 
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the roar, and the elements will 
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and the earth and its works will
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And since all these things are 
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what sort of people are you to 
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godliness, looking for and 
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of God? 
So you see the contrast between 

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the day of the Lord and the day 
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But notice what he says. 
He says as you live your life 

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and you're anticipating and 
you're alert to all that's going

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to come. 
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What sort of people ought you to
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Listen carefully. 
This is not a question. 

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This is an exclamation. 
Peter's not saying what sort of 

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people are you to be in light of
all this? 

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That's the question. 
No, that's not the question. 

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It's an exclamation. 
Now you need to understand this 

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because the phrase what manner 
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person ought you to be? 
Is is 1 phrase in the original 

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language. 
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potipen. 
So he says these words. 

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What other generational, what 
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dimension of people ought you to
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godliness? 
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God, which is the end where 
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certain kind of person you need 
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of person that's from another 
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world. 
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So let me illustrate it for you.
Mark chapter 4 verse #41 The 

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disciples are on the boat and it
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They, they, they wake up the 
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the sea. 
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And the phrase the disciples 
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this? 
That even the winds and the 

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waves obey him. 
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What other worldly kind of man 
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What kind of man from another 
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That even the winds and the 
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In other words, he's not from 
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this world, and our Lord was not
because he came down from above.

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What other worldly kind of 
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That even the winds and the 
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Wow, what a statement. 
So Peter says the same thing 

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because Peter was on the boat. 
He was on the boat that day. 

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And so he's going to say, what 
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be? 
What other kind of worldly 

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dimension ought you to 
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Because you're not from this 
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living in holy conduct and 
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And then how about this one? 
The Bible says in first John 

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chapter 3 verse #1 In John the 
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boat with Peter and the other 
disciples said this, What manner

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of love the Father has bestowed 
upon us, that we should be 

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called the children of God? 
What other kind of dimensional 

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love is this that we should be 
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Remember in John's Gospel, John 
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the disciple whom Jesus loved. 
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And that's because John was so 
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was loved by the living God, he 
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So he was the disciple whom 
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So now when he writes first John
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manner of love is this? 
What other worldly kind of love 

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It's not from the natural 
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It's from a supernatural 
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It's not from an earthly 
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It's from a heavenly perspective
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that can compare to the love 
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So he says, ah, what manner of 
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The Father has bestowed upon us 
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children of God. 
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of John and right on the the the
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the Sea of Galilee and says, ah,
what other worldly kind of 

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people ought you to be? 
It's an exclamation. 

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You're from a different world. 
And then he says this, he says 

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in holy. 
And God is first looking for and

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hastening the coming day of God.
Looking is a word of alertness, 

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a watchfulness of soberness, 
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Hastening deals with 
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And we have told you that the 
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just by abstinence in First 
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aspiration in First 
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by anticipation in First 
Thessalonians 4 verses 11 to 18,

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and then alertness in First 
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That's the model life. 
The model life is all about the 

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coming of the King. 
Our whole lives are encompassed 

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by the arrival of the Messiah. 
He's going to come again. 

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And so we live in the realm of 
another dimension, living in 

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holy conduct and godliness, 
looking and hastening the day of

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God. 
The day of God is the day of 

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eternity. 
Look at verse #18 To him be the 

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glory. 
First, Peter 3, second Peter 3, 

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Excuse me. 
To him be the glory both now and

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two, the day of eternity. 
That's the day of God where 

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righteousness dwells that that's
the thrill of the day of the 

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Lord. 
That's the thrill of the day of 

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Christ. 
That's the thrill behind the 

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coming of Christ. 
It's all about the day of 

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eternity where righteousness 
dwells. 

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There is no more pain. 
There is no more sorrow. 

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There is no more sadness. 
There is no more loss. 

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It's all about the glory of the 
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It's about where righteousness 
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ever. 
And that's what is the thrill 

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behind everything that 
encompasses the coming of the 

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king, the day of Christ, the day
of the Lord, and ultimately the 

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day of God. 
So Peter says these words in 

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verse #9 and they're important 
words because you need to teach 

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your children that the coming of
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He is coming and the veracity of
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There is a fixed time in which 
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And you say, but it's been 2000 
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We talked to you a couple of 
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was so apathetic because it's 
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heard anything from a prophet or
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Now it's been 2000 years. 
What is taking God so long? 

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Why does he wait so long? 
Remember there, there's no 

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clocks in heaven, there's no 
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nothing in heaven because it 
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verse #8 but do you not not let 
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Your notice beloved, that the 
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1000 years and 1000 years like 
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So in 2000 years has been like 2
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all. 
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Why is the Lord not here yet? 
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When things are bad around you 
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Jesus, come quickly and we greet
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Did anybody do that? 
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greet one another with 
Maranatha? 

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I was greeted by one person 
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Pastor, did you do that? 
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weeks ago? 
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greeted one another because they
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of Christ, they could not wait 
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And yet so many times we just 
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complacent and apathetic to the 
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And yet that is the sunum bonum 
of motivation in the life of the

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believer. 
It's everything, Everything. 

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That's why you need to know all 
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to the Messiah. 
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The Lord is not slow about His 
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slowness, but it's patient 
towards you, not wishing for any

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to perish, but for all to come 
through repentance. 

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Here's your answer as to why the
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Our God is a patient God, a 
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waiting. 
He is waiting for that last 

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person in the church age to come
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the days of Noah. 
First Peter chapter 3, Peter 

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would talk about the patience of
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waited for 120 years because it 
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boat with his boys. 
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preacher of righteousness, 
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saving grace. 
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out, for he will not always 
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patient God. 
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34, when God spoke to Moses and 
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in verse number six, he said 
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of him and proclaim the Lord the
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gracious, slow to anger and 
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and truth. 
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God of compassion, mercy, a God 
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patience. 
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Psalms, Psalm 145 verse number 
#8 The Lord is gracious and 

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merciful, slow to anger, and 
great and loving kindness. 

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The Lord is good to all. 
It is mercies over all his 

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works. 
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says rend your heart and not 
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Now return to the Lord your God,
for he is gracious and 

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compassionate, slow to anger, 
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and relenting of evil. 
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Or do you think lightly of the 
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tolerance, and patience, not 
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leads you to repentance? 
Chapter 9 verse #22 What if God,

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although willing to demonstrate 
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known, and dirt with much 
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prepared for destruction? 
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riches of His glory upon vessels
of mercy, which He prepared 

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beforehand for glory, even us 
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among Jews only, but also from 
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It's all about the patience of 
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Christ is going to come again is
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It's ironclad. 
It's been fixed by the Father's 

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authority. 
Acts one, verse number 7. 

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And although it's been 2000 
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think of it as Christ coming in 
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that he could come at any moment
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with him. 
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happen, then the day of the Lord
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God will come. 
It's all, it's all been mapped 

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out in the sovereign plan of the
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But he's patient because he's 
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lost souls. 
And Luke, he said, I came to 

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seek and say that which was lost
over in the book of Isaiah, the 

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45th chapter. 
The Lord says these words, He 

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says, turn to me and be saved 
all the ends of the earth, prime

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God, and there is no other. 
I have sworn by myself, the Word

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has gone forth from my mouth in 
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back, that to me every knee will
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allegiance to me. 
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saved all the ends of the earth.
Paul says in Acts 17 that God is

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declaring that all men 
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Why? 
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which the righteous judge will 
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That's why Paul says over in 
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he desires all meant to be saved
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the truth. 
That's God's desire. 

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That's very important. 
That's the heart of God. 

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First 24 says that God desires 
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It doesn't say that God decreed 
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Greek word is thelema and 
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desire. 
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Thy will be done on earth as it 
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And the will, there is the will 
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decree because God's decree 
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to happen. 
Nothing can thwart his plans. 

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But God has a desire and, and 
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you pray this way, Lord, I 
desire that your will be done 

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right here on earth as your 
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heaven, because in heaven God's 
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And so the prayer is the longing
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heaven, which is your ultimate 
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earth, because we know that you 
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here. 
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desires all men to be saved and 
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truth. 
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decreed all men to be saved and 
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truth. 
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understand that because not 
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Not everybody's going to give 
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God's decree never diminishes 
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The heart of God is that all men
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Exodus chapter 34 Ezekiel, 
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God says, I take no pleasure in 
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He doesn't. 
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chapter 3 verse #9 Peter says 
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He says the Lord is not slow 
about His promise as some 

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counsel on us, but is patient 
towards you, not wishing or not 

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willing for any of you to 
perish, but for all of you to 

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come to repentance. 
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bhullamai. 
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That's different than first 
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the desire of the will. 
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decree. 
God has a decree that all the 

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elect will be saved, but during 
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goes forth, there are many 
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gospel. 
And so our prayer is that they 

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would be saved, that they would 
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Think about it this way, you, 
you are you are asking the Lord 

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to do what is ultimate desire is
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And maybe you're here today and 
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Maybe you're going to have lunch
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Maybe you're going to spend some
time with that loved one in, in,

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in days to come. 
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saved. 
And your prayer request is, oh 

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Lord God, I know that you desire
all men to be saved and to come 

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to the knowledge of the truth. 
I know that you are patient and 

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you are long-suffering with this
one who does not know you. 

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Lord Jesus, save them. 
Save them from their sin. 

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You can't save them. 
You can't. 

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You are the vehicle. 
You are the vessel by which the 

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word of God has been displayed 
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Don't take up on the 
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Take up on the responsibility of
speaking to them about the 

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saving grace of Jesus Christ our
Lord, and let God do what God 

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does, because God saves man. 
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ask the Lord. 
This is why God hasn't come yet.

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There are people even in our 
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they're not giving their life to
Christ. 

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And, and this is a, a, a message
of, of, of plea to you that you 

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would come to Christ today, that
you would give your life to the 

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Lord today and not wait another 
day. 

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Because the only reason the day 
of the Lord has not been enacted

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and the only reason the day of 
Christ has not come, the 

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rapture, the church, and the 
reward for Christians is because

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in this church age, the time 
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2 until Jesus comes again, the 
rapture, the church, the church 

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age, God is still saving people.
He's completing his bride. 

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And if you're here today and 
never give your life to Christ, 

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know what the Lord says. 
He says, coming to me, all you 

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that labor and heavy laden, and 
I will give you rest. 

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Take my yoke upon you. 
Learn from me, for I meek and 

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lowly in heart, Christ invites 
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his salvation, His grace, his 
mercy. 

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He wants you to have that. 
And if you're here today, know 

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this, that the day of Christ is 
coming, which inaugurates the 

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day of the Lord, which 
inaugurates the day of God, the 

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day of eternity. 
So I'm going to come on a fixed 

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schedule, just like when Jesus 
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fullness of time. 
Galatians 4 Four. 

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God sent forth his Son, born of 
a woman, born under the law, 

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that he might redeem those who 
are under the law. 

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Wow, what a statement. 
It's just that that at the right

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moment, in the fullness of time,
when everything had come to a 

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point where it was the perfect 
time for the Son of Man to come 

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in his incarnation, he sent 
forth his Son. 

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It was the right time, it was 
the perfect time, it was a 

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precise time, it was an 
excellent time, But the time 

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that the Father is fixed by his 
own authority. 

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X-17 the time that has not yet 
arrived. 

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And So what do we do? 
We proclaim the Lord's death 

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until he comes, right? 
We proclaim the Lord's death 

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until he comes because we know 
he's going to come again. 

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But until that day, there's 
hope. 

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There's opportunity for you to 
give your life to Christ in my 

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prayer is that that would be you
today. 

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When you when you talk to your 
children, you talk to them about

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the saving grace of God. 
Why? 

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Because the Lord's coming again 
and because he's going to begin 

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coming again. 
I want you to know him. 

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I want you to love him. 
I want you to serve him and 

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honor him and glorify his name. 
And so God is not slow and some 

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may count slowness, but he is 
patient. 

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He is long-suffering. 
He's long-suffering with your 

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husband as to why he's not 
saved, your spouse as to why 

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she's not saved, your children 
as to why they're not saved. 

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It's the patience of God on 
display and God at the great 

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preacher that he is offers the 
invitation That's even at the 

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book, the end of the Book of 
Revelation, very last chapter, 

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he extends an invitation. 
He says the Spirit and the bride

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say, come, who's the bride? 
That's the church. 

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And let the one who hears say, 
come, and let the one who was 

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thirsty come. 
Let the one who wishes take the 

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water of life without cost come.
He offers this divine invitation

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at the very end of the Book of 
Revelation because the heart of 

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God is on display. 
Yes, He's going to bring 

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retribution on all those who do 
not believe in His name. 

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But but, but he wants his desire
to be fulfilled. 

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And that's why it's the desire 
of his heart that should be 

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saved. 
Are you, do you know Christ as 

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Lord and Savior? 
Are you born again? 

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Have you experienced new life in
Christ? 

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We gathered together today on 
the 1st Sunday of the month of 

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June to celebrate the Lord's 
death. 

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He came that we might live 
because He died for us. 

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Have you experienced that life? 
That's the essence of our 

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celebration. 
That's why we spend time around 

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the Lord's Table asking the Lord
and thanking the Lord for all 

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that He has done and saving us 
from our sin that we might be 

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able to say, as John said, what 
other worldly kind of love is 

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this? 
The Father has bestowed upon me 

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that I should be called a child 
of God. 

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Let's pray together. 
Father, we thank you for today 

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and we're grateful. 
And although our time is short, 

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the opportunity you give us is 
great. 

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And our prayer, Lord, is that as
we partake of the Lord's Table, 

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it would be that one, that one 
element that would help us 

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understand that we proclaim your
death until you come again, 

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because people need to be saved.
And you came to save the lost. 

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You came to die for the sins of 
man. 

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For that we are grateful. 
We partake of the Lord's Table 

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with great thankfulness in Jesus
name, Amen.