WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:11.439 which is on page 1129, I think, page 1129, Romans chapter 2, verses 1 to 16. 00:00:13.679 --> 00:00:22.539 Page 1129, if you're using a red-covered Bible, Romans chapter 2, verses 1 to 16, 00:00:22.539 --> 00:00:25.440 and Joe is going to read that for us now. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:35.960 God's righteous judgment. 00:00:37.340 --> 00:00:39.280 You, therefore, have no excuse. 00:00:40.320 --> 00:00:46.140 You who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, 00:00:46.760 --> 00:00:49.219 because you who pass judgment do the same thing. 00:00:50.600 --> 00:00:55.920 Now we know that God's judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. 00:00:55.920 --> 00:01:04.000 So when you, a mere man, pass judgment on them and yet do the same thing, do you think you will escape God's judgment? 00:01:05.500 --> 00:01:14.020 Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, tolerance and patience, not realizing that God's kindness leads you toward repentance? 00:01:14.019 --> 00:01:22.579 But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God's wrath, 00:01:23.579 --> 00:01:25.799 when his righteous judgment will be revealed. 00:01:27.159 --> 00:01:29.959 God will give each person according to what he has done. 00:01:31.219 --> 00:01:37.679 To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. 00:01:37.680 --> 00:01:45.060 But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. 00:01:46.040 --> 00:01:52.960 There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 00:01:53.960 --> 00:02:00.280 But glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good, first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 00:02:01.160 --> 00:02:02.820 For God does not show favoritism. 00:02:02.819 --> 00:02:08.459 All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law. 00:02:09.139 --> 00:02:12.419 And all who sin under the law will be judged by the law. 00:02:13.719 --> 00:02:17.319 For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God's sight, 00:02:17.919 --> 00:02:21.139 but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous. 00:02:22.879 --> 00:02:29.620 Indeed, when Gentiles who do not have the law do by nature things required by the law, 00:02:29.620 --> 00:02:34.099 they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law. 00:02:34.960 --> 00:02:38.379 Since they show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, 00:02:39.180 --> 00:02:41.319 their consciences also bearing witness, 00:02:41.860 --> 00:02:45.700 and their thoughts now accusing, now even defending them. 00:02:47.180 --> 00:02:50.659 This will take place on the day when God will judge men's secrets 00:02:50.659 --> 00:02:53.700 through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares. 00:02:57.300 --> 00:02:58.439 Thanks very much, Joe. 00:02:58.439 --> 00:03:03.400 Well, please keep your Bibles open on that section there. 00:03:04.280 --> 00:03:06.560 There are some sheets going around. 00:03:07.060 --> 00:03:09.879 If you haven't got one, I think there's some at the front there. 00:03:09.960 --> 00:03:10.900 You can take notes. 00:03:15.419 --> 00:03:16.759 And there's a pen as well. 00:03:16.840 --> 00:03:19.960 If you'd like one of them, you can stick your hand up and we'll get it to you. 00:03:20.020 --> 00:03:21.699 We are going through the Book of Romans. 00:03:23.780 --> 00:03:25.860 We're starting into Chapter 2. 00:03:25.860 --> 00:03:30.820 Yesterday evening, I was at a school reunion, 00:03:31.700 --> 00:03:33.320 a 20-year school reunion, 00:03:33.700 --> 00:03:37.360 and I was chatting to my friends, a lot of them discovering for the first time 00:03:37.360 --> 00:03:38.780 that I was a pastor. 00:03:39.620 --> 00:03:43.180 Some of them were quite shocked for the fact that I was doing that. 00:03:43.180 --> 00:03:47.719 And I said, well, if you want to know what it's like, 00:03:47.780 --> 00:03:52.300 you can always go online and listen to the sermons and have a listen, 00:03:52.420 --> 00:03:53.980 and I'd welcome your feedback. 00:03:54.120 --> 00:03:54.980 You can get back to me. 00:03:55.219 --> 00:03:58.280 And then I remembered what I was actually going to be talking about this morning, 00:03:58.819 --> 00:03:59.819 God's judgment. 00:03:59.819 --> 00:04:02.319 That's a scary one, isn't it? 00:04:02.799 --> 00:04:03.879 I thought, oh dear. 00:04:04.840 --> 00:04:07.919 Maybe if they don't listen to that and they listen to something a little bit more lighter, 00:04:08.159 --> 00:04:08.799 it might be better. 00:04:09.459 --> 00:04:11.379 But nevertheless, it's God's Word, 00:04:11.560 --> 00:04:14.859 and we deal with it as these difficult subjects come up. 00:04:15.419 --> 00:04:18.360 And, well, we need God's help for this. 00:04:18.420 --> 00:04:21.680 So let's pray and ask for God to help us 00:04:21.680 --> 00:04:25.279 to get an understanding of these big things. 00:04:25.279 --> 00:04:26.500 Let's pray together. 00:04:28.500 --> 00:04:35.439 Our Father, we thank you for having your Word in our language, 00:04:35.739 --> 00:04:38.879 having it written down that we can read, 00:04:39.199 --> 00:04:42.059 having people who can help us to understand it. 00:04:42.539 --> 00:04:46.259 But most of all, we need the help of your Holy Spirit. 00:04:47.139 --> 00:04:51.659 Because without your Spirit, it's as if we are deaf, 00:04:52.219 --> 00:04:53.979 or we are blind to it. 00:04:53.980 --> 00:04:56.960 We cannot understand or comprehend it. 00:04:57.439 --> 00:05:00.640 So we pray that by your Spirit, you will speak to us, 00:05:01.560 --> 00:05:05.620 helping us to grasp these big subjects, 00:05:06.160 --> 00:05:10.259 how it applies to our life and the world in which we live. 00:05:11.720 --> 00:05:15.120 And we pray that we would take it seriously 00:05:15.120 --> 00:05:17.980 and understand its impact. 00:05:18.680 --> 00:05:20.560 We pray this in Jesus' name. 00:05:21.259 --> 00:05:21.660 Amen. 00:05:21.660 --> 00:05:21.800 Amen. 00:05:23.980 --> 00:05:29.259 So tell me, are you looking forward to the big day? 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:33.520 We've already had some big days this week. 00:05:34.420 --> 00:05:37.780 Last Sunday, Cork won the All-Ireland. 00:05:38.560 --> 00:05:44.960 After 20 years, they brought back Sam, the great big cup, back to Cork. 00:05:45.200 --> 00:05:46.680 That was a big day, wasn't it? 00:05:46.680 --> 00:05:51.439 On Thursday, we celebrated Arthur's Day. 00:05:52.139 --> 00:05:53.319 Maybe some of you did anyway. 00:05:53.459 --> 00:05:56.480 250 years of Guinness in Ireland. 00:05:56.639 --> 00:05:57.560 That was a big day. 00:05:58.939 --> 00:06:03.460 But what's the big day that we're all looking forward to? 00:06:04.460 --> 00:06:08.180 For some here, it might be, well, you're starting back to college tomorrow. 00:06:08.720 --> 00:06:09.939 It could be a new job. 00:06:10.060 --> 00:06:13.540 For some people, it could be their wedding day that they're looking forward to. 00:06:13.540 --> 00:06:14.980 What's the big day? 00:06:15.080 --> 00:06:21.379 Well, in the Bible, the big day always refers to the day of God's judgment. 00:06:21.819 --> 00:06:22.819 Look at verse 6. 00:06:24.720 --> 00:06:31.500 It says there, God will give to each person according to what they have done. 00:06:31.500 --> 00:06:34.459 Verse 16. 00:06:37.459 --> 00:06:46.660 This will take place on the day when God will judge people's secrets through Jesus Christ, 00:06:46.779 --> 00:06:48.620 as my gospel declares. 00:06:50.620 --> 00:06:52.139 Do you have any secrets? 00:06:52.139 --> 00:06:57.419 Something that you did that no one else knows about. 00:06:58.060 --> 00:07:02.759 Not even your wife or your husband or your closest friend. 00:07:04.659 --> 00:07:06.759 A deeply held secret. 00:07:08.479 --> 00:07:11.019 Well, on the day of judgment, nothing will be hidden. 00:07:12.159 --> 00:07:16.060 It's like our whole life has been recorded from beginning to end, 00:07:16.300 --> 00:07:18.919 and it will be played back before us. 00:07:18.920 --> 00:07:23.840 Every action, every thought, every single word, 00:07:24.560 --> 00:07:25.819 nothing will be off limits. 00:07:28.140 --> 00:07:30.660 And if we could imagine ourselves sitting there, 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:32.840 watching this recording of our whole life, 00:07:33.360 --> 00:07:36.580 there will be moments where we will be very proud. 00:07:36.579 --> 00:07:40.859 The way we helped that friend who was very sick. 00:07:42.180 --> 00:07:45.500 The money that you gave to support that child in compassion. 00:07:46.839 --> 00:07:50.599 The way you raised and cared for your children over so many years. 00:07:50.599 --> 00:07:54.139 And those countless acts of kindness towards a stranger. 00:07:54.459 --> 00:07:56.759 There will be so much that you will be proud of. 00:07:56.759 --> 00:08:01.319 And then as the video goes on, 00:08:01.399 --> 00:08:03.800 there will be moments you will be very ashamed of. 00:08:05.039 --> 00:08:07.459 You'll be sitting squirming in your seat. 00:08:08.680 --> 00:08:11.779 That broken friendship that is never the same again 00:08:11.779 --> 00:08:13.500 because of what we said. 00:08:14.860 --> 00:08:18.539 The extra money that we kept because we fiddled our accounts. 00:08:18.540 --> 00:08:23.480 The times that we lost our temper with our kids 00:08:23.480 --> 00:08:26.240 or spoke an unkind word to our spouse. 00:08:27.860 --> 00:08:29.900 The lie that we told to our boss 00:08:29.900 --> 00:08:32.080 just so they didn't find out. 00:08:33.779 --> 00:08:36.840 This is the big day when each one of us 00:08:36.840 --> 00:08:38.820 will have to stand before God, 00:08:39.139 --> 00:08:41.019 the creator and the ruler of our lives, 00:08:41.019 --> 00:08:43.420 and we're going to have to give an account 00:08:43.420 --> 00:08:45.460 for how we have lived. 00:08:45.460 --> 00:08:50.680 Now before we look at this in more detail 00:08:50.680 --> 00:08:51.980 and get into the text, 00:08:52.440 --> 00:08:55.780 I want to address what I think is a very common question. 00:08:55.980 --> 00:08:57.160 And it goes something like this. 00:08:57.220 --> 00:08:57.980 People ask it. 00:08:58.060 --> 00:08:58.500 They'll say, 00:08:59.060 --> 00:09:03.280 how can a loving God be a judging God? 00:09:03.639 --> 00:09:05.139 There's a bit of a contradiction there. 00:09:05.240 --> 00:09:07.019 Loving and judging don't go together. 00:09:07.680 --> 00:09:09.820 We all like the idea of a loving God. 00:09:09.820 --> 00:09:11.019 Somebody who cares for us, 00:09:11.060 --> 00:09:11.980 who provides for us, 00:09:12.100 --> 00:09:14.120 who wants us to be happy in life. 00:09:14.120 --> 00:09:16.820 But when we talk of a God who judges, 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:20.120 well, we react against it. 00:09:22.120 --> 00:09:23.100 Some time ago, 00:09:23.179 --> 00:09:24.879 I attended the funeral of somebody 00:09:24.879 --> 00:09:27.960 who had lived the life full of crime 00:09:27.960 --> 00:09:28.779 and full of violence. 00:09:29.299 --> 00:09:31.419 In fact, they died a very violent death. 00:09:32.560 --> 00:09:33.220 And no doubt, 00:09:33.340 --> 00:09:36.460 they had lots of acts of love and kindness, 00:09:37.100 --> 00:09:40.720 but much of their life left people broken, 00:09:41.419 --> 00:09:41.820 hurt, 00:09:41.820 --> 00:09:43.480 and in fear. 00:09:44.860 --> 00:09:45.960 And at the funeral, 00:09:46.879 --> 00:09:49.820 they spoke of the person in glowing terms. 00:09:50.420 --> 00:09:52.140 And they celebrated the fact 00:09:52.140 --> 00:09:55.120 that he was now in heaven with the angels. 00:09:57.379 --> 00:09:58.100 You see, 00:09:58.200 --> 00:09:59.580 the assumption was 00:09:59.580 --> 00:10:02.300 that God is so loving 00:10:02.300 --> 00:10:05.240 that he lets people off the hook. 00:10:05.240 --> 00:10:07.820 He's kind of portrayed 00:10:07.820 --> 00:10:10.620 as some kind of sympathetic grandfather 00:10:10.620 --> 00:10:12.500 sitting in his rocking chair 00:10:12.500 --> 00:10:14.240 who pretends not to see 00:10:14.240 --> 00:10:15.860 what is really going on. 00:10:17.320 --> 00:10:19.680 But that's a contradiction to love, isn't it? 00:10:21.379 --> 00:10:22.899 If God is a God of love, 00:10:22.960 --> 00:10:24.240 he can't ignore evil. 00:10:25.279 --> 00:10:26.960 He doesn't turn a blind eye 00:10:26.960 --> 00:10:29.220 to the hurt and the damage that is caused. 00:10:30.240 --> 00:10:31.840 He demands justice. 00:10:31.840 --> 00:10:34.139 He demands fairness. 00:10:35.600 --> 00:10:37.639 What kind of loving God 00:10:37.639 --> 00:10:40.139 would sit back and ignore sin 00:10:40.139 --> 00:10:41.280 and pretend that, 00:10:41.440 --> 00:10:43.700 well, it doesn't really matter what people do? 00:10:43.700 --> 00:10:46.240 You see, 00:10:46.320 --> 00:10:47.200 not to judge 00:10:47.200 --> 00:10:49.000 would be very unloving. 00:10:49.860 --> 00:10:51.300 Not to impose 00:10:51.300 --> 00:10:52.480 justice 00:10:52.480 --> 00:10:54.620 would be very unkind. 00:10:56.100 --> 00:10:56.980 And in the Bible, 00:10:57.160 --> 00:10:58.040 God's judgment 00:10:58.040 --> 00:11:00.000 is always an expression 00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:00.879 of his love 00:11:00.879 --> 00:11:02.300 and his delight 00:11:02.300 --> 00:11:03.800 in his created world. 00:11:04.240 --> 00:11:04.900 He judges 00:11:04.900 --> 00:11:05.960 because 00:11:05.960 --> 00:11:06.879 evil 00:11:06.879 --> 00:11:08.000 destroys 00:11:08.000 --> 00:11:08.960 the harmony 00:11:08.960 --> 00:11:10.180 and the beauty 00:11:10.180 --> 00:11:11.340 of God's good world. 00:11:11.340 --> 00:11:13.200 He judges 00:11:13.200 --> 00:11:13.960 because 00:11:13.960 --> 00:11:15.200 injustice 00:11:15.200 --> 00:11:16.940 breaks the peace 00:11:16.940 --> 00:11:17.820 and the happiness 00:11:17.820 --> 00:11:19.139 that God intends 00:11:19.139 --> 00:11:19.860 for his people. 00:11:21.700 --> 00:11:23.300 So the God of love 00:11:23.300 --> 00:11:24.879 is a God of judgment 00:11:24.879 --> 00:11:26.720 because he's determined 00:11:26.720 --> 00:11:28.300 and he's committed 00:11:28.300 --> 00:11:31.160 to put all the wrongs to right, 00:11:31.680 --> 00:11:33.040 to undo the brokenness 00:11:33.040 --> 00:11:34.560 that we see and experience 00:11:34.560 --> 00:11:35.660 in this world 00:11:35.660 --> 00:11:37.940 and to put it all together again. 00:11:37.940 --> 00:11:41.520 So we must never see 00:11:41.520 --> 00:11:42.260 a contradiction 00:11:42.260 --> 00:11:43.860 between the God of love 00:11:43.860 --> 00:11:45.460 and the God 00:11:45.460 --> 00:11:46.600 who judges. 00:11:49.220 --> 00:11:50.340 Well, that's just a bit 00:11:50.340 --> 00:11:51.020 of an aside. 00:11:51.160 --> 00:11:52.020 We need to get back 00:11:52.020 --> 00:11:52.820 into the text 00:11:52.820 --> 00:11:53.640 of chapter 2 00:11:53.640 --> 00:11:54.900 and see what it is saying 00:11:54.900 --> 00:11:55.460 to us 00:11:55.460 --> 00:11:56.360 today. 00:11:58.320 --> 00:11:58.800 So, 00:11:59.160 --> 00:12:00.280 God's judgment 00:12:00.280 --> 00:12:01.580 is inescapable. 00:12:03.060 --> 00:12:03.760 God's judgment 00:12:03.760 --> 00:12:04.980 might be a good thing, 00:12:04.980 --> 00:12:07.139 but as we're sitting 00:12:07.139 --> 00:12:07.759 here listening, 00:12:08.720 --> 00:12:09.159 we think, 00:12:09.420 --> 00:12:10.259 surely God 00:12:10.259 --> 00:12:11.860 isn't going to judge me. 00:12:12.480 --> 00:12:13.000 After all, 00:12:13.039 --> 00:12:13.600 I'm not really 00:12:13.600 --> 00:12:14.720 a bad person. 00:12:15.960 --> 00:12:16.440 Alright, 00:12:16.620 --> 00:12:17.620 I'm not perfect, 00:12:18.340 --> 00:12:19.680 but I'm not as bad 00:12:19.680 --> 00:12:20.279 as him 00:12:20.279 --> 00:12:22.180 and I am certainly 00:12:22.180 --> 00:12:22.820 not as bad 00:12:22.820 --> 00:12:23.240 as her. 00:12:24.700 --> 00:12:24.980 Well, 00:12:25.019 --> 00:12:25.700 look at verse 1 00:12:25.700 --> 00:12:26.460 of chapter 2. 00:12:27.860 --> 00:12:28.759 You, therefore, 00:12:28.899 --> 00:12:30.019 have no excuse, 00:12:30.180 --> 00:12:31.220 you who pass judgment 00:12:31.220 --> 00:12:32.159 on someone else, 00:12:32.159 --> 00:12:34.439 for at whatever point 00:12:34.439 --> 00:12:35.620 you judge the other, 00:12:36.539 --> 00:12:37.659 you are condemning 00:12:37.659 --> 00:12:38.159 yourself 00:12:38.159 --> 00:12:38.799 because you 00:12:38.799 --> 00:12:41.500 who pass judgment 00:12:41.500 --> 00:12:42.759 do the same things. 00:12:44.519 --> 00:12:45.339 Our Taoiseach 00:12:45.339 --> 00:12:46.379 Brian Cowan 00:12:46.379 --> 00:12:47.179 has had a rough 00:12:47.179 --> 00:12:48.100 couple of weeks, 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:48.539 hasn't he? 00:12:49.719 --> 00:12:50.459 And according 00:12:50.459 --> 00:12:51.620 to public opinion, 00:12:51.759 --> 00:12:52.240 he should go. 00:12:52.339 --> 00:12:53.740 The last recent poll 00:12:53.740 --> 00:12:54.779 said there was only 00:12:54.779 --> 00:12:56.459 11% of the population 00:12:56.459 --> 00:12:57.120 who wants him 00:12:57.120 --> 00:12:57.519 as leader. 00:12:58.740 --> 00:12:59.620 His session 00:12:59.620 --> 00:13:01.000 at the Galway 00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:01.799 Think-In 00:13:01.799 --> 00:13:02.919 or what's been 00:13:02.919 --> 00:13:03.399 nicknamed 00:13:03.399 --> 00:13:04.299 the Drink-In 00:13:04.299 --> 00:13:05.659 and the way 00:13:05.659 --> 00:13:06.359 he conducted 00:13:06.359 --> 00:13:07.779 himself afterwards 00:13:07.779 --> 00:13:10.299 was dismissing 00:13:10.299 --> 00:13:11.539 the nation 00:13:11.539 --> 00:13:12.120 as if to say, 00:13:12.240 --> 00:13:13.000 I don't care 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:14.799 about your problems. 00:13:16.459 --> 00:13:18.019 In the public's 00:13:18.019 --> 00:13:18.459 judgment, 00:13:19.359 --> 00:13:20.179 he should resign 00:13:20.179 --> 00:13:20.719 as leader. 00:13:22.399 --> 00:13:23.639 But the question 00:13:23.639 --> 00:13:24.459 that I would like 00:13:24.459 --> 00:13:25.519 to ask is this. 00:13:25.519 --> 00:13:28.039 how many people 00:13:28.039 --> 00:13:29.120 in this country, 00:13:30.419 --> 00:13:31.679 how many people 00:13:31.679 --> 00:13:32.500 in this room 00:13:32.500 --> 00:13:34.720 have had a bad 00:13:34.720 --> 00:13:35.519 day at work 00:13:35.519 --> 00:13:36.439 who haven't been 00:13:36.439 --> 00:13:37.319 able to function 00:13:37.319 --> 00:13:37.939 properly 00:13:37.939 --> 00:13:39.699 because of too much 00:13:39.699 --> 00:13:40.419 Arthur Guinness 00:13:40.419 --> 00:13:41.199 the night before? 00:13:43.579 --> 00:13:45.240 We really shouldn't 00:13:45.240 --> 00:13:46.259 throw stones 00:13:46.259 --> 00:13:47.460 in glass houses. 00:13:49.279 --> 00:13:49.899 You see, 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:50.879 what Paul is doing 00:13:50.879 --> 00:13:51.799 here is tackling 00:13:51.799 --> 00:13:53.059 the good-living 00:13:53.059 --> 00:13:54.779 moralistic person. 00:13:55.419 --> 00:13:56.279 The person 00:13:56.279 --> 00:13:56.919 who thinks, 00:13:57.120 --> 00:13:58.199 I'm alright, 00:13:58.379 --> 00:13:58.699 Jack. 00:14:00.419 --> 00:14:00.939 You see, 00:14:01.019 --> 00:14:01.939 back in chapter 1 00:14:01.939 --> 00:14:03.599 verses 18 to 32, 00:14:04.799 --> 00:14:05.379 Paul had been 00:14:05.379 --> 00:14:06.779 listing the various 00:14:06.779 --> 00:14:07.759 kinds of people 00:14:07.759 --> 00:14:08.559 that God is going 00:14:08.559 --> 00:14:09.179 to judge. 00:14:10.179 --> 00:14:10.979 So I want us 00:14:10.979 --> 00:14:11.620 to imagine 00:14:11.620 --> 00:14:13.699 the church scene. 00:14:14.459 --> 00:14:15.319 We have a family 00:14:15.319 --> 00:14:16.240 who arrive into 00:14:16.240 --> 00:14:16.740 the church 00:14:16.740 --> 00:14:17.259 and they take 00:14:17.259 --> 00:14:17.719 their seat 00:14:17.719 --> 00:14:18.299 in the pew. 00:14:18.299 --> 00:14:19.939 Mr. and Mrs. Good 00:14:19.939 --> 00:14:20.839 will call them 00:14:20.839 --> 00:14:22.240 and their son 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:22.939 Pius 00:14:22.939 --> 00:14:24.559 and their daughter 00:14:24.559 --> 00:14:25.219 Superior. 00:14:26.179 --> 00:14:26.919 And there they are 00:14:26.919 --> 00:14:27.319 sitting, 00:14:27.799 --> 00:14:28.599 nicely dressed 00:14:28.599 --> 00:14:29.839 with their Bibles 00:14:29.839 --> 00:14:31.319 listening to the 00:14:31.319 --> 00:14:32.279 letter of Romans 00:14:32.279 --> 00:14:33.240 being read out. 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:34.719 And it gets to 00:14:34.719 --> 00:14:35.759 verse 24 of 00:14:35.759 --> 00:14:36.419 chapter 1. 00:14:37.099 --> 00:14:38.079 Therefore God 00:14:38.079 --> 00:14:38.839 gave them over 00:14:38.839 --> 00:14:39.500 in the sinful 00:14:39.500 --> 00:14:40.279 desires of their 00:14:40.279 --> 00:14:41.179 hearts to sexual 00:14:41.179 --> 00:14:42.139 impurity for the 00:14:42.139 --> 00:14:42.919 degrading of their 00:14:42.919 --> 00:14:43.639 bodies with one 00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:43.959 another. 00:14:44.839 --> 00:14:45.959 Sexual impurity. 00:14:46.539 --> 00:14:47.559 They deserve to be 00:14:47.559 --> 00:14:47.899 judged. 00:14:48.359 --> 00:14:49.199 Dreadful people, 00:14:49.339 --> 00:14:49.579 you know. 00:14:49.859 --> 00:14:50.519 I wouldn't do 00:14:50.519 --> 00:14:51.279 that sort of thing. 00:14:52.379 --> 00:14:53.359 The sermon goes on. 00:14:53.439 --> 00:14:54.779 They get to verse 26, 00:14:55.299 --> 00:14:55.839 chapter 1. 00:14:56.139 --> 00:14:56.859 Because of this, 00:14:56.959 --> 00:14:57.899 God gave them over 00:14:57.899 --> 00:14:58.659 to the shameful 00:14:58.659 --> 00:14:59.099 lust. 00:14:59.959 --> 00:15:00.639 Those people, 00:15:00.719 --> 00:15:01.319 they ought to be 00:15:01.319 --> 00:15:02.239 damned as well. 00:15:02.779 --> 00:15:03.559 Go on, Paul. 00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:04.699 Preach it, Paul. 00:15:04.799 --> 00:15:05.679 That's right, Paul. 00:15:05.979 --> 00:15:06.799 Destroy those 00:15:06.799 --> 00:15:07.539 terrible people 00:15:07.539 --> 00:15:08.639 and may God 00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:09.379 deal with their 00:15:09.379 --> 00:15:10.159 gross behaviour. 00:15:13.159 --> 00:15:14.119 But what Paul 00:15:14.119 --> 00:15:14.959 is doing is 00:15:14.959 --> 00:15:15.899 building them up 00:15:15.899 --> 00:15:16.719 with a false 00:15:16.720 --> 00:15:18.180 sense of security 00:15:18.180 --> 00:15:19.120 and superiority. 00:15:20.680 --> 00:15:21.600 Because as the 00:15:21.600 --> 00:15:22.620 sermon moves on, 00:15:22.899 --> 00:15:23.800 he gets very, 00:15:23.940 --> 00:15:24.779 very personal. 00:15:26.100 --> 00:15:26.840 He begins to 00:15:26.840 --> 00:15:27.540 list others who 00:15:27.540 --> 00:15:28.200 are going to be 00:15:28.200 --> 00:15:28.580 judged. 00:15:29.000 --> 00:15:29.600 Look at the end 00:15:29.600 --> 00:15:30.639 of verse 29. 00:15:32.700 --> 00:15:33.800 The very last one, 00:15:33.860 --> 00:15:34.379 he talks about 00:15:34.379 --> 00:15:35.360 people who gossip. 00:15:37.300 --> 00:15:37.840 And Mr. 00:15:37.879 --> 00:15:38.160 and Mrs. 00:15:38.259 --> 00:15:38.820 Good look at 00:15:38.820 --> 00:15:39.580 each other in the 00:15:39.580 --> 00:15:40.080 pew and go, 00:15:40.200 --> 00:15:41.660 oh, that's me. 00:15:41.879 --> 00:15:42.519 I gossip. 00:15:44.019 --> 00:15:45.240 The sermon goes on 00:15:45.240 --> 00:15:45.740 to the end of 00:15:45.740 --> 00:15:46.620 verse 30 and he 00:15:46.620 --> 00:15:47.440 talks about people 00:15:47.440 --> 00:15:48.320 who disobey their 00:15:48.320 --> 00:15:48.879 parents. 00:15:49.960 --> 00:15:50.740 And pious and 00:15:50.740 --> 00:15:51.639 superior look at 00:15:51.639 --> 00:15:52.180 each other and go, 00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:53.960 oh, that's us too. 00:15:56.060 --> 00:15:56.799 And in a 00:15:56.799 --> 00:15:58.060 devastating blow, 00:15:58.259 --> 00:15:58.980 they find 00:15:58.980 --> 00:15:59.779 themselves 00:15:59.779 --> 00:16:01.080 entrapped. 00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:04.940 Chapter 2, 00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:05.519 verse 1. 00:16:06.960 --> 00:16:07.519 You, 00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:08.120 therefore, 00:16:08.259 --> 00:16:09.740 have no excuse, 00:16:10.740 --> 00:16:11.519 you who pass 00:16:11.519 --> 00:16:12.320 judgment on 00:16:12.320 --> 00:16:13.180 someone else. 00:16:14.340 --> 00:16:15.020 For at whatever 00:16:15.020 --> 00:16:16.180 point you judge 00:16:16.180 --> 00:16:16.800 the other, 00:16:17.640 --> 00:16:18.740 you are condemning 00:16:18.740 --> 00:16:19.680 yourself because 00:16:19.680 --> 00:16:20.760 you who pass 00:16:20.760 --> 00:16:22.280 judgment do the 00:16:22.280 --> 00:16:23.240 same things. 00:16:24.960 --> 00:16:25.820 Now, he's not 00:16:25.820 --> 00:16:26.720 saying that we all 00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:27.879 behave in exactly 00:16:27.879 --> 00:16:28.760 the same way and 00:16:28.760 --> 00:16:29.540 we all get up to 00:16:29.540 --> 00:16:30.420 the same kinds of 00:16:30.420 --> 00:16:30.860 things. 00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:32.620 Rather, he's saying 00:16:32.620 --> 00:16:33.879 at one point or 00:16:33.879 --> 00:16:35.120 another, every 00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:36.200 single one of us 00:16:36.200 --> 00:16:38.320 fail and fall. 00:16:39.660 --> 00:16:40.440 God doesn't 00:16:40.440 --> 00:16:41.160 grade sin. 00:16:41.159 --> 00:16:43.159 it will all be 00:16:43.159 --> 00:16:44.079 treated in the 00:16:44.079 --> 00:16:44.620 same way, 00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:45.539 whether you have 00:16:45.539 --> 00:16:46.319 had an affair 00:16:46.319 --> 00:16:48.319 or whether you 00:16:48.319 --> 00:16:49.360 have gossiped. 00:16:50.579 --> 00:16:51.399 His judgment 00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:52.620 is so pointed 00:16:52.620 --> 00:16:54.039 that it is 00:16:54.039 --> 00:16:55.339 inescapable for 00:16:55.339 --> 00:16:56.039 everyone. 00:16:58.139 --> 00:16:58.980 Verse 2. 00:16:59.059 --> 00:16:59.819 Now we know 00:16:59.819 --> 00:17:00.480 that God's 00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:01.199 judgment against 00:17:01.199 --> 00:17:01.839 those who do 00:17:01.839 --> 00:17:02.659 such things is 00:17:02.659 --> 00:17:04.559 based on truth. 00:17:05.399 --> 00:17:05.799 There's been 00:17:05.799 --> 00:17:06.659 lots of rumors, 00:17:06.819 --> 00:17:07.240 hasn't there, 00:17:07.299 --> 00:17:08.000 depending on the 00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:08.980 paper you read, 00:17:09.339 --> 00:17:10.559 about Brian Cowan. 00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:12.420 I haven't a clue 00:17:12.420 --> 00:17:13.300 how many pints 00:17:13.300 --> 00:17:13.800 he had. 00:17:14.519 --> 00:17:15.140 I don't know 00:17:15.140 --> 00:17:15.640 what time he 00:17:15.640 --> 00:17:16.480 went to bed at 00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:17.660 and I don't even 00:17:17.660 --> 00:17:18.160 know what time 00:17:18.160 --> 00:17:18.980 he got up at. 00:17:19.840 --> 00:17:20.800 And I don't think 00:17:20.800 --> 00:17:21.519 you know either. 00:17:22.019 --> 00:17:22.759 None of us know. 00:17:24.040 --> 00:17:25.240 The same as I 00:17:25.240 --> 00:17:25.759 don't know what 00:17:25.759 --> 00:17:26.340 you were doing 00:17:26.340 --> 00:17:27.000 this weekend 00:17:27.000 --> 00:17:28.960 and you don't 00:17:28.960 --> 00:17:29.480 know what I 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:30.779 was doing at 00:17:30.779 --> 00:17:31.540 my 20-year 00:17:31.540 --> 00:17:31.940 reunion. 00:17:33.500 --> 00:17:34.620 But God does 00:17:34.620 --> 00:17:36.440 because God 00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:37.300 sees and as it 00:17:37.300 --> 00:17:37.880 says here in 00:17:37.880 --> 00:17:38.480 verse 2, 00:17:38.480 --> 00:17:39.660 God is a 00:17:39.660 --> 00:17:40.000 God of 00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:40.539 truth. 00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:43.579 Verse 3. 00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:46.039 So when you, 00:17:47.400 --> 00:17:48.160 a mere man, 00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:49.440 just an 00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:49.819 ordinary 00:17:49.819 --> 00:17:50.319 Joe 00:17:50.319 --> 00:17:50.740 blog, 00:17:51.839 --> 00:17:52.480 pass 00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:53.500 judgment on 00:17:53.500 --> 00:17:55.019 them and 00:17:55.019 --> 00:17:55.900 yet you do 00:17:55.900 --> 00:17:56.539 the same 00:17:56.539 --> 00:17:57.299 things, 00:17:59.299 --> 00:18:00.299 do you really 00:18:00.299 --> 00:18:01.120 think that you're 00:18:01.120 --> 00:18:02.079 going to escape 00:18:02.079 --> 00:18:02.680 God's 00:18:02.680 --> 00:18:03.039 judgment? 00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:06.059 You see, 00:18:06.119 --> 00:18:06.539 on the big 00:18:06.539 --> 00:18:07.019 day there's 00:18:07.019 --> 00:18:07.399 going to be 00:18:07.399 --> 00:18:08.319 no cover-ups, 00:18:09.339 --> 00:18:09.759 there's going 00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:10.220 to be no 00:18:10.220 --> 00:18:10.720 spin, 00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:11.819 no excuses, 00:18:12.039 --> 00:18:12.519 nowhere to 00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:12.940 hide, 00:18:13.740 --> 00:18:14.480 everything will 00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:15.139 be uncovered, 00:18:15.440 --> 00:18:16.220 everything will 00:18:16.220 --> 00:18:17.079 be laid bare 00:18:17.079 --> 00:18:17.920 and our 00:18:17.920 --> 00:18:18.759 superior 00:18:18.759 --> 00:18:19.859 judgmental 00:18:19.859 --> 00:18:20.579 attitudes of 00:18:20.579 --> 00:18:21.399 others are 00:18:21.399 --> 00:18:22.119 only going to 00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:22.839 condemn us. 00:18:24.019 --> 00:18:24.779 His judgment 00:18:24.779 --> 00:18:26.420 is inescapable, 00:18:26.899 --> 00:18:27.819 especially, 00:18:29.180 --> 00:18:30.500 especially for 00:18:30.500 --> 00:18:31.440 those who think 00:18:31.440 --> 00:18:32.460 themselves better 00:18:32.460 --> 00:18:34.140 or superior 00:18:34.140 --> 00:18:35.319 to other 00:18:35.319 --> 00:18:35.720 people. 00:18:39.120 --> 00:18:40.360 But thankfully, 00:18:41.819 --> 00:18:42.360 God's 00:18:42.360 --> 00:18:43.279 judgment is 00:18:43.279 --> 00:18:45.059 also delayed. 00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:45.840 Look at 00:18:45.840 --> 00:18:46.360 verse 4. 00:18:49.360 --> 00:18:49.779 Do you 00:18:49.779 --> 00:18:50.700 show contempt 00:18:50.700 --> 00:18:51.559 for the riches 00:18:51.559 --> 00:18:52.180 of his 00:18:52.180 --> 00:18:52.660 kindness, 00:18:53.680 --> 00:18:54.680 his tolerance 00:18:54.680 --> 00:18:56.019 and his 00:18:56.019 --> 00:18:56.700 patience, 00:18:57.100 --> 00:18:58.140 not realising 00:18:58.140 --> 00:18:59.039 that God's 00:18:59.039 --> 00:18:59.640 kindness 00:18:59.640 --> 00:19:01.000 leads you 00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:01.360 towards 00:19:01.360 --> 00:19:01.860 repentance? 00:19:02.460 --> 00:19:02.579 Jesus. 00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:05.039 The other 00:19:05.039 --> 00:19:06.079 Friday evening 00:19:06.079 --> 00:19:07.380 in the back 00:19:07.380 --> 00:19:08.299 room there 00:19:08.299 --> 00:19:08.720 at our 00:19:08.720 --> 00:19:09.519 Crusader youth 00:19:09.519 --> 00:19:09.860 group, 00:19:10.200 --> 00:19:10.579 I sat 00:19:10.579 --> 00:19:11.019 round a 00:19:11.019 --> 00:19:12.120 table with 00:19:12.120 --> 00:19:12.579 some of the 00:19:12.579 --> 00:19:12.840 lads. 00:19:12.940 --> 00:19:13.420 We have a 00:19:13.420 --> 00:19:14.380 Bible discussion 00:19:14.380 --> 00:19:15.340 and they're 00:19:15.340 --> 00:19:15.900 always wanting 00:19:15.900 --> 00:19:16.400 to try and 00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:17.019 catch you out 00:19:17.019 --> 00:19:17.600 with difficult 00:19:17.600 --> 00:19:18.200 questions. 00:19:18.539 --> 00:19:19.079 So one of 00:19:19.079 --> 00:19:19.620 them said to 00:19:19.620 --> 00:19:19.759 me, 00:19:19.819 --> 00:19:20.079 Johnny, 00:19:20.500 --> 00:19:21.400 God doesn't 00:19:21.400 --> 00:19:22.059 like people 00:19:22.059 --> 00:19:22.700 doing bad 00:19:22.700 --> 00:19:23.019 things, 00:19:23.100 --> 00:19:23.460 does he? 00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:25.180 No, 00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:25.620 I said he 00:19:25.620 --> 00:19:26.120 doesn't. 00:19:27.340 --> 00:19:28.000 Well then, 00:19:28.200 --> 00:19:28.799 if he's 00:19:28.799 --> 00:19:29.079 God, 00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:29.680 why doesn't 00:19:29.680 --> 00:19:30.220 he stop 00:19:30.220 --> 00:19:30.700 all the 00:19:30.700 --> 00:19:31.240 evil in 00:19:31.240 --> 00:19:31.660 the world? 00:19:32.299 --> 00:19:32.680 And with 00:19:32.680 --> 00:19:32.960 that he 00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:33.519 turned round 00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:33.820 and he 00:19:33.820 --> 00:19:34.340 slapped his 00:19:34.340 --> 00:19:34.759 friend on 00:19:34.759 --> 00:19:35.080 the back 00:19:35.080 --> 00:19:35.279 of the 00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:35.560 head. 00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:37.799 And then 00:19:37.799 --> 00:19:38.539 he continued, 00:19:39.060 --> 00:19:40.200 if God 00:19:40.200 --> 00:19:40.620 is true, 00:19:40.680 --> 00:19:41.220 he'd stop 00:19:41.220 --> 00:19:41.440 me, 00:19:41.519 --> 00:19:41.700 wouldn't 00:19:41.700 --> 00:19:41.960 he? 00:19:42.340 --> 00:19:42.779 And then 00:19:42.779 --> 00:19:43.180 he slapped 00:19:43.180 --> 00:19:43.640 his friend 00:19:43.640 --> 00:19:44.060 again. 00:19:44.600 --> 00:19:45.100 As if to 00:19:45.100 --> 00:19:45.279 say, 00:19:45.360 --> 00:19:45.560 you see, 00:19:45.640 --> 00:19:46.100 if God 00:19:46.100 --> 00:19:46.519 is there, 00:19:46.880 --> 00:19:47.759 if God 00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:48.299 took sin 00:19:48.299 --> 00:19:48.920 seriously, 00:19:49.140 --> 00:19:49.560 he'd do 00:19:49.560 --> 00:19:50.240 something about 00:19:50.240 --> 00:19:50.380 it. 00:19:50.380 --> 00:19:50.820 Because he 00:19:50.820 --> 00:19:51.299 isn't, 00:19:51.980 --> 00:19:52.440 he's not 00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:52.759 there. 00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:54.900 Well, 00:19:54.940 --> 00:19:55.299 I wasn't 00:19:55.299 --> 00:19:55.859 quick enough 00:19:55.859 --> 00:19:56.599 in my 00:19:56.599 --> 00:19:56.960 answer. 00:19:57.500 --> 00:19:57.740 This is 00:19:57.740 --> 00:19:58.079 the verse 00:19:58.079 --> 00:19:58.460 I should 00:19:58.460 --> 00:19:58.940 have said 00:19:58.940 --> 00:19:59.660 or pointed 00:19:59.660 --> 00:19:59.940 to, 00:20:00.019 --> 00:20:00.539 verse 4 00:20:00.539 --> 00:20:01.000 of chapter 00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:01.379 2. 00:20:02.359 --> 00:20:02.700 You see, 00:20:02.779 --> 00:20:03.259 God will 00:20:03.259 --> 00:20:03.720 one day 00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:04.259 judge, 00:20:05.220 --> 00:20:05.960 but he's 00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:07.140 holding back 00:20:07.140 --> 00:20:07.920 on his 00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:08.379 judgment 00:20:08.379 --> 00:20:09.079 because of 00:20:09.079 --> 00:20:09.640 his kindness 00:20:09.640 --> 00:20:10.379 and patience. 00:20:11.519 --> 00:20:12.180 We all 00:20:12.180 --> 00:20:12.720 deserve to 00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:13.180 be judged 00:20:13.180 --> 00:20:13.879 right now 00:20:13.879 --> 00:20:15.740 and removed 00:20:15.740 --> 00:20:16.379 from God's 00:20:16.379 --> 00:20:16.900 good world 00:20:16.900 --> 00:20:17.500 because we've 00:20:17.500 --> 00:20:18.000 all messed 00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:18.259 it up, 00:20:18.339 --> 00:20:18.660 we've all 00:20:18.660 --> 00:20:19.099 played our 00:20:19.099 --> 00:20:19.839 part in it. 00:20:20.400 --> 00:20:20.859 But God 00:20:20.859 --> 00:20:21.319 is long 00:20:21.319 --> 00:20:21.879 suffering, 00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:23.519 and he's 00:20:23.519 --> 00:20:24.220 withholding 00:20:24.220 --> 00:20:25.019 his judgment 00:20:25.019 --> 00:20:26.079 for a reason. 00:20:26.220 --> 00:20:26.519 Look at the 00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:26.779 end of 00:20:26.779 --> 00:20:27.319 verse 4. 00:20:28.039 --> 00:20:28.220 Do you 00:20:28.220 --> 00:20:28.960 not realise 00:20:28.960 --> 00:20:29.900 that God's 00:20:29.900 --> 00:20:30.619 kindness, 00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:32.940 that's his 00:20:32.940 --> 00:20:33.779 tolerance and 00:20:33.779 --> 00:20:34.539 his patience, 00:20:35.539 --> 00:20:37.019 is to lead 00:20:37.019 --> 00:20:37.779 you towards 00:20:37.779 --> 00:20:38.319 repentance? 00:20:40.720 --> 00:20:41.279 Tolerance 00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:42.339 means time. 00:20:43.079 --> 00:20:43.920 Time to 00:20:43.920 --> 00:20:44.319 repent. 00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:45.879 Time to 00:20:45.879 --> 00:20:46.539 do business 00:20:46.539 --> 00:20:47.039 with God. 00:20:47.200 --> 00:20:47.740 Time to 00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:48.220 sort our 00:20:48.220 --> 00:20:48.879 lives out 00:20:48.879 --> 00:20:50.240 before it's 00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:50.779 too late. 00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:53.500 Of course, 00:20:53.599 --> 00:20:54.019 if we go 00:20:54.019 --> 00:20:54.799 around slapping 00:20:54.799 --> 00:20:55.539 people across 00:20:55.539 --> 00:20:56.099 the head 00:20:56.099 --> 00:20:57.519 and ignore 00:20:57.519 --> 00:20:58.059 God's 00:20:58.059 --> 00:20:58.460 kindness, 00:20:59.059 --> 00:20:59.799 then we're 00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:00.019 going to 00:21:00.019 --> 00:21:00.339 have to 00:21:00.339 --> 00:21:00.759 face the 00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:01.420 consequences, 00:21:01.640 --> 00:21:02.259 verse 5. 00:21:03.839 --> 00:21:04.579 But because 00:21:04.579 --> 00:21:05.160 of your 00:21:05.160 --> 00:21:05.960 stubbornness 00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:06.379 and your 00:21:06.379 --> 00:21:07.240 unrepentant 00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:07.680 heart, 00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:08.599 you are 00:21:08.599 --> 00:21:09.759 storing up 00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:10.920 wrath against 00:21:10.920 --> 00:21:11.660 yourself. 00:21:12.599 --> 00:21:13.079 For the 00:21:13.079 --> 00:21:13.579 day of 00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:14.059 God's 00:21:14.059 --> 00:21:14.420 wrath, 00:21:15.099 --> 00:21:15.599 when his 00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:16.180 righteous 00:21:16.180 --> 00:21:16.779 judgment 00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:18.099 will be 00:21:18.099 --> 00:21:18.539 revealed. 00:21:18.539 --> 00:21:21.819 They're 00:21:21.819 --> 00:21:22.539 tough words, 00:21:22.639 --> 00:21:22.799 aren't 00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:23.000 they? 00:21:24.500 --> 00:21:25.180 Picture in 00:21:25.180 --> 00:21:25.659 your minds 00:21:25.659 --> 00:21:26.079 for a 00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:26.480 minute a 00:21:26.480 --> 00:21:27.059 great big 00:21:27.059 --> 00:21:28.159 dam at 00:21:28.159 --> 00:21:28.659 the top 00:21:28.659 --> 00:21:29.059 of a 00:21:29.059 --> 00:21:29.339 valley. 00:21:30.319 --> 00:21:30.819 Year 00:21:30.819 --> 00:21:31.480 after year 00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:31.799 as the 00:21:31.799 --> 00:21:32.559 rains fall 00:21:32.559 --> 00:21:32.879 and the 00:21:32.879 --> 00:21:33.799 waters flow 00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:34.420 down into 00:21:34.420 --> 00:21:35.079 it, the 00:21:35.079 --> 00:21:35.839 water builds 00:21:35.839 --> 00:21:36.319 up and it 00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:36.940 builds up and 00:21:36.940 --> 00:21:37.659 the pressure 00:21:37.659 --> 00:21:38.619 continually 00:21:38.619 --> 00:21:39.819 increases behind 00:21:39.819 --> 00:21:40.339 the dam. 00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:42.379 And while 00:21:42.379 --> 00:21:43.000 the dam is 00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:43.700 managing to 00:21:43.700 --> 00:21:44.180 hold the 00:21:44.180 --> 00:21:44.859 waters back, 00:21:45.139 --> 00:21:45.980 sooner or 00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:46.519 later the 00:21:46.519 --> 00:21:47.319 dam is going 00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:48.119 to crack, 00:21:48.539 --> 00:21:49.220 the dam is 00:21:49.220 --> 00:21:49.619 going to 00:21:49.619 --> 00:21:50.259 burst and 00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:50.740 the water 00:21:50.740 --> 00:21:51.119 is going 00:21:51.119 --> 00:21:51.480 to come 00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:52.299 flooding down 00:21:52.299 --> 00:21:52.819 the valley, 00:21:53.500 --> 00:21:54.000 destroying 00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:54.819 everything in 00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:55.399 its path. 00:21:59.279 --> 00:22:00.000 Well, it's 00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:00.519 like God 00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:01.339 is holding 00:22:01.339 --> 00:22:04.139 back the 00:22:04.139 --> 00:22:05.480 water of 00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:06.279 his wrath 00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:07.059 and 00:22:07.059 --> 00:22:07.559 judgments. 00:22:09.019 --> 00:22:09.359 You see, 00:22:09.420 --> 00:22:10.079 every time we 00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:10.700 ignore his 00:22:10.700 --> 00:22:11.159 kindness, 00:22:11.579 --> 00:22:12.559 every time we 00:22:12.559 --> 00:22:13.259 turn our back 00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:13.659 on his 00:22:13.659 --> 00:22:14.899 patience and 00:22:14.899 --> 00:22:15.639 go on living 00:22:15.639 --> 00:22:16.379 as we 00:22:16.379 --> 00:22:17.019 please, 00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:18.599 the pressure 00:22:18.599 --> 00:22:19.579 is increasing. 00:22:20.119 --> 00:22:20.700 It's building 00:22:20.700 --> 00:22:21.259 up, it's 00:22:21.259 --> 00:22:21.839 building up. 00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:22.920 As it says 00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:23.619 in verse 5, 00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:24.859 we are storing 00:22:24.859 --> 00:22:26.539 up wrath. 00:22:27.700 --> 00:22:28.819 And eventually 00:22:28.819 --> 00:22:29.720 the pressure 00:22:29.720 --> 00:22:30.720 will be so 00:22:30.720 --> 00:22:32.799 great that 00:22:32.799 --> 00:22:33.119 it's going 00:22:33.119 --> 00:22:33.680 to burst 00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:36.139 and God's 00:22:36.139 --> 00:22:36.480 judgment 00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:38.039 will be 00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:38.460 revealed. 00:22:38.460 --> 00:22:40.460 God's 00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:41.460 kindness. 00:22:41.460 --> 00:22:42.059 Now, 00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:43.039 there's only 00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:43.880 two possible 00:22:43.880 --> 00:22:45.819 responses to 00:22:45.819 --> 00:22:46.220 God's 00:22:46.220 --> 00:22:46.660 kindness. 00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:48.420 I haven't 00:22:48.420 --> 00:22:49.319 had it on 00:22:49.319 --> 00:22:49.900 the screen 00:22:49.900 --> 00:22:50.340 here, but 00:22:50.340 --> 00:22:50.819 the first 00:22:50.819 --> 00:22:51.579 response is 00:22:51.579 --> 00:22:52.500 this, to 00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:53.700 be repentant 00:22:53.700 --> 00:22:54.660 believers. 00:22:54.900 --> 00:22:55.200 Look at 00:22:55.200 --> 00:22:55.880 verse 7. 00:22:57.079 --> 00:22:57.519 It says 00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:57.920 there, to 00:22:57.920 --> 00:22:58.640 those who 00:22:58.640 --> 00:22:59.700 by persistence 00:22:59.700 --> 00:23:00.559 in doing 00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:02.160 good, seek 00:23:02.160 --> 00:23:03.039 glory, honour 00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:04.299 and immortality, 00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:05.420 he will give 00:23:05.420 --> 00:23:06.620 eternal life. 00:23:06.619 --> 00:23:08.259 Now, we 00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:08.879 mustn't get 00:23:08.879 --> 00:23:09.839 confused here. 00:23:10.459 --> 00:23:11.219 This is not 00:23:11.219 --> 00:23:12.259 rewards for 00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:13.319 our performance, 00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:15.219 but the 00:23:15.219 --> 00:23:16.679 results of 00:23:16.679 --> 00:23:17.619 our repentance. 00:23:18.739 --> 00:23:19.199 It's not 00:23:19.199 --> 00:23:19.739 because we've 00:23:19.739 --> 00:23:20.239 done good 00:23:20.239 --> 00:23:20.839 things that 00:23:20.839 --> 00:23:21.339 God gives 00:23:21.339 --> 00:23:21.839 us eternal 00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:22.959 life, but 00:23:22.959 --> 00:23:23.459 because of 00:23:23.459 --> 00:23:24.239 our repentance 00:23:24.239 --> 00:23:25.079 and repentance 00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:26.219 always leads 00:23:26.219 --> 00:23:27.139 to, or it 00:23:27.139 --> 00:23:27.500 is always 00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:28.639 demonstrated by 00:23:28.639 --> 00:23:29.059 our good 00:23:29.059 --> 00:23:29.559 works. 00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:30.559 God gives 00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:31.159 us. 00:23:31.159 --> 00:23:31.299 And the 00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:31.759 person who 00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:32.339 does that, 00:23:32.700 --> 00:23:33.200 it says 00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:33.500 there in 00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:34.000 verse 7, 00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:34.559 he will 00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:35.599 give eternal 00:23:35.599 --> 00:23:36.059 life. 00:23:36.139 --> 00:23:36.359 They will 00:23:36.359 --> 00:23:36.899 be part of 00:23:36.899 --> 00:23:37.419 his new 00:23:37.419 --> 00:23:37.779 kingdom. 00:23:39.619 --> 00:23:40.539 The other 00:23:40.539 --> 00:23:41.519 response is 00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:42.619 to be those 00:23:42.619 --> 00:23:43.500 who reject 00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:44.579 the truth, 00:23:44.819 --> 00:23:45.399 verse 8. 00:23:46.399 --> 00:23:46.839 But for 00:23:46.839 --> 00:23:47.500 those who 00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:48.559 are self-seeking 00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:50.259 and who 00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:51.279 reject the 00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:51.879 truth and 00:23:51.879 --> 00:23:52.799 follow evil, 00:23:53.179 --> 00:23:53.559 in other 00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:54.000 words, for 00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:54.440 the person 00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:54.839 who is 00:23:54.839 --> 00:23:56.019 unrepentant, 00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:58.980 there will 00:23:58.980 --> 00:23:59.980 be wrath 00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:01.779 and anger. 00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:04.059 His 00:24:04.059 --> 00:24:04.660 judgment is 00:24:04.660 --> 00:24:05.000 coming. 00:24:06.400 --> 00:24:07.079 What's it 00:24:07.079 --> 00:24:07.440 going to 00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:07.740 be? 00:24:09.619 --> 00:24:10.220 Repentance 00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:12.440 or rejection? 00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:14.960 What is 00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:15.579 your destiny 00:24:15.579 --> 00:24:16.180 going to 00:24:16.180 --> 00:24:16.400 be? 00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:20.279 Okay, 00:24:20.420 --> 00:24:20.759 you say, 00:24:20.900 --> 00:24:21.539 so God 00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:22.299 is going 00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:22.879 to judge. 00:24:23.160 --> 00:24:23.519 I've got 00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:24.000 that worked 00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:24.279 out. 00:24:25.359 --> 00:24:25.900 He's also 00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:26.700 very patient. 00:24:26.840 --> 00:24:27.240 He's giving 00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:27.820 us time. 00:24:28.120 --> 00:24:28.480 I've got 00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:29.040 that figured 00:24:29.040 --> 00:24:29.420 out. 00:24:30.600 --> 00:24:31.200 But I've 00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:31.720 got a clever 00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:32.420 question for 00:24:32.420 --> 00:24:32.780 you now, 00:24:32.860 --> 00:24:33.100 Johnny. 00:24:34.080 --> 00:24:35.240 What if I 00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:35.960 know nothing 00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:36.800 about God? 00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:37.900 Then what? 00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:39.980 Well, look 00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:40.640 at verse 11. 00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:42.480 It tells us 00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:43.019 that God 00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:43.600 does not 00:24:43.600 --> 00:24:43.960 show 00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:44.960 favouritism. 00:24:45.540 --> 00:24:45.900 In other 00:24:45.900 --> 00:24:46.320 words, that 00:24:46.320 --> 00:24:46.820 he's very 00:24:46.820 --> 00:24:47.360 fair. 00:24:48.120 --> 00:24:48.780 But how 00:24:48.780 --> 00:24:49.320 can God 00:24:49.320 --> 00:24:49.860 be fair, 00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.240 Johnny? 00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:51.840 What about 00:24:51.840 --> 00:24:52.480 all those 00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:53.160 people that 00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:54.000 never heard 00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.580 of Jesus? 00:24:55.900 --> 00:24:56.780 Or what 00:24:56.780 --> 00:24:57.240 about all 00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:57.740 those people 00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:58.060 who've 00:24:58.060 --> 00:24:58.560 never been 00:24:58.560 --> 00:24:59.240 to church? 00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:00.860 And you 00:25:00.860 --> 00:25:01.300 know what? 00:25:01.560 --> 00:25:02.320 I've never 00:25:02.320 --> 00:25:02.840 read my 00:25:02.840 --> 00:25:03.220 Bible. 00:25:04.280 --> 00:25:04.840 You can't 00:25:04.840 --> 00:25:05.300 be judged 00:25:05.300 --> 00:25:05.700 on what 00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:06.160 you don't 00:25:06.160 --> 00:25:06.420 know, 00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:06.880 can you? 00:25:09.060 --> 00:25:09.759 Well, that 00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:10.380 question is 00:25:10.380 --> 00:25:10.960 answered for 00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:11.259 us in 00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:11.900 verse 12. 00:25:14.080 --> 00:25:14.840 It says 00:25:14.840 --> 00:25:15.080 there, 00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:15.720 all who 00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:16.180 sin, 00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:17.700 apart from 00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:18.200 the law, 00:25:18.460 --> 00:25:19.060 apart from 00:25:19.060 --> 00:25:19.500 God's 00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:19.920 word, 00:25:20.840 --> 00:25:21.800 will also 00:25:21.800 --> 00:25:22.600 perish, 00:25:23.560 --> 00:25:24.120 apart from 00:25:24.120 --> 00:25:24.660 God's word. 00:25:24.660 --> 00:25:25.540 verse 14. 00:25:26.660 --> 00:25:27.400 Indeed, when 00:25:27.400 --> 00:25:28.200 Gentiles, 00:25:28.360 --> 00:25:28.940 that's the 00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:29.259 kind of 00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:30.120 summary word 00:25:30.120 --> 00:25:30.680 for anybody 00:25:30.680 --> 00:25:31.240 who isn't 00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:31.640 a Jew, 00:25:32.800 --> 00:25:33.360 indeed, when 00:25:33.360 --> 00:25:34.259 Gentiles who 00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:34.720 do not 00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:35.279 have the 00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:35.740 law, do 00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.160 not have 00:25:36.160 --> 00:25:36.540 God's 00:25:36.540 --> 00:25:36.860 word, 00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:38.160 do by 00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:38.620 nature 00:25:38.620 --> 00:25:39.180 things 00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:40.200 required by 00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:40.680 the law, 00:25:41.560 --> 00:25:42.140 they are 00:25:42.140 --> 00:25:42.740 a law for 00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.259 themselves, 00:25:43.400 --> 00:25:44.019 even though 00:25:44.019 --> 00:25:44.400 they do 00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:44.920 not have 00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:45.400 the law. 00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:48.700 Now, that's 00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:49.080 kind of quite 00:25:49.080 --> 00:25:49.500 difficult. 00:25:49.660 --> 00:25:50.019 We'd have to 00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:50.540 read that a 00:25:50.540 --> 00:25:51.100 few times, 00:25:51.220 --> 00:25:51.700 and still 00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:52.080 we're kind 00:25:52.080 --> 00:25:52.880 of struggling 00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:53.700 to understand 00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:53.920 it. 00:25:54.420 --> 00:25:54.800 I listened 00:25:54.800 --> 00:25:55.240 to a very 00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:56.280 good illustration 00:25:56.280 --> 00:25:57.020 on this. 00:25:57.840 --> 00:25:58.540 Tim Keller 00:25:58.540 --> 00:25:59.240 quoted 00:25:59.240 --> 00:26:00.540 Francis Schaeffer. 00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:01.400 Francis Schaeffer 00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:02.440 was one of the 00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:03.180 great Christian 00:26:03.180 --> 00:26:03.960 thinkers and 00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.420 writers, 00:26:05.760 --> 00:26:06.980 and he 00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:08.040 describes this 00:26:08.040 --> 00:26:09.080 section here 00:26:09.080 --> 00:26:09.680 in Romans 00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:10.720 as what he 00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:11.540 calls the 00:26:11.540 --> 00:26:12.700 invisible tape 00:26:12.700 --> 00:26:13.260 recorder. 00:26:15.260 --> 00:26:15.720 He says 00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.400 every single 00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:16.800 person, 00:26:16.880 --> 00:26:17.420 imagine he 00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:17.720 says that 00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:18.420 every single 00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:18.980 person in 00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:19.460 the world 00:26:19.460 --> 00:26:20.240 has an 00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:21.240 invisible tape 00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:21.700 recorder 00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.480 strapped 00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:22.900 around their 00:26:22.900 --> 00:26:23.100 necks. 00:26:23.160 --> 00:26:23.500 So right 00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:23.940 now, all 00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:24.400 of us have 00:26:24.400 --> 00:26:25.059 this invisible 00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:25.819 tape recorder. 00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:27.580 You might 00:26:27.580 --> 00:26:28.500 look, but it's 00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:29.100 not there because 00:26:29.100 --> 00:26:29.640 it's invisible. 00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:30.680 It is there, but 00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:31.180 it's invisible. 00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:31.819 You can't see 00:26:31.819 --> 00:26:32.039 it. 00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:33.600 And on 00:26:33.600 --> 00:26:34.400 judgment day, 00:26:35.299 --> 00:26:36.039 everybody will 00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:36.440 be brought 00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:37.299 before God. 00:26:38.819 --> 00:26:39.620 And of course, 00:26:39.700 --> 00:26:40.340 there'll be people 00:26:40.340 --> 00:26:40.860 there who will 00:26:40.860 --> 00:26:41.200 say, 00:26:42.779 --> 00:26:43.900 okay God, I'm 00:26:43.900 --> 00:26:44.740 here, but I 00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:46.000 didn't know you 00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:46.720 were going to be 00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:46.980 here. 00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:47.539 Nobody ever 00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:48.480 told me that 00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:48.900 there was a 00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:49.259 God. 00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:51.680 I never 00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:52.379 had a Bible. 00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:53.059 Nobody took 00:26:53.059 --> 00:26:53.619 me to Sunday 00:26:53.619 --> 00:26:53.900 school. 00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:54.519 I never went 00:26:54.519 --> 00:26:55.059 to church. 00:26:55.339 --> 00:26:56.019 You can't 00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.599 judge me. 00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.339 I didn't 00:26:57.339 --> 00:26:57.700 know. 00:26:59.379 --> 00:26:59.799 And then 00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:00.400 God reaches 00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:01.000 forward and 00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.740 he takes 00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:02.140 off the 00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:02.980 invisible tape 00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:03.480 recorder. 00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:04.640 So I didn't 00:27:04.640 --> 00:27:05.099 know it was 00:27:05.099 --> 00:27:05.339 there. 00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.119 Well, no, of 00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:06.359 course you 00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:06.720 didn't because 00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:06.940 it was 00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.460 invisible. 00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.539 But he 00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:08.940 makes it 00:27:08.940 --> 00:27:09.460 visible and 00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:09.940 you see this 00:27:09.940 --> 00:27:10.640 tape recorder. 00:27:12.059 --> 00:27:12.539 And God 00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:13.339 says to you, 00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:14.519 I want you 00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:15.039 to know that 00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:15.799 I am very, 00:27:15.980 --> 00:27:16.799 very fair. 00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:18.339 I'm a just 00:27:18.339 --> 00:27:18.900 God. 00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:20.920 So I'm 00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:21.519 not going 00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:22.119 to judge 00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:22.700 you by 00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:23.559 what you 00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:24.079 don't 00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:24.460 know, 00:27:25.359 --> 00:27:26.339 but what 00:27:26.339 --> 00:27:26.879 you do 00:27:26.879 --> 00:27:27.220 know. 00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:28.839 I'm not 00:27:28.839 --> 00:27:29.140 going to 00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:29.460 judge you 00:27:29.460 --> 00:27:29.759 by the 00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:30.400 Bible because 00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:30.779 you never 00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.400 read it. 00:27:31.619 --> 00:27:32.160 I'm not 00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:32.539 going to 00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:32.900 judge you 00:27:32.900 --> 00:27:33.480 by Jesus 00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:34.240 Christ because 00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:34.660 you never 00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:35.180 heard about 00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:35.599 him. 00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.460 I'm going 00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:37.879 to judge 00:27:37.879 --> 00:27:38.200 you by 00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:38.799 your own 00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:40.980 standards or 00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.480 by your 00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:42.759 own conscience. 00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:43.579 Look at 00:27:43.579 --> 00:27:44.379 verse 15. 00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:47.059 Since they 00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:47.879 show that 00:27:47.879 --> 00:27:48.920 the requirements 00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:49.480 of the 00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:50.519 law are 00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:51.039 written on 00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:51.920 their hearts, 00:27:53.080 --> 00:27:53.279 their 00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:54.340 consciences, 00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:56.460 also bearing 00:27:56.460 --> 00:27:57.160 witness and 00:27:57.160 --> 00:27:57.759 their thoughts 00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:58.680 now accusing, 00:27:59.539 --> 00:28:00.180 now even 00:28:00.180 --> 00:28:00.840 defending them. 00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:01.080 You see, 00:28:01.120 --> 00:28:01.740 we've all got a 00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:02.460 conscience and 00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:03.240 our conscience, 00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:04.180 no matter who 00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:04.580 we are, 00:28:04.700 --> 00:28:06.140 tells us that's 00:28:06.140 --> 00:28:06.680 right or 00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:07.380 that's wrong. 00:28:07.380 --> 00:28:11.180 God says, 00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:11.940 so when we 00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:12.580 take off this 00:28:12.580 --> 00:28:13.240 recorder, 00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:15.140 God says, 00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:16.480 it's recorded 00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:17.760 every single 00:28:17.760 --> 00:28:19.620 time you 00:28:19.620 --> 00:28:20.920 have said to 00:28:20.920 --> 00:28:21.840 somebody else, 00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:24.060 you should 00:28:24.060 --> 00:28:24.700 have done 00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:25.120 that. 00:28:26.060 --> 00:28:27.500 You shouldn't 00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:28.040 have done 00:28:28.040 --> 00:28:28.220 that. 00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:29.300 You ought 00:28:29.300 --> 00:28:30.140 to have said 00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:30.600 that. 00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:31.599 God says, 00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:33.319 I'm going 00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:33.819 to judge 00:28:33.819 --> 00:28:35.059 you by 00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:35.799 the standard 00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:36.399 that you 00:28:36.399 --> 00:28:37.240 judge others. 00:28:37.919 --> 00:28:38.379 Now that's 00:28:38.379 --> 00:28:39.480 completely fair. 00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:41.899 Now that's 00:28:41.899 --> 00:28:42.579 a big problem, 00:28:42.699 --> 00:28:43.179 isn't it? 00:28:43.959 --> 00:28:45.199 Because I 00:28:45.199 --> 00:28:46.459 can't even 00:28:46.459 --> 00:28:47.559 live up to 00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:48.179 my own 00:28:48.179 --> 00:28:48.919 standards, 00:28:49.699 --> 00:28:50.419 let alone 00:28:50.419 --> 00:28:50.939 God's 00:28:50.939 --> 00:28:51.379 standards. 00:28:52.419 --> 00:28:52.859 How many 00:28:52.859 --> 00:28:53.639 times have I 00:28:53.639 --> 00:28:54.240 told my 00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:54.619 kids, 00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:56.119 stop being 00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:56.779 grumpy and 00:28:56.779 --> 00:28:57.159 don't be 00:28:57.159 --> 00:28:57.559 rude? 00:28:57.559 --> 00:29:00.839 I'll not 00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:01.220 tell you how 00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:01.599 many times 00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:02.179 I'm grumpy 00:29:02.179 --> 00:29:02.759 and rude. 00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:03.879 You see, 00:29:03.919 --> 00:29:04.379 it's back to 00:29:04.379 --> 00:29:04.819 verse 1 00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:05.119 again, 00:29:05.179 --> 00:29:05.519 isn't it? 00:29:05.859 --> 00:29:06.119 You, 00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:06.639 therefore, 00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:07.480 have no 00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:08.299 excuse. 00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:09.419 You who 00:29:09.419 --> 00:29:10.259 pass judgment 00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:10.899 on someone 00:29:10.899 --> 00:29:11.119 else, 00:29:11.159 --> 00:29:11.659 every time 00:29:11.659 --> 00:29:12.220 you start 00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:13.339 pointing fingers 00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:13.839 at other 00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:14.359 people, 00:29:14.859 --> 00:29:15.419 you're 00:29:15.419 --> 00:29:15.919 judging 00:29:15.919 --> 00:29:16.599 yourself. 00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:17.539 You're 00:29:17.539 --> 00:29:18.119 condemning 00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:18.819 yourself because 00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:19.299 you who 00:29:19.299 --> 00:29:19.960 pass judgment, 00:29:20.299 --> 00:29:20.619 you do 00:29:20.619 --> 00:29:21.460 exactly the 00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:22.379 same things. 00:29:24.879 --> 00:29:25.559 You see, 00:29:25.619 --> 00:29:25.940 no matter 00:29:25.940 --> 00:29:26.639 who we are, 00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:27.159 whether we're 00:29:27.159 --> 00:29:27.539 judged by 00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:28.940 God's law or 00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:29.559 by our own 00:29:29.559 --> 00:29:30.200 heart law, 00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:30.980 whether we're 00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:31.559 irreligious 00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:32.200 people or 00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:32.920 religious people, 00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.440 whether we've 00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:33.819 read our 00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:34.319 Bibles or 00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:34.899 haven't read 00:29:34.899 --> 00:29:35.500 our Bibles, 00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:37.259 we will all 00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:38.039 discover that 00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:38.480 we're all 00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:40.299 guilty and 00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:40.579 that we 00:29:40.579 --> 00:29:41.180 deserve to 00:29:41.180 --> 00:29:41.740 be judged. 00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:43.619 You see, 00:29:43.680 --> 00:29:44.000 God's 00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:44.579 fairness is 00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:44.920 not a 00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:45.279 problem. 00:29:46.559 --> 00:29:47.099 The problem 00:29:47.099 --> 00:29:47.799 is with our 00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:48.559 own stubborn 00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:49.319 and rebellious 00:29:49.319 --> 00:29:49.839 hearts. 00:29:52.420 --> 00:29:53.159 So if 00:29:53.159 --> 00:29:53.539 God's 00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:54.119 judgment is 00:29:54.119 --> 00:29:54.619 completely 00:29:54.619 --> 00:29:55.099 fair, 00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:57.939 what hope 00:29:57.939 --> 00:29:58.719 is there 00:29:58.719 --> 00:29:59.119 going to 00:29:59.119 --> 00:29:59.500 be for 00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:00.039 any of 00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:00.439 us, 00:30:00.439 --> 00:30:01.079 because we're 00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:01.759 all going 00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.039 to be 00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:02.299 found 00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:02.719 wanting. 00:30:05.559 --> 00:30:06.419 Well, the 00:30:06.419 --> 00:30:06.959 Bible does 00:30:06.959 --> 00:30:07.619 talk about a 00:30:07.619 --> 00:30:07.919 day of 00:30:07.919 --> 00:30:08.919 judgment to 00:30:08.919 --> 00:30:09.500 come, 00:30:10.219 --> 00:30:11.079 but it also 00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:12.019 talks about a 00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:12.359 day of 00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:13.099 judgment that 00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:14.000 has passed. 00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:16.359 This day 00:30:16.359 --> 00:30:17.480 is the day 00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:18.219 when Jesus 00:30:18.219 --> 00:30:19.740 died on the 00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:20.219 cross. 00:30:20.859 --> 00:30:21.459 On the 00:30:21.459 --> 00:30:21.919 cross, 00:30:21.920 --> 00:30:23.360 Jesus takes 00:30:23.360 --> 00:30:24.019 the judgment 00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:24.860 that you 00:30:24.860 --> 00:30:25.660 and I 00:30:25.660 --> 00:30:26.420 deserve. 00:30:27.580 --> 00:30:28.360 Remember that 00:30:28.360 --> 00:30:29.140 imagery of the 00:30:29.140 --> 00:30:29.740 dam and the 00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:29.980 river? 00:30:31.320 --> 00:30:31.800 Well, it's 00:30:31.800 --> 00:30:32.580 like Jesus 00:30:32.580 --> 00:30:33.700 is standing 00:30:33.700 --> 00:30:34.660 in front of 00:30:34.660 --> 00:30:35.340 that dam, 00:30:37.060 --> 00:30:37.700 and the 00:30:37.700 --> 00:30:38.519 wrath of God 00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:38.980 that is 00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:39.759 stored up 00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.480 for us 00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:43.840 has been 00:30:43.840 --> 00:30:44.759 poured out 00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.680 on Jesus. 00:30:46.640 --> 00:30:47.680 Instead of 00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:48.680 crashing and 00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:49.820 flowing over 00:30:49.819 --> 00:30:51.759 us, it 00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:52.700 falls onto 00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:53.939 Christ, and 00:30:53.939 --> 00:30:54.259 it is 00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:55.019 absorbed 00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:55.980 completely 00:30:55.980 --> 00:30:57.200 onto Christ, 00:30:57.299 --> 00:30:57.839 and all 00:30:57.839 --> 00:30:58.339 those who 00:30:58.339 --> 00:30:59.539 stand behind 00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:01.179 him, all 00:31:01.179 --> 00:31:01.579 those who 00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:02.000 put their 00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:03.139 faith and 00:31:03.139 --> 00:31:04.099 have repented 00:31:04.099 --> 00:31:06.059 and stand 00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:06.439 in the 00:31:06.439 --> 00:31:07.279 security of 00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:07.899 the cross, 00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:09.720 the judgment 00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:10.819 flows past. 00:31:11.819 --> 00:31:12.700 We are 00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:14.059 protected and 00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:15.039 kept safe, 00:31:15.879 --> 00:31:16.659 so we no 00:31:16.659 --> 00:31:17.399 longer need to 00:31:17.399 --> 00:31:18.779 fear God's 00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:20.079 judgment, now 00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:21.339 or in the 00:31:21.339 --> 00:31:21.740 future. 00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:23.139 Instead, we 00:31:23.139 --> 00:31:23.639 live with the 00:31:23.639 --> 00:31:24.539 freedom that 00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:25.299 all our sin 00:31:25.299 --> 00:31:25.899 has been dealt 00:31:25.899 --> 00:31:26.299 with. 00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:28.680 Now, if we 00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:29.619 begin to apply 00:31:29.619 --> 00:31:30.339 this to our 00:31:30.339 --> 00:31:31.879 lives, it's 00:31:31.879 --> 00:31:32.460 not just going 00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:32.839 to be a 00:31:32.839 --> 00:31:33.779 wonderful idea, 00:31:34.619 --> 00:31:35.220 but it's 00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:35.980 going to change 00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:37.039 us on the 00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:37.960 inside out. 00:31:39.099 --> 00:31:40.299 In two ways, 00:31:40.339 --> 00:31:40.759 and we see 00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:41.759 this on the 00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:42.539 screen here. 00:31:43.379 --> 00:31:44.220 The first 00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:45.819 way is that 00:31:45.819 --> 00:31:46.660 I will no 00:31:46.660 --> 00:31:47.779 longer judge 00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:48.660 myself. 00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:51.519 Because Jesus 00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:52.339 is judged 00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:53.180 instead of 00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:54.539 me, I 00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:55.160 no longer 00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:55.779 look down 00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:56.339 at myself 00:31:56.339 --> 00:31:56.920 and beat 00:31:56.920 --> 00:31:57.819 myself up 00:31:57.819 --> 00:31:58.379 when I 00:31:58.379 --> 00:31:58.879 fail and 00:31:58.879 --> 00:31:59.259 fall. 00:31:59.420 --> 00:31:59.740 Do you do 00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.019 that? 00:32:00.139 --> 00:32:00.420 When you 00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:01.240 fail and 00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:01.660 fall, do 00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:01.899 you look at 00:32:01.899 --> 00:32:02.220 yourself and 00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:03.039 go, you're 00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:03.940 so bad, 00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:04.420 Johnny, you're 00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:05.039 so awful, you 00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:05.480 might as well 00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:06.059 give up the 00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:06.680 Christian life 00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:07.160 because you're 00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:07.720 just a waste 00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:08.559 of space and 00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:08.960 you keep 00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:09.420 getting it 00:32:09.420 --> 00:32:10.019 wrong all 00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:10.460 the time. 00:32:10.819 --> 00:32:11.319 Give up. 00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:15.919 Satan comes 00:32:15.919 --> 00:32:16.779 alongside and 00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:17.679 he reminds me 00:32:17.679 --> 00:32:18.220 of what I've 00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:18.659 said and 00:32:18.659 --> 00:32:19.059 what I've 00:32:19.059 --> 00:32:19.339 done. 00:32:21.419 --> 00:32:22.139 And being 00:32:22.139 --> 00:32:22.759 at a 20 00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.480 year reunion, 00:32:23.899 --> 00:32:24.159 there were 00:32:24.159 --> 00:32:24.679 lots of 00:32:24.679 --> 00:32:25.359 stories to 00:32:25.359 --> 00:32:26.279 remind me of 00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:26.659 what I've 00:32:26.659 --> 00:32:26.919 done. 00:32:29.139 --> 00:32:29.980 What do I 00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:30.179 do? 00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:30.779 I look to 00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:32.359 the cross and 00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:33.379 I see Christ 00:32:33.379 --> 00:32:33.960 and I see 00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:34.399 that the 00:32:34.399 --> 00:32:35.679 judgment has 00:32:35.679 --> 00:32:36.379 fallen on 00:32:36.379 --> 00:32:36.679 him. 00:32:37.879 --> 00:32:38.539 I'm no 00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:39.460 longer condemned. 00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:40.840 I've been 00:32:40.840 --> 00:32:41.740 set free. 00:32:42.100 --> 00:32:42.880 I'm a child 00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:43.400 of God, 00:32:43.539 --> 00:32:44.340 treasured and 00:32:44.340 --> 00:32:44.900 loved by 00:32:44.900 --> 00:32:45.220 him. 00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:48.799 So I no 00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:49.340 longer have 00:32:49.340 --> 00:32:49.819 to judge 00:32:49.819 --> 00:32:50.740 myself because 00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:51.480 Christ has 00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:52.039 been judged 00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.600 instead of 00:32:52.600 --> 00:32:52.759 me. 00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:53.299 And the 00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:53.799 second thing 00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:54.360 is I no 00:32:54.360 --> 00:32:54.900 longer need 00:32:54.900 --> 00:32:55.380 to judge 00:32:55.380 --> 00:32:56.019 others. 00:32:57.640 --> 00:32:58.680 Because Jesus 00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:59.319 is judged 00:32:59.319 --> 00:32:59.940 instead of 00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:01.220 me, I no 00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:01.840 longer look 00:33:01.840 --> 00:33:02.440 down on 00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:03.100 others because 00:33:03.100 --> 00:33:04.420 now I see 00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:05.900 that I'm 00:33:05.900 --> 00:33:06.559 actually no 00:33:06.559 --> 00:33:07.220 different to 00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:08.019 anybody else. 00:33:09.460 --> 00:33:10.579 when I see 00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:11.460 people sin, 00:33:12.180 --> 00:33:12.980 when I see 00:33:12.980 --> 00:33:13.759 people fail 00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:14.279 and fall, 00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:15.000 I'm no 00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:15.720 longer pointing 00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:16.200 the finger 00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:16.460 at them 00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:16.759 saying, 00:33:17.019 --> 00:33:18.140 they're so 00:33:18.140 --> 00:33:19.100 bad, they 00:33:19.100 --> 00:33:20.220 deserve God's 00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:20.579 judgment. 00:33:22.100 --> 00:33:22.940 I'm no 00:33:22.940 --> 00:33:23.680 longer pointing 00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:24.319 the finger, 00:33:24.680 --> 00:33:25.319 instead I'm 00:33:25.319 --> 00:33:26.259 pointing them 00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:27.819 to the cross. 00:33:28.140 --> 00:33:28.880 I'm pointing 00:33:28.880 --> 00:33:29.579 them towards 00:33:29.579 --> 00:33:30.380 Jesus and I'm 00:33:30.380 --> 00:33:31.799 saying, Jesus 00:33:31.799 --> 00:33:32.840 can take your 00:33:32.840 --> 00:33:34.220 judgment too. 00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:34.339 truth. 00:33:36.339 --> 00:33:37.079 So it 00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:37.900 changes how 00:33:37.900 --> 00:33:38.360 I look at 00:33:38.360 --> 00:33:39.000 myself and 00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.720 it changes 00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:40.900 how I look 00:33:40.900 --> 00:33:41.299 at other 00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:41.920 people as 00:33:41.920 --> 00:33:42.220 well. 00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:44.019 When we 00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:44.360 look at 00:33:44.360 --> 00:33:45.000 Christ, it 00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:45.759 transforms 00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.660 our outlook 00:33:46.660 --> 00:33:48.000 in every 00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:48.360 way. 00:33:50.660 --> 00:33:51.420 Turn with 00:33:51.420 --> 00:33:52.100 me please 00:33:52.100 --> 00:33:53.019 to Romans 00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:54.019 chapter 14. 00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:55.819 As we 00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:56.400 close, I 00:33:56.400 --> 00:33:56.940 just want to 00:33:56.940 --> 00:33:57.420 read these 00:33:57.420 --> 00:33:58.059 few verses. 00:33:58.940 --> 00:33:59.319 Romans 00:33:59.319 --> 00:34:00.480 chapter 14, 00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:01.860 just a couple 00:34:01.860 --> 00:34:02.600 of pages on 00:34:02.600 --> 00:34:03.460 and verse 9. 00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:12.500 And as we 00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:13.119 read this, I 00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:13.720 just want us 00:34:13.720 --> 00:34:15.119 to reflect 00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:17.380 and personally 00:34:17.380 --> 00:34:19.320 respond to 00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:19.659 what we 00:34:19.659 --> 00:34:20.039 hear. 00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:21.440 We'll just 00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:22.000 take a minute 00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:23.400 silence, having 00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:24.679 read it, for 00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:25.539 us to reflect 00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:26.280 upon what we 00:34:26.280 --> 00:34:26.780 see here. 00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:27.220 Romans 00:34:27.220 --> 00:34:28.000 chapter 14, 00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:28.699 verse 9. 00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:30.220 It says 00:34:30.220 --> 00:34:30.639 this, for 00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:31.119 this very 00:34:31.119 --> 00:34:32.880 reason, Christ 00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:33.599 died and 00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:34.199 returned to 00:34:34.199 --> 00:34:35.799 life, so 00:34:35.799 --> 00:34:36.159 that he 00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:36.579 might be 00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:37.059 Lord of 00:34:37.059 --> 00:34:37.519 both the 00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:38.839 dead and 00:34:38.839 --> 00:34:39.279 the living. 00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:41.559 You 00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:44.259 then, why 00:34:44.259 --> 00:34:44.719 do you 00:34:44.719 --> 00:34:45.639 judge your 00:34:45.639 --> 00:34:45.980 brother? 00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:49.419 Why do you 00:34:49.419 --> 00:34:50.159 look down 00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:51.199 on your 00:34:51.199 --> 00:34:51.639 sister? 00:34:53.719 --> 00:34:54.439 For we 00:34:54.439 --> 00:34:55.279 will all 00:34:55.279 --> 00:34:56.259 stand before 00:34:56.259 --> 00:34:56.859 God's 00:34:56.859 --> 00:34:57.379 judgment 00:34:57.379 --> 00:34:57.879 seat. 00:34:57.880 --> 00:34:58.880 God's 00:34:58.880 --> 00:34:59.200 heart. 00:34:59.200 --> 00:34:59.360 It is 00:34:59.360 --> 00:34:59.860 written, as 00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:00.340 surely as 00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:00.720 I live, 00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:01.140 says the 00:35:01.140 --> 00:35:01.599 Lord, every 00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:01.980 knee will 00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:02.619 bow before 00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:02.940 me and 00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:03.440 every tongue 00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:04.019 will confess 00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:04.519 to God. 00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:06.700 So then 00:35:06.700 --> 00:35:07.340 each of 00:35:07.340 --> 00:35:09.360 us will 00:35:09.360 --> 00:35:09.700 give an 00:35:09.700 --> 00:35:10.320 account of 00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:11.340 himself to 00:35:11.340 --> 00:35:11.740 God. 00:35:13.260 --> 00:35:13.740 Therefore, 00:35:14.740 --> 00:35:15.840 let us 00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:16.800 stop passing 00:35:16.800 --> 00:35:18.680 judgment on 00:35:18.680 --> 00:35:19.240 one another. 00:35:19.239 --> 00:35:21.239 God's 00:35:21.239 --> 00:35:21.839 heart. 00:35:21.839 --> 00:35:22.039 Let's just 00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:22.379 take a 00:35:22.379 --> 00:35:22.799 minute to 00:35:22.799 --> 00:35:23.839 reflect and 00:35:23.839 --> 00:35:24.759 to respond in 00:35:24.759 --> 00:35:25.099 our own 00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:26.479 hearts to 00:35:26.479 --> 00:35:26.819 God. 00:35:26.819 --> 00:35:26.919 God's 00:35:26.919 --> 00:35:27.819 heart. 00:35:27.819 --> 00:35:28.039 Let's 00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:45.360 God's 00:35:49.360 --> 00:35:51.860 heart. 00:35:56.039 --> 00:35:57.619 God's 00:35:57.619 --> 00:36:11.639 Our Father God, we thank you so much for Jesus. 00:36:14.699 --> 00:36:20.619 We have that picture in our minds of that dam, that river, 00:36:22.179 --> 00:36:24.099 it bursting forth. 00:36:24.099 --> 00:36:29.599 We picture Christ who has absorbed the judgment for us, 00:36:29.900 --> 00:36:35.159 so that we can be set free, so that we can be your children. 00:36:38.179 --> 00:36:44.599 We thank you that because of Jesus that we can truly look forward to the day of judgment, 00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:50.779 because it is a day when you will welcome us into your eternal kingdom. 00:36:50.780 --> 00:36:53.720 We will live with you forever. 00:36:54.800 --> 00:36:58.960 We will stand there not on the basis of our performance or our goodness, 00:36:59.800 --> 00:37:02.280 but we will point to Christ, 00:37:03.019 --> 00:37:07.260 and we will say Christ has done it for me. 00:37:07.260 --> 00:37:11.860 We thank you, Jesus, so much. 00:37:12.420 --> 00:37:18.620 Please, Father, we ask that you would work this truth into our lives as we go about this week, 00:37:18.700 --> 00:37:23.720 and when we fail, because we're all going to slip and fall up this week, 00:37:24.720 --> 00:37:28.820 we would not start judging ourselves, but we would look straight to Christ 00:37:28.820 --> 00:37:30.500 and remember that he has been judged. 00:37:30.640 --> 00:37:31.660 We're no longer condemned. 00:37:31.659 --> 00:37:39.679 And when we're with our friends and with family and they say or do something that's wrong, 00:37:40.679 --> 00:37:42.859 help us not to be judgmental, 00:37:43.379 --> 00:37:51.119 but instead gently and graciously help us to point them to the cross 00:37:51.119 --> 00:37:56.139 and show them that Jesus has taken their judgment too. 00:37:56.139 --> 00:38:02.079 We ask these things in Jesus' name. 00:38:02.739 --> 00:38:03.039 Amen.