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Turn in your Bible to Matthew 
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We've taken a long time to get 
here. 

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We've really slowed down. 
I can't take time every single 

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week to remind you of the 
fullest context possible. 

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But remember, Jesus has been a 
man on a mission marching 

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towards the cross. 
Imagine if you knew when you 

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were going to die. 
It's a game that we'll play a 

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lot of times at dinner. 
Me and the boys will ask all 

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kinds of different questions. 
We'll have these family talking 

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cards. 
And it's like if you could be an

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animal for a day or if you could
this or if you could that, or if

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you could travel in in the past 
or in the future, which would it

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be and why? 
And all kinds of things. 

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One of them is if you if you 
could find out when you were 

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going to die and you wouldn't 
impact it by finding it out, it 

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would just be like, no, this is 
it's set. 

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If you could find it out, would 
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Just an interesting thought 
experiment. 

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Some people say, yeah, I want to
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the time. 
Other people like, no, I'd 

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rather just be surprised when 
the bus comes and hits me or 

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whatever's going to happen there
and just let it be a wow, didn't

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see that coming. 
But Jesus knew. 

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He knew and Jesus chose his 
death. 

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That's the difference. 
Most of us, I'm trying to avoid 

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mine. 
I don't want to prolong mine as 

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long as possible, delay it. 
And Jesus saying I'm choosing 

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mine. 
I know when it's coming. 

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And he's been marching towards 
the cross. 

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He has been orchestrating his 
own death. 

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He's been creating the 
circumstances that he knew would

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lead to his own death. 
Remember, he's not a victim of 

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circumstance. 
They tried to kill him multiple 

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times. 
They wanted to stone him. 

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Not going to happen. 
They wanted to throw him off a 

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Cliff. 
Not going to happen. 

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He lays his life down. 
He has the power to lay it down.

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He has the power to take it back
up again. 

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But he also has that weight 
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he's not just going to die any 
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He's going to have a tormented, 
tormented suffering, a physical 

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and excruciating. 
That word excruciating actually 

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means literally means from the 
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That's where we get the word 
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So if we're trying to describe 
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excruciatingly painful, that 
word excruciating come means 

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from the cross. 
So the cross was the most 

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horrific thing that humans had 
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And the Romans were very, very, 
very good at their jobs. 

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They knew how to prolong your 
death. 

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They knew how to make you suffer
in your hands, in your feet and 

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your head, and simultaneously 
you're suffocating. 

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And of course, that's after the 
beating that Jesus endured. 

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He knows what's coming, and he 
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he's good, because he's perfect,
because he wants to please the 

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Father, because he loves you. 
But he has this weight on him. 

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It's a heavyweight. 
It's a dread. 

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Jesus isn't fearful, but Jesus 
feels the dread and the 

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pressure, not to mention the 
separation he's going to 

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experience from the Father, 
which he reveals when he cries 

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out on the cross. 
My God, my God, why have you 

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forsaken me? 
The Father forsakes Jesus. 

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Why does the Father forsake 
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So that you will not have to be 
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Somebody's got to be forsaken. 
The enemies of God had to be 

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forsaken. 
But Jesus said I'll be forsaken,

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Father, and we'll have a 
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And now if you put faith in 
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was forsaken and you can become 
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We say son that includes 
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Scripture the Son is the one who
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So the Bible is not sexist. 
To say that you're a son of God 

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is a good thing to women and to 
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You're to be a son of God is to 
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pasture. 
I'm not a sheep, I'm a human 

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being. 
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And also it's good to be a 
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It's good to be a son of God. 
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full inheritance that applies to
male and female. 

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So now we've come. 
Jesus has been preaching. 

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He was dropping the nuclear 
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what's going to happen to him in
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He humiliates the Pharisees, He 
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opposes him. 
They test Him and remember He's 

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the Passover lamb who's going to
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Nobody realizes that yet, but He
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lambs had to be inspected and 
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Jesus is inspected and tested 
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They think that they found flaws
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They have not. 
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and in fact, He tests those who 
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lacking. 
And then he shares in in chapter

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24, Jesus leaves the temple. 
He's going away in verse 1 of 24

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when his disciples came to the 
to point out to him the 

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buildings of the temple. 
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Lord, like this play, isn't it 
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I mean, I know we've been here 
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but the temple, the whole 
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And they're just saying, like, 
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They're just, hey, Jesus, look 
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Like it's just amazing that we 
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design and they're just enjoying
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Not, not too different from what
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at Universal Studios. 
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Look what they did. 
Just enjoying it, delighting in 

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the beauty of it. 
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You see all of these, do you? 
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I say to you, there will not be 
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that will not be thrown down. 
So kind of a turns the corner 

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there. 
Why he has a heavyweight on him.

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He's not grumpy, in a bad mood, 
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understand the stakes of what's 
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Today's not a day to admire 
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You've got less than 72 hours 
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I need to make sure that all the
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deeply. 
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You see, boys, this whole place 
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Which leads them to their 
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Then as he sat on the Mount of 
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disciples came to him privately 
saying, tell us when will these 

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things be and what will be the 
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of the age? 
That was the question or 

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questions that they asked. 
Tell us when will these things 

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be and what will be the sign of 
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age? 
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Matthew devotes 2 chapters to 
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The longest answer we've had 
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been asked anywhere in the 
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He gives 2 chapters and he 
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what it's going to look like at 
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And I showed you, hey, there are
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on how the world's going to end.
Some of us feel really sure. 

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Some of us are like me, like I'm
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going to unfold. 
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back. 
We celebrated the unity that we 

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have there together. 
And then Jesus goes on and he 

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tells 3 parables he's still 
answering their question of what

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it will be like at his coming. 
He gives the parable about the 

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the faithful servant and the 
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servant who says to himself, the
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is delayed and he begins to act 
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He does evil things, actively 
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And then he gave us the parable 
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and five are foolish. 
The five foolish virgins, they 

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didn't actively go do an evil 
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of the work that was assigned to
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And then the parable of the 
talents again, the foolish 

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servant, the one with one 
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an evil thing. 
He didn't go spin his the the 

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wealth foolishly or wickedly. 
He just preserved it and did 

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nothing with it. 
And the Lord said that was also 

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wicked And we said, man, I, I 
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because I see like go do wicked 
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You get terrible punishment, but
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these beautiful young girls, the
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excited. 
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Sorry we're late, we had to go 
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He says I don't know you and 
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The wedding is the is eternity 
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That's what the wedding is in 
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And then the parable of the 
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He says take from the one who 
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who has 10 already. 
Take from him and give to him. 

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Why? 
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He's a smart investor. 
He's saying I'm going to reward 

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faithfulness. 
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fruitfulness. 
And we found that the Lord wants

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a return on our lives. 
So he's finished these three 

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parables. 
The wicked servant is thrown out

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into the outer darkness where 
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gnashing of teeth. 
And now we've come to Jesus's 

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final clarification, His final 
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answers this question. 
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When the Son of Man comes in his
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him, he will then sit on his 
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Before him will be gathered all 
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separate people one from another
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sheep from the goats. 
And he will place the sheep on 

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his right, but the goats on his 
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Then the King will say to those 
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blessed by my Father, inherit 
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from the foundation of the 
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For I was hungry and you gave me
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I was thirsty and you gave me 
drink. 

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I was a stranger and you 
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I was naked and you clothed me. 
I was sick and you visited me. 

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I was in prison and you came to 
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Then the righteous will answer 
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see you hungry and feed you, or 
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When did we see you a stranger, 
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clothe you? 
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or in prison, and visit you? 
And the king will answer them 

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truly. 
I say to you, as you did it to 

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one of the least of these, my 
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Then he will say to those on his
left, depart from me you cursed 

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into the eternal fire, prepared 
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For I was hungry, and you gave 
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I was thirsty, and you gave me 
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I was a stranger, and you did 
not welcome me naked, and you 

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did not clothe me sick and 
imprisoned, and you did not 

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visit me. 
Then they will answer also 

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saying, Lord, when did we see 
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stranger or naked or sick, or in
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you? 
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saying, truly I say to you, as 
You did not do it to one of the 

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least of these, you did not do 
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And these will go away into 
eternal punishment, but the 

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righteous into eternal life. 
Heavenly Father, we have been 

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seeing the weight of Jesus, the 
weight of your judgments, the 

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perfection of your judgments, 
and all your justice and all 

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your grace. 
God, I pray to day that we would

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see both the love of God and the
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I pray that you would mark us 
that way as Christians. 

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That we would truly be mature, 
that we would truly grow up, 

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That we would truly love you. 
That we would truly not not air 

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towards one or the other. 
That we would not be more of a 

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grace focused person or more of 
a fear of the Lord focused 

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person. 
But that we would be a person 

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trained and instructed by the 
scriptures who are marked deeply

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by the Holy Spirit led to be the
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That we would receive your 
grace. 

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That we would walk in a holy 
fear and that it would compel us

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with your love to tell the truth
to everyone that we know and 

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love. 
That they would be spared, that 

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they would be rescued. 
In Jesus name. 

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I thank you, I need you. 
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If I don't know any else, if I 
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Bible and this is all I read, I 
would come away from this 

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passage thinking these people go
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things that they did, and these 
people went to hell because of 

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the bad things that they did. 
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Could you see that? 
If this is all I ever read and I

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had nothing else, I would go. 
They took care of the poor and 

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they didn't. 
So that's why they go to heaven 

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and that's why they go to hell. 
That's the opposite of what I 

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what we were talking about 
earlier is that you don't earn 

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anything. 
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is judgment. 
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seeing here. 
This is just the judgment at the

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end. 
And he's using these things as 

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evidence of what was in the 
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So they're not going to heaven 
and they're not going to hell. 

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You are nice to poor people. 
You get to come to heaven. 

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You earned it. 
You deserved it. 

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You sacrificed for poor people 
for crying out loud. 

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You were very kind and now you 
deserve to be in heaven forever.

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It's not what's happening. 
And he doesn't say you were mean

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to poor people and therefore 
you're going to hell forever. 

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What he's saying is this is the 
evidence that you were saved. 

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Yes, this proves who you always 
were, not always were who you 

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became in Christ. 
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These are just the evidences 
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courtroom before the judge. 
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often been said, hey, if you 
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charged with being a Christian, 
they dragged you into court, 

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you're under arrest, you're 
standing there. 

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Is there enough evidence to 
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You would hope that the answer 
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evidence needs to actually be 
good fruit, not look at all my 

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church attendance. 
Anybody can put their body in a 

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seat on a Sunday morning. 
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came out of the heart. 
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know. 
Anybody can stuff information 

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into their brain. 
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came out of the heart. 
Those are the evidences that the

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Lord says proves what's already 
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So salvation is by God's grace 
through faith. 

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Judgment does not make a person 
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The judgment here is just 
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That's what's happening. 
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produces love that is real. 
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Jesus shows up. 
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this passage is not how people 
earn heaven, but Jesus is 

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showing how heaven shows who 
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I'll say it another way. 
Salvation is not earned by 

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action, but salvation is 
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Salvation is not earned by 
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revealed by action. 
They'll know us by our love. 

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They'll know us by our fruits. 
Jesus tells us over and over and

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over to judge a tree by its 
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That's how we know what kind of 
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That's how we can be certain the
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I know what kind of tree this 
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This is a Christian tree. 
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We'll look at all the good fruit
that doesn't come from anything 

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else except the work of God 
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And the work of God in that tree
makes that tree a Christian 

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tree. 
That tree is saved not because 

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it's giving good fruit. 
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it's saved. 
The Lord saved the tree. 

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The Lord made the tree new, and 
now the tree can't do anything 

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except give good fruit. 
Oh, is there an exception to 

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that? 
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Oh, the tree has a piece of bad 
fruit, but everywhere else is 

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good fruit that needs to be cut 
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That's an exception. 
It's not who the tree is. 

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The tree is capable of producing
a piece of bad fruit. 

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Any Christians in here ever 
produce a piece of bad fruit 

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even after they've been in 
Christ? 

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I have. 
Does that mean that you lost 

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your salvation in that moment? 
No, it doesn't. 

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And yet the Lord says put on the
new man and don't put on the old

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man. 
So once we become saved, imagine

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the Lord puts us in the shower 
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Ta da, you're a new creation. 
But you walk back into the 

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bedroom and there's two sets of 
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There's the old set that you 
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set that the Lord laid out for 
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You are brand new and you are 
clean. 

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And when we put on that old set 
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thought, isn't it? 
Imagine coming in, taking a 

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shower for a hot, sweaty day, 
working in the yard, and you put

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on that same set of clothes. 
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That's how it feels to a 
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it's we're putting on the old 
man and the Lord's going, what 

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are you doing? 
That's not who you are. 

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That's not who you are. 
Yes, you're wearing the wrong 

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clothes. 
Take those off. 

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You've been washed, you've been 
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We need to burn the old clothes.
We need to get rid of the old 

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clothes and put on the new man. 
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describing the judgement at the 
end. 

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He's not describing the means of
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Remember our context. 
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comes in his glory, this is what
the judgement will be like Verse

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31, when the Son of Man comes in
his glory and all the angels 

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with him, then he will sit on 
his glorious throne. 

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This is the final return. 
When Jesus is coming back, all 

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the boys, all the disciples are 
there listening. 

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They're leaning in. 
He's going, this is going to 

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happen, this is going to happen,
this is going, they're going. 

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That's a lot. 
That's a lot coming. 

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And, you know, they had more 
questions that they didn't ask 

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them. 
And because they didn't ask 

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those follow up questions, then 
the church has been disagreeing 

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on certain parts there for 2000 
years ago. 

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I think it says something, it 
says something isn't. 

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I wish one of the guys would 
just be like, hey, abomination 

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that causes desolation. 
And the thing about all the they

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didn't go there. 
The final return. 

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This is when he comes back and 
he's sitting on a, he's still 

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sitting on a throne, but it's a 
different throne. 

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He comes in all his glory and 
all the angels with him. 

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Then he will sit on his glorious
throne. 

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The first time Jesus came, he 
didn't come in all his glory. 

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He came modestly. 
He came quietly. 

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The next time Jesus comes, it's 
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This is really actually going to
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And those who believe it are 
going to live in preparation for

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it because they do care and they
do believe and they do know that

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the Lord is going to return in 
glory. 

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Whether or not you think it's 
going to be a rapture first, or 

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whether or not you think there's
just going to be 1 grand return 

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all in one moment, no matter how
you think it's going to happen, 

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we all agree that it's going to 
happen. 

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We all know that he's actually 
coming, that he's going to break

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open the sky. 
And it's not just going to be 

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angels appearing to the 
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It's going to be the King coming
in his glory, opening up the 

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sky. 
And all his angels, all the 

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angels will accompany their 
King, the Lord Jesus Christ, and

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the whole world will see the 
King. 

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And everyone will either be 
rejoicing or horrified. 

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And they'll know instantly what 
they should do. 

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Because those who are rejoicing 
are exciting going. 

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Yes, I knew it. 
I've been living for it. 

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And this is the moment I've been
looking for. 

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My master has returned. 
I can't wait to to sit with him 

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and to show him what I've been 
working on. 

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Remember the faithful Stuarts, 
Master? 

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I took what you gave me and I 
multiplied it. 

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They're not afraid when the boss
comes back. 

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Oh, boss is here. 
Boss is here. 

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Everybody look busy as a bumper 
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on cars Christians would put on 
Jesus is coming soon. 

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Look busy. 
You need to do more than it was 

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a joke, but it's not a good one.
We need to do more than look 

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busy. 
We need to be fruitful. 

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So some are going to rejoice and
go, my King, my Lord, and others

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are going to go. 
They will say to the mountains, 

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fall on us, to the hills. 
They'll say cover us, hide me 

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from the wrath of the Lamb, 
because I know exactly what's 

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about to happen, because I know 
exactly who he is and I know 

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exactly what I've done with him.
I've been I've wanted to be 

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separated from him, and now He's
going to give me that desire 

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permanently and eternally. 
I haven't wanted to submit to 

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him. 
I haven't wanted to yield to 

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him. 
I haven't wanted to be in 

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fellowship with Him, and now 
he's going to give me the desire

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of my heart and he's going to 
produce righteous judgment for 

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all eternity. 
The throne of grace in this 

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moment, when this happens, this 
future moment, it's ended. 

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There is no more throne of 
grace. 

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That's a wild thing to say. 
The throne of grace will stop. 

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Praise God, right now, the 
throne of grace is open. 

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Come to the throne of grace and 
receive mercy and help in a time

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of need. 
That's the throne that he's 

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sitting on right now. 
Rejoice in it, be thankful for 

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it. 
Come to it over and over and 

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over and over. 
But there's a day where he's 

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going to stand up. 
The Father's going to say, now's

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the time. 
And the Son is going to come for

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his bride and he is going to 
judge. 

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And he's going to separate the 
sheep from the goats. 

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And it will not be any more 
grace. 

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There will not be any more 
mercy. 

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It will be time for judgment. 
The cup of wrath will have 

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filled up. 
That bowl will be finished. 

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And the Lord will say, and now 
it pours out on who? 

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On the goats, on those who don't
love the Lord, on those who 

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don't want the Lord. 
He sits on the throne because he

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is in authority and everyone has
gathered to him. 

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Notice before he came in a lot 
of humility before this time. 

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He's coming with all the 
grandeur and all the power that 

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anyone could ever imagine. 
The judge does not come to your 

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house to hear your case, does 
he? 

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Now you go to the judge. 
You go and stand before the 

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judge. 
He is the one in authority. 

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He sits above you. 
He runs and is in charge of the 

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courtroom. 
You will dress how he tells you 

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to dress. 
You'll speak how he tells you to

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speak. 
You'll stand when he tells you 

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to stand. 
You'll sit when he tells you to 

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sit. 
Because he's in charge, Because 

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he has authority. 
This is Jesus, the angels are 

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going to be doing the gathering 
and we all come before the Lord.

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Verse 32 Before him will be 
gathered all the nations, and he

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will separate people one from 
another as a shepherd separates 

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the sheep from the goats. 
Last time He came to the 

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nations, this time the nations 
come to him. 

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Everyone is being rounded up for
assessment. 

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The Lamb who was inspected, the 
Lamb who was tested, the Lamb 

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who was found perfect is now the
judge. 

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Everybody judged him before. 
People been judging Jesus for 

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2000 years. 
Well, I think he's this. 

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I think he's this, I think he's 
this. 

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Your time to judge Him is all 
finished. 

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Hope you judge rightly because 
the one that you thought was 

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under your thumb, it's been the 
opposite the whole time Now. 

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Although like I said earlier, 
although men thought he was 

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flawed, the Father knew that he 
was flawless. 

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He was perfect. 
The Lamb is now the Judge and 

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all are gathered to Him because 
He is in all authority. 

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Angels gather and Jesus 
separates people one from 

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another. 
Jesus has been separating people

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one from another for a long 
time. 

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He said he would, but it wasn't 
his. 

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It wasn't his desire, but he 
said it was inevitable. 

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He said I've come to I've I'm 
going to not bring peace, but a 

453
00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:05,080
sword. 
He said you'll have enemies in 

454
00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:08,920
your own household. 
I will turn father against 

455
00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:11,960
daughter. 
I'll turn mother against son. 

456
00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:13,720
I'll turn the whole family 
against one another. 

457
00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:15,880
Is that his motive? 
Is he sowing discord? 

458
00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:18,600
No, he's just saying I am that 
dividing line. 

459
00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:21,760
So as some choose to follow me 
and others don't, there will 

460
00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:24,720
inevitably be friction. 
It's not that the Lord wanted 

461
00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:27,320
it, but there will inevitably be
friction. 

462
00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:30,920
Christians have been turned over
by their family members over to 

463
00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:33,320
death. 
That still happens to this day 

464
00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:37,640
in Muslim nations. 
There's still much persecution 

465
00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:40,360
that brothers and sisters in 
Christ experience, and they have

466
00:23:40,360 --> 00:23:44,560
for thousands of years now. 
But Jesus did not intend for 

467
00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:47,640
people to be separated from him 
or from each other, because 

468
00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:51,120
everyone should have and could 
have chosen to love Him, chosen 

469
00:23:51,120 --> 00:23:52,960
to follow Him, chosen to obey 
Him. 

470
00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:55,640
Remember, we're talking about a 
future moment to come. 

471
00:23:56,160 --> 00:24:00,360
When's it coming Soon. 
Jesus is coming soon, and He's 

472
00:24:00,360 --> 00:24:04,920
coming in all of His glory. 
Here we see not one more chance.

473
00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:08,320
The throne of grace is closed. 
Now He clarifies who is the 

474
00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:10,720
sheep and who is the goat. 
Sometimes shepherds would mix 

475
00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:14,000
their sheep and their goats 
temporarily, but later they 

476
00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:17,560
would divide them. 
The sheep here represent people 

477
00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:20,680
whose hearts are right with God.
Goats are stubborn, goats are 

478
00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:23,360
defiant. 
Goats will ram into people, ram 

479
00:24:23,360 --> 00:24:25,480
into sheep, ram into the 
shepherd. 

480
00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:27,720
So Jesus punishes them 
permanently. 

481
00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:31,640
Verse 33. 
And then he will place the sheep

482
00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:34,200
on his right and the goats on 
his left. 

483
00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:37,600
The right hand throughout 
Scripture is a sign of blessing,

484
00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:41,920
a sign of favour, a sign of 
provision, a sign of strength, a

485
00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:44,120
sign of selection, a sign of 
inheritance. 

486
00:24:44,120 --> 00:24:46,800
This is where the sons go. 
This is why Jesus is sitting at 

487
00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:49,120
the right hand of God the Father
Almighty. 

488
00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:52,440
This is why we will sit at the 
right hand of Jesus. 

489
00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:55,280
Sheep will go to the right and 
goats are disposed of. 

490
00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:58,040
Jewish listeners, as soon as 
they're hearing this, they 

491
00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:01,080
already know this is that this 
is going to be bad for whoever's

492
00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:03,520
on the left hand. 
As soon as Jesus says, hey, he's

493
00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:04,920
going to separate the right from
the left. 

494
00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:08,880
They weren't waiting in suspense
to wonder which meant which some

495
00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:12,680
some commentaries, some 
historians have said that in 

496
00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:15,080
ancient times they would wipe 
themselves with the left hand. 

497
00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:19,520
And you know, that was they 
didn't have all of the hygiene 

498
00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:23,400
tools that we have today. 
So the right hand was considered

499
00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:26,840
more preserved and more clean. 
So you don't want anything to do

500
00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:28,880
with the left hand, but that's 
where the goats go. 

501
00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:32,040
Verse 34. 
Then the king will say to those 

502
00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:37,640
on his right come, you who are 
blessed by my father, inherit 

503
00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:40,800
the Kingdom prepared for you 
from the foundation of the 

504
00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:44,680
world. 
This makes the humble sheep say 

505
00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:48,320
Hallelujah. 
What a promise, what a treasure,

506
00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:53,200
what a blessing. 
They are blessed by the Father 

507
00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:56,000
and they inherit the Kingdom, 
the Kingdom that was prepared 

508
00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:57,600
from the foundation of the 
world. 

509
00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:02,080
In the beginning, God created 
the heavens and the earth, and 

510
00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:05,800
at that point He still had a 
Kingdom prepared in God's heart.

511
00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:08,000
He was already preparing. 
He knew what was coming. 

512
00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:11,480
He knew Adam was going to sin. 
He knew He was going to blow it.

513
00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:14,720
He knew he Jesus was going to 
come and rescue us, and He knew 

514
00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:17,120
He would gather His bride once 
again and we would all live 

515
00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:20,000
happily ever after. 
And He knew that the goats would

516
00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:24,760
be dealt with as well. 
From the foundation of the 

517
00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:27,640
world. 
This is what the Lord prepared. 

518
00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:32,280
In the beginning was the Word. 
The Word was with God, and the 

519
00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:34,920
Word was God. 
The Lord's been planning this 

520
00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:36,640
for a long time. 
This should just bring you 

521
00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:38,600
encouragement. 
This should just remind you of 

522
00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:40,520
grace. 
Again, even in the middle of all

523
00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:43,640
this judgement, there's much 
grace still being distributed. 

524
00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:47,040
It's still favor, it's still 
blessing, it's still the Lord's 

525
00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:50,240
pleasure to give you the 
Kingdom, which is just crazy. 

526
00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:54,040
I would think if it was me, I 
would just make me a servant. 

527
00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:59,160
Why make us sons? 
God is that loving. 

528
00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:05,800
He cares about us that much. 
Verse 35, He tells him why I was

529
00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:09,000
hungry and you gave me food. 
I was thirsty and you gave me 

530
00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:10,280
drink. 
I was a stranger and you 

531
00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:12,280
welcomed me. 
I was naked and you clothed me. 

532
00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:15,640
I was sick and you visited me. 
I was in prison and you came to 

533
00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:22,380
me. 
These are the sheep, and this is

534
00:27:22,380 --> 00:27:24,540
the evidence that he uses to 
show them that they're his 

535
00:27:24,540 --> 00:27:26,540
sheep. 
He knows his sheep and his sheep

536
00:27:26,540 --> 00:27:30,460
know him, but as judge, he still
measures particular things. 

537
00:27:31,140 --> 00:27:32,780
This is how he knows you're his 
sheep. 

538
00:27:33,620 --> 00:27:36,260
These are Christian virtues and 
Christian kindness. 

539
00:27:36,940 --> 00:27:39,100
Christians caring for 
Christians, Christians loving 

540
00:27:39,100 --> 00:27:41,120
their enemies. 
These are the things that the 

541
00:27:41,120 --> 00:27:43,560
Lord measures. 
This is how He judges. 

542
00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:47,880
Jesus is our advocate and this 
is how He makes a case against 

543
00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:49,840
our accuser. 
He can say look at the fruit, 

544
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,240
look at the fruit, look at the 
fruit, look at the fruit. 

545
00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:55,400
No, the fruit didn't save them, 
but the fruit proves something 

546
00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:57,760
about them. 
Salvation is not earned by 

547
00:27:57,760 --> 00:28:00,920
action, but salvation is 
revealed by action. 

548
00:28:02,360 --> 00:28:05,960
It is not great works of power 
that prove your salvation. 

549
00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:08,560
It is not miracles that prove 
your salvation. 

550
00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:10,720
It is not the driving out of 
demons that prove your 

551
00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:12,200
salvation. 
Why? 

552
00:28:12,360 --> 00:28:15,560
Because many will say on that 
day, Lord, did we not prophecy 

553
00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:17,560
in your name? 
Did we not do miracles in your 

554
00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:19,440
name? 
Did we not cast out demons in 

555
00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:21,400
your name? 
That's crazy. 

556
00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:24,040
How many Christians? 
How many people? 

557
00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:27,120
We should clarify that. 
How many people do you know who 

558
00:28:27,120 --> 00:28:30,360
are doing miracles, who are 
prophesying and driving out 

559
00:28:30,360 --> 00:28:33,880
demons? 
Well, Jesus said that many who 

560
00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:36,400
do those things will stand 
before Him on that day and say, 

561
00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:40,360
Lord, look what I did, and he'll
say depart from me. 

562
00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:42,760
I never knew you, you worker of 
iniquity. 

563
00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:45,880
I don't have a good theological 
explanation for that. 

564
00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:47,400
You just got to settle that one 
for yourself. 

565
00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:52,120
But people who drove out demons,
people who work miracles, and 

566
00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:57,440
people who prophesied in His 
name are going to be separated 

567
00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:02,040
and lost forever from them. 
I I just chalked that up to God 

568
00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:05,400
and His kindness is still going 
to get His good gifts to people 

569
00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:08,240
no matter what flawed vessel 
might be using them. 

570
00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:12,800
But this should give you pause 
to inspect basic and simple 

571
00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:16,760
fruits in people's lives before 
you trust them not not that you 

572
00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:18,760
should condemn everyone. 
I'm not telling you to condemn, 

573
00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:22,040
but I'm saying before you trust 
a minister, before you trust 

574
00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:25,920
that favorite preacher, Is there
fruit that is inspectable? 

575
00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:30,560
And and apparently miracles, 
prophecy and demon casting out 

576
00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:33,480
is not the inspectable fruit 
that matters most to Jesus. 

577
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,760
Which is wild because those 
sound pretty good to me. 

578
00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:39,880
Like ma'am, this dude's working 
miracles in his ministry. 

579
00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:43,520
He's got, you know, active 
prophetic ministry and they 

580
00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:45,040
drive out demons. 
Like for real. 

581
00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:47,880
It's legit. 
But is, but are you able to 

582
00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:51,040
inspect the other fruits that 
the Lord cares about, like 

583
00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:55,240
clothing people, like feeding 
people, like all the things that

584
00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:58,800
aren't spectacular, but all the 
things that everyone can do? 

585
00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:01,120
I don't know if I can do this 
and this and this. 

586
00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:03,320
Well, you can drive out demons, 
you can prophecy, and you can't 

587
00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:05,600
work miracles according to your 
New Testament. 

588
00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:09,640
And yet, even if you never did 
any of those things, apparently 

589
00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:12,120
that wasn't the evidence that 
the Lord was like, hey, you 

590
00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:15,080
prophesied. 
You didn't prophecy, you drove 

591
00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:16,880
out demons. 
You didn't drive out demons. 

592
00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:18,840
You to my right hand, you to my 
left hand. 

593
00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:23,680
That's not what he pointed out. 
It was simple things that the 

594
00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:25,720
the most simple among us. 
Who could say, I don't know if I

595
00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:27,560
could ever. 
First of all, you're wrong. 

596
00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:30,800
And you should pray and seek to 
prophecy and pray and seek to 

597
00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:34,360
drive out demons and do the work
of the ministry and walk in 

598
00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:37,440
Christian authority in the name 
of Jesus to drive out the works 

599
00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:42,280
of darkness around you. 
And yet those aren't the things 

600
00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:45,200
that the Lord is pointing out as
evidences of salvation. 

601
00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:50,320
Many will say, Lord I did all 
this for you, but He will say I 

602
00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:52,800
never knew you. 
What he looks for are 

603
00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:55,720
measurements of love and caring 
for those in need. 

604
00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:58,440
Simple things that everyone can 
do Keep going. 

605
00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:01,040
Verse 36 I was naked and you 
clothed me. 

606
00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:04,560
I was sick and you visited me. 
I was in prison and you came to 

607
00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:06,880
me. 
Simple obediences. 

608
00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:12,760
This is likely, most theologians
have thought throughout history,

609
00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:14,960
this is likely Christians caring
for Christians. 

610
00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:17,800
Why are Christians in prison? 
Well, because they broke the 

611
00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:19,640
law. 
Well, why would Christians break

612
00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:21,240
the law? 
Because the law was wicked. 

613
00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:23,760
That's the point. 
You're not allowed to do this. 

614
00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:25,640
You're not allowed to do that. 
And Christians who are faithful 

615
00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:27,080
are going to go, oh, I will do 
that. 

616
00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:30,720
Think about Paul. 
He gets imprisoned for living 

617
00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:32,320
righteously, for doing the right
things. 

618
00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:36,320
And you should go visit Paul. 
You should go care for Paul. 

619
00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:38,000
You should go bring him an extra
coat. 

620
00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:39,760
Why? 
He's he's not in prison because 

621
00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:41,520
he killed somebody. 
Well, he killed a lot of people,

622
00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:44,000
but he's not in prison for that,
ironically enough. 

623
00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:47,880
He's in prison for righteousness
sake, so this is likely 

624
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:50,840
Christians caring for 
Christians, especially those who

625
00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:52,640
have suffered for righteousness 
sake. 

626
00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:57,480
Sometimes you break an 
unrighteous law to obey Jesus. 

627
00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:01,440
Christians should prioritize one
another, and these are things 

628
00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:04,800
that the Lord watches for. 
What he lists here is attainable

629
00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:07,440
for everyone, no matter how much
money you have or what your 

630
00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:10,880
status is or how experienced you
are as a Christian. 

631
00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:14,640
Basic obediences. 
That's the freedom that I keep 

632
00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:16,240
wanting you to receive and 
enjoy. 

633
00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:18,560
The Lord just wants you to walk 
out the faithfulness that's 

634
00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:21,280
right in front of you. 
What does He put in your hand? 

635
00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:23,320
What obedience has He given you 
to do? 

636
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:26,920
What has He called you to in 
this season even of life? 

637
00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:28,920
What would faithfulness look 
like? 

638
00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:30,720
What would wise stewardship look
like? 

639
00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:36,600
If the Lord were to return next 
week, what would you be? 

640
00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:38,520
What would you want this week to
look like? 

641
00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:40,480
Where would you want to 
emphasize? 

642
00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:42,840
Where would you want to say, 
man, my fruitfulness is right 

643
00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:47,200
here, man, I need to be. 
I am going to double down on my 

644
00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:51,440
gentleness to my wife. 
I'm going to double down on my 

645
00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:54,800
respectful speech to my husband.
I'm going to double down on my 

646
00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:58,680
obedience to my parents. 
Like those are simple. 

647
00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:01,200
They if you're a husband, you 
don't have to go far to figure 

648
00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:02,600
out. 
I wonder what I should be doing.

649
00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:05,280
There's a lot of New Testament 
commands for you husbands. 

650
00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:07,680
If you're a wife, you don't have
to be like, what should a 

651
00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:10,840
Christian wife do? 
Let me go ask the bloggers. 

652
00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:13,600
No, don't do that. 
Go ask your New Testament. 

653
00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:16,600
There's lots there, Christian 
wife, and you don't have to 

654
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:18,880
like, it's not complicated. 
You don't need a new book study 

655
00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:21,800
like it. 
There's plenty to get started. 

656
00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:24,160
Kids, it's not complicated. 
You know what to do. 

657
00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:27,120
If you have a job, you know what
to do, don't you? 

658
00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:31,040
It's not that complicated. 
Work diligently and do 

659
00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:34,200
everything you're doing as unto 
the Lord, not as unto this 

660
00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:36,800
terrible client, not as unto 
your terrible boss. 

661
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:39,280
You're doing everything under 
the Lord. 

662
00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:41,560
So when your boss goes on 
another vacation and another 

663
00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:46,760
vacation and blames everything 
on you, you're going, it's OK. 

664
00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:48,680
I wasn't doing it for my boss. 
I was doing it for the Lord. 

665
00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:51,880
So the Lord is pleased and the 
Lord is keeping the books. 

666
00:33:56,320 --> 00:34:01,800
Simple obediences flow out of 
love, and that reveals 

667
00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:05,240
salvation. 
It doesn't earn salvation, but 

668
00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:07,160
it proves salvation. 
Miracles are good. 

669
00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:09,760
Driving out demons is good. 
We should pray for those and 

670
00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:12,960
expect them, but they are not 
the determinations that He uses 

671
00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:17,960
at the judgement. 
Verse 37, He's saying you did 

672
00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:21,560
all these things. 
And then the righteous answer in

673
00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:25,199
verse 37, Lord, when do we see 
you hungry and feed you, or 

674
00:34:25,199 --> 00:34:28,080
thirsty and give you drink? 
This is a pleasant exchange. 

675
00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:31,840
He's saying you're blessed, 
you're getting the smile of 

676
00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:35,120
Jesus in this moment. 
My father loves you enter into 

677
00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:38,159
the eternal Kingdom that's 
always been prepared for you and

678
00:34:38,159 --> 00:34:40,840
because you did this and then 
and then they go, when did I do 

679
00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:43,320
that? 
When when did this happen? 

680
00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:45,520
When did I see you hungry and 
feed you or thirsty and give you

681
00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:47,440
a drink? 
When did I see you a stranger 

682
00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:49,400
and welcome you? 
When were you naked and I 

683
00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:52,960
clothed you When were you sick 
and or in prison and I visited 

684
00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:55,520
you and the King will answer 
them truly. 

685
00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:58,560
I say to you as you did it to 
the least of these, my brothers,

686
00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:01,040
you did it to me. 
Look at their surprise. 

687
00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:04,680
They didn't even realize that 
they had done it. 

688
00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:09,800
That's a big green flag. 
That's a good sign. 

689
00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:14,920
Their ignorance about what? 
When they did these things that 

690
00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:17,720
reveals their humility and their
sincerity. 

691
00:35:18,240 --> 00:35:20,520
Why? 
Because it was natural to them. 

692
00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:24,640
It was just who they were and 
they did not think any of these 

693
00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:27,600
things were exceptional. 
When they did these things, they

694
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:31,560
didn't think I did a good thing.
They just thought it's just 

695
00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:33,160
called living. 
Why? 

696
00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:35,640
Because that's what happens when
you're an orange tree. 

697
00:35:35,640 --> 00:35:39,840
You just make oranges. 
You don't think, how do I come 

698
00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:43,760
up with an orange today? 
Orange trees just make oranges. 

699
00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:47,880
That's just what they do. 
Oranges flow out of orange trees

700
00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:51,000
automatically. 
They don't have to work at it. 

701
00:35:51,720 --> 00:35:54,320
The Lord has built it so that 
the orange tree just produces 

702
00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:57,600
fruit and the Lord has built as 
Christians so that there is a 

703
00:35:57,600 --> 00:35:59,240
new heart and new desire inside 
of them. 

704
00:35:59,240 --> 00:36:00,720
That's why they had done these 
things. 

705
00:36:00,720 --> 00:36:02,400
They lived their lives. 
And the Lord said, you did all 

706
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:04,480
this for me and I what, when did
I do that for you? 

707
00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:07,040
He's like, and he's going to 
rollback the tape and go see 

708
00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:08,880
this. 
And they're like, but that that 

709
00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:12,960
was just a Tuesday. 
And he's like, I know, I know. 

710
00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:16,760
And it was me working in you to 
do it and you were faithful to 

711
00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:18,920
do it. 
It proves that you had been 

712
00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:21,440
saved. 
This fruit, this orange is 

713
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:23,880
evidence that you are an orange 
tree. 

714
00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:26,440
Enter into the joy of your 
master. 

715
00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:34,360
They're not like the Pharisees 
who do things to be seen. 

716
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:37,000
That was the issue with the 
Pharisees. 

717
00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:40,720
Remember, doing good stuff is 
good everybody, but the issue is

718
00:36:40,720 --> 00:36:44,080
they were doing good things to 
be seen or doing good things to 

719
00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:50,200
earn favor. 
Doing good is not a problem, but

720
00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:54,440
your motive is what matters. 
So when something is natural to 

721
00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:57,840
you, you're not overthinking it.
Humility and sincerity are what 

722
00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:03,800
you're seeing here though. 
They're honestly confused 

723
00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:06,960
because they were not keeping 
score along the way. 

724
00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:10,320
The righteous Christian is not 
keeping score. 

725
00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:12,480
The righteous Christian is 
saying, look at this, look at 

726
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:14,840
that, look at that. 
I'm stacking it up today. 

727
00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:18,680
I am a super Christian. 
They're just going, God is good,

728
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:21,320
God is good. 
Let me pass along the goodness 

729
00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:24,160
and the blessing of the Lord. 
The righteous are not tracking 

730
00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:27,040
their goodness. 
They're just good because 

731
00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:29,320
they've been made new and it's 
who they are. 

732
00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:32,800
If you're tracking your 
goodness, that's a red flag 

733
00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:36,600
because you see goodness as an 
exception instead of your 

734
00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:40,320
standard operating procedure. 
So do good things and you're 

735
00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:41,600
not. 
And it's not that you have to be

736
00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:44,080
ignorant of them, but you're 
also don't let your right hand 

737
00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:45,200
know what your left hand is 
doing. 

738
00:37:45,640 --> 00:37:47,920
That means that you're not. 
You're just you're not trying to

739
00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:50,720
be seen. 
Now the tender hearted overthink

740
00:37:50,720 --> 00:37:52,440
that they're like, I can't go 
put my offering in because then 

741
00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:54,200
everyone will see that I'm 
giving in to the Lord and then 

742
00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:57,120
what do I do? 
All right, if it's really 

743
00:37:57,120 --> 00:37:59,960
bothering you, you can give 
online, but don't worry about 

744
00:37:59,960 --> 00:38:00,800
putting your money in the 
offering. 

745
00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:04,160
It's going to be OK. 
The point is the motive, your 

746
00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:05,880
blessing is not robbed. 
If you walk up here and put 

747
00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:09,600
money in the offering plate, I 
assure you, unless of course 

748
00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:11,600
you're doing it to be seen. 
Now, if you did a cartwheel on 

749
00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:14,880
the way up here and you're like,
hey, everybody, here's how much 

750
00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:17,240
is on the check today, that 
would be different. 

751
00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:19,360
Enjoy your reward from people 
because that's the only one 

752
00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:24,960
you're getting. 
If you're tracking your 

753
00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:30,000
goodness, that's a red flag 
because you see goodness as 

754
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:33,520
exceptional instead of your 
standard operating procedure. 

755
00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:36,880
If you make an orange and you go
look everybody instead of like, 

756
00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:38,560
yeah, I'm an orange tree. 
It's just what orange trees do. 

757
00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:41,800
Yeah, it's just Christian stuff.
Just a Christian being a 

758
00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:42,600
Christian. 
I love the Lord. 

759
00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:44,600
I love people, man. 
I don't always get it right, 

760
00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:46,640
that's for sure. 
And and I repent when I sin 

761
00:38:46,640 --> 00:38:48,480
because I still produce bad 
fruit sometimes. 

762
00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:51,200
But yeah, more and more there's 
just oranges and oranges and oh,

763
00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:56,200
that one's bad. 
Lord forgive me and people 

764
00:38:56,200 --> 00:38:57,680
forgive me. 
Whoever needs to forgive me, 

765
00:38:57,680 --> 00:38:59,920
please forgive me. 
Verse 40. 

766
00:39:00,720 --> 00:39:02,200
The king will answer them. 
Truly. 

767
00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:04,840
I say to you as you did it for 
the least of these, my brothers,

768
00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:07,840
you did it for me. 
He rewinds the tape for him. 

769
00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:10,920
Whether it was food or money or 
visits or time or phone calls or

770
00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:12,880
love, he's been keeping the 
record. 

771
00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:21,920
Proverbs 1917 says whoever gives
to the poor lends to the Lord. 

772
00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:25,200
So whoever gives to the poor, 
you gave to the poor freely. 

773
00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:30,280
God says that you actually let 
him borrow from you, and that 

774
00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:31,320
means he's going to pay you 
back. 

775
00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:34,480
So you're thinking, I gave that 
away, I'll never see that again.

776
00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:37,800
That's not true. 
If you gave to the poor, the 

777
00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:41,800
Lord says I owe you 1 now you 
know, like you don't owe me 

778
00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:43,000
anything. 
He's like, no, I know I don't 

779
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:45,120
actually owe you anything, but 
I'm going to repay. 

780
00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:50,040
I'm going to repay. 
Whoever gives to the poor lends 

781
00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:52,600
to the Lord. 
So you give to the poor and you 

782
00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:54,960
just, the Lord has just taken 
out a loan from you and he's 

783
00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:58,360
like, I owe you, thank you for 
that, and I'm going to pay you 

784
00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:00,240
back. 
That's how he sees this. 

785
00:40:00,840 --> 00:40:02,880
So they thought they were giving
to the poor, and the Lord says, 

786
00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:05,960
you actually were lending to me.
And now it is my pleasure and 

787
00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:09,520
joy to pay you back for it. 
What they did in private is now 

788
00:40:09,520 --> 00:40:14,760
rewarded and honored in public. 
Verse 41 Here's the tragic turn.

789
00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:17,960
Then he will say to those on his
left, depart from me. 

790
00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:22,120
You cursed into the eternal 
fire, prepared for the devil and

791
00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:25,960
his angels. 
For I was hungry, and you gave 

792
00:40:25,960 --> 00:40:28,320
me no food. 
I was thirsty and you gave me no

793
00:40:28,320 --> 00:40:29,920
drink. 
I was a stranger and you did not

794
00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:32,960
welcome me naked, and you did 
not clothe me sick and in 

795
00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:35,600
prison, and you did not visit 
me. 

796
00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:38,560
The others were blessed and now 
these are cursed. 

797
00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:42,560
Jesus is black and white over 
and over and over and over. 

798
00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:45,640
There will be blessing and there
will be cursing. 

799
00:40:47,040 --> 00:40:53,200
Everyone had the opportunity to 
be blessed, but many of them had

800
00:40:53,200 --> 00:40:56,320
mental awareness of the King 
without devotion to the King. 

801
00:40:57,160 --> 00:40:59,200
They had never allowed the King 
to actually change them. 

802
00:40:59,200 --> 00:41:02,720
They believed in God. 
I've known lots of people who 

803
00:41:02,720 --> 00:41:06,000
believe in God, and I've known 
lots of people who believe that 

804
00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:08,920
the whole Bible is true, from 
Genesis all the way through to 

805
00:41:08,920 --> 00:41:12,880
maps. 
And still that's not saving 

806
00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:15,640
faith. 
It's just knowledge. 

807
00:41:16,680 --> 00:41:20,280
Of course Jesus is God. 
I think anybody with half a 

808
00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:22,640
brain in one eye should be able 
to come to that conclusion. 

809
00:41:23,720 --> 00:41:27,040
And yet, not everybody comes to 
a saving faith. 

810
00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:31,880
The path is narrow and few find 
it. 

811
00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:35,480
The road to destruction, Jesus 
says, is wide, and many are on 

812
00:41:35,480 --> 00:41:37,600
it. 
It certainly seems that the 

813
00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:41,320
majority of people throughout 
history will experience eternal 

814
00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:43,200
torment. 
Not oblivion, which would be 

815
00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:48,080
relief for them, but eternal 
fire, eternal darkness, eternal 

816
00:41:48,120 --> 00:41:51,360
terror. 
Hell was prepared, Jesus tells 

817
00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:53,440
us here, for the devil and his 
angels. 

818
00:41:54,040 --> 00:41:55,880
That's why God build hell, by 
the way. 

819
00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:58,160
God built hell. 
The devil didn't invent hell. 

820
00:41:58,440 --> 00:42:00,640
The devil's not sitting on a 
throne in hell with a pitchfork 

821
00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:03,400
poking at people. 
Jesus built hell. 

822
00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:06,480
Jesus is in charge of hell. 
The devil's not in charge of 

823
00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:09,800
hell. 
It is where God sends sends his 

824
00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:13,120
enemies for all eternity. 
And then the revelation tells us

825
00:42:13,120 --> 00:42:15,040
that hell is going to be thrown 
into the lake of fire. 

826
00:42:15,040 --> 00:42:20,080
That doesn't sound good either. 
The devil is not in charge. 

827
00:42:20,080 --> 00:42:21,400
Jesus is in charge of 
everything. 

828
00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:25,680
People in hell are people who do
not love God and did not want 

829
00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:27,280
God. 
And now they get what they've 

830
00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:28,920
always wanted, to be away from 
God. 

831
00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:32,920
So he says get out of my sight, 
be separated from me forever. 

832
00:42:33,320 --> 00:42:36,120
They join his enemies because 
that is exactly what they are. 

833
00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:40,840
Verse 42 For I was hungry and 
you gave me no food. 

834
00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:42,560
I was thirsty, You gave me no 
drink. 

835
00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:45,000
I was a stranger. 
You did not welcome me naked. 

836
00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:47,840
You did not clothe me sick and 
imprisoned, and you did not 

837
00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:51,040
visit me. 
This is what they did not do. 

838
00:42:51,560 --> 00:42:53,360
They're judged by the same list 
as the sheep. 

839
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:56,720
They did not feed, they did not 
give drink, they did not 

840
00:42:56,720 --> 00:42:58,400
welcome, they did not clothe, 
they did not visit. 

841
00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:03,040
Their neglect is the evidence of
who they actually are. 

842
00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:07,280
And then verse 44, then they 
will also answer. 

843
00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:09,880
Now they're panicked because 
they know what's coming for 

844
00:43:09,880 --> 00:43:12,920
them. 
Lord, Lord, Lord, when did we 

845
00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:15,800
see you hungry or thirsty or a 
stranger or naked or sick or in 

846
00:43:15,800 --> 00:43:17,040
prison and did not minister to 
you? 

847
00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:20,720
They're saying no, no, if you 
had been there, we'd have done 

848
00:43:20,720 --> 00:43:23,440
right by you, which isn't true 
either. 

849
00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:26,320
They're saying no, no, no, no. 
We saw all these other filthy 

850
00:43:26,320 --> 00:43:29,040
people throughout life and all 
these people in need and people 

851
00:43:29,040 --> 00:43:30,920
who needed our love and people 
who needed grace. 

852
00:43:30,920 --> 00:43:33,160
We didn't give them anything. 
But if you had been there, 

853
00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:35,680
certainly we would have cared 
for you. 

854
00:43:36,360 --> 00:43:38,560
It's gone. 
You're revealing exactly who you

855
00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:41,160
are. 
Exactly my point. 

856
00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:43,680
They've just proven their point.
And that also will be used 

857
00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:45,240
against them. 
The Lord always uses people's 

858
00:43:45,240 --> 00:43:48,160
words against them. 
Oh, is that the way you see it? 

859
00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:52,520
Yes, Lord, consider it done. 
They don't realize that they're 

860
00:43:52,520 --> 00:43:54,360
just proving his point. 
No, Lord, we would have done it 

861
00:43:54,360 --> 00:43:54,880
for you. 
Yeah. 

862
00:43:55,160 --> 00:43:58,880
You're doing things to be seen 
because it's not really who you 

863
00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:00,480
are. 
You can put on temporarily. 

864
00:44:00,760 --> 00:44:04,120
You can muster out an orange 
from time to time, but the tree 

865
00:44:04,120 --> 00:44:06,640
is rotten. 
The tree is dead, and the tree 

866
00:44:06,640 --> 00:44:09,520
is bad. 
It's full of rotten fruit. 

867
00:44:09,520 --> 00:44:13,960
It's the weird exception when 
you produce a good orange and 

868
00:44:13,960 --> 00:44:18,960
you go, look, Lord, I can do 
some stuff sometimes, but it's 

869
00:44:18,960 --> 00:44:21,360
not who you are. 
You haven't been saved. 

870
00:44:22,640 --> 00:44:25,520
You haven't received new desires
and a new identity. 

871
00:44:26,840 --> 00:44:28,200
If it had been you, we would 
have done it. 

872
00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:31,880
They cared about being seen and 
did not believe He was always 

873
00:44:31,880 --> 00:44:33,880
actually watching. 
If they really cared about being

874
00:44:33,880 --> 00:44:36,640
seen, they would have obeyed all
the time because the Lord was 

875
00:44:36,640 --> 00:44:42,840
always watching. 
And we're closing verse 45. 

876
00:44:45,040 --> 00:44:48,120
Then he will answer them saying,
truly, I say to you, as you did 

877
00:44:48,120 --> 00:44:52,760
not do it to one of the least of
these, you did not do it to me. 

878
00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:57,840
Neglecting others is neglecting 
the Lord. 

879
00:44:58,200 --> 00:44:59,960
He is their shepherd and he 
watches them. 

880
00:45:00,520 --> 00:45:03,960
How you treat them reveals who 
you are. 

881
00:45:04,040 --> 00:45:05,880
Some of you are already 
thinking, man, I need to go out 

882
00:45:05,880 --> 00:45:08,760
there and do better today. 
No, if that's what you've heard,

883
00:45:08,920 --> 00:45:12,040
you've missed the sermon. 
If that's what you've heard, 

884
00:45:12,040 --> 00:45:14,840
you've missed the Lord. 
Man, I got to go out and I 

885
00:45:14,840 --> 00:45:16,320
really need to go out and do 
better today. 

886
00:45:16,520 --> 00:45:20,160
No, you don't. 
It will profit you nothing to go

887
00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:23,880
out and do better today to 
muster up some oranges. 

888
00:45:24,960 --> 00:45:27,280
What matters is that you become 
a new tree. 

889
00:45:28,400 --> 00:45:31,040
That's what you need. 
When you become a new tree, 

890
00:45:31,160 --> 00:45:35,080
oranges will flow. 
Non Christians and false 

891
00:45:35,080 --> 00:45:38,440
Christians always think that 
genuine Christians are mustering

892
00:45:38,440 --> 00:45:41,120
it up, and they're not. 
That's their secret. 

893
00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:43,960
They're not doing it. 
They're so much better than me. 

894
00:45:45,400 --> 00:45:48,720
They're not what the What you 
might be seeing, though, is 

895
00:45:48,720 --> 00:45:50,920
someone who's saved, and you 
might not be. 

896
00:45:52,680 --> 00:45:56,240
Christians struggle, Christians 
suffer, Christians walk through 

897
00:45:56,240 --> 00:45:58,120
difficulties, and Christians 
sin. 

898
00:45:59,200 --> 00:46:06,400
But when Christians sin, they 
have an advocate and they 

899
00:46:06,400 --> 00:46:09,320
confess their sins and they hate
their sins. 

900
00:46:09,640 --> 00:46:13,560
And it feels to them like 
putting on filthy clothes on a 

901
00:46:13,560 --> 00:46:16,920
clean body. 
Non Christians, when they send 

902
00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:23,160
feels right. 
It's who I am outside of Christ.

903
00:46:23,160 --> 00:46:24,800
That's who I am outside of 
Christ. 

904
00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:26,680
That's who you are. 
What's wrong with my clothes? 

905
00:46:26,760 --> 00:46:28,480
They feel good to me. 
Yeah. 

906
00:46:28,480 --> 00:46:31,840
Filthy clothes on a filthy body.
It's it's it's a good pair. 

907
00:46:33,160 --> 00:46:37,960
But the Lord wants to wash 
everybody and make everybody new

908
00:46:37,960 --> 00:46:43,640
so that at the judgement he can 
say all these oranges that 

909
00:46:43,640 --> 00:46:48,440
proves you're an orange tree. 
Orange trees enter into the joy 

910
00:46:48,440 --> 00:46:51,040
of the Lord. 
Orange trees enter it not 

911
00:46:51,040 --> 00:46:53,400
because of the oranges. 
The oranges are just the 

912
00:46:53,400 --> 00:46:57,040
inevitable outcome of being an 
orange tree in my orchard. 

913
00:47:01,080 --> 00:47:03,480
Biblical knowledge is not the 
same thing as being saved by 

914
00:47:03,480 --> 00:47:05,440
Jesus. 
Church attendance is not the 

915
00:47:05,440 --> 00:47:07,240
same thing as being saved by 
Jesus. 

916
00:47:09,240 --> 00:47:12,080
Many are going to hear and 
depart from me and they were 

917
00:47:12,080 --> 00:47:13,160
sure that they were going to 
hear. 

918
00:47:13,160 --> 00:47:16,960
Well done. 
Verse 46. 

919
00:47:16,960 --> 00:47:20,160
There's two outcomes and these 
will go away into eternal 

920
00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:25,040
punishment, but the righteous 
into eternal life. 

921
00:47:26,680 --> 00:47:32,000
Hallelujah, eternal life. 
That means life with God, not 

922
00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:37,160
just living forever. 
Timeline that's included, but 

923
00:47:37,160 --> 00:47:38,560
that is not the greatest 
advantage. 

924
00:47:39,000 --> 00:47:41,640
The closer your heart gets to 
Jesus, the less you're going to 

925
00:47:41,640 --> 00:47:44,560
be focused on the length of time
and the more you're going to be 

926
00:47:44,560 --> 00:47:49,320
focused on the person of Jesus, 
the person of the Father, the 

927
00:47:49,320 --> 00:47:52,560
Son, and the Holy Spirit to be 
with them, to be present with 

928
00:47:52,560 --> 00:47:56,160
them. 
The Christian would never be 

929
00:47:56,160 --> 00:47:59,400
satisfied in a heaven without 
Jesus in it. 

930
00:47:59,400 --> 00:48:01,320
Oh, it's beautiful, it's 
perfect, it's paradise, it's 

931
00:48:01,320 --> 00:48:03,200
utopia. 
Where's Jesus? 

932
00:48:04,040 --> 00:48:05,920
Oh, there's no Jesus here, 
There's just a utopia. 

933
00:48:06,240 --> 00:48:10,560
Shoot me now. 
He was the reward, He was the 

934
00:48:10,560 --> 00:48:13,120
point. 
This created place, this new 

935
00:48:13,120 --> 00:48:14,760
heaven and new earth. 
You know who the Maker is, 

936
00:48:14,760 --> 00:48:16,840
right? 
It's Jesus. 

937
00:48:19,720 --> 00:48:22,840
There are two categories. 
Eternal punishment is terror and

938
00:48:22,840 --> 00:48:25,400
horror. 
There are many near death 

939
00:48:25,400 --> 00:48:30,080
experiences and stories and the 
majority of the public ones 

940
00:48:30,080 --> 00:48:33,960
create very, very rosy pictures.
The majority they get shared 

941
00:48:33,960 --> 00:48:36,800
publicly, have very, very 
positive stories to go along 

942
00:48:36,800 --> 00:48:38,400
with them. 
I was going to light and there 

943
00:48:38,400 --> 00:48:40,440
were angels. 
Why is that? 

944
00:48:40,520 --> 00:48:43,880
What's because those are the 
popular ones to share, because a

945
00:48:43,880 --> 00:48:45,960
lot of the people who 
experienced torments and near 

946
00:48:45,960 --> 00:48:48,680
death experience, oftentimes 
they don't go and write books 

947
00:48:48,680 --> 00:48:51,080
about it. 
There's actually a Doctor Who 

948
00:48:51,080 --> 00:48:54,320
wrote a book about he's, he's a 
heart doctor and he's had, I 

949
00:48:54,320 --> 00:48:56,880
guess he's not very good because
a lot of his patients died, but 

950
00:48:57,320 --> 00:49:01,880
he's experienced hundreds of 
people who, who, who died on his

951
00:49:01,880 --> 00:49:05,360
table or came back and he saw 
plenty, he said where they were 

952
00:49:05,360 --> 00:49:08,120
like, Oh my goodness, I was in 
heaven with the Lord and he 

953
00:49:08,120 --> 00:49:09,480
found out these people are 
Christians. 

954
00:49:09,800 --> 00:49:13,480
He said the majority, though, 
had terrifying, horrifying 

955
00:49:13,480 --> 00:49:15,320
experiences. 
He said those actually affected 

956
00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:18,040
me more and those were what led 
him to becoming a Christian. 

957
00:49:18,040 --> 00:49:20,880
He said, we don't want to be led
by people's near death 

958
00:49:20,880 --> 00:49:24,600
experiences. 
We're led by the word of God and

959
00:49:24,600 --> 00:49:27,040
still the people who experienced
those things. 

960
00:49:27,040 --> 00:49:29,040
He wrote a book, I forget what 
it's called, I forget his name, 

961
00:49:30,000 --> 00:49:32,360
but the people who experienced 
the near death experiences, who 

962
00:49:32,360 --> 00:49:38,680
went to hell, it was unpleasant.
It was horror and terror. 

963
00:49:39,120 --> 00:49:41,240
They talked about the certainty 
of the permanence of it. 

964
00:49:41,640 --> 00:49:44,920
And then God in his mercy 
allowed people on earth to 

965
00:49:44,920 --> 00:49:48,560
resuscitate a body, and God 
allowed that spirit to return 

966
00:49:48,920 --> 00:49:52,360
back to the body in his great 
grace and his great kindness. 

967
00:49:53,680 --> 00:49:57,440
Being in hell for two minutes 
and being able to come back. 

968
00:49:57,840 --> 00:50:00,240
And they would be screaming on 
the table, I'm in hell, save me,

969
00:50:00,240 --> 00:50:03,600
save me, I'm in hell. 
Pastor. 

970
00:50:03,600 --> 00:50:05,280
That's a little bit heavy. 
Guys. 

971
00:50:05,280 --> 00:50:07,280
Read the Bible. 
It's really heavy. 

972
00:50:07,640 --> 00:50:11,920
It's your soul and it's forever.
I don't know about that fire and

973
00:50:11,920 --> 00:50:14,600
brimstone stuff. 
OK, go read the Bible. 

974
00:50:16,160 --> 00:50:18,080
Go read the Bible. 
Go read Jesus. 

975
00:50:19,160 --> 00:50:24,040
And these will go away into 
eternal punishment, but the 

976
00:50:24,040 --> 00:50:27,680
righteous into eternal life. 
Or let's move back to verse 30 

977
00:50:27,680 --> 00:50:31,960
where Jesus is talking. 
Cast the worthless servant into 

978
00:50:31,960 --> 00:50:34,520
outer darkness. 
In that place there will be 

979
00:50:34,520 --> 00:50:42,480
weeping and gnashing of teeth. 
Heavy. 

980
00:50:42,480 --> 00:50:44,000
Yeah. 
And I'm not supposed to remove 

981
00:50:44,000 --> 00:50:48,440
that heaviness for us. 
The Lord didn't. 

982
00:50:54,800 --> 00:50:56,840
But thank God, eternal life is 
real. 

983
00:50:58,360 --> 00:51:00,960
Heaven is going to be better 
than you could ever imagine. 

984
00:51:02,600 --> 00:51:05,000
We had, we had a couple moments.
I did anyway. 

985
00:51:05,320 --> 00:51:08,480
I don't know about Clark family 
member #5 who said it was not 

986
00:51:08,480 --> 00:51:12,480
the best family vacation ever. 
I had, I had a few moments this 

987
00:51:12,480 --> 00:51:14,840
week of just bliss. 
I don't know if you've ever 

988
00:51:14,840 --> 00:51:17,680
done, you know, a vacation or a 
trip where you're just like, you

989
00:51:17,720 --> 00:51:19,480
just have a few moments like 
this moment. 

990
00:51:19,920 --> 00:51:24,680
It's everything. 
This moment is just perfect. 

991
00:51:25,080 --> 00:51:27,880
The beauty, the goodness that 
just the blessings of all you're

992
00:51:27,880 --> 00:51:31,760
like, this is just opulence. 
Can you think of 1? 

993
00:51:31,800 --> 00:51:34,320
Can you think of a moment just a
pleasure or a delight or a 

994
00:51:34,320 --> 00:51:40,200
beauty that is a shadow of a 
shadow of a shadow of the 

995
00:51:40,200 --> 00:51:43,960
greater glory that is to come? 
We're not going to be fat babies

996
00:51:43,960 --> 00:51:46,840
and diapers playing harps on 
clouds in heaven. 

997
00:51:47,960 --> 00:51:49,960
It's not going to be anything 
stupid like that. 

998
00:51:51,280 --> 00:51:53,320
It's going to be amazing and 
glorious. 

999
00:51:53,320 --> 00:51:54,800
We're going to rule and reign 
with him. 

1000
00:51:55,440 --> 00:52:00,240
The scripture says we're going 
to judge the angels and there's 

1001
00:52:00,240 --> 00:52:02,320
going to be reward and there's 
going to be rulership. 

1002
00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:05,880
The one who ruled over the 
talents, well, gets put over 10 

1003
00:52:05,880 --> 00:52:09,720
cities, literal cities that are 
made new on Earth. 

1004
00:52:09,720 --> 00:52:11,800
I don't know. 
I don't know, but I know there 

1005
00:52:11,800 --> 00:52:14,960
will be rank, there will be 
reward, there will be delight, 

1006
00:52:14,960 --> 00:52:17,840
there will be pleasure, there 
will be worship, there will be 

1007
00:52:17,840 --> 00:52:21,640
beauty, there will be goodness. 
There will be civilization, it 

1008
00:52:21,640 --> 00:52:25,120
will be Kingdom civilization, 
and it will be perfectly ruled 

1009
00:52:25,360 --> 00:52:28,560
by a king. 
Nobody voted him in, nobody can 

1010
00:52:28,560 --> 00:52:31,600
remove him. 
He's king forever, and of his 

1011
00:52:31,600 --> 00:52:35,400
Kingdom there will be no end. 
And the smoke of his enemies 

1012
00:52:35,840 --> 00:52:40,280
also will rise up forever. 
But his Saints and his sheep 

1013
00:52:40,280 --> 00:52:45,400
will be with him, enjoying him. 
So thank God, eternal life is 

1014
00:52:45,400 --> 00:52:49,320
real. 
Not just quantity, but quality, 

1015
00:52:50,160 --> 00:52:52,600
entering into the joy of our 
Master, entering into the 

1016
00:52:52,600 --> 00:52:54,960
pleasure of our master enjoying 
Jesus. 

1017
00:52:55,160 --> 00:52:57,120
I think we are too easily 
satisfied. 

1018
00:52:57,840 --> 00:52:59,960
I think our prayers are too 
easily satisfied. 

1019
00:53:00,560 --> 00:53:03,360
Lord, solve this temporary 
issue. 

1020
00:53:04,800 --> 00:53:08,440
OK, I will. 
There's promises for that. 

1021
00:53:08,640 --> 00:53:13,680
Yes, thank you, Lord, Congrats. 
Your 80 years was just enhanced.

1022
00:53:14,800 --> 00:53:16,680
Lord, fix this thing and that 
thing and this thing. 

1023
00:53:16,680 --> 00:53:19,320
But often times, Mike, I'm so 
easily satisfied. 

1024
00:53:19,760 --> 00:53:21,880
It takes so little to satisfy 
me. 

1025
00:53:22,200 --> 00:53:23,920
Lord, I'm focused on these 
smaller things. 

1026
00:53:23,920 --> 00:53:27,640
Lord said, I want to expand your
vision for a walk with me. 

1027
00:53:27,680 --> 00:53:31,160
I want to expand your vision for
not just yourself, but for 

1028
00:53:31,160 --> 00:53:33,880
others. 
Who are you caring about? 

1029
00:53:34,120 --> 00:53:37,360
Who else are you praying for 
beyond your own needs to be met?

1030
00:53:37,720 --> 00:53:43,200
Who else are you approaching the
throne of grace with boldness to

1031
00:53:43,200 --> 00:53:47,080
plead for that loved one, that 
they would come to Christ, that 

1032
00:53:47,080 --> 00:53:49,160
they would turn from their sin, 
that they would be delivered 

1033
00:53:49,160 --> 00:53:51,920
from strongholds, that they 
would be sanctified, that they 

1034
00:53:51,920 --> 00:53:55,520
would grow in maturity? 
That's a marker of the Christian

1035
00:53:55,520 --> 00:53:57,640
life. 
That's a marker of your maturity

1036
00:53:57,760 --> 00:54:00,600
or immaturity. 
Babies only care about 

1037
00:54:00,600 --> 00:54:02,480
themselves. 
I'm not insulting you, but I am 

1038
00:54:02,480 --> 00:54:04,280
educating you. 
Babies only care about 

1039
00:54:04,280 --> 00:54:06,320
themselves. 
And there's a time in my 

1040
00:54:06,320 --> 00:54:08,320
Christian walk where I only 
cared about myself. 

1041
00:54:08,320 --> 00:54:11,480
I was a baby. 
It's OK, Babies are babies. 

1042
00:54:11,480 --> 00:54:14,400
We love babies, but babies 
aren't supposed to be babies 

1043
00:54:14,400 --> 00:54:17,960
after 15 years. 
Babies after 15 years. 

1044
00:54:17,960 --> 00:54:21,640
That's a problem. 
There's an issue and many 

1045
00:54:21,640 --> 00:54:25,200
Christians have been babies for 
decades and they go, I'm going 

1046
00:54:25,200 --> 00:54:30,240
to heaven, please grow up. 
We need you to my sons. 

1047
00:54:30,240 --> 00:54:32,960
I would say the same thing if 
they were still babies and they 

1048
00:54:32,960 --> 00:54:34,920
still couldn't do any son, 
please grow up. 

1049
00:54:35,880 --> 00:54:39,080
I need my 15 year old to be able
to take out the trash. 

1050
00:54:39,640 --> 00:54:43,080
Please grow up. 
I need my 17 year old to be able

1051
00:54:43,080 --> 00:54:45,680
to run to the grocery store. 
Please grow up. 

1052
00:54:46,680 --> 00:54:48,320
That's not my mess. 
I don't need to clean that. 

1053
00:54:48,320 --> 00:54:52,040
Please grow up. 
This is development, this is 

1054
00:54:52,040 --> 00:54:53,600
growth. 
This is what the Christian life 

1055
00:54:53,600 --> 00:54:55,760
is supposed to look like. 
Remember to grow. 

1056
00:54:57,360 --> 00:54:59,680
The Lord is growing us. 
The Lord is building us. 

1057
00:55:00,080 --> 00:55:03,600
Don't be so easily satisfied. 
Seek true and deep satisfaction 

1058
00:55:03,600 --> 00:55:06,760
in the Lord, because that is the
greatest satisfaction you can 

1059
00:55:06,760 --> 00:55:15,240
possibly get. 
All right, my final closing 

1060
00:55:15,240 --> 00:55:17,280
bill. 
Ephesians 2. 

1061
00:55:18,240 --> 00:55:21,240
And you were dead in the 
trespasses and sins in which you

1062
00:55:21,240 --> 00:55:24,320
once walked, following the 
course of this world, following 

1063
00:55:24,320 --> 00:55:26,920
the Prince and power of the air,
that spirit that is now at work 

1064
00:55:26,920 --> 00:55:31,520
in the sons of disobedience 
among whom we all once lived, in

1065
00:55:31,520 --> 00:55:34,320
the passions of our flesh, 
carrying out the desires of the 

1066
00:55:34,320 --> 00:55:36,680
body and the mind. 
We were by nature children of 

1067
00:55:36,680 --> 00:55:42,200
wrath, like the rest of mankind,
but God being rich in mercy 

1068
00:55:42,760 --> 00:55:45,600
because of the great love with 
which He loved us, even when we 

1069
00:55:45,600 --> 00:55:49,040
were dead in our trespasses, he 
made us alive together with 

1070
00:55:49,040 --> 00:55:52,200
Christ. 
By grace you have been saved. 

1071
00:55:52,200 --> 00:55:54,680
And He raised us up with Him and
seated us with Him in the 

1072
00:55:54,680 --> 00:55:59,000
heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
so that in the coming ages He 

1073
00:55:59,000 --> 00:56:02,720
might show the immeasurable 
riches of His grace and kindness

1074
00:56:02,720 --> 00:56:06,320
toward us in Christ Jesus. 
For by grace you have been saved

1075
00:56:06,320 --> 00:56:09,520
through faith. 
This is not of your own doing. 

1076
00:56:09,520 --> 00:56:14,040
It is the gift of God, not a 
result of works, so that no one 

1077
00:56:14,040 --> 00:56:19,200
can boast. 
We are his workmanship, created 

1078
00:56:19,200 --> 00:56:23,520
in Christ Jesus for good works 
which God prepared beforehand 

1079
00:56:23,720 --> 00:56:26,160
that we should walk in them. 
It lays it all out. 

1080
00:56:26,480 --> 00:56:30,000
You're saved, and now you're 
prepared for good works, but 

1081
00:56:30,000 --> 00:56:33,800
you're not saved by good works. 
But now, if good works aren't 

1082
00:56:33,800 --> 00:56:36,800
flowing out of you, what's going
on? 

1083
00:56:38,040 --> 00:56:41,920
What in the world is going on? 
If you're seeing bad works 

1084
00:56:41,920 --> 00:56:46,080
flowing out of you, you are one 
of two things not saved. 

1085
00:56:46,720 --> 00:56:51,240
Good news, you still can be or 
#2 you're a believer who is 

1086
00:56:51,240 --> 00:56:54,040
backsliding. 
And that is also very dangerous.

1087
00:56:54,600 --> 00:56:58,080
Both are correctable because 
right now we still enjoy the 

1088
00:56:58,080 --> 00:57:02,520
throne of grace. 
And it is not too late until 

1089
00:57:03,000 --> 00:57:07,840
Matthew 25 is fulfilled. 
And as of this moment, right 

1090
00:57:07,840 --> 00:57:12,320
now, it's not so today. 
That's why the Lord says today 

1091
00:57:12,320 --> 00:57:17,600
is the day of salvation. 
Today, right here, right now. 

1092
00:57:17,960 --> 00:57:21,360
Come to Jesus the Savior before 
he's Jesus the judge. 

1093
00:57:22,320 --> 00:57:24,600
Come to Jesus while he's still 
on the throne of grace. 

1094
00:57:24,800 --> 00:57:27,960
Turn from your fake religion. 
Turn from your love of yourself,

1095
00:57:27,960 --> 00:57:29,840
Turn from your comfort, turn 
from your pride. 

1096
00:57:30,120 --> 00:57:32,200
Jesus is Lord, he's not just 
your helper. 

1097
00:57:32,760 --> 00:57:35,120
Repent and believe the gospel 
and receive new life. 

1098
00:57:36,200 --> 00:57:39,040
The same Jesus who warns us, the
same Jesus who will judge us all

1099
00:57:39,560 --> 00:57:43,000
is the same Jesus who died for 
you to save you from all that 

1100
00:57:43,000 --> 00:57:46,240
judgment. 
This passage is not a history 

1101
00:57:46,240 --> 00:57:47,920
lesson about just what happened 
that day. 

1102
00:57:48,160 --> 00:57:51,480
The words of Jesus demand a 
response today to determine your

1103
00:57:51,480 --> 00:57:54,000
future. 
Be saved by Jesus and then you 

1104
00:57:54,000 --> 00:57:58,200
will obey Jesus. 
Heavenly Father, thank you for 

1105
00:57:58,320 --> 00:57:59,800
Jesus. 
Thank you for the cross. 

1106
00:57:59,800 --> 00:58:01,320
Thank you for the throne of 
grace. 

1107
00:58:01,640 --> 00:58:03,960
Would you just raise your hands,
everyone in a posture of 

1108
00:58:03,960 --> 00:58:09,920
submission and humility? 
I want to lead you in a prayer, 

1109
00:58:11,160 --> 00:58:14,120
but saying these words will do 
nothing unless they're prayed 

1110
00:58:14,120 --> 00:58:18,840
out of a genuine heart. 
I myself and many other 

1111
00:58:18,840 --> 00:58:22,960
preachers have foolishly and 
accidentally, I believe, misled 

1112
00:58:22,960 --> 00:58:26,080
people into a false security 
because they thought that there 

1113
00:58:26,080 --> 00:58:29,200
was something magical about 
reciting a particular prayer. 

1114
00:58:29,960 --> 00:58:34,160
What matters is a humble heart, 
genuinely confessing sin and 

1115
00:58:34,160 --> 00:58:37,280
being saved by the Lord. 
That is business between you and

1116
00:58:37,280 --> 00:58:39,600
the Lord that I cannot 
participate in. 

1117
00:58:40,360 --> 00:58:46,960
But I will lead the humble, the 
backsliding, the unsaved in this

1118
00:58:46,960 --> 00:58:53,120
prayer. 
Heavenly Father, I know that I 

1119
00:58:53,120 --> 00:58:57,680
need help. 
I know that I'm a Sinner. 

1120
00:59:00,720 --> 00:59:02,960
I know that I have fallen short 
of your standards. 

1121
00:59:05,440 --> 00:59:09,840
I haven't been good enough. 
I'm a child deserving wrath. 

1122
00:59:11,560 --> 00:59:13,560
I've followed the Prince and the
power of the air. 

1123
00:59:16,920 --> 00:59:21,040
I've obeyed my flesh and 
followed my own mind. 

1124
00:59:22,440 --> 00:59:26,520
I renounce all of that now. 
I need to be made new. 

1125
00:59:27,680 --> 00:59:32,960
I need to be rescued. 
I'm a rotten tree, and I need 

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salvation. 
Give me a new heart, give me new

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desires, give me a new life, and
then produce your good fruit in 

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me. 
I can't make it on my own, but 

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through the power of the Holy 
Spirit I receive this gift of 

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grace to be a new creation, to 
be a devoted disciple, to be a 

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faithful follower. 
To be a wise steward. 

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I belong to you, you now own me.
I give up my rights over myself 

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and I am yours. 
What a joy, what a blessing to 

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be saved to love you. 
I devote my life to you now and 

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forever teach me to grow in 
Jesus name. 

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Amen. 
Lord, I thank you for your 

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people. 
I thank you for grace. 

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I thank you for your justice. 
All of that makes you perfect 

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and good. 
And now the Lord bless you and 

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keep you. 
The Lord make his face Shinedown

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upon you and be gracious to you.
The Lord lift up his countenance

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upon you and give you great 
peace in Jesus name, Amen.