1 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:05,280 John Chapter 3 is where you can sit and park for a few minutes 2 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:11,920 and we'll get there soon enough. Kayla's got Boxer going. 3 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:25,120 Thank you Kayla, Do we have any extra copies of the Apostles 4 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:26,840 Creed? I kept printing them. 5 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:28,480 I kept passing them out, I think. 6 00:00:28,990 --> 00:00:30,830 You know, we're just saying that your dog was eating it at that 7 00:00:30,830 --> 00:00:33,550 point, so I didn't print anymore. 8 00:00:33,870 --> 00:00:38,910 Mom, you have an extra, OK, Who needs a copy of the Apostles 9 00:00:38,910 --> 00:00:42,030 Creed? Pass it to the back row, please. 10 00:00:44,390 --> 00:00:47,870 What we can also do is we can put it in Boxer. 11 00:00:49,350 --> 00:00:53,150 If somebody can do a yeah, somebody wants to do a quick 12 00:00:53,150 --> 00:00:56,870 Google search and just drop the Apostles Creed in our Boxer chat 13 00:00:56,990 --> 00:00:58,390 and then everybody can have it there too. 14 00:00:59,420 --> 00:01:02,460 That would help. So of course, our series, we've 15 00:01:02,460 --> 00:01:06,060 been using the Apostles Creed to study the scriptures. 16 00:01:06,260 --> 00:01:08,700 I can't do two things at once. If I try and talk to you and 17 00:01:08,700 --> 00:01:11,140 look for the book of the Bible that I'm going to, I just flip 18 00:01:11,140 --> 00:01:14,580 back and forth endlessly, like not knowing where I'm going, 19 00:01:14,580 --> 00:01:16,060 what I'm doing. I have to stop and go. 20 00:01:16,060 --> 00:01:19,860 Where am I going, John, Chapter 3, Get there. 21 00:01:21,980 --> 00:01:24,420 Now you can talk to the church again, OK. 22 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:28,120 So we're using the Apostles Creed to study the scriptures 23 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:30,880 and we've talked a lot about what the Apostles Creed is and 24 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:33,320 what it isn't. It's not the Bible, but it 25 00:01:33,320 --> 00:01:35,600 teaches us the Bible. It summarizes doctrine. 26 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:37,400 It also helps us to preach the gospel. 27 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:39,280 It's a helpful wait, I don't know what to say. 28 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:40,880 I don't know what to do. Well, these are important 29 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:44,760 Christian staples to be able to say God created everything. 30 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:46,880 God Almighty is the creator of heaven and earth. 31 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:49,240 So as we go through and we look through the Creed, we see that 32 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:51,400 the Trinity is present. We see that the gospel 33 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:53,360 presentation is present. We see past. 34 00:01:53,810 --> 00:01:56,370 Present and future. Everything's represented, so 35 00:01:56,370 --> 00:01:59,050 it's a solid place. It's a solid piece to to fight 36 00:01:59,050 --> 00:02:02,290 nonsensical doctrines to bring unity among the Church and 37 00:02:02,290 --> 00:02:03,850 throughout the Body of Christ, throughout the world. 38 00:02:03,850 --> 00:02:07,330 And throughout the past couple couple thousand years, 1500 39 00:02:07,330 --> 00:02:09,810 years or so, the Church has used the Body of Christ. 40 00:02:09,970 --> 00:02:12,850 There are congregations just like us all throughout the world 41 00:02:13,010 --> 00:02:15,730 who every time they gather, they recite the Apostles Creed 42 00:02:15,730 --> 00:02:18,450 together. So this is a joyful thing and 43 00:02:18,490 --> 00:02:21,570 and we should do it joyfully. We should we should say it loud, 44 00:02:21,730 --> 00:02:23,890 we should say it proud. I've definitely been a part of 45 00:02:23,890 --> 00:02:26,730 churches where you know, we're reciting the Creed, but I don't 46 00:02:26,730 --> 00:02:28,010 know if we're really thinking about it. 47 00:02:28,130 --> 00:02:30,730 And that's the that's the risk you run when you do anything 48 00:02:30,730 --> 00:02:32,730 over and over and over. The Lord's Prayer. 49 00:02:32,730 --> 00:02:36,050 Like, I know it, so I'm saying it, but to make sure I'm praying 50 00:02:36,050 --> 00:02:39,090 and connecting and not just being a parrot, you know, we can 51 00:02:39,090 --> 00:02:42,170 teach birds to say stuff. But it doesn't do anything. 52 00:02:42,170 --> 00:02:44,330 It's not moving anything. So we want to make sure that 53 00:02:44,330 --> 00:02:47,250 we're actually engaging and that takes some deliberate effort and 54 00:02:47,250 --> 00:02:49,130 that's an important work. So why we want to prepare 55 00:02:49,130 --> 00:02:51,450 ourselves for worship? This is a quick sidebar. 56 00:02:51,450 --> 00:02:52,850 This was totally free before you. 57 00:02:53,420 --> 00:02:56,380 This is why a lot of times, even your Saturday night is a great 58 00:02:56,380 --> 00:02:58,460 time to start. Lord, prepare my heart for 59 00:02:58,460 --> 00:03:00,860 worship in the morning. And then Sunday morning, Lord 60 00:03:00,860 --> 00:03:03,340 prepare me for worship. And then to show up to church 61 00:03:03,340 --> 00:03:05,820 service early. And to have moments to to pray, 62 00:03:05,820 --> 00:03:08,420 to have moments to sit and talk with the Saints, to have moments 63 00:03:08,420 --> 00:03:10,980 to be together where you're able to just continue to marinate in 64 00:03:10,980 --> 00:03:13,780 the presence of the Lord. We're not rushing in or rushing 65 00:03:13,780 --> 00:03:17,620 out, but as we do that, we joyfully, we proudly, we loudly 66 00:03:17,620 --> 00:03:20,180 recite the creed. What else do we see here? 67 00:03:20,890 --> 00:03:22,090 What else do we say about the Creed? 68 00:03:22,090 --> 00:03:26,130 Well, we see in the Creed where we where we come to today, we're 69 00:03:26,130 --> 00:03:28,930 looking at from there. He will come to judge the living 70 00:03:28,930 --> 00:03:30,890 in the dead. That's the phrase that we're at 71 00:03:30,890 --> 00:03:32,530 in the Creed. We're looking at Jesus's 72 00:03:32,530 --> 00:03:35,010 judgment of the living and the dead. 73 00:03:35,330 --> 00:03:37,170 It's interesting though, everything else we've seen in 74 00:03:37,170 --> 00:03:39,530 the Creed up until this point has been past tense. 75 00:03:39,930 --> 00:03:41,250 Everything else has already happened. 76 00:03:41,690 --> 00:03:43,410 I believe in God The Father Almighty is the creator of 77 00:03:43,410 --> 00:03:45,090 heaven and earth. Jesus Christ is only Son, our 78 00:03:45,090 --> 00:03:46,810 Lord. He was conceived by the Holy 79 00:03:46,810 --> 00:03:49,050 Spirit. He was born of the Virgin Mary. 80 00:03:49,090 --> 00:03:50,770 He did suffer under Pontius Pilate. 81 00:03:50,770 --> 00:03:53,090 He was crucified. He died and was buried. 82 00:03:53,170 --> 00:03:55,090 This is history. This happened. 83 00:03:55,290 --> 00:03:57,530 It's significant. This is where history turned. 84 00:03:57,850 --> 00:03:59,770 But it all happened. Now We come into something. 85 00:04:00,130 --> 00:04:02,530 It hasn't happened yet. It's not even a present tense 86 00:04:02,530 --> 00:04:03,930 moment. It's going to come. 87 00:04:03,930 --> 00:04:06,810 Maybe tomorrow, maybe next week, maybe farther. 88 00:04:07,130 --> 00:04:10,970 But he will come to judge the living and the dead. 89 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:14,600 So this is what we're giving our emphasis on today. 90 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,440 This isn't necessarily exciting news. 91 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:21,480 This is sobering news. We've had some good news, 92 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:24,160 exciting news to share throughout the creed, but now 93 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:26,240 we're saying this is sobering news. 94 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:29,240 And that's OK because Christians are supposed to be a sober 95 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:30,920 people. It's not the same thing as a 96 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:34,320 somber people, but we are to be a sober people. 97 00:04:34,820 --> 00:04:36,260 We're also to be a joyful people. 98 00:04:36,260 --> 00:04:39,100 So what are we joyful about, where we're joyful about the 99 00:04:39,100 --> 00:04:43,700 entirety of who our God is? We're not ashamed of of one part 100 00:04:43,700 --> 00:04:45,420 of him. We're not like God is good, but 101 00:04:45,420 --> 00:04:47,580 we want to kind of keep that part secret from you. 102 00:04:47,780 --> 00:04:49,940 We would rather you not know this about him yet. 103 00:04:50,540 --> 00:04:53,500 Like there's 95% stuff about the Lord that we would love to tell 104 00:04:53,500 --> 00:04:55,140 you. Don't worry about that 5%. 105 00:04:55,460 --> 00:04:57,940 And that's what a lot of times we have made a mistake in doing. 106 00:04:58,460 --> 00:05:00,220 That's why you'll often hear me use this quote. 107 00:05:00,220 --> 00:05:02,620 It's a true statement, but it's incomplete, and I think it's 108 00:05:02,620 --> 00:05:04,900 deliberately incomplete. God loves you. 109 00:05:04,900 --> 00:05:06,300 God has a wonderful plan for your life. 110 00:05:06,300 --> 00:05:09,860 So just come on in. Come on into the Kingdom that 111 00:05:09,860 --> 00:05:12,060 was true. That wasn't the whole truth. 112 00:05:12,500 --> 00:05:13,580 And the whole truth is important. 113 00:05:13,580 --> 00:05:14,980 And we got nothing to be ashamed of. 114 00:05:15,300 --> 00:05:18,820 We got nothing to hide. Everything about God is good and 115 00:05:18,820 --> 00:05:22,340 right and holy. And it's not fair to even invite 116 00:05:22,340 --> 00:05:24,780 someone if we're not even giving them the opportunity to count 117 00:05:24,780 --> 00:05:27,500 the cost, which is what Jesus commands that everyone does 118 00:05:27,700 --> 00:05:29,220 before they begin to build this house. 119 00:05:29,660 --> 00:05:31,740 So if we're going to come to Christ, we have to actually know 120 00:05:31,740 --> 00:05:34,540 who Christ is. You know, if we're going to if, 121 00:05:34,700 --> 00:05:37,660 if Natalie's going to marry me, which thankfully she did, then 122 00:05:37,660 --> 00:05:39,700 we got married again yesterday, right? 123 00:05:40,460 --> 00:05:43,060 Every anniversary I'm like today we get married, we get married 124 00:05:43,060 --> 00:05:45,540 it again. So if we're going to get 125 00:05:45,540 --> 00:05:49,980 married, it's not right for me to just say, hey, I love you. 126 00:05:50,220 --> 00:05:53,140 Like, well, that's great. That's an important 127 00:05:53,140 --> 00:05:54,580 prerequisite. But there's more to it. 128 00:05:54,780 --> 00:05:56,260 She wants to know who this person is. 129 00:05:56,580 --> 00:05:59,380 So in the same way we want to give people the entirety of who 130 00:05:59,380 --> 00:06:02,730 God is, let them know. Who he is in his fullness, and 131 00:06:02,730 --> 00:06:04,810 the Creed helps to do that. The Creed doesn't just say Jesus 132 00:06:04,810 --> 00:06:06,650 died for your sins. The end. 133 00:06:07,090 --> 00:06:09,290 There's more tooth than that. He's coming to judge the living 134 00:06:09,610 --> 00:06:12,810 and the dead. So we're joyful even about God's 135 00:06:12,810 --> 00:06:14,290 judgment. Why? 136 00:06:14,650 --> 00:06:19,290 Because like his mercy and his grace, his judgment also reveals 137 00:06:19,290 --> 00:06:23,730 his goodness. Goodness is not to be confused 138 00:06:23,730 --> 00:06:26,210 with softness. Goodness is not to be confused 139 00:06:26,210 --> 00:06:28,650 with niceness. We don't proclaim the niceness 140 00:06:28,650 --> 00:06:31,400 of God. We don't proclaim the the 141 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:34,000 softness of God. We proclaim the goodness of God. 142 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:35,680 God is good. Why? 143 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:39,000 Because God is a judge and because he does judge all things 144 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:41,600 rightly. So you're in John chapter 3. 145 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:44,800 I'm there with you. John chapter 3, verse 16, again 146 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:48,380 another the the most. Famous verse in the Bible and I 147 00:06:48,380 --> 00:06:49,860 think it should be. I think it's great. 148 00:06:49,860 --> 00:06:51,540 I think it's an important summary. 149 00:06:51,740 --> 00:06:58,540 But 17/18/1920 and 21 are also here and sometimes they get 150 00:06:58,540 --> 00:07:02,100 forgotten for God so love the world that he gave his only son, 151 00:07:03,020 --> 00:07:05,620 that whoever believes in him should not perish but have 152 00:07:05,620 --> 00:07:07,220 eternal life. Praise God. 153 00:07:07,220 --> 00:07:10,060 We give it a hearty yes and Amen. 154 00:07:10,220 --> 00:07:13,460 And we continue though because Jesus wasn't finished talking. 155 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:16,680 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the 156 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:19,480 world. Yes, also good news. 157 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:23,040 But in order that the world might be saved through him, 158 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:26,480 whoever believes in him is not condemned. 159 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:30,200 So far so good. But whoever does not believe in 160 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:35,360 him is condemned already. Hey, still so far so good, 161 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:38,880 because he is not believed in the name of the only Son of God. 162 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:43,040 And this is the judgment. The light has come into the 163 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:45,580 world. And people love the darkness 164 00:07:45,580 --> 00:07:47,860 rather than the light because their works were evil. 165 00:07:48,540 --> 00:07:51,620 For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does 166 00:07:51,620 --> 00:07:53,860 not come to the light, lest his work should be exposed. 167 00:07:54,140 --> 00:07:57,300 But whoever does what is true comes to the light so that it 168 00:07:57,300 --> 00:08:00,500 may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in 169 00:08:00,500 --> 00:08:02,700 God. So when I say that we are joyful 170 00:08:02,700 --> 00:08:05,340 even about the judgment of God because it reveals his goodness, 171 00:08:05,460 --> 00:08:07,260 what does that mean? Why is judgment good? 172 00:08:07,540 --> 00:08:11,060 Well, we've said before, if a judge just dismisses everything. 173 00:08:11,380 --> 00:08:13,340 And every wicked thing that happens, we don't consider him 174 00:08:13,340 --> 00:08:16,140 to be a good judge. We say, well, you're not 175 00:08:16,260 --> 00:08:20,060 bringing justice. Goodness has a sense of justice. 176 00:08:20,620 --> 00:08:22,940 So This is why we can answer the the question. 177 00:08:22,940 --> 00:08:25,460 Sometimes it's a good faith question, sometimes it's just an 178 00:08:25,460 --> 00:08:28,700 ignorant question. Well, if God is God and He is, 179 00:08:28,820 --> 00:08:31,220 why can't he just say, hey, y'all it's okay? 180 00:08:31,660 --> 00:08:35,059 Well, fair enough. It's because He's perfectly holy 181 00:08:35,220 --> 00:08:37,340 and he can have no fellowship with darkness or sin. 182 00:08:37,780 --> 00:08:40,539 So if you want restoration, if you want salvation, if you want 183 00:08:40,539 --> 00:08:43,620 to be in fellowship with him, you have to be change, transform 184 00:08:43,620 --> 00:08:45,260 and redeem. Well, how can that happen? 185 00:08:45,260 --> 00:08:48,260 Well, because justice exists. Because God exists. 186 00:08:48,500 --> 00:08:50,700 And He's perfectly just. There's a system where that has 187 00:08:50,700 --> 00:08:53,380 to happen. So you either have to suffer. 188 00:08:53,380 --> 00:08:56,740 The problem is, you'll never suffer enough eternity and you 189 00:08:56,740 --> 00:09:00,540 won't pay back your debt. So now what I'm doing right? 190 00:09:00,580 --> 00:09:02,660 Yes. Except you're going to love this 191 00:09:02,660 --> 00:09:05,860 part. God is so good that he became a 192 00:09:05,860 --> 00:09:08,570 man. A sinless, perfect man and he 193 00:09:08,570 --> 00:09:09,970 took the punishment for your sin. 194 00:09:09,970 --> 00:09:13,610 It's ridiculous. It's love, it's grace, and you 195 00:09:13,610 --> 00:09:16,730 can receive it through faith. That's how it works. 196 00:09:16,890 --> 00:09:18,490 And it's and it's just crazy good. 197 00:09:18,490 --> 00:09:22,050 You're already condemned. We're already standing 198 00:09:22,050 --> 00:09:22,730 condemned. Why? 199 00:09:22,730 --> 00:09:24,970 Well, because we haven't responded to the sun. 200 00:09:24,970 --> 00:09:27,290 We were born as sinners. The Scripture plainly teaches 201 00:09:27,290 --> 00:09:28,890 us. And this is what Jesus is 202 00:09:28,890 --> 00:09:30,970 confirming. Again, whoever believes in him 203 00:09:30,970 --> 00:09:34,570 and verse 18 is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is 204 00:09:34,570 --> 00:09:37,370 condemned already. It's not even something that's 205 00:09:37,370 --> 00:09:39,730 going to happen. It's default setting is 206 00:09:39,730 --> 00:09:42,690 condemned. But by faith in the grace of 207 00:09:42,690 --> 00:09:47,090 God, we get to opt out and we get to step into his mercy for 208 00:09:47,090 --> 00:09:49,250 us. So remember, he is merciful, he 209 00:09:49,250 --> 00:09:53,610 is kind, and he wants everyone to be saved through his son. 210 00:09:53,730 --> 00:09:56,890 But because of the holiness of God and the sacrifice that the 211 00:09:56,890 --> 00:10:01,370 Lord Jesus made, God would not be good if he said you didn't 212 00:10:01,370 --> 00:10:04,890 believe in my son. That's okay. 213 00:10:05,660 --> 00:10:07,220 Why? Because if he did that, then 214 00:10:07,300 --> 00:10:11,180 Jesus died for nothing. Chris needed to respond to the 215 00:10:11,180 --> 00:10:14,060 grace of God through Jesus, but I didn't. 216 00:10:15,140 --> 00:10:17,620 Well then why did Jesus have to die? 217 00:10:17,940 --> 00:10:20,860 If anybody can make it without Christ, then everybody should be 218 00:10:20,860 --> 00:10:24,300 able to make it without Christ. So Christ's sacrifice is 219 00:10:24,300 --> 00:10:26,770 worthless. We know that's not true. 220 00:10:27,010 --> 00:10:29,930 We know that's not the case. So the judge is going to say no, 221 00:10:29,930 --> 00:10:31,490 you've got to come through the innocent one. 222 00:10:31,690 --> 00:10:34,210 There is no other way. Jesus also confirmed this. 223 00:10:34,450 --> 00:10:36,770 No one gets to the Father except through me. 224 00:10:37,050 --> 00:10:40,770 So why is there judgment? There's judgment because God is 225 00:10:40,890 --> 00:10:43,490 good. Turn to the right in your Bible. 226 00:10:43,490 --> 00:10:53,260 Go to Second Timothy. Second Timothy. 227 00:10:53,260 --> 00:10:57,260 This is a letter that Paul wrote to Timothy. 228 00:10:59,420 --> 00:11:01,500 Probably the the final letter that Paul wrote. 229 00:11:01,500 --> 00:11:03,260 He's in prison. When he's writing all this. 230 00:11:04,100 --> 00:11:08,940 He's, you know, getting ready to face Nero at some point going 231 00:11:08,940 --> 00:11:12,260 all the way up appealed. You know he appeals to the the 232 00:11:12,260 --> 00:11:14,780 emperor of Rome and he's writing his letters. 233 00:11:14,780 --> 00:11:18,300 He's encouraging the church and he's giving this charge. 234 00:11:18,700 --> 00:11:22,940 He's writing to Timothy, Second Timothy, Chapter 4. 235 00:11:30,580 --> 00:11:34,660 This is a a passage that I read most, most times before I get 236 00:11:34,660 --> 00:11:39,140 into the pulpit. I read this to scare myself, to 237 00:11:39,140 --> 00:11:41,620 wait myself, to make me more afraid of God than I'm afraid of 238 00:11:41,620 --> 00:11:43,780 you. That might surprise you, but 239 00:11:43,780 --> 00:11:47,660 that is a temptation for for every pastor I've ever talked to 240 00:11:47,900 --> 00:11:50,820 is fearing the people. And I say man, some some pastors 241 00:11:50,820 --> 00:11:52,660 seem bold or Jim uncle, you seem really bold well. 242 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:55,880 I have flesh. I'm just a man and I have 243 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:58,640 temptations and I have fears. I go, will she take this the 244 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:00,160 wrong way? Is he going to think that this 245 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:03,640 is, you know, so all those kinds of things are very human and 246 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:06,600 very normal, but this is a very healthy place for a pastor to 247 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:10,200 come to and go. This is a good thing to to scare 248 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:13,560 me back into obedience to the Lord and love for you rather 249 00:12:13,560 --> 00:12:17,480 than fear of you. Chapter 4, verse one, I charge 250 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:22,000 you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge 251 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:26,520 the living and the dead. And by His appearing and His 252 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:31,600 Kingdom, preach the Word. Be ready in season and out of 253 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:36,080 season, Reprove rebuke and exhort with complete patience in 254 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:37,680 teaching. We won't continue the passage 255 00:12:37,680 --> 00:12:39,040 there. It's all very good. 256 00:12:40,150 --> 00:12:41,710 But what is the charge that he's giving? 257 00:12:41,710 --> 00:12:43,110 The charge is to preach the word. 258 00:12:43,230 --> 00:12:44,910 But how does he wait it on the front end? 259 00:12:45,030 --> 00:12:47,030 I charge you. What is the weight that he's 260 00:12:47,030 --> 00:12:49,430 putting on it? For Timothy, I charge you in the 261 00:12:49,430 --> 00:12:51,830 presence of God and of Christ Jesus. 262 00:12:51,830 --> 00:12:53,870 He's like, OK, and the presence of God knows Christ Jesus. 263 00:12:53,870 --> 00:12:55,910 It sounds weighty, sounds impressive. 264 00:12:56,310 --> 00:12:59,790 Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, Which is 265 00:12:59,790 --> 00:13:02,910 exactly where the Creed takes the quote from from Scripture. 266 00:13:03,110 --> 00:13:06,350 This is the exact verse where the Creed says Jesus is coming 267 00:13:06,350 --> 00:13:07,350 to judge the living and the dead. 268 00:13:07,350 --> 00:13:09,430 We get it right here from First Timothy. 269 00:13:09,950 --> 00:13:13,030 From Second Timothy, chapter 4, verse one, he is to judge the 270 00:13:13,030 --> 00:13:15,310 living and the dead. And by his appearing and by his 271 00:13:15,310 --> 00:13:19,190 Kingdom he's saying let me dump, let me dump 15 tons on top of 272 00:13:19,190 --> 00:13:21,910 you, Timothy. Because of this you better do 273 00:13:21,910 --> 00:13:25,430 this. Because of this you should this 274 00:13:26,350 --> 00:13:27,470 and he's giving him the correction. 275 00:13:27,470 --> 00:13:30,950 Be faithful no matter what you face, no matter what it costs. 276 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:35,560 What's happening here, What do we see is really going to happen 277 00:13:35,560 --> 00:13:37,360 And we'll and I'll continue to show this to you and prove it to 278 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:39,760 you in other verses as well. But we see that Jesus is 279 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:41,360 actually going to come and judge. 280 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:43,960 Jesus is going to judge. What does that mean? 281 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:46,280 He's going to consider. That means he is going to 282 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:48,880 determine. He's going to determine and he's 283 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:52,520 going to assess and he's going to do it for apparently for 284 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:55,560 Timothy. So if, if that, if Timothy's 285 00:13:55,560 --> 00:13:58,840 included, should I be excluded it was this something unique for 286 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:00,000 Timothy? No. 287 00:14:00,460 --> 00:14:02,940 No we don't just we don't just take first and second Timothy 288 00:14:02,940 --> 00:14:04,260 and go, well that wasn't written to me. 289 00:14:04,740 --> 00:14:06,020 We don't do that with any book of the Bible. 290 00:14:06,020 --> 00:14:08,260 We said yes it was written to a people and a place and a time 291 00:14:08,700 --> 00:14:11,260 and that would include us. Did it have a context? 292 00:14:11,260 --> 00:14:12,900 It did. And does it apply to me? 293 00:14:12,980 --> 00:14:15,820 Oh it does. So he is coming to judge 294 00:14:16,140 --> 00:14:18,660 everybody. He will assess all of us. 295 00:14:18,660 --> 00:14:21,940 We will all be assessed Christians and non Christians 296 00:14:21,940 --> 00:14:24,700 alike will be assessed by the Lord Jesus Christ. 297 00:14:26,490 --> 00:14:29,730 Earth and sky, the scripture tells us we'll try to flee from 298 00:14:29,730 --> 00:14:32,610 the face of God, but there will be nowhere found for them during 299 00:14:32,610 --> 00:14:35,450 the judgment. So this is, this is the 300 00:14:35,450 --> 00:14:37,890 impression of, like, you got a million people running that way, 301 00:14:38,090 --> 00:14:40,050 and you're going this way, and they all seem to be running in 302 00:14:40,050 --> 00:14:41,370 terror and panic. You like it. 303 00:14:41,410 --> 00:14:43,970 It should give you pause. Like maybe I should. 304 00:14:44,250 --> 00:14:46,930 I don't know why they're running, but I'm convinced, you 305 00:14:46,930 --> 00:14:50,050 know, like I'm persuaded I ought to just turn and go with them. 306 00:14:50,050 --> 00:14:51,850 It seems like whatever is in that direction. 307 00:14:52,170 --> 00:14:53,810 Is not anything I want a part of right now. 308 00:14:54,130 --> 00:14:57,570 Earth and Sky will seek to flee from his face, but nowhere will 309 00:14:57,570 --> 00:14:59,210 be found for them. I don't know how Earth and Sky 310 00:14:59,210 --> 00:15:01,690 are going to go. Where do we? 311 00:15:01,850 --> 00:15:04,730 Where could you go to escape his presence? 312 00:15:04,970 --> 00:15:09,330 And this is the isolating moment that every human being who has 313 00:15:09,330 --> 00:15:13,130 ever lived will have before the judge, the Lord Jesus Christ. 314 00:15:15,010 --> 00:15:16,690 God has a wonderful plan for your life. 315 00:15:17,170 --> 00:15:18,850 He does. He loves you. 316 00:15:19,410 --> 00:15:22,810 And you can be safe in the sun. And yet even Christians saved 317 00:15:22,810 --> 00:15:26,250 and secured by the blood of Jesus will be assessed by the 318 00:15:26,250 --> 00:15:29,290 Lord Jesus Christ. I'll keep clarifying. 319 00:15:29,290 --> 00:15:31,250 Some of you are already going. Are you talking about the OR 320 00:15:31,370 --> 00:15:33,130 what about? We'll get into some of that. 321 00:15:33,490 --> 00:15:35,250 I'm not going to in this message. 322 00:15:35,250 --> 00:15:38,930 I'm not going to get into the timeline of the judgment or even 323 00:15:38,930 --> 00:15:41,170 the how of all of it. I'm going to give you in this 324 00:15:41,170 --> 00:15:43,890 message more of the what and the why with the time that we have 325 00:15:43,890 --> 00:15:47,270 left. So heaven or earth and sky are 326 00:15:47,270 --> 00:15:49,430 going to try and flee away. But we'll be standing there with 327 00:15:49,430 --> 00:15:51,990 the judge. And in that moment, all of our 328 00:15:51,990 --> 00:15:56,550 excuses that we use in life on earth, they won't feel as strong 329 00:15:56,550 --> 00:16:00,670 as they used to when earth and sky are panicking behind us and 330 00:16:00,670 --> 00:16:03,670 trying to run away from His presence and all the other 331 00:16:03,830 --> 00:16:06,710 billions of people who have ever been created or somewhere set 332 00:16:06,710 --> 00:16:08,990 aside and we're having our moment in the court. 333 00:16:10,350 --> 00:16:14,090 All those excuses that I used. I don't think I'll be reaching 334 00:16:14,090 --> 00:16:15,970 in my pockets for him. I don't think I'll be like, 335 00:16:15,970 --> 00:16:17,410 well, I've got something for you. 336 00:16:17,570 --> 00:16:19,370 I don't. I don't suspect that I'll feel 337 00:16:19,370 --> 00:16:21,410 any of that. I think this is one of those 338 00:16:21,410 --> 00:16:23,810 moments of the scripture. Decide describes where the 339 00:16:23,810 --> 00:16:25,490 temptation will be. That you will say to the 340 00:16:25,490 --> 00:16:28,050 mountains cover us and you'll say to the earth. 341 00:16:28,170 --> 00:16:30,090 Let me hide under you. And the earth says I'm out of 342 00:16:30,090 --> 00:16:32,250 here. I, I I don't want to be a part 343 00:16:32,250 --> 00:16:33,730 of this moment. I don't want to be judged. 344 00:16:33,730 --> 00:16:35,810 I haven't done anything wrong. Says the earth in the sky. 345 00:16:36,970 --> 00:16:40,290 All those times where you know I tried to convince Natalie that 346 00:16:40,290 --> 00:16:41,930 she was wrong when really it was my sin. 347 00:16:42,750 --> 00:16:45,230 You know, or I've done that. I've made excuses for somebody 348 00:16:45,230 --> 00:16:49,670 else's, Well, they or I was tired, or I had had a bad well, 349 00:16:49,670 --> 00:16:51,510 like, I've got these reasons, OK? 350 00:16:51,510 --> 00:16:53,470 Like, I won't be doing that with Jesus. 351 00:16:54,030 --> 00:16:58,630 He will assess and I will give an account for every word that 352 00:16:58,630 --> 00:17:02,350 I've ever spoken. Man, this is weighty. 353 00:17:02,390 --> 00:17:03,670 Am I saved? Am I saved? 354 00:17:03,670 --> 00:17:04,710 Well, I don't know. Are you? 355 00:17:04,869 --> 00:17:07,869 If you are, then you are. And yet the church will still be 356 00:17:07,869 --> 00:17:12,430 assessed and judged. There will be obedience. 357 00:17:12,940 --> 00:17:14,579 That will be judged and assessed. 358 00:17:15,700 --> 00:17:18,579 So a lot of times the thought is well, I I don't care about that 359 00:17:18,579 --> 00:17:21,940 as long as I'm in. And that is a foolish and 360 00:17:21,940 --> 00:17:25,420 immature and unloving approach to take to the Lord. 361 00:17:25,700 --> 00:17:29,180 I don't care about that. As long as I'm in I I'm not 362 00:17:29,180 --> 00:17:30,580 going to have any fear of the Lord. 363 00:17:30,740 --> 00:17:32,860 As long as like I don't have to go to hell. 364 00:17:33,180 --> 00:17:35,980 Well, the best way to prepare for eternal fellowship with the 365 00:17:35,980 --> 00:17:37,980 Lord would be fellowship with the Lord now. 366 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:41,040 So the more that I can actually live with him and for him now, 367 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:43,840 like, why do you think if you don't want to live in holiness 368 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:45,120 now, why do you think you would want to? 369 00:17:45,120 --> 00:17:47,960 Then what? What is this persuasion that we 370 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:50,520 have where it's like, man, how can I get in by the skin of my 371 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:53,560 teeth as long as I'm in? Like, do you believe that that's 372 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:56,200 a heart that would actually even enjoy the presence of the Lord? 373 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:59,560 Does that seem, do those things seem to come together? 374 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:02,720 Like, how do I I want to marry you, Natalie, but like, I don't 375 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:05,800 want to, like, live with you or spend time with you or any of 376 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:08,160 that stuff. As long as we're, like, married. 377 00:18:09,740 --> 00:18:10,940 Why then? Well, I'm. 378 00:18:11,180 --> 00:18:14,340 I'm really just trying to use you for some particular 379 00:18:14,340 --> 00:18:16,100 advantage. Lord, I really just want, like, 380 00:18:16,500 --> 00:18:18,900 I know eternity's a long time. I know hell is super hot. 381 00:18:19,060 --> 00:18:22,940 It's super uncomfy. So I really like to just be in 382 00:18:22,940 --> 00:18:24,260 with you. And the Lord's going, I don't 383 00:18:24,260 --> 00:18:26,340 know that you would. I don't know that you would want 384 00:18:26,340 --> 00:18:28,380 to be with me, actually. Do you want to be with me now? 385 00:18:28,540 --> 00:18:32,540 Not so much, but later for sure. Like, let me in. 386 00:18:32,540 --> 00:18:35,820 I don't know that that that's the kind of heart that actually 387 00:18:35,820 --> 00:18:37,300 would even enjoy the presence of the Lord. 388 00:18:37,830 --> 00:18:39,990 Because that heart doesn't enjoy the presence of the Lord now. 389 00:18:41,470 --> 00:18:44,590 So Jesus is going to judge the living and the dead, all of our 390 00:18:44,590 --> 00:18:47,270 old excuses. They will not feel strong, they 391 00:18:47,270 --> 00:18:49,750 will not satisfy, and they certainly won't matter. 392 00:18:50,470 --> 00:18:54,270 So if I'm the kind of person who's never guilty, and if it's 393 00:18:54,270 --> 00:18:56,790 always somebody else's fault, it most definitely won't be that 394 00:18:56,790 --> 00:18:58,510 way that day. And I want to look at something 395 00:18:58,510 --> 00:19:01,110 else here because I told you that the Apostle's Creed is 396 00:19:01,110 --> 00:19:03,230 practical. It's not just I need to know 397 00:19:03,230 --> 00:19:05,600 stuff. It's these things lead to 398 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:07,440 something. What is this lead for? 399 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:09,160 What is Paul making the argument for? 400 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:11,960 Get to Timothy. Hey, hey, because of all this, 401 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:15,680 what do we do? We preach the word Because of 402 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:17,320 his appearance? Because of his Kingdom. 403 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:19,560 Preach the word of God. Timothy. 404 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:22,280 Preach. Be ready in season and out of 405 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:24,400 season. That means at all times, I'm 406 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:27,560 always ready to tell the truth about God's good news, about his 407 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:29,920 word. I will reprove, I'll rebuke and 408 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:32,440 I'll exhort with complete patience in teaching. 409 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:34,920 For the time is coming when people will not endure sound 410 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:38,160 teaching, but having itching ears, they will accumulate for 411 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:40,840 themselves teachers to suit their own passions. 412 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:43,400 I like that. I like the way they said that. 413 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:46,120 I bet you did. It suits your passions. 414 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:48,200 I just like the way that they put it. 415 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:50,840 Well, did they put it biblically well? 416 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:53,920 I don't know about that, but I like their it's a new take. 417 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:57,280 Well, you should run away. That's super scary. 418 00:19:57,940 --> 00:20:00,780 You want old takes, old takes, or good takes. 419 00:20:00,780 --> 00:20:05,020 Typically, people having itching ears they'll accumulate for 420 00:20:05,020 --> 00:20:06,940 themselves, teachers to suit their own passions. 421 00:20:07,140 --> 00:20:10,020 They will all and will turn away from listening to the truth and 422 00:20:10,020 --> 00:20:14,980 wander off into myths. As for you, always be sober 423 00:20:14,980 --> 00:20:19,660 minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, and 424 00:20:19,660 --> 00:20:23,550 fulfill your ministry. So we are charged because of the 425 00:20:23,550 --> 00:20:25,750 judgment that's coming. We are charged. 426 00:20:25,750 --> 00:20:27,390 We're commanded. We are waited, We are 427 00:20:27,390 --> 00:20:32,230 authorized, and we are sent in view of something because of 428 00:20:32,230 --> 00:20:35,710 something, because of his coming, because of his Kingdom. 429 00:20:36,110 --> 00:20:38,550 Christian doctrine is practical. This is logical. 430 00:20:38,710 --> 00:20:41,550 It leads to the action of preaching the Word of God and 431 00:20:41,550 --> 00:20:43,950 making disciples. The coming judgment should 432 00:20:43,950 --> 00:20:48,230 encourage, it should embolden, and it should move you to act. 433 00:20:48,750 --> 00:20:52,790 If we really believed in heaven and hell, if we really believed 434 00:20:52,950 --> 00:20:55,830 that Jesus was even going to judge and assess the church, 435 00:20:56,350 --> 00:20:59,790 would it lead us to new action? Would it cause me to live 436 00:20:59,790 --> 00:21:02,270 differently? I've been deeply convicted, even 437 00:21:02,270 --> 00:21:03,590 in the preparation of this sermon. 438 00:21:04,550 --> 00:21:06,790 Even as I'm being reminded, I'm like, I feel like I forgot this 439 00:21:06,790 --> 00:21:09,590 stuff. I knew this stuff, but I wasn't 440 00:21:09,590 --> 00:21:12,830 believing this stuff. I knew about the judgment, but I 441 00:21:12,830 --> 00:21:14,190 wasn't believing in the judgment. 442 00:21:14,190 --> 00:21:17,390 And when I'm believing again, I'm going, what does it do? 443 00:21:17,390 --> 00:21:19,730 It makes me humble. It makes me humble again. 444 00:21:20,290 --> 00:21:22,290 Even yesterday, even this morning, on the way to service, 445 00:21:22,290 --> 00:21:24,210 I was telling Nadler, I was like, hey, you know, yesterday 446 00:21:24,210 --> 00:21:26,130 we were driving. I was getting ready to make fun 447 00:21:26,130 --> 00:21:28,010 of this situation. There was something happening on 448 00:21:28,010 --> 00:21:29,890 the side of the road and I was getting ready to point it out. 449 00:21:29,890 --> 00:21:33,410 And just like, Nope, just, it was we were going to have a 450 00:21:33,410 --> 00:21:34,770 laugh at somebody else's expense. 451 00:21:34,770 --> 00:21:37,250 And I was like, I don't want to answer for that. 452 00:21:37,770 --> 00:21:39,250 I don't want to. I don't want Jesus to go, So 453 00:21:39,250 --> 00:21:41,450 tell me, you know. So here, let's reassess this day 454 00:21:41,450 --> 00:21:44,890 where this happened. Can we stop the tape, please? 455 00:21:46,790 --> 00:21:48,390 It's one moment that I got spared of. 456 00:21:48,750 --> 00:21:51,470 Why? Because I was remembering that 457 00:21:51,470 --> 00:21:55,070 the judgment is coming. That's what kept me from sin. 458 00:21:55,790 --> 00:21:58,790 I was tempted and I remembered and believed. 459 00:21:58,790 --> 00:22:01,870 And I said no thanks. Yeah, not worth it. 460 00:22:02,510 --> 00:22:03,670 What? Because I believe. 461 00:22:03,910 --> 00:22:06,750 I actually believe that this is going to happen. 462 00:22:08,230 --> 00:22:11,550 And I actually believe I'm going to give an account for my words. 463 00:22:11,750 --> 00:22:13,630 That's scary for somebody who talks for a living. 464 00:22:15,140 --> 00:22:17,060 Lots of words. The scripture says where where 465 00:22:17,060 --> 00:22:18,780 words are many, sin is not absent. 466 00:22:19,020 --> 00:22:21,140 Like great. And I have to preach. 467 00:22:21,140 --> 00:22:22,620 Yes. Oh OK. 468 00:22:27,420 --> 00:22:30,500 So the coming judgment causes us to act differently. 469 00:22:30,500 --> 00:22:32,620 It causes us to behave differently, and it fills us 470 00:22:32,620 --> 00:22:34,300 with compassion. It fills us with mercy. 471 00:22:34,580 --> 00:22:37,980 It doesn't make us eager to tell people you'll be judged. 472 00:22:38,100 --> 00:22:39,420 It makes us humble. To go. 473 00:22:39,420 --> 00:22:43,030 I'll be judged. And then yes, it also leads us 474 00:22:43,030 --> 00:22:46,990 to boldness to say, hey guys, FYI, same team here in one 475 00:22:46,990 --> 00:22:49,110 sense, like we're all going to face the king. 476 00:22:49,590 --> 00:22:51,110 Same team, I'm with you. I'm for you. 477 00:22:51,270 --> 00:22:53,870 But whether I'm a believer or not, whether you're whether 478 00:22:53,870 --> 00:22:55,830 you're a believer and I'm an unbeliever, whatever the case 479 00:22:55,830 --> 00:22:57,310 may be, we're all going to be assessed. 480 00:22:57,470 --> 00:22:59,510 The, the judgment and the outcomes are different, most 481 00:22:59,510 --> 00:23:02,230 definitely. But everyone will face the Lord 482 00:23:02,230 --> 00:23:05,670 Jesus Christ. Go to Acts Chapter 17. 483 00:23:05,990 --> 00:23:09,310 Turn to your left in your Bible. Still in the New Testament. 484 00:23:10,410 --> 00:23:13,330 Matthew, Mark, Luke, John. Give us accounts of the Gospel 485 00:23:13,330 --> 00:23:15,210 of Jesus's life. And then the book of Acts really 486 00:23:15,210 --> 00:23:19,010 gives us a Hey, here's what happened from the Ascension all 487 00:23:19,010 --> 00:23:21,850 the way for multiple years as churches are planted and the 488 00:23:21,850 --> 00:23:35,070 gospel is spreading. We're in Acts, chapter 17, verse 489 00:23:35,070 --> 00:23:51,900 30. So here in Acts 1730, what you 490 00:23:51,900 --> 00:23:54,780 have going on, If you want to take a quick glance up at verse 491 00:23:54,780 --> 00:23:58,740 22, this is Paul. He's addressing the men of the 492 00:23:59,100 --> 00:24:01,220 Iropagus. Is that the how to pronounce 493 00:24:01,220 --> 00:24:03,530 that? Just generally, just stay with 494 00:24:03,530 --> 00:24:04,690 confidence and people believe you. 495 00:24:04,690 --> 00:24:08,410 But Paul's standing in the midst of the all right, So what Verse 496 00:24:08,410 --> 00:24:12,330 22, it is you convinced me, Verse 22, Men of Athens. 497 00:24:12,330 --> 00:24:14,250 I perceive that in every way you're very religious. 498 00:24:14,250 --> 00:24:18,810 So he's talking to this, this gathering of the thinkers. 499 00:24:19,010 --> 00:24:20,730 These are the smart guys of the city. 500 00:24:20,730 --> 00:24:23,210 These are the philosophers. They're they're always 501 00:24:23,210 --> 00:24:26,370 entertaining new ideas, other religions, other perspectives. 502 00:24:26,610 --> 00:24:29,010 And Paul's saying, hey guys, here's how I'm coming to talk to 503 00:24:29,010 --> 00:24:32,050 you, and this is their first hearing of the gospel. 504 00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:35,600 They've never heard anything Paul's saying, hey, I see you've 505 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:37,960 got all kinds of statues to different gods. 506 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:42,080 And so Paul's being wise, he's flanking them a bit and and he's 507 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:44,360 coming in, he's saying, I see you have a statue to the unknown 508 00:24:44,360 --> 00:24:46,320 God. I'm here to speak on behalf of 509 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:49,000 the unknown God, the one that you're not familiar with, and 510 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:51,560 then he gets into it. Let's see the gospel 511 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:54,120 presentation that Paul brings to these guys. 512 00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:58,280 And we're looking in verse 30 now. 513 00:24:59,940 --> 00:25:02,740 The times of ignorance God overlooked. 514 00:25:02,900 --> 00:25:07,820 But now He commands all people everywhere to repent, because he 515 00:25:07,820 --> 00:25:12,460 has fixed, He has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in 516 00:25:12,460 --> 00:25:16,060 righteousness by a man whom he has appointed. 517 00:25:16,420 --> 00:25:20,340 That man's name is Jesus everybody, and of this He has 518 00:25:20,340 --> 00:25:23,780 given assurance to all by raising him from the dead. 519 00:25:24,380 --> 00:25:27,110 So. Paul, he he makes a few quick 520 00:25:27,110 --> 00:25:30,310 points here, but I mean he's moments into his presentation 521 00:25:30,550 --> 00:25:33,870 and he's saying, hey, here's the deal and God is going to judge 522 00:25:33,870 --> 00:25:37,510 everybody and everything through his man who he actually raised 523 00:25:37,510 --> 00:25:39,510 from the dead. There's a lot going on there. 524 00:25:39,510 --> 00:25:41,430 One of the first things I want you to see though is Paul didn't 525 00:25:41,430 --> 00:25:43,390 say God has a wonderful plan for your life. 526 00:25:43,390 --> 00:25:45,670 Please come follow me. Come on, I'll teach you more. 527 00:25:45,670 --> 00:25:48,390 That's not what happened. He the the the message about the 528 00:25:48,390 --> 00:25:50,590 judgment is coming out right away in his presentation of the 529 00:25:50,590 --> 00:25:52,290 gospel. Why? 530 00:25:52,290 --> 00:25:55,170 Well, because the gospel isn't really good news if you don't 531 00:25:55,170 --> 00:25:58,250 already know that. There's bad news if you already 532 00:25:58,250 --> 00:25:59,890 think that everything's amazing and wonderful. 533 00:25:59,890 --> 00:26:02,890 My life is just a bowl of ice cream and the gospel's a little 534 00:26:02,890 --> 00:26:04,170 cherry on top. You. 535 00:26:04,170 --> 00:26:07,250 You've misunderstood. Your life is toxic poison and 536 00:26:07,250 --> 00:26:11,930 waste, and it has to be totally annihilated and replaced with a 537 00:26:11,930 --> 00:26:14,370 new life and a new creation. That's the gospel. 538 00:26:14,370 --> 00:26:17,090 Guy's not coming in to put a new put in some paint and carpet and 539 00:26:17,090 --> 00:26:20,050 try and flip the house. He's saying this whole thing's 540 00:26:20,050 --> 00:26:21,530 got to be torn down, but I'll rebuild it. 541 00:26:22,370 --> 00:26:24,330 And I will somehow save you through it. 542 00:26:25,290 --> 00:26:27,370 OK. And it's going to hurt. 543 00:26:28,450 --> 00:26:31,170 OK, I'm in. I'm in because it's all better 544 00:26:31,330 --> 00:26:35,170 than what I've got now. So he's addressing the men of 545 00:26:35,170 --> 00:26:37,970 Athens for the first time ever. And he includes in his gospel 546 00:26:37,970 --> 00:26:42,530 presentation, Repent, just like Jesus did when he began 547 00:26:42,570 --> 00:26:44,650 preaching. Repent for the Kingdom of God is 548 00:26:44,650 --> 00:26:46,330 at hand. Paul's also going out and 549 00:26:46,330 --> 00:26:47,370 preaching. Repent. 550 00:26:47,530 --> 00:26:49,890 Judgment is coming through Jesus. 551 00:26:50,610 --> 00:26:53,010 This is just. Part of the message Nothing to 552 00:26:53,010 --> 00:26:54,570 be ashamed of. Nothing that we have to back up 553 00:26:54,570 --> 00:26:57,290 from the man. That part really stinks. 554 00:26:57,410 --> 00:27:00,010 No, that part's really obvious. That part's really necessary. 555 00:27:00,210 --> 00:27:02,010 And that part really makes the whole thing complete. 556 00:27:02,090 --> 00:27:04,250 Without it, our story is illogical. 557 00:27:04,450 --> 00:27:07,890 Without it, our story is dumb. Without it, the objections, the 558 00:27:07,890 --> 00:27:10,610 nonsensical objections actually do make sense. 559 00:27:10,970 --> 00:27:12,810 Because then when they go, why do I need it? 560 00:27:12,970 --> 00:27:14,890 That reveals that we left something out. 561 00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:18,360 Because I've seen it said many times, Jesus died for your sin. 562 00:27:18,360 --> 00:27:21,120 I've seen people mock and say like, I wish he had asked me 563 00:27:21,120 --> 00:27:23,240 first. You know, thinking that they're 564 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:25,120 clever, thinking they're funny. Well, what? 565 00:27:25,120 --> 00:27:27,480 Something's been missed. They haven't heard the whole 566 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:29,080 story. Hey, bad news first. 567 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:30,800 You're doomed. Good news. 568 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:34,240 God loves you and you can be rescued and saved and 569 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:36,640 transformed entirely. But when we just come in, God 570 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:39,040 loves you. They're like, I know who doesn't 571 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:42,680 like? Well, HM What? 572 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:44,160 I don't know why they don't get it. 573 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:47,510 Well, give it to him. Faith comes by hearing the word. 574 00:27:47,950 --> 00:27:50,350 That's their opportunity. Hearing the word. 575 00:27:50,430 --> 00:27:53,710 It's not your persuasion. It's not you making assumptions 576 00:27:53,710 --> 00:27:55,670 about what they will like and what they won't like. 577 00:27:55,950 --> 00:28:00,470 It's not you thinking her past and his, his, his church hurt, 578 00:28:00,590 --> 00:28:03,030 or all these other scenarios that you build up in your mind. 579 00:28:03,150 --> 00:28:05,990 That's your own unbelief. That's not their unbelief. 580 00:28:06,110 --> 00:28:10,190 That's your unbelief because you don't believe that the that the 581 00:28:10,190 --> 00:28:13,870 gospel is the power of God unto salvation for those who believe. 582 00:28:14,660 --> 00:28:17,940 So you actually believe the word of God enough to let people deal 583 00:28:17,940 --> 00:28:19,980 with the word of God, and let the Holy Spirit deal with people 584 00:28:19,980 --> 00:28:21,900 through it. And you say this is the truth, 585 00:28:21,900 --> 00:28:24,900 and let them laugh at the foolishness of the preaching. 586 00:28:25,260 --> 00:28:27,620 Let them say this is dumb or let them go. 587 00:28:28,300 --> 00:28:30,700 Huh. I'll have to hear you again. 588 00:28:30,700 --> 00:28:33,740 Which is what the the men of Athens do when they heard verse 589 00:28:33,740 --> 00:28:35,780 32, when they heard of the resurrection of the dead. 590 00:28:36,140 --> 00:28:39,540 Some mocked. Of course they did. 591 00:28:39,820 --> 00:28:41,980 Some mocked. They they wouldn't believe, but 592 00:28:41,980 --> 00:28:44,700 others said. We'll hear you again about this. 593 00:28:45,340 --> 00:28:48,860 So some said what you had me tell the resurrection of the 594 00:28:48,860 --> 00:28:50,220 dead. Some dead guys come back to 595 00:28:50,220 --> 00:28:51,500 life. Get out of here. 596 00:28:51,660 --> 00:28:54,300 Others said I'm listening. We'll come back tomorrow. 597 00:28:54,460 --> 00:28:56,900 We'll keep talking. So Paul went out from their 598 00:28:56,900 --> 00:28:59,460 midst. But some, a third group, but 599 00:28:59,460 --> 00:29:01,460 some men joined him and believed. 600 00:29:01,820 --> 00:29:07,180 Among whom were that guy and that guy that from that place 601 00:29:07,380 --> 00:29:10,700 and a woman named Demaryius and others with them. 602 00:29:11,710 --> 00:29:13,470 You got the mockers. Get out of here. 603 00:29:13,990 --> 00:29:16,470 You got the huh? I'll keep thinking about it. 604 00:29:16,750 --> 00:29:18,910 And then you got the I believe. I believe. 605 00:29:18,910 --> 00:29:20,750 Why? Because the word of God is the 606 00:29:20,750 --> 00:29:22,630 power. It's not that Paul was super 607 00:29:22,630 --> 00:29:26,030 perfect in anything that he did. It's that the Holy Spirit is 608 00:29:26,030 --> 00:29:29,910 actually alive and active through the Word of God, which 609 00:29:29,910 --> 00:29:33,070 is alive and active, which is sharper than any two edges sword 610 00:29:33,270 --> 00:29:36,230 able to divide between my soul and my spirit. 611 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:40,600 And clarify and separate and show me my sin, show me God's 612 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:43,400 goodness and actually gift me, gift me. 613 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:45,960 Even the faith that I needed to believe, I couldn't believe 614 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:49,880 before until you, Christian came up and shared the word of God 615 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:51,760 with me. And when you did that, you 616 00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:54,880 didn't just put something in my brain when you shared the word 617 00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:57,840 of God with me, The Holy Spirit, through your words, which were 618 00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:01,280 the word of God, put in my faith, put in my heart this the 619 00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:03,600 seed of faith, and said this is a gift from God. 620 00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:05,160 What are you going to do with it? 621 00:30:05,650 --> 00:30:10,850 And I can go get that out of here, or I can go, I believe. 622 00:30:10,890 --> 00:30:14,330 And then a root come sprouts out of that seed. 623 00:30:15,530 --> 00:30:19,410 I've got a lot of growing to do. But in that moment, faith comes. 624 00:30:19,410 --> 00:30:21,490 Faith comes from hearing the word of God. 625 00:30:21,490 --> 00:30:23,970 This is why it's our responsibility to actually do 626 00:30:23,970 --> 00:30:27,410 something with what we with what we believe, with what we say we 627 00:30:27,410 --> 00:30:30,820 believe. It will actually lead to action. 628 00:30:30,940 --> 00:30:33,060 Another thing I want you to see here is notice how the 629 00:30:33,060 --> 00:30:35,860 resurrection isn't something that Paul is seeking to prove. 630 00:30:36,340 --> 00:30:39,180 He's seeking to prove the future judgment by the fact that the 631 00:30:39,180 --> 00:30:40,500 resurrection has already happened. 632 00:30:40,820 --> 00:30:43,020 You don't need to prove the resurrection to anybody either. 633 00:30:43,660 --> 00:30:45,860 You need to talk about the resurrection as an established 634 00:30:45,860 --> 00:30:49,380 past tense event, because it is Jesus was raised from the dead 635 00:30:49,380 --> 00:30:50,980 and that proves everything else that's coming. 636 00:30:51,420 --> 00:30:54,660 How do you know? Well, because I believe that's 637 00:30:54,660 --> 00:30:56,620 not how it works. Except that it is. 638 00:30:57,060 --> 00:30:59,540 And except that it did happen. And it is real. 639 00:30:59,740 --> 00:31:02,100 And the judge is coming. So Paul doesn't, he doesn't 640 00:31:02,100 --> 00:31:05,420 spend his time like, hey guys, trust me on this resurrection 641 00:31:05,420 --> 00:31:07,780 thing. And here's 14 points to prove 642 00:31:07,780 --> 00:31:09,460 it. He's like, the resurrection is 643 00:31:10,100 --> 00:31:13,140 is that's just finished. And now I need you to trust me 644 00:31:13,140 --> 00:31:15,740 on the coming judgment. I need you to trust me on the 645 00:31:15,740 --> 00:31:17,900 later thing because the resurrection has proven it. 646 00:31:18,220 --> 00:31:21,140 And that's his argument. He's coming to judge the whole 647 00:31:21,140 --> 00:31:22,380 world. How do you know? 648 00:31:22,580 --> 00:31:25,460 Because he raised that man from the dead, and that man's going 649 00:31:25,460 --> 00:31:28,030 to judge everybody. The man who was raised in the 650 00:31:28,030 --> 00:31:29,790 dead, he's the one who will give an account. 651 00:31:29,910 --> 00:31:32,030 The innocent one. The one who's innocent. 652 00:31:32,030 --> 00:31:33,510 The one who paid for all my sins. 653 00:31:34,030 --> 00:31:37,390 Joe Michael, I saved you. I saved you. 654 00:31:37,510 --> 00:31:39,230 And after I saved you, this happened. 655 00:31:40,830 --> 00:31:44,710 I paid for all those sins I've got to face that I will face the 656 00:31:44,710 --> 00:31:48,390 Lord Jesus Christ, and I will give an account for my life even 657 00:31:48,390 --> 00:31:54,270 after he saved me. Perhaps This is why the 658 00:31:54,270 --> 00:31:56,430 scripture says he's also going to wipe away all tears. 659 00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:04,120 He won't condemn me. He won't reject me if I'm in 660 00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:13,040 Christ, but I will be assessed. Second Corinthians, turn to your 661 00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:20,800 right again. Second Corinthians, chapter 5. 662 00:32:36,220 --> 00:32:40,500 Verse 10 and 11 is where I'm reading to you from verse sin. 663 00:32:40,620 --> 00:32:44,820 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ so 664 00:32:44,820 --> 00:32:48,140 that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in 665 00:32:48,140 --> 00:32:52,260 the body, whether good or evil. The Corinthians. 666 00:32:52,260 --> 00:32:55,180 Was Paul writing this letter to the Corinthian city at large, or 667 00:32:55,180 --> 00:32:56,940 was he writing this to the Corinthian church? 668 00:32:56,940 --> 00:32:59,900 It's not a trick question. Who is he writing to? 669 00:33:01,180 --> 00:33:02,620 He was writing to the Corinthian church. 670 00:33:03,030 --> 00:33:06,350 So Paul, a Christian writing to Corinthian Christians. 671 00:33:07,190 --> 00:33:10,870 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so 672 00:33:10,870 --> 00:33:13,750 that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in 673 00:33:13,750 --> 00:33:17,150 the body, whether good or evil. Some have made the emphasis that 674 00:33:17,150 --> 00:33:19,950 this is called the reward seat of Christ, and they have 675 00:33:20,230 --> 00:33:24,110 overemphasized the fact that, well, this is just where rewards 676 00:33:24,110 --> 00:33:27,030 are handed out. But the scripture plainly says 677 00:33:27,630 --> 00:33:30,470 each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the 678 00:33:30,470 --> 00:33:34,230 body. Whether good or evil, what are 679 00:33:34,230 --> 00:33:35,550 you saying? Well, there's still plenty of 680 00:33:35,550 --> 00:33:37,910 mystery and still plenty of question mark, but there's still 681 00:33:37,910 --> 00:33:42,150 plenty for me to go. I have pause, and I have fear of 682 00:33:42,150 --> 00:33:45,510 the Lord because of it, not rejection of the Saints. 683 00:33:45,510 --> 00:33:47,750 The Saints can't be rejected. They're the Saints. 684 00:33:47,990 --> 00:33:49,310 They've been rescued and redeemed. 685 00:33:49,310 --> 00:33:52,350 They're secure, settled. The end. 686 00:33:52,830 --> 00:33:55,390 And yet there's still an assessment and an 687 00:33:55,390 --> 00:33:59,500 accountability. So This is why, again, we don't 688 00:33:59,500 --> 00:34:00,940 want to make excuses for our sins. 689 00:34:00,940 --> 00:34:03,500 This leads us to live differently now. 690 00:34:03,500 --> 00:34:06,180 It makes me assess. It makes me want to walk in more 691 00:34:06,180 --> 00:34:09,780 holiness. Well, love is what motivates me. 692 00:34:09,780 --> 00:34:11,860 Not fear of judgment. You know, because perfect love 693 00:34:11,860 --> 00:34:15,100 casts out fear, because fear has to do with judgment, right? 694 00:34:15,219 --> 00:34:18,179 So we're we're afraid of something, and that's the wrong 695 00:34:18,179 --> 00:34:19,980 kind of motivation. And yet. 696 00:34:20,830 --> 00:34:23,110 The scriptures also tell us This is why we don't just live our 697 00:34:23,110 --> 00:34:25,469 lives off of 1 verse that we stuck on the refrigerator. 698 00:34:25,710 --> 00:34:30,429 We take the whole of scripture and we say yes and also yes and 699 00:34:30,429 --> 00:34:33,190 also yes. All of God's word is true. 700 00:34:33,190 --> 00:34:35,590 All of God's word is relevant. All of God's word is helpful. 701 00:34:36,670 --> 00:34:39,310 We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ. 702 00:34:39,510 --> 00:34:42,469 So this is where those with their names written in the Lambs 703 00:34:42,469 --> 00:34:44,469 book of life will give an account. 704 00:34:44,510 --> 00:34:47,270 And the question still for the Saints is usually wait. 705 00:34:48,850 --> 00:34:50,409 Am I going to go to hell at that moment? 706 00:34:50,730 --> 00:34:52,650 Well, the question still remains. 707 00:34:52,650 --> 00:34:56,170 Do you love the Lord Jesus? Do you believe in Him? 708 00:34:56,170 --> 00:34:59,170 Is he in your heart? And you know he's in your heart 709 00:34:59,170 --> 00:35:01,290 not because you repeated something like a bird could do, 710 00:35:01,290 --> 00:35:04,570 like I said, but if he's in your mind, if you have a desire to 711 00:35:04,570 --> 00:35:08,210 obey him, are there fruits of the Lord in your life? 712 00:35:08,210 --> 00:35:10,050 Well, if you're born again, you're born again. 713 00:35:10,170 --> 00:35:11,450 So of course you don't go to hell. 714 00:35:11,610 --> 00:35:13,290 You're a new creation. You're redeemed. 715 00:35:13,490 --> 00:35:16,250 The Saints will not be judged like the unbelievers are. 716 00:35:16,750 --> 00:35:19,910 Because the sins of the Saints are under the blood of Jesus, 717 00:35:20,070 --> 00:35:23,070 but Christians will give an account for their obedience in 718 00:35:23,070 --> 00:35:25,710 life. If you are actually in Christ, 719 00:35:25,990 --> 00:35:29,670 then he's not going to damn you, but you are still accountable to 720 00:35:29,710 --> 00:35:32,230 him, Christian. And this shouldn't be a foreign 721 00:35:32,230 --> 00:35:34,590 concept. My sons, they know. 722 00:35:34,710 --> 00:35:37,670 At no point are they at risk of being kicked out of my family. 723 00:35:38,110 --> 00:35:40,990 They know that. And yet do they still honor and 724 00:35:40,990 --> 00:35:43,790 fear their father? Do they still respect their 725 00:35:43,790 --> 00:35:44,990 father? Do they still know that they 726 00:35:44,990 --> 00:35:49,840 face accountability to me? Of course, both and yes, also, 727 00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:51,440 but they're they don't expect it any day. 728 00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:53,000 I'm going to go. That's it. 729 00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:55,080 That's it. You're out of here. 730 00:35:55,080 --> 00:35:57,720 Go to the woods like this isn't your home anymore. 731 00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:01,400 Like, Natalie's tempted, but I'm not. 732 00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:04,240 I'm holier than her, so I won't let it happen. 733 00:36:04,240 --> 00:36:07,480 Boys, you're safe with Daddy. You're welcome. 734 00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:11,960 So in the same way, this is where sometimes we have this 735 00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:14,780 thinking we're like, wait. If there's any kind of 736 00:36:14,780 --> 00:36:17,020 assessment is it if there's any kind of accountability, of 737 00:36:17,020 --> 00:36:18,620 course we're accountable to our king. 738 00:36:18,900 --> 00:36:22,660 He sends us on mission, he gives, he has expectations. 739 00:36:22,780 --> 00:36:26,500 He has put his entire Kingdom in our hands and he says go and do 740 00:36:26,500 --> 00:36:29,100 something with it and we expect that there will be no follow up. 741 00:36:29,100 --> 00:36:31,420 We're not going to have any kind of debrief after when the 742 00:36:31,420 --> 00:36:33,340 meeting when the when the whole project was finished. 743 00:36:33,580 --> 00:36:36,140 We just get to have to go, Come on in, We're partying for 744 00:36:36,140 --> 00:36:38,660 attorney Woohoo. So I don't have to answer for 745 00:36:38,660 --> 00:36:41,100 like my total life of obedience on the earth. 746 00:36:41,100 --> 00:36:44,090 This is awesome. This is kind of cool, is it? 747 00:36:44,210 --> 00:36:46,650 Does that seem like an orderly way to run things even? 748 00:36:47,610 --> 00:36:50,210 Like, it's not even a follow up. Like everybody does that. 749 00:36:50,210 --> 00:36:51,210 Hey, here's how we're following up. 750 00:36:51,210 --> 00:36:53,930 At the end of the work day, the sports team finishes up and says 751 00:36:53,930 --> 00:36:55,530 what went well, what didn't go well. 752 00:36:56,170 --> 00:36:57,730 But we're serving the almighty God. 753 00:36:57,730 --> 00:37:00,730 We just getting and goes. Whatever's happened, happened, 754 00:37:00,730 --> 00:37:03,250 man. Just come on in. 755 00:37:03,810 --> 00:37:07,050 There's an assessment, there's a clarifying and yes, there is 756 00:37:07,050 --> 00:37:10,530 reward that goes along with it. Saints are rewarded. 757 00:37:11,100 --> 00:37:13,580 But things will be given, and things will be removed. 758 00:37:14,020 --> 00:37:16,140 But that's not heaven and hell. What are those things? 759 00:37:16,340 --> 00:37:18,740 We don't exactly know, but we know they're going to matter. 760 00:37:19,100 --> 00:37:23,060 We know we're going to care. And I know my love for Jesus 761 00:37:23,060 --> 00:37:25,860 motivates me beyond even the rewards of the things that could 762 00:37:25,860 --> 00:37:28,900 be given or taken away. The thing I care about most is 763 00:37:29,020 --> 00:37:32,980 displeasing Jesus because he loves me and because he loves 764 00:37:32,980 --> 00:37:34,420 you. And I don't want to displease 765 00:37:34,420 --> 00:37:35,780 him. And I don't want to have to face 766 00:37:35,780 --> 00:37:37,900 these things again. Sin that I already lived through 767 00:37:37,900 --> 00:37:40,500 once. Disobedience. 768 00:37:42,610 --> 00:37:46,570 Lukewarmness. Whatever it may be, living it 769 00:37:46,570 --> 00:37:51,170 once was enough. So Saints will not be judged 770 00:37:51,170 --> 00:37:54,850 like the unbelievers. Christians are secure, but 771 00:37:54,850 --> 00:37:57,450 Christians are also accountable to Christ. 772 00:37:58,050 --> 00:38:01,490 Duh. Final verse, go to Revelation 773 00:38:01,490 --> 00:38:05,850 chapter 20, very back of your Bible. 774 00:38:24,930 --> 00:38:26,810 So I told you I wouldn't get too much into the how. 775 00:38:26,810 --> 00:38:29,890 I'll give you just a little bit. It seems as though they're there 776 00:38:29,890 --> 00:38:33,170 are two separate judgments. Jesus is going to judge the 777 00:38:33,170 --> 00:38:37,250 living and the dead. And at the same time there is 778 00:38:37,370 --> 00:38:39,930 what the scripture calls the great White throne judgment. 779 00:38:40,250 --> 00:38:42,330 And again, like you guys hear me say with a lot of things, I 780 00:38:42,330 --> 00:38:45,490 think sometimes people. Give themselves way too much 781 00:38:45,490 --> 00:38:46,650 credit for how accurate they are. 782 00:38:46,650 --> 00:38:47,890 Maybe they're maybe they're totally right. 783 00:38:47,890 --> 00:38:50,370 But I've I've got to just tell you what I see and what I'm 784 00:38:50,370 --> 00:38:53,410 comfortable there's. I'll pound the pulpit on Jesus 785 00:38:53,410 --> 00:38:54,530 going to judge the living and the dead. 786 00:38:54,530 --> 00:38:57,930 I'll pound the pulpit on that. But all the details there's 787 00:38:57,930 --> 00:39:00,210 there's definitely some questions for me on how it's 788 00:39:00,210 --> 00:39:01,290 going to look and how it's going to work. 789 00:39:01,490 --> 00:39:03,650 But it's a great white throne judgment. 790 00:39:03,650 --> 00:39:05,290 Some say that the Saints won't be a part of it. 791 00:39:05,290 --> 00:39:07,410 Some say that they will. The point is even if the Saints 792 00:39:07,410 --> 00:39:09,290 are part of it, the Saints make it through it because they're 793 00:39:09,290 --> 00:39:11,140 the Saints. So if your name's written in the 794 00:39:11,140 --> 00:39:12,740 lands book of life, you make it through. 795 00:39:12,740 --> 00:39:14,780 So is this the one judgment where it's all happening? 796 00:39:14,900 --> 00:39:17,420 Is it 2 separate judgments? Is it that everybody's judgment 797 00:39:17,420 --> 00:39:18,580 in the great white during judgment? 798 00:39:20,540 --> 00:39:22,980 I don't know. I'm just again, Team Jesus is 799 00:39:22,980 --> 00:39:26,300 always the safe place to be. Humble, loving, obedient. 800 00:39:26,300 --> 00:39:28,820 Like that's always the right, that's always the right move. 801 00:39:28,820 --> 00:39:30,020 You don't have to worry about it. 802 00:39:31,460 --> 00:39:35,060 But in Revelation chapter 20, we have a picture now of this 803 00:39:35,060 --> 00:39:37,100 judgment. Verse 11. 804 00:39:37,100 --> 00:39:38,500 That's where I'm going to read to you from. 805 00:39:41,170 --> 00:39:45,210 Then I saw a great white throne, and him who was seated on it 806 00:39:45,490 --> 00:39:50,450 from his presence, earth and sky, fled away, and no place was 807 00:39:50,450 --> 00:39:54,450 found for them. And I saw the dead, great and 808 00:39:54,450 --> 00:39:57,930 small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. 809 00:39:58,490 --> 00:40:02,290 Then another book was opened, which is the book of life, and 810 00:40:02,290 --> 00:40:05,930 the dead were judged by what was written in the books according 811 00:40:05,930 --> 00:40:09,260 to what they had done. And the sea gave up the dead so 812 00:40:09,260 --> 00:40:11,420 that everybody who's ever died and gone into the ocean, he's 813 00:40:11,420 --> 00:40:15,260 just clarifying, like all these dead bodies, they gave up the 814 00:40:15,260 --> 00:40:18,100 dead who were in it, death. And Hades gave up the dead who 815 00:40:18,100 --> 00:40:19,820 were in them. So everyone is being drawn to 816 00:40:19,820 --> 00:40:21,940 the throne. Everyone, wherever they've been, 817 00:40:21,940 --> 00:40:25,700 however long they've been dead. This is a final judgment that's 818 00:40:25,700 --> 00:40:27,300 taking place that Jesus is making. 819 00:40:27,740 --> 00:40:29,460 So they've already been receiving the appropriate 820 00:40:29,460 --> 00:40:30,540 punishment. It's not like he. 821 00:40:30,820 --> 00:40:32,670 It's not like wait. Were they suffering? 822 00:40:32,670 --> 00:40:34,110 They weren't supposed to. And now we're about to find out. 823 00:40:34,230 --> 00:40:35,270 No. Remember who's running 824 00:40:35,270 --> 00:40:36,390 everything. God. 825 00:40:36,590 --> 00:40:38,350 He keeps perfect record and perfect books. 826 00:40:38,550 --> 00:40:42,630 But this is the official trial. Death and Hades gave up the the 827 00:40:42,630 --> 00:40:45,950 dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, 828 00:40:45,950 --> 00:40:50,310 according to what they had done. Then Death and Hades were thrown 829 00:40:50,310 --> 00:40:54,750 into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the 830 00:40:54,750 --> 00:40:58,110 lake of fire, and if anyone's name was not found, written in 831 00:40:58,110 --> 00:41:01,420 the book of life. He was thrown into the lake of 832 00:41:01,420 --> 00:41:05,500 fire. This reality should do a few 833 00:41:05,500 --> 00:41:06,620 things. This should make us full of 834 00:41:06,620 --> 00:41:10,780 humility. Do the Saints survive judgment? 835 00:41:10,780 --> 00:41:12,980 Of course. The Saints are covered. 836 00:41:12,980 --> 00:41:15,620 The Saints are children. The Saints are the sons. 837 00:41:16,020 --> 00:41:18,460 But don't sons get assessed by their father? 838 00:41:19,260 --> 00:41:22,540 Yes, they do get assessed. Do they get rewarded according 839 00:41:22,540 --> 00:41:24,860 to their obedience? Yes, they do. 840 00:41:25,420 --> 00:41:27,340 But this reality makes us full of humility. 841 00:41:27,420 --> 00:41:30,850 It makes us full of repentance. It also makes us full of mercy 842 00:41:30,850 --> 00:41:34,090 and it makes us full of grace and it also makes us full of 843 00:41:34,090 --> 00:41:37,410 boldness and full of zeal. All of those things true at the 844 00:41:37,410 --> 00:41:40,290 same time. I'm humbled before the Lord, so 845 00:41:40,290 --> 00:41:42,890 now I go out with the right spirit as I share the word of 846 00:41:42,890 --> 00:41:45,530 God. It's not with a finger pointing 847 00:41:45,530 --> 00:41:47,810 anger saying I can't wait for you to get judged. 848 00:41:47,810 --> 00:41:51,290 It's saying hey fear, the Lord respond to the Lord, He loves 849 00:41:51,290 --> 00:41:53,850 you. But there is a judgment coming. 850 00:41:53,850 --> 00:41:55,370 You can know that. There is, because there was a 851 00:41:55,370 --> 00:41:58,210 resurrection that happened. The man who suffered for your 852 00:41:58,210 --> 00:42:00,730 sins, he will hold you accountable for your sins. 853 00:42:01,210 --> 00:42:04,490 That's right, isn't it? Isn't that perfect justice? 854 00:42:04,570 --> 00:42:06,530 All that God does is good and right. 855 00:42:06,690 --> 00:42:08,810 The one who is innocent, He carried everybody's sins. 856 00:42:08,810 --> 00:42:12,290 Like it's not necessarily the end of the story. 857 00:42:12,530 --> 00:42:15,050 He's still going to assess. Did you not receive my son? 858 00:42:15,330 --> 00:42:17,450 Did you not believe in the name of Jesus? 859 00:42:17,530 --> 00:42:20,940 No. OK, well if your sins haven't 860 00:42:20,940 --> 00:42:24,540 been covered, then now they all have to be exposed and and you 861 00:42:24,540 --> 00:42:26,460 will be judged according to all of them. 862 00:42:26,460 --> 00:42:28,940 That's for the unbeliever. For the believer, there is an 863 00:42:28,940 --> 00:42:30,820 assessment. There's an accountability. 864 00:42:31,300 --> 00:42:34,980 Again, the details, I don't know how they look, but I know that 865 00:42:35,140 --> 00:42:37,060 the scripture puts weight on the Saints. 866 00:42:37,260 --> 00:42:40,140 The scripture puts weight and says because this is coming, you 867 00:42:40,140 --> 00:42:42,860 should live differently. Now this is an encouragement to 868 00:42:42,860 --> 00:42:44,180 us. This is a comfort to us. 869 00:42:44,180 --> 00:42:46,380 Our God is good. Our God is perfect. 870 00:42:46,870 --> 00:42:50,430 Our God secures those who love Him and those who love Him will 871 00:42:50,430 --> 00:42:53,830 look like people who love Him. They will desire holiness now 872 00:42:53,910 --> 00:42:55,310 because they'll want holiness later. 873 00:42:55,830 --> 00:42:57,990 We're not going to suddenly become new, new again. 874 00:42:57,990 --> 00:43:00,550 When we get to heaven. New creation happens right now. 875 00:43:00,990 --> 00:43:04,190 New creation leads to fruit right now, and ultimately we 876 00:43:04,190 --> 00:43:07,430 keep crucifying the flesh and we will mercifully be spared 877 00:43:07,630 --> 00:43:09,830 because of the blood of Jesus. That's it. 878 00:43:10,710 --> 00:43:12,830 We will be assessed and judged by obedience. 879 00:43:13,430 --> 00:43:16,740 We'll be rewarded appropriately. But we will be rescued 880 00:43:16,940 --> 00:43:20,420 ultimately, because we already have been through the work of 881 00:43:20,460 --> 00:43:23,540 Jesus on the cross. This isn't workspace salvation, 882 00:43:23,780 --> 00:43:25,700 but this is workspace reward system. 883 00:43:26,260 --> 00:43:30,020 There are crowns to be gained, there is pleasure to be enjoyed, 884 00:43:31,420 --> 00:43:34,260 and that's enough for us to trust and rest and act. 885 00:43:34,540 --> 00:43:37,100 Heavenly Father, we thank you for your word and we thank you 886 00:43:37,100 --> 00:43:41,180 for your son Jesus. We know you're coming to judge 887 00:43:41,420 --> 00:43:47,180 the living and the dead. All the details aren't the most 888 00:43:47,180 --> 00:43:48,860 important thing. The most important thing to us 889 00:43:48,860 --> 00:43:50,220 is we want to be pleasing to you. 890 00:43:50,900 --> 00:43:53,060 We want to grow. We want to be more holy. 891 00:43:54,380 --> 00:43:57,100 Not so that we can pat ourselves on the back, but because it's 892 00:43:57,100 --> 00:43:58,540 what pleases you and it's what's right. 893 00:43:58,700 --> 00:44:00,700 And the only thing you want to take from us anyway are the 894 00:44:00,700 --> 00:44:02,500 things that are damaging and destroying us. 895 00:44:02,980 --> 00:44:05,460 There's no good thing that you would withhold from us. 896 00:44:05,900 --> 00:44:07,740 And everything we think that we're holding, that you're 897 00:44:07,740 --> 00:44:10,180 asking us to lay down isn't good anyway. 898 00:44:11,860 --> 00:44:13,580 Lord, continue to prune our hearts. 899 00:44:14,860 --> 00:44:17,660 Help us to crucify our flesh. Guide our desires in the right 900 00:44:17,660 --> 00:44:22,820 places. We look forward to Your return. 901 00:44:23,380 --> 00:44:25,020 We look forward to the Eternal Kingdom. 902 00:44:28,580 --> 00:44:30,460 Continue to set us apart for Your work. 903 00:44:31,700 --> 00:44:34,940 Make us humble. Make repentance the daily marker 904 00:44:34,940 --> 00:44:39,220 in our lives. Make boldness a daily marker in 905 00:44:39,220 --> 00:44:41,500 our lives because we really love this world. 906 00:44:42,280 --> 00:44:45,280 We love the people of this world and we want to see them rescued. 907 00:44:46,760 --> 00:44:51,720 Like Paul, boldly declaring the truth because he cared for those 908 00:44:51,720 --> 00:44:55,600 people that day. Help us to do the same thing in 909 00:44:55,600 --> 00:44:57,440 view of your appearance and in your Kingdom. 910 00:44:57,440 --> 00:45:01,960 We will preach the word, make us ready to do it at all times. 911 00:45:03,120 --> 00:45:05,080 People have itching ears and they want to hear what they want 912 00:45:05,080 --> 00:45:07,360 to hear. That's not our responsibility. 913 00:45:07,360 --> 00:45:10,400 Our responsibility is to be faithful, to give them a chance. 914 00:45:11,070 --> 00:45:12,990 By giving them the word of God. That's powerful. 915 00:45:13,430 --> 00:45:15,270 Holy Spirit, you will do the work from there. 916 00:45:16,510 --> 00:45:20,110 Keep working in us and we thank you for it all in Jesus name. 917 00:45:21,270 --> 00:45:23,110 And now the Lord bless you and keep you. 918 00:45:23,830 --> 00:45:27,150 The Lord make his face shine down upon you and be gracious to 919 00:45:27,150 --> 00:45:29,670 you. The Lord lift up his countenance 920 00:45:29,670 --> 00:45:33,030 upon you and give you great peace in Jesus name. 921 00:45:33,670 --> 00:45:34,150 Amen.