WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.459 today. There are many out there who have been thinking about the end of the world. Is COVID-19 00:00:07.459 --> 00:00:13.640 the end of the world? Or is it the beginning of the end? Is it something that marks the end? 00:00:15.099 --> 00:00:18.820 While most people would say no, there are some who are saying that it is. 00:00:20.120 --> 00:00:26.460 Some of them are Christians. You don't have to look too hard online to find people on Twitter 00:00:26.460 --> 00:00:33.079 or Facebook or YouTube who apparently have found the coronavirus in Bible prophecy. 00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:39.460 One person on Twitter said, I don't know how serious the coronavirus is going to be, but 00:00:39.460 --> 00:00:44.740 there was some passage in the book of Revelation from the Bible where it talks about a significant 00:00:44.740 --> 00:00:51.920 portion of humanity being wiped out by disease and pestilence. In response to that, another 00:00:51.920 --> 00:00:59.200 person chimed in and said, yes, the beginning of sorrows, Matthew 24, Australian wildfires, 00:00:59.960 --> 00:01:07.400 coronavirus, earthquakes in odd places, increased rage and murders worldwide, massive hunger 00:01:07.400 --> 00:01:16.980 increases, hashtag Jesus is coming. The end of the world is here. According to a religion 00:01:16.980 --> 00:01:21.719 professor at the University of Alberta, there are some Christians out there claiming right 00:01:21.719 --> 00:01:27.540 now that the Bible foretold this pandemic long ago, right there in Revelation where it talks 00:01:27.540 --> 00:01:35.540 about one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse who represents pestilence or plague. He's galloping 00:01:35.540 --> 00:01:42.659 across the globe right now is what he says some Christians are saying. The end of the world 00:01:42.659 --> 00:01:52.019 is just around the corner. And whether people agree with that or not, it has got many people, 00:01:52.539 --> 00:02:01.319 especially Christians, thinking about the end of the world. When it truly does come, what will it be 00:02:01.319 --> 00:02:09.859 like? Well, Jesus long ago talked about the end of the world. He talked about what will happen in the 00:02:09.860 --> 00:02:16.400 distant future. He talked about the final judgment. And unlike many of the voices out there on social 00:02:16.400 --> 00:02:24.560 media right now, we can trust with certainty the words of Jesus. This morning, we look a little, 00:02:25.060 --> 00:02:32.040 look at just a little of what Jesus had to say about the day of judgment. If you have your Bible with you, 00:02:32.120 --> 00:02:38.340 please open it up to John chapter five. We've been working through the gospel of John, 00:02:38.340 --> 00:02:44.960 the story of Jesus as told by John. And if you missed last week, last Sunday, I gave a bit of a 00:02:44.960 --> 00:02:51.340 summary of all that's been happening up in the story of up until now in the story of Jesus. So if you, 00:02:51.420 --> 00:02:57.360 if you missed that, I encourage you to just take a quick listen online to the first five minutes of 00:02:57.360 --> 00:03:05.420 last Sunday's message. This morning, we find Jesus in Jerusalem. Jesus is having a heated discussion 00:03:05.419 --> 00:03:15.079 with the religious leaders. Jesus has just healed a man on the Sabbath day. And now the religious 00:03:15.079 --> 00:03:23.299 leaders are coming after him again. In fact, John tells us that Jesus was already on their wanted list. 00:03:23.699 --> 00:03:33.259 Even before he did this, the religious leaders wanted Jesus dead. And now as they're having this 00:03:33.259 --> 00:03:38.819 conversation with Jesus, they want him dead even more because of the things Jesus is saying. 00:03:40.379 --> 00:03:48.899 Jesus has been claiming to have a special relationship with God, a father-son relationship 00:03:48.899 --> 00:03:55.799 with God. The religious leaders have been listening to this and they hear him claiming to be that 00:03:55.800 --> 00:04:05.320 on the same level with God or equal to God. Last Sunday, we heard Jesus speak these words at the end 00:04:05.320 --> 00:04:15.240 of verse 20. He said, yes, and he, the father will show him the son, even greater works than these 00:04:15.240 --> 00:04:23.720 so that you will be amazed. What is Jesus saying? The healing of that man by the pool of Siloam, 00:04:23.720 --> 00:04:29.900 that guy who couldn't walk for 38 years, that's nothing. You're going to see more amazing things 00:04:29.900 --> 00:04:35.420 than that. And then Jesus tells them about two amazing things that they will see. 00:04:35.880 --> 00:04:43.700 And the first of these two things we talked about last Sunday, Jesus told them that just as the father 00:04:43.700 --> 00:04:50.720 raises the dead and gives them life, so also the son raises the dead and gives life to whom he's 00:04:50.720 --> 00:04:58.040 pleased to give it. That's something you will see. He told them that the time has come now for people 00:04:58.040 --> 00:05:07.640 to hear and believe his words and receive eternal life. Jesus told them that they will one day see 00:05:07.640 --> 00:05:14.080 something really amazing that he will do, that one day they will hear his voice calling them out of 00:05:14.079 --> 00:05:21.919 their graves to final judgment. So the first amazing thing was that Jesus, he said, you will see that 00:05:21.919 --> 00:05:29.959 the son of God has power to raise the dead back to life. This morning, we look at the second amazing 00:05:29.959 --> 00:05:36.639 thing that Jesus says they will see, and it has to do with the final judgment at the end of the world. 00:05:36.959 --> 00:05:40.419 We're going to pick it up in verse 21 here. 00:05:40.420 --> 00:05:47.439 For just as the father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the son gives life to whom he is 00:05:47.439 --> 00:05:58.639 pleased to give it. Moreover, another thing that you will see, the father judges no one, but has entrusted 00:05:58.639 --> 00:06:08.259 all judgment to the son. Let me read those words again. The father judges no one, says Jesus, 00:06:08.259 --> 00:06:17.620 but has entrusted all judgment to the son. Now let's imagine for a moment what the reaction of 00:06:17.620 --> 00:06:23.379 the religious leaders would have been to that statement. I imagine they'd be thinking something 00:06:23.379 --> 00:06:31.819 like this, like, do you hear what this man is saying? You're saying that God will not judge the 00:06:31.819 --> 00:06:42.199 world. Why? Because he has, what, delegated that special right and responsibility to you? A mere man? 00:06:43.779 --> 00:06:50.680 Blasphemy! Is probably what they're thinking. How dare you speak like that? 00:06:50.680 --> 00:06:58.079 Perhaps some of them even had some of the Old Testament scriptures come to mind. Passages like 00:06:58.079 --> 00:07:01.840 Psalm 75 verse 7, where it says, 00:07:02.040 --> 00:07:12.800 It is God who judges. He brings one down. He exalts another. Or passages like Isaiah 33, 22. 00:07:12.800 --> 00:07:24.500 For the Lord is our judge, our lawgiver, our king. It is he who will save us. Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God. 00:07:24.560 --> 00:07:32.439 The Lord is one. There's only one God. And as Abraham said long ago, he is the judge of all the earth. 00:07:32.540 --> 00:07:40.680 So who do you think you are, Jesus of Nazareth, to claim to have authority to judge? 00:07:40.680 --> 00:07:46.079 That's what I imagine they might be thinking right now. 00:07:47.280 --> 00:07:51.240 But this is what Jesus said that day. 00:07:52.340 --> 00:07:59.300 The Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son. 00:08:00.620 --> 00:08:09.319 He's basically saying, listen, the Father and I are so closely intertwined in our working 00:08:09.319 --> 00:08:15.120 that truthfully, he himself is not the one who does the final judging. 00:08:15.920 --> 00:08:20.199 Rather, he has entrusted that responsibility to me. 00:08:22.699 --> 00:08:28.300 Jesus is not saying that God will neglect his responsibility to bring justice to the world. 00:08:29.600 --> 00:08:33.819 Rather, he's saying that God has chosen to carry out his justice 00:08:33.820 --> 00:08:40.500 by entrusting the work of judging to his Son, to Jesus. 00:08:42.820 --> 00:08:46.460 Do you hear what Jesus is claiming here? 00:08:47.740 --> 00:08:53.800 He is claiming to be the one that we will all stand before someday. 00:08:53.799 --> 00:09:01.120 He's claiming to be the one that we will examine the details of our lives, the things that we did, 00:09:02.120 --> 00:09:09.019 the things that we said, our attitudes and motives that we carried. 00:09:10.079 --> 00:09:14.839 He's claiming to be the one who will examine all these aspects of our lives 00:09:14.840 --> 00:09:22.960 and then render judgment on God's behalf, determining what our final outcome will be. 00:09:25.540 --> 00:09:28.740 Imagine you were there that day as Jesus said these words. 00:09:31.060 --> 00:09:34.379 If these words are true, there is only one fitting response, 00:09:34.700 --> 00:09:38.500 and that's to tremble in the presence of Jesus. 00:09:38.500 --> 00:09:47.200 We might imagine a question rising in the thoughts of those who heard Jesus speak that day. 00:09:48.980 --> 00:09:51.820 Assuming that what you're saying is true, Jesus, 00:09:51.960 --> 00:09:59.519 why would God entrust or delegate his responsibility to judge to someone else, 00:10:00.039 --> 00:10:02.899 to you, a mere man? 00:10:02.899 --> 00:10:08.840 Is it not his responsibility alone to judge? 00:10:09.879 --> 00:10:15.220 Isn't that one of the reasons that we praise him and give him glory and honor him? 00:10:15.319 --> 00:10:20.159 Why would he give this privilege and authority to someone else, 00:10:20.720 --> 00:10:22.840 no less to a human being? 00:10:23.879 --> 00:10:25.620 Isaiah 42, verse 8, 00:10:25.620 --> 00:10:26.980 I am the Lord. 00:10:28.019 --> 00:10:29.220 That is my name. 00:10:29.360 --> 00:10:32.779 I will not give my glory to another. 00:10:32.899 --> 00:10:37.379 Jesus gives an answer to this very question. 00:10:40.379 --> 00:10:44.819 The Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son. 00:10:45.539 --> 00:10:46.000 Why? 00:10:47.480 --> 00:10:53.519 That all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. 00:10:54.639 --> 00:10:58.840 The reason my Father has entrusted all judgment to me 00:10:58.840 --> 00:11:02.759 is so that all people may honor me, 00:11:03.320 --> 00:11:05.680 just as they honor him. 00:11:06.320 --> 00:11:14.139 So that all people may honor, may give praise and glory to me, 00:11:14.240 --> 00:11:18.580 just as they give praise and glory and honor to God. 00:11:18.580 --> 00:11:26.379 If there's any doubt about whether Jesus is claiming to be equal with God 00:11:26.379 --> 00:11:28.320 or on the same level with God, 00:11:28.460 --> 00:11:31.200 that doubt should be long gone by now. 00:11:31.200 --> 00:11:36.920 If God does not share his glory with another, 00:11:38.680 --> 00:11:44.520 and yet he does share his glory with this Jesus on purpose, 00:11:45.520 --> 00:11:50.259 this Jesus man must be special. 00:11:50.680 --> 00:11:54.280 He must be more than just a man. 00:11:54.279 --> 00:11:58.399 He must, in some mysterious way, 00:11:58.679 --> 00:12:01.259 be one with God himself. 00:12:02.319 --> 00:12:05.799 And this is the truth that Jesus is steering us towards. 00:12:06.279 --> 00:12:09.620 We talked about this on a previous Sunday, May 24th. 00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:12.759 If you want to go back and watch that video on YouTube, 00:12:13.559 --> 00:12:14.179 you can. 00:12:14.179 --> 00:12:18.719 And Jesus said, or will say later on, 00:12:19.139 --> 00:12:20.379 to one of his own disciples, 00:12:21.299 --> 00:12:23.739 don't you believe that I am in the Father 00:12:23.739 --> 00:12:27.139 and that the Father is in me? 00:12:28.219 --> 00:12:31.239 It is the Father living in me 00:12:31.239 --> 00:12:33.259 who is doing his work. 00:12:35.379 --> 00:12:38.219 At another point, which we haven't got to yet in the story, 00:12:38.219 --> 00:12:41.879 he will make this statement to the religious leaders 00:12:41.879 --> 00:12:45.740 and say, I and the Father are one. 00:12:47.740 --> 00:12:49.779 Two distinct persons, 00:12:50.399 --> 00:12:53.860 and yet one and the same God. 00:12:55.059 --> 00:12:59.759 Jesus is both truly human and truly divine. 00:13:00.840 --> 00:13:02.639 John told us this at the very beginning. 00:13:02.820 --> 00:13:06.440 He said that Jesus is more than just a human being. 00:13:06.580 --> 00:13:09.360 He is the Word who was God 00:13:09.360 --> 00:13:12.480 and was with God at the very beginning 00:13:12.480 --> 00:13:14.480 before anything was made. 00:13:16.440 --> 00:13:20.159 The Father loves the Son. 00:13:21.480 --> 00:13:23.919 And so that the Son might be respected 00:13:23.919 --> 00:13:29.240 and honored and glorified as he deserves to be, 00:13:29.320 --> 00:13:31.960 God has entrusted this very special work, 00:13:32.220 --> 00:13:36.300 the work of judging to his Son, Jesus. 00:13:36.299 --> 00:13:40.359 And what kind of judgment are we talking about here? 00:13:41.259 --> 00:13:42.639 Notice Jesus' words. 00:13:43.719 --> 00:13:48.179 Has entrusted all judgment to the Son. 00:13:50.819 --> 00:13:52.059 All judgment. 00:13:53.139 --> 00:13:55.439 The ultimate and final judgment, 00:13:55.639 --> 00:13:57.779 as we see in the verses which follow. 00:13:59.379 --> 00:14:03.679 So, God has entrusted all judgment to the Son, 00:14:03.679 --> 00:14:06.079 and he has done it so that the Son might be honored. 00:14:07.120 --> 00:14:08.819 But he's done it for another reason. 00:14:08.959 --> 00:14:11.579 There's another reason given in verse 27. 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:13.439 Jesus says this, 00:14:15.179 --> 00:14:17.799 And he, the Father, has given him, the Son, 00:14:18.239 --> 00:14:19.479 authority to judge. 00:14:19.919 --> 00:14:20.199 Why? 00:14:21.419 --> 00:14:24.839 Because he is the Son of Man. 00:14:24.840 --> 00:14:27.980 Now, what does that mean? 00:14:28.800 --> 00:14:29.960 In order to grasp this, 00:14:30.019 --> 00:14:31.800 we need to understand that the Son of Man 00:14:31.800 --> 00:14:35.080 is not just a poetic way to refer to Jesus being human, 00:14:35.680 --> 00:14:36.960 the Son of a human being. 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:39.580 It does refer to Jesus' humanity, 00:14:39.759 --> 00:14:40.740 but more than that, 00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:43.600 it's a title which points back 00:14:43.600 --> 00:14:45.879 to what God said long ago, 00:14:46.300 --> 00:14:47.800 which we read earlier in the service 00:14:47.800 --> 00:14:49.080 through the prophet Daniel. 00:14:49.080 --> 00:14:52.560 God gave the prophet Daniel a vision, 00:14:52.820 --> 00:14:54.920 and this is how Daniel described it, 00:14:55.139 --> 00:14:56.120 as we read earlier. 00:14:57.000 --> 00:14:58.160 In my vision at night, 00:14:58.259 --> 00:14:58.780 I looked, 00:14:59.580 --> 00:15:03.000 and there before me was one like a Son of Man 00:15:03.000 --> 00:15:06.420 coming with the clouds of heaven. 00:15:07.500 --> 00:15:10.740 This Son of Man approached the Ancient of Days 00:15:10.740 --> 00:15:13.080 and was led into his presence. 00:15:13.080 --> 00:15:16.680 He was given authority, 00:15:17.960 --> 00:15:18.420 glory, 00:15:19.040 --> 00:15:20.340 and sovereign power. 00:15:21.500 --> 00:15:24.180 All nations and peoples of every language 00:15:24.180 --> 00:15:25.120 worshipped him. 00:15:26.720 --> 00:15:30.220 His dominion is an everlasting dominion 00:15:30.220 --> 00:15:31.920 that will not pass away, 00:15:32.520 --> 00:15:36.700 and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed. 00:15:36.700 --> 00:15:41.200 So, why has the Father entrusted 00:15:41.200 --> 00:15:43.560 all judgment to his Son Jesus? 00:15:43.780 --> 00:15:47.600 Because Jesus is this Son of Man, 00:15:48.060 --> 00:15:50.020 which was prophesied long ago. 00:15:51.340 --> 00:15:55.200 He is the one that God planned long ago 00:15:55.200 --> 00:15:59.420 to give authority and sovereign power to. 00:15:59.640 --> 00:16:00.800 Jesus is the one. 00:16:02.320 --> 00:16:03.800 In God's plan, 00:16:03.799 --> 00:16:07.219 God's kingdom is going to be established 00:16:07.219 --> 00:16:08.319 on this earth 00:16:08.319 --> 00:16:10.819 through Jesus, 00:16:11.299 --> 00:16:12.419 the Son. 00:16:13.759 --> 00:16:14.379 So, yes, 00:16:14.839 --> 00:16:15.479 the Lord, 00:16:16.159 --> 00:16:16.959 God, 00:16:17.299 --> 00:16:18.419 the Ancient of Days, 00:16:18.599 --> 00:16:20.199 is the judge 00:16:20.199 --> 00:16:21.419 of all the earth. 00:16:22.019 --> 00:16:23.599 And Jesus will say that 00:16:23.599 --> 00:16:24.839 in John chapter 8. 00:16:25.779 --> 00:16:27.079 But God has chosen 00:16:27.079 --> 00:16:29.120 to do the work of judging, 00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:31.000 and especially the final judgment, 00:16:31.579 --> 00:16:32.779 through his Son, 00:16:32.779 --> 00:16:33.740 Jesus. 00:16:35.319 --> 00:16:36.839 And in a very real sense, 00:16:36.939 --> 00:16:38.120 this shouldn't really come 00:16:38.120 --> 00:16:38.879 as a surprise 00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:40.120 to the religious leaders. 00:16:41.079 --> 00:16:42.500 If they really knew 00:16:42.500 --> 00:16:43.279 their scriptures, 00:16:44.059 --> 00:16:45.000 they would know 00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:46.439 that God had planned 00:16:46.439 --> 00:16:47.360 to give authority 00:16:47.360 --> 00:16:48.299 and power 00:16:48.299 --> 00:16:50.620 and even authority 00:16:50.620 --> 00:16:51.500 to judge 00:16:51.500 --> 00:16:53.159 to someone special 00:16:53.159 --> 00:16:54.839 who would act 00:16:54.839 --> 00:16:55.819 on his behalf. 00:16:56.860 --> 00:16:58.379 Think back to the words 00:16:58.379 --> 00:16:59.980 spoken by Isaiah, 00:17:00.079 --> 00:17:00.559 the prophet, 00:17:00.799 --> 00:17:01.439 which we read 00:17:01.439 --> 00:17:02.339 at Christmastime. 00:17:02.779 --> 00:17:04.180 For to us 00:17:04.180 --> 00:17:05.420 a child is born, 00:17:05.940 --> 00:17:07.240 to us a son 00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:08.299 is given, 00:17:08.639 --> 00:17:09.639 and the government 00:17:09.639 --> 00:17:10.440 will be 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:11.839 on his shoulders. 00:17:12.339 --> 00:17:13.740 Of the greatness 00:17:13.740 --> 00:17:14.619 of his government 00:17:14.619 --> 00:17:15.259 and peace, 00:17:15.339 --> 00:17:16.639 there will be no end. 00:17:17.500 --> 00:17:18.259 He will reign 00:17:18.259 --> 00:17:19.379 on David's throne 00:17:19.379 --> 00:17:21.339 and over his kingdom, 00:17:21.759 --> 00:17:22.519 establishing 00:17:22.519 --> 00:17:23.740 and upholding it 00:17:23.740 --> 00:17:24.960 with justice 00:17:24.960 --> 00:17:26.220 and righteousness 00:17:26.220 --> 00:17:27.519 from that time on 00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:28.200 and forever. 00:17:28.200 --> 00:17:31.080 think of the words 00:17:31.080 --> 00:17:31.940 Isaiah spoke 00:17:31.940 --> 00:17:33.080 a little bit later. 00:17:33.980 --> 00:17:35.220 A shoot will come up 00:17:35.220 --> 00:17:35.920 from the stump 00:17:35.920 --> 00:17:36.580 of Jesse. 00:17:37.860 --> 00:17:39.440 From his roots, 00:17:39.980 --> 00:17:41.279 a branch will bear fruit 00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:42.039 and the spirit 00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:42.559 of the Lord 00:17:42.559 --> 00:17:43.680 will rest on him. 00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:46.880 This one who will come, 00:17:46.980 --> 00:17:48.259 he will not judge 00:17:48.259 --> 00:17:49.980 by what he sees 00:17:49.980 --> 00:17:50.740 with his eyes 00:17:50.740 --> 00:17:51.840 or decide 00:17:51.840 --> 00:17:52.759 by what he hears 00:17:52.759 --> 00:17:53.720 with his ears, 00:17:53.720 --> 00:17:56.019 but with righteousness 00:17:56.019 --> 00:17:57.380 he will judge 00:17:57.380 --> 00:17:58.620 the needy. 00:17:59.000 --> 00:17:59.880 With justice 00:17:59.880 --> 00:18:01.220 he will give decisions 00:18:01.220 --> 00:18:02.799 for the poor 00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:03.660 of the earth. 00:18:04.779 --> 00:18:06.000 Isaiah 42, 00:18:06.140 --> 00:18:06.700 verse 1, 00:18:06.700 --> 00:18:09.460 Here is my servant 00:18:09.460 --> 00:18:10.440 whom I uphold, 00:18:10.779 --> 00:18:11.740 says the Lord, 00:18:12.080 --> 00:18:13.400 my chosen one 00:18:13.400 --> 00:18:14.920 in whom I delight. 00:18:15.080 --> 00:18:16.259 I will put my spirit 00:18:16.259 --> 00:18:17.039 on him 00:18:17.039 --> 00:18:19.759 and he will bring justice 00:18:19.759 --> 00:18:21.319 to the nations. 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:24.440 Is God the judge? 00:18:25.660 --> 00:18:26.240 Yes. 00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:28.140 But he has told us 00:18:28.140 --> 00:18:29.500 long before all this 00:18:29.500 --> 00:18:32.160 that he will bring justice 00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:33.220 to the world, 00:18:33.500 --> 00:18:34.500 to the nations, 00:18:34.500 --> 00:18:37.460 through his chosen servant, 00:18:38.160 --> 00:18:39.720 through a descendant 00:18:39.720 --> 00:18:40.519 of Jesse 00:18:40.519 --> 00:18:41.640 who will have 00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:42.599 the spirit of the Lord 00:18:42.599 --> 00:18:43.299 upon him, 00:18:43.720 --> 00:18:45.140 through a human child 00:18:45.140 --> 00:18:46.599 who will be born to us, 00:18:47.319 --> 00:18:48.519 a son who will be given 00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:49.220 to us. 00:18:50.220 --> 00:18:51.619 And all of these words 00:18:51.619 --> 00:18:52.900 spoken through Isaiah 00:18:52.900 --> 00:18:54.380 were penned 00:18:54.380 --> 00:18:55.579 in Hebrew 00:18:55.579 --> 00:18:56.380 700 years 00:18:57.019 --> 00:18:58.660 prior to this conversation 00:18:58.660 --> 00:18:59.579 Jesus is having 00:18:59.579 --> 00:19:00.140 right now. 00:19:01.259 --> 00:19:02.259 Jesus is saying, 00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:04.380 I am that one 00:19:04.500 --> 00:19:05.059 one 00:19:05.059 --> 00:19:07.180 whom God has said 00:19:07.180 --> 00:19:09.180 he will give authority to. 00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:11.740 I am that chosen servant. 00:19:12.460 --> 00:19:13.400 I am 00:19:13.400 --> 00:19:14.880 the son of man. 00:19:15.700 --> 00:19:17.079 And you will see it 00:19:17.079 --> 00:19:18.440 and you will be amazed 00:19:18.440 --> 00:19:20.259 when the time comes. 00:19:21.920 --> 00:19:23.299 God is the judge. 00:19:23.880 --> 00:19:24.220 Yes. 00:19:24.940 --> 00:19:26.000 But he will bring about 00:19:26.000 --> 00:19:27.519 justice on the earth 00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:28.599 through 00:19:28.599 --> 00:19:29.599 Jesus, 00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:30.599 his son. 00:19:30.599 --> 00:19:32.859 that's what Jesus said. 00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:34.639 And that's what the apostles 00:19:34.639 --> 00:19:36.500 realized and understood 00:19:36.500 --> 00:19:37.579 and taught as well. 00:19:37.719 --> 00:19:38.839 Acts 10 42. 00:19:39.879 --> 00:19:40.179 He, 00:19:40.480 --> 00:19:40.819 Jesus, 00:19:41.119 --> 00:19:42.159 this is Peter talking, 00:19:42.799 --> 00:19:43.480 commanded us 00:19:43.480 --> 00:19:44.019 to preach 00:19:44.019 --> 00:19:44.779 to the people 00:19:44.779 --> 00:19:46.379 and to testify 00:19:46.379 --> 00:19:47.379 that he is 00:19:47.379 --> 00:19:48.019 the one 00:19:48.019 --> 00:19:49.179 whom God 00:19:49.179 --> 00:19:49.919 appointed as 00:19:49.919 --> 00:19:51.240 judge of the living 00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:52.659 and the dead. 00:19:52.660 --> 00:19:54.800 Paul in his 00:19:54.800 --> 00:19:55.600 famous sermon 00:19:55.600 --> 00:19:56.860 in Athens 00:19:56.860 --> 00:19:58.040 said, 00:19:58.440 --> 00:19:58.880 for he, 00:19:59.220 --> 00:19:59.560 God, 00:19:59.660 --> 00:20:00.860 has set a day 00:20:00.860 --> 00:20:01.880 when he will 00:20:01.880 --> 00:20:02.960 judge the world 00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:04.680 with justice. 00:20:06.100 --> 00:20:06.700 How? 00:20:07.400 --> 00:20:08.700 By the man 00:20:08.700 --> 00:20:09.920 he has appointed. 00:20:10.880 --> 00:20:12.080 He's given proof 00:20:12.080 --> 00:20:12.900 of this to everyone 00:20:12.900 --> 00:20:14.120 by raising this man 00:20:14.120 --> 00:20:14.900 from the dead. 00:20:16.180 --> 00:20:17.779 Romans 2 verse 16, 00:20:17.940 --> 00:20:18.480 Paul says, 00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:19.880 this, 00:20:20.039 --> 00:20:20.940 what I'm talking about 00:20:20.940 --> 00:20:22.339 will take place 00:20:22.339 --> 00:20:23.319 on the day 00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:24.960 when God judges 00:20:24.960 --> 00:20:26.120 people's secrets 00:20:26.120 --> 00:20:28.099 through 00:20:28.099 --> 00:20:29.660 Jesus Christ 00:20:29.660 --> 00:20:31.480 as my gospel 00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:32.460 declares. 00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:35.339 From all of these 00:20:35.339 --> 00:20:36.860 places in God's word 00:20:36.860 --> 00:20:37.400 we hear 00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:38.480 very clearly, 00:20:38.620 --> 00:20:39.240 very strongly 00:20:39.240 --> 00:20:40.180 that there is 00:20:40.180 --> 00:20:41.500 a day of judgment 00:20:41.500 --> 00:20:42.140 coming 00:20:42.140 --> 00:20:45.380 at the end 00:20:45.380 --> 00:20:46.039 of the world, 00:20:46.140 --> 00:20:46.880 so to speak, 00:20:46.900 --> 00:20:47.740 as we might say. 00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:49.420 A day 00:20:49.420 --> 00:20:50.380 when all people 00:20:50.380 --> 00:20:51.079 will stand 00:20:51.079 --> 00:20:51.740 before 00:20:51.740 --> 00:20:53.000 the throne 00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:54.240 of Jesus. 00:20:55.380 --> 00:20:56.220 A day 00:20:56.220 --> 00:20:56.940 when all people 00:20:56.940 --> 00:20:57.819 will see the face 00:20:57.819 --> 00:20:58.940 of this same man 00:20:58.940 --> 00:20:59.620 who walked 00:20:59.620 --> 00:21:00.740 the dusty streets 00:21:00.740 --> 00:21:01.579 of Jerusalem 00:21:01.579 --> 00:21:04.339 2,000 years ago. 00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:08.279 Take a second here 00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:09.880 and just imagine 00:21:09.880 --> 00:21:10.759 what that moment 00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:11.620 will be like 00:21:11.620 --> 00:21:12.620 for you 00:21:12.620 --> 00:21:14.660 to stand 00:21:14.660 --> 00:21:15.420 before him. 00:21:15.420 --> 00:21:18.340 he will examine 00:21:18.340 --> 00:21:19.060 the details 00:21:19.060 --> 00:21:19.860 of your life, 00:21:20.360 --> 00:21:22.240 the things 00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:22.940 that you did, 00:21:23.880 --> 00:21:25.180 all the things 00:21:25.180 --> 00:21:25.860 that you said, 00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:28.220 the attitudes 00:21:28.220 --> 00:21:28.940 and motives 00:21:28.940 --> 00:21:29.600 you carried, 00:21:30.740 --> 00:21:31.360 and yes, 00:21:31.800 --> 00:21:32.880 even the secrets 00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:34.360 and the hidden 00:21:34.360 --> 00:21:34.960 things 00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:35.680 that no one 00:21:35.680 --> 00:21:36.160 knows about 00:21:36.160 --> 00:21:36.640 but you. 00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:39.019 He will examine 00:21:39.019 --> 00:21:39.759 every aspect 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:40.580 of our lives 00:21:40.580 --> 00:21:41.600 and render 00:21:41.600 --> 00:21:42.279 judgment 00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:44.099 on God's 00:21:44.099 --> 00:21:44.579 behalf, 00:21:45.180 --> 00:21:45.879 on behalf 00:21:45.879 --> 00:21:46.619 of the Father 00:21:46.619 --> 00:21:48.639 by the authority 00:21:48.639 --> 00:21:49.279 that's been given 00:21:49.279 --> 00:21:49.740 to him. 00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:52.339 Let's be honest, 00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:53.019 this is not 00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:53.779 a heartwarming 00:21:53.779 --> 00:21:54.299 truth 00:21:54.299 --> 00:21:55.740 about Jesus. 00:21:55.740 --> 00:21:58.099 It would be 00:21:58.099 --> 00:21:58.899 if we were all 00:21:58.899 --> 00:21:59.500 innocent, 00:21:59.859 --> 00:22:00.680 good, 00:22:00.980 --> 00:22:01.859 and perfect 00:22:01.859 --> 00:22:02.420 people, 00:22:02.879 --> 00:22:04.480 but we aren't. 00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:06.900 this truth 00:22:06.900 --> 00:22:07.799 puts a holy 00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.779 fear of Jesus 00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:09.900 into our hearts, 00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:12.339 a reverence, 00:22:12.900 --> 00:22:13.640 an awe, 00:22:14.839 --> 00:22:15.579 a respect, 00:22:15.900 --> 00:22:17.180 as it should 00:22:17.180 --> 00:22:18.620 because all of us 00:22:18.620 --> 00:22:19.180 have sinned 00:22:19.180 --> 00:22:19.960 against God 00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:22.299 in many ways. 00:22:23.140 --> 00:22:24.440 We all fall 00:22:24.440 --> 00:22:25.799 so far short 00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:26.779 of his glory 00:22:26.779 --> 00:22:27.259 and goodness. 00:22:27.460 --> 00:22:28.220 We've all done 00:22:28.220 --> 00:22:29.059 many of the things 00:22:29.059 --> 00:22:29.880 that God has said 00:22:29.880 --> 00:22:30.400 in his word 00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:31.740 are wrong, 00:22:32.460 --> 00:22:33.099 are sinful, 00:22:33.259 --> 00:22:33.799 are evil, 00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:39.099 but there is 00:22:39.099 --> 00:22:39.980 good news. 00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:42.079 There is 00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:42.819 hope. 00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:44.700 Listen to what 00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:46.039 Jesus said 00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:47.599 in verse 24. 00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:50.539 Very truly, 00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:52.200 I tell you, 00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:53.399 whoever 00:22:53.399 --> 00:22:54.480 hears 00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:55.559 my word 00:22:55.559 --> 00:22:56.819 and believes 00:22:56.819 --> 00:22:57.700 him who sent 00:22:57.700 --> 00:22:58.039 me 00:22:58.039 --> 00:23:00.180 has eternal 00:23:00.180 --> 00:23:00.700 life 00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:02.240 and will 00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:02.940 not 00:23:02.940 --> 00:23:03.500 be 00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:04.420 judged, 00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:06.100 but has 00:23:06.100 --> 00:23:07.019 crossed over 00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:08.259 from death 00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:09.660 to life. 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:11.740 Does that 00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:12.140 sound like 00:23:12.140 --> 00:23:12.700 good news? 00:23:13.819 --> 00:23:14.400 Yes, 00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:14.940 it does. 00:23:16.140 --> 00:23:16.880 What does 00:23:16.880 --> 00:23:17.559 Jesus mean 00:23:17.559 --> 00:23:18.140 when he says 00:23:18.140 --> 00:23:19.580 that whoever 00:23:19.580 --> 00:23:20.279 believes and 00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:21.120 hears his word 00:23:21.120 --> 00:23:21.759 will not be 00:23:21.759 --> 00:23:22.220 judged? 00:23:23.600 --> 00:23:24.480 In the 00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:25.840 original language 00:23:25.840 --> 00:23:26.480 that this was 00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:27.019 penned in, 00:23:27.120 --> 00:23:27.720 that word for 00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:28.460 judge can mean 00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:29.200 two different 00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:29.600 things. 00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:30.100 In fact, 00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:30.660 in English, 00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:31.220 it can mean 00:23:31.220 --> 00:23:31.720 two different 00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:32.279 things as 00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:32.559 well. 00:23:33.900 --> 00:23:34.620 Judgment can 00:23:34.620 --> 00:23:35.340 be the work 00:23:35.340 --> 00:23:35.860 that the 00:23:35.860 --> 00:23:36.740 judge does, 00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:37.519 the work of 00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:38.460 evaluating the 00:23:38.460 --> 00:23:39.019 facts and 00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:40.559 deciding between 00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:42.160 giving a 00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:42.900 decision or 00:23:42.900 --> 00:23:43.840 a verdict, 00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:45.720 innocent or 00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:46.059 guilty, 00:23:46.220 --> 00:23:46.600 right or 00:23:46.600 --> 00:23:46.940 wrong. 00:23:48.220 --> 00:23:48.980 But judgment 00:23:48.980 --> 00:23:49.880 can also refer 00:23:49.880 --> 00:23:50.740 very specifically 00:23:50.740 --> 00:23:51.380 to the 00:23:51.380 --> 00:23:52.100 sentence or 00:23:52.100 --> 00:23:52.580 to the 00:23:52.580 --> 00:23:53.059 punishment 00:23:53.059 --> 00:23:54.519 that we 00:23:54.519 --> 00:23:55.279 would receive 00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:56.180 when we're 00:23:56.180 --> 00:23:57.640 guilty before 00:23:57.640 --> 00:23:58.160 the judge. 00:23:58.280 --> 00:23:58.840 So which 00:23:58.840 --> 00:23:59.340 one does 00:23:59.340 --> 00:24:00.160 Jesus mean? 00:24:01.780 --> 00:24:02.400 Does he 00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:02.920 mean that 00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:03.720 we will, 00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:04.600 those of us 00:24:04.600 --> 00:24:05.440 who hear his 00:24:05.440 --> 00:24:05.880 words and 00:24:05.880 --> 00:24:06.120 believe, 00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:06.660 will get to 00:24:06.660 --> 00:24:07.520 skip out on 00:24:07.520 --> 00:24:07.980 the day of 00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:08.340 judgment? 00:24:09.420 --> 00:24:10.060 That we 00:24:10.060 --> 00:24:11.240 won't have to 00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:11.960 stand before 00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:12.860 his throne and 00:24:12.860 --> 00:24:13.560 answer for 00:24:13.560 --> 00:24:14.120 what we have 00:24:14.120 --> 00:24:14.759 done if we 00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:15.280 believe his 00:24:15.280 --> 00:24:15.680 words? 00:24:17.220 --> 00:24:18.040 Or does he 00:24:18.040 --> 00:24:18.500 mean that on 00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:18.900 the day of 00:24:18.900 --> 00:24:19.560 judgment it's 00:24:19.560 --> 00:24:20.180 only those who 00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:20.840 didn't believe 00:24:20.840 --> 00:24:21.460 who will be 00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:23.320 evaluated and 00:24:23.320 --> 00:24:23.900 that the rest 00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:24.640 will be passed 00:24:24.640 --> 00:24:25.020 over? 00:24:25.019 --> 00:24:27.160 I think what 00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:27.859 Paul says in 00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:28.480 his letter to 00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:29.099 the Corinthian 00:24:29.099 --> 00:24:30.180 church helps 00:24:30.180 --> 00:24:31.180 clarify it for 00:24:31.180 --> 00:24:31.460 us. 00:24:31.559 --> 00:24:32.639 2 Corinthians 5 00:24:32.639 --> 00:24:33.180 verse 10, 00:24:33.339 --> 00:24:33.759 Paul says 00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:34.160 this, 00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:35.619 for we must 00:24:35.619 --> 00:24:37.220 all appear 00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:38.420 before the 00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:39.259 judgment seat 00:24:39.259 --> 00:24:40.079 of Christ. 00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:42.000 And let's 00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.599 remember that 00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:43.339 Paul is writing 00:24:43.339 --> 00:24:43.819 this to 00:24:43.819 --> 00:24:44.420 Christians, 00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:45.779 to believers, 00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:46.599 to the church 00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:47.160 at Corinth. 00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:49.460 We must all 00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:50.879 appear before 00:24:50.879 --> 00:24:51.460 the judgment 00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:52.420 seat of Christ 00:24:52.420 --> 00:24:53.019 so that each 00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:53.460 of us may 00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:54.240 receive what is 00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:54.859 due us for 00:24:54.859 --> 00:24:55.319 the things 00:24:55.319 --> 00:24:56.500 done while 00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:57.139 in the body, 00:24:57.939 --> 00:24:58.439 whether good 00:24:58.439 --> 00:24:58.879 or bad. 00:24:59.879 --> 00:25:00.319 And so I 00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:00.719 think if we 00:25:00.719 --> 00:25:01.199 bring this 00:25:01.199 --> 00:25:01.839 together with 00:25:01.839 --> 00:25:02.319 what Jesus 00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:02.879 said, it's 00:25:02.879 --> 00:25:03.240 clear. 00:25:04.219 --> 00:25:05.000 When Jesus 00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.599 says that 00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:06.979 those who 00:25:06.979 --> 00:25:08.159 hear his 00:25:08.159 --> 00:25:08.779 word and 00:25:08.779 --> 00:25:09.419 believe will 00:25:09.419 --> 00:25:09.959 not be 00:25:09.959 --> 00:25:11.979 judged, he 00:25:11.979 --> 00:25:13.079 means not 00:25:13.079 --> 00:25:13.359 that they 00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:13.899 won't appear 00:25:13.899 --> 00:25:14.579 before him 00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:15.099 at the 00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:16.659 judgment, but 00:25:16.659 --> 00:25:17.019 that they 00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:17.839 won't be 00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:18.599 condemned. 00:25:20.719 --> 00:25:21.279 Whoever 00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:22.579 hears my 00:25:22.579 --> 00:25:23.019 word and 00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:23.779 believes him 00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:24.259 who sent 00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:24.640 me has 00:25:24.640 --> 00:25:25.299 eternal life 00:25:25.299 --> 00:25:25.660 and will 00:25:25.660 --> 00:25:26.000 not be 00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:26.799 judged, will 00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:27.180 not be 00:25:27.180 --> 00:25:27.779 condemned, 00:25:28.579 --> 00:25:29.039 will not 00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:29.759 be punished, 00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.400 but is 00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:31.220 crossed over 00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:32.000 from death 00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.960 to life. 00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.579 This is 00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:37.319 really good 00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:37.779 news. 00:25:39.660 --> 00:25:40.259 It's 00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:40.859 frightening to 00:25:40.859 --> 00:25:41.279 think that 00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:41.900 one day we 00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:42.339 will all 00:25:42.339 --> 00:25:43.059 stand before 00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:44.339 Jesus and 00:25:44.339 --> 00:25:44.940 our lives 00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:45.480 will be like 00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:46.000 an open 00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:46.680 book to 00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:46.960 him. 00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:48.319 Everything 00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:48.980 we've done 00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:49.599 and said 00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:50.259 and thought, 00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:51.420 all of our 00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:52.539 secrets exposed, 00:25:52.539 --> 00:25:53.779 but Jesus 00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:54.399 says that 00:25:54.399 --> 00:25:55.000 even though 00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.599 this day 00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:56.159 is coming 00:25:56.159 --> 00:25:56.519 when we 00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:57.019 will stand 00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:57.819 before him, 00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:58.740 whoever 00:25:58.740 --> 00:26:00.399 hears and 00:26:00.399 --> 00:26:01.859 believes his 00:26:01.859 --> 00:26:03.339 words now 00:26:03.339 --> 00:26:04.480 will receive 00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:05.680 eternal life 00:26:05.680 --> 00:26:07.079 and on that 00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:07.839 day when I 00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:08.579 call you out 00:26:08.579 --> 00:26:09.240 of your grave, 00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:09.859 says Jesus, 00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:10.659 if you heard 00:26:10.659 --> 00:26:11.159 and believed 00:26:11.159 --> 00:26:11.759 my words, 00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:13.000 you will not 00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.980 be condemned. 00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:16.779 Instead, 00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:18.440 you will rise 00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:19.900 to eternal 00:26:19.900 --> 00:26:20.400 life, 00:26:20.519 --> 00:26:21.259 to live 00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:22.299 forever. 00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:26.740 Do you 00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:27.759 hear Jesus' 00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.320 words? 00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:30.900 Do you 00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:31.519 believe 00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:33.100 that the 00:26:33.100 --> 00:26:34.160 Father sent 00:26:34.160 --> 00:26:34.900 him to 00:26:34.900 --> 00:26:35.580 speak them 00:26:35.580 --> 00:26:36.120 to you? 00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:40.200 It can be 00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:40.840 all too easy 00:26:40.840 --> 00:26:41.559 today to get 00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:42.100 caught up in 00:26:42.100 --> 00:26:42.720 the emotion 00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:44.100 and the hype 00:26:44.100 --> 00:26:45.200 that's come 00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:45.779 about because 00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.380 of the spread 00:26:46.380 --> 00:26:47.140 of this virus 00:26:47.140 --> 00:26:47.660 around the 00:26:47.660 --> 00:26:48.000 world. 00:26:49.140 --> 00:26:50.039 Is this the 00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:50.640 beginning of 00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:51.039 the end of 00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:51.400 the world? 00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:52.039 Is this the 00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:52.740 start of the 00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.220 one world 00:26:53.220 --> 00:26:53.720 government? 00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:54.320 Is this, 00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:56.059 is Elon Musk's 00:26:56.059 --> 00:26:56.920 Neuralink, 00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.840 the precursor 00:26:57.840 --> 00:26:58.799 technology to 00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.360 the mark of 00:26:59.360 --> 00:26:59.860 the beast? 00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:02.799 The truth is 00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:03.480 we don't know. 00:27:05.100 --> 00:27:05.779 It's certainly 00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:06.900 not clear or 00:27:06.900 --> 00:27:08.000 obvious from 00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:08.660 these kinds of 00:27:08.660 --> 00:27:09.140 things that we 00:27:09.140 --> 00:27:09.720 read about in 00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:10.320 the news that 00:27:10.320 --> 00:27:11.500 this is the 00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:12.360 very end. 00:27:13.580 --> 00:27:14.279 At least it 00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:14.740 doesn't seem 00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:15.400 that way from 00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:16.360 what I read in 00:27:16.360 --> 00:27:16.840 the scriptures. 00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:17.000 leaders. 00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:18.859 And so if 00:27:18.859 --> 00:27:19.339 our thoughts 00:27:19.339 --> 00:27:20.179 do go to 00:27:20.179 --> 00:27:20.959 the very end 00:27:20.959 --> 00:27:22.539 times, to 00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:22.899 the end of 00:27:22.899 --> 00:27:23.439 the world, I 00:27:23.439 --> 00:27:24.059 hope and I 00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:24.619 pray that they 00:27:24.619 --> 00:27:25.159 will go to 00:27:25.159 --> 00:27:26.480 what is clear 00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:28.000 and to what we 00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:29.079 can be certain 00:27:29.079 --> 00:27:30.339 about, to what 00:27:30.339 --> 00:27:31.079 is truly one of 00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:31.399 the most 00:27:31.399 --> 00:27:33.579 important realities 00:27:33.579 --> 00:27:35.039 of the end of 00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:35.579 times. 00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.799 What Jesus said 00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:38.539 that day to the 00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:39.339 religious leaders, 00:27:39.339 --> 00:27:41.099 believe that a 00:27:41.099 --> 00:27:42.319 day is coming 00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:44.000 when he will 00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.839 judge the world 00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:46.619 and bring justice 00:27:46.619 --> 00:27:48.159 to the nations. 00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:50.639 Final punishment 00:27:50.639 --> 00:27:51.839 and condemnation, 00:27:52.879 --> 00:27:54.740 justice is coming, 00:27:55.399 --> 00:27:56.980 but there is a 00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:58.099 way to be spared 00:27:58.099 --> 00:27:59.720 what we all 00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.220 deserve. 00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:02.359 If we listen to 00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:03.419 and believe the 00:28:03.419 --> 00:28:04.319 words of Jesus, 00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:05.899 the one God 00:28:05.899 --> 00:28:07.279 has sent into 00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:08.059 the world to 00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:09.259 be the rescue, 00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:11.139 to be the 00:28:11.139 --> 00:28:13.559 savior, this is 00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:14.279 the truth more 00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:14.779 than anything 00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:15.619 that our world 00:28:15.619 --> 00:28:16.960 needs to hear, 00:28:18.099 --> 00:28:18.899 especially in 00:28:18.899 --> 00:28:19.939 times like this. 00:28:21.399 --> 00:28:22.359 And so may we 00:28:22.359 --> 00:28:24.399 believe it, may 00:28:24.399 --> 00:28:25.439 we cling to it, 00:28:25.779 --> 00:28:27.299 and may we 00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:28.700 speak it with 00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:29.740 gentleness and 00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.480 respect and 00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:32.159 love to those 00:28:32.159 --> 00:28:32.679 who are willing 00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:33.500 to listen. 00:28:34.820 --> 00:28:35.519 Let's pray. 00:28:40.860 --> 00:28:41.500 Father in 00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.160 heaven, thank 00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:44.120 you for these 00:28:44.120 --> 00:28:44.580 words. 00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:47.080 I pray and 00:28:47.080 --> 00:28:47.519 ask that you 00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:48.180 would give each 00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:49.080 of us ears to 00:28:49.080 --> 00:28:49.759 hear what you 00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.580 are saying through 00:28:50.580 --> 00:28:51.340 your son here. 00:28:53.080 --> 00:28:53.880 Increase in all 00:28:53.880 --> 00:28:54.480 of our hearts 00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:56.000 faith and trust 00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:57.480 in what you 00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:58.200 have said through 00:28:58.200 --> 00:28:58.960 Jesus. 00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:00.820 We thank you 00:29:00.820 --> 00:29:01.680 for this gracious 00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:02.440 gift and 00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:03.620 offer of 00:29:03.620 --> 00:29:05.340 life, eternal 00:29:05.340 --> 00:29:07.460 life, that we 00:29:07.460 --> 00:29:08.580 don't need to do 00:29:08.580 --> 00:29:09.440 anything for 00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:10.440 except believe 00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:12.600 and receive it 00:29:12.600 --> 00:29:13.180 as a gift. 00:29:14.600 --> 00:29:15.500 You're amazing, 00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:15.840 Lord. 00:29:16.860 --> 00:29:17.740 We pray this in 00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:18.380 Jesus' name. 00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:19.480 Amen. 00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:19.620 Amen. 00:29:19.620 --> 00:29:19.660 Amen. 00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:19.680 Amen. 00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:19.700 Amen. 00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:19.720 Amen. 00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:19.740 Amen. 00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:19.759 Amen. 00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:19.799 Amen. 00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:21.700 Amen. 00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:23.660 Amen. 00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:23.700 Amen. 00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:23.799 Amen. 00:29:23.799 --> 00:29:23.820 Amen. 00:29:23.820 --> 00:29:25.740 Amen. 00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:27.700 Amen. 00:29:27.700 --> 00:29:27.799 Amen. 00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:28.740 Amen. 00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:29.740 Amen. 00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:29.799 Amen. 00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:29.840 Amen. 00:29:29.840 --> 00:29:31.740 Amen. 00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:31.799 Amen. 00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:31.840 Amen. 00:29:31.840 --> 00:29:32.420 Amen.