WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.820 Please bear with my singing for just one moment. 00:00:06.879 --> 00:00:09.599 Happy birthday to you. 00:00:10.580 --> 00:00:13.099 Happy birthday to you. 00:00:13.640 --> 00:00:16.600 Happy birthday, dear Gertrude. 00:00:21.719 --> 00:00:26.219 I was curious if anyone would finish the song. 00:00:28.179 --> 00:00:28.859 Right? 00:00:28.859 --> 00:00:32.140 We know that happy birthday has four lines. 00:00:33.519 --> 00:00:37.100 And if we only hear three, we're not satisfied. 00:00:38.460 --> 00:00:43.920 There's no happy birthday resolution without the final line, 00:00:45.259 --> 00:00:47.179 happy birthday to you. 00:00:49.899 --> 00:00:53.439 Well, Revelation chapter 20, verses 11 to 15, 00:00:53.519 --> 00:00:55.820 is kind of like that final line to happy birthday. 00:00:55.820 --> 00:01:00.679 If the final judgment was not in our Bible, 00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:03.000 it would be like living in eternity, 00:01:03.640 --> 00:01:08.859 waiting for and never hearing the final happy birthday line sung. 00:01:08.859 --> 00:01:16.000 The issue of sin must be resolved. 00:01:17.599 --> 00:01:21.340 Or otherwise, life is not satisfying. 00:01:23.420 --> 00:01:25.039 Judgment must come. 00:01:25.040 --> 00:01:30.280 And Revelation 20, 11 to 15, this great white throne judgment, 00:01:30.940 --> 00:01:35.140 is God's last needed act against sin. 00:01:35.140 --> 00:01:38.379 God resolves it. 00:01:38.379 --> 00:01:47.680 The issue of sin, this issue that has been wreaking havoc on creation since the beginning, nearly. 00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:51.500 And God will leave no loose ends. 00:01:52.580 --> 00:01:56.400 There's no possibility of sin kind of rearing its ugly head ever again, 00:01:56.480 --> 00:01:59.000 kind of reemerging from the tomb. 00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:07.099 There will never ever again be any sort of move on the part of God's enemies to take His throne, 00:02:07.359 --> 00:02:09.960 to do violence to Him or His church. 00:02:11.319 --> 00:02:14.020 Because with the final judgment, sin is no more. 00:02:14.020 --> 00:02:21.960 It's God's resolution to sin. 00:02:23.420 --> 00:02:25.100 And you're maybe sitting here saying, 00:02:25.219 --> 00:02:26.939 well, that's all well and good, Matt. 00:02:28.100 --> 00:02:31.500 But how does this apply right now here today? 00:02:32.280 --> 00:02:34.640 Maybe you're in the room today, 00:02:34.780 --> 00:02:37.340 and there's just a person who immediately comes to mind, 00:02:37.400 --> 00:02:41.040 and you're just like, oh, I'm so glad that person's going to get his. 00:02:41.460 --> 00:02:42.760 She's going to get hers. 00:02:42.759 --> 00:02:45.239 That you're struggling to love an enemy, 00:02:45.699 --> 00:02:47.939 and you're just, oh, God, please bring this day now. 00:02:48.060 --> 00:02:49.219 I really want it here now. 00:02:50.899 --> 00:02:55.340 How does the final judgment help you love your enemy? 00:02:57.039 --> 00:03:01.299 Or maybe, I'm guessing all of us fall into the second category too, 00:03:01.399 --> 00:03:02.479 where the final judgment, 00:03:03.379 --> 00:03:09.899 there's names and there's faces of people near and dear to our hearts. 00:03:10.659 --> 00:03:12.719 And when we think of the final judgment, 00:03:12.759 --> 00:03:14.679 we're heartbroken. 00:03:16.060 --> 00:03:19.419 Because there's friends and family and neighbors and sisters and brothers 00:03:19.419 --> 00:03:21.840 and all the rest in our lives who we know right now, 00:03:21.979 --> 00:03:24.840 if they were to face this judgment today, 00:03:25.239 --> 00:03:26.859 they'd be in trouble. 00:03:27.639 --> 00:03:29.159 Because they've rejected Jesus. 00:03:29.299 --> 00:03:30.359 They're living for themselves. 00:03:30.360 --> 00:03:36.260 Does this final judgment give us any way forward? 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:40.680 How we're to see through what God is telling us 00:03:40.680 --> 00:03:45.320 to move towards our loved ones with the gospel? 00:03:45.319 --> 00:03:48.900 Because God does resolve sin. 00:03:48.979 --> 00:03:49.879 We know that. 00:03:52.939 --> 00:03:54.479 So how do we make sense of this? 00:03:54.519 --> 00:03:57.459 How does this passage help us today? 00:03:57.900 --> 00:04:00.219 Why do we have to sit here and kind of think about something 00:04:00.219 --> 00:04:01.759 that's so uncomfortable for us? 00:04:02.900 --> 00:04:04.859 If you're like me, you start thinking about hell, 00:04:04.939 --> 00:04:06.560 you start thinking about judgment, 00:04:06.560 --> 00:04:09.099 and it becomes very uncomfortable very quickly. 00:04:10.860 --> 00:04:11.979 This is hard. 00:04:14.900 --> 00:04:19.720 But far from this text just kind of being this unnecessary topic 00:04:19.720 --> 00:04:21.480 that we can sweep under the rug 00:04:21.480 --> 00:04:23.800 or we can kind of ignore until a later time, 00:04:23.800 --> 00:04:28.379 the final judgment matters very much for us today. 00:04:31.139 --> 00:04:33.759 And though we're not going to be able to deal with every single tension 00:04:33.759 --> 00:04:35.579 that this passage is going to present, 00:04:36.439 --> 00:04:40.160 the goal for us today is to provide some ways 00:04:40.160 --> 00:04:43.180 how this text can shape our relationship with Jesus 00:04:43.180 --> 00:04:47.340 and our relationship with others around us, 00:04:47.379 --> 00:04:50.500 particularly for those who don't know Jesus. 00:04:51.379 --> 00:04:52.400 So that's our goal. 00:04:52.399 --> 00:04:55.519 We're going to try and show how this final judgment matters 00:04:55.519 --> 00:04:59.060 and how we relate to Jesus day in and day out as his disciples 00:04:59.060 --> 00:05:01.739 and how we relate to a lost world 00:05:01.739 --> 00:05:04.859 who is on a one-way street to hell 00:05:04.859 --> 00:05:07.539 apart from receiving the gospel. 00:05:09.099 --> 00:05:10.620 Here's the claim of this passage. 00:05:10.939 --> 00:05:12.379 I almost don't even need to say it. 00:05:12.639 --> 00:05:13.579 You heard it read. 00:05:13.779 --> 00:05:14.799 You know what it's about. 00:05:14.899 --> 00:05:16.379 But let me try and summarize it. 00:05:16.379 --> 00:05:23.800 Jesus will carry out the final judgment on each and every person. 00:05:25.040 --> 00:05:29.120 And those whose names are not found in his book of life 00:05:29.120 --> 00:05:32.240 will spend eternity in the lake of fire. 00:05:32.240 --> 00:05:42.120 Jesus will carry out the final judgment on each and every person who has ever lived. 00:05:43.240 --> 00:05:45.720 And for every single person who's ever lived, 00:05:45.800 --> 00:05:49.060 whose name is not found in Jesus' book of life, 00:05:49.680 --> 00:05:51.980 he or she will spend eternity in the lake of fire. 00:05:51.980 --> 00:05:56.379 That's what this passage very clearly tells us. 00:05:56.379 --> 00:06:01.779 And so today we're going to walk through it by asking four questions. 00:06:02.579 --> 00:06:04.279 Four questions of this passage. 00:06:05.639 --> 00:06:07.719 And as we're answering these questions, 00:06:07.719 --> 00:06:10.000 we're going to try and deal with some of the tensions. 00:06:10.159 --> 00:06:14.159 And we're going to try and apply it again as it relates to our faith 00:06:14.159 --> 00:06:15.399 and our following of Jesus 00:06:15.399 --> 00:06:18.819 and how we interact with those around us. 00:06:19.699 --> 00:06:20.620 So four questions. 00:06:20.759 --> 00:06:24.620 Question number one from Revelation 20. 00:06:26.379 --> 00:06:27.699 11 to 15. 00:06:28.540 --> 00:06:30.339 What does John see? 00:06:32.959 --> 00:06:35.639 Of course, that may seem like stating the obvious, 00:06:35.819 --> 00:06:37.519 but let's walk through it again. 00:06:37.659 --> 00:06:41.019 Put simply, John sees the final judgment. 00:06:43.339 --> 00:06:44.939 This is, on the one hand, 00:06:45.019 --> 00:06:51.000 the tragic end of a staggering number of individuals who did not repent, 00:06:51.120 --> 00:06:55.540 who spent their life in war against the Lamb and the Lamb's people. 00:06:56.379 --> 00:07:00.480 But on another hand, it's sin's last breath. 00:07:02.639 --> 00:07:05.360 After thousands of years of wreaking havoc, 00:07:05.540 --> 00:07:08.899 from Lucifer's war for the throne in heaven, 00:07:09.540 --> 00:07:12.600 to the wickedness in the days of Noah, 00:07:13.060 --> 00:07:15.139 when God was sad that He even made man, 00:07:16.139 --> 00:07:19.040 to more modern examples of things like the Holocaust, 00:07:19.040 --> 00:07:20.040 thousands of years of havoc. 00:07:20.040 --> 00:07:23.120 Thousands of years of havoc, 00:07:23.280 --> 00:07:25.960 and sin breathes its last breath. 00:07:27.760 --> 00:07:29.140 It's the last chapter. 00:07:29.260 --> 00:07:30.180 The book is closed. 00:07:30.300 --> 00:07:30.879 It's done. 00:07:32.100 --> 00:07:33.439 This is the resolution 00:07:33.439 --> 00:07:36.960 that all of creation has been groaning for 00:07:36.960 --> 00:07:39.340 since Genesis chapter 3. 00:07:39.339 --> 00:07:43.719 And this is the final move 00:07:43.719 --> 00:07:46.419 before the new heavens and the new earth come down. 00:07:47.439 --> 00:07:48.539 The place where God 00:07:48.539 --> 00:07:50.739 will dwell with His people forever. 00:07:51.659 --> 00:07:54.539 And no detestable thing will ever enter into it. 00:07:54.599 --> 00:07:57.099 This place that is free of sin and free of death. 00:07:57.100 --> 00:08:02.120 So John sees the final judgment. 00:08:02.620 --> 00:08:05.340 It's both tragic and wonderful. 00:08:07.800 --> 00:08:09.100 That's the first question. 00:08:09.220 --> 00:08:10.640 John sees the final judgment. 00:08:10.820 --> 00:08:12.240 But then we have to ask, 00:08:12.680 --> 00:08:13.540 who's there? 00:08:14.320 --> 00:08:16.600 Who does John see at this judgment? 00:08:16.600 --> 00:08:19.500 Well, if you look in verse 11, 00:08:19.620 --> 00:08:21.820 the first person that John sees 00:08:21.820 --> 00:08:23.280 is the one on the throne. 00:08:24.820 --> 00:08:27.480 Notice he's on a great and white throne. 00:08:28.560 --> 00:08:30.460 It's great because it's unrivaled. 00:08:31.060 --> 00:08:33.180 This isn't one throne among many thrones. 00:08:33.300 --> 00:08:34.639 This is the throne of thrones. 00:08:34.740 --> 00:08:36.700 This is the only throne at the end of time 00:08:36.700 --> 00:08:38.440 when judgment comes that matters. 00:08:40.960 --> 00:08:43.779 And it's white because of a few reasons. 00:08:44.500 --> 00:08:45.920 This word white in Revelation, 00:08:45.919 --> 00:08:47.319 it speaks of purity. 00:08:47.860 --> 00:08:49.219 It speaks of holiness. 00:08:49.799 --> 00:08:50.939 It speaks of wisdom. 00:08:52.379 --> 00:08:54.120 So the judge on this throne, 00:08:54.379 --> 00:08:55.500 on this great white throne, 00:08:56.159 --> 00:08:57.699 he sees everything perfectly. 00:08:58.240 --> 00:09:01.000 He knows everything that each person has ever done. 00:09:01.079 --> 00:09:03.240 There's nothing that escapes his vision 00:09:03.240 --> 00:09:06.699 or his knowledge or his justice. 00:09:08.379 --> 00:09:10.519 That makes him uniquely qualified 00:09:10.519 --> 00:09:12.219 to judge the nations. 00:09:12.419 --> 00:09:14.159 He will judge everybody with equity 00:09:14.159 --> 00:09:15.219 and with fairness. 00:09:16.719 --> 00:09:18.019 There's no need to wonder 00:09:18.019 --> 00:09:19.219 at the end of this judgment 00:09:19.219 --> 00:09:21.579 whether God was just and fair and right. 00:09:23.179 --> 00:09:24.659 It's because of who he is. 00:09:26.759 --> 00:09:27.759 But who is this? 00:09:28.039 --> 00:09:29.360 So is this, 00:09:29.599 --> 00:09:31.000 are we talking about God the Father here? 00:09:31.079 --> 00:09:33.079 Are we talking about the Son, Jesus? 00:09:33.080 --> 00:09:33.280 Jesus? 00:09:36.379 --> 00:09:37.379 When Revelation, 00:09:37.700 --> 00:09:38.820 the one on the throne 00:09:38.820 --> 00:09:40.139 is always seen as the Father, 00:09:40.520 --> 00:09:43.040 the Ancient of Days from Daniel chapter 7. 00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:44.420 However, 00:09:45.080 --> 00:09:46.080 the Lamb, Jesus, 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:47.800 is always seen in the midst of the throne. 00:09:48.020 --> 00:09:49.080 And he's always the one 00:09:49.080 --> 00:09:50.900 kind of carrying out the judgment. 00:09:51.139 --> 00:09:52.879 Remember back to chapter 5, 00:09:52.960 --> 00:09:54.320 it's the Lion of Judah. 00:09:55.460 --> 00:09:56.259 He alone, 00:09:56.340 --> 00:09:57.900 who is worthy to take the scroll 00:09:57.900 --> 00:09:59.080 and to break its seals 00:09:59.080 --> 00:10:00.300 and to carry out judgment. 00:10:00.299 --> 00:10:02.519 So rather than saying it's, 00:10:02.719 --> 00:10:03.779 well maybe it's the Father, 00:10:03.899 --> 00:10:04.419 maybe it's Jesus, 00:10:04.599 --> 00:10:05.319 it's yes. 00:10:05.899 --> 00:10:06.639 It's a both and. 00:10:07.299 --> 00:10:08.240 The Father and the Son 00:10:08.240 --> 00:10:10.500 are united in this judgment. 00:10:12.819 --> 00:10:14.000 In John's Gospel, 00:10:14.159 --> 00:10:16.179 Jesus says that the Father judges no one 00:10:16.179 --> 00:10:18.120 but has given all judgment 00:10:18.120 --> 00:10:19.399 into the hands of the Son. 00:10:19.399 --> 00:10:23.159 So the first person John sees 00:10:23.159 --> 00:10:25.120 is God on his throne. 00:10:26.720 --> 00:10:29.059 But then of course in verses 12 and 13, 00:10:29.279 --> 00:10:32.720 we see those who are standing before the throne, 00:10:32.860 --> 00:10:35.360 those who are being judged. 00:10:37.039 --> 00:10:38.939 And notice how John describes them. 00:10:40.379 --> 00:10:45.500 Four times in verses 12 and 13, 00:10:45.639 --> 00:10:47.279 they are referred to as the dead. 00:10:47.279 --> 00:10:49.839 I saw the dead, 00:10:49.980 --> 00:10:50.699 great and small. 00:10:51.439 --> 00:10:53.000 And the dead were judged 00:10:53.000 --> 00:10:54.360 by what was written in the books. 00:10:54.699 --> 00:10:55.339 Verse 13, 00:10:55.439 --> 00:10:57.339 the sea gave up the dead who were in it. 00:10:57.879 --> 00:10:59.539 Death and Hades gave up the dead 00:10:59.539 --> 00:11:00.919 who were in them. 00:11:04.339 --> 00:11:06.600 They're also described as great and small. 00:11:08.240 --> 00:11:08.699 Of course, 00:11:08.819 --> 00:11:10.059 we're not talking about 00:11:10.059 --> 00:11:11.799 seven foot basketball players 00:11:11.799 --> 00:11:13.639 and three foot six, 00:11:14.259 --> 00:11:14.939 nine year olds. 00:11:14.940 --> 00:11:17.340 The great and small is referring 00:11:17.340 --> 00:11:19.260 not to a physical stature 00:11:19.260 --> 00:11:21.440 but to the rich and powerful 00:11:21.440 --> 00:11:22.620 and mighty and influential 00:11:22.620 --> 00:11:23.800 and celebrities 00:11:23.800 --> 00:11:25.720 and those who are poor 00:11:25.720 --> 00:11:26.600 and insignificant, 00:11:26.960 --> 00:11:28.380 those overlooked by the world. 00:11:30.980 --> 00:11:32.380 John wants us to see 00:11:32.380 --> 00:11:33.360 in this description, 00:11:33.540 --> 00:11:34.080 great and small, 00:11:34.180 --> 00:11:36.660 that no class or social status 00:11:36.660 --> 00:11:37.520 of people 00:11:37.520 --> 00:11:39.420 escape this judgment. 00:11:40.900 --> 00:11:41.860 This judgment 00:11:41.860 --> 00:11:44.460 involves everyone. 00:11:44.940 --> 00:11:48.800 And I find it so interesting 00:11:48.800 --> 00:11:50.320 that everybody's standing 00:11:50.320 --> 00:11:51.180 before the throne 00:11:51.180 --> 00:11:52.660 but no words 00:11:52.660 --> 00:11:54.840 come up in this passage. 00:11:56.600 --> 00:11:58.500 Nobody's pleading for their lives. 00:11:58.720 --> 00:12:00.780 The judge is not seen speaking here. 00:12:00.900 --> 00:12:01.780 So what's going on? 00:12:01.860 --> 00:12:03.860 We don't even really have enough 00:12:03.860 --> 00:12:04.840 to speculate. 00:12:05.900 --> 00:12:08.020 But it seems that these dead 00:12:08.020 --> 00:12:09.000 are just standing there 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:09.960 waiting for God 00:12:09.960 --> 00:12:11.379 to pronounce 00:12:11.379 --> 00:12:12.460 the judgment. 00:12:15.100 --> 00:12:15.720 And notice too 00:12:15.720 --> 00:12:16.400 where they're from. 00:12:16.620 --> 00:12:17.259 These dead, 00:12:17.500 --> 00:12:18.580 where did they come from? 00:12:18.660 --> 00:12:19.560 Well, it tells us that 00:12:19.560 --> 00:12:21.980 they're coming out of the sea, 00:12:22.139 --> 00:12:23.060 they're coming out of death 00:12:23.060 --> 00:12:23.540 and Hades, 00:12:23.700 --> 00:12:24.600 that these places 00:12:24.600 --> 00:12:25.960 are surrendering the dead 00:12:25.960 --> 00:12:27.240 that they've been housing 00:12:27.240 --> 00:12:28.280 somehow 00:12:28.280 --> 00:12:30.139 for any number of years. 00:12:30.139 --> 00:12:33.439 So we're probably 00:12:33.439 --> 00:12:34.399 wondering, 00:12:34.819 --> 00:12:36.419 are Christians here too? 00:12:39.019 --> 00:12:40.120 It's hard to be certain. 00:12:40.360 --> 00:12:42.259 I'm not totally 00:12:42.259 --> 00:12:43.899 decided one way or another 00:12:43.899 --> 00:12:45.039 but I want to say 00:12:45.039 --> 00:12:45.659 a couple of things 00:12:45.659 --> 00:12:46.199 and then give you 00:12:46.199 --> 00:12:47.299 my best sense of 00:12:47.299 --> 00:12:48.899 who is at this judgment. 00:12:50.840 --> 00:12:51.980 First, we know from 00:12:51.980 --> 00:12:53.939 2 Corinthians 5 verse 10, 00:12:53.940 --> 00:12:57.020 Paul says that 00:12:57.020 --> 00:12:58.380 we must all stand 00:12:58.380 --> 00:12:59.600 before the judgment seat 00:12:59.600 --> 00:13:00.320 of Christ. 00:13:01.960 --> 00:13:02.940 So Paul is saying 00:13:02.940 --> 00:13:03.600 even Christians 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:04.480 someday will stand 00:13:04.480 --> 00:13:05.120 before Jesus 00:13:05.120 --> 00:13:05.920 and give account 00:13:05.920 --> 00:13:07.120 of our entire lives. 00:13:09.460 --> 00:13:10.740 But then we also know, 00:13:10.800 --> 00:13:10.940 right, 00:13:11.040 --> 00:13:12.420 that because we are 00:13:12.420 --> 00:13:13.100 in Jesus, 00:13:13.260 --> 00:13:13.840 because we are 00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:15.000 followers of Jesus, 00:13:15.740 --> 00:13:16.440 Romans 8 verse 1 00:13:16.440 --> 00:13:16.860 tells us, 00:13:16.980 --> 00:13:17.800 there is therefore 00:13:17.800 --> 00:13:18.980 now no condemnation. 00:13:20.640 --> 00:13:21.700 So there is not 00:13:21.700 --> 00:13:23.540 a true born again 00:13:23.539 --> 00:13:25.000 Christian on planet earth 00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:25.919 who needs to fear 00:13:25.919 --> 00:13:26.839 standing before 00:13:26.839 --> 00:13:28.339 the judgment seat 00:13:28.339 --> 00:13:28.879 of Christ 00:13:28.879 --> 00:13:30.259 because being in Christ 00:13:30.259 --> 00:13:30.959 they are forgiven 00:13:30.959 --> 00:13:32.559 and the judgment 00:13:32.559 --> 00:13:33.000 was, 00:13:33.339 --> 00:13:34.179 the wrath was poured 00:13:34.179 --> 00:13:35.000 out on Christ 00:13:35.000 --> 00:13:37.219 so that we might 00:13:37.219 --> 00:13:37.879 have life. 00:13:40.379 --> 00:13:41.279 But that being said, 00:13:41.459 --> 00:13:43.419 I do not think 00:13:43.419 --> 00:13:43.980 that Christians 00:13:43.980 --> 00:13:45.439 are in the depiction 00:13:45.439 --> 00:13:46.039 of judgment 00:13:46.039 --> 00:13:48.079 here in Revelation 20. 00:13:50.500 --> 00:13:51.819 Three reasons why. 00:13:53.539 --> 00:13:54.559 when the dead 00:13:54.559 --> 00:13:55.339 seems to be a really 00:13:55.339 --> 00:13:56.120 strange way 00:13:56.120 --> 00:13:57.279 to refer to Christians. 00:13:58.319 --> 00:13:59.779 Seems a strange name 00:13:59.779 --> 00:14:00.939 to apply to a believer, 00:14:01.099 --> 00:14:01.240 right, 00:14:01.299 --> 00:14:01.579 because 00:14:01.579 --> 00:14:03.919 though we die, 00:14:04.019 --> 00:14:04.500 we live. 00:14:06.139 --> 00:14:06.599 Those who, 00:14:06.839 --> 00:14:08.000 those Christians who died 00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:08.620 when we see them 00:14:08.620 --> 00:14:09.519 in the book of Revelation, 00:14:09.679 --> 00:14:10.120 they're always 00:14:10.120 --> 00:14:11.419 seeming to be alive 00:14:11.419 --> 00:14:11.939 spiritually, 00:14:12.139 --> 00:14:13.120 speaking to God 00:14:13.120 --> 00:14:14.919 or singing His praises 00:14:14.919 --> 00:14:16.439 like the martyrs 00:14:16.439 --> 00:14:17.519 under the altar 00:14:17.519 --> 00:14:18.539 in chapter 6 00:14:18.539 --> 00:14:20.959 or in the song of Moses 00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:22.180 from chapter 15. 00:14:24.600 --> 00:14:25.019 Also, 00:14:25.259 --> 00:14:25.840 another reason 00:14:25.840 --> 00:14:26.400 why I don't think 00:14:26.400 --> 00:14:27.100 Christians are there 00:14:27.100 --> 00:14:28.379 is because of the places 00:14:28.379 --> 00:14:29.540 that are giving up 00:14:29.540 --> 00:14:29.940 the dead. 00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:32.120 Death and Hades, 00:14:32.280 --> 00:14:32.660 if you remember 00:14:32.660 --> 00:14:33.879 back in chapter 6, 00:14:34.040 --> 00:14:34.700 death was the one 00:14:34.700 --> 00:14:35.660 on the rider 00:14:35.660 --> 00:14:36.620 of the pale horse. 00:14:37.879 --> 00:14:38.700 He's an agent 00:14:38.700 --> 00:14:39.700 of God's judgment 00:14:39.700 --> 00:14:40.420 who goes out 00:14:40.420 --> 00:14:41.440 to kill a quarter 00:14:41.440 --> 00:14:42.180 of the world. 00:14:44.220 --> 00:14:44.900 And the sea, 00:14:45.620 --> 00:14:46.280 though sometimes 00:14:46.280 --> 00:14:47.040 just refers to 00:14:47.040 --> 00:14:48.480 that physical body 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:49.519 of water over there, 00:14:50.659 --> 00:14:51.460 many other times 00:14:51.460 --> 00:14:52.000 in Revelation 00:14:52.000 --> 00:14:53.060 speaks of this place 00:14:53.060 --> 00:14:53.600 of chaos, 00:14:54.060 --> 00:14:55.300 this place of evil 00:14:55.300 --> 00:14:56.560 that God must subdue. 00:14:57.920 --> 00:14:59.060 And in chapter 17, 00:14:59.279 --> 00:15:00.320 the sea is referred to 00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:01.340 as all the nations 00:15:01.340 --> 00:15:02.820 that the prostitute 00:15:02.820 --> 00:15:03.920 is seated upon 00:15:03.920 --> 00:15:04.840 and is seduced 00:15:04.840 --> 00:15:05.899 and influenced 00:15:05.899 --> 00:15:06.960 away from God. 00:15:09.139 --> 00:15:10.539 And then in chapter 20, 00:15:10.680 --> 00:15:11.960 it seems that 00:15:11.960 --> 00:15:12.779 there's a distinction 00:15:12.779 --> 00:15:13.560 between those 00:15:13.560 --> 00:15:14.620 who have been 00:15:14.620 --> 00:15:16.039 raised with Jesus 00:15:16.039 --> 00:15:16.940 to participate 00:15:16.940 --> 00:15:18.399 in this thousand years 00:15:18.399 --> 00:15:19.519 and those 00:15:19.519 --> 00:15:20.319 who remain dead 00:15:20.319 --> 00:15:21.220 until the end. 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:23.699 If all of the Christians 00:15:23.699 --> 00:15:24.199 are raised 00:15:24.199 --> 00:15:24.980 to reign with Jesus, 00:15:25.199 --> 00:15:25.860 then that stands 00:15:25.860 --> 00:15:26.199 to reason 00:15:26.199 --> 00:15:27.279 that those who are left 00:15:27.279 --> 00:15:28.299 are non-Christians 00:15:28.299 --> 00:15:29.100 who will be raised 00:15:29.100 --> 00:15:30.019 to judgment. 00:15:31.539 --> 00:15:32.139 And immediately 00:15:32.139 --> 00:15:33.379 before our text 00:15:33.379 --> 00:15:33.939 this morning, 00:15:34.340 --> 00:15:35.740 we see the defeat 00:15:35.740 --> 00:15:36.259 of Satan, 00:15:36.459 --> 00:15:37.480 which seems to flow 00:15:37.480 --> 00:15:38.600 right into the defeat 00:15:38.600 --> 00:15:39.279 of all those 00:15:39.279 --> 00:15:39.819 who have aligned 00:15:39.819 --> 00:15:41.259 themselves with him. 00:15:43.179 --> 00:15:44.379 So that's my best sense 00:15:44.379 --> 00:15:45.779 of who's at this judgment. 00:15:45.919 --> 00:15:46.460 The judge 00:15:46.460 --> 00:15:48.320 and all of those 00:15:48.320 --> 00:15:49.860 who die apart 00:15:49.860 --> 00:15:50.840 from Jesus Christ. 00:15:53.040 --> 00:15:54.139 Before we answer 00:15:54.139 --> 00:15:55.500 the fourth question 00:15:55.500 --> 00:15:56.440 of, well, 00:15:56.620 --> 00:15:57.620 how is judgment 00:15:57.620 --> 00:15:58.800 carried out? 00:15:59.080 --> 00:16:00.160 What are the criteria? 00:16:01.620 --> 00:16:02.460 I want us to focus 00:16:02.460 --> 00:16:03.740 on this third question 00:16:03.740 --> 00:16:04.600 of what is this 00:16:04.600 --> 00:16:05.240 lake of fire? 00:16:05.960 --> 00:16:06.580 It's important 00:16:06.580 --> 00:16:07.200 that we 00:16:07.200 --> 00:16:09.680 actually get 00:16:09.680 --> 00:16:10.720 a clear sense 00:16:10.720 --> 00:16:11.900 of what this place 00:16:11.900 --> 00:16:12.680 is. 00:16:12.679 --> 00:16:13.799 because people 00:16:13.799 --> 00:16:14.839 want to distort it, 00:16:14.939 --> 00:16:15.979 they want to 00:16:15.979 --> 00:16:18.579 make it sound 00:16:18.579 --> 00:16:19.359 like it's 00:16:19.359 --> 00:16:20.719 less than 00:16:20.719 --> 00:16:21.620 what it actually is, 00:16:21.699 --> 00:16:22.819 that it's a different 00:16:22.819 --> 00:16:24.259 kind of judgment 00:16:24.259 --> 00:16:24.879 than what 00:16:24.879 --> 00:16:26.319 the Bible talks about. 00:16:26.439 --> 00:16:27.099 So let's just 00:16:27.099 --> 00:16:28.279 ask the question, 00:16:28.399 --> 00:16:28.939 what is this 00:16:28.939 --> 00:16:30.059 lake of fire? 00:16:31.959 --> 00:16:32.959 In chapters 19 00:16:32.959 --> 00:16:33.419 and 20, 00:16:33.500 --> 00:16:34.159 we see that this 00:16:34.159 --> 00:16:34.819 is a place 00:16:34.819 --> 00:16:37.120 where the beast, 00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:38.299 the false prophet, 00:16:38.679 --> 00:16:39.479 and their boss, 00:16:39.599 --> 00:16:39.839 Satan, 00:16:40.539 --> 00:16:41.599 are cast forever. 00:16:41.600 --> 00:16:44.040 the anti-trinity 00:16:44.040 --> 00:16:45.980 is thrown 00:16:45.980 --> 00:16:46.600 into the lake 00:16:46.600 --> 00:16:47.040 of fire. 00:16:48.820 --> 00:16:49.420 And if you look 00:16:49.420 --> 00:16:50.100 in verse 10 00:16:50.100 --> 00:16:50.940 of chapter 20, 00:16:51.980 --> 00:16:54.139 you see that 00:16:54.139 --> 00:16:55.500 they will be 00:16:55.500 --> 00:16:56.000 tormented 00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:56.779 their day and 00:16:56.779 --> 00:16:57.100 night 00:16:57.100 --> 00:16:58.680 without end. 00:17:02.180 --> 00:17:03.680 In chapter 14, 00:17:03.980 --> 00:17:05.480 verses 9 to 11, 00:17:06.279 --> 00:17:07.240 this torment 00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:07.599 occurs 00:17:08.220 --> 00:17:09.440 in the presence 00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:10.700 of God's 00:17:10.700 --> 00:17:11.539 holy angels 00:17:11.539 --> 00:17:12.960 and in the 00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:13.380 presence 00:17:13.380 --> 00:17:14.360 of the Lamb 00:17:14.360 --> 00:17:14.799 Himself. 00:17:17.600 --> 00:17:18.539 God is still 00:17:18.539 --> 00:17:18.880 there 00:17:18.880 --> 00:17:20.640 and it's 00:17:20.640 --> 00:17:21.059 horrible. 00:17:23.320 --> 00:17:23.740 I think 00:17:23.740 --> 00:17:25.880 this is one 00:17:25.880 --> 00:17:26.320 of the things 00:17:26.320 --> 00:17:26.900 that should 00:17:26.900 --> 00:17:27.600 help us 00:17:27.600 --> 00:17:28.740 when we're 00:17:28.740 --> 00:17:29.880 talking to 00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:30.420 non-believers. 00:17:31.259 --> 00:17:31.740 I'm guessing 00:17:31.740 --> 00:17:32.180 you've heard 00:17:32.180 --> 00:17:32.840 people talk 00:17:32.840 --> 00:17:33.080 about, 00:17:33.220 --> 00:17:33.279 well, 00:17:33.299 --> 00:17:33.900 I just can't 00:17:33.900 --> 00:17:34.980 wait until, 00:17:35.400 --> 00:17:35.620 you know, 00:17:35.700 --> 00:17:36.080 hell's going to 00:17:36.080 --> 00:17:36.900 be this huge 00:17:36.900 --> 00:17:37.299 party, 00:17:37.299 --> 00:17:37.599 right? 00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:38.720 And if I 00:17:38.720 --> 00:17:39.000 can just 00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:39.460 get there, 00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:39.799 then I'll 00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:40.180 be free 00:17:40.180 --> 00:17:40.619 of God 00:17:40.619 --> 00:17:40.980 and rid 00:17:40.980 --> 00:17:41.319 of all 00:17:41.319 --> 00:17:41.619 of His 00:17:41.619 --> 00:17:42.119 shackles 00:17:42.119 --> 00:17:42.899 and all 00:17:42.899 --> 00:17:43.220 of these 00:17:43.220 --> 00:17:44.059 Christians 00:17:44.059 --> 00:17:44.559 trying to 00:17:44.559 --> 00:17:44.839 tell me 00:17:44.839 --> 00:17:45.159 to abide 00:17:45.159 --> 00:17:45.519 by these 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:45.740 rules. 00:17:45.899 --> 00:17:46.940 And God's 00:17:46.940 --> 00:17:47.480 still there. 00:17:48.779 --> 00:17:49.419 This is not 00:17:49.419 --> 00:17:49.799 a place 00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:50.139 that you 00:17:50.139 --> 00:17:50.940 escape from 00:17:50.940 --> 00:17:51.220 God, 00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:51.500 that you 00:17:51.500 --> 00:17:51.960 somehow are 00:17:51.960 --> 00:17:52.440 set free 00:17:52.440 --> 00:17:52.980 and liberated 00:17:52.980 --> 00:17:53.279 to kind 00:17:53.279 --> 00:17:53.559 of do 00:17:53.559 --> 00:17:53.899 everything 00:17:53.899 --> 00:17:54.419 you want. 00:17:55.480 --> 00:17:55.819 And we 00:17:55.819 --> 00:17:56.279 can't let 00:17:56.279 --> 00:17:56.859 people walk 00:17:56.859 --> 00:17:57.460 around this 00:17:57.460 --> 00:17:57.759 planet 00:17:57.759 --> 00:17:58.740 thinking that's 00:17:58.740 --> 00:17:59.000 true. 00:18:00.220 --> 00:18:00.879 We must 00:18:00.879 --> 00:18:01.220 tell them, 00:18:01.299 --> 00:18:01.379 no, 00:18:01.599 --> 00:18:02.759 Jesus is still 00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:05.279 there and you 00:18:05.279 --> 00:18:05.639 will be in 00:18:05.640 --> 00:18:06.040 torment. 00:18:07.380 --> 00:18:07.960 You will 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:08.700 have no rest 00:18:08.700 --> 00:18:09.000 there. 00:18:09.200 --> 00:18:09.400 You will 00:18:09.400 --> 00:18:10.040 have no freedom 00:18:10.040 --> 00:18:10.600 from God. 00:18:11.080 --> 00:18:11.680 God will be 00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:12.640 there. 00:18:14.680 --> 00:18:15.320 Don't make 00:18:15.320 --> 00:18:15.759 the mistake 00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:16.080 of thinking 00:18:16.080 --> 00:18:16.580 this is a 00:18:16.580 --> 00:18:16.940 party. 00:18:21.980 --> 00:18:22.600 But it's 00:18:22.600 --> 00:18:23.120 not just the 00:18:23.120 --> 00:18:23.920 anti-trinity 00:18:23.920 --> 00:18:25.780 who will be 00:18:25.780 --> 00:18:26.280 in the lake 00:18:26.280 --> 00:18:26.759 of fire 00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:27.300 tormented 00:18:27.300 --> 00:18:27.900 day and 00:18:27.900 --> 00:18:28.180 night. 00:18:30.440 --> 00:18:31.180 It's also 00:18:31.180 --> 00:18:31.880 all of those 00:18:31.880 --> 00:18:32.460 who worship 00:18:32.460 --> 00:18:33.040 the beast 00:18:33.039 --> 00:18:34.659 and receive 00:18:34.659 --> 00:18:35.240 its mark. 00:18:36.639 --> 00:18:37.220 They are 00:18:37.220 --> 00:18:37.740 there too. 00:18:40.119 --> 00:18:40.359 And 00:18:40.359 --> 00:18:40.859 Revelation 00:18:40.859 --> 00:18:41.480 has been 00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:42.180 giving us 00:18:42.180 --> 00:18:42.920 this very 00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:43.779 clear 00:18:43.779 --> 00:18:44.619 understanding 00:18:44.619 --> 00:18:45.859 over and 00:18:45.859 --> 00:18:46.279 over again 00:18:46.279 --> 00:18:46.619 that there 00:18:46.619 --> 00:18:47.039 are only 00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:47.680 two camps 00:18:47.680 --> 00:18:48.240 of people. 00:18:50.200 --> 00:18:50.839 You are 00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:51.859 either sealed 00:18:51.859 --> 00:18:52.279 by the 00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:52.619 lamb, 00:18:54.099 --> 00:18:54.779 bound for 00:18:54.779 --> 00:18:55.200 the new 00:18:55.200 --> 00:18:55.720 heavens and 00:18:55.720 --> 00:18:56.000 the new 00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:56.460 earth in 00:18:56.460 --> 00:18:56.940 the presence 00:18:56.940 --> 00:18:57.420 of God 00:18:57.420 --> 00:18:57.799 forever, 00:18:58.460 --> 00:19:00.440 or you 00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:00.859 are marked 00:19:00.859 --> 00:19:01.259 by the 00:19:01.259 --> 00:19:01.619 beast. 00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:04.039 And 00:19:04.039 --> 00:19:04.819 will spend 00:19:04.819 --> 00:19:05.539 eternity 00:19:05.539 --> 00:19:06.399 apart from 00:19:06.399 --> 00:19:07.019 the grace 00:19:07.019 --> 00:19:07.859 and mercy 00:19:07.859 --> 00:19:08.680 and kindness 00:19:08.680 --> 00:19:09.579 and glory 00:19:09.579 --> 00:19:10.460 of God, 00:19:10.539 --> 00:19:10.940 the one you 00:19:10.940 --> 00:19:11.619 were created 00:19:11.619 --> 00:19:12.279 to love 00:19:12.279 --> 00:19:13.000 and worship. 00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:15.220 Only two 00:19:15.220 --> 00:19:15.740 kinds of 00:19:15.740 --> 00:19:16.139 people. 00:19:18.539 --> 00:19:19.159 You're 00:19:19.159 --> 00:19:19.599 either sealed 00:19:19.599 --> 00:19:19.960 by the 00:19:19.960 --> 00:19:20.720 lamb or 00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:21.059 you're marked 00:19:21.059 --> 00:19:21.379 by the 00:19:21.379 --> 00:19:21.700 beast. 00:19:21.859 --> 00:19:22.220 And this 00:19:22.220 --> 00:19:23.379 text in 00:19:23.379 --> 00:19:24.480 the book 00:19:24.480 --> 00:19:25.059 of Revelation 00:19:25.059 --> 00:19:25.659 tells us 00:19:25.659 --> 00:19:25.940 that the 00:19:25.940 --> 00:19:26.299 lake of 00:19:26.299 --> 00:19:26.680 fire, 00:19:27.940 --> 00:19:28.139 which we 00:19:28.139 --> 00:19:28.480 could also 00:19:28.480 --> 00:19:29.379 describe as 00:19:29.379 --> 00:19:29.940 this is 00:19:29.940 --> 00:19:30.220 hell, 00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:30.720 right? 00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:31.259 Just so we're 00:19:31.259 --> 00:19:31.480 clear, 00:19:31.599 --> 00:19:32.079 this is 00:19:32.079 --> 00:19:32.379 hell. 00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:34.759 It is a 00:19:34.759 --> 00:19:35.740 real place 00:19:35.740 --> 00:19:37.460 of everlasting 00:19:37.460 --> 00:19:38.359 torment. 00:19:40.839 --> 00:19:41.740 Jesus in 00:19:41.740 --> 00:19:42.259 Matthew 00:19:42.259 --> 00:19:43.220 chapter 25 00:19:43.220 --> 00:19:43.879 says that 00:19:43.879 --> 00:19:44.259 God has 00:19:44.259 --> 00:19:44.859 prepared it 00:19:44.859 --> 00:19:45.180 for the 00:19:45.180 --> 00:19:45.639 devil and 00:19:45.639 --> 00:19:46.259 his angels. 00:19:47.980 --> 00:19:48.579 And we 00:19:48.579 --> 00:19:48.920 see in 00:19:48.920 --> 00:19:49.779 Revelation 14 00:19:49.779 --> 00:19:50.279 that it 00:19:50.279 --> 00:19:51.420 is those 00:19:51.420 --> 00:19:51.920 people who 00:19:51.920 --> 00:19:52.579 die apart 00:19:52.579 --> 00:19:53.980 from faith 00:19:53.980 --> 00:19:54.399 in Jesus 00:19:54.399 --> 00:19:56.319 Christ that 00:19:56.319 --> 00:19:56.639 they will 00:19:56.639 --> 00:19:56.980 go there 00:19:56.980 --> 00:19:57.259 too. 00:19:57.379 --> 00:19:57.619 And it's 00:19:57.619 --> 00:19:58.000 a place 00:19:58.000 --> 00:19:58.519 that Jesus 00:19:58.519 --> 00:19:59.460 himself says 00:19:59.460 --> 00:20:00.399 is a 00:20:00.399 --> 00:20:00.700 place of 00:20:00.700 --> 00:20:01.139 eternal 00:20:01.139 --> 00:20:02.039 punishment. 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:07.299 my shoulders 00:20:07.299 --> 00:20:07.980 just kind 00:20:07.980 --> 00:20:08.839 of droop 00:20:08.839 --> 00:20:10.139 and drop 00:20:10.139 --> 00:20:10.599 when I 00:20:10.599 --> 00:20:11.359 say these 00:20:11.359 --> 00:20:11.720 things. 00:20:13.720 --> 00:20:14.680 I think it's 00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:15.279 right that this 00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:15.759 should be 00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:16.299 uncomfortable 00:20:16.299 --> 00:20:17.440 for us. 00:20:18.759 --> 00:20:19.500 There's no 00:20:19.500 --> 00:20:20.339 easy way to 00:20:20.339 --> 00:20:20.960 talk about 00:20:20.960 --> 00:20:21.700 something that 00:20:21.700 --> 00:20:22.799 is so 00:20:22.799 --> 00:20:23.799 final 00:20:23.799 --> 00:20:25.500 and so 00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:26.779 scary to 00:20:26.779 --> 00:20:27.299 think about. 00:20:27.299 --> 00:20:27.339 God. 00:20:30.339 --> 00:20:31.240 But what we 00:20:31.240 --> 00:20:31.700 know about 00:20:31.700 --> 00:20:32.319 God can 00:20:32.319 --> 00:20:33.240 help us 00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:34.180 deal with 00:20:34.180 --> 00:20:35.059 the discomfort. 00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:37.019 It's not 00:20:37.019 --> 00:20:37.240 going to 00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:37.799 eliminate it. 00:20:37.919 --> 00:20:38.379 I don't 00:20:38.379 --> 00:20:38.740 have any 00:20:38.740 --> 00:20:40.119 pill. 00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:40.559 Just take 00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:41.419 this and 00:20:41.419 --> 00:20:43.019 the discomfort 00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:43.379 will go 00:20:43.379 --> 00:20:43.579 away. 00:20:43.740 --> 00:20:44.240 But what we 00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:44.619 know about 00:20:44.619 --> 00:20:45.059 God can 00:20:45.059 --> 00:20:45.359 help. 00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:47.980 Hell is 00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:48.559 God's 00:20:48.559 --> 00:20:49.159 idea. 00:20:50.460 --> 00:20:51.460 This is not 00:20:51.460 --> 00:20:52.059 some human 00:20:52.059 --> 00:20:52.619 notion that 00:20:52.619 --> 00:20:53.259 we've conjured 00:20:53.259 --> 00:20:54.039 up to try 00:20:54.039 --> 00:20:54.519 and get people 00:20:54.519 --> 00:20:54.980 to obey 00:20:54.980 --> 00:20:55.940 rules through 00:20:55.940 --> 00:20:56.860 fear tactics 00:20:56.860 --> 00:20:57.940 and manipulation. 00:20:58.640 --> 00:20:59.440 God has 00:20:59.440 --> 00:21:00.259 created this 00:21:00.259 --> 00:21:01.019 place for the 00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:01.779 devil and 00:21:01.779 --> 00:21:02.380 his angels. 00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:04.000 It's God's 00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:04.380 idea. 00:21:06.160 --> 00:21:06.860 We know 00:21:06.860 --> 00:21:07.320 that God 00:21:07.320 --> 00:21:08.039 is holy. 00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:09.799 We sang it 00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:10.320 this morning. 00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:12.900 He's holy 00:21:12.900 --> 00:21:13.460 which means 00:21:13.460 --> 00:21:14.460 that he's 00:21:14.460 --> 00:21:14.980 entirely 00:21:14.980 --> 00:21:16.200 distinct and 00:21:16.200 --> 00:21:16.980 he's not 00:21:16.980 --> 00:21:17.840 corrupted by 00:21:17.840 --> 00:21:18.420 sin and 00:21:18.420 --> 00:21:18.860 he's not 00:21:18.860 --> 00:21:19.920 influenced by 00:21:19.920 --> 00:21:21.200 anything bad 00:21:21.200 --> 00:21:22.160 or detestable. 00:21:24.059 --> 00:21:24.580 It's why in 00:21:24.580 --> 00:21:25.240 verse 11 of 00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:25.820 our text the 00:21:25.819 --> 00:21:26.220 earth and 00:21:26.220 --> 00:21:26.980 sky flee 00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:27.460 from him 00:21:27.460 --> 00:21:27.779 and there's 00:21:27.779 --> 00:21:28.220 no place 00:21:28.220 --> 00:21:28.659 found for 00:21:28.659 --> 00:21:28.879 them. 00:21:29.460 --> 00:21:30.079 Because the 00:21:30.079 --> 00:21:30.579 one on the 00:21:30.579 --> 00:21:30.939 throne is 00:21:30.939 --> 00:21:31.539 so holy 00:21:31.539 --> 00:21:32.359 that the 00:21:32.359 --> 00:21:33.319 creation itself 00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:33.839 that's been 00:21:33.839 --> 00:21:35.240 corrupted and 00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:35.720 stained by 00:21:35.720 --> 00:21:36.220 sin just 00:21:36.220 --> 00:21:36.960 flees from 00:21:36.960 --> 00:21:37.480 his presence. 00:21:38.539 --> 00:21:38.939 There's nowhere 00:21:38.939 --> 00:21:39.519 for him to 00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:40.279 go because 00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:40.720 God is 00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:41.259 holy. 00:21:44.879 --> 00:21:45.559 And God 00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:46.139 is good. 00:21:47.960 --> 00:21:48.599 God is 00:21:48.599 --> 00:21:48.939 good. 00:21:50.399 --> 00:21:51.079 We know 00:21:51.079 --> 00:21:51.519 that he will 00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:51.879 not do 00:21:51.879 --> 00:21:52.339 anything 00:21:52.339 --> 00:21:53.159 contrary to 00:21:53.159 --> 00:21:53.779 his nature. 00:21:54.359 --> 00:21:54.799 And we 00:21:54.799 --> 00:21:55.159 know that 00:21:55.160 --> 00:21:55.660 he's good. 00:21:56.160 --> 00:21:56.640 And if you 00:21:56.640 --> 00:21:56.960 need to 00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:57.480 wonder if 00:21:57.480 --> 00:21:57.840 he's good 00:21:57.840 --> 00:21:58.100 or not 00:21:58.100 --> 00:21:58.500 just look 00:21:58.500 --> 00:21:58.759 to the 00:21:58.759 --> 00:21:59.120 cross. 00:21:59.300 --> 00:22:00.000 You see 00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:00.860 the slain 00:22:00.860 --> 00:22:01.259 lamb, 00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:03.480 God's escape 00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:04.560 route from 00:22:04.560 --> 00:22:05.779 this judgment. 00:22:06.240 --> 00:22:06.580 God is 00:22:06.580 --> 00:22:06.900 good. 00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:07.560 He's provided 00:22:07.560 --> 00:22:08.100 a way or 00:22:08.100 --> 00:22:08.779 else none 00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:09.460 of us 00:22:09.460 --> 00:22:10.779 would have 00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.240 hope. 00:22:12.580 --> 00:22:13.500 He's good. 00:22:15.980 --> 00:22:16.220 And so 00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:17.000 by faith we 00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:17.980 must submit 00:22:17.980 --> 00:22:18.519 any of the 00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:19.120 discomfort, 00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:19.860 any of the 00:22:19.860 --> 00:22:20.860 things hard to 00:22:20.860 --> 00:22:21.820 stomach about 00:22:21.820 --> 00:22:22.800 hell, we must 00:22:22.800 --> 00:22:23.420 submit him to 00:22:23.420 --> 00:22:23.880 what we know 00:22:23.880 --> 00:22:24.400 about God. 00:22:24.860 --> 00:22:25.519 He's just, 00:22:25.840 --> 00:22:26.440 he's holy, 00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:27.360 he's good. 00:22:27.800 --> 00:22:28.400 This is his 00:22:28.400 --> 00:22:28.880 idea. 00:22:31.140 --> 00:22:31.940 It probably 00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:32.539 shouldn't make 00:22:32.539 --> 00:22:33.180 sense in our 00:22:33.180 --> 00:22:33.900 little human 00:22:33.900 --> 00:22:35.240 brains how 00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:35.960 this all works 00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:36.259 out. 00:22:37.640 --> 00:22:38.440 But we must 00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:39.039 trust him. 00:22:39.380 --> 00:22:39.940 We can't do 00:22:39.940 --> 00:22:40.460 the opposite. 00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:42.120 So there's a 00:22:42.120 --> 00:22:43.039 way that folks 00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:43.920 at different 00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:44.580 points in time 00:22:44.580 --> 00:22:45.100 will do 00:22:45.100 --> 00:22:45.700 something like 00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:46.820 since God is 00:22:46.820 --> 00:22:49.200 love, hell 00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:50.900 can't be what 00:22:50.900 --> 00:22:52.340 so and so 00:22:52.340 --> 00:22:52.840 is saying it 00:22:52.840 --> 00:22:53.180 is. 00:22:53.460 --> 00:22:54.060 If God's 00:22:54.060 --> 00:22:54.360 love, he 00:22:54.360 --> 00:22:54.700 would not 00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:55.080 create a 00:22:55.080 --> 00:22:55.519 place like 00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:55.900 this. 00:22:57.300 --> 00:22:57.420 Right? 00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:58.380 But our 00:22:58.380 --> 00:22:59.960 text, it's 00:22:59.960 --> 00:23:00.519 right here. 00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:01.540 We can't 00:23:01.540 --> 00:23:02.220 escape it. 00:23:02.519 --> 00:23:03.340 God is love 00:23:03.340 --> 00:23:04.360 and God did 00:23:04.360 --> 00:23:05.080 create a place 00:23:05.080 --> 00:23:05.680 like this. 00:23:06.480 --> 00:23:07.259 We have to be 00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:08.040 able to hold 00:23:08.040 --> 00:23:08.600 these things 00:23:08.600 --> 00:23:09.080 together. 00:23:09.540 --> 00:23:10.280 And where we 00:23:10.280 --> 00:23:11.160 don't see how 00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:12.000 they meet, we 00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:12.380 say, God, I 00:23:12.380 --> 00:23:12.860 trust you. 00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:13.380 You're good, 00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:13.900 you're holy, 00:23:14.019 --> 00:23:14.519 you're right, 00:23:14.820 --> 00:23:15.500 you're just. 00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:17.100 This is hard, 00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:18.780 but I believe 00:23:18.780 --> 00:23:19.000 you. 00:23:19.619 --> 00:23:20.299 I trust you. 00:23:20.740 --> 00:23:21.160 There's no 00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:21.640 other way that 00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:22.079 we can move 00:23:22.079 --> 00:23:23.539 forward faithfully 00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:25.160 and honestly if 00:23:25.160 --> 00:23:25.799 we believe that 00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:26.480 this text is 00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:26.720 true. 00:23:31.140 --> 00:23:31.900 And if it 00:23:31.900 --> 00:23:34.740 helps, I was 00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:35.400 doing the math 00:23:35.400 --> 00:23:36.059 a couple weeks 00:23:36.059 --> 00:23:36.859 ago and realized 00:23:36.859 --> 00:23:38.839 that by God's 00:23:38.839 --> 00:23:39.339 grace, I had 00:23:39.339 --> 00:23:39.960 had the opportunity 00:23:39.960 --> 00:23:40.740 to preach over 00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:41.799 a hundred sermons 00:23:41.799 --> 00:23:42.900 downstairs at our 00:23:42.900 --> 00:23:43.680 homeless breakfast 00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:44.299 on Sunday 00:23:44.299 --> 00:23:44.720 mornings. 00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:47.859 And most of 00:23:47.859 --> 00:23:48.539 those sermons, 00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:49.579 I have spoken 00:23:49.579 --> 00:23:50.399 of judgment. 00:23:51.899 --> 00:23:52.779 I've spoken 00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:53.680 of this 00:23:53.680 --> 00:23:54.980 terrible place 00:23:54.980 --> 00:23:56.359 that unrepentant 00:23:56.359 --> 00:23:56.879 sinners will 00:23:56.879 --> 00:23:57.720 spend eternity. 00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:01.700 It is not 00:24:01.700 --> 00:24:02.500 getting easier 00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:04.119 to preach that. 00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.500 It's not. 00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:07.299 In fact, it's 00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:07.879 getting harder 00:24:07.879 --> 00:24:08.440 as I get to 00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:08.940 know people 00:24:08.940 --> 00:24:09.319 and I see 00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:09.879 their faces 00:24:09.879 --> 00:24:10.879 and I recognize 00:24:10.879 --> 00:24:11.859 their great 00:24:11.859 --> 00:24:13.899 need, even 00:24:13.899 --> 00:24:14.460 more than they 00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:14.680 do. 00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:16.140 it doesn't 00:24:16.140 --> 00:24:17.019 get easier 00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:17.900 to say 00:24:17.900 --> 00:24:18.820 hell is real 00:24:18.820 --> 00:24:19.460 and you need 00:24:19.460 --> 00:24:20.000 to repent. 00:24:21.640 --> 00:24:22.120 It's 00:24:22.120 --> 00:24:23.100 necessary, right? 00:24:23.140 --> 00:24:23.900 If we believe 00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:24.720 that this Bible 00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.600 is true, we 00:24:25.600 --> 00:24:26.400 must say these 00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:27.100 things to people. 00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:27.920 We must warn 00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:28.620 them to flee 00:24:28.620 --> 00:24:29.299 from wrath. 00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:30.680 There's no other 00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:31.700 hope than to flee 00:24:31.700 --> 00:24:32.200 to Jesus. 00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:38.759 So the lake 00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.440 of fire is a 00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:39.940 very real 00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:40.759 place that God 00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.360 will send the 00:24:41.360 --> 00:24:41.900 devil and his 00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:42.539 angels and 00:24:42.539 --> 00:24:43.319 every person 00:24:43.319 --> 00:24:44.420 who does not 00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:45.100 repent of their 00:24:45.100 --> 00:24:45.799 sin and trust 00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:46.180 in Jesus 00:24:46.180 --> 00:24:46.660 Christ. 00:24:49.880 --> 00:24:50.660 So the final 00:24:50.660 --> 00:24:51.440 question, how 00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:52.460 are the dead 00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:53.259 to be judged? 00:24:55.360 --> 00:24:56.299 We can see this 00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:56.920 in a couple of 00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:57.620 verses, in verse 00:24:57.620 --> 00:24:58.279 12 and in 00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:58.980 verse 15. 00:24:58.980 --> 00:25:01.519 The short 00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:02.180 answer is that 00:25:02.180 --> 00:25:02.559 books are 00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:02.900 opened. 00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:05.720 And these 00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:06.160 books are 00:25:06.160 --> 00:25:06.839 described as 00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:07.680 being in 00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:08.539 accordance with 00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:09.799 what each 00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:10.680 person had 00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:11.000 done. 00:25:11.140 --> 00:25:11.720 This phrase 00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:12.640 shows up 00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:13.360 twice, once 00:25:13.360 --> 00:25:14.180 in verse 12 00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:15.500 and once in 00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:16.779 verse 13. 00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:18.640 The dead 00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:19.180 are judged, 00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:19.860 each one of 00:25:19.860 --> 00:25:20.500 them, according 00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:21.420 to what they 00:25:21.420 --> 00:25:22.039 had done. 00:25:25.380 --> 00:25:26.140 This is 00:25:26.140 --> 00:25:26.799 really a 00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:27.720 depiction of 00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:28.240 God's 00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:29.000 exhaustive 00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:31.079 knowledge and 00:25:31.079 --> 00:25:31.799 his instant 00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:32.440 recall of 00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:32.700 each and 00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:33.339 every person's 00:25:33.339 --> 00:25:33.660 life. 00:25:35.420 --> 00:25:36.039 I kind of 00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:36.620 imagine that 00:25:36.620 --> 00:25:37.259 each person 00:25:37.259 --> 00:25:38.019 has a book 00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:39.920 and God's 00:25:39.920 --> 00:25:40.759 perfect memory 00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:41.200 bank of 00:25:41.200 --> 00:25:41.700 saying this 00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:42.620 so-and-so, 00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:43.079 it's got your 00:25:43.079 --> 00:25:43.579 full name, 00:25:43.660 --> 00:25:44.079 your date of 00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:44.500 birth, your 00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:44.980 vitals. 00:25:45.819 --> 00:25:46.460 So-and-so, 00:25:46.599 --> 00:25:47.120 this is his 00:25:47.120 --> 00:25:47.819 or her life. 00:25:48.660 --> 00:25:49.259 God knows it 00:25:49.259 --> 00:25:49.960 perfectly and 00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:50.660 has no trouble 00:25:50.660 --> 00:25:51.500 recalling each 00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:52.620 and every deed, 00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:53.220 thought, 00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:55.319 motive of our 00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:55.859 hearts. 00:25:58.240 --> 00:26:00.059 And that's 00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:01.000 why verse 15 00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:01.740 says that 00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:05.079 if the name 00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:05.579 isn't in the 00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:06.279 book of life, 00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:07.160 they're thrown 00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:07.759 into the lake 00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.660 of fire because 00:26:08.660 --> 00:26:10.160 when each one's 00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:10.759 works stand 00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:12.460 alone, they 00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:13.120 only serve to 00:26:13.120 --> 00:26:13.839 condemn us. 00:26:15.120 --> 00:26:15.819 They don't 00:26:15.819 --> 00:26:16.500 give us life. 00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:17.160 We aren't 00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:18.180 justified, we 00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:19.059 aren't granted 00:26:19.059 --> 00:26:20.180 salvation by what 00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:20.759 we have done. 00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:23.220 It's by grace 00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:23.880 alone, through 00:26:23.880 --> 00:26:24.579 faith in Jesus 00:26:24.579 --> 00:26:25.339 alone. 00:26:25.339 --> 00:26:29.079 So that's 00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:29.519 how the dead 00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:30.059 are judged, 00:26:30.179 --> 00:26:31.039 but then notice 00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:31.759 this other book 00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:32.339 shows up. 00:26:34.899 --> 00:26:35.959 This single 00:26:35.959 --> 00:26:37.500 book appears, 00:26:37.659 --> 00:26:38.559 not books 00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:39.699 plural, but 00:26:39.699 --> 00:26:41.519 book in 00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:42.119 verse 12. 00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:43.299 Then another 00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:44.119 book was 00:26:44.119 --> 00:26:45.419 opened, which 00:26:45.419 --> 00:26:45.980 is the book 00:26:45.980 --> 00:26:46.839 of life. 00:26:48.899 --> 00:26:49.779 This book is 00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:50.339 distinct, 00:26:51.139 --> 00:26:52.059 it's unique, 00:26:52.199 --> 00:26:52.720 it's unlike 00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:53.679 these many 00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:56.019 books, that 00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.460 we could say 00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:57.039 are books of 00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.539 works. 00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:00.860 In this book 00:27:00.860 --> 00:27:01.380 elsewhere in 00:27:01.380 --> 00:27:02.039 Revelation, we 00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:02.560 see that it 00:27:02.560 --> 00:27:03.480 belongs to the 00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:04.779 lamb who was 00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:05.160 slain. 00:27:06.660 --> 00:27:07.440 It's Jesus' 00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.019 book. 00:27:11.360 --> 00:27:12.120 In chapter 00:27:12.120 --> 00:27:12.900 13, verse 00:27:12.900 --> 00:27:13.420 8, we see 00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:13.840 that it was 00:27:13.840 --> 00:27:14.380 written before 00:27:14.380 --> 00:27:15.039 the foundation 00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:15.759 of the world. 00:27:17.340 --> 00:27:18.120 The ink in 00:27:18.120 --> 00:27:18.799 this book has 00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:19.660 long since 00:27:19.660 --> 00:27:20.380 dried. 00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:27.259 I think it's 00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:27.920 fair to say 00:27:27.920 --> 00:27:28.340 that this 00:27:28.340 --> 00:27:28.820 book is 00:27:28.820 --> 00:27:29.900 highly valued 00:27:29.900 --> 00:27:30.799 by Jesus. 00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:33.519 Not because 00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:33.840 of its 00:27:33.840 --> 00:27:34.740 exquisite 00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:35.799 binding and 00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:37.279 the goat skin 00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:37.980 leather it's 00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:38.560 made of and 00:27:38.560 --> 00:27:39.779 the gold foil 00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:40.620 pages and the 00:27:40.620 --> 00:27:41.880 beautiful calligraphy 00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:42.380 on it. 00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:44.960 It's highly 00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:45.660 prized by 00:27:45.660 --> 00:27:46.380 Jesus because 00:27:46.380 --> 00:27:47.140 it contains 00:27:47.140 --> 00:27:47.940 the names of 00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:48.500 those that 00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:49.180 Jesus has 00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:50.120 bought with 00:27:50.120 --> 00:27:50.500 his own 00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:50.860 blood. 00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:55.059 This book 00:27:55.059 --> 00:27:55.740 is precious 00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:56.559 to our 00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:57.319 Lord because 00:27:57.319 --> 00:27:58.299 if we are 00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:59.419 followers of 00:27:59.419 --> 00:27:59.979 Jesus, our 00:27:59.979 --> 00:28:00.639 name is in 00:28:00.639 --> 00:28:00.879 it. 00:28:04.219 --> 00:28:04.839 Is your 00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:05.359 name in 00:28:05.359 --> 00:28:06.039 this book? 00:28:08.019 --> 00:28:08.879 If it is, 00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:11.139 then worship 00:28:11.139 --> 00:28:11.639 the lamb. 00:28:13.699 --> 00:28:14.299 If your 00:28:14.299 --> 00:28:14.779 name is in 00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:15.199 this book, 00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:15.740 it's because 00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.679 Jesus died 00:28:16.679 --> 00:28:17.240 that your 00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:17.619 name would 00:28:17.619 --> 00:28:18.199 be in this 00:28:18.199 --> 00:28:18.639 book. 00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:20.120 If your 00:28:20.120 --> 00:28:20.640 name is in 00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:21.040 this book, 00:28:21.100 --> 00:28:21.520 it's because 00:28:21.520 --> 00:28:22.360 Jesus endured 00:28:22.360 --> 00:28:23.060 the Father's 00:28:23.060 --> 00:28:23.800 wrath so you 00:28:23.800 --> 00:28:24.700 would escape 00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:25.180 the lake 00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:25.860 of fire. 00:28:30.320 --> 00:28:30.660 Can't you 00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:31.200 just imagine 00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:32.340 the joy on 00:28:32.340 --> 00:28:33.160 Jesus' face 00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:34.280 to read your 00:28:34.280 --> 00:28:35.080 name from 00:28:35.080 --> 00:28:35.660 this book? 00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:37.780 It cost him 00:28:37.780 --> 00:28:38.860 so much. 00:28:41.120 --> 00:28:42.000 And he did 00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.680 it in love 00:28:42.680 --> 00:28:45.520 to spare us 00:28:45.520 --> 00:28:46.480 from this 00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:47.140 lake of 00:28:47.140 --> 00:28:47.460 fire. 00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:50.720 our name 00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.680 must be in 00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:52.320 this book. 00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:55.400 It must be 00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:56.060 in this book. 00:29:00.100 --> 00:29:00.820 If you've 00:29:00.820 --> 00:29:01.420 trusted in 00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:01.880 Christ, 00:29:03.060 --> 00:29:03.540 that his 00:29:03.540 --> 00:29:04.000 death 00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:06.420 saves you 00:29:06.420 --> 00:29:07.080 from wrath, 00:29:08.040 --> 00:29:09.100 that he is 00:29:09.100 --> 00:29:09.860 your righteousness, 00:29:11.300 --> 00:29:11.660 then your 00:29:11.660 --> 00:29:12.060 name's in 00:29:12.060 --> 00:29:12.600 this book. 00:29:15.120 --> 00:29:15.620 It should 00:29:15.620 --> 00:29:16.460 bring gratitude 00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:17.000 and worship 00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.500 to us, 00:29:17.580 --> 00:29:17.860 church. 00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:19.300 Remember, 00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:19.840 your name's 00:29:19.840 --> 00:29:20.400 in the book. 00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:23.140 We have a 00:29:23.140 --> 00:29:23.780 great Savior 00:29:23.780 --> 00:29:25.640 who's able 00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:27.340 to save us 00:29:27.340 --> 00:29:27.960 from the 00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:28.759 lake of 00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.100 fire. 00:29:31.280 --> 00:29:32.060 But not 00:29:32.060 --> 00:29:32.560 only does 00:29:32.560 --> 00:29:33.380 this help 00:29:33.380 --> 00:29:34.460 us to 00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:35.660 worship God 00:29:35.660 --> 00:29:36.060 for what 00:29:36.060 --> 00:29:36.440 he's done, 00:29:36.520 --> 00:29:36.660 right? 00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:37.300 So now we're 00:29:37.300 --> 00:29:37.820 getting into 00:29:37.820 --> 00:29:39.780 this relationship 00:29:39.780 --> 00:29:40.759 with how does 00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:41.620 this help us 00:29:41.620 --> 00:29:42.060 in our 00:29:42.060 --> 00:29:42.600 relationship 00:29:42.600 --> 00:29:43.120 with Jesus 00:29:43.120 --> 00:29:43.660 today? 00:29:43.660 --> 00:29:44.940 right? 00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:45.160 One, 00:29:45.300 --> 00:29:45.660 it should 00:29:45.660 --> 00:29:46.160 produce this 00:29:46.160 --> 00:29:47.160 overwhelming 00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:47.920 gratitude. 00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:49.480 God spared 00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:49.900 me from 00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:50.400 that? 00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:51.940 Hallelujah. 00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:54.460 But it 00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:55.480 also strengthens 00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:55.920 us to 00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:56.640 persevere 00:29:56.640 --> 00:29:57.320 and to 00:29:57.320 --> 00:29:57.940 one day 00:29:57.940 --> 00:29:58.900 finally conquer. 00:29:58.900 --> 00:29:58.960 conquer. 00:30:00.840 --> 00:30:01.880 We belong to 00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:02.440 the land. 00:30:04.600 --> 00:30:05.120 Jesus is 00:30:05.120 --> 00:30:05.780 making all 00:30:05.780 --> 00:30:06.600 things new. 00:30:08.100 --> 00:30:08.740 And when 00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:09.540 judgment comes, 00:30:09.640 --> 00:30:10.280 we will stand 00:30:10.280 --> 00:30:10.759 in him. 00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:13.680 For a little 00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:14.420 while longer, 00:30:14.860 --> 00:30:15.259 for a little 00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:16.380 farther in this 00:30:16.380 --> 00:30:17.060 journey of life, 00:30:17.120 --> 00:30:17.860 we press on. 00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:18.220 We have 00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:19.640 persistence and 00:30:19.640 --> 00:30:20.580 perseverance and 00:30:20.580 --> 00:30:21.340 endurance to 00:30:21.340 --> 00:30:21.980 conquer and 00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:22.759 overcome because 00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.500 Christ has 00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:24.019 conquered and 00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:25.480 overcome for 00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:26.000 us. 00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:29.039 So that's how 00:30:29.039 --> 00:30:29.779 this text helps 00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.819 us relate to 00:30:30.819 --> 00:30:31.500 Jesus now. 00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:33.640 Final judgment 00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:34.759 should fill the 00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.500 Christian's heart 00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:36.240 with gratitude. 00:30:36.440 --> 00:30:36.940 My name's in 00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:37.620 a book. 00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:41.740 Jesus purchased 00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:42.519 me by his own 00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:42.980 blood. 00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:45.339 And it should 00:30:45.339 --> 00:30:46.180 give you great 00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:47.839 courage and 00:30:47.839 --> 00:30:48.380 strength to 00:30:48.380 --> 00:30:49.019 persevere and 00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:49.620 press on in 00:30:49.620 --> 00:30:50.220 this journey of 00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:51.180 life because God 00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:52.319 is doing away 00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:53.140 with sin. 00:30:54.420 --> 00:30:55.259 New Jerusalem 00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:56.259 is coming. 00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:06.180 How does it 00:31:06.180 --> 00:31:07.799 help us as we 00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:09.759 interact with 00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.259 others? 00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:15.019 How does the 00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:15.819 final judgment 00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:16.740 help me interact 00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:17.480 with my enemy? 00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:20.720 Maybe you've 00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:21.440 got this long 00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:22.339 standing hurt. 00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:24.259 Maybe it's a 00:31:24.259 --> 00:31:25.539 long past 00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:27.140 way that 00:31:27.140 --> 00:31:27.759 someone sinned 00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:28.160 against you, 00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:28.759 this deep 00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:29.319 wound that 00:31:29.319 --> 00:31:29.879 just doesn't 00:31:29.879 --> 00:31:30.420 go away and 00:31:30.420 --> 00:31:30.759 you're just 00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:31.559 aware of it. 00:31:32.879 --> 00:31:33.440 Or maybe it's 00:31:33.440 --> 00:31:33.980 an ongoing 00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:34.619 thing that you're 00:31:34.619 --> 00:31:34.980 just being 00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:35.819 mistreated and 00:31:35.819 --> 00:31:36.720 abused in some 00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:37.079 way, whether 00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:38.400 it's verbal or 00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:39.819 even with 00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:40.799 violence or 00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:41.779 whatever else. 00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:42.799 How do you 00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:45.400 how does this 00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:46.140 help us with 00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:46.859 that kind of 00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:47.759 person, my 00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:48.079 enemy? 00:31:48.599 --> 00:31:49.240 We know what's 00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:49.660 coming, right? 00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:51.320 So we've 00:31:51.320 --> 00:31:51.660 heard God 00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:52.240 say, vengeance 00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:53.140 is mine. 00:31:54.340 --> 00:31:55.040 I will 00:31:55.040 --> 00:31:55.380 repay. 00:31:59.660 --> 00:32:00.420 Let me just 00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:00.980 encourage you, 00:32:01.060 --> 00:32:01.420 do not 00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:02.519 callous over. 00:32:03.820 --> 00:32:04.220 Do not 00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:04.820 harden your 00:32:04.820 --> 00:32:05.560 heart toward 00:32:05.560 --> 00:32:06.720 that person. 00:32:09.060 --> 00:32:09.900 We have this 00:32:09.900 --> 00:32:10.560 awful way, 00:32:10.620 --> 00:32:11.279 right, of 00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:15.259 repaying in 00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:15.779 our hearts, 00:32:15.820 --> 00:32:15.980 right? 00:32:15.980 --> 00:32:16.660 Maybe we 00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:17.160 don't, maybe 00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:17.980 someone slaps 00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:18.440 us, we don't 00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:18.880 slap them 00:32:18.880 --> 00:32:19.460 back, but in 00:32:19.460 --> 00:32:20.079 our heart we're 00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:20.599 slapping them 00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:20.860 anyway. 00:32:24.559 --> 00:32:25.220 We can do 00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:25.579 this with 00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:26.500 individuals, we 00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:27.480 can kind of in 00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:28.039 our hearts and 00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:28.819 say, you're 00:32:28.819 --> 00:32:29.180 going to get 00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:30.079 yours, bub, and 00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:31.500 just harden 00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:31.799 over. 00:32:33.700 --> 00:32:34.740 It's not how 00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:36.099 this text helps 00:32:36.099 --> 00:32:37.200 us treat our 00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:37.460 enemy. 00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:39.900 We can do the 00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:40.480 same thing toward 00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:41.120 whole groups of 00:32:41.120 --> 00:32:41.660 people, right? 00:32:43.380 --> 00:32:44.059 Guessing some 00:32:44.059 --> 00:32:44.579 people in the 00:32:44.579 --> 00:32:45.660 room struggle with 00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:46.920 how am I 00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:47.880 supposed to 00:32:47.880 --> 00:32:49.120 show love 00:32:49.120 --> 00:32:50.380 toward the 00:32:50.380 --> 00:32:50.700 gay and 00:32:50.700 --> 00:32:51.600 lesbian community 00:32:51.600 --> 00:32:52.220 for example? 00:32:52.540 --> 00:32:53.279 How am I 00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:53.779 supposed to 00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.480 love people who 00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:55.140 are so clearly 00:32:55.140 --> 00:32:56.100 opposed to God 00:32:56.100 --> 00:32:58.519 and his stance 00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:59.080 and view on 00:32:59.080 --> 00:32:59.580 marriage? 00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:03.400 How do we 00:33:03.400 --> 00:33:03.840 avoid saying 00:33:03.840 --> 00:33:04.220 they're going to 00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:05.500 get what they 00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:06.019 deserve and 00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:06.460 just kind of 00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:06.920 harden our 00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:07.220 hearts? 00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.300 Well, we 00:33:10.300 --> 00:33:10.980 look to Jesus, 00:33:11.120 --> 00:33:11.300 right? 00:33:11.360 --> 00:33:13.300 We know when 00:33:13.300 --> 00:33:14.140 Jesus looks at 00:33:14.140 --> 00:33:14.720 sinners, he has 00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:15.580 compassion on 00:33:15.579 --> 00:33:17.339 them, right? 00:33:17.379 --> 00:33:17.899 The sheep 00:33:17.899 --> 00:33:18.659 without a 00:33:18.659 --> 00:33:19.179 shepherd and 00:33:19.179 --> 00:33:19.980 he goes toward 00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:20.939 them in love. 00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:23.299 He doesn't 00:33:23.299 --> 00:33:24.139 excuse sin, he 00:33:24.139 --> 00:33:24.859 never condones 00:33:24.859 --> 00:33:25.579 that, but he 00:33:25.579 --> 00:33:26.240 moves towards 00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:26.819 people, he 00:33:26.819 --> 00:33:27.399 moves towards 00:33:27.399 --> 00:33:28.079 his enemies or 00:33:28.079 --> 00:33:28.559 we'd all be 00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:29.019 toast. 00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:34.659 So we 00:33:34.659 --> 00:33:36.559 soften toward 00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:37.299 our enemies 00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:39.679 because judgment 00:33:39.679 --> 00:33:40.599 is not yet and 00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:41.579 God will repay. 00:33:41.579 --> 00:33:43.220 so we soften 00:33:43.220 --> 00:33:43.799 and we 00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:45.039 develop compassion 00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:46.119 and love 00:33:46.119 --> 00:33:47.899 because the 00:33:47.899 --> 00:33:48.720 enemies of God 00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:49.399 will be judged 00:33:49.399 --> 00:33:49.899 and they need 00:33:49.899 --> 00:33:50.559 the gospel, 00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:52.099 period. 00:33:54.159 --> 00:33:54.879 We move 00:33:54.879 --> 00:33:55.819 towards enemies 00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:56.419 and love 00:33:56.419 --> 00:33:58.039 with the good 00:33:58.039 --> 00:33:58.960 news that Jesus 00:33:58.960 --> 00:34:00.699 loves enemies 00:34:00.699 --> 00:34:01.439 enough to die 00:34:01.439 --> 00:34:02.119 for them. 00:34:03.460 --> 00:34:04.139 There's still 00:34:04.139 --> 00:34:04.939 time for sinners 00:34:04.939 --> 00:34:05.740 to repent so 00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:06.960 compassion rules 00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:07.500 the day for 00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:08.099 those of us who 00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:08.659 follow Jesus. 00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:08.839 us. 00:34:10.019 --> 00:34:11.099 That's costly 00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:12.679 but it's 00:34:12.679 --> 00:34:13.039 right. 00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:16.239 So we 00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:16.819 preach Christ 00:34:16.819 --> 00:34:17.339 hoping that 00:34:17.339 --> 00:34:18.000 some of even 00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:18.559 our enemies 00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:19.279 would repent 00:34:19.279 --> 00:34:20.480 so that they 00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:21.259 would be spared 00:34:21.259 --> 00:34:22.799 while we trust 00:34:22.799 --> 00:34:23.279 that if they 00:34:23.279 --> 00:34:24.039 do not repent 00:34:24.039 --> 00:34:24.819 God will 00:34:24.819 --> 00:34:25.739 definitely repay 00:34:25.739 --> 00:34:26.579 them in the 00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:26.920 end. 00:34:28.219 --> 00:34:29.219 It's his to 00:34:29.219 --> 00:34:29.739 judge. 00:34:29.739 --> 00:34:36.379 then I 00:34:36.379 --> 00:34:36.719 saved 00:34:36.719 --> 00:34:38.259 our loved 00:34:38.259 --> 00:34:38.739 ones for 00:34:38.739 --> 00:34:39.239 last. 00:34:43.239 --> 00:34:44.059 When we 00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:44.419 think of 00:34:44.419 --> 00:34:45.199 judgment and 00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:45.659 we have 00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:46.879 faces and 00:34:46.879 --> 00:34:47.479 names of 00:34:47.479 --> 00:34:48.239 friends and 00:34:48.239 --> 00:34:49.979 family who 00:34:49.979 --> 00:34:50.619 we know need 00:34:50.619 --> 00:34:51.219 Christ, who 00:34:51.219 --> 00:34:51.779 we know need 00:34:51.779 --> 00:34:52.399 to repent, 00:34:54.399 --> 00:34:55.459 it can be 00:34:55.459 --> 00:34:56.159 tempting for 00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:56.879 us to soften 00:34:56.879 --> 00:34:58.979 this, to try 00:34:58.980 --> 00:34:59.679 and maybe 00:34:59.679 --> 00:35:00.360 even apologize 00:35:00.360 --> 00:35:01.099 for God or 00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:02.059 excuse this 00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:02.460 and kind of 00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:02.800 say well 00:35:02.800 --> 00:35:03.820 it's kind 00:35:03.820 --> 00:35:05.440 of, we 00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:05.960 can't. 00:35:06.380 --> 00:35:07.219 We can't 00:35:07.219 --> 00:35:07.800 ignore it 00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:08.639 because it's 00:35:08.639 --> 00:35:09.139 difficult. 00:35:09.980 --> 00:35:10.500 We can't 00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:10.860 ignore it 00:35:10.860 --> 00:35:11.559 because it's 00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:12.240 right here. 00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:14.340 God's just 00:35:14.340 --> 00:35:16.079 told us over 00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:16.780 and over and 00:35:16.780 --> 00:35:17.460 over again of 00:35:17.460 --> 00:35:17.840 judgment. 00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:20.980 So we 00:35:20.980 --> 00:35:21.500 can't sweep 00:35:21.500 --> 00:35:21.940 it under the 00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:22.460 rug, we 00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:23.099 can't ignore 00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:23.519 it, think 00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:23.880 it'll go 00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:24.519 away because 00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:24.940 it's not, 00:35:25.019 --> 00:35:25.559 it's coming. 00:35:26.260 --> 00:35:26.719 It's coming 00:35:26.719 --> 00:35:27.340 on those near 00:35:27.340 --> 00:35:27.820 and dear to 00:35:27.820 --> 00:35:28.240 us. 00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:30.960 So it 00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:31.400 ends up being 00:35:31.400 --> 00:35:32.199 quite unloving 00:35:32.199 --> 00:35:32.740 for us to 00:35:32.740 --> 00:35:33.380 ignore or to 00:35:33.380 --> 00:35:34.039 soften it 00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:35.860 because our 00:35:35.860 --> 00:35:36.480 text makes it 00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:37.260 so clear that 00:35:37.260 --> 00:35:37.719 it's coming. 00:35:41.360 --> 00:35:42.019 So in 00:35:42.019 --> 00:35:42.679 counting others 00:35:42.679 --> 00:35:43.480 more significant 00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:44.179 than ourselves, 00:35:44.440 --> 00:35:45.179 we deal with 00:35:45.179 --> 00:35:45.800 the discomfort 00:35:45.800 --> 00:35:46.880 that we feel 00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:48.880 because we 00:35:48.880 --> 00:35:50.079 love other 00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:50.460 people. 00:35:50.860 --> 00:35:51.380 We want them 00:35:51.380 --> 00:35:52.059 to be rescued 00:35:52.059 --> 00:35:52.719 so we keep 00:35:52.719 --> 00:35:54.360 going day 00:35:54.360 --> 00:35:54.980 after day 00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:55.440 after day, 00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:55.840 we keep 00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:56.679 pressing into 00:35:56.679 --> 00:35:57.460 the discomfort 00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:58.220 because our 00:35:58.220 --> 00:35:58.800 loved ones 00:35:58.800 --> 00:35:59.320 need the 00:35:59.320 --> 00:35:59.880 gospel. 00:36:02.659 --> 00:36:03.679 Final judgment 00:36:03.679 --> 00:36:04.679 helps us to 00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:05.820 soften towards 00:36:05.820 --> 00:36:06.619 others and to 00:36:06.619 --> 00:36:07.760 bravely and 00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:08.400 fearfully and 00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:09.400 sacrificially go 00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:10.019 towards other 00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:10.440 people. 00:36:13.760 --> 00:36:14.659 Let it put 00:36:14.659 --> 00:36:15.420 courage in your 00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:16.079 heart, friend, 00:36:16.760 --> 00:36:17.699 to be 00:36:17.699 --> 00:36:19.300 compassionate and 00:36:19.300 --> 00:36:20.039 to share Jesus 00:36:20.039 --> 00:36:20.940 with non-believers 00:36:20.940 --> 00:36:21.480 whether they're 00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:22.159 enemies, whether 00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:22.820 they're strangers, 00:36:23.099 --> 00:36:23.460 whether they're 00:36:23.460 --> 00:36:24.199 near and dear 00:36:24.199 --> 00:36:25.039 loved ones. 00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:28.599 both because we 00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:29.440 believe the gospel 00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:30.259 is big enough 00:36:30.259 --> 00:36:31.320 to welcome even 00:36:31.320 --> 00:36:32.360 enemies into the 00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:35.199 kingdom and 00:36:35.199 --> 00:36:35.719 because we 00:36:35.719 --> 00:36:36.219 believe it's 00:36:36.219 --> 00:36:36.900 mighty enough 00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:37.739 even to save 00:36:37.739 --> 00:36:38.300 those most 00:36:38.300 --> 00:36:38.759 near and dear 00:36:38.759 --> 00:36:39.599 to us regardless 00:36:39.599 --> 00:36:40.279 of the life 00:36:40.279 --> 00:36:40.860 they're currently 00:36:40.860 --> 00:36:41.300 leading. 00:36:47.679 --> 00:36:48.759 Jesus is going 00:36:48.759 --> 00:36:49.759 to carry out 00:36:49.759 --> 00:36:50.739 the final judgment 00:36:50.739 --> 00:36:51.400 on each and 00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:52.039 every person. 00:36:52.039 --> 00:36:54.980 and those 00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:56.139 whose names are 00:36:56.139 --> 00:36:56.759 not found in 00:36:56.759 --> 00:36:57.300 his book of 00:36:57.300 --> 00:36:58.400 life will spend 00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:59.679 eternity in the 00:36:59.679 --> 00:37:00.259 lake of fire. 00:37:01.900 --> 00:37:03.159 We need this. 00:37:04.139 --> 00:37:05.420 We need this to 00:37:05.420 --> 00:37:07.239 be good disciples 00:37:07.239 --> 00:37:08.199 of Jesus and we 00:37:08.199 --> 00:37:09.340 need this to go 00:37:09.340 --> 00:37:10.139 toward others in 00:37:10.139 --> 00:37:11.779 love before it's 00:37:11.779 --> 00:37:12.239 too late. 00:37:13.960 --> 00:37:14.860 So let's pray 00:37:14.860 --> 00:37:15.440 together and ask 00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:16.139 for God's help to 00:37:16.139 --> 00:37:16.519 do that. 00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:16.639 Amen. 00:37:16.639 --> 00:37:16.719 Amen. 00:37:16.719 --> 00:37:16.759 Amen. 00:37:16.759 --> 00:37:16.800 Amen. 00:37:22.039 --> 00:37:23.500 Father we thank 00:37:23.500 --> 00:37:23.920 you for your 00:37:23.920 --> 00:37:24.259 word. 00:37:26.119 --> 00:37:27.059 Even the hard 00:37:27.059 --> 00:37:27.360 word. 00:37:28.699 --> 00:37:29.380 Even the 00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:29.840 uncomfortable 00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:30.679 word and we 00:37:30.679 --> 00:37:31.719 ask God that 00:37:31.719 --> 00:37:32.320 this would 00:37:32.320 --> 00:37:35.360 serve each one 00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:35.960 of us today. 00:37:36.079 --> 00:37:36.559 You would help 00:37:36.559 --> 00:37:36.940 us. 00:37:37.619 --> 00:37:38.199 Help us to 00:37:38.199 --> 00:37:39.059 relate to Jesus 00:37:39.059 --> 00:37:39.800 in light of the 00:37:39.800 --> 00:37:40.500 final judgment 00:37:40.500 --> 00:37:42.119 and help us to 00:37:42.119 --> 00:37:42.940 go towards others 00:37:42.940 --> 00:37:43.579 in love and 00:37:43.579 --> 00:37:44.559 compassion because 00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:44.920 of it. 00:37:46.500 --> 00:37:47.440 God we ask for 00:37:47.440 --> 00:37:47.920 help as a 00:37:47.920 --> 00:37:48.320 church. 00:37:48.900 --> 00:37:49.679 We ask for 00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:50.019 help as 00:37:50.019 --> 00:37:50.980 individuals whether 00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:52.019 it's because 00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:52.940 we're afraid or 00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:53.960 we're angry or 00:37:53.960 --> 00:37:54.679 anything else. 00:37:54.780 --> 00:37:55.159 God would you 00:37:55.159 --> 00:37:56.079 get our hearts 00:37:56.079 --> 00:37:56.860 right when we 00:37:56.860 --> 00:37:57.400 think about 00:37:57.400 --> 00:37:57.860 judgment? 00:38:00.340 --> 00:38:00.940 Would you 00:38:00.940 --> 00:38:01.840 receive glory 00:38:01.840 --> 00:38:02.420 through our 00:38:02.420 --> 00:38:03.400 response to it? 00:38:03.559 --> 00:38:04.320 Help us we 00:38:04.320 --> 00:38:05.740 pray in Jesus 00:38:05.740 --> 00:38:06.099 name. 00:38:06.820 --> 00:38:07.099 Amen.