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 I've got my own glasses.

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 Well, let me add my welcome, and it's a pleasure to be here today.

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 I think I was here about maybe about the first year that you actually started this,

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! Three or four years ago now? Something like that?

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 They've been going a while.

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 But it's a pleasure to be here, and you might want to keep your Bibles open there to page 105,

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 because I'll refer back to the Scripture as we go along.

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 That way you can make sure that I'm not making it up and it's really coming out of your Bibles.

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 You know, as I was listening, as we were reading this, so often when I hear passages like this,

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 I am absolutely amazed at the way Jesus can teach such eternal truths in the simplest of ways.

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 I mean, His analogies are powerful.

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 His metaphors are illuminating without exception.

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 And as we look at this passage here in Luke 13, I think we should note that

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 this is a period of time when Jesus' ministry was at its most popular.

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 In fact, back in chapter 12, verse 1, we're told that the crowds who were gathering to hear Him preach

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 were so large you couldn't put a number on them.

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 We're also told that as people moved around in the crowds to hear Him speak or to see Him better,

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 they trampled on one another.

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 And also, to put this into context, we should note that

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 the first line of our text says that Jesus was making His way to Jerusalem.

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 This is referring to an earlier verse back in Luke 9,

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 which says that when the days grew near for Jesus to be taken up to heaven,

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 He set His face toward Jerusalem.

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 And that statement back there in Luke 9 marks the beginning of the last six months of Jesus' life.

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 Jesus knows that He is on His way to Calvary.

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 And it's important because it tells us that He does know that as He travels and teaches,

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 that it's only a few short weeks before He will be hanging on the cross and dying.

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 So this is the context in which we start our passage here in verse 22,

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 where we have this wonderful picture of Jesus moving to the towns and the villages,

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 teaching and healing and people flooding in from all over the countryside to hear Him and to see Him.

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 Now, as Jesus talks, it was not unusual for people to ask Him questions.

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 And here in verse 23 is one of them,

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 Now, this is an understandable question and probably not an uncommon thought to have.

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 And there may be several reasons why this person actually asked this question.

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 I mean, for one, the two previous parables suggested that the kingdom of God would be small.

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 This would have made a Jewish person very uncomfortable.

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 They had been taught from the start that all Jews would be in the kingdom of heaven.

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 And as Jesus talked, it was obvious that this was not the case.

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 Or maybe they heard Jesus' teaching and thought He demands so much of us

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 that no man or woman could ever accomplish this.

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 Will there actually be anybody at all in heaven?

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 But still, whatever the person's motives were,

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 Jesus focuses on the question at hand.

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 And note that it says,

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 Someone asked, and He said to them.

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 Jesus wants to address the whole group who is there,

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 and not just the one person who asked the question.

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 And what He does for us here is He takes a speculative question on the nature of salvation,

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 and He turns it into a very pointed challenge about personal salvation.

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 And Jesus begins His response to the question with His challenge.

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 Make every effort, He says,

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 to enter through the narrow door.

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 Now this is interesting,

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 but anyone who wants to know the number of the saved

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 only needs to refer to the Sermon on the Mount,

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 where Jesus says,

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 For the gate is narrow,

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 and the way is hard,

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 that leads to life.

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 And those who find it are few.

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 And Jesus is saying there in Matthew,

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 that to follow Me is not an easy option.

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 In fact, it is the hard option.

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 And you will not see many people on the narrow road that leads to eternal life,

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 but you will see many, many people on the wide road that leads to destruction.

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 And what Jesus is saying here in Luke, in our passage,

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 is strive.

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 Make every effort to enter the narrow door,

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 because whatever the number of those who are saved in the end are,

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 there's no concern of yours.

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 Your concern is to be sure that you are a part of that number.

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 Make sure that you are one of those few

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 who are taking the narrow road that leads to life.

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 Now this word here for strive,

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 and we have translated it as strive or make every effort,

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 is the same word that Paul uses later on

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 to talk about an Olympic athlete

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 who puts all his effort into his events

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 to make sure that he wins.

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 And in that context,

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 some might say it sounds like

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 we can earn our way through the door by the things we do.

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 However, we're told that it is by grace alone that we are saved,

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 and Ephesians 2 tells us that we're not saved by good works,

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 but that we're saved for good works.

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 And we also know the only basis that we have for salvation

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 is what the Lord Jesus accomplished for us on the cross.

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 So, when Jesus issues this challenge to strive,

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 he's not saying that we can earn salvation.

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 Jesus is saying that salvation is not always easy.

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 And we have to resist the pressures of the world

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 that are all around us,

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 that are trying to hold us back.

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 You see, everything in this world lies to us.

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 Even our own very natures lie to us.

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 Our nature tells us that to love God

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 will take away our happiness and rob us of our joy.

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 Now you see,

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 Jesus is simply laying down a challenge

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 to strive against a sinful heart

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 while everything in this world

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 stands against a pure heart.

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 Everything is working towards my taking on

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 all those things which are unkind and untrue

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 and unnecessary.

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 And as awful as it may seem,

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 our natural inclination,

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 mine, yours, everyone's,

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 is to turn away from God,

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 is to turn away from His Word,

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 but it is His Word

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 that makes us wise for salvation.

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 And you see,

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 the thing we should all be thinking

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 is that salvation,

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 to the utmost degree,

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 is offered to all men and women.

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 You see, everything on God's part is ready.

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 The plan is in place.

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 Jesus is ready,

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 He is willing,

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 and He is able to receive sinners,

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 but sadly,

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 sinners are not willing to come to Christ.

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 So in the end,

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 it is few who are saved.

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 So the Lord exhorts us here

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 to strive,

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 to agonize,

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 to enter through the narrow door.

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 You see,

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 there is a door

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 that God has opened to humanity.

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 It is the door to enter

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 into God's presence,

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 and He has made a way

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 for men and women

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 to have eternal life

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 and share eternity with Him.

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 And Jesus says

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 that it is the responsibility

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 of all mankind,

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 the responsibility

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 of every individual man and woman

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 to make sure

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 that they are inside the door.

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 See, this picture of the narrow door

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 is entry into God's presence.

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 It's the way of salvation

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 that God has opened up to humanity.

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 It's a door that only opens

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 from the inside,

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 and Jesus says

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 we must strive

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 to enter through it.

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 So Jesus begins

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 His response with a command.

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 But there is also

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 a warning here

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 in the second half

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 of verse 24.

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 For many,

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 I tell you,

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 will seek to enter

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 that they will not be able.

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 It's kind of an anomaly

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 to our thoughts.

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 Why is that?

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 That people will seek God,

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 but they will not be able.

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 Well, the answer is there

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 in verse 25.

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 It's because when the master

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 of the house rises

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 to shut the door,

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 the time for salvation

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 will be over.

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 The Lord Jesus

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 is telling us here

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 that there is a time

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 coming in the future

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 when the door will close,

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 never to be reopened again.

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 Now, it is true

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 that when you die,

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 the door closes,

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 but what Jesus

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 is referring to here

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 is the second coming,

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 what is known

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 as the end of the age.

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 And Jesus is saying

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 that there is an event

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 coming in everyone's future

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 that will shut the door

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 once and for all,

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 and it will never be

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 reopened again.

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 You see,

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 there is a day coming

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 when the long-suffering

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 of the patience of the Lord

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 will have ended.

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 The day of salvation

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 will be over,

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 the door of mercy

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 will be closed,

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 and all the people of God

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 are going to be shut in,

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 and everyone else

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 is going to be shut out.

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 You see,

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 the meaning of these words

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 is really impossible

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 to misunderstand.

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 Once the door is shut,

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 there is no possibility

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 of a second chance

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 for those who are not

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 on the inside of the door

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 when it's shut.

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 And anyone who is

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 under the illusion

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 that God is so forgiving

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 or so loving

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 or that Jesus is so kind

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 or compassionate

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 that will be offered

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 a second chance

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 needs to look seriously

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 here at these words.

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 If Jesus had wanted

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 to teach

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 that there would be

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 a second chance,

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 this would have been

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 a perfect opportunity

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 for him to do it.

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 But he does it,

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 does he instead?

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 He says exactly the opposite,

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 that many will want

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 to get in,

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 but on that day

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 they will not be able

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 to get in.

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 Many of his heroes

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 would have been Jewish.

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 They would have been

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 well-versed in the

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 Old Testament stories,

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 and I'm sure some,

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 if not many,

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 of them thought,

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 man, this sounds

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 an awful lot like

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 Noah and the Ark,

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 because it does.

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 You remember,

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 Noah was a preacher

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 of righteousness.

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 He told the people

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 over and over

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 and over again.

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 And the people

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 could always say,

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 Moses, you're,

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 I mean,

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 Noah, you're crazy.

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 Just leave us alone.

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 And they mocked

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 and they scoffed

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 and they turned

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 their back on him

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 and finally the day

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 came when the Lord

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 shut the door to the Ark

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 and the rain began.

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 And as the rains

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 lashed down upon their heads,

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 they beat

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 and they pounded

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 on the side of the Ark

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 begging to be let in,

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 but their cries

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 went unheeded.

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 They were too late.

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 And notice here

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 in verse 25

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 that those who are

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 shut out

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 they too

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 were expecting

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 to be let in.

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 Open the door,

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 sir, they say.

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 No, says the master

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 of the house,

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 I don't know you

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 and I don't know

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 where you've come from.

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 But hold on a second,

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 sir, you preached

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 in our streets.

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 Don't you remember

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 we ate

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 and we drank

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 with you?

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 Well, maybe you did,

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 says the master

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 of the house,

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 but I still don't know you.

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 Away from here,

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 you doers

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 of evil.

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 See, ultimately,

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 there are only going

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 to be two classes

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 of people.

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 Those who are on the

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 inside

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 and those who are

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 on the outside.

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 And for those

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 on the inside,

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 we see here

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 it's going to be

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 a time of joy

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 and happiness

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 and feasting.

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 They're going to be

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 reclining at the tables

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 with generations

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 of believers

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 from all times.

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 You see,

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 the true offspring

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 of Abraham

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 are those who believe

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 in the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 It's not about

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 your family tree

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 or your status

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 or whether you go

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 to church or not.

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 It's about believing

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 in and trusting

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 in the Lord Jesus.

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 And in verse 29,

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 we see that in the

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 kingdom of God,

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 there are going to be

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 people from everywhere.

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 They're going to come

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 from the east,

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 the west,

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 the north,

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 the south,

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 Jew,

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 Gentile,

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 slave,

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 free,

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 men,

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 women,

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 all living together

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 in perfect harmony.

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 All brothers and sisters

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 living together

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 in Christ

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 and they will all

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 be reclining

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 around the table

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 enjoying their time.

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 The Lord's people

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 are going to be

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 shut in for eternity

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 with Christ

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 and with the saints

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 and with the angels

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 all together

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 in the kingdom of God

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 never ever having

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 to deal with sin

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 again.

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 Can you imagine

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 the conversations

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 we're going to have

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 or the questions

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 we'll be able

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 to have answered.

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 If you like music,

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 can you imagine

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 the songs

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 we're going to sing

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 together?

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 But for those

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 who are still

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 on the outside,

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 Jesus says there

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 in verses 25

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 and 26

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 that they will

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 plead earnestly

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!

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 But their pleas

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 will be answered

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 with this solemn

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 rejection,

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 I do not know you.

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 Depart from me,

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 you doers

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 of evil.

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 That command

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 to depart from me

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 is exclusion

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 from the presence

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 of God.

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 And the Bible

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 tells us that

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 it is in the presence

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 of God

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 where all

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 pleasures are found.

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 And the presence

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 of God

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 is where all

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 joy

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 is located.

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 And the presence

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 of God

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 is the ultimate

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 and the eternal

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 experience

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 of joy

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 and pleasure

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 and to be

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 excluded from that

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 will be the

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 ultimate experience

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 of separation

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 and isolation.

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 And verse 28

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 says that

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 for those people

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 who are still

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 on the outside

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 and when the door

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 is shut,

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 there will be

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 weeping

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 and wailing

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 as an expression

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 of their grief.

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 They will gnash

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 and grind

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 their teeth

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 as an expression

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 of their anger

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 and their rage.

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 You see,

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 we must note here

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 that Jesus

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 never saw

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 dying in this life

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 as the end.

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 He never saw

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 us lying in a hole

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 in the ground

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 rotting away.

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 No,

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 Jesus always

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 sees us

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 after death

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 in this life

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 as alive

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 with thoughts

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 and with feelings

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 and with emotions

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 in heaven

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 or in hell

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 for better

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 or for worse.

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 And here

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 in verse 28

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 we have

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 one of the most

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 horrific

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 and tragic

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 statements

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 of eternal

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 frustration

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 and eternal

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 loss

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 found anywhere

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 in the Bible.

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 Personally,

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 just note how

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 those who are

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 still shut out

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 call him Lord.

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 That's surprising

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 me at first

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 but that at

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 the moment

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 of the return

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 of the Lord

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 Jesus,

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 no one will be

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 in any doubt

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 that he is

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 anything but

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 Lord God.

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 And those who

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 said that he was

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 only a moral

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 teacher or a

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 prophet or a

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 religious leader

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 or just a man

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 will realize

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 on that day

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 that they never

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 honored him

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 for who he was

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 as the Lord

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 God.

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 We're told

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 too that on

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 that day,

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 the day of

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 the Lord's

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 return,

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 that every

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 eye is going

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 to see him

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 and every

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 knee will

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 bow to him

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 and every

00:14:47.480 --> 00:14:48.179
 tongue will

00:14:48.179 --> 00:14:48.879
 confess that

00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:49.699
 Jesus is

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 Lord.

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 So it

00:14:51.620 --> 00:14:51.860
 shouldn't

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 surprise us

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 when we see

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 these people

00:14:53.419 --> 00:14:54.000
 here calling

00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:54.519
 him Lord.

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 But you

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 see what

00:14:56.439 --> 00:14:56.740
 this is

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 saying to

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 us,

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 this is a

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 revelation

00:14:58.620 --> 00:14:59.419
 of the awful

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 fact that

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 men and

00:15:00.679 --> 00:15:01.719
 women will

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 see on

00:15:02.679 --> 00:15:03.379
 that day

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 what is

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 right.

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 But it's

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 going to be

00:15:06.500 --> 00:15:07.480
 too late

00:15:07.480 --> 00:15:08.460
 for them

00:15:08.460 --> 00:15:08.759
 to be

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 saved.

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 You see,

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 there is a

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 time coming

00:15:11.800 --> 00:15:12.519
 when sinners

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 will repent.

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 There's a

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 time coming

00:15:15.279 --> 00:15:15.820
 when sinners

00:15:15.820 --> 00:15:16.320
 are going to

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 believe in

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 Jesus.

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 They're going

00:15:19.100 --> 00:15:19.399
 to feel

00:15:19.399 --> 00:15:20.139
 sorry for

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 their sins.

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 They will

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 pray.

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 They will

00:15:22.159 --> 00:15:23.039
 even long

00:15:23.039 --> 00:15:23.659
 for heaven.

00:15:24.920 --> 00:15:25.300
 But it's

00:15:25.300 --> 00:15:26.019
 going to be

00:15:26.019 --> 00:15:27.100
 too late.

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 There will

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 be many

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 people who

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 wake up on

00:15:30.340 --> 00:15:30.800
 that morning

00:15:30.800 --> 00:15:31.420
 and realize

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 that their

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 homespun,

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 self-made

00:15:34.019 --> 00:15:34.740
 ideas about

00:15:34.740 --> 00:15:35.340
 God and

00:15:35.340 --> 00:15:36.060
 eternity and

00:15:36.060 --> 00:15:36.860
 reality were

00:15:36.860 --> 00:15:37.960
 all wrong.

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 And as they

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 wake up,

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 they will

00:15:40.700 --> 00:15:41.460
 find too

00:15:41.460 --> 00:15:41.860
 that they

00:15:41.860 --> 00:15:42.299
 are now

00:15:42.299 --> 00:15:43.000
 believers in

00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:43.279
 the Lord

00:15:43.279 --> 00:15:43.639
 Jesus.

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 But it's

00:15:45.460 --> 00:15:45.980
 going to be

00:15:45.980 --> 00:15:46.639
 too late.

00:15:47.720 --> 00:15:48.180
 The door

00:15:48.180 --> 00:15:48.500
 will have

00:15:48.500 --> 00:15:49.080
 been shut.

00:15:50.440 --> 00:15:51.000
 Because you

00:15:51.000 --> 00:15:51.320
 see, on

00:15:51.320 --> 00:15:51.740
 that day,

00:15:51.799 --> 00:15:52.039
 they will

00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:52.379
 know him

00:15:52.379 --> 00:15:52.860
 as Lord,

00:15:52.940 --> 00:15:53.180
 but they

00:15:53.180 --> 00:15:53.700
 will never

00:15:53.700 --> 00:15:54.120
 know him

00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:54.779
 as Lord,

00:15:54.980 --> 00:15:55.539
 the Savior.

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 They will

00:15:57.180 --> 00:15:57.779
 only ever

00:15:57.779 --> 00:15:58.259
 know him

00:15:58.259 --> 00:15:58.940
 as Lord,

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 the Judge.

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 And you

00:16:02.860 --> 00:16:03.159
 know, as we

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 look at this

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 passage,

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 I think it

00:16:06.100 --> 00:16:06.519
 should help

00:16:06.519 --> 00:16:06.919
 us set

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 straight in

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 our minds

00:16:08.200 --> 00:16:08.539
 some of

00:16:08.539 --> 00:16:08.860
 the things

00:16:08.860 --> 00:16:09.580
 around us.

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 Money,

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 pleasure,

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 importance,

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 status,

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 they're all

00:16:14.560 --> 00:16:15.220
 held in

00:16:15.220 --> 00:16:16.639
 great value.

00:16:18.299 --> 00:16:18.759
 While

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 praying,

00:16:20.899 --> 00:16:21.539
 striving to

00:16:21.539 --> 00:16:21.820
 enter the

00:16:21.820 --> 00:16:22.320
 narrow door

00:16:22.320 --> 00:16:22.700
 in the love

00:16:22.700 --> 00:16:23.360
 of Christ,

00:16:24.700 --> 00:16:25.519
 are despised

00:16:25.519 --> 00:16:26.220
 and ridiculed

00:16:26.220 --> 00:16:26.600
 and held

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 very, very

00:16:27.500 --> 00:16:28.039
 cheaply.

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 But you

00:16:29.960 --> 00:16:30.379
 see, the

00:16:30.379 --> 00:16:31.899
 salvation is

00:16:31.899 --> 00:16:32.320
 really an

00:16:32.320 --> 00:16:32.799
 issue of

00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:33.460
 God's grace.

00:16:33.460 --> 00:16:45.540
 salvation is

00:16:45.540 --> 00:16:46.019
 a gift.

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 And it

00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:48.220
 has nothing

00:16:48.220 --> 00:16:48.900
 to do with

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 your status

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 in this

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 life.

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 From the

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 lowest of

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 the low

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 to the

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 highest of

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 the high,

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 the invitation

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 to receive

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 salvation is

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 open to

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 everyone.

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 And the

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 door, the

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 narrow door,

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 it is open

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 right now,

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 but someday it

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 will close.

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 If you can

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 hear my voice,

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 then I can

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 assure you that

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 the door is

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 still open.

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 But it may

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 close tonight or

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 tomorrow or

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 ten years or

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 a hundred years.

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 Well, we do

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 not know, but it

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 will close.

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 And as I

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 began, I

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 pointed out that

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 these words that

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 we are looking

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 at are actually

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 the words of

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 Jesus himself.

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 And you

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 know, the

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 one person who

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 talks so often

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 about hell and

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 about judgment

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 is Jesus.

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 The other

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 Bible writers

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 use it and

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 they write about

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 it, but the

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 one person who

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 expands on it,

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 who expounds

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 and who preaches

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 it to us and

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 warns us over

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 and over and

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 over again is

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 the Lord Jesus.

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 And I think

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 this is because

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 Jesus knew that

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 one day he was

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 going to return

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 in the twinkling

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 of an eye.

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 And on that

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 day, he has

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 been appointed

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 by God to be

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 the judge of

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 all humanity.

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 And Jesus

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 wants us to

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 know beyond a

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 shadow of a

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 doubt that he

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 has already

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 come.

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 And the reason

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 that he came

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 the first time

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 was to prepare

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 us for that

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 day of judgment

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 by coming the

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 first time to

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 be our Savior.

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 You see, Jesus

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 loves you.

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 Jesus loves

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 mankind.

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 In fact, Jesus

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 is the most

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 loving person

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 who has ever

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 walked the

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 face of the

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 earth.

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 And it is

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 because of

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 this great

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 love for you

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 that he is

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 so emphatic,

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 that he is

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 so clear

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 when he teaches

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 about the

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 consequences for

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 the person who

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 finishes this

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 life on the

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 outside of the

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 door.

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 Because you see,

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 if you trust

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 in the Lord

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 Jesus as your

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 Savior, he will

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 save you from

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 that judgment

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 to come.

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 So in

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 closing, I

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 just want to

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 urge you,

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 really, hear

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 and listen,

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 heed the

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 words of the

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 Lord Jesus.

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 Strive.

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 Agonize.

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 Make every

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 effort.

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 Be sure to

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 be sure that

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 you enter

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 through the

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 narrow door.

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 Let me pray

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 for us.

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 Let me pray.

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