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 Thanks, Rob.

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 So let's turn in our Bibles to Revelation 22, the very, very end, the last few verses

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 of Revelation and indeed all of Scripture.

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 Before we read, just a couple of extra things to say.

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 Yes, the carol service tonight at 5.30, so look forward to having everybody along to that.

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 If you're wanting to know how can I help, well, come early.

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 Imagine if you're a visitor and you've never been here before and you're the first person

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 to arrive because all the locals arrive at 25.2 or something like that.

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 So come early, take your seats and be ready to welcome those who come.

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 The other thing is the Thanksgiving service tomorrow for Mrs. Beamish, which will be out

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 in Westside in Bandon.

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 If anybody is going to that, I'll be taking the service.

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 If anybody's going, if they'd let me know, we're just looking for another person to help

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 with stewarding and welcoming people.

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 So just speak to me afterwards about that.

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 Well, let's turn to God's Word.

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 Revelation 22, verse 6, to the end.

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 Let's hear what God has to say to us today.

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 Remember, John the disciple is writing.

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 The angel said to me,

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 These words are trustworthy and true.

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 The Lord, the God who inspires the prophets,

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 sent his angel to show his servants the things that must soon take place.

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 Look, I am coming soon.

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 Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy written in this scroll.

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 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things.

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 And when I heard and seen them,

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 I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had been showing them to me.

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 But he said to me,

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 Don't do that.

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 I am a fellow servant with you and with your fellow prophets

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 and with all who keep the words of the scroll.

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 Worship God.

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 Then he told me,

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 Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this scroll

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 because the time is near.

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 Let the one who does wrong continue to do wrong.

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 Let the vile person continue to be vile.

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 Let the one who does right continue to do right.

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 And let the holy person continue to be holy.

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 Look, I am coming soon.

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 My reward is with me and I will give to each person according to what they have done.

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 I am the Alpha and the Omega,

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 the first and the last, the beginning and the end.

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 Blessed are those who wash their robes

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 that they may have the right to the tree of life

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 and may go through the gates into the city.

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 Outside are the dogs,

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 those who practice magic arts,

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 the sexually immoral,

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 the murderers,

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 the idolaters,

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 and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

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 I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches.

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 I am the root and the offspring of David,

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 the bright morning star.

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 The spirit and the bride say,

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 come.

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 And let the one who hears say,

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 come.

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 Let the one who is thirsty,

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 come.

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 And let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.

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 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll.

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 If anyone adds anything to them,

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 God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll.

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 And if anyone takes away any from this scroll,

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 God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life

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 and in the holy city,

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 which are described in this scroll.

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 He who testifies to these things says,

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 yes,

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 I am coming soon.

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 Amen.

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 Come,

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 Lord Jesus.

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 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God's people.

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 Amen.

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 Well, let's pray.

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 Our Father God,

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 we echo these words.

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 Come,

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 Lord Jesus.

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 Come,

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 by the power of your Holy Spirit,

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 so that we may have eyes and ears

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 to see and hear

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 the amazing truth of your word

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 and what you are speaking to the churches

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 in this time and this generation,

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 what you are speaking to us

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 today.

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 Help us to hear

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 and help us to live our life

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 in response to you.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, are you ready?

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 As we thought about at the beginning of our service,

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 are you prepared?

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 Well, if you're not,

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 you'd better get a move on

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 because Christmas is only seven days away.

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 A date has been set.

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 Yes.

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 Everybody knows

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 the 25th of December

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 is Christmas Day.

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 Leave it a day late

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 and it's too late.

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 So in preparation,

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 we've all been busy.

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 Decorations up.

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 The tree is there.

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 Plans for dinner.

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 Got the presents.

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 You visit friends.

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 You send the cards.

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 Because having the date

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 keeps our minds very focused.

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 Leave it a day late,

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 the 26th,

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 and it's too late.

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 Well, Christmas is not the only day

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 that is coming.

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 There is another day.

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 We don't know the date of this day,

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 but we can be absolutely sure it's coming.

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 Did you see the promise in our text?

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 Look at verse 7.

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 Jesus says,

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 Look, I am coming soon.

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 And in case we missed it,

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 verse 12,

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 Look, I am coming soon.

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 And again, verse 20,

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 Jesus, who testifies to these things,

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 says,

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 Yes, I am coming soon.

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 You better believe it.

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 So we must be ready.

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 We must be prepared.

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 Leave it a day late,

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 and it's too late.

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 Of course, if we've been following along

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 in our studies in Revelation,

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 this will come as no surprise whatsoever.

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 Look back at verse 6.

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 The angel said to John,

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 This is the angel who'd been giving him the visions.

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 The visions had come from God

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 to the angel to John.

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 The angel said to me,

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 These words are trustworthy and true.

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 Well, what words?

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 What words is he talking about?

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 Well, all the words that we've been reading

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 through Revelation.

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 The book of Revelation is trustworthy and true.

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 You can believe every word,

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 and you can depend on every word.

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 Because these words tell us

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 what we are to expect.

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 Look at the rest of verse 6.

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 The Lord,

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 the God who inspires the prophets,

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 that is,

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 the God who gives words to the prophets,

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 sent his angel to show his servants

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 the things that must soon take place.

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 What must soon take place

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 is what's happening between the resurrection of Jesus

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 and the return of Jesus.

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 And the climax of what must soon take place

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 is and will be the coming of Jesus again.

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 This is where all of history is heading.

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 It's heading to that day

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 when Jesus will return.

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 Every day is a step closer

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 to Christ's coming.

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 But how do we know?

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 How can we be absolutely sure

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 that Jesus is coming?

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 How do we know these aren't just made up words?

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 Well, we know that Jesus came once.

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 Two thousand years ago.

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 That's what we celebrate at Christmas.

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 Just as the prophets foretold.

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 So look at this from Matthew's Gospel.

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 It was talking about the birth of Jesus.

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 And the writer Matthew says this,

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 All this, the coming of Jesus,

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 all this took place to fulfil

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 what the Lord had said through the prophets.

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 And he quotes from Isaiah,

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 The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son

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 and they will call him Emmanuel,

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 which means God is with us.

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 God had spoken in the past

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 about the coming of Jesus.

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 Jesus came and now God speaks again

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 through his servant John,

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 who is telling us that in the future,

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 Jesus will come again.

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 Just as the first promise is true,

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 so the second promise is true.

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 So we can trust God's words.

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 They are trustworthy.

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 You can build your life on them.

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 What he says we can depend on.

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 So are you ready?

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 Leave it a day late and it's too late.

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 Well through our text,

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 we're going to see that there are three ways

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 we can be prepared.

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 This is how we are to live our lives

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 as we wait for the return of Jesus.

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 Three things.

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 Keep the words of Jesus.

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 Obey the words of Jesus.

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 And heed the words of Jesus.

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 So keep, obey and heed.

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 So the first one.

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 We are blessed by keeping the words of Jesus.

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 Look at verse 7.

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 Look, I am coming soon.

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 Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy

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 written in this scroll.

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 He's given us his word.

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 And rather than ignore revelation,

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 we're to keep it.

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 And keeping the words of Jesus

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 are going to mean at least two things.

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 First, it's going to mean that we meditate

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 on them continually.

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 Now verse 7 is reflective

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 of chapter 1 verse 3.

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 Go back to chapter 1 verse 3.

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 It's really a repeat of what we were told

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 at the very beginning of Revelation.

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 Revelation chapter 1 verse 3.

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 And this will help us to understand

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 what it means to meditate.

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 So verse 3.

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 Blessed is the one who reads aloud

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 the words of this prophecy.

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 Blessed are those who hear it.

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 And take to heart what is written in it

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 because the time is near.

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 Because Jesus is coming soon.

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 So to keep the word of Jesus

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 means that we're to read it.

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 We're to hear it.

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 We're to learn it.

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 But not in a mechanical way.

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 We are, look at verse 3,

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 to take it to heart.

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 That means we're to reflect on it.

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 We're to think deeply

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 about the words of Revelation.

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 We're to study it.

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 We're to meditate on it.

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 Not just once,

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 but continually.

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 Let's go back to chapter 22.

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 Chapter 22 verse 10.

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 We're to meditate on it.

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 Not just once,

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 but continually.

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 Look at verse 10.

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 Then he said to me,

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 do not seal up the words

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 of the prophecy of this scroll

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 because the time is near.

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 But you might think,

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 well, this is the last sermon.

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 This is Revelation done.

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 Tick box.

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 I don't have to read it again.

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 No.

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 Now that you've read it,

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 don't seal it up.

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 Don't staple the pages

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 of Revelation together.

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 You've read it.

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 You've heard its message.

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 Don't ignore it.

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 But keep on reading it.

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 Meditate on the words

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 of Revelation continually.

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 Now this helps explain

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 the strange words

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 that we read in verse 11.

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 Let the one who does wrong

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 continue to do wrong.

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 Let the vile person

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 continue to be vile.

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 But let the one who does right

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 continue to do right.

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 And let the holy person

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 continue to do holy things.

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 You see, it's pushing us

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 to make a choice.

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 What are we going to do

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 now that we've gone

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 through Revelation?

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 There's no middle ground.

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 We either shut it up

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 and close it up

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 and we live our own way

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 or we keep it open

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 and we keep on reading it

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 and live God's way.

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 So what's our response

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 going to be?

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 Meditate on it continually.

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 Now second,

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 to keep God's word

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 is not just to meditate

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 but it's to worship God.

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 You see,

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 when John received

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 these visions,

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 we're told in verse 8

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 that he went to

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 worship the angel.

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 But,

00:16:38.139 --> 00:16:38.980
 verse 9,

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 the angel said to me,

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 don't do that.

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 Stop.

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 I'm a fellow servant

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 with you

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 and with your fellow prophets

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 and with all who keep

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 the words of this scroll.

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 Worship God.

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 You see,

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 the words that we are reading

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 and learning,

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 the words of Revelation

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 that we are taking to heart,

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 lead us

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 to worship God.

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 In other words,

00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:08.500
 to keep the words of Jesus

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 means

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 that we respond

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 in thanks

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 and praise.

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 As we take in

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 God's word,

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 we see his sovereignty

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 over suffering

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 and opposition.

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 We see his victory

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 over Satan and evil.

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 We see the glory

00:17:25.019 --> 00:17:26.259
 of the new creation

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 to come.

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 His words

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 lead us

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 to trust

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 and depend

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 on him

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 who knows all things

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 and rules all things.

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 And in response,

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 we worship

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 God.

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 We worship

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 God.

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 Now,

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 if we keep

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 his words,

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 if we're meditating

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 on them,

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 if we're worshipping

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 God,

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 there's going to be

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 a blessing.

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 Look at verse 7.

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 Look,

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 I am coming soon.

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 Blessed

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 is the one

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 who keeps

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 the words.

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 To be blessed

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 blessed

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 is to know and experience

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 God's

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 favour

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 in your life.

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 In other words,

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 revelation

00:18:19.180 --> 00:18:20.259
 isn't to be used

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 to speculate

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 about the future.

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 It's to

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 bless us.

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 Yeah,

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 we find parts

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 of it difficult,

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 but the main

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 things

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 are always

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 the plain

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 things,

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 and the plain

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 things are always

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 the main

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 things.

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 We can all

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 read that

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 and get

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 that message.

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 And if we

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 keep these

00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:42.480
 words,

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 they are going

00:18:43.559 --> 00:18:44.420
 to encourage

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 you to keep

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 on going.

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 Read these

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 words and they

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 will strengthen

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 you in times

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 of hardship.

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 Read these

00:18:52.380 --> 00:18:53.099
 words and they

00:18:53.099 --> 00:18:53.759
 will keep

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 you as you

00:18:54.900 --> 00:18:55.819
 face opposition.

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 So first,

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 let's

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 together

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 keep the

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 words

00:19:02.539 --> 00:19:03.740
 of Jesus

00:19:03.740 --> 00:19:05.440
 and you

00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:05.799
 will be

00:19:05.799 --> 00:19:06.299
 blessed.

00:19:07.460 --> 00:19:08.159
 Keep the

00:19:08.159 --> 00:19:08.659
 words of

00:19:08.659 --> 00:19:09.019
 Jesus

00:19:09.019 --> 00:19:09.980
 and you

00:19:09.980 --> 00:19:10.440
 will be

00:19:10.440 --> 00:19:11.159
 prepared

00:19:11.159 --> 00:19:12.799
 for the

00:19:12.799 --> 00:19:13.359
 coming of

00:19:13.359 --> 00:19:13.700
 Jesus.

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 So,

00:19:16.659 --> 00:19:18.440
 first one is

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 obey the

00:19:19.220 --> 00:19:19.680
 words.

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 Second,

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 sorry,

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 keep the

00:19:23.319 --> 00:19:23.519
 words.

00:19:23.639 --> 00:19:23.940
 Second,

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 we're to

00:19:24.599 --> 00:19:25.960
 obey the

00:19:25.960 --> 00:19:26.379
 words.

00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:27.639
 We know

00:19:27.639 --> 00:19:29.460
 life if we

00:19:29.460 --> 00:19:30.220
 obey the

00:19:30.220 --> 00:19:31.200
 words of

00:19:31.200 --> 00:19:31.620
 Jesus.

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 Look with

00:19:33.500 --> 00:19:33.900
 me at

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 verse 12.

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 Again,

00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:38.580
 look,

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 I am

00:19:39.600 --> 00:19:40.559
 coming soon.

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 My reward

00:19:43.420 --> 00:19:43.980
 is with

00:19:43.980 --> 00:19:45.559
 me and

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 I will

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 give to

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 each person

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 according to

00:19:48.500 --> 00:19:48.960
 what they

00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:49.400
 have done.

00:19:50.440 --> 00:19:50.900
 You see,

00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:51.539
 how we

00:19:51.539 --> 00:19:52.779
 live today

00:19:52.779 --> 00:19:54.200
 is really

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 important.

00:19:54.779 --> 00:19:56.139
 as we

00:19:56.139 --> 00:19:56.960
 wait for

00:19:56.960 --> 00:19:57.139
 the

00:19:57.139 --> 00:19:57.680
 coming of

00:19:57.680 --> 00:19:58.099
 Jesus,

00:19:59.000 --> 00:19:59.720
 it really

00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:00.359
 matters

00:20:00.359 --> 00:20:02.119
 because he

00:20:02.119 --> 00:20:02.899
 will reward

00:20:02.899 --> 00:20:04.079
 us according

00:20:04.079 --> 00:20:04.980
 to what we

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 have done.

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 And we

00:20:07.160 --> 00:20:07.619
 don't need

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 to be

00:20:07.940 --> 00:20:08.700
 concerned that

00:20:08.700 --> 00:20:09.059
 it's going

00:20:09.059 --> 00:20:09.399
 to be

00:20:09.399 --> 00:20:10.299
 unfair or

00:20:10.299 --> 00:20:11.000
 unjust.

00:20:12.399 --> 00:20:13.000
 Look who

00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:13.539
 holds us

00:20:13.539 --> 00:20:14.259
 to account.

00:20:14.839 --> 00:20:15.559
 Verse 13.

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 Jesus

00:20:17.619 --> 00:20:18.079
 says,

00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:18.700
 I am the

00:20:18.700 --> 00:20:20.160
 Alpha and

00:20:20.160 --> 00:20:20.819
 the Omega,

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 the first

00:20:21.680 --> 00:20:22.759
 and the

00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:23.060
 last,

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 the beginning

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 and the

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 end.

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 I see

00:20:25.860 --> 00:20:26.560
 your life

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 from your

00:20:27.080 --> 00:20:28.220
 first breath

00:20:28.220 --> 00:20:29.980
 to your

00:20:29.980 --> 00:20:30.900
 last breath,

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 from your

00:20:32.480 --> 00:20:33.180
 birthday

00:20:33.180 --> 00:20:35.580
 to your

00:20:35.580 --> 00:20:36.519
 death day.

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 I see

00:20:38.140 --> 00:20:38.500
 all,

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 I know

00:20:39.799 --> 00:20:40.120
 all,

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 the private

00:20:41.019 --> 00:20:41.420
 things,

00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:42.000
 the public

00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:42.480
 things,

00:20:42.779 --> 00:20:43.299
 and I

00:20:43.299 --> 00:20:43.820
 will give

00:20:43.820 --> 00:20:44.640
 to each

00:20:44.640 --> 00:20:45.320
 person

00:20:45.320 --> 00:20:46.220
 according to

00:20:46.220 --> 00:20:46.640
 what they

00:20:46.640 --> 00:20:47.100
 have done.

00:20:47.099 --> 00:20:53.279
 So how

00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:53.579
 am I

00:20:53.579 --> 00:20:53.980
 going to

00:20:53.980 --> 00:20:54.439
 be ready?

00:20:55.819 --> 00:20:56.480
 And what

00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:57.000
 kind of

00:20:57.000 --> 00:20:57.699
 reward am

00:20:57.699 --> 00:20:58.159
 I going

00:20:58.159 --> 00:20:58.759
 to receive?

00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:01.139
 Well,

00:21:01.699 --> 00:21:02.319
 to be

00:21:02.319 --> 00:21:02.939
 ready we

00:21:02.939 --> 00:21:03.639
 need to

00:21:03.639 --> 00:21:04.480
 obey.

00:21:05.319 --> 00:21:06.159
 We need

00:21:06.159 --> 00:21:07.119
 to obey

00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:07.899
 the words

00:21:07.899 --> 00:21:08.559
 of Jesus.

00:21:09.459 --> 00:21:09.899
 And that

00:21:09.899 --> 00:21:10.439
 will mean

00:21:10.439 --> 00:21:12.319
 two things.

00:21:13.179 --> 00:21:13.740
 First,

00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:15.879
 it will

00:21:15.879 --> 00:21:16.480
 mean that

00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:17.420
 we obey

00:21:17.420 --> 00:21:19.680
 the call

00:21:19.680 --> 00:21:20.960
 for cleansing

00:21:20.960 --> 00:21:21.720
 or obey

00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:22.460
 the command

00:21:22.460 --> 00:21:23.759
 for cleansing.

00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:24.680
 Look at

00:21:24.680 --> 00:21:25.519
 verse 14.

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 Blessed

00:21:28.640 --> 00:21:29.380
 are those

00:21:29.380 --> 00:21:30.120
 who wash

00:21:30.120 --> 00:21:31.099
 their robes

00:21:31.099 --> 00:21:32.339
 that they

00:21:32.339 --> 00:21:32.799
 may have

00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:33.500
 the right

00:21:33.500 --> 00:21:34.059
 to the

00:21:34.059 --> 00:21:34.500
 tree of

00:21:34.500 --> 00:21:34.940
 life

00:21:34.940 --> 00:21:36.319
 and may

00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:36.819
 go through

00:21:36.819 --> 00:21:37.539
 the gates

00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:38.860
 into the

00:21:38.860 --> 00:21:39.220
 city.

00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:40.680
 Look,

00:21:40.740 --> 00:21:41.259
 if we're

00:21:41.259 --> 00:21:42.620
 unclean,

00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:44.400
 we can't

00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:45.400
 enter God's

00:21:45.400 --> 00:21:45.720
 city.

00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:47.980
 If we're

00:21:47.980 --> 00:21:48.720
 impure,

00:21:48.860 --> 00:21:49.680
 we'll not

00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:50.700
 come to

00:21:50.700 --> 00:21:51.079
 the new

00:21:51.079 --> 00:21:51.660
 creation.

00:21:52.579 --> 00:21:53.759
 Because sin

00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:54.839
 stains and

00:21:54.839 --> 00:21:55.460
 spoils,

00:21:55.640 --> 00:21:56.440
 it leaves

00:21:56.440 --> 00:21:57.240
 us dirty,

00:21:57.500 --> 00:21:57.839
 filthy,

00:21:58.279 --> 00:21:58.839
 unacceptable

00:21:58.839 --> 00:21:59.599
 to God.

00:21:59.980 --> 00:22:00.620
 Like the

00:22:00.620 --> 00:22:01.200
 workman,

00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:02.480
 we mentioned

00:22:02.480 --> 00:22:03.120
 this before

00:22:03.120 --> 00:22:04.079
 in Revelation,

00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:04.660
 who's been

00:22:04.660 --> 00:22:05.460
 clearing the

00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:06.259
 sewage pipes

00:22:06.259 --> 00:22:06.819
 all day

00:22:06.819 --> 00:22:07.620
 and then

00:22:07.620 --> 00:22:08.220
 tries to

00:22:08.220 --> 00:22:08.839
 gain access

00:22:08.839 --> 00:22:09.579
 to a fine

00:22:09.579 --> 00:22:10.599
 dining restaurant.

00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:12.319
 No way,

00:22:12.539 --> 00:22:13.220
 you're not

00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:13.860
 coming in.

00:22:13.859 --> 00:22:13.979
 clean.

00:22:15.619 --> 00:22:16.259
 So Jesus

00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:16.939
 says, if

00:22:16.939 --> 00:22:17.619
 you're not

00:22:17.619 --> 00:22:18.819
 clean,

00:22:19.879 --> 00:22:20.319
 then,

00:22:20.679 --> 00:22:21.459
 verse 15,

00:22:22.099 --> 00:22:23.059
 outside are

00:22:23.059 --> 00:22:23.799
 the dogs,

00:22:25.139 --> 00:22:25.879
 meaning the

00:22:25.879 --> 00:22:26.519
 dogs are

00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:27.299
 those who

00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:28.500
 roll about

00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:29.039
 in their

00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:30.119
 own filth,

00:22:30.199 --> 00:22:30.659
 they don't

00:22:30.659 --> 00:22:31.219
 care.

00:22:32.579 --> 00:22:33.319
 Those who

00:22:33.319 --> 00:22:33.919
 practice

00:22:33.919 --> 00:22:35.439
 magic arts,

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:37.419
 the sexually

00:22:37.419 --> 00:22:38.559
 immoral,

00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:40.199
 not just the

00:22:40.199 --> 00:22:40.759
 person who

00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:41.159
 has an

00:22:41.159 --> 00:22:41.559
 affair,

00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:42.619
 but the

00:22:42.619 --> 00:22:43.059
 one who

00:22:43.059 --> 00:22:43.859
 looks and

00:22:43.859 --> 00:22:44.440
 lingers

00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:45.279
 too long,

00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:47.720
 the murderers,

00:22:48.679 --> 00:22:49.200
 not just

00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:49.679
 those who

00:22:49.679 --> 00:22:50.539
 actually kill,

00:22:50.679 --> 00:22:51.179
 but those

00:22:51.179 --> 00:22:52.159
 who have

00:22:52.159 --> 00:22:53.119
 hate in

00:22:53.119 --> 00:22:53.819
 their hearts,

00:22:54.819 --> 00:22:56.079
 the idolaters,

00:22:57.740 --> 00:22:58.440
 anyone who

00:22:58.440 --> 00:22:59.579
 puts anything

00:22:59.579 --> 00:23:00.240
 or any

00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:01.839
 person before

00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:02.279
 God,

00:23:02.539 --> 00:23:03.679
 and everyone

00:23:03.679 --> 00:23:04.579
 who loves

00:23:04.579 --> 00:23:06.419
 and practices

00:23:06.419 --> 00:23:07.720
 falsehood.

00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:10.019
 have you

00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:10.940
 ever loved

00:23:10.940 --> 00:23:12.360
 the sin

00:23:12.360 --> 00:23:12.839
 you've been

00:23:12.839 --> 00:23:13.620
 involved in?

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.680
 You see,

00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:17.759
 verse 15

00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:18.600
 is challenging

00:23:18.600 --> 00:23:19.259
 because,

00:23:20.059 --> 00:23:20.680
 well, I see

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:21.620
 myself in

00:23:21.620 --> 00:23:22.420
 verse 15.

00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:23.819
 Can you see

00:23:23.819 --> 00:23:24.640
 yourself there?

00:23:24.640 --> 00:23:28.000
 we won't

00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:28.680
 be allowed

00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:30.120
 access into

00:23:30.120 --> 00:23:31.060
 the city.

00:23:31.460 --> 00:23:32.200
 This will

00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:32.960
 be our

00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:33.460
 reward.

00:23:33.900 --> 00:23:34.480
 This is

00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:35.000
 what we

00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:36.060
 will deserve.

00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:40.220
 But if

00:23:40.220 --> 00:23:40.920
 we obey

00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:41.780
 the command

00:23:41.780 --> 00:23:42.420
 of Jesus

00:23:42.420 --> 00:23:43.100
 in verse

00:23:43.100 --> 00:23:43.720
 14,

00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:46.040
 to wash

00:23:46.040 --> 00:23:47.940
 our robes,

00:23:49.220 --> 00:23:49.500
 well,

00:23:49.560 --> 00:23:49.880
 then we

00:23:49.880 --> 00:23:50.200
 will be

00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:50.440
 given

00:23:50.440 --> 00:23:50.920
 entry.

00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:53.580
 Now,

00:23:53.660 --> 00:23:54.100
 this isn't

00:23:54.100 --> 00:23:54.700
 a physical

00:23:54.700 --> 00:23:55.259
 washing,

00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:56.620
 but a

00:23:56.620 --> 00:23:57.160
 spiritual

00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:57.640
 washing.

00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:58.080
 It's not

00:23:58.080 --> 00:23:58.779
 about taking

00:23:58.779 --> 00:23:59.380
 off our

00:23:59.380 --> 00:24:00.300
 clothes and

00:24:00.300 --> 00:24:00.880
 sticking them

00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:01.180
 in the

00:24:01.180 --> 00:24:01.860
 washing machine

00:24:01.860 --> 00:24:02.279
 and giving

00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:02.600
 them a

00:24:02.600 --> 00:24:03.080
 good old

00:24:03.080 --> 00:24:03.660
 clean.

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:04.900
 It's about

00:24:04.900 --> 00:24:06.080
 an internal

00:24:06.080 --> 00:24:06.900
 cleaning of

00:24:06.900 --> 00:24:07.640
 our hearts.

00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:09.960
 It's coming

00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:10.720
 to Jesus

00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:11.620
 and trusting

00:24:11.620 --> 00:24:12.700
 him that

00:24:12.700 --> 00:24:13.420
 when Jesus

00:24:13.420 --> 00:24:14.039
 took my

00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:14.560
 sin,

00:24:15.779 --> 00:24:16.140
 Jesus

00:24:16.140 --> 00:24:16.820
 became

00:24:16.820 --> 00:24:17.820
 unclean

00:24:17.820 --> 00:24:18.539
 for me.

00:24:19.620 --> 00:24:20.220
 And in

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:21.140
 his place,

00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:22.920
 we receive

00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:23.980
 the cleanliness,

00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:24.860
 the purity

00:24:24.860 --> 00:24:25.620
 of Jesus.

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:26.779
 He takes

00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:28.420
 my uncleanness

00:24:28.420 --> 00:24:29.980
 and by

00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:30.720
 faith,

00:24:31.600 --> 00:24:32.519
 I receive

00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:33.299
 his

00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:34.420
 cleanness.

00:24:36.380 --> 00:24:37.200
 What I

00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:38.620
 deserve,

00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:39.700
 the rewards

00:24:39.700 --> 00:24:40.299
 that I

00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:41.220
 should get,

00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:42.600
 Jesus

00:24:42.600 --> 00:24:43.339
 takes.

00:24:44.400 --> 00:24:44.839
 And the

00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:45.680
 rewards that

00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:46.819
 Jesus deserves,

00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:48.019
 I now

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:48.839
 receive by

00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:49.180
 faith.

00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:50.019
 I am

00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.500
 made

00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:51.560
 clean.

00:24:52.600 --> 00:24:53.440
 Like the

00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:54.200
 sewage worker

00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:54.799
 who goes

00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:55.160
 home,

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:55.980
 has his

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:56.380
 shower,

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:57.299
 scrubs

00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:57.700
 up,

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:58.720
 puts on

00:24:58.720 --> 00:24:59.340
 his clean

00:24:59.340 --> 00:25:00.019
 clothes from

00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:00.580
 the wardrobe

00:25:00.580 --> 00:25:01.580
 and comes

00:25:01.580 --> 00:25:01.980
 to that

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:02.779
 fine dining

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.340
 restaurant,

00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:04.360
 he will be

00:25:04.360 --> 00:25:05.299
 welcomed in

00:25:05.299 --> 00:25:05.980
 to sit,

00:25:06.420 --> 00:25:06.779
 eat,

00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:08.299
 drink and

00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:08.900
 feast.

00:25:08.900 --> 00:25:09.100
 feast.

00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:11.000
 Well,

00:25:11.060 --> 00:25:11.560
 here's the

00:25:11.560 --> 00:25:11.940
 command.

00:25:13.820 --> 00:25:14.420
 Get

00:25:14.420 --> 00:25:14.980
 yourself

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.519
 clean,

00:25:16.280 --> 00:25:17.240
 not by

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:18.060
 doing things

00:25:18.060 --> 00:25:18.560
 yourself,

00:25:18.940 --> 00:25:19.460
 but by

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:20.800
 coming to

00:25:20.800 --> 00:25:21.460
 Jesus,

00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:22.940
 who will

00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:23.740
 wash you,

00:25:24.380 --> 00:25:25.100
 so that you

00:25:25.100 --> 00:25:25.600
 have the

00:25:25.600 --> 00:25:26.700
 right to

00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:27.400
 go through

00:25:27.400 --> 00:25:28.440
 into the

00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:28.780
 city,

00:25:28.920 --> 00:25:29.360
 the new

00:25:29.360 --> 00:25:29.960
 creation.

00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:33.539
 second,

00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:34.059
 then,

00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:34.559
 is not

00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:36.000
 just get

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.600
 clean,

00:25:37.140 --> 00:25:39.460
 but invite

00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:41.480
 to come.

00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:42.840
 You see,

00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:43.860
 the evidence

00:25:43.860 --> 00:25:44.920
 that we have

00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:45.440
 been made

00:25:45.440 --> 00:25:45.860
 clean,

00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:47.700
 the evidence

00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:49.559
 is that we

00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.600
 want others

00:25:50.600 --> 00:25:51.400
 to be made

00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:52.240
 clean and

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:53.079
 ready too.

00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:54.759
 If I

00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:55.199
 say,

00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:55.839
 yes,

00:25:55.879 --> 00:25:56.500
 I'm trusting

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:57.059
 Jesus,

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:59.139
 then a

00:25:59.139 --> 00:25:59.859
 big part of

00:25:59.859 --> 00:26:00.439
 my life

00:26:00.439 --> 00:26:00.859
 is going

00:26:00.859 --> 00:26:01.240
 to be

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:01.659
 wanting

00:26:01.659 --> 00:26:02.379
 others

00:26:02.379 --> 00:26:03.480
 to be

00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:03.899
 there in

00:26:03.899 --> 00:26:04.240
 the new

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:04.779
 creation.

00:26:05.379 --> 00:26:05.859
 Look at

00:26:05.859 --> 00:26:06.699
 verse 17.

00:26:08.399 --> 00:26:09.379
 The spirit

00:26:09.379 --> 00:26:09.799
 and the

00:26:09.799 --> 00:26:10.699
 bride say,

00:26:11.639 --> 00:26:12.119
 come.

00:26:13.359 --> 00:26:13.619
 Well,

00:26:13.639 --> 00:26:13.879
 we know

00:26:13.879 --> 00:26:14.460
 the bride

00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:14.939
 is the

00:26:14.939 --> 00:26:15.419
 church,

00:26:15.859 --> 00:26:16.259
 God's

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:16.619
 people,

00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:17.639
 so the

00:26:17.639 --> 00:26:18.139
 spirit

00:26:18.139 --> 00:26:19.119
 speaks

00:26:19.119 --> 00:26:20.259
 through

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:21.039
 the church,

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:21.819
 through

00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:22.319
 God's

00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:22.720
 people,

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.700
 he gives

00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:24.319
 the church

00:26:24.319 --> 00:26:25.240
 an invitation

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:26.680
 to send

00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:27.519
 that invitation

00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:28.079
 out to

00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:28.500
 people,

00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:29.339
 and the

00:26:29.339 --> 00:26:29.920
 invitation

00:26:29.920 --> 00:26:30.680
 is simply,

00:26:31.400 --> 00:26:31.759
 come.

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:35.279
 Well,

00:26:35.339 --> 00:26:35.740
 come to

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:36.100
 what?

00:26:36.140 --> 00:26:36.480
 What are

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.100
 we inviting

00:26:37.100 --> 00:26:38.059
 people to?

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:39.740
 Well,

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:40.079
 look at the

00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:40.440
 rest of

00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:41.200
 verse 17.

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:42.420
 And let

00:26:42.420 --> 00:26:42.799
 the one

00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:43.380
 who hears

00:26:43.380 --> 00:26:43.779
 say,

00:26:44.460 --> 00:26:44.900
 come.

00:26:45.980 --> 00:26:46.680
 Let the

00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:47.079
 one who

00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:47.779
 is thirsty

00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:48.940
 come.

00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:50.640
 And let

00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:50.960
 the one

00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:51.500
 who wishes

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:52.100
 take the

00:26:52.099 --> 00:26:53.119
 free gift

00:26:53.119 --> 00:26:54.039
 of the

00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:54.659
 water of

00:26:54.659 --> 00:26:55.119
 life.

00:26:56.419 --> 00:26:57.079
 It's an

00:26:57.079 --> 00:26:57.740
 invitation

00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:58.679
 to people

00:26:58.679 --> 00:26:59.319
 to say,

00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:00.500
 come.

00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:02.619
 Come to

00:27:02.619 --> 00:27:03.099
 Jesus.

00:27:04.439 --> 00:27:04.859
 You see,

00:27:04.939 --> 00:27:05.719
 people all

00:27:05.719 --> 00:27:06.439
 around us

00:27:06.439 --> 00:27:07.619
 are thirsty.

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:09.500
 And maybe

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:10.480
 you're thirsty

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:11.039
 today,

00:27:11.419 --> 00:27:12.179
 not in the

00:27:12.179 --> 00:27:13.079
 physical sense,

00:27:13.199 --> 00:27:13.679
 but in the

00:27:13.679 --> 00:27:14.639
 spiritual sense.

00:27:14.939 --> 00:27:15.459
 You're not

00:27:15.459 --> 00:27:16.579
 satisfied with

00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:17.019
 what the

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:17.839
 world throws

00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:18.240
 at you.

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:19.079
 You're left

00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:19.779
 empty,

00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:20.759
 dry,

00:27:21.099 --> 00:27:22.000
 and thirsty.

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:23.720
 You keep

00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:24.500
 drinking it

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:24.699
 in,

00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:25.299
 but nothing

00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:25.939
 changes.

00:27:26.359 --> 00:27:26.939
 Whatever you

00:27:26.939 --> 00:27:27.599
 add to your

00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:28.480
 life never

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:29.220
 seems to

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:30.000
 quench your

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:30.500
 thirst.

00:27:32.859 --> 00:27:33.539
 Well,

00:27:33.619 --> 00:27:34.019
 come to

00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:34.759
 Jesus who

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:35.220
 gives,

00:27:35.339 --> 00:27:36.159
 verse 17,

00:27:37.179 --> 00:27:37.939
 the free

00:27:37.939 --> 00:27:38.679
 gift of

00:27:38.679 --> 00:27:39.159
 the water

00:27:39.159 --> 00:27:39.819
 of life.

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:41.960
 Jesus will

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.599
 quench you.

00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:44.659
 Listen to

00:27:44.659 --> 00:27:45.500
 his words.

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.680
 Take on

00:27:46.680 --> 00:27:47.460
 board his

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:47.920
 words.

00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:48.799
 Come to

00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:49.579
 him and

00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:50.039
 he will

00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:51.220
 clean up

00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:51.859
 your life.

00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:53.200
 He will

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:53.900
 deal with

00:27:53.900 --> 00:27:54.559
 your past

00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:55.279
 and give

00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:55.680
 you a

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:56.339
 new and

00:27:56.339 --> 00:27:56.839
 eternal

00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:57.420
 reward.

00:27:59.480 --> 00:28:00.180
 You see,

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:00.619
 that's what

00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:01.200
 we're about

00:28:01.200 --> 00:28:01.579
 as we

00:28:01.579 --> 00:28:03.099
 wait for

00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:03.599
 the coming

00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:04.240
 of Jesus.

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:05.859
 Our

00:28:05.859 --> 00:28:06.460
 business,

00:28:06.640 --> 00:28:07.240
 wherever we

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.480
 are,

00:28:07.579 --> 00:28:08.039
 whether it's

00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:08.440
 at home

00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:08.839
 with our

00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:09.299
 children,

00:28:09.819 --> 00:28:10.220
 or at

00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:10.700
 work with

00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:11.079
 people,

00:28:11.220 --> 00:28:11.480
 or at

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:11.940
 college,

00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:12.599
 amongst

00:28:12.599 --> 00:28:13.359
 our neighbours,

00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:14.380
 we're people

00:28:14.380 --> 00:28:14.740
 who have

00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:15.400
 been sent

00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:15.820
 out with

00:28:15.820 --> 00:28:16.380
 an invite,

00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:17.000
 and the

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.540
 invite is

00:28:17.540 --> 00:28:18.120
 just simply

00:28:18.120 --> 00:28:18.780
 come.

00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:21.000
 Come to

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.420
 Jesus.

00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:23.500
 Because now,

00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:24.360
 today,

00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:25.380
 is a time

00:28:25.380 --> 00:28:26.080
 of mercy

00:28:26.080 --> 00:28:27.360
 and grace.

00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.480
 Now is a

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:29.000
 time of

00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:29.519
 salvation.

00:28:30.080 --> 00:28:30.840
 Come now.

00:28:32.280 --> 00:28:32.880
 Come and

00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:33.560
 take this

00:28:33.560 --> 00:28:35.420
 free gift

00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:36.900
 of life.

00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:42.380
 Now,

00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:42.740
 if we

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:43.560
 obey these

00:28:43.560 --> 00:28:44.220
 words of

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:44.600
 Jesus,

00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:46.560
 if we

00:28:46.560 --> 00:28:47.280
 obey the

00:28:47.280 --> 00:28:48.019
 command to

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:48.560
 come,

00:28:49.820 --> 00:28:50.840
 then we

00:28:50.840 --> 00:28:51.540
 receive

00:28:51.540 --> 00:28:52.880
 life.

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:54.360
 Isn't that

00:28:54.360 --> 00:28:54.820
 the message

00:28:54.820 --> 00:28:55.240
 of verse

00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:55.759
 14?

00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:56.960
 Clean up,

00:28:57.080 --> 00:28:57.660
 get washed

00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:58.080
 up,

00:28:58.320 --> 00:28:59.080
 so that you

00:28:59.080 --> 00:28:59.480
 can have

00:28:59.480 --> 00:29:00.040
 the right

00:29:00.040 --> 00:29:00.560
 to the

00:29:00.560 --> 00:29:02.400
 tree of

00:29:02.400 --> 00:29:03.640
 life.

00:29:05.540 --> 00:29:06.019
 Also,

00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:06.519
 the end

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:06.840
 of verse

00:29:06.840 --> 00:29:07.420
 17,

00:29:07.840 --> 00:29:08.440
 take the

00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:09.040
 free gift

00:29:09.040 --> 00:29:09.380
 of the

00:29:09.380 --> 00:29:10.040
 water of

00:29:10.040 --> 00:29:11.000
 life.

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:11.160
 life.

00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:12.240
 You see,

00:29:12.339 --> 00:29:12.900
 Jesus is

00:29:12.900 --> 00:29:13.380
 not just

00:29:13.380 --> 00:29:14.039
 the creator

00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:14.759
 of physical

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.180
 life,

00:29:15.420 --> 00:29:16.019
 he is the

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:16.559
 source of

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:16.980
 true,

00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:17.839
 lasting,

00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:18.839
 and abundant

00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:19.420
 life.

00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:21.599
 You see,

00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:22.019
 to have

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.779
 life from

00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:23.700
 Jesus means

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:24.680
 that whatever

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:26.000
 circumstances we

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.619
 are in right

00:29:26.619 --> 00:29:26.920
 now,

00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:27.700
 whether we're

00:29:27.700 --> 00:29:28.240
 rich or

00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:28.619
 poor,

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:30.480
 whether we

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:31.180
 think ourselves

00:29:31.180 --> 00:29:31.640
 as being

00:29:31.640 --> 00:29:32.380
 healthy or

00:29:32.380 --> 00:29:33.019
 unhealthy,

00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:33.160
 healthy,

00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:34.839
 whether we're

00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:36.220
 sad or

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:36.639
 happy,

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:38.099
 worried or

00:29:38.099 --> 00:29:38.940
 no concerns,

00:29:39.900 --> 00:29:40.759
 whatever our

00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:41.519
 situation,

00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:43.119
 Jesus will

00:29:43.119 --> 00:29:44.119
 always be

00:29:44.119 --> 00:29:44.660
 enough for

00:29:44.660 --> 00:29:44.900
 you.

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:45.980
 He will

00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:47.299
 satisfy you

00:29:47.299 --> 00:29:48.139
 and fill

00:29:48.139 --> 00:29:48.400
 you.

00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:49.799
 His words,

00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:50.900
 the words of

00:29:50.900 --> 00:29:51.480
 revelation,

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:52.160
 will give

00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:53.200
 you all

00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:53.859
 that you

00:29:53.859 --> 00:29:54.819
 need every

00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:55.579
 single day,

00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:56.359
 moment by

00:29:56.359 --> 00:29:56.779
 moment,

00:29:57.099 --> 00:29:57.740
 as you

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:59.059
 live your

00:29:59.059 --> 00:29:59.480
 Christian

00:29:59.480 --> 00:30:00.000
 life.

00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:03.440
 remember

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:03.960
 Jesus'

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:04.960
 invitation

00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:06.720
 to the

00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:07.339
 broken and

00:30:07.339 --> 00:30:07.839
 forsaken

00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:08.480
 woman at

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:08.900
 the well?

00:30:10.140 --> 00:30:11.079
 He was

00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:11.880
 speaking about

00:30:11.880 --> 00:30:12.779
 himself when

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:13.220
 he said

00:30:13.220 --> 00:30:13.559
 this,

00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:14.859
 whoever drinks

00:30:14.859 --> 00:30:15.460
 the water

00:30:15.460 --> 00:30:16.660
 I give

00:30:16.660 --> 00:30:18.079
 them will

00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:19.000
 never thirst.

00:30:20.099 --> 00:30:20.440
 Indeed,

00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:21.140
 the water

00:30:21.140 --> 00:30:22.019
 I give

00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:22.400
 them will

00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:22.940
 become in

00:30:22.940 --> 00:30:23.339
 them a

00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:24.000
 spring of

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.420
 water,

00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:25.700
 welling up

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:26.619
 to eternal

00:30:26.619 --> 00:30:27.200
 life.

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:29.819
 people

00:30:29.819 --> 00:30:30.940
 around us

00:30:30.940 --> 00:30:32.720
 are thirsty

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:34.539
 and they're

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:35.220
 trying to

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:36.059
 quench that

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:36.700
 thirst with

00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:37.319
 things that

00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:37.920
 will never

00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:38.559
 satisfy.

00:30:40.140 --> 00:30:41.000
 And we've

00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:41.559
 been sent

00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:41.960
 with an

00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:42.880
 invitation to

00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:43.580
 say come

00:30:43.580 --> 00:30:45.380
 and receive

00:30:45.380 --> 00:30:46.240
 life,

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:48.860
 life from

00:30:48.860 --> 00:30:49.299
 Jesus.

00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:53.539
 So keep

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:54.620
 the words

00:30:54.620 --> 00:30:55.220
 of Jesus,

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:56.440
 obey the

00:30:56.440 --> 00:30:57.000
 words of

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:57.360
 Jesus.

00:30:59.079 --> 00:31:00.259
 And third,

00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:02.120
 heed the

00:31:02.120 --> 00:31:02.600
 words.

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:03.579
 We have

00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:05.400
 hope by

00:31:05.400 --> 00:31:06.880
 heeding the

00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:07.420
 words of

00:31:07.420 --> 00:31:07.799
 Jesus.

00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:09.200
 Look at

00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:09.900
 verse 18.

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:13.559
 I warn

00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:15.039
 everyone who

00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:15.839
 hears the

00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:16.460
 words of the

00:31:16.460 --> 00:31:17.140
 prophecy of

00:31:17.140 --> 00:31:17.680
 this scroll.

00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:20.640
 A warning

00:31:20.640 --> 00:31:21.460
 to everyone

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:22.220
 who's read

00:31:22.220 --> 00:31:23.480
 Revelation.

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:25.960
 we need

00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:26.799
 to heed

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:28.160
 these words

00:31:28.160 --> 00:31:28.779
 of Jesus.

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:30.539
 And we do

00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:30.960
 that in

00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:31.680
 two ways.

00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:33.019
 First,

00:31:35.339 --> 00:31:36.059
 come on

00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:36.599
 flicker,

00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:45.220
 don't add

00:31:45.220 --> 00:31:46.440
 verse 18.

00:31:48.180 --> 00:31:48.539
 He says,

00:31:48.599 --> 00:31:48.940
 I warn

00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:49.620
 everyone who

00:31:49.620 --> 00:31:50.220
 hears the

00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:50.620
 words of

00:31:50.620 --> 00:31:51.140
 the prophecy

00:31:51.140 --> 00:31:51.660
 of this

00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:52.019
 scroll,

00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:53.799
 if anyone

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:54.579
 adds

00:31:54.579 --> 00:31:55.259
 anything

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:56.119
 to them.

00:31:58.259 --> 00:31:58.940
 Don't

00:31:58.940 --> 00:31:59.940
 add.

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:01.639
 The word

00:32:01.639 --> 00:32:02.180
 of Jesus

00:32:02.180 --> 00:32:03.279
 is full

00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:03.920
 and final.

00:32:04.400 --> 00:32:04.819
 What he's

00:32:04.819 --> 00:32:05.539
 given to

00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:05.980
 us in

00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:06.299
 the book

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:07.000
 of Revelation

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.660
 is enough.

00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:08.400
 We don't

00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:08.839
 need to

00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:09.980
 add anything

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:10.680
 extra to

00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:10.980
 it.

00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:13.039
 That means

00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:13.519
 we need to

00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:14.079
 be very

00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:14.879
 careful of

00:32:14.879 --> 00:32:15.879
 well-meaning

00:32:15.879 --> 00:32:16.859
 folk who

00:32:16.859 --> 00:32:17.559
 say things

00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:17.859
 like,

00:32:18.539 --> 00:32:18.980
 God

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:20.019
 told me,

00:32:21.539 --> 00:32:22.259
 God

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:23.120
 revealed to

00:32:23.120 --> 00:32:23.380
 me,

00:32:23.860 --> 00:32:24.160
 God

00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:24.920
 told me

00:32:24.920 --> 00:32:25.500
 to tell

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:25.980
 you.

00:32:27.660 --> 00:32:28.220
 We need

00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:28.500
 to be

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:29.259
 especially

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:30.079
 careful of

00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:30.539
 people who

00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:30.920
 claim to

00:32:30.920 --> 00:32:31.099
 have

00:32:31.099 --> 00:32:31.640
 knowledge

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:32.500
 about the

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:33.099
 end times

00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:33.740
 and how

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.180
 it's all

00:32:34.180 --> 00:32:34.500
 going to

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:35.180
 figure out.

00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:37.319
 No,

00:32:37.380 --> 00:32:38.039
 we don't

00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:38.480
 need to

00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:39.120
 add to

00:32:39.120 --> 00:32:39.460
 it.

00:32:40.599 --> 00:32:40.960
 Jesus

00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:41.720
 has

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.480
 spoken

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:43.559
 and he

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:44.240
 has his

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:45.059
 words written

00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:45.880
 down for

00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:46.259
 us.

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:47.799
 He

00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:48.099
 didn't

00:32:48.099 --> 00:32:48.839
 forget to

00:32:48.839 --> 00:32:49.079
 put

00:32:49.079 --> 00:32:49.539
 something

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:50.279
 in and

00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:50.660
 he now

00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:51.279
 needs you

00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:51.619
 or I

00:32:51.619 --> 00:32:52.119
 to finish

00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:52.460
 it off.

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:53.119
 Jesus

00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:53.500
 isn't

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:53.740
 going,

00:32:54.079 --> 00:32:54.440
 oh my

00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:54.900
 goodness,

00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:56.019
 Revelation

00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:56.779
 23,

00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:57.960
 I forgot.

00:32:59.259 --> 00:32:59.660
 Would you

00:32:59.660 --> 00:33:00.519
 please finish

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:01.519
 23 for

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:01.740
 me?

00:33:03.339 --> 00:33:03.960
 No,

00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:05.480
 don't add

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:06.200
 anything to

00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:06.559
 it.

00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:08.000
 And this

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.839
 is serious,

00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:09.240
 look at

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:09.960
 verse 18.

00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:10.960
 If anyone

00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:11.900
 adds anything

00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:12.480
 to them,

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:13.660
 God will

00:33:13.660 --> 00:33:15.160
 add to

00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:15.900
 that person

00:33:15.900 --> 00:33:16.580
 the plagues

00:33:16.580 --> 00:33:17.540
 described in

00:33:17.540 --> 00:33:18.120
 this scroll.

00:33:20.840 --> 00:33:21.220
 Well,

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:21.740
 the plagues

00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:22.280
 were those

00:33:22.280 --> 00:33:22.900
 of judgment.

00:33:24.180 --> 00:33:25.140
 So mess

00:33:25.140 --> 00:33:25.960
 with God's

00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:26.360
 word,

00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:28.860
 add to

00:33:28.860 --> 00:33:29.340
 God's

00:33:29.340 --> 00:33:29.740
 word,

00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:31.540
 and you

00:33:31.540 --> 00:33:32.140
 will face

00:33:32.140 --> 00:33:33.080
 judgment.

00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:36.380
 The other

00:33:36.380 --> 00:33:36.960
 way in which

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:37.560
 we heed

00:33:37.560 --> 00:33:38.300
 God's word

00:33:38.300 --> 00:33:38.800
 is the

00:33:38.800 --> 00:33:39.220
 opposite.

00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:41.400
 Don't

00:33:41.400 --> 00:33:42.120
 subtract

00:33:42.120 --> 00:33:43.960
 verse 19.

00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:45.460
 and if

00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:46.220
 anyone

00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:47.000
 takes

00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:47.640
 words

00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:48.319
 away

00:33:48.319 --> 00:33:49.380
 from

00:33:49.380 --> 00:33:49.640
 this

00:33:49.640 --> 00:33:50.000
 scroll

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:50.220
 of

00:33:50.220 --> 00:33:50.700
 prophecy.

00:33:51.600 --> 00:33:51.980
 You see,

00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:52.660
 the word

00:33:52.660 --> 00:33:53.180
 of Jesus

00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:53.980
 is sufficient

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:54.740
 and complete.

00:33:55.700 --> 00:33:56.259
 What he's

00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:57.000
 given to us

00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:57.559
 in Revelation

00:33:57.559 --> 00:33:58.660
 is just

00:33:58.660 --> 00:33:59.140
 what we

00:33:59.140 --> 00:33:59.519
 need to

00:33:59.519 --> 00:33:59.779
 hear.

00:34:00.059 --> 00:34:00.559
 We're not

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:01.000
 to leave

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:01.400
 any of

00:34:01.400 --> 00:34:01.819
 the bits

00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:02.259
 out.

00:34:03.860 --> 00:34:04.200
 Again,

00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:04.720
 that means

00:34:04.720 --> 00:34:05.059
 we need

00:34:05.059 --> 00:34:05.340
 to be

00:34:05.340 --> 00:34:05.980
 careful of

00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:06.600
 well-meaning

00:34:06.600 --> 00:34:07.180
 folk who

00:34:07.180 --> 00:34:07.740
 say things

00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:07.980
 like,

00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:08.500
 well,

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:09.079
 you know

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:09.420
 what we

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:09.800
 read in

00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:10.280
 Revelation?

00:34:10.280 --> 00:34:10.400
 Revelation,

00:34:10.780 --> 00:34:11.640
 that only

00:34:11.640 --> 00:34:12.300
 applied to

00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:13.500
 people in

00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:14.000
 the first

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:14.560
 century.

00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:16.519
 Things are

00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:17.180
 very different

00:34:17.180 --> 00:34:17.400
 now.

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:17.900
 We've kind

00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:18.360
 of moved

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:18.820
 on.

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.519
 And if

00:34:20.519 --> 00:34:21.140
 people are

00:34:21.140 --> 00:34:21.600
 going to

00:34:21.600 --> 00:34:22.400
 accept Jesus,

00:34:22.640 --> 00:34:23.320
 you're talking

00:34:23.320 --> 00:34:23.780
 about the

00:34:23.780 --> 00:34:24.640
 invitation to

00:34:24.640 --> 00:34:24.940
 life.

00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:25.519
 Well,

00:34:25.940 --> 00:34:26.480
 we've got

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:27.200
 to subtract.

00:34:27.700 --> 00:34:28.019
 We've got

00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:28.519
 to take

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:28.900
 some of

00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:29.280
 the things

00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:29.460
 out.

00:34:29.780 --> 00:34:30.140
 I mean,

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.440
 it's pretty

00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:32.019
 dark,

00:34:32.100 --> 00:34:32.440
 isn't it,

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:32.780
 some of

00:34:32.780 --> 00:34:33.320
 Revelation?

00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:35.380
 The rider

00:34:35.380 --> 00:34:36.019
 coming on

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:36.600
 the horse

00:34:36.600 --> 00:34:37.240
 with his

00:34:37.240 --> 00:34:37.760
 sword.

00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:40.380
 I mean,

00:34:40.540 --> 00:34:41.280
 let's leave

00:34:41.280 --> 00:34:42.120
 those judgment

00:34:42.120 --> 00:34:42.760
 bits out.

00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:43.240
 They're a bit

00:34:43.240 --> 00:34:44.020
 uncomfortable.

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:45.840
 And the

00:34:45.840 --> 00:34:46.400
 talk of

00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:47.440
 the beast

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:48.880
 rising up

00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:49.260
 from the

00:34:49.260 --> 00:34:49.520
 sea.

00:34:49.820 --> 00:34:50.340
 All that

00:34:50.340 --> 00:34:50.840
 stuff of

00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:51.200
 Satan,

00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:51.940
 people don't

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:52.240
 want to

00:34:52.240 --> 00:34:52.960
 hear that.

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:55.060
 Let's just

00:34:55.060 --> 00:34:55.580
 talk about

00:34:55.580 --> 00:34:56.020
 the new

00:34:56.020 --> 00:34:56.580
 creation.

00:34:58.120 --> 00:34:58.640
 No,

00:34:59.180 --> 00:34:59.780
 don't

00:34:59.780 --> 00:35:00.200
 subtract

00:35:00.200 --> 00:35:01.160
 from it.

00:35:02.060 --> 00:35:03.020
 What Jesus

00:35:03.020 --> 00:35:03.820
 has spoken,

00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:04.860
 we need

00:35:04.860 --> 00:35:05.260
 to hear.

00:35:05.520 --> 00:35:06.020
 We need

00:35:06.020 --> 00:35:06.400
 to hear

00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:07.360
 all of

00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:07.740
 Revelation.

00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:07.980
 Revelation.

00:35:10.080 --> 00:35:10.660
 And it's

00:35:10.660 --> 00:35:11.440
 serious,

00:35:11.780 --> 00:35:12.660
 verse 19.

00:35:13.840 --> 00:35:14.220
 Look at

00:35:14.220 --> 00:35:14.480
 the end

00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:14.760
 of verse

00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:15.240
 19,

00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:15.640
 if we

00:35:15.640 --> 00:35:16.200
 subtract,

00:35:17.460 --> 00:35:18.100
 God will

00:35:18.100 --> 00:35:18.800
 take away

00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:19.300
 from that

00:35:19.300 --> 00:35:20.780
 person any

00:35:20.780 --> 00:35:22.220
 share in

00:35:22.220 --> 00:35:22.700
 the tree

00:35:22.700 --> 00:35:23.340
 of life

00:35:23.340 --> 00:35:24.480
 and in

00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:24.900
 the holy

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:25.620
 city which

00:35:25.620 --> 00:35:26.360
 are described

00:35:26.360 --> 00:35:27.600
 in this

00:35:27.600 --> 00:35:27.980
 scroll.

00:35:30.260 --> 00:35:30.940
 Mess

00:35:30.940 --> 00:35:31.800
 with God's

00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:32.240
 word

00:35:32.240 --> 00:35:35.280
 and we

00:35:35.280 --> 00:35:35.740
 will not

00:35:35.740 --> 00:35:36.720
 enter the

00:35:36.720 --> 00:35:37.100
 city.

00:35:37.760 --> 00:35:38.760
 God's

00:35:38.760 --> 00:35:38.900
 love.

00:35:38.900 --> 00:35:39.080
 You see,

00:35:39.180 --> 00:35:39.980
 Jesus doesn't

00:35:39.980 --> 00:35:40.400
 need an

00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:40.760
 editor,

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:41.320
 does he?

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:42.620
 He doesn't

00:35:42.620 --> 00:35:43.140
 give us a

00:35:43.140 --> 00:35:44.760
 pen or an

00:35:44.760 --> 00:35:45.380
 eraser and

00:35:45.380 --> 00:35:46.220
 say, I want

00:35:46.220 --> 00:35:46.660
 you to go

00:35:46.660 --> 00:35:47.420
 through Revelation

00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:48.400
 or indeed all

00:35:48.400 --> 00:35:48.960
 of Scripture

00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:50.120
 and rub out

00:35:50.120 --> 00:35:50.780
 the bits that

00:35:50.780 --> 00:35:51.200
 you don't

00:35:51.200 --> 00:35:52.100
 like and

00:35:52.100 --> 00:35:52.820
 write in the

00:35:52.820 --> 00:35:53.660
 bits that

00:35:53.660 --> 00:35:54.180
 you want

00:35:54.180 --> 00:35:54.700
 to add.

00:35:54.699 --> 00:35:55.699
 God's

00:35:55.699 --> 00:35:55.839
 love.

00:35:55.839 --> 00:35:56.699
 God's

00:35:56.699 --> 00:35:56.839
 love.

00:35:56.839 --> 00:35:58.000
 He doesn't

00:35:58.000 --> 00:35:58.699
 need us to

00:35:58.699 --> 00:35:59.519
 proofread

00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:00.259
 Revelation.

00:36:01.379 --> 00:36:02.000
 He's made

00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:02.960
 no mistake

00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:03.659
 in giving us

00:36:03.659 --> 00:36:04.179
 his word.

00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:04.980
 What he

00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:05.859
 requires of

00:36:05.859 --> 00:36:06.559
 us is

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:08.500
 humility,

00:36:09.899 --> 00:36:10.480
 humbleness

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:11.239
 before his

00:36:11.239 --> 00:36:11.539
 word,

00:36:11.639 --> 00:36:12.259
 to keep

00:36:12.259 --> 00:36:12.919
 his word,

00:36:14.139 --> 00:36:14.899
 obey his

00:36:14.899 --> 00:36:15.359
 word,

00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:17.259
 and to

00:36:17.259 --> 00:36:17.919
 heed his

00:36:17.919 --> 00:36:18.319
 word.

00:36:18.320 --> 00:36:21.140
 that means

00:36:21.140 --> 00:36:22.480
 we need

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:22.760
 to be

00:36:22.760 --> 00:36:23.420
 people who

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:23.940
 have our

00:36:23.940 --> 00:36:24.760
 Bibles open

00:36:24.760 --> 00:36:25.380
 because if

00:36:25.380 --> 00:36:25.840
 we don't

00:36:25.840 --> 00:36:26.220
 have our

00:36:26.220 --> 00:36:27.059
 Bibles open,

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:29.460
 we're adding

00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:30.100
 to it with

00:36:30.100 --> 00:36:30.500
 our own

00:36:30.500 --> 00:36:30.880
 way of

00:36:30.880 --> 00:36:32.120
 thinking and

00:36:32.120 --> 00:36:33.160
 we're subtracting

00:36:33.160 --> 00:36:34.300
 by keeping

00:36:34.300 --> 00:36:34.880
 it shut.

00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:37.780
 Now, if we

00:36:37.780 --> 00:36:38.500
 heed the

00:36:38.500 --> 00:36:38.960
 words of

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:39.340
 Jesus,

00:36:40.420 --> 00:36:41.680
 there is

00:36:41.680 --> 00:36:42.180
 hope.

00:36:43.080 --> 00:36:43.780
 Not the

00:36:43.780 --> 00:36:44.180
 kind of

00:36:44.180 --> 00:36:44.720
 hope we

00:36:44.720 --> 00:36:45.240
 think of

00:36:45.240 --> 00:36:46.059
 like, I

00:36:46.059 --> 00:36:47.720
 hope to

00:36:47.720 --> 00:36:48.080
 get a

00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:48.739
 brand new

00:36:48.739 --> 00:36:49.380
 car this

00:36:49.380 --> 00:36:49.840
 Christmas.

00:36:51.319 --> 00:36:51.860
 Now, hope

00:36:51.860 --> 00:36:52.099
 in the

00:36:52.099 --> 00:36:52.659
 Bible is

00:36:52.659 --> 00:36:53.679
 complete

00:36:53.679 --> 00:36:54.279
 assurance

00:36:54.279 --> 00:36:55.619
 and total

00:36:55.619 --> 00:36:56.179
 confidence

00:36:56.179 --> 00:36:56.960
 that God

00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:58.079
 will always

00:36:58.079 --> 00:36:58.799
 deliver on

00:36:58.799 --> 00:36:59.340
 his promise.

00:37:00.299 --> 00:37:00.759
 And the

00:37:00.759 --> 00:37:01.219
 hope we

00:37:01.219 --> 00:37:01.659
 have is

00:37:01.659 --> 00:37:02.579
 both future

00:37:02.579 --> 00:37:03.699
 and present.

00:37:04.219 --> 00:37:04.519
 Look at

00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:05.099
 our future

00:37:05.099 --> 00:37:05.480
 hope,

00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:06.219
 verse 20.

00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:07.920
 He who

00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:08.559
 testifies,

00:37:08.759 --> 00:37:09.699
 Jesus who

00:37:09.699 --> 00:37:10.719
 testifies to

00:37:10.719 --> 00:37:11.199
 all these

00:37:11.199 --> 00:37:11.460
 things,

00:37:11.559 --> 00:37:11.819
 says,

00:37:12.319 --> 00:37:12.719
 yes,

00:37:13.639 --> 00:37:14.259
 I am

00:37:14.259 --> 00:37:15.079
 coming soon.

00:37:17.139 --> 00:37:17.799
 He'd

00:37:17.800 --> 00:37:18.340
 the

00:37:18.340 --> 00:37:18.840
 words of

00:37:18.840 --> 00:37:19.220
 Jesus

00:37:19.220 --> 00:37:19.960
 and we

00:37:19.960 --> 00:37:20.380
 have the

00:37:20.380 --> 00:37:21.180
 promise of

00:37:21.180 --> 00:37:21.720
 his word

00:37:21.720 --> 00:37:22.780
 that Jesus

00:37:22.780 --> 00:37:23.400
 is coming

00:37:23.400 --> 00:37:23.900
 again.

00:37:24.300 --> 00:37:24.760
 And when

00:37:24.760 --> 00:37:25.280
 he comes

00:37:25.280 --> 00:37:25.580
 again,

00:37:25.640 --> 00:37:25.980
 he's going

00:37:25.980 --> 00:37:26.420
 to bring

00:37:26.420 --> 00:37:27.300
 all things

00:37:27.300 --> 00:37:27.720
 to their

00:37:27.720 --> 00:37:28.320
 completion.

00:37:29.160 --> 00:37:29.720
 Where we

00:37:29.720 --> 00:37:30.180
 will live

00:37:30.180 --> 00:37:30.440
 in the

00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:31.220
 new creation

00:37:31.220 --> 00:37:32.600
 forever and

00:37:32.600 --> 00:37:32.900
 ever.

00:37:33.180 --> 00:37:33.740
 A world

00:37:33.740 --> 00:37:34.200
 full of

00:37:34.200 --> 00:37:34.980
 justice and

00:37:34.980 --> 00:37:35.260
 life.

00:37:35.700 --> 00:37:36.220
 No more

00:37:36.220 --> 00:37:36.740
 evil or

00:37:36.740 --> 00:37:37.140
 suffering.

00:37:38.100 --> 00:37:38.620
 Everything

00:37:38.620 --> 00:37:39.100
 made

00:37:39.100 --> 00:37:39.720
 wonderfully

00:37:39.720 --> 00:37:40.100
 new.

00:37:40.640 --> 00:37:41.720
 This is

00:37:41.720 --> 00:37:41.940
 our

00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:42.660
 guaranteed

00:37:42.660 --> 00:37:44.060
 future

00:37:44.059 --> 00:37:44.920
 hope.

00:37:47.920 --> 00:37:48.920
 But we

00:37:48.920 --> 00:37:49.519
 also have

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:50.159
 a present

00:37:50.159 --> 00:37:50.619
 hope.

00:37:51.460 --> 00:37:52.019
 A hope

00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:52.759
 for today.

00:37:53.980 --> 00:37:54.360
 Look at

00:37:54.360 --> 00:37:55.219
 verse 21.

00:37:56.900 --> 00:37:57.340
 The

00:37:57.340 --> 00:37:58.440
 grace of

00:37:58.440 --> 00:37:58.900
 the Lord

00:37:58.900 --> 00:37:59.400
 Jesus

00:37:59.400 --> 00:38:01.320
 be with

00:38:01.320 --> 00:38:01.779
 God's

00:38:01.779 --> 00:38:02.199
 people.

00:38:03.420 --> 00:38:03.880
 Amen.

00:38:05.599 --> 00:38:06.360
 By

00:38:06.360 --> 00:38:07.139
 heeding the

00:38:07.139 --> 00:38:07.679
 words of

00:38:07.679 --> 00:38:08.059
 Jesus,

00:38:08.219 --> 00:38:08.539
 we have

00:38:08.539 --> 00:38:09.340
 the promise

00:38:09.340 --> 00:38:10.559
 of his

00:38:10.559 --> 00:38:11.239
 grace to

00:38:11.239 --> 00:38:11.980
 help us

00:38:11.980 --> 00:38:12.519
 and keep

00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:13.599
 us as

00:38:13.599 --> 00:38:14.360
 we wait

00:38:14.360 --> 00:38:15.440
 for the

00:38:15.440 --> 00:38:15.940
 coming of

00:38:15.940 --> 00:38:16.300
 Jesus.

00:38:17.360 --> 00:38:17.960
 You see,

00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:18.960
 it's all

00:38:18.960 --> 00:38:20.320
 by grace.

00:38:21.460 --> 00:38:22.119
 The fact

00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:22.500
 that we

00:38:22.500 --> 00:38:23.179
 have life

00:38:23.179 --> 00:38:23.719
 in Christ

00:38:23.719 --> 00:38:24.320
 today is

00:38:24.320 --> 00:38:25.420
 because he

00:38:25.420 --> 00:38:26.059
 came to

00:38:26.059 --> 00:38:27.440
 us and

00:38:27.440 --> 00:38:28.240
 he saved

00:38:28.240 --> 00:38:28.719
 us.

00:38:29.599 --> 00:38:30.320
 It's the

00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:31.000
 grace of

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:32.320
 Jesus that's

00:38:32.320 --> 00:38:32.740
 going to

00:38:32.740 --> 00:38:33.579
 keep us

00:38:33.579 --> 00:38:34.599
 in times

00:38:34.599 --> 00:38:35.219
 of suffering

00:38:35.219 --> 00:38:35.860
 and opposition.

00:38:36.260 --> 00:38:36.780
 It's the

00:38:36.780 --> 00:38:37.440
 grace of

00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:38.099
 Jesus that

00:38:38.099 --> 00:38:38.880
 will sustain

00:38:38.880 --> 00:38:40.039
 us when

00:38:40.039 --> 00:38:40.659
 we want to

00:38:40.659 --> 00:38:41.039
 give up.

00:38:41.360 --> 00:38:41.699
 It's

00:38:41.699 --> 00:38:43.219
 grace all

00:38:43.219 --> 00:38:43.659
 the way

00:38:43.659 --> 00:38:44.019
 through.

00:38:45.539 --> 00:38:46.059
 As we

00:38:46.059 --> 00:38:46.799
 often sing

00:38:46.799 --> 00:38:48.179
 through many

00:38:48.179 --> 00:38:48.799
 dangers,

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:49.679
 toils and

00:38:49.679 --> 00:38:50.159
 snares,

00:38:50.579 --> 00:38:51.500
 I have

00:38:51.500 --> 00:38:52.179
 already

00:38:52.179 --> 00:38:52.659
 come.

00:38:53.719 --> 00:38:54.639
 Tis grace

00:38:54.639 --> 00:38:56.079
 that brought

00:38:56.079 --> 00:38:56.799
 me safe

00:38:56.799 --> 00:38:57.519
 thus far

00:38:57.519 --> 00:38:59.599
 and grace

00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:01.099
 will lead

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:01.639
 me home.

00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:03.799
 It's all

00:39:03.799 --> 00:39:04.460
 of grace

00:39:04.460 --> 00:39:06.139
 we have

00:39:06.139 --> 00:39:06.759
 a glorious

00:39:06.759 --> 00:39:07.759
 hope.

00:39:07.760 --> 00:39:07.820
 hope.

00:39:10.200 --> 00:39:10.880
 So

00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:11.420
 Christmas

00:39:11.420 --> 00:39:12.280
 will remind

00:39:12.280 --> 00:39:13.120
 us this

00:39:13.120 --> 00:39:13.700
 week and

00:39:13.700 --> 00:39:14.360
 this season

00:39:14.360 --> 00:39:16.700
 that Jesus

00:39:16.700 --> 00:39:17.640
 came once.

00:39:18.780 --> 00:39:19.280
 Tonight

00:39:19.280 --> 00:39:19.980
 we'll sing

00:39:19.980 --> 00:39:20.480
 carols,

00:39:20.600 --> 00:39:21.360
 we'll celebrate

00:39:21.360 --> 00:39:21.920
 the coming

00:39:21.920 --> 00:39:22.600
 of Christ,

00:39:23.340 --> 00:39:23.980
 the life

00:39:23.980 --> 00:39:24.480
 he comes

00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:25.000
 to bring.

00:39:26.140 --> 00:39:26.780
 But his

00:39:26.780 --> 00:39:27.680
 first coming

00:39:27.680 --> 00:39:29.540
 reminds us

00:39:29.540 --> 00:39:30.400
 of his

00:39:30.400 --> 00:39:31.200
 second coming.

00:39:31.199 --> 00:39:33.799
 are you

00:39:33.799 --> 00:39:34.119
 ready?

00:39:34.119 --> 00:39:35.839
 Are you

00:39:35.839 --> 00:39:36.339
 prepared?

00:39:37.779 --> 00:39:38.179
 Well the

00:39:38.179 --> 00:39:38.719
 way to

00:39:38.719 --> 00:39:39.399
 prepare is

00:39:39.399 --> 00:39:40.059
 to listen

00:39:40.059 --> 00:39:40.500
 to the

00:39:40.500 --> 00:39:41.039
 words of

00:39:41.039 --> 00:39:41.399
 Jesus,

00:39:41.599 --> 00:39:42.259
 verse 6,

00:39:43.019 --> 00:39:43.679
 the words

00:39:43.679 --> 00:39:44.159
 that are

00:39:44.159 --> 00:39:44.859
 trustworthy

00:39:44.859 --> 00:39:46.759
 and true.

00:39:48.239 --> 00:39:49.059
 So let's

00:39:49.059 --> 00:39:49.539
 together,

00:39:50.539 --> 00:39:51.639
 as we

00:39:51.639 --> 00:39:52.539
 start into

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:52.960
 a new

00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:53.859
 year not

00:39:53.859 --> 00:39:54.419
 too far

00:39:54.419 --> 00:39:54.779
 away,

00:39:55.559 --> 00:39:56.139
 let's

00:39:56.139 --> 00:39:57.239
 live by

00:39:57.239 --> 00:39:58.139
 these words

00:39:58.139 --> 00:39:58.940
 as we

00:39:58.940 --> 00:40:00.099
 wait for

00:40:00.099 --> 00:40:00.619
 the soon

00:40:00.619 --> 00:40:01.259
 return of

00:40:01.259 --> 00:40:01.599
 Jesus.

00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:02.420
 Let's

00:40:02.420 --> 00:40:02.779
 together

00:40:02.779 --> 00:40:03.539
 keep his

00:40:03.539 --> 00:40:03.920
 word,

00:40:04.719 --> 00:40:05.379
 obey his

00:40:05.379 --> 00:40:06.759
 word and

00:40:06.759 --> 00:40:07.400
 heed his

00:40:07.400 --> 00:40:07.759
 word.

00:40:08.519 --> 00:40:09.079
 And if

00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:09.619
 we do,

00:40:10.980 --> 00:40:11.779
 our lives

00:40:11.779 --> 00:40:12.259
 will be the

00:40:12.259 --> 00:40:12.900
 better for

00:40:12.900 --> 00:40:13.440
 it for we

00:40:13.440 --> 00:40:13.859
 will be

00:40:13.859 --> 00:40:14.500
 blessed,

00:40:15.619 --> 00:40:16.139
 we will

00:40:16.139 --> 00:40:16.799
 experience

00:40:16.799 --> 00:40:17.799
 life in

00:40:17.799 --> 00:40:18.179
 all its

00:40:18.179 --> 00:40:20.199
 fullness and

00:40:20.199 --> 00:40:20.519
 we will

00:40:20.519 --> 00:40:21.179
 have hope

00:40:21.179 --> 00:40:21.940
 for today

00:40:21.940 --> 00:40:23.519
 and for

00:40:23.519 --> 00:40:24.059
 eternity

00:40:24.059 --> 00:40:24.659
 to come.

00:40:26.480 --> 00:40:27.119
 Let's

00:40:27.119 --> 00:40:27.400
 pray.

00:40:28.139 --> 00:40:41.079
 Lord God,

00:40:41.179 --> 00:40:41.719
 we thank

00:40:41.719 --> 00:40:42.359
 you so

00:40:42.359 --> 00:40:44.819
 much that

00:40:44.819 --> 00:40:45.440
 you gave

00:40:45.440 --> 00:40:46.019
 these

00:40:46.019 --> 00:40:47.059
 revelations,

00:40:47.400 --> 00:40:47.679
 these

00:40:47.679 --> 00:40:49.879
 visions to

00:40:49.879 --> 00:40:50.359
 John,

00:40:51.379 --> 00:40:52.839
 that he

00:40:52.839 --> 00:40:53.480
 wrote them

00:40:53.480 --> 00:40:54.159
 down so

00:40:54.159 --> 00:40:54.779
 that we

00:40:54.779 --> 00:40:55.920
 have access

00:40:55.920 --> 00:40:56.679
 to your

00:40:56.679 --> 00:40:57.559
 word today

00:40:57.559 --> 00:40:59.000
 speaking to

00:40:59.000 --> 00:41:00.340
 us today.

00:41:02.159 --> 00:41:03.000
 Thank you

00:41:03.000 --> 00:41:03.579
 for your

00:41:03.579 --> 00:41:03.980
 word.

00:41:05.380 --> 00:41:06.219
 Thank you

00:41:06.219 --> 00:41:06.840
 for its

00:41:06.840 --> 00:41:08.159
 trustworthiness.

00:41:09.360 --> 00:41:10.159
 Thank you

00:41:10.159 --> 00:41:10.639
 for its

00:41:10.639 --> 00:41:11.299
 truth.

00:41:12.799 --> 00:41:13.259
 And we

00:41:13.259 --> 00:41:14.039
 pray for the

00:41:14.039 --> 00:41:14.659
 help of your

00:41:14.659 --> 00:41:15.480
 Holy Spirit

00:41:15.480 --> 00:41:17.079
 that we

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 would be

00:41:17.539 --> 00:41:18.400
 keepers,

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 obeyers,

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 and

00:41:21.400 --> 00:41:22.059
 headers

00:41:22.059 --> 00:41:23.019
 of all

00:41:23.019 --> 00:41:23.219
 your

00:41:23.219 --> 00:41:23.619
 word.

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 And that

00:41:25.460 --> 00:41:25.860
 you would

00:41:25.860 --> 00:41:26.440
 work in

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 us a

00:41:26.920 --> 00:41:27.639
 life of

00:41:27.639 --> 00:41:28.259
 blessing,

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 a life

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 filled with

00:41:30.920 --> 00:41:31.360
 hope,

00:41:32.360 --> 00:41:33.340
 and life

00:41:33.340 --> 00:41:34.219
 forevermore.

00:41:35.880 --> 00:41:36.679
 Help us

00:41:36.679 --> 00:41:37.300
 then together,

00:41:37.440 --> 00:41:37.900
 we pray,

00:41:38.739 --> 00:41:39.360
 in Jesus'

00:41:39.579 --> 00:41:39.840
 name.

00:41:39.840 --> 00:41:41.280
 Amen.

00:41:53.019 --> 00:41:53.400
 Well,

00:41:53.420 --> 00:41:53.639
 we're going

00:41:53.639 --> 00:41:54.039
 to sing

00:41:54.039 --> 00:41:54.539
 a song

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 that's

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 really

00:41:55.300 --> 00:41:55.900
 reflective

00:41:55.900 --> 00:41:57.159
 of our

00:41:57.159 --> 00:41:57.440
 theme

00:41:57.440 --> 00:41:57.719
 this

00:41:57.719 --> 00:41:58.139
 morning.

00:41:59.320 --> 00:41:59.880
 Speak,

00:42:00.019 --> 00:42:00.400
 O Lord,

00:42:00.460 --> 00:42:00.759
 as we

00:42:00.759 --> 00:42:01.199
 come to

00:42:01.199 --> 00:42:01.579
 you to

00:42:01.579 --> 00:42:02.039
 receive

00:42:02.039 --> 00:42:02.360
 the

00:42:02.360 --> 00:42:02.840
 food

00:42:02.840 --> 00:42:03.579
 of

00:42:03.579 --> 00:42:03.739
 your

00:42:03.739 --> 00:42:04.119
 Holy

00:42:04.119 --> 00:42:04.460
 Word.

00:42:04.460 --> 00:42:04.699
 May

00:42:04.699 --> 00:42:05.159
 this be

00:42:05.159 --> 00:42:05.380
 our

00:42:05.380 --> 00:42:05.920
 prayer,

00:42:06.579 --> 00:42:06.699
 our

00:42:06.699 --> 00:42:07.340
 encouragement

00:42:07.340 --> 00:42:07.840
 to one

00:42:07.840 --> 00:42:08.179
 another.

00:42:08.179 --> 00:42:08.259
 prayer.