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 Revelation chapter 21 this morning we're going to continue our series on the reality of eternity and

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 last week we spoke of the certainty of eternity it's coming whether you're ready for it or not

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 I encourage you to be ready this week I want to talk about heaven particularly the unfathomable

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 nature of heaven now the word unfathomable means incapable of being explored or understood

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 impossible to measure the extent of so I'll tell you that I'm going to do my best today to describe

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 to you some aspects of what heaven will be like but I promise you from the beginning it will not be

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 sufficient the reality is the words of English cannot put or any other language cannot really

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 explain to us the vast expanse of the glories of heaven but we get a glimpse of it in Revelation

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 21 of all places in scripture it's most clearly in Revelation 21 I want to begin to unpack that

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 this morning it's in Revelation 21 beginning in verse 1 it says this

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 then I saw a new heaven and a new earth for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away

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 and the sea was no more and I saw the holy city new Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God

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 prepared as a bride adorned for her husband and I heard a loud voice from the throne saying behold

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 the dwelling place of God is with man he will dwell with them they'll be his people and God himself

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 will be with them as their God he will wipe away every tear from their eyes and death shall be no more

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 neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain anymore for the former things have passed away

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 and he who was seated on the throne said behold I am making all things new also he said write this down

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 for these words are trustworthy and true and he said to me it is done I am the alpha and the omega the beginning

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 and the end to the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment the one who

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 conquers will have this heritage and I will be his God and he'll be my son but as for the cowardly the

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 faithless the detestable as for murderers the sexually immoral sorcerers idolaters and all liars

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 their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur which is the second death then came

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 one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues and spoke to me saying

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 come and I'll show you the bride the wife of the lamb and he carried me away in spirit to a great high

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 mountain and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God having the glory of God

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 its radiance like a most rare jewel like a like a jasper clear as crystal it had a great high wall

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 with 12 gates and at the gates 12 angels and on the gates the names of the 12 tribes of the sons of

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 Israel were inscribed on the east three gates on the north three gates on the south three gates

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 and on the west three gates and the wall of the city had 12 foundations and on them were the 12 names

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 of the 12 apostles of the lamb and the one who spoke with me had a measuring rod of gold measuring the

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 city and its gates and walls the city lies four square its length the same as its width and he measured

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 the city with his rod 12,000 stratia its length and its width and its height are equal he also measured

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 its wall 144 cubits by human measurement which is also an angel's measurement the walls was built of

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 jasper while the city was pure gold like clear glass the foundations of the wall of the city were adorned

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 with every kind of jewel the first was jasper the second sapphire the third agate the fourth emerald the

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 fifth onyx the sixth carnelian the seventh crystallite the eighth barrel the ninth topaz the tenth

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 christophase the eleventh jason the twelfth amethyst and the 12 gates were 12 pearls each of the gates made

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 of a single pearl and the streets of the city was pure gold like transparent glass and i saw no temple

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 in the city for its temple is the lord god the almighty and the lamb and the city had no need of sun or moon

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 to shine on it for the glory of god gives its light and its lamp is the lamb by its light will the nations

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 walk and the kings of the earth be will bring their glory into it and its gates will never be shut by day

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 there'll be no night there that will bring into the glory and the honor of the nations but nothing unclean will

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 ever enter it nor anyone who does what is detestable or false but only those who are written in the lamb's

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 book of life i want to share with you three things that you can look forward to but i realize that i don't

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 have time to share you three things so i'm going to show you two of them this morning two things that

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 heaven has this morning first one is this unforeseen beauty in that city the unforeseen beauty of that

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 city beginning in verse 11 we get the most clear picture in this life that we can have of heaven

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 it says the glory of god will shine in that place brighter than the sun shines here shall be the glory

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 of god there now what exactly does that mean well we'll have to get there to find out but i can give

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 you some examples that point to it in exodus chapter 34 verse 29 do you remember when moses went up to

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 mount sinai and he went up to mount sinai and received the 10 commandments from the lord

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 i want you to listen to what this this was like for moses as he was in the presence of god

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 it said when moses came down from mount sinai with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand and

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 he came down from the mountain moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been

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 talking with god aaron and all the people of israel saw moses and behold the skin of his face shone

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 and they were afraid to come near him but moses called to them and aaron and all the leaders of the

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 congregation returned to him and moses talked with them afterward all the people of israel came near

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 and he commanded them all that the lord had spoken with him in mount sinai and when moses had finished

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 speaking with them he put a veil over his face whenever moses went in before the lord to speak with him

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 he would remove the veil until he came out and when he came out and told the people of israel what he

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 was commanded the people of israel would see the face of moses that the skin of moses face was shining

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 and moses would put the veil over his face until he went in to speak with him tell you what was

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 happening moses was coming down covering his face because it glowed with the glory of god

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 he had been in the presence unadulterated presence of god and from that he shone literally the glory of

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 god let me give you another example it's in matthew chapter 17 it's at the transfiguration of jesus

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 we pick up a few different signs of heaven here i want to touch on one it says after six days jesus took

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 with him peter and james and john his brother led him up a high mountain by themselves and he was

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 transfigured before them and his face shone like the sun and his clothes became white as light

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 and behold there appeared to them moses and elijah talking with them and peter said to jesus

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 lord it is good that we are here if you wish i will make three tents here one for you and one for

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 moses and one for elijah he was still speaking when behold a bright cloud overshadowed them

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 and a voice from the cloud said this is my son with whom i am well pleased listen to him when the

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 disciples heard this they fell on their faces and were terrified but jesus came and touched them and

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 said rise and have no fear and when they lifted up their eyes they saw no one but jesus only and as

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 they were coming down the mountain jesus commanded them tell no one the vision until the son of man is

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 raised from the dead

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 i'll tell you what happened on the mount mount of transfiguration they were exposed to the glory

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 of god the glory of god is the shine of heaven his glory illuminates heaven

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 in revelation 21 verse 12 it tells us that there's a high wall around heaven that is a powerful symbol

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 because walls were built around cities for security it was not to keep people in it was to keep harm

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 out and the point of that is heaven is an eternally secure place that there is no fear in heaven

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 there are no locks in heaven there's gates but they're always open there is no apprehension in heaven

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 it describes the walls of heaven as made from most precious stones all which are colorful with

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 brilliant hues and when you see how this book is translated from the original language to english you

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 realize that we don't have words for some of these we find something similar the word may mean blue and

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 so they find a jewel that's blue and place that word in there it is really truly beyond our comprehension

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 and the point is when it stacks the walls with 12 different jewels of amazement it is magnificent

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 beauty beyond the imagination of the human eye the book of revelation is a fascinating book it is also the

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 most abused and misused book in all the bible it is fascinating and it is controversial and there are

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 several characteristics that mark the book let me give you two of them that are relevant relevant for what

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 we're doing today one of them is symbolism there's a ton of symbolism in revelation symbolic images that

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 you can pick up on what they mean by looking at the context of the rest of scripture the second thing that

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 you'll find that characterizes revelation is numerology and a lot of people take the numerology of

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 revelation and run with it and go crazy with it and come up with formulas and all that stuff that are not

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 in the bible they make it up just to be honest with you sells good books though there are four numbers

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 however that are repeatedly used in scripture if you'll look at the multiples of of what we're looking at

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 today you'll see these numbers used again and again four of them one of them is the number three

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 now all of these numbers mean complete they mean perfect so you help me this morning why would the number

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 three be considered a perfect number

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 it's because of the trinity because the three in one one in three god that we serve the trinity points

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 to perfection points to completion the next number is the number seven now why would seven be a symbol

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 of perfection do you know it's creation the world was created in seven days

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 if you take the day of rest off you have the number six

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 if you triple that number put it together three times you get six six six so if six is an evil number

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 because you lay off the day of rest then three times more would be the number six six six for instance

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 another perfect number that is mentioned is the is the number 10 why would 10 be significant

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 because of the 10 commandments they represent the whole of the law they're not the whole of the law

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 they represent the whole of the law so when you have the 10 commandments you cover the law of swords

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 the last number and you see that quite a bit here is the number 12 and the reason why the number 12

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 is a symbolic number that's used again and again is because all of god's people in the old testament

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 were made up in the 12 tribes so when you include the 12 gates you include all of god's people it's a

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 powerful symbol now today those who are in christ are god's people so what this speaks of when it speaks

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 of the tribes it speaks of the old israel god's chosen people but when you look at the foundation of

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 those walls you'll see there's 12 foundations and what is upon those foundations but it's about the

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 apostles names and so you also see the newest trail which are those who are in christ you see since the

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 cross since the cross and the carrying out of the great commission all through christ are god's chosen

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 children we all come through christ those before christ came in the hope of christ those since christ

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 came because of what christ did we all come through christ now if you stumble on that i want you to

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 notice that the foundation has the names of the apostles on it which means that the message in which

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 the apostles preached is the foundation of what heaven stands on what is that that's the gospel that's the hope

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 that we have heaven is made up of god's people and its foundation is the message of the apostles

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 which is the gospel in those walls are gates how many 12 gates verse 21 says in the 12 gates were 12

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 pearls each of the gates made of a single pearl now i may make more of this than i ought to but i always had

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 trouble as a kid when i heard people talk about people going through the pearly gates because when

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 i heard people talk about the pearly gates what it sounded like to me was some saturday morning get

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 together where you get a bunch of fake pearls and glue them together to come up with some ornate gate

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 of sorts that you come through and that is not at all what it's speaking of i want you to notice that it

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 makes the point to say that verse 21 says and the 12 gates were 12 pearls listen each of the gates made of a single pearl

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 that is significant especially if you understand how a pearl is made a pearl is formed when a small grain

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 of sand becomes embedded into an oyster and it begins to irritate that oyster and to soften that

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 irritation the oyster coats that grain of sand with a smooth layer of mother of pearl is what it's called

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 as long as it is an irritant it continues to coat it making it larger and larger and for those who are

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 cracking open oysters looking for pearls they want a lot of irritation before they ever get to it because

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 they want that pearl to be good size what kind of irritant would have been necessary

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 to make pearls the size of forming gates now let me just give you an understanding here

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 when we speak of the gates of these walls scripture says they are 144 cubits thick

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 a cubic cubit is from the average man from his elbow to the tip of his third finger

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 on my arm it's 18 inches and so it's safe to say that 144 cubits would at least be 200 feet

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 the gates of the walls of heaven is described in scripture as 200 feet thick

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 it must have been some type of irritation to make a pearl that big i mean it had to be tremendous

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 suffering

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 so what in the world does that mean well i believe the answer is found inside the question

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 how can we get through the gate of heaven because of christ because of his sacrifice because his

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 sacrifice coated over the irritant of our sin and these pearl gates represent the beauty of our entrance

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 into heaven because of the suffering of christ that went before us not only does it talk about the gates but it says that the streets

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 and the city are pure gold like transparent glass

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 you ever seen gold that looked like transparent glass

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 ladies if some fellow's trying to give you gold that looks like transparent glass i wouldn't take it

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 okay

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 but literally what this means is it is gold without impurity

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 literally what this means is it describes the process of how gold is heated up and when gold is heated up

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 impurities rise to the top and then that is removed off of that gold

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 and therefore the better the gold you have the more impurities are removed

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 never are all the impurities removed

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 hopefully most have been removed

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 however the point of it is there is no impurity in heaven

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 therefore the appearance of the gold in heaven is like glass

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 because all the impurities have been removed

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 there is no impurity in heaven

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 which means that this gold construction is transparent which is fitting

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 because nothing is hidden in heaven

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 and the pure gold is a treasure beyond any that this world

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 can bring

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 it also speaks of the size of heaven

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 the size of heaven is identified as four square

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 and when it's identified as four square

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 if you take the measurements

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 and of 12,000 stratia

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 and you change that to our measurements today

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 it means that heaven is 1400 miles on each side

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 it also means that heaven is 1400 miles high

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 1400 miles that is from Canada to Mexico

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 that is from the Atlantic Ocean to the Rocky Mountains

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 if you take that height

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 because it's a cube

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 if you take that height into consideration

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 it would accommodate 20 billion people

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 each having a 75 acre cube

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 or room

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 or mansion

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 and the point of that is

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 thank God

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 there's room

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 in heaven

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 John 14 1 through 3 says this

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 let not your hearts be troubled

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 you believe in God

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 believe also in me

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 and my father's house are many rooms

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 if it were not so

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 would I have told you

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 that I go to prepare a place for you

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 and if I go and prepare a place for you

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 I will come again

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 and will take you to myself

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 that where I am

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 you may be also

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 some of you do not like that translation

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 and the reason why you don't like that translation

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 is because they have ripped the mansion out

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 and put a room in

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 I often use this passage

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 at funerals

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 and I always

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 read the New King James Version

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 because

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 I ain't about to tell people at a funeral

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 that they're going to a room

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 they've been waiting on a mansion

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 all this time

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 let me tell you why that's different

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 it's because over the last

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 400 years and more

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 we've been able to

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 come to a better understanding

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 of the New Testament language

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 Kornei Greek is a dead language

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 nobody speaks it

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 and so

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 what we get from it now

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 is from archival information

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 and the more documents

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 that are dug up

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 and the older the documents are

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 that are dug up

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 and the more you see the language used

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 and how it is used

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 the better understanding that you have

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 and the reality is

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 the word there in the Greek

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 that was translated mansion years ago

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 is really normally used

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 more like a manse

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 which would be a house

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 or a dwelling place

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 or even a room of sorts

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 the point is

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 there is room for all

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 it goes on to tell us

00:24:08.660 --> 00:24:09.600
 that there's no sun

00:24:09.600 --> 00:24:11.200
 there's no star

00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:11.940
 there's no night

00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:12.820
 God the Father

00:24:12.820 --> 00:24:14.480
 and His Son Christ are there

00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:16.759
 they are all the light

00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:17.900
 we need

00:24:17.900 --> 00:24:20.099
 and I take you back

00:24:20.099 --> 00:24:22.119
 to Matthew 17

00:24:22.119 --> 00:24:24.059
 I take you back

00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:25.099
 to the passage in Exodus

00:24:25.099 --> 00:24:27.039
 that speaks of the shine

00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:27.960
 that came from those

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.519
 who had just been

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:29.960
 in the presence of God

00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:31.740
 not God Himself

00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:34.440
 the gates are always open

00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:36.440
 ready to receive more

00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:40.700
 can you imagine

00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:43.519
 the beauty of heaven

00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:46.799
 no

00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:48.859
 no you can't

00:24:49.859 --> 00:24:51.680
 it is beyond

00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:53.799
 anything we can comprehend

00:24:53.799 --> 00:24:57.160
 we have no idea

00:24:57.160 --> 00:25:00.420
 not only

00:25:00.420 --> 00:25:02.799
 is there unimaginable beauty

00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:03.200
 of heaven

00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:04.759
 but I want you to also see

00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:05.220
 this morning

00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:06.859
 the unimaginable

00:25:06.859 --> 00:25:08.660
 reunion with the saints

00:25:08.660 --> 00:25:10.900
 the unimaginable

00:25:10.900 --> 00:25:11.879
 reunion with the saints

00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:13.520
 Hebrews 12 23 tells us

00:25:13.520 --> 00:25:14.900
 that when we turn to God

00:25:14.900 --> 00:25:15.660
 we have come

00:25:15.660 --> 00:25:17.520
 to the assembly

00:25:17.520 --> 00:25:18.760
 of the firstborn

00:25:18.760 --> 00:25:20.040
 who are enrolled

00:25:20.040 --> 00:25:20.560
 in heaven

00:25:20.560 --> 00:25:21.320
 and to God

00:25:21.320 --> 00:25:22.160
 the judge of all

00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:23.120
 and to the spirits

00:25:23.120 --> 00:25:23.620
 of the righteous

00:25:23.620 --> 00:25:25.040
 made perfect

00:25:25.040 --> 00:25:27.160
 I want you to hear me

00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:27.540
 this morning

00:25:27.540 --> 00:25:27.820
 listen

00:25:27.820 --> 00:25:29.400
 if you're a child of God

00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:30.880
 scripture says

00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:32.120
 your name is written

00:25:32.120 --> 00:25:33.980
 in the Lamb's book of life

00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:36.140
 that is the way

00:25:36.140 --> 00:25:36.900
 scripture puts

00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:37.760
 the registration

00:25:37.760 --> 00:25:38.700
 of heaven

00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:40.820
 when you give your heart

00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:41.500
 and life to the Lord

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:42.419
 Jesus Christ

00:25:42.419 --> 00:25:43.799
 you're registered

00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:45.659
 and you will not

00:25:45.659 --> 00:25:46.659
 arrive late

00:25:46.659 --> 00:25:48.299
 you'll be right on time

00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:50.460
 God will send for you

00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:51.319
 on time

00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:53.079
 and when he does

00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:53.980
 you will be with

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:55.259
 fellow saints of God

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:56.559
 that are already there

00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:58.740
 people ask me

00:25:58.740 --> 00:26:00.220
 will we know each other

00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:02.819
 of course we'll know each other

00:26:02.819 --> 00:26:04.799
 we'll know each other

00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:06.240
 more than we do now

00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:08.579
 now how do I know that

00:26:08.579 --> 00:26:09.460
 well if you look back

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:11.079
 at Matthew 17

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:12.399
 verse 3

00:26:12.399 --> 00:26:13.439
 that we looked at earlier

00:26:13.439 --> 00:26:15.699
 it says in verse 3

00:26:15.699 --> 00:26:16.740
 that

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.819
 and behold

00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:18.799
 there appeared to them

00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:20.079
 Moses and Elijah

00:26:20.079 --> 00:26:20.919
 talking

00:26:20.919 --> 00:26:22.599
 with them

00:26:22.599 --> 00:26:29.299
 with Moses and Elijah

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:31.139
 talking with Christ

00:26:31.139 --> 00:26:33.679
 at the Mount of Transfiguration

00:26:33.679 --> 00:26:35.659
 Peter, James and John

00:26:35.659 --> 00:26:36.720
 were looking on

00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:39.039
 and they recognized

00:26:39.039 --> 00:26:40.200
 Moses

00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:41.779
 and Elijah

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:44.120
 now I want you to think

00:26:44.120 --> 00:26:44.940
 about that for a moment

00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:45.400
 folks

00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:49.160
 Peter, James and John

00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:50.039
 did not have

00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:50.579
 one of those

00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:52.360
 green covered Bibles

00:26:52.360 --> 00:26:53.620
 that we had as a kid

00:26:53.620 --> 00:26:55.279
 where you open it up

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:56.039
 when you get to the

00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:56.839
 Moses passage

00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:57.880
 and it shows

00:26:57.880 --> 00:26:59.779
 the Charlton Heston

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:01.000
 standing in front

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:02.059
 of the burning bush

00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:06.460
 they didn't have that

00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:10.180
 they didn't have portraits

00:27:10.180 --> 00:27:11.059
 of Moses

00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:13.779
 they didn't have portraits

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.519
 of Elijah

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:16.700
 they don't know

00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:17.200
 what them men

00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:17.819
 looked like

00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:19.440
 they know Elijah

00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:20.640
 wore funky clothes

00:27:20.640 --> 00:27:23.960
 but they don't know that

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:25.019
 but instantly

00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:27.660
 they recognized them

00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:30.140
 no pictures

00:27:30.140 --> 00:27:32.340
 they didn't know

00:27:32.340 --> 00:27:33.140
 what they looked like

00:27:33.140 --> 00:27:35.740
 they had

00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:36.620
 an intuitive

00:27:36.620 --> 00:27:38.060
 knowledge

00:27:38.060 --> 00:27:39.420
 listen

00:27:39.420 --> 00:27:40.540
 when I get to glory

00:27:40.540 --> 00:27:42.380
 I'm going to be thin

00:27:42.380 --> 00:27:43.500
 and buff

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:45.040
 and good looking

00:27:45.040 --> 00:27:46.080
 and you're still going to know

00:27:46.080 --> 00:27:46.780
 who I am

00:27:46.780 --> 00:27:48.600
 it's going to be amazing

00:27:48.600 --> 00:27:50.060
 how?

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:51.240
 because of intuitive

00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:52.180
 knowledge

00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:53.620
 if Peter, James and John

00:27:53.620 --> 00:27:54.520
 recognized those

00:27:54.520 --> 00:27:56.220
 they had never seen

00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:57.900
 don't you dare doubt

00:27:57.900 --> 00:27:58.800
 that you'll not be able

00:27:58.800 --> 00:27:59.620
 to recognize those

00:27:59.620 --> 00:28:00.840
 that you have seen

00:28:00.839 --> 00:28:02.379
 how?

00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:03.519
 I don't know

00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:05.759
 but I'll know then

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:08.519
 because 1 Corinthians 13

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:09.019
 verse 12

00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:09.679
 says this

00:28:09.679 --> 00:28:12.039
 now we see

00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:14.439
 but a poor reflection

00:28:14.439 --> 00:28:15.559
 as in a mirror

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:17.559
 then we shall see

00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:18.959
 face to face

00:28:18.959 --> 00:28:21.539
 now I know in part

00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:24.019
 then I shall know fully

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:28.019
 even as I am fully known

00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:30.519
 oh my friend

00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:33.460
 it will all become clear

00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:34.839
 instantly

00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:37.000
 when we get there

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:39.099
 until then

00:28:39.099 --> 00:28:41.700
 we just see through

00:28:41.700 --> 00:28:42.759
 a glass dimly

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:47.039
 George W. Truitt

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:49.660
 pastored the First Baptist Church

00:28:49.660 --> 00:28:50.220
 of Dallas

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:53.359
 for half of the 20th century

00:28:53.359 --> 00:28:55.000
 the first half of the 20th century

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:59.900
 somebody in the church

00:28:59.900 --> 00:29:01.680
 had a baby

00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:04.460
 and George W. Truitt

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:05.759
 went to the hospital

00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:07.500
 to see that baby

00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:10.140
 to visit that family

00:29:10.140 --> 00:29:11.359
 and the father came out

00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:12.160
 with the baby

00:29:12.160 --> 00:29:14.140
 and when the father

00:29:14.140 --> 00:29:15.240
 came out with the baby

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:16.740
 Truitt began to cry

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:19.960
 the father asked him why

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:22.400
 and Truitt said

00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:24.759
 I was just thinking

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:26.100
 about your beautiful family

00:29:26.100 --> 00:29:28.259
 and I realized

00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:29.140
 that all of you

00:29:29.140 --> 00:29:31.200
 will not be in heaven

00:29:31.200 --> 00:29:34.400
 I realized

00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:36.340
 that all the rest

00:29:36.340 --> 00:29:36.860
 of your family

00:29:36.860 --> 00:29:37.420
 will be

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:39.940
 but you won't be

00:29:39.940 --> 00:29:42.540
 how sad

00:29:42.540 --> 00:29:47.240
 I love to think about

00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:48.460
 the glories of heaven

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:51.140
 the beauty of the city

00:29:51.140 --> 00:29:52.060
 and the opportunity

00:29:52.060 --> 00:29:52.860
 that we have

00:29:52.860 --> 00:29:53.320
 to be

00:29:53.320 --> 00:29:55.520
 in the greatest reunion

00:29:55.520 --> 00:29:58.560
 that we could ever imagine

00:29:58.560 --> 00:30:00.540
 thank God

00:30:00.540 --> 00:30:01.480
 that for the Christian

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:02.860
 heaven will be a reunion

00:30:02.860 --> 00:30:05.680
 like you've never seen

00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:09.520
 let me just be blunt today

00:30:09.520 --> 00:30:11.480
 what about you

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:15.440
 are you ready

00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:18.520
 have you nailed

00:30:18.520 --> 00:30:19.840
 your salvation down

00:30:19.839 --> 00:30:23.019
 God gave us

00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:23.639
 his words

00:30:23.639 --> 00:30:24.939
 so that we would know

00:30:24.939 --> 00:30:27.419
 John writes

00:30:27.419 --> 00:30:28.179
 in both

00:30:28.179 --> 00:30:29.319
 big John

00:30:29.319 --> 00:30:30.439
 the gospel of John

00:30:30.439 --> 00:30:31.279
 and the little John

00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:32.079
 in first John

00:30:32.079 --> 00:30:32.659
 he says

00:30:32.659 --> 00:30:33.619
 I've written these things

00:30:33.619 --> 00:30:34.179
 that you may

00:30:34.179 --> 00:30:35.819
 know that you have

00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:36.740
 eternal life

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:39.279
 folks I want you

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:39.699
 certain

00:30:39.699 --> 00:30:40.759
 this morning

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:43.659
 has there ever been

00:30:43.659 --> 00:30:44.740
 a time in your life

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:46.299
 when you've asked

00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:46.859
 the Lord Jesus

00:30:46.859 --> 00:30:47.859
 to come into your life

00:30:47.859 --> 00:30:48.479
 and to forgive you

00:30:48.479 --> 00:30:49.059
 of your sins

00:30:49.059 --> 00:30:49.939
 and to cleanse you

00:30:49.939 --> 00:30:52.240
 and to change you

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:54.379
 if that's never

00:30:54.379 --> 00:30:55.019
 happened to you

00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:55.740
 I promise you

00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:56.339
 today's the day

00:30:56.339 --> 00:30:56.959
 of salvation

00:30:56.959 --> 00:31:00.019
 if you feel any

00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:00.779
 yearning at all

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:01.399
 to come to him

00:31:01.399 --> 00:31:02.279
 it's not from you

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:03.459
 it's because of him

00:31:03.459 --> 00:31:05.500
 his Holy Spirit

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:07.679
 has initiated that

00:31:07.679 --> 00:31:09.619
 and you have a responsibility

00:31:09.619 --> 00:31:10.719
 to respond to that

00:31:10.719 --> 00:31:11.139
 in obedience

00:31:11.139 --> 00:31:13.659
 I'd love to guide you

00:31:13.659 --> 00:31:14.419
 in that process

00:31:14.419 --> 00:31:15.219
 and we're going to stand

00:31:15.219 --> 00:31:15.839
 in just a moment

00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:16.539
 and we're going to sing

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:17.059
 and when we do

00:31:17.059 --> 00:31:18.139
 I encourage you to come

00:31:18.139 --> 00:31:20.279
 say pastor I'd love

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:20.980
 to give my heart

00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:21.720
 and life to the Lord

00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:22.659
 Jesus Christ

00:31:22.659 --> 00:31:24.819
 or maybe you have done that

00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:26.379
 you've never let anybody

00:31:26.379 --> 00:31:27.799
 else know that publicly

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:29.039
 I mean maybe a few

00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:29.839
 in the family know

00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:30.679
 or something like that

00:31:30.679 --> 00:31:32.119
 but you've never publicly

00:31:32.119 --> 00:31:33.419
 acknowledged that

00:31:33.419 --> 00:31:36.039
 Jesus by his commission

00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:37.279
 and by his example

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:38.019
 tell us

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:39.419
 that we are to acknowledge

00:31:39.419 --> 00:31:40.720
 that through baptism

00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.659
 hey

00:31:41.659 --> 00:31:42.919
 and I got good news

00:31:42.919 --> 00:31:43.379
 for you

00:31:43.380 --> 00:31:44.760
 if you've never

00:31:44.760 --> 00:31:45.600
 acknowledged that

00:31:45.600 --> 00:31:46.180
 through baptism

00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:47.500
 we have an opportunity

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:49.020
 in Lake Chiliwater

00:31:49.020 --> 00:31:50.320
 this afternoon

00:31:50.320 --> 00:31:51.760
 you have a wonderful

00:31:51.760 --> 00:31:52.240
 opportunity

00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:53.140
 and it's not too late

00:31:53.140 --> 00:31:54.120
 I promise you

00:31:54.120 --> 00:31:55.200
 if you've never

00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:56.640
 acknowledged your salvation

00:31:56.640 --> 00:31:58.100
 publicly through baptism

00:31:58.100 --> 00:31:59.340
 you come

00:31:59.340 --> 00:32:00.260
 you come

00:32:00.260 --> 00:32:01.360
 whether today works out

00:32:01.360 --> 00:32:01.600
 or not

00:32:01.600 --> 00:32:02.260
 you come

00:32:02.260 --> 00:32:03.700
 and make that right

00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:04.200
 publicly

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:05.640
 before us

00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:07.500
 and before the Lord

00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:10.200
 maybe you're here

00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:11.120
 and God's drawing you

00:32:11.120 --> 00:32:11.820
 to be a part of this

00:32:11.820 --> 00:32:12.260
 fellowship

00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:14.200
 I'm telling you

00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:15.200
 the sweetest times

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:16.160
 that Pickens First Baptist

00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:17.240
 Church will ever have

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:18.720
 will only simply be

00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:20.099
 a foretaste

00:32:20.099 --> 00:32:21.319
 of what we have

00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:22.180
 to look forward to

00:32:22.180 --> 00:32:23.559
 I highly anticipate

00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:24.440
 this afternoon

00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:25.379
 I think we're going to

00:32:25.379 --> 00:32:26.119
 have a wonderful

00:32:26.119 --> 00:32:27.200
 glorious time

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:27.879
 together

00:32:27.879 --> 00:32:28.980
 we're going to celebrate

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:30.259
 the birth of Christ

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:31.660
 moving and working

00:32:31.660 --> 00:32:32.819
 in the lives of folks

00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:34.259
 the birth of a Christian

00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:34.720
 excuse me

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:35.879
 working and moving

00:32:35.879 --> 00:32:36.500
 in their lives

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:36.960
 and we're going to

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:37.759
 celebrate with them

00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:39.240
 I mean if one of our

00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:40.400
 college football teams

00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:41.559
 won a national championship

00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:42.940
 we'd drive wherever

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:43.519
 we had to go

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:44.379
 fight as much traffic

00:32:44.379 --> 00:32:45.119
 as we had to fight

00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:46.039
 stand in whatever

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:46.480
 kind of weather

00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:47.039
 we had to stand

00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:48.419
 to cheer them on

00:32:48.419 --> 00:32:49.919
 and it'd only be

00:32:49.919 --> 00:32:50.919
 a temporary title

00:32:50.919 --> 00:32:52.859
 it'd be put in some

00:32:52.859 --> 00:32:53.819
 case and people

00:32:53.819 --> 00:32:54.279
 could go by

00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:55.119
 and look at it later

00:32:55.119 --> 00:32:56.480
 those players

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:57.539
 would graduate

00:32:57.539 --> 00:32:58.599
 grow old and fat

00:32:58.599 --> 00:32:59.579
 like the rest of us

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 but when somebody

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 gives their heart

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 and life

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.319
 to the Lord

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 Jesus Christ

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 they're forever changed

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 for all of eternity

00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:07.940
 we ought to cheer

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 like it matters

00:33:08.880 --> 00:33:10.860
 when they acknowledge

00:33:10.860 --> 00:33:11.660
 that publicly

00:33:11.660 --> 00:33:13.259
 we ought to be

00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:13.860
 in their crowd

00:33:13.860 --> 00:33:14.680
 thank God

00:33:14.680 --> 00:33:15.319
 there's a great cloud

00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:15.700
 of witnesses

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 I'll talk about

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 one morning

00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:18.559
 that's also cheering

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:19.079
 us on

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 but we have a responsibility

00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:21.360
 to cheer one another on

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 what an opportunity

00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:23.200
 we have

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 and then to eat together

00:33:24.600 --> 00:33:26.200
 what a great opportunity

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:27.440
 for that

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 but I'm telling you

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 the sweetest reunions

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.559
 we ever have

00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:31.100
 in this church

00:33:31.100 --> 00:33:32.420
 is just a foretaste

00:33:32.420 --> 00:33:33.339
 of what it's going to be like

00:33:33.339 --> 00:33:33.920
 when we see them

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 face to face

00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:36.480
 God's drawing you

00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:37.299
 to our congregation

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:37.880
 you come

00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:39.080
 we'd love to guide you

00:33:39.080 --> 00:33:39.580
 in that process

00:33:39.580 --> 00:33:40.680
 God's blessing us

00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:41.360
 in mighty ways

00:33:41.360 --> 00:33:42.160
 God's doing a move

00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:43.660
 I have no way

00:33:43.660 --> 00:33:44.279
 to describe it

00:33:44.279 --> 00:33:45.000
 except that God's

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:46.000
 chosen to put his hand

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:46.620
 upon us

00:33:46.620 --> 00:33:48.220
 and work in us

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:49.080
 in mighty ways

00:33:49.080 --> 00:33:50.000
 I thank God

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:51.140
 lives are being changed

00:33:51.140 --> 00:33:52.720
 if you feel led

00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:53.340
 to be a part of that

00:33:53.340 --> 00:33:53.799
 you come

00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:55.000
 maybe you're here

00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:55.460
 this morning

00:33:55.460 --> 00:33:56.220
 and there's barriers

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:57.039
 in your life

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:57.980
 that you need to lay down

00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:58.700
 before the Lord

00:33:58.700 --> 00:34:01.200
 you know you're a Christian

00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:01.880
 but there's things

00:34:01.880 --> 00:34:02.380
 in your life

00:34:02.380 --> 00:34:03.220
 you're ashamed of

00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:04.400
 things that you need

00:34:04.400 --> 00:34:04.920
 to confess

00:34:04.920 --> 00:34:05.600
 and you need to walk

00:34:05.600 --> 00:34:06.019
 away from

00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:06.620
 in the power

00:34:06.620 --> 00:34:07.340
 of the Holy Spirit

00:34:07.340 --> 00:34:07.860
 of God

00:34:07.860 --> 00:34:09.400
 he gives us

00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:09.900
 the strength

00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:10.599
 to do that

00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:12.119
 he also gives us

00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:12.860
 folks to encourage

00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:13.599
 us along the way

00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:14.539
 I'll be happy

00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:15.240
 to walk with you

00:34:15.240 --> 00:34:15.880
 through your journey

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:16.639
 and encourage you

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:17.280
 along the way

00:34:17.280 --> 00:34:18.700
 you just obey God

00:34:18.700 --> 00:34:19.220
 as he speaks

00:34:19.220 --> 00:34:20.000
 to your heart and life

00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:20.480
 Lord Jesus

00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:21.059
 I love you

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:21.760
 and I thank you

00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:22.840
 for the opportunity

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.720
 you give us today

00:34:23.720 --> 00:34:25.200
 to celebrate you

00:34:25.200 --> 00:34:26.780
 to live for you

00:34:26.780 --> 00:34:28.480
 to dedicate our lives

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:29.320
 to you dear God

00:34:29.320 --> 00:34:30.880
 to publicly confess you

00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:32.300
 to join in

00:34:32.300 --> 00:34:32.960
 with your believers

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:33.420
 Father

00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:34.880
 God help us

00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:36.300
 to simply be obedient

00:34:36.300 --> 00:34:36.860
 right now

00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:37.599
 of exactly what

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:38.400
 you'd have us to do

00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:39.380
 nothing more

00:34:39.380 --> 00:34:40.280
 or nothing less

00:34:40.280 --> 00:34:41.639
 bless our efforts

00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:42.440
 oh God I pray

00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:44.380
 in Jesus precious name

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:45.059
 Amen