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Welcome to the Liberty Baptist 
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The message you're about to hear
was preached at Liberty Baptist 

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Church in Easton, MA. 
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And now we hope that this 

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message from God's Word will be 
a blessing to you. 

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We turn your Bibles, please. 
The second Peter chapter #3 I'm 

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not going to be able to say that
much longer here. 

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The next couple of weeks we will
be finishing in Second Peter and

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then looking at Peter's life in 
the book of Acts for a few weeks

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until the end of the year. 
But in the meantime, we are in 

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Second Peter chapter #3 in a 
message that I've entitled this 

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morning. 
Your future affects your 

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present. 
Your future affects your 

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present. 
Now that's completely backwards.

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From really the way we think 
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isn't it? 
Cause usually we understand it's

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the past that affects your 
present, isn't it? 

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You know that that can be true 
in a negative way. 

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You know you could be. 
Treated poorly as a child or had

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some sort of childhood trauma, 
That's something that can affect

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you as an adult, isn't it? 
Your past can affect your 

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present in a negative way that 
you maybe witnessed a. 

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Poor marriage within your home. 
And because of that, it's 

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something that's affected you, 
something maybe that you 

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struggle with within your own 
marriage because of what was 

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modelled within your home when 
you were younger. 

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And so your past can affect your
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be all bad necessarily. 
It can be true in a good way 

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too, can't it? 
Maybe get a summer job years 

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ago, maybe even when you were a 
young person. 

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But it was something about that 
summer job that turned you in a 

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whole new direction, a whole new
career that your life changed 

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forever because of that one job 
that you took for 10 weeks when 

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you were 15 years old. 
Who would have thought? 

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But your whole life changed 
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past can affect your president, 
that one investment that you 

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made, that all of a sudden 
you're a millionaire now what, 

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right? 
I mean, we all have that 

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testimony, right? 
But you know, I'm, I'm sure you 

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know, we, you know what I'm 
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That one single investment man, 
all of a sudden you're retired 

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at age 42. 
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that's definitely not true, but.
It can be. 

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True, just maybe not for the 
crowd that we're looking at 

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here. 
This morning, and certainly not 

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for myself, but we understand 
that your past affects your 

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future both in positive and 
negative ways. 

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But today, as we approach the 
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and again we're looking at 
Peter's final words here, he 

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weaves his conversation about 
the end times into a discussion 

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that answers this question. 
This is a question that I 

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oftentimes people have asked me.
And that question is this, what 

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are the end times have to do 
with me? 

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What do the end times have to do
with me? 

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Peter's talked a lot about the 
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we've been inspecting it from 
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as we've been in Chapter 3 and 
even before Chapter 3 as well. 

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And maybe you've heard preaching
and teaching and talk about the 

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end times. 
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Listen, the end times is at the 
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So what does it have to do with 
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Well, Peter's going to tell us 
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With today, because not only 
does your past affect your 

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present, but also I would submit
to you that your future should 

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affect your present as well. 
Would you stand pleased for the 

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reading of God's Word? 
Second Peter chapter 3, verse 

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#10 as we all stand together. 
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standing, but you could stand up
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Verse 10 says this. 
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come as a thief in the night, in
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away with a great noise, and the
elements shall melt with the 

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fervent heat, the earth also, 
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shall be burned up. 
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things shall be dissolved, what 
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be in all holy conversation and 
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hastening under the coming of 
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heavens being on fire, shall be 
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melt with fervent heat? 
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His promise, look for new 
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dwell with righteousness. 
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you look for such things, be 
diligent that you may be found 

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of Him in peace, without spot 
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Between verse #10 and verse #14,
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that are going to get us from 
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question, What did the end times
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Me and then answering the 
question that your future 

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affects your present heavenly 
Father be with us this morning 

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as we get into the word of God 
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you'd help me to be able to say 
what I need to say today to 

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these dear people. 
The ones that are sitting here, 

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the ones watching online, the 
ones who may listen later, who 

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at a date that I can't even 
fathom, but they could listen to

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this message. 
And I, I pray that what is said 

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this morning would be honoring 
and pleasing to you, an offering

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that's a sweet savour in your in
your eyes. 

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But again, we pray for those who
are here today that we all would

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be able to make sure that we 
leave here right with you and we

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ask it in Jesus name, Amen. 
Thank you may be seated. 

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Again, we have a couple of 
different things at play here as

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we begin our message. 
We have a question that asks 

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what does the end times have to 
do with me? 

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And I gave you an answer to that
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Boy, would that be great, that I
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the question, I give you the 
answer, and then we're done, 

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right? 
I mean, that's, well, you know, 

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that ain't happening, all right?
But we want to get you to the 

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place where you understand why 
we gave you that answer. 

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Well, that your future affects 
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And the Bible gives us the 
answer here in the verses that 

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we just read. 
But to be able to get from the 

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question, to get to the answer, 
I kind of want you to think of 

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it as a chain. 
And so to illustrate that today,

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I actually have a slide here. 
I know a slide on Sunday 

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morning. 
Nobody go crazy on me, all 

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right? 
But it's the only way that I can

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think of to be able to 
illustrate this for you today. 

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And imagine there's a chain with
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that chain, we asked the 
question, well, what do the end 

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times have to do with me? 
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connection with the final 
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rather. 
But our future effects are 

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present. 
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consider that this morning. 
The first link is the question, 

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what does the end times have to 
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The last link is the answer to 
that question that our future 

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ought to affect our present. 
The links in between, or the 

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verses that we read that help us
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first thought to the last 
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And so as we look at this chain 
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we see this in verse #10 What do
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me? 
In verse #10 what do the end 

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times have to do with me? 
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it says, But the day of the Lord
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night, in the which the heavens 
shall pass away with a great 

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noise, and the elements shall 
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earth also, and the works that 
are therein shall be burned up 

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now. 
I will admit to a great mistake 

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that I made as a pastor over a 
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And you say pastor, just one 
mistake. 

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No, no, I'm only admitting one 
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next few minutes. 
I've made plenty of them. 

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They could fill several sermons,
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Well, OK, let's try. 
There's another mistake I just 

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made. 
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I want to admit one mistake that
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And it's this this idea of not 
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years I didn't teach on the end 
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here for several years at 
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reference to the fact that we 
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rapture and we believe in the 
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Christ, I mentioned that, but 
for some people, I think just 

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mentioning those things went 
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they're concepts that they never
heard of or thought of or had 

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been taught before. 
I I never taught the Book of 

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Revelation and I didn't for many
years, because when people would

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ask me about it, I'd say 
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There's so many things that 
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not as concerned with these 
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In the future. 
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spiritual answer, doesn't I mean
it really does. 

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It sounds like boy that. 
Pastor really cares about me. 

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He wants me to know about the 
things now and I can worry about

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the things in the future later 
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going to get to the Book of 
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like I was in much of a hurry. 
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was such a mistake of mine on 
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And the first mistake was this. 
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getting teaching on the end 
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could find. 
And what I found was that people

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like someone who is thirsty, 
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be dirty or contaminated because
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water wherever they can. 
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people, yes, even here at 
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They were not part of the word 
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teaching on the end times. 
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more fatal mistake was this was 
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within my own mind that the end 
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Where we are in the here and 
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with that yourself. 
I don't really need to read the 

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Book of Revelation because I'm 
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for most of the Book of 
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Certainly that is true. 
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Chapter 4 begins that thought 
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tribulational period. 
If you're saved, you will not be

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there. 
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And so there is that thought 
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important because I'm not going 
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But if we take the end times as 
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that Jesus Christ is coming back
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I would say to you that the 
mistake that I made was that it 

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had nothing to do. 
With where we live in the here 

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and now. 
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It has everything to do with the
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Look again at verse #10 with me.
We see that there's an imminency

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with the end times, that the end
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thing on God's prophetic 
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The day of the Lord will come as
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A thief in the night? 
Now I don't know a lot about. 

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Thievery. 
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You don't know when the thief is
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do, when the thief was going to 
come, you'd make sure the thief 

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didn't come. 
This is why you come to Liberty 

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Baptist Church to get these kind
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Yeah. 
You're not going to get these 

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just anywhere else. 
All right? 

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If you knew when the thief was 
going to come, you make sure he 

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didn't come as in the fact that 
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Make sure he. 
Didn't come inside the house, 

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but we don't know what time that
the day of the Lord will appear.

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We don't know when the Lord will
break open the skies, the trump 

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will sound and the dead in 
Christ will rise 1st and unfold 

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all of the events that are going
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We don't know it will come as a 
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And the last days are oftentimes
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the Lord. 
That whether it's the actual 

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second coming of Jesus Christ at
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or whether we're looking at the 
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the end times in general, this 
day and the Lord will come as a 

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thief of the night. 
And it will open, as it says in 

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First Thessalonians. 
It will open with the rapture of

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those who are believers in Jesus
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And this isn't something that's 
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you've been here the last few 
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extensively already in chapter 
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years to the Lord, and 1000 
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The Lord is not slack concerning
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slackness. 
No, we've covered all of this 

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already in the previous verses. 
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this morning ought not to be a 
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But I do see in verse #10 that 
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very important for us to look 
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whether words that have 
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Read it again and I'm going to 
emphasize the words I want us to

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see. 
It says, But the day of the Lord

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will come as a thief in the 
night, in the which the heavens 

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shall pass away with a great 
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melt with fervent heat, the 
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are there in shall be burnt up. 
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times it's not going to be a 
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Remember Genesis chapter #6 And 
beyond that there was judgment 

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upon the earth, and that came by
water. 

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This time judgment will not come
by water, it'll come by fire. 

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And how will it come? 
It might come. 

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No, it could come. 
No, it possibly might come. 

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No shall, shall, shall. 
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This is going to happen. 
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heavens, shall pass away. 
The realms above will pass away.

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beyond, it will pass away. 
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the material causes of the 
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the universe will melt. 
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pondering this this week, the 
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that hold the universe together,
like the laws of gravity, issues

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like matter and the laws of 
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all of those matters, all of 
those elements could just melt 

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away. 
Say, well, how is that possible,

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Pastor? 
Well, who do you think put those

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things in place in the first 
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In the beginning God created the
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Meaning this God's the creator 
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And so God himself could very 
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put in place in Genesis 11. 
The heavens shall pass away. 

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The elements shall melt. 
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shall be burnt up, meaning this,
that everything that we see and 

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everything we cannot see, 
listen, it's going to be gone 

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and there's going to be a new 
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That these are the things that 
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This is a certainty, and this 
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because the End Times events are
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It's something that is on the 
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Sure. 
It's on the future calendar of 

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human history. 
We don't know the date is on the

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calendar of human history, but 
it will be on that calendar 

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nonetheless. 
The Lord knows that date. 

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The Lord knows that time. 
He will not be taken by 

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surprise. 
The end times matter to you 

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because these events shall 
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They shall affect you in the 
future, whether you're alive 

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when they unfold or not. 
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this, you can go back to verse 
#9 the Lord is not slack 

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concerning His promise, as some 
men count slackness, but as 

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long-suffering toward us, we're 
not willing that any should 

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perish, but that all should come
to repent. 

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This meaning, all these things 
are supposed to take us to a 

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place, not just the place of 
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of understanding that our life 
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That our life is more than just 
the things we see that are 

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around us, the things that we 
can hold, things that we can 

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touch, the things that we can 
gather around us. 

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And so we start first with this 
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Well, what? 
Do the end times have to do with

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me? 
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well, it shall be coming, so it 
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But continuing that thought, the
next link in our chain that I 

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want us to see is that seeing 
then that the world doesn't 

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last. 
We don't live for this world. 

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Seeing then that's in quotes 
that the world doesn't last. 

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We don't live for this world, 
they say. 

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What does that mean? 
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Well, remember, we're looking at
this like a chain, and the text 

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that we have is like a chain 
before us. 

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So in verse #10 you can see 
there's a certainty that this 

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world will end. 
So what do we see in verse #11 

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What's the 1st 2 words there? 
Say them out loud. 

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Seeing then meaning this. 
There's a link. 

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Verse #11 is linked to verse 
#10. 

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Verses #11 and I would say 12 as
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So what we see in verse #10 is 
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seeing then. 
That all these. 

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Things shall be dissolved. 
What manner of persons ought you

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to be in all holy conversation 
and godliness, looking for and 

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hasting under the coming of the 
day of God, where in the heavens

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being on fire, shall be 
dissolved, and the elements 

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shall melt with a fervent heat? 
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these things are going to 
happen, listen, there's some 

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things that you need to do 
differently. 

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Verse #11 says we should live a 
different life. 

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Seeing then that this is what's 
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You need to live a different 
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What kind of life? 
One of holy conversation and 

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godliness. 
Now, holy conversation might 

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sound just like the way that we 
talk, that that's the words that

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come out of our mouth. 
And in some ways, that's the way

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we use the word conversation 
today, isn't it? 

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But anytime you see the word 
conversation in the New 

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Testament, you find that the 
Greek meaning of the word is 

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much broader than just 
conversation with our mouth. 

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It's the things that we say and 
it's also the things we don't 

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say. 
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what would we call today, non 
verbal communication, that it's 

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the way that we act. 
It's our manner of living. 

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It's the way that we present 
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And it says this because these 
things are going to happen 

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because the world is not 
permanent. 

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Listen, while you're here, you 
got to have the right life. 

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You got to have a life that is 
filled with holy conversation. 

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And you got to have a life that 
is filled with godliness. 

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And so he says you need to have 
a different life. 

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But then in verse #12 he says 
you need to have a different 

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look. 
You need to be looking towards 

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heaven because if you look too 
long at this earth, it's not 

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going to last. 
You need to look towards heaven 

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and everything that you do 
because what you do in this 

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earth will not last. 
That's why Titus 213 says 

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looking for that blessed hope 
and the glorious appearing of 

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our great God and Savior Jesus 
Christ, the temporary. 

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Here's what he's saying. 
The temporary nature of this 

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world ought to make a cause us 
to make adjustments in how we 

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live in this world. 
The temporary nature of this 

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world ought to cause us to make 
some adjustments in how we live 

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in this world. 
You know, I don't know a lot 

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about building homes. 
In fact, by saying I don't know 

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a lot, I really mean this. 
I know nothing about building 

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homes. 
There's not a thing on earth 

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that I know about building a 
home. 

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But I do know this. 
I know how to build a sand 

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castle. 
I thought I'd get more 

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impressive, you know something 
from you. 

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In fact, I thought I'd get 
anything from you. 

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All right, But that's all right.
I got a little something. 

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I know how to build a sand 
castle, know how to go to the 

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beach. 
You know, you get a little bit. 

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Of water man Ralph I. 
I could hug you right now. 

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Thank you, brother. 
All right, it's you. 

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Hey, it's you and me against the
world. 

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Ralph, We're going for it. 
All right, let's do it. 

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OK. 
Next 20 minutes, it's you and 

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me. 
OK, So, you know, you get a 

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little water, you know, you put 
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You know, you do that. 
Now, could you imagine building 

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a sink? 
They're fun, aren't they? 

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You know, you do with the kids, 
you know, and maybe you do it 

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yourself and you try to pretend 
the kids are around, but you're 

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really doing it for yourself 
because you want to do it, you 

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know? 
Or maybe that's just me. 

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OK, but. 
But could you imagine saying you

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know I'm? 
Going to build a sandcastle. 

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Here's what I'm going to do. 
I'm going to hire an architect. 

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Architect. 
I'm gonna hire an engineer, I'm 

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gonna get a general contractor. 
We're gonna get a few Subs. 

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In here we're probably gonna 
spend somewhere around $100,000.

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And we are going to make the 
best sandcastle that you 

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possibly could make. 
And you go to the beach and you 

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clear the beach from many people
as possible. 

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You bring the backhoe in, you 
know, you start getting after 

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it. 
You know, you have barrels and 

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barrels of water that you're 
bringing to make sure that 

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everything's just so. 
And you get this. 

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You're spending $100,000. 
Maybe that's not a lot to you 

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because those investments you 
made all those years ago. 

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Remember that at the beginning 
of sermon. 

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All right. 
But $100,000 you paid on this 

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sandcastle and people could look
at you and be so impressed. 

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But they'd also realized this. 
You're a fool because you've 

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wasted time and energy and money
on something that's about to 

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disappear. 
And isn't it amazing all the 

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time and energy and money that 
we spend on things that are 

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temporary here in this life? 
That's world's a bus stop. 

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It's here one minute. 
And we're gone. 

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The next you realize the 
temporary nature. 

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He says this wherefore that 
there is an end time, wherefore 

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there is an end date. 
Shouldn't it affect the way that

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you live and the way you look 
now, Says this. 

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Look to heaven, not to earth. 
I mean, shouldn't you make some 

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different decisions based on the
fact that this is in the future?

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Shouldn't you live more for 
eternity than you should for the

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present? 
Shouldn't the end times have 

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some effect on the way that we 
live right now, by the way, 

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building that sandcastle on the 
beach? 

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That's not even your land in the
1st place. 

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And may I remind you this 
world's not our home. 

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We're just a passing through, 
the Bible says. 

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Why would you spend so much time
and listen, it's good to have 

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resources. 
It's good to have land. 

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It's good to have a savings. 
It's good to be able to plan as 

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best as you can. 
I'm done against that. 

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Listen the word of God's not 
against that. 

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There's a prudence to that. 
But listen, when our life is in 

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these goods, well, we just want 
to tear down barns and build 

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bigger barns. 
The Bible says this, thou fool. 

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Your soul will be called to be 
with the Lord faster than you 

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could ever imagine. 
Why? 

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Because the man who all he could
see was right in front of him, 

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and he didn't realize the 
eternal implications of life. 

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Hey, because of the fact there's
an end time, we shouldn't just 

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live for this world. 
But then that also brings us to 

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the next place, and we see this 
is the next link on our chain. 

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Nevertheless, the save will 
spend eternity in heaven. 

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You follow along what the the 
verses are doing, how they're 

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building on one another. 
We have seeing then and then 

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Verse 13 starts with 
nevertheless we according to 

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his. 
Promise. 

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Look for new heavens and new 
earth, wherein dwelleth 

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righteousness. 
Now this is important. 

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This verse tells us we're not 
just looking for the day of the 

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Lord, but we're looking for what
happens after the day of the 

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Lord. 
Meaning what after the day of 

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the Lord, after the heavens melt
and the earth melts with a 

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fervent heat. 
And again, when I talk about the

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heavens melting, we're talking 
about the sphere of this earth 

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and we're talking about the 
universe. 

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We're not talking about heaven 
itself. 

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Where people are residing and 
God resides that it will melt 

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no, we're talking about the fact
that the new heaven and the new 

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00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:28,320
earth that it is going to be 
here and yes, that the save will

450
00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:30,600
spend an eternity in heaven when
we. 

451
00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:33,360
Listen to this. 
Wherein dwelleth righteousness? 

452
00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:36,160
Think about that for a second. 
Is there much righteousness in 

453
00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:38,240
this earth today? 
Not much. 

454
00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:41,040
Is there much righteousness that
dwells within our flesh? 

455
00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:45,520
Not as much as we like to think.
But there will be a time that 

456
00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:48,440
we'll have new bodies. 
Anybody wants to say Amen to 

457
00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:50,080
that? 
Yeah, Yeah. 

458
00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:52,280
All those aches and pains you 
had this morning, you know, when

459
00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:54,760
you got up, that you don't have 
to deal with that anymore. 

460
00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:57,880
The tears that we have to deal 
with, we don't have to deal with

461
00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:00,760
that anymore. 
The sorrow of this life, that 

462
00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:04,840
we're not just looking for the 
end time, we're looking for the 

463
00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:11,120
beginning of time no more. 
Wherefore there's more this life

464
00:23:11,120 --> 00:23:13,200
than this life. 
Why? 

465
00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:17,920
Because there's an eternity that
is to come, a place where in 

466
00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:21,280
dwelleth righteousness. 
Revelation 2127 There shall in 

467
00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:25,000
no wise enter it anything that 
defileth either whatsoever 

468
00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:28,400
worketh abomination or maketh 
the lie, but they which are 

469
00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:30,560
written in the Lamb's book of 
life. 

470
00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:34,840
The next chapter, verse 14. 
Blessed are they that do His 

471
00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:37,800
commandments, and that they may 
have the right to the tree of 

472
00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:41,560
life, and they enter in through 
the gates into the city. 

473
00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:46,520
This is a reminder that it's a 
promise you can take to the bank

474
00:23:47,120 --> 00:23:49,920
because God is truthful. 
Remember that last week. 

475
00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:51,840
He's not slack concerning his 
promises. 

476
00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:54,680
God is truthful. 
You can take this to the bank 

477
00:23:55,560 --> 00:24:01,240
but also reminds us of this. 
Every single person needs to be 

478
00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:04,560
saved. 
Every single person needs to be 

479
00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:06,600
saved. 
Listen to this the Bible way 

480
00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:11,280
that you may not get to heaven, 
this place of righteousness by 

481
00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:13,720
your works. 
You cannot get to this place of 

482
00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:16,720
righteousness by your church 
membership. 

483
00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:20,720
You cannot get to your place of 
this place of righteousness by 

484
00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:25,000
simply giving money or any of 
the other things or committing. 

485
00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:27,760
Or following sacraments or any 
of those things. 

486
00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:31,440
It can only be by listen, 
understanding that you're a 

487
00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:35,320
Sinner, and you can't enter that
place of righteousness in your 

488
00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:37,640
own sin. 
But Jesus Christ took that 

489
00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:40,880
penalty, the penalty of death 
and hell on the cross. 

490
00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:42,920
Why? 
So that you can be saved if you 

491
00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:46,520
accept the gift of salvation. 
John 336. 

492
00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:50,080
He that believeth on the Son 
hath everlasting life, and he 

493
00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:53,600
that believeth not on the Son 
shall not see life, but the 

494
00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:59,720
wrath of God abideth on him. 
See, our chain here is almost 

495
00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:02,040
complete, isn't it? 
What are the end times have to 

496
00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:07,640
do with me? 
Well, we find that seeing then 

497
00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:10,920
that we're not always going to 
live on this world, we shouldn't

498
00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:12,600
be making decisions just for 
this world. 

499
00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:17,240
And nevertheless, it's not just 
about that this world is going 

500
00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:21,000
to end, but there's a future in 
heaven with the Lord wherein 

501
00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,800
dwelleth righteousness. 
But finally we see this, that we

502
00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:28,160
put all the links together with 
verse 14. 

503
00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:30,880
And what's the first word in 
verse #14? 

504
00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:35,840
Wherefore that means this, this 
has been brought to summation, 

505
00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:38,000
hasn't it? 
Wherefore, you know, if someone 

506
00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:41,160
says the word wherefore, that 
means we're taking this and this

507
00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:44,120
and this, and we're putting it 
together and we're coming to a 

508
00:25:44,120 --> 00:25:46,760
conclusion. 
Wherefore this is what we're 

509
00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:49,520
talking about. 
And so that's what's happened to

510
00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:51,240
verse #10. 
There's a statement made in 

511
00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:54,520
verse #10 and then there's 
another statement in verse #11 

512
00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:57,840
And 12 seeing then and then 
verse #13 nevertheless, well, 

513
00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:00,440
we're hooking it all together. 
And finally the last link is 

514
00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:04,000
this wherefore? 
Wherefore what? 

515
00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:08,160
Wherefore that we're not always 
going to be on this world, and 

516
00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:11,560
wherefore because there is a 
heaven to be gained. 

517
00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:16,160
Wherefore verse 14. 
Beloved, seeing that you look 

518
00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:19,800
for such things, be diligent 
that you may be found of Him in 

519
00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:23,080
peace, without spot and 
blameless. 

520
00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:27,000
This because of what there is to
come. 

521
00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:29,800
There's some things you need to 
know right now. 

522
00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:33,520
Your future affects your 
present. 

523
00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:37,840
Were to be diligent, being 
diligent to be attentive, 

524
00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:41,360
industrious, not idle or 
negligent. 

525
00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:45,640
Were to be diligent to be found 
of him when he comes. 

526
00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:53,680
Were to be found of Him what? 
In peace, without spot and 

527
00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:57,120
blameless because of what's been
talked about. 

528
00:26:57,360 --> 00:27:00,560
When he does come, we need to be
ready. 

529
00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:05,000
You say, well, what if he comes 
after I die? 

530
00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:08,800
Well, that you will go to Him 
and you'll still have to meet 

531
00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:10,800
Him. 
And none of us know the day or 

532
00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:15,400
the hour of our death. 
We know this, that whether we 

533
00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:18,640
live or we die, we will meet the
Lord and He will judge us. 

534
00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:20,840
He is the judge of the quick and
the dead. 

535
00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:25,080
So what do we do? 
Where for our future ought to 

536
00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:27,680
affect our present. 
And we're to be diligent. 

537
00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:32,680
Being diligent means you're 
industrious, means you work 

538
00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:33,600
hard. 
You know what I think of that? 

539
00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:36,560
I think of a farmer. 
The only thing I know as little 

540
00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:38,760
about as building houses is 
farming. 

541
00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:41,840
I know very little. 
So what a great thing to be 

542
00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:43,800
using illustrations of things I 
know nothing about. 

543
00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:48,480
But I do know this. 
Farmers don't get days off for 

544
00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:51,360
holidays. 
Farmers don't get to tell the 

545
00:27:51,360 --> 00:27:53,000
cows. 
Hey, you know, Bessie, it's 

546
00:27:53,120 --> 00:27:56,520
Christmas Day. 
If you could just give me double

547
00:27:56,520 --> 00:28:00,320
tomorrow, we'll be fine. 
You know, get tell the hens. 

548
00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:02,520
Oh, by the way, those eggs, you 
know, we'll, we'll take care of 

549
00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:05,920
them tomorrow. 
They're chores to be done no 

550
00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:08,200
matter what. 
There's a diligence to the 

551
00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:12,360
farmer's life that always has to
continue, even to the point that

552
00:28:12,360 --> 00:28:15,280
if they are not at their farm 
for a certain day, let's say 

553
00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:17,120
they're on vacation, they're out
of town, you know what? 

554
00:28:17,360 --> 00:28:19,720
They have to. 
Literally hire someone else or 

555
00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:22,200
make sure someone else does the 
task that they do because they 

556
00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:24,000
have to be diligent that it's 
done every day. 

557
00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:26,520
If they're not diligent and 
they're planting, if they're not

558
00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:28,920
diligent and they're ranching, 
if they're not diligent in the 

559
00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:31,840
milking, if they're not diligent
in all the tasks that a farmer 

560
00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:36,680
or rancher would do, listen, 
they will lose their yield and 

561
00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:40,840
they could end up losing their 
harvest or the animals they're 

562
00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:43,800
tending to. 
What do we need to do? 

563
00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:48,320
Be diligent. 
That means that in light of 

564
00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:52,240
eternity, the relationship we 
have with God is not casual. 

565
00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:56,320
It's not on one day and off the 
next. 

566
00:28:57,400 --> 00:28:59,200
It's not something we just do 
culturally. 

567
00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:02,080
Well, I'm a Christian because I 
go to church once in a while or 

568
00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:04,560
I'm a Christian because I have a
Bible in my home. 

569
00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:07,080
Well, I'm a Christian because my
parents are Christians. 

570
00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:11,240
No, no, 1000 times no. 
It means that you and you 

571
00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:14,640
yourself have a personal 
relationship with Jesus Christ 

572
00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:16,120
and it affects everything you 
do. 

573
00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:19,120
It affects everything you say, 
it affects everywhere you go. 

574
00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:20,800
It affects everything you look 
at. 

575
00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:23,440
It affects everything you think.
It affects everything on the 

576
00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:25,320
outside. 
It affects everything on the 

577
00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:27,720
inside because there's a 
diligence that comes with the 

578
00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:29,560
Christian life. 
Well, where does that diligence 

579
00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:32,000
come from? 
Because Jesus is coming soon. 

580
00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:35,720
He's coming soon. 
It don't affect how we live now.

581
00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:41,680
Where for knowing all. 
These things and how to affect 

582
00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:46,720
the way you live your life now 
in peace, living in harmony with

583
00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:52,040
God and man without spot, being 
pure and free from moral or 

584
00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:57,600
spiritual blemishes, reflecting 
a life of holiness, blameless, 

585
00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:02,800
conducting oneself with 
integrity beyond reproach so no 

586
00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:05,320
valid accusation of wrongdoing 
can be made. 

587
00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:10,600
What is going to happen in 
eternity ought to affect us 

588
00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:15,960
today. 
What a fool I was to think that 

589
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:19,880
the end times wouldn't matter to
a congregation. 

590
00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:26,280
What a fool I was to think that 
there was no coordination 

591
00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:31,880
between what's going to happen 
at the end times and who we are 

592
00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:36,360
right now. 
Because Jesus clearly spells it 

593
00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:41,680
out to us in his word that we 
are to be ready because He is 

594
00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:45,200
coming back. 
It's very clear that the end 

595
00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:48,800
times have everything to do with
our lives now because our future

596
00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:52,520
effects our present. 
Which leaves me with a couple of

597
00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:53,840
applications for us this 
morning. 

598
00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:58,080
The first would be this, if you 
don't know Jesus Christ your 

599
00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:00,400
Savior, you need to know Him 
today. 

600
00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:05,040
Again, I mentioned this last 
week that it's not the church 

601
00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:08,520
that you go to that saves you. 
And I want to be very clear 

602
00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:11,800
about this in case there's some 
confusion, is that I'm not a 

603
00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:13,560
Baptist by accident. 
Fact, I didn't grow up as a 

604
00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:16,160
Baptist. 
I grew up as a Lutheran and then

605
00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:17,760
once I got saved, I became a 
Baptist. 

606
00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:20,800
The reason why was because I 
appreciated the fact that 

607
00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:23,480
Baptist used the Bible and the 
Bible alone. 

608
00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:25,560
And so I'm happy to be a 
Baptist. 

609
00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:27,080
I'm not angry about being a 
Baptist. 

610
00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:31,840
I'm glad to be a Baptist. 
I'm thankful to be a Baptist. 

611
00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:36,720
I'm thankful for the legacy of 
doctrine through the years that 

612
00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:41,040
Baptists have held to. 
But I also say this, that I am 

613
00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:44,520
not a Baptist because that's 
what got me saved. 

614
00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:47,600
I'm saved by the blood of Jesus 
Christ. 

615
00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:51,600
And then I realized I need to be
in a place that also exalts the 

616
00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:54,960
Bible, has the supreme authority
for all faith and practice. 

617
00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:57,440
And I said, you know what? 
That's the Baptist Church. 

618
00:31:58,200 --> 00:31:59,800
So when I say that a church 
won't save you, I'm not 

619
00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:03,160
demeaning being a Baptist. 
I'm I'm a capital B Baptist, if 

620
00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:05,360
you will. 
I'm glad to be 1. 

621
00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:08,280
All right, I even got a card. 
I'll show you just a minute. 

622
00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:10,200
No, I don't have a Baptist card.
Nevermind. 

623
00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:12,520
I do have a Charlie card for 
some reason, but that's all 

624
00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:15,920
right, I do. 
But I, I will tell you this, I 

625
00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:19,240
will tell you this, that if you 
want to hear the Bible preach 

626
00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:21,320
that the Baptist Church is where
to go to. 

627
00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:26,480
But if you want to be saved, 
it's only by Jesus Christ and 

628
00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:29,120
Christ alone. 
If you're still struggling with 

629
00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:31,160
this thought process, if you're 
not sure where you'll spend 

630
00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:34,360
eternity, it's only the word of 
God that has the answer. 

631
00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:37,960
And it's why it's so important 
that the bat that not just a 

632
00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:40,160
Baptist Church, but any church 
preaches the word of God. 

633
00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:42,040
You know why? 
Because that's where the answer 

634
00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:47,760
is in the Word of God. 
You need to be saved in light of

635
00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:50,680
what's going to happen eternity.
There will be a great white 

636
00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:52,400
throne judgment for those who 
are not saved. 

637
00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:55,920
And those who are not saved will
be cast forever into a lake of 

638
00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:58,560
fire. 
And again, there are those who 

639
00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:00,800
wish that a pastor would not 
preach something like that. 

640
00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:03,920
Won't you say things that are 
more gentle? 

641
00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:05,560
Won't you say things that are 
more comforting? 

642
00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:08,880
And I can't imagine anything 
more comforting than knowing 

643
00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:11,120
your pastor will tell you the 
truth from the Word of God. 

644
00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:15,160
And there is a heaven again, but
there is a hell to shun. 

645
00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:19,720
And from the bottom of my heart,
I want you to understand that 

646
00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:23,160
every single person within the 
sound of my voice must accept 

647
00:33:23,160 --> 00:33:26,520
Jesus Christ as their Savior. 
Well, that's your truth, pastor.

648
00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:28,360
It's not my truth. 
It's just the truth. 

649
00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:31,240
It's all my truth. 
And your truth garbage that's 

650
00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:33,400
out there today is exactly that 
garbage. 

651
00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:38,440
Truth is just truth and truth is
found where the Word of God. 

652
00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:42,160
Well, it brings us to the fact 
of those of you who are 

653
00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:44,320
believers today, because I would
imagine that there are more 

654
00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:46,880
believers here today than non 
believers. 

655
00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:49,440
I don't really keep track of 
those kind of things because, 

656
00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:50,880
well, I don't know someone's 
heart. 

657
00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:54,080
But I would say this, I'm here 
at a Baptist Church service. 

658
00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:57,840
I would imagine that, you know, 
we're probably, you know, not 

659
00:33:57,840 --> 00:33:59,800
necessarily going on the next 
load, you know what I'm saying, 

660
00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:01,120
but eventually we're all going 
to heaven. 

661
00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:06,800
Amen. 
So I do know this in light of 

662
00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:11,960
our text, the person that you 
will be in the future, is it 

663
00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:13,440
what person will I be in the 
future? 

664
00:34:13,679 --> 00:34:15,600
I just mentioned, you know, it's
a place of righteousness. 

665
00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:20,840
The person that you will be in 
the future, shouldn't it be the 

666
00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:29,679
person that you are now, the 
connection in light of who you 

667
00:34:29,679 --> 00:34:34,440
will be in the future? 
Why would you wait until then 

668
00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:41,000
when God's given you the tools 
to be able that person now to 

669
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:47,800
live in peace, to try to find 
peace with your enemies, to 

670
00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:52,840
serve your family, to be the 
person you need to be at work 

671
00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:57,160
even when it's not the type of 
place that is really a great 

672
00:34:57,160 --> 00:35:00,400
work environment? 
No, no, we don't need to wait 

673
00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:04,080
until heaven, until those things
are the way they are, but that 

674
00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:08,880
we try to make peace now in 
light of eternity, without spot.

675
00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:14,120
You know, sin should bother us. 
We'll run that by one more time.

676
00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:18,320
Sin should bother us instead. 
I'm afraid it thrills us. 

677
00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:23,200
No, it won't be that way in 
eternity, because it will be 

678
00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:25,920
eradicated in the presence of 
Christ. 

679
00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:30,880
But why should we wait until 
heaven for that to be the 

680
00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:34,360
primary desire of our heart? 
Well, listen, I'm preaching to 

681
00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:38,120
you as much as I'm preaching to 
anyone else because sin has a 

682
00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:41,240
way of boy making the flesh 
excited. 

683
00:35:42,720 --> 00:35:46,240
But are you going to be dealing?
Are you going to be dealing with

684
00:35:46,240 --> 00:35:48,320
the flesh and sin and eternity? 
No. 

685
00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:52,280
So why don't we start moving in 
the process of our 

686
00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:57,120
sanctification to being closer 
to God in that way now, instead 

687
00:35:57,120 --> 00:36:01,440
of waiting till we get to to be 
blameless being living in a way 

688
00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:04,280
that's above approach? 
Shouldn't Christians behave like

689
00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:08,520
Christians shouldn't in public 
we be the best billboards 

690
00:36:08,520 --> 00:36:11,960
possible for Jesus Christ? 
When people see us, shouldn't 

691
00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:15,880
they see Christ in US? 
Or should they wait until we're 

692
00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:19,720
in heaven and it's eternally too
late for people to see Christ in

693
00:36:19,720 --> 00:36:23,040
us if they're unsaved? 
You know you're going to be like

694
00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:26,240
Christ in eternity. 
You are if you're saved. 

695
00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:31,560
But why should we wait till 
eternity when God's called us to

696
00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:36,040
be like Christ now? 
In fact, it's kind of revealing 

697
00:36:36,040 --> 00:36:39,920
about our relationship when we 
don't desire to be like Him now.

698
00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:45,280
Because in the light of the end 
times, our future ought to 

699
00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:52,640
affect our present. 
When Diane and I met, I've told 

700
00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:55,960
the story a few different ways 
over the years, but the first 

701
00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:58,120
couple of months when we were in
school, I didn't really even 

702
00:36:58,120 --> 00:36:59,480
know her. 
She worked in the line in the 

703
00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:00,920
cafeteria. 
And I imagine. 

704
00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:04,040
We, we passed each other, we 
talked, but I don't really 

705
00:37:04,040 --> 00:37:06,480
remember a lot about her. 
Before you start, like Pastor, 

706
00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:08,320
you don't remember her. 
She don't Remember Me either. 

707
00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:11,960
OK, so, but, but I just don't 
remember. 

708
00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:14,720
And so, but I do remember the 
minute I started working in the 

709
00:37:14,720 --> 00:37:17,760
cafeteria with her, I remember 
her very quickly. 

710
00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:22,080
And it was after a little while 
when we were friends. 

711
00:37:22,080 --> 00:37:23,560
And it's like, hey, you know, 
you're a good friend. 

712
00:37:23,560 --> 00:37:25,360
And I kind of called her my 
sister and she called me her 

713
00:37:25,360 --> 00:37:26,400
brother. 
And then after a while, it's 

714
00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:28,080
kind of like, you know, let's 
not do that, OK? 

715
00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:31,240
I don't because, you know, we 
don't live in West Virginia, you

716
00:37:31,240 --> 00:37:33,760
know what I'm saying? 
And so I just, I'm not, I'm not 

717
00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:34,760
comfortable with this. 
All right. 

718
00:37:34,760 --> 00:37:36,160
Anybody from West Virginia here 
this morning? 

719
00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:36,480
All right. 
Good. 

720
00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:37,160
Ralph. 
OK. 

721
00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:37,680
No. 
OK. 

722
00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:40,280
But yeah. 
So, no, we're all we're all 

723
00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:44,000
good, right? 
And so listen, we got to the 

724
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:47,040
place where we knew that that 
that the Lord, you know, was 

725
00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:49,360
working in our lives that that 
we were going to get married. 

726
00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:52,560
Could you imagine me making this
pitch to her? 

727
00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:58,240
I want to have your hand in 
marriage, But there's a few 

728
00:37:58,240 --> 00:38:02,480
things I want you to know. 
It's not going to be a ring. 

729
00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:05,760
I have the money. 
Don't I mean, don't get me 

730
00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:07,160
wrong, but just seems like kind 
of a waste. 

731
00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:10,680
You know, there's a lot of 
there's a lot of expenses out 

732
00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:11,520
there. 
You know, we're dealing with a 

733
00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:13,760
lot of things ring. 
I do have the money, but I don't

734
00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:17,800
have, we're probably not going 
to spend a lot of time together 

735
00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:19,640
until the wedding, to be honest 
with you. 

736
00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:22,400
You know, I'm busy, you're busy.
I got a lot to do. 

737
00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:24,560
You know, there's probably a lot
of things I'm have to get ready.

738
00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:29,520
We're not going to talk a lot 
either because I'm not going to 

739
00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:32,160
learn about the things you like 
and those kind of things. 

740
00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:33,760
You know, we'll we'll figure 
that out later. 

741
00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:36,880
Listen, we'll we'll have the 
rest of our life to be able to 

742
00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:39,200
talk about these things. 
I really think the next year or 

743
00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:40,840
so, you know, I'm just going to 
focus on me. 

744
00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:42,880
You know, I've got some me 
things I got to deal with. 

745
00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:46,520
It's gonna be my last, honestly.
It's gonna be my last time being

746
00:38:46,720 --> 00:38:50,320
a bachelor, a man by myself. 
And I kind of want to live my 

747
00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:53,160
life the way I want to live it 
before the shackles. 

748
00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:54,800
Come on. 
You know what I'm saying? 

749
00:38:55,240 --> 00:38:57,360
It's just so. 
It's just like, But then listen,

750
00:38:58,040 --> 00:39:00,440
after the wedding, I'll be a 
perfect gentleman. 

751
00:39:00,520 --> 00:39:02,680
I'm gonna be the best husband 
you could possibly imagine. 

752
00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:04,080
But I'm just gonna need this 
time. 

753
00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:06,480
I'm gonna need about a year. 
Get my own things in order. 

754
00:39:06,640 --> 00:39:08,400
Do my own things, my own things 
with my money. 

755
00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:10,320
You're not gonna have a ring. 
Don't worry about it. 

756
00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:12,000
In fact, you could probably plan
the whole wedding. 

757
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:13,360
In fact, you plan the whole 
wedding. 

758
00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:17,280
You let me know what the day is 
the time is, you let me know. 

759
00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:18,400
Hey, you let me know how to 
dress. 

760
00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:20,920
Listen, I'll, I'll even let you 
pick how to dress, all right? 

761
00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:23,280
I'll make sure I get the suit 
and all that kind of stuff 

762
00:39:23,280 --> 00:39:25,200
ready. 
But the meantime, what? 

763
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:26,920
But then we'll be married and 
it's going to be blessed. 

764
00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:28,880
I mean, it is going to be 
incredible. 

765
00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:31,800
And you would say to Diane, 
don't walk. 

766
00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:36,320
Run away from that guy. 
Pay him no heed. 

767
00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:41,440
Pretend you don't even know him.
You say, that is one of the 

768
00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:45,400
dumbest things I've ever heard. 
And listen, it's how most 

769
00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:50,840
Christians live their life. 
God, I'd love to spend eternity 

770
00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:56,200
with you. 
A place of no sin, eternal 

771
00:39:56,200 --> 00:40:00,560
bliss, to worship at your feet. 
And that sounds great. 

772
00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:03,240
I don't really have time to 
worship now. 

773
00:40:05,720 --> 00:40:08,080
I don't really have time to do 
the things you want me to do 

774
00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:10,440
now. 
Don't have time for your church?

775
00:40:11,560 --> 00:40:14,760
Don't have time for your people.
That money you keep giving me, 

776
00:40:14,760 --> 00:40:18,280
I'm going to spend it my way. 
I'm going to keep thinking the 

777
00:40:18,280 --> 00:40:19,920
way I want to think. 
I'm going to keep doing the 

778
00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:22,680
things I want to do. 
I'm going to live my life the 

779
00:40:22,680 --> 00:40:25,920
way I want to live it because I 
need some me time. 

780
00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:32,920
But when I'm with you, it'll be 
good when I'm with you and it'll

781
00:40:32,920 --> 00:40:37,280
be the best put it. 
In the meantime, I need to do 

782
00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:40,720
some things for myself. 
I would say if you live your 

783
00:40:40,720 --> 00:40:44,920
life like that, I'm not saying 
you're not saved, but I question

784
00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:47,920
that you understand the very 
essence of the goodness and 

785
00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:54,040
loving nature of God. 
Because if you saw the future, 

786
00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:59,160
it would affect your present. 
If you saw the future, it would 

787
00:40:59,160 --> 00:41:04,560
change how you live right now. 
Casual Christianity doesn't have

788
00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:06,640
enough power to change a light 
bulb. 

789
00:41:08,720 --> 00:41:12,760
The Bible teaches us. 
It says with godliness comes 

790
00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:18,560
great power. 
No, And it hurts to say it. 

791
00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:20,360
You know why? 
Because there's an element 

792
00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:26,400
within me that likes to live my 
own way that I would never treat

793
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:29,560
my wife like that, but I'd treat
my Savior like that. 

794
00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:34,120
Listen, your family deserves 
better. 

795
00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:38,320
Your kids deserve better. 
Your parents deserve better. 

796
00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:40,400
Your grandchildren deserve 
better. 

797
00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:44,320
Your employer deserves better. 
Your employees deserves better. 

798
00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:47,920
Most importantly, your Savior 
deserves better. 

799
00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:51,480
Your future affects your 
present. 

800
00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:56,320
In the end, Times has everything
to do with the here and now. 

801
00:41:57,240 --> 00:42:00,360
So this week, as we add to our 
faith, allow the truth of 

802
00:42:00,360 --> 00:42:04,880
eternity to make a difference in
how you live your life today. 

803
00:42:06,240 --> 00:42:08,920
Thank you for listening to the 
sermon from the pulpit of 

804
00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:11,840
Liberty Baptist Church. 
If this message was a blessing 

805
00:42:11,840 --> 00:42:15,320
to you, or if there's any way we
can serve you, please let us 

806
00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:19,920
know by contacting us at 
info@mylibertybaptist.org. 

807
00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:24,720
Or you can visit us this Sunday 
at 800 Washington St. in Easton,

808
00:42:24,720 --> 00:42:27,560
MA. 
May the Lord bless you as you 

809
00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:28,760
grow in His Word.