WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:12.380 There you go. Nice and easy. 1, 2, 3, 4. I think we can manage that. So page 1, 2, 3, 4. Revelation 2, verse 18. 00:00:15.900 --> 00:00:24.820 It's God's words through the Apostle John to the church in Tyre Tyre. To the angel of the church in Tyre Tyre write, 00:00:24.820 --> 00:00:33.460 these are the words of the Son of God whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like 00:00:33.460 --> 00:00:41.620 burnished bronze. I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you 00:00:41.620 --> 00:00:50.260 are now doing more than you did at first. Nevertheless, I have this against you. You tolerate the woman 00:00:50.259 --> 00:00:57.820 Jezebel who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching, she misleads my servants into sexual immorality 00:00:57.820 --> 00:01:04.719 and the eating of food sacrificed to idols. I've given her time to repent of her immorality, 00:01:04.980 --> 00:01:12.739 but she is unwilling. So I will cast her on a bed of suffering and I will make those who commit 00:01:12.739 --> 00:01:20.159 adultery with her suffer intensely unless they repent of her ways. I will strike her children dead 00:01:20.159 --> 00:01:28.359 then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds and I will repay each 00:01:28.359 --> 00:01:36.439 of you according to your deeds. Now I say to the rest of you in Tyre Tyre, to you who do not hold to 00:01:36.439 --> 00:01:43.699 her teaching and who have not learned Satan's so-called deep secrets, I will not impose any other burden on 00:01:43.700 --> 00:01:54.100 you except to hold on to what you have until I come. To the one who is victorious and does my will to the end, 00:01:54.520 --> 00:02:03.060 I will give authority over the nations. That one will rule them with an iron scepter and will dash them to pieces 00:02:03.060 --> 00:02:11.480 like pottery. Just as I have received authority from my father, I will also give that one the morning star. 00:02:11.479 --> 00:02:22.719 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. Let's pray. Father, we thank you again for your 00:02:22.719 --> 00:02:32.539 word to us. It pierces down to our very soul. It exposes our hearts and Lord, it is also the balm that can bind 00:02:32.539 --> 00:02:39.479 them up. And so we pray for our brother Tyre as he comes this morning, as he preaches your word, that we would hear 00:02:39.479 --> 00:02:46.859 what Tyre says, but most importantly, that we would hear what you say through him and from your word. Give us 00:02:46.859 --> 00:02:51.919 ears that would hear your words this morning to us as a church. Amen. 00:02:51.919 --> 00:02:52.039 Amen. 00:02:54.439 --> 00:02:59.719 Thanks, Tyre. Do you want some water? Will I get you some water? No, I'm good, thanks. 00:02:59.719 --> 00:03:16.120 Good morning. Every time I hear that passage to read out, I'm like, what am I have to get myself into? 00:03:18.199 --> 00:03:21.919 But it's a fantastic passage. It's a great passage. 00:03:21.919 --> 00:03:32.399 So, by the end of this, hopefully, we'll have three points. First point is Jesus sees everything. 00:03:33.439 --> 00:03:43.759 In verses 18 to 19, we have compromise brings consequences. Verses 20 to 23. 00:03:43.759 --> 00:03:52.079 And keep your eyes on Christ's return. 24 to 29. 00:03:55.439 --> 00:04:00.219 And I asked Ralph to read it out, right? Because the Cork accent, we can't say it. 00:04:00.899 --> 00:04:04.719 Tyre Thera. So I'm glad he said Tyre Thera because that's the right pronunciation as well. 00:04:04.919 --> 00:04:07.219 So I was just making sure I had it right before I start. 00:04:07.219 --> 00:04:09.319 So this is a letter from Tyre Thera. 00:04:10.680 --> 00:04:16.139 It's a letter in one of the cities, in the seven cities that the letters are written in. 00:04:16.360 --> 00:04:18.600 But Tyre Thera wasn't as special as the rest of them. 00:04:18.839 --> 00:04:20.259 There's nothing big about Tyre Thera. 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:24.100 It was a wealthy city. A very wealthy city. 00:04:26.379 --> 00:04:31.699 And if you remember in Luke, Luke chapter 16, 14, 00:04:31.699 --> 00:04:34.740 there was a lady that they came across. 00:04:35.740 --> 00:04:37.560 Lydia. Do you remember Lydia and Luke? 00:04:38.759 --> 00:04:41.019 Well, she was also from the city of Tyre Thera. 00:04:43.039 --> 00:04:45.000 So in Acts 16, 00:04:46.899 --> 00:04:51.439 there's a one who heard was a woman named Lydia from the city of Tyre Thera, 00:04:51.899 --> 00:04:53.459 a seller of purple goods, 00:04:54.099 --> 00:04:55.639 who was a worshiper of God. 00:04:56.339 --> 00:05:00.459 The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul. 00:05:00.459 --> 00:05:02.739 She was a seller of purple cloth. 00:05:03.699 --> 00:05:08.120 And there's a hint in her selling in purple cloth is on about Tyre Thera. 00:05:10.319 --> 00:05:13.399 See, Tyre Thera was famous for their trade. 00:05:14.339 --> 00:05:16.639 They were famous for their marksmanship. 00:05:17.479 --> 00:05:19.159 They were also famous for guilds. 00:05:21.979 --> 00:05:24.939 So if you wanted to earn a living in Tyre Thera, 00:05:25.500 --> 00:05:26.560 say if you were a carpenter, 00:05:27.120 --> 00:05:28.439 and you had to join a guild, 00:05:28.439 --> 00:05:29.680 that would be a wood caper, 00:05:29.800 --> 00:05:30.439 a wood guild. 00:05:31.000 --> 00:05:31.899 So in the guild, 00:05:32.019 --> 00:05:33.800 you'd have to sell your stuff through the guild. 00:05:33.980 --> 00:05:35.519 It was a way of livelihood. 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:37.620 It was a way that that's the way that they made our money. 00:05:39.600 --> 00:05:41.459 But the problem was with guilds, 00:05:41.720 --> 00:05:44.360 is when they met up, 00:05:44.720 --> 00:05:49.339 they often participated in pagan worshipping. 00:05:49.339 --> 00:05:54.639 They participated in pagan feasts. 00:05:55.699 --> 00:05:58.939 And they worshipped idols. 00:06:01.259 --> 00:06:04.120 And they practiced sexual immorality. 00:06:05.359 --> 00:06:08.519 And that is the problem with the city of Tyre Thera. 00:06:08.899 --> 00:06:12.719 This is why the letter of Tyre Thera exists. 00:06:12.720 --> 00:06:17.180 Let's look at verses 18. 00:06:18.680 --> 00:06:19.380 Verse 18. 00:06:20.380 --> 00:06:22.220 I'm actually preaching from the ESV. 00:06:23.380 --> 00:06:25.760 Just in case of your wording is different than I have. 00:06:26.080 --> 00:06:28.120 I made this up in the ESV. 00:06:28.400 --> 00:06:29.340 So verse 18. 00:06:29.339 --> 00:06:47.099 Straight away, 00:06:47.339 --> 00:06:48.519 in the start of this letter, 00:06:49.799 --> 00:06:52.239 we just found out that this letter wasn't from John. 00:06:52.240 --> 00:06:56.879 This message is from the Lord Jesus Christ himself. 00:06:59.040 --> 00:07:00.139 If you can see, 00:07:00.500 --> 00:07:03.480 Jesus introduces himself as a son of God. 00:07:05.879 --> 00:07:08.280 Now the son of God was only used once 00:07:08.280 --> 00:07:11.079 in the whole book of Revelations, 00:07:11.180 --> 00:07:11.819 and it's used here. 00:07:13.939 --> 00:07:14.939 That's significant. 00:07:16.300 --> 00:07:17.360 Jesus is saying, 00:07:18.100 --> 00:07:20.879 I am Jesus who is writing this message. 00:07:22.240 --> 00:07:23.800 Because at the time, 00:07:23.860 --> 00:07:25.540 there was a Roman Empire called Caesar. 00:07:27.100 --> 00:07:30.259 He was known as the son of God. 00:07:32.060 --> 00:07:34.300 So Jesus is reminding his church 00:07:34.300 --> 00:07:37.379 that there is only one son of God, 00:07:37.720 --> 00:07:38.699 and it's not Caesar. 00:07:41.600 --> 00:07:42.960 That would have got their attention. 00:07:43.840 --> 00:07:45.460 Can you imagine if I came up here this morning 00:07:45.460 --> 00:07:45.960 and I said, 00:07:46.960 --> 00:07:48.019 my name is Tyg, 00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:49.160 I'm from Ballyvahan, 00:07:49.420 --> 00:07:50.620 and you can call me the son of God. 00:07:50.620 --> 00:07:52.100 He'd be like, 00:07:52.180 --> 00:07:53.199 what is this for laughter? 00:07:53.699 --> 00:07:54.939 That after being picked in a barrel, 00:07:55.060 --> 00:07:56.399 after calling himself the son of God. 00:07:56.780 --> 00:07:58.040 So that straight away 00:07:58.040 --> 00:08:00.500 was after hitting the attention 00:08:00.500 --> 00:08:01.699 of the church of Tythera. 00:08:04.939 --> 00:08:08.199 Jesus wanted the believers in Tythera 00:08:08.199 --> 00:08:10.139 to know exactly who was speaking. 00:08:13.019 --> 00:08:13.959 Then he says, 00:08:13.959 --> 00:08:18.239 His eyes are like a flame of fire. 00:08:22.239 --> 00:08:25.299 He's saying this because Jesus sees 00:08:25.299 --> 00:08:27.859 beyond our appearances. 00:08:29.120 --> 00:08:31.219 He can see beyond what front we put up here 00:08:31.219 --> 00:08:32.600 on a church on a Sunday. 00:08:35.360 --> 00:08:37.579 This is something the church needed to know. 00:08:37.939 --> 00:08:39.939 Jesus sees everything. 00:08:39.940 --> 00:08:42.600 This is something that we need to know 00:08:42.600 --> 00:08:45.560 every time we go outside these doors 00:08:45.560 --> 00:08:46.820 and go into the world. 00:08:47.280 --> 00:08:50.620 We need to be reminded that Jesus sees everything. 00:08:53.820 --> 00:08:54.380 You see, 00:08:54.440 --> 00:08:54.800 with me, 00:08:55.100 --> 00:08:55.860 I don't know about you, 00:08:55.960 --> 00:08:58.260 but sometimes I have this sin. 00:08:58.920 --> 00:09:00.960 Now I believe that Jesus sees everything, 00:09:01.320 --> 00:09:03.220 but I still have this thing in my head 00:09:03.220 --> 00:09:05.280 that I can create this magic little dome 00:09:05.280 --> 00:09:07.220 around this specific sin 00:09:07.220 --> 00:09:08.220 that Jesus can't see. 00:09:08.220 --> 00:09:12.060 Jesus sees everything. 00:09:14.519 --> 00:09:16.259 We believe that God is sovereign. 00:09:17.920 --> 00:09:20.100 We believe that he's all-powerful. 00:09:22.519 --> 00:09:24.740 We believe he knows everything, 00:09:25.100 --> 00:09:27.519 but when it comes to this specific sin, 00:09:27.940 --> 00:09:29.940 we try to fool ourselves into it, 00:09:30.139 --> 00:09:30.960 but he can't see 00:09:30.960 --> 00:09:33.200 in this moment of our sin. 00:09:35.840 --> 00:09:37.040 That is not the truth. 00:09:37.039 --> 00:09:39.740 Jesus sees it all. 00:09:43.339 --> 00:09:44.659 The message to Thyatira 00:09:44.659 --> 00:09:46.299 is also a message for us. 00:09:48.539 --> 00:09:50.159 Our hearts have not changed 00:09:50.159 --> 00:09:52.939 since the times of Thyatira. 00:09:55.139 --> 00:09:57.500 We are still tempted to hide our own sin 00:09:57.500 --> 00:09:58.439 when it comes to God. 00:09:58.439 --> 00:09:58.500 God. 00:09:58.500 --> 00:10:04.019 His eyes 00:10:04.019 --> 00:10:05.340 sees through 00:10:05.340 --> 00:10:06.440 our reputations 00:10:06.440 --> 00:10:07.340 that we put up 00:10:07.340 --> 00:10:08.379 in front of people. 00:10:12.159 --> 00:10:13.259 His eyes 00:10:13.259 --> 00:10:14.159 sees right 00:10:14.159 --> 00:10:15.340 into our hearts. 00:10:16.259 --> 00:10:16.759 His eyes 00:10:16.759 --> 00:10:17.500 penetrates 00:10:17.500 --> 00:10:19.080 straight into our hearts. 00:10:19.080 --> 00:10:19.180 God. 00:10:22.180 --> 00:10:22.960 This also 00:10:22.960 --> 00:10:25.520 reminds us in Daniel. 00:10:26.080 --> 00:10:27.600 Do you remember Daniel's vision 00:10:27.600 --> 00:10:28.440 that he had 00:10:28.440 --> 00:10:30.259 in Daniel 10, 16? 00:10:31.700 --> 00:10:33.200 His body like a barrel. 00:10:33.960 --> 00:10:35.900 His face like a brilliance of lightning. 00:10:36.400 --> 00:10:38.120 His eyes the flame and torches. 00:10:38.840 --> 00:10:39.980 His arms and feet 00:10:39.980 --> 00:10:40.600 like the 00:10:40.600 --> 00:10:41.820 gleam of 00:10:41.820 --> 00:10:42.840 polished bronze. 00:10:42.840 --> 00:10:46.879 polished bronze. 00:10:47.180 --> 00:10:48.320 This would have made sense 00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:49.040 in the city 00:10:49.040 --> 00:10:50.340 because of the craftsmanship. 00:10:50.519 --> 00:10:51.360 They were bronze makers. 00:10:54.460 --> 00:10:55.460 Some translations 00:10:55.460 --> 00:10:56.320 in the NAV 00:10:56.320 --> 00:10:57.379 says fine bronze. 00:10:59.460 --> 00:11:00.519 Bronze here 00:11:00.519 --> 00:11:01.360 represents 00:11:01.360 --> 00:11:02.320 God's strength. 00:11:04.000 --> 00:11:05.000 His stability. 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:07.580 and his judgment. 00:11:08.440 --> 00:11:09.179 That's what they would have 00:11:09.179 --> 00:11:10.139 known about the bronze. 00:11:11.899 --> 00:11:13.320 Throughout the Old Testament 00:11:13.320 --> 00:11:15.899 bronze was used 00:11:15.899 --> 00:11:16.779 in the tabernacles. 00:11:17.580 --> 00:11:18.019 Strength. 00:11:19.460 --> 00:11:20.759 And later in the temples 00:11:20.759 --> 00:11:22.460 it often symbolizes 00:11:22.460 --> 00:11:23.620 God's righteousness 00:11:23.620 --> 00:11:24.860 and judgment. 00:11:25.940 --> 00:11:26.679 That's what they would have 00:11:26.679 --> 00:11:27.519 heard when they heard 00:11:27.519 --> 00:11:28.620 the word bronze. 00:11:30.240 --> 00:11:31.639 Jesus is reminding 00:11:31.639 --> 00:11:32.620 the church 00:11:32.620 --> 00:11:34.159 that he's righteous 00:11:34.159 --> 00:11:34.820 as pure 00:11:34.820 --> 00:11:37.340 his standards 00:11:37.340 --> 00:11:38.480 never change 00:11:38.480 --> 00:11:40.700 and his character 00:11:40.700 --> 00:11:41.660 is unchanging. 00:11:42.400 --> 00:11:43.320 Jesus' character 00:11:43.320 --> 00:11:44.440 is the same as it was 00:11:44.440 --> 00:11:44.720 then 00:11:44.720 --> 00:11:45.680 as it is now. 00:11:47.020 --> 00:11:48.140 The world changes. 00:11:49.620 --> 00:11:50.879 Culture changes. 00:11:52.580 --> 00:11:53.220 Opinion 00:11:53.220 --> 00:11:54.540 changes. 00:11:55.820 --> 00:11:57.260 Jesus does not change. 00:11:59.340 --> 00:12:00.200 Let's have a look 00:12:00.200 --> 00:12:00.840 at verse 19. 00:12:02.420 --> 00:12:03.980 I know your works 00:12:03.980 --> 00:12:04.860 your love, 00:12:04.860 --> 00:12:05.560 your faith, 00:12:05.560 --> 00:12:06.360 your service, 00:12:06.639 --> 00:12:07.279 your patience, 00:12:07.580 --> 00:12:08.139 endurance, 00:12:10.139 --> 00:12:10.539 and that your 00:12:10.539 --> 00:12:13.120 later work 00:12:13.120 --> 00:12:14.180 succeeds the first. 00:12:16.680 --> 00:12:17.860 Jesus begins 00:12:17.860 --> 00:12:18.800 verse 19. 00:12:19.659 --> 00:12:20.220 Encouragement, 00:12:20.360 --> 00:12:20.639 don't he? 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:23.539 can you imagine 00:12:23.539 --> 00:12:24.299 being the church 00:12:24.299 --> 00:12:24.799 and you're listening 00:12:24.799 --> 00:12:25.399 to this for the 00:12:25.399 --> 00:12:26.159 first time being read 00:12:26.159 --> 00:12:26.379 out? 00:12:27.960 --> 00:12:28.799 Can you imagine 00:12:28.799 --> 00:12:29.259 hearing 00:12:29.259 --> 00:12:31.740 I know your works, 00:12:32.620 --> 00:12:33.779 your love, 00:12:33.980 --> 00:12:34.720 your faithfulness, 00:12:34.779 --> 00:12:35.439 your service, 00:12:36.439 --> 00:12:38.179 your endurance? 00:12:39.580 --> 00:12:40.639 The church must have 00:12:40.639 --> 00:12:41.159 been thinking 00:12:41.159 --> 00:12:42.199 yes, 00:12:42.460 --> 00:12:43.159 we got this. 00:12:43.679 --> 00:12:44.519 We got it. 00:12:45.220 --> 00:12:46.480 He's acknowledging us. 00:12:46.480 --> 00:12:49.139 We're doing well. 00:12:50.399 --> 00:12:51.259 We're not that bad. 00:12:51.259 --> 00:12:52.259 We're not worse 00:12:52.259 --> 00:12:52.700 than the church 00:12:52.700 --> 00:12:53.220 down the road. 00:12:53.560 --> 00:12:54.100 We must be doing 00:12:54.100 --> 00:12:54.620 better than them. 00:12:56.600 --> 00:12:57.399 We're serving. 00:12:57.840 --> 00:12:58.320 Look at us. 00:12:58.379 --> 00:12:58.779 We serve. 00:13:00.700 --> 00:13:01.420 We're loving. 00:13:01.800 --> 00:13:02.700 The new guy comes in. 00:13:02.740 --> 00:13:03.399 Hi, how's it going? 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:04.340 We love each other. 00:13:04.800 --> 00:13:05.600 We're doing great. 00:13:07.000 --> 00:13:08.120 And we're even growing. 00:13:09.480 --> 00:13:10.019 In fact, 00:13:10.120 --> 00:13:11.139 Jesus even says 00:13:11.139 --> 00:13:12.539 your layer of works 00:13:12.539 --> 00:13:13.980 is better than the first. 00:13:13.980 --> 00:13:16.360 does growth in the church. 00:13:17.600 --> 00:13:18.620 They must have been thinking 00:13:18.620 --> 00:13:20.399 you got this. 00:13:23.639 --> 00:13:24.659 But it also 00:13:24.659 --> 00:13:27.019 raises 00:13:27.019 --> 00:13:28.340 an important question 00:13:28.340 --> 00:13:28.820 for us. 00:13:31.060 --> 00:13:32.200 Do we sometimes 00:13:32.200 --> 00:13:32.899 only focus 00:13:32.899 --> 00:13:33.879 on what the good we do? 00:13:35.700 --> 00:13:36.860 Are we ignoring 00:13:36.860 --> 00:13:38.159 the sin we tolerate? 00:13:39.560 --> 00:13:40.659 We can just kind of 00:13:40.659 --> 00:13:43.019 balance the scale a bit. 00:13:43.019 --> 00:13:43.259 You know, 00:13:43.419 --> 00:13:44.139 we're living in a culture 00:13:44.139 --> 00:13:45.100 we balance the scales. 00:13:45.720 --> 00:13:46.679 Growing up in a culture 00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:47.699 we balance the scales. 00:13:48.779 --> 00:13:49.500 We're not too bad. 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:50.220 You know, 00:13:50.539 --> 00:13:53.079 I know I struggle 00:13:53.079 --> 00:13:53.699 with sin 00:13:53.699 --> 00:13:56.240 but look how much 00:13:56.240 --> 00:13:56.740 I serve. 00:13:59.539 --> 00:14:00.340 I know I'm living 00:14:00.340 --> 00:14:01.340 in disobedience 00:14:01.340 --> 00:14:04.059 but I attend church 00:14:04.059 --> 00:14:04.600 every week. 00:14:05.399 --> 00:14:06.379 We balance the scale 00:14:06.379 --> 00:14:06.819 all the time 00:14:06.819 --> 00:14:07.199 in our life 00:14:07.199 --> 00:14:07.740 even if we don't 00:14:07.740 --> 00:14:08.259 realize it. 00:14:10.480 --> 00:14:11.659 I know this relationship 00:14:11.659 --> 00:14:12.100 that I'm in 00:14:12.100 --> 00:14:12.659 isn't right. 00:14:13.019 --> 00:14:15.299 But I'm generous. 00:14:19.360 --> 00:14:20.319 I'm not as bad 00:14:20.319 --> 00:14:20.939 as I was. 00:14:21.299 --> 00:14:21.799 That's why I listen 00:14:21.799 --> 00:14:22.379 to all the time 00:14:22.379 --> 00:14:22.779 with the guys 00:14:22.779 --> 00:14:23.279 in addiction. 00:14:24.439 --> 00:14:24.620 You know, 00:14:24.659 --> 00:14:25.379 I work with fellas 00:14:25.379 --> 00:14:25.840 in addiction 00:14:25.840 --> 00:14:26.639 and they'll be telling me 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:27.179 I'm not as bad 00:14:27.179 --> 00:14:27.740 as I was. 00:14:28.480 --> 00:14:28.639 You know, 00:14:28.679 --> 00:14:29.579 I still drink a lot 00:14:29.579 --> 00:14:30.460 but I don't black out 00:14:30.460 --> 00:14:30.740 anymore. 00:14:30.840 --> 00:14:31.600 I don't get arrested. 00:14:34.379 --> 00:14:35.319 It doesn't matter. 00:14:35.740 --> 00:14:36.720 We can't cancel 00:14:36.720 --> 00:14:37.220 out our sin. 00:14:37.220 --> 00:14:38.040 We can't. 00:14:41.980 --> 00:14:42.860 We cannot 00:14:42.860 --> 00:14:43.680 cancel out 00:14:43.680 --> 00:14:44.200 our sin 00:14:44.200 --> 00:14:44.779 what works. 00:14:45.300 --> 00:14:45.960 It's impossible. 00:14:46.960 --> 00:14:48.040 So we still 00:14:48.040 --> 00:14:49.160 create this imaginary 00:14:49.160 --> 00:14:49.879 kind of 00:14:49.879 --> 00:14:51.639 scales in our head 00:14:51.639 --> 00:14:52.660 and we justify 00:14:52.660 --> 00:14:53.340 our behavior 00:14:53.340 --> 00:14:53.759 to it. 00:14:54.379 --> 00:14:54.519 You know, 00:14:54.560 --> 00:14:55.200 I know I'm doing this 00:14:55.200 --> 00:14:56.040 but look what I'm doing here. 00:14:56.560 --> 00:14:57.460 It doesn't work like that. 00:14:58.420 --> 00:14:59.000 It doesn't. 00:14:59.740 --> 00:15:00.759 Only fooling yourself 00:15:00.759 --> 00:15:01.639 if you think 00:15:01.639 --> 00:15:02.360 that it works 00:15:02.360 --> 00:15:02.800 like that. 00:15:02.799 --> 00:15:04.919 Let's have a look 00:15:04.919 --> 00:15:05.579 at verse 20. 00:15:08.439 --> 00:15:09.959 But I have this 00:15:09.959 --> 00:15:10.919 against you. 00:15:11.419 --> 00:15:11.839 Oh. 00:15:14.620 --> 00:15:15.759 That you tolerate 00:15:15.759 --> 00:15:17.000 the woman Jezebel 00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:19.620 who calls herself 00:15:19.620 --> 00:15:20.419 a prophetess 00:15:20.419 --> 00:15:22.579 and is teaching 00:15:22.579 --> 00:15:23.620 and seducing 00:15:23.620 --> 00:15:24.579 my servants 00:15:24.579 --> 00:15:26.679 to participate 00:15:26.679 --> 00:15:28.099 in sexual immorality 00:15:28.099 --> 00:15:29.419 and to eat 00:15:29.419 --> 00:15:30.240 food 00:15:30.240 --> 00:15:31.379 sacrificed 00:15:31.379 --> 00:15:32.779 to idols. 00:15:32.799 --> 00:15:34.779 mic drop. 00:15:35.659 --> 00:15:36.159 Can you imagine 00:15:36.159 --> 00:15:36.679 hearing that? 00:15:37.779 --> 00:15:38.779 Just after hearing 00:15:38.779 --> 00:15:39.779 so encouraging 00:15:39.779 --> 00:15:40.359 bang. 00:15:43.079 --> 00:15:44.439 Everything changes 00:15:44.439 --> 00:15:45.539 with these words 00:15:45.539 --> 00:15:47.740 but I have this 00:15:47.740 --> 00:15:48.759 against you. 00:15:50.699 --> 00:15:51.279 Guaranteed 00:15:51.279 --> 00:15:51.439 this. 00:15:51.579 --> 00:15:51.859 Okay, 00:15:51.959 --> 00:15:52.659 got your attention. 00:15:54.379 --> 00:15:55.219 Despite all 00:15:55.219 --> 00:15:55.839 the love 00:15:55.839 --> 00:15:57.519 service 00:15:57.519 --> 00:15:58.359 faithfulness 00:15:58.359 --> 00:15:59.059 and endurance 00:15:59.059 --> 00:16:00.279 Jesus still 00:16:00.279 --> 00:16:00.799 had something 00:16:00.799 --> 00:16:01.399 to say. 00:16:02.799 --> 00:16:03.519 Hence the letter. 00:16:05.779 --> 00:16:06.519 They were 00:16:06.519 --> 00:16:07.179 tolerating 00:16:07.179 --> 00:16:07.899 false 00:16:07.899 --> 00:16:08.559 teachings. 00:16:10.159 --> 00:16:10.839 They didn't 00:16:10.839 --> 00:16:11.620 see the problem 00:16:11.620 --> 00:16:12.500 in what they 00:16:12.500 --> 00:16:12.979 were doing 00:16:12.979 --> 00:16:13.859 when they 00:16:13.859 --> 00:16:14.500 were worshipping 00:16:14.500 --> 00:16:15.639 falsely. 00:16:16.219 --> 00:16:16.639 Falsely. 00:16:18.079 --> 00:16:18.979 They compromised. 00:16:18.980 --> 00:16:24.200 using the word 00:16:24.200 --> 00:16:24.639 Jezebel 00:16:24.639 --> 00:16:25.000 here. 00:16:25.940 --> 00:16:26.220 Jesus 00:16:26.220 --> 00:16:27.399 is not 00:16:27.399 --> 00:16:27.779 about a 00:16:27.779 --> 00:16:28.600 literal person 00:16:28.600 --> 00:16:29.519 that was in 00:16:29.519 --> 00:16:29.899 the city. 00:16:32.220 --> 00:16:32.700 Jesus 00:16:32.700 --> 00:16:33.500 is reminding 00:16:33.500 --> 00:16:34.180 us about 00:16:34.180 --> 00:16:34.659 Jezebel 00:16:34.659 --> 00:16:35.379 in the Old 00:16:35.379 --> 00:16:35.720 Testament. 00:16:37.460 --> 00:16:38.159 The verse 00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:38.800 would suggest 00:16:38.800 --> 00:16:39.379 that there was 00:16:39.379 --> 00:16:40.019 a woman in the 00:16:40.019 --> 00:16:40.279 city 00:16:40.279 --> 00:16:42.820 in one of the 00:16:42.820 --> 00:16:43.580 guilds. 00:16:43.580 --> 00:16:46.379 there was 00:16:46.379 --> 00:16:46.840 a woman 00:16:46.840 --> 00:16:49.980 who was 00:16:49.980 --> 00:16:50.480 practicing 00:16:50.480 --> 00:16:51.060 teachings 00:16:51.060 --> 00:16:51.639 that Jezebel 00:16:51.639 --> 00:16:51.940 would have 00:16:51.940 --> 00:16:52.340 practiced 00:16:52.340 --> 00:16:53.120 in the Old 00:16:53.120 --> 00:16:53.440 Testament. 00:16:55.180 --> 00:16:55.800 And they 00:16:55.800 --> 00:16:56.340 were leading 00:16:56.340 --> 00:16:57.139 Christians 00:16:57.139 --> 00:16:58.440 into sexual 00:16:58.440 --> 00:16:58.960 morality 00:16:58.960 --> 00:17:00.100 false 00:17:00.100 --> 00:17:00.560 teaching 00:17:00.560 --> 00:17:02.860 and she 00:17:02.860 --> 00:17:03.600 taught herself 00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:04.819 to be like 00:17:04.819 --> 00:17:05.920 a prophetess. 00:17:06.799 --> 00:17:07.480 There's the 00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:07.940 contrast. 00:17:08.360 --> 00:17:08.779 So Jesus 00:17:08.779 --> 00:17:09.279 is saying to 00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:09.420 him 00:17:09.420 --> 00:17:11.860 and the 00:17:11.860 --> 00:17:12.279 Christians 00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:12.720 in the 00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:13.019 city 00:17:13.019 --> 00:17:14.980 were falling 00:17:14.980 --> 00:17:15.960 into our 00:17:15.960 --> 00:17:16.360 trap. 00:17:19.560 --> 00:17:20.279 Go back 00:17:20.279 --> 00:17:20.620 a small 00:17:20.620 --> 00:17:21.080 about the 00:17:21.080 --> 00:17:21.560 guilds. 00:17:22.480 --> 00:17:22.840 You see 00:17:22.840 --> 00:17:23.100 in the 00:17:23.100 --> 00:17:23.580 guilds 00:17:23.580 --> 00:17:24.960 because of 00:17:24.960 --> 00:17:25.519 the trading 00:17:25.519 --> 00:17:26.580 and the 00:17:26.580 --> 00:17:26.980 guilds that 00:17:26.980 --> 00:17:27.240 you have to 00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:27.800 be associated 00:17:27.800 --> 00:17:29.200 with when it 00:17:29.200 --> 00:17:29.560 comes to 00:17:29.560 --> 00:17:29.960 the trading 00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:31.720 Christians 00:17:31.720 --> 00:17:32.560 were under 00:17:32.560 --> 00:17:33.160 enormous 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:33.600 pressure. 00:17:35.480 --> 00:17:36.180 Because if 00:17:36.180 --> 00:17:36.500 they didn't 00:17:36.500 --> 00:17:37.220 participate in 00:17:37.220 --> 00:17:37.920 these guilds 00:17:37.920 --> 00:17:38.740 they wouldn't 00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:39.400 have made 00:17:39.400 --> 00:17:39.940 a livelihood. 00:17:40.120 --> 00:17:40.300 They wouldn't 00:17:40.300 --> 00:17:40.780 have survived. 00:17:42.640 --> 00:17:43.480 But every 00:17:43.480 --> 00:17:44.280 guild had a 00:17:44.280 --> 00:17:45.000 patriot god. 00:17:45.400 --> 00:17:45.800 That was the 00:17:45.800 --> 00:17:46.120 problem. 00:17:48.060 --> 00:17:48.800 In Taitara 00:17:48.800 --> 00:17:49.340 there were 00:17:49.340 --> 00:17:50.240 temples dedicated 00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:50.700 to these 00:17:50.700 --> 00:17:52.720 gods such 00:17:52.720 --> 00:17:53.519 as Ateta 00:17:53.519 --> 00:17:54.460 and Apollo. 00:17:56.220 --> 00:17:56.400 Guild 00:17:56.400 --> 00:17:57.080 members may 00:17:57.080 --> 00:17:57.380 have been 00:17:57.380 --> 00:17:58.740 encouraged to 00:17:58.740 --> 00:17:59.440 participate in 00:17:59.440 --> 00:18:00.080 all kinds of 00:18:00.080 --> 00:18:00.540 ungodly 00:18:00.540 --> 00:18:00.980 behaviour. 00:18:02.540 --> 00:18:02.660 They 00:18:02.660 --> 00:18:03.440 participated in 00:18:03.440 --> 00:18:05.080 all sexual 00:18:05.080 --> 00:18:05.840 immorality 00:18:05.840 --> 00:18:07.460 to honour 00:18:07.460 --> 00:18:08.080 these gods. 00:18:09.400 --> 00:18:10.060 to whoever 00:18:10.060 --> 00:18:11.100 the god 00:18:11.100 --> 00:18:11.280 was 00:18:11.280 --> 00:18:11.640 devoted 00:18:11.640 --> 00:18:11.880 to in 00:18:11.880 --> 00:18:12.200 the guild. 00:18:14.600 --> 00:18:15.440 And there 00:18:15.440 --> 00:18:15.980 was people 00:18:15.980 --> 00:18:16.580 in the 00:18:16.580 --> 00:18:16.960 church 00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:20.200 who saw 00:18:20.200 --> 00:18:20.540 what was 00:18:20.540 --> 00:18:21.080 going on 00:18:21.080 --> 00:18:23.180 and thought 00:18:23.180 --> 00:18:23.680 nothing 00:18:23.680 --> 00:18:25.200 wrong with 00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:25.380 it. 00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:28.940 They saw 00:18:28.940 --> 00:18:29.400 Christians 00:18:29.400 --> 00:18:30.380 participating in 00:18:30.380 --> 00:18:31.100 such activities 00:18:31.100 --> 00:18:31.900 and they saw 00:18:31.900 --> 00:18:32.900 nothing wrong 00:18:32.900 --> 00:18:33.240 with it. 00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:34.039 wrong with it. 00:18:36.839 --> 00:18:37.579 And the 00:18:37.579 --> 00:18:38.279 feasts that 00:18:38.279 --> 00:18:38.779 they're talking 00:18:38.779 --> 00:18:39.339 about here 00:18:39.339 --> 00:18:41.980 the meat 00:18:41.980 --> 00:18:42.420 that was 00:18:42.420 --> 00:18:42.920 served at 00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:43.640 these feasts 00:18:43.640 --> 00:18:44.740 first had to 00:18:44.740 --> 00:18:45.259 be offered 00:18:45.259 --> 00:18:45.579 up to 00:18:45.579 --> 00:18:45.920 idols. 00:18:47.720 --> 00:18:48.420 And if 00:18:48.420 --> 00:18:48.859 you attended 00:18:48.859 --> 00:18:49.660 these meals 00:18:49.660 --> 00:18:51.740 you weren't 00:18:51.740 --> 00:18:52.319 just eating 00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:52.819 the food 00:18:52.819 --> 00:18:53.240 you were 00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:53.900 participating 00:18:53.900 --> 00:18:54.720 in this 00:18:54.720 --> 00:18:56.539 feast 00:18:56.539 --> 00:18:57.359 in this 00:18:57.359 --> 00:18:57.759 worship. 00:18:57.759 --> 00:19:01.599 and if 00:19:01.599 --> 00:19:01.799 you were 00:19:01.799 --> 00:19:02.319 participating 00:19:02.319 --> 00:19:02.599 in the 00:19:02.599 --> 00:19:02.859 worship 00:19:02.859 --> 00:19:03.299 you were 00:19:03.299 --> 00:19:03.700 involved 00:19:03.700 --> 00:19:03.879 in 00:19:03.879 --> 00:19:04.240 sexual 00:19:04.240 --> 00:19:04.779 immorality. 00:19:08.339 --> 00:19:08.980 But some 00:19:08.980 --> 00:19:09.559 Christians in 00:19:09.559 --> 00:19:09.940 the church 00:19:09.940 --> 00:19:10.420 were saying 00:19:10.420 --> 00:19:11.680 it's not a 00:19:11.680 --> 00:19:12.099 big deal 00:19:12.099 --> 00:19:13.480 what else 00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:13.660 are they 00:19:13.660 --> 00:19:14.039 supposed to 00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:14.220 do? 00:19:16.140 --> 00:19:16.680 They went 00:19:16.680 --> 00:19:17.220 along with it. 00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:18.160 The church 00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:18.759 went along 00:19:18.759 --> 00:19:19.119 with it. 00:19:23.019 --> 00:19:23.519 What are 00:19:23.519 --> 00:19:23.640 they going 00:19:23.640 --> 00:19:23.920 to do? 00:19:24.059 --> 00:19:24.339 They're not 00:19:24.339 --> 00:19:24.539 going to 00:19:24.539 --> 00:19:24.980 stand out. 00:19:25.119 --> 00:19:25.839 They won't 00:19:25.839 --> 00:19:26.339 be able to 00:19:26.339 --> 00:19:27.200 have their 00:19:27.200 --> 00:19:27.819 livelihood if 00:19:27.819 --> 00:19:28.120 they don't 00:19:28.120 --> 00:19:28.640 part of 00:19:28.640 --> 00:19:28.799 these 00:19:28.799 --> 00:19:29.080 skills. 00:19:29.440 --> 00:19:29.559 Their 00:19:29.559 --> 00:19:30.120 families aren't 00:19:30.120 --> 00:19:30.340 going to 00:19:30.340 --> 00:19:30.600 get the 00:19:30.600 --> 00:19:30.740 money. 00:19:30.840 --> 00:19:31.059 They're not 00:19:31.059 --> 00:19:31.259 going to 00:19:31.259 --> 00:19:31.680 get fed. 00:19:32.259 --> 00:19:32.500 So what 00:19:32.500 --> 00:19:32.740 else are 00:19:32.740 --> 00:19:33.059 they supposed 00:19:33.059 --> 00:19:33.380 to do? 00:19:36.539 --> 00:19:37.039 Some say 00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:37.620 compromising 00:19:37.620 --> 00:19:38.000 aren't they? 00:19:38.860 --> 00:19:39.220 They were 00:19:39.220 --> 00:19:39.900 compromising. 00:19:40.960 --> 00:19:41.500 They were 00:19:41.500 --> 00:19:42.160 compromising 00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:42.819 with their 00:19:42.819 --> 00:19:43.100 faith. 00:19:48.100 --> 00:19:48.500 Christians 00:19:48.500 --> 00:19:49.180 compromised 00:19:49.180 --> 00:19:49.680 their faith. 00:19:49.759 --> 00:19:49.920 But you 00:19:49.920 --> 00:19:50.180 know what 00:19:50.180 --> 00:19:50.640 was worse? 00:19:51.160 --> 00:19:51.740 The church 00:19:51.740 --> 00:19:52.860 tolerated it. 00:19:52.859 --> 00:19:57.459 who always 00:19:57.459 --> 00:19:58.039 noticed about 00:19:58.039 --> 00:19:58.399 Jesus, 00:19:58.539 --> 00:19:58.659 right? 00:20:00.699 --> 00:20:01.179 Especially 00:20:01.179 --> 00:20:02.339 in this 00:20:02.339 --> 00:20:02.599 letter, 00:20:03.339 --> 00:20:03.859 right up 00:20:03.859 --> 00:20:04.039 here. 00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:04.539 Look, 00:20:05.479 --> 00:20:06.079 Jesus didn't 00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:06.639 rebuke the 00:20:06.639 --> 00:20:06.959 Christians, 00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:07.259 did he? 00:20:07.919 --> 00:20:08.599 He rebuked 00:20:08.599 --> 00:20:09.019 the church. 00:20:12.299 --> 00:20:13.379 He rebukes 00:20:13.379 --> 00:20:14.079 the church 00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:15.240 for tolerating 00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:16.219 Christians 00:20:16.219 --> 00:20:17.919 who are 00:20:17.919 --> 00:20:18.519 participating 00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:19.159 in such 00:20:19.159 --> 00:20:19.619 rituals. 00:20:19.619 --> 00:20:23.079 that should 00:20:23.079 --> 00:20:23.779 speak loudly 00:20:23.779 --> 00:20:24.599 to us as 00:20:24.599 --> 00:20:25.019 a church 00:20:25.019 --> 00:20:25.339 today. 00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:27.879 If we 00:20:27.879 --> 00:20:28.439 see something 00:20:28.439 --> 00:20:28.679 in our 00:20:28.679 --> 00:20:29.139 churches 00:20:29.139 --> 00:20:30.959 that's 00:20:30.959 --> 00:20:31.259 sinful, 00:20:32.299 --> 00:20:32.939 we should 00:20:32.939 --> 00:20:33.279 call it 00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:33.479 out. 00:20:34.239 --> 00:20:34.759 We shouldn't 00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:35.419 compromise it. 00:20:35.599 --> 00:20:35.779 We should 00:20:35.779 --> 00:20:36.099 call it 00:20:36.099 --> 00:20:36.299 out. 00:20:38.219 --> 00:20:38.799 We are 00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:39.259 called to 00:20:39.259 --> 00:20:39.459 love 00:20:39.459 --> 00:20:39.839 sinners. 00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:43.619 We are 00:20:43.619 --> 00:20:44.399 called to 00:20:44.399 --> 00:20:45.059 show grace, 00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:45.959 but we 00:20:45.959 --> 00:20:46.299 were never 00:20:46.299 --> 00:20:46.979 taught to 00:20:46.979 --> 00:20:47.519 tolerate 00:20:47.519 --> 00:20:48.099 sin. 00:20:49.619 --> 00:20:51.819 We were 00:20:51.819 --> 00:20:52.159 never 00:20:52.159 --> 00:20:53.819 taught to 00:20:53.819 --> 00:20:54.339 tolerate 00:20:54.339 --> 00:20:55.019 false 00:20:55.019 --> 00:20:55.479 teaching, 00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:56.799 false 00:20:56.799 --> 00:20:57.279 worship, 00:20:58.459 --> 00:20:58.679 and we 00:20:58.679 --> 00:20:59.059 were never 00:20:59.059 --> 00:20:59.659 especially 00:20:59.659 --> 00:21:00.319 to tolerate 00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:00.939 an excuse 00:21:00.939 --> 00:21:01.339 for sin. 00:21:02.379 --> 00:21:02.819 We're not. 00:21:03.859 --> 00:21:04.299 And I'm not 00:21:04.299 --> 00:21:04.739 coming here to 00:21:04.739 --> 00:21:05.139 talk about 00:21:05.139 --> 00:21:05.559 your church, 00:21:05.639 --> 00:21:06.159 I'm looking at 00:21:06.159 --> 00:21:06.479 my own 00:21:06.479 --> 00:21:06.939 church when I'm 00:21:06.939 --> 00:21:07.419 talking about 00:21:07.419 --> 00:21:07.619 this, 00:21:07.719 --> 00:21:08.459 because our 00:21:08.459 --> 00:21:08.839 church is 00:21:08.839 --> 00:21:09.139 the same 00:21:09.139 --> 00:21:09.419 as your 00:21:09.419 --> 00:21:09.759 church, 00:21:10.139 --> 00:21:10.559 I'm the 00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:10.919 same as 00:21:10.919 --> 00:21:11.059 you, 00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:11.779 our hearts 00:21:11.779 --> 00:21:12.359 are exactly 00:21:12.359 --> 00:21:12.839 the same. 00:21:13.559 --> 00:21:14.319 Every church 00:21:14.319 --> 00:21:14.859 that you walk 00:21:14.859 --> 00:21:15.299 in the door 00:21:15.299 --> 00:21:16.619 to might be 00:21:16.619 --> 00:21:18.299 different people 00:21:18.299 --> 00:21:18.819 or different 00:21:18.819 --> 00:21:19.239 chair or 00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:19.539 different 00:21:19.539 --> 00:21:19.859 seating, 00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:20.279 but we 00:21:20.279 --> 00:21:20.559 have all 00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:20.900 the same 00:21:20.900 --> 00:21:21.220 heart. 00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:22.019 So don't 00:21:22.019 --> 00:21:22.339 think I'm 00:21:22.339 --> 00:21:22.799 talking in 00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:23.259 here talking 00:21:23.259 --> 00:21:23.660 about your 00:21:23.660 --> 00:21:23.940 church, 00:21:23.980 --> 00:21:24.079 you're 00:21:24.079 --> 00:21:24.579 talking about 00:21:24.579 --> 00:21:25.460 you as 00:21:25.460 --> 00:21:25.920 the church. 00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:30.259 Because it's 00:21:30.259 --> 00:21:30.960 hard to spend 00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:31.559 all your time 00:21:31.559 --> 00:21:32.220 in an unbelieving 00:21:32.220 --> 00:21:32.539 world, 00:21:32.640 --> 00:21:32.920 isn't it? 00:21:33.259 --> 00:21:33.819 Especially in 00:21:33.819 --> 00:21:34.120 work. 00:21:35.200 --> 00:21:35.859 You're walking 00:21:35.859 --> 00:21:36.420 around in 00:21:36.420 --> 00:21:36.880 work and 00:21:36.880 --> 00:21:37.299 you're walking 00:21:37.299 --> 00:21:37.680 around with 00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:38.240 friends and 00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:38.539 none of 00:21:38.539 --> 00:21:39.099 them believes 00:21:39.099 --> 00:21:40.859 in God and 00:21:40.859 --> 00:21:41.079 none of 00:21:41.079 --> 00:21:41.500 them believes 00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:41.940 in Jesus. 00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:42.779 And you're 00:21:42.779 --> 00:21:43.180 staying there 00:21:43.180 --> 00:21:43.779 long enough and 00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:43.980 do you know 00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:44.420 what happens? 00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:44.859 You start 00:21:44.859 --> 00:21:45.700 compromising with 00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:46.120 your faith. 00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:47.920 You start 00:21:47.920 --> 00:21:48.559 engaging in 00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:49.319 conversations you 00:21:49.319 --> 00:21:49.759 shouldn't be 00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:49.879 in. 00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:51.259 You start 00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:51.639 trying to 00:21:51.639 --> 00:21:52.000 fit in. 00:21:52.879 --> 00:21:53.359 You feel 00:21:53.359 --> 00:21:54.019 lonely because 00:21:54.019 --> 00:21:54.559 everybody's 00:21:54.559 --> 00:21:55.599 walking away 00:21:55.599 --> 00:21:56.059 from you because 00:21:56.059 --> 00:21:56.480 you're a bit 00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:56.919 strange. 00:21:57.639 --> 00:21:58.200 You're not 00:21:58.200 --> 00:21:58.799 engaging with 00:21:58.799 --> 00:21:59.059 them but 00:21:59.059 --> 00:21:59.480 then you just 00:21:59.480 --> 00:22:00.019 feel like one 00:22:00.019 --> 00:22:00.579 day I want to 00:22:00.579 --> 00:22:01.200 be a part of 00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:01.460 this. 00:22:02.579 --> 00:22:02.980 So what 00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:03.319 happens? 00:22:03.399 --> 00:22:03.859 I compromise 00:22:03.859 --> 00:22:04.299 with my 00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:04.539 faith. 00:22:04.539 --> 00:22:11.299 it's not 00:22:11.299 --> 00:22:11.659 about 00:22:11.659 --> 00:22:12.480 appearance. 00:22:14.399 --> 00:22:14.960 It's not 00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:15.720 about comfort. 00:22:16.899 --> 00:22:17.299 This world 00:22:17.299 --> 00:22:18.259 is, Christian 00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:18.740 faith is not 00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:19.440 about success. 00:22:20.079 --> 00:22:20.559 It's not. 00:22:21.159 --> 00:22:21.639 That's what the 00:22:21.639 --> 00:22:22.159 world offers 00:22:22.159 --> 00:22:22.299 you. 00:22:23.460 --> 00:22:23.740 And do you 00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:23.980 know what? 00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:24.440 It'll never 00:22:24.440 --> 00:22:25.099 satisfy you. 00:22:25.220 --> 00:22:25.440 It doesn't 00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:25.920 matter how 00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:26.420 much this 00:22:26.420 --> 00:22:26.920 world gives 00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:27.119 you in 00:22:27.119 --> 00:22:27.599 success, 00:22:28.379 --> 00:22:28.859 acceptance, 00:22:29.579 --> 00:22:30.119 or comfort, 00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:30.920 you're never 00:22:30.920 --> 00:22:31.279 going to be 00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:31.639 satisfied. 00:22:32.399 --> 00:22:32.700 Never. 00:22:32.700 --> 00:22:32.779 Never. 00:22:32.779 --> 00:22:35.160 Do you 00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:35.480 want to know 00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:35.740 why? 00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:37.019 Because you 00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:37.319 are not 00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:37.940 created for 00:22:37.940 --> 00:22:38.339 this world. 00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:39.160 We are not 00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:39.920 created for 00:22:39.920 --> 00:22:40.319 this world. 00:22:41.099 --> 00:22:41.480 We are 00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:42.099 created for 00:22:42.099 --> 00:22:42.579 the world 00:22:42.579 --> 00:22:42.980 to spend 00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:43.440 eternity 00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:43.759 with our 00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:44.319 King Jesus. 00:22:46.180 --> 00:22:46.619 We're 00:22:46.619 --> 00:22:48.200 created for 00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:48.779 the world 00:22:48.779 --> 00:22:49.859 that we 00:22:49.859 --> 00:22:50.119 will be 00:22:50.119 --> 00:22:50.839 glorified, 00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:51.680 body, 00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:52.879 no sin, 00:22:53.539 --> 00:22:54.139 just like it 00:22:54.139 --> 00:22:54.579 was in the 00:22:54.579 --> 00:22:54.940 Garden of 00:22:54.940 --> 00:22:55.160 Eden. 00:22:56.099 --> 00:22:56.639 That's what 00:22:56.639 --> 00:22:57.119 we're created 00:22:57.119 --> 00:22:57.339 for. 00:22:57.680 --> 00:22:58.039 So whatever 00:22:58.039 --> 00:22:58.480 this world 00:22:58.480 --> 00:22:59.019 offers us, 00:22:59.079 --> 00:22:59.319 it ain't 00:22:59.319 --> 00:22:59.559 going to 00:22:59.559 --> 00:23:00.019 fix us. 00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:00.940 And it 00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:01.399 might give 00:23:01.399 --> 00:23:01.579 you a 00:23:01.579 --> 00:23:01.859 temporary 00:23:01.859 --> 00:23:02.319 release, 00:23:02.399 --> 00:23:02.559 but it's 00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:02.759 not going 00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:03.079 to give 00:23:03.079 --> 00:23:03.319 you a 00:23:03.319 --> 00:23:03.879 100% 00:23:03.879 --> 00:23:04.420 release of 00:23:04.420 --> 00:23:04.980 satisfaction. 00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:05.819 It's just 00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:06.119 a lie. 00:23:08.619 --> 00:23:09.059 But remember 00:23:09.059 --> 00:23:09.819 how Jezebel's 00:23:09.819 --> 00:23:10.279 story ended? 00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:11.640 Grossome. 00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:13.279 What a 00:23:13.279 --> 00:23:13.680 death she 00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:13.900 got. 00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:17.220 Kings 00:23:17.220 --> 00:23:18.559 chapter 9, 00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:20.940 verse 30 00:23:20.940 --> 00:23:21.640 to 37. 00:23:22.579 --> 00:23:23.680 All Jezebel 00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:24.480 done in the 00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:25.039 Old Testament. 00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:29.200 She was 00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:29.700 thrown out 00:23:29.700 --> 00:23:30.180 a window, 00:23:31.400 --> 00:23:31.819 trampled 00:23:31.819 --> 00:23:32.160 on in 00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:32.480 horses, 00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:32.480 00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:32.480 00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:32.480 00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:33.700 and the 00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:34.100 dogs 00:23:34.100 --> 00:23:34.580 mangled 00:23:34.580 --> 00:23:34.779 her. 00:23:36.320 --> 00:23:36.840 What a 00:23:36.840 --> 00:23:37.779 way to 00:23:37.779 --> 00:23:38.000 go. 00:23:39.840 --> 00:23:40.460 She 00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:40.900 thought she 00:23:40.900 --> 00:23:41.060 was 00:23:41.060 --> 00:23:41.660 untouchable. 00:23:43.180 --> 00:23:43.400 She 00:23:43.400 --> 00:23:44.140 thought God 00:23:44.140 --> 00:23:44.519 himself 00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:44.840 couldn't 00:23:44.840 --> 00:23:46.220 touch me. 00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:48.180 What? 00:23:49.320 --> 00:23:50.040 Jesus is 00:23:50.040 --> 00:23:50.620 reminding the 00:23:50.620 --> 00:23:51.480 church that 00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:52.160 she thought 00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:53.040 Jezebel was 00:23:53.040 --> 00:23:53.519 untouchable. 00:23:54.420 --> 00:23:55.040 He's reminding 00:23:55.040 --> 00:23:55.600 the church 00:23:55.600 --> 00:23:57.800 that Jezebel 00:23:57.800 --> 00:23:58.259 thought she 00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:58.500 was a 00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:59.019 prophetess. 00:23:59.019 --> 00:24:00.119 God 00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:00.579 himself 00:24:00.579 --> 00:24:02.119 hasn't got 00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:02.579 power over 00:24:02.579 --> 00:24:02.759 me. 00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:04.099 And God 00:24:04.099 --> 00:24:04.680 ended her 00:24:04.680 --> 00:24:06.359 life just 00:24:06.359 --> 00:24:06.700 as it was 00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:07.180 prophesied. 00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:11.039 God's 00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:11.700 judgment came 00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:12.299 to Jezebel 00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:12.940 and God's 00:24:12.940 --> 00:24:13.400 judgment will 00:24:13.400 --> 00:24:13.940 come to us 00:24:13.940 --> 00:24:14.339 one day. 00:24:16.660 --> 00:24:17.379 Her life 00:24:17.379 --> 00:24:17.940 ended in 00:24:17.940 --> 00:24:18.480 disgrace. 00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:20.240 And one day 00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:20.619 our lives 00:24:20.619 --> 00:24:21.079 will end and 00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:21.480 the question 00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:22.119 is how will 00:24:22.119 --> 00:24:22.440 our lives 00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:22.660 end? 00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:23.339 Will we end 00:24:23.339 --> 00:24:23.779 our lives 00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:24.480 in disgrace 00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:25.240 rejecting 00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:25.579 God? 00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:26.700 Rejecting 00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:27.000 Jesus? 00:24:28.860 --> 00:24:29.420 Will we 00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:29.779 end our 00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:32.000 life accepting 00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:33.740 Christ and 00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:34.019 spending 00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:34.799 eternity with 00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:34.940 him? 00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:35.720 That's the 00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:36.059 question. 00:24:41.420 --> 00:24:42.180 That's why 00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:42.860 Jesus is 00:24:42.860 --> 00:24:43.400 calling his 00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:43.860 church to 00:24:43.860 --> 00:24:44.160 remain 00:24:44.160 --> 00:24:44.539 faithful. 00:24:45.599 --> 00:24:46.240 We must 00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:46.620 remain 00:24:46.620 --> 00:24:47.019 faithful. 00:24:47.860 --> 00:24:48.160 Doesn't 00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:48.539 matter what 00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:48.900 this world 00:24:48.900 --> 00:24:49.339 throws at 00:24:49.339 --> 00:24:49.519 us. 00:24:49.880 --> 00:24:50.299 We must 00:24:50.299 --> 00:24:51.160 remain 00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:51.779 faithful. 00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:54.559 even if 00:24:54.559 --> 00:24:54.740 the 00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.279 faithfulness 00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:55.879 is costly. 00:24:57.619 --> 00:24:58.200 We are 00:24:58.200 --> 00:24:58.599 called to 00:24:58.599 --> 00:24:58.879 stand 00:24:58.879 --> 00:24:59.399 firm in 00:24:59.399 --> 00:24:59.519 the 00:24:59.519 --> 00:24:59.920 armor of 00:24:59.920 --> 00:25:01.339 God and 00:25:01.339 --> 00:25:01.740 not to 00:25:01.740 --> 00:25:02.559 kneel and 00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:02.960 worship 00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:03.379 false 00:25:03.379 --> 00:25:04.579 gods and 00:25:04.579 --> 00:25:05.079 especially 00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:05.899 worship 00:25:05.899 --> 00:25:07.059 false 00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:07.559 idols of 00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:07.660 the 00:25:07.660 --> 00:25:07.940 heart. 00:25:11.139 --> 00:25:11.639 Let's 00:25:11.639 --> 00:25:11.899 have a look 00:25:11.899 --> 00:25:12.139 at verse 00:25:12.139 --> 00:25:12.460 21. 00:25:13.899 --> 00:25:14.660 I gave 00:25:14.660 --> 00:25:15.220 her time 00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:16.059 to repent 00:25:16.059 --> 00:25:18.119 but she 00:25:18.119 --> 00:25:18.899 refuses to 00:25:18.899 --> 00:25:19.480 repent of 00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:20.039 her sexual 00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:20.740 immorality. 00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:25.079 what an 00:25:25.079 --> 00:25:25.420 incredible 00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:25.899 statement 00:25:25.899 --> 00:25:26.240 here and 00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:26.379 there. 00:25:30.379 --> 00:25:30.859 God 00:25:30.859 --> 00:25:31.660 could have 00:25:31.660 --> 00:25:32.460 judged her 00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:33.039 there and 00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:33.220 then. 00:25:34.319 --> 00:25:34.859 God can 00:25:34.859 --> 00:25:35.420 judge us. 00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:36.440 We deserve 00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:36.740 death. 00:25:38.099 --> 00:25:38.460 He could 00:25:38.460 --> 00:25:38.680 have come 00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:39.000 down and 00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.460 just judge 00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:39.980 every single 00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:40.279 one of 00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:40.500 us. 00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:42.399 He's 00:25:42.399 --> 00:25:42.740 right to 00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.079 do so. 00:25:44.099 --> 00:25:44.519 He could 00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:44.740 have done 00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:45.019 a hair 00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:45.619 with Jezebel. 00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:47.500 He could 00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:47.740 have gone 00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.720 a hair 00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:49.019 in 00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:49.359 entire 00:25:49.359 --> 00:25:50.559 era but 00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:51.000 he didn't. 00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:56.480 instead he 00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:57.059 gave her 00:25:57.059 --> 00:25:57.940 time to 00:25:57.940 --> 00:25:58.339 repent. 00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:00.579 Jesus 00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:01.220 gives us 00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:02.079 time to 00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:02.399 repent. 00:26:05.819 --> 00:26:06.960 That is 00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:07.579 the mercy 00:26:07.579 --> 00:26:08.319 of God. 00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:10.379 Throughout 00:26:10.379 --> 00:26:11.000 scripture we 00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:11.740 see that God 00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:12.420 is patient 00:26:12.420 --> 00:26:12.819 didn't he? 00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:14.619 He delays 00:26:14.619 --> 00:26:15.299 his judgment 00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:16.059 because he 00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:16.599 delights in 00:26:16.599 --> 00:26:17.200 showing mercy 00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:20.080 and 00:26:20.080 --> 00:26:20.740 giving people 00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:21.580 the opportunity 00:26:21.580 --> 00:26:22.360 to turn 00:26:22.360 --> 00:26:23.180 away from 00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:23.980 sin and 00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:24.360 come to 00:26:24.360 --> 00:26:24.559 him. 00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:28.340 Can you 00:26:28.340 --> 00:26:28.680 look back 00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:28.900 in your 00:26:28.900 --> 00:26:29.299 own life 00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:29.740 and just 00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.259 think of a 00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:30.519 certain 00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:31.140 moment in 00:26:31.140 --> 00:26:31.559 your life 00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:32.960 and see 00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:33.360 God's 00:26:33.360 --> 00:26:33.860 patience 00:26:33.860 --> 00:26:35.220 in your 00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:35.400 sin? 00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.059 I can 00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.500 look back 00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:36.779 and see 00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.120 many of 00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:37.220 them. 00:26:39.580 --> 00:26:40.180 How many 00:26:40.180 --> 00:26:40.840 opportunities 00:26:40.840 --> 00:26:41.319 had you 00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:41.860 given you 00:26:41.859 --> 00:26:43.740 to repent? 00:26:45.179 --> 00:26:45.599 I can't 00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:45.779 even. 00:26:46.419 --> 00:26:46.799 If you're 00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:47.339 here today 00:26:47.339 --> 00:26:47.839 and you 00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:48.259 think that 00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:48.639 you're so 00:26:48.639 --> 00:26:49.259 bad and 00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:49.559 you're so 00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:50.059 sinful you 00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:50.539 can't repent 00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:51.139 anymore because 00:26:51.139 --> 00:26:51.500 you reckon 00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:52.219 Christ said 00:26:52.219 --> 00:26:52.579 or God 00:26:52.579 --> 00:26:54.699 said God 00:26:54.699 --> 00:26:55.439 will never 00:26:55.439 --> 00:26:56.240 be sick 00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:56.679 of your 00:26:56.679 --> 00:26:57.079 repentance. 00:26:57.559 --> 00:26:57.779 Never. 00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:00.000 Repent, 00:27:00.399 --> 00:27:00.779 repent, 00:27:01.199 --> 00:27:01.599 repent. 00:27:01.919 --> 00:27:02.339 Turn from 00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:02.759 your sin 00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.359 and come 00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:03.679 to him. 00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:04.799 He will 00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:05.399 have the 00:27:05.399 --> 00:27:05.939 patience 00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:07.680 but 00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:09.600 his 00:27:09.600 --> 00:27:10.100 patience 00:27:10.100 --> 00:27:10.779 has a 00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.000 limit 00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:12.660 in this 00:27:12.660 --> 00:27:12.960 world. 00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:16.480 Did you 00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:16.840 ever hear 00:27:16.840 --> 00:27:17.240 of a 00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:18.640 talking to 00:27:18.640 --> 00:27:19.320 a non-believer 00:27:19.320 --> 00:27:20.559 sick of 00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:20.940 hearing this 00:27:20.940 --> 00:27:21.519 nearly 00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:22.380 two or 00:27:22.380 --> 00:27:22.779 three times 00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:23.100 a week? 00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:25.220 How could 00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:25.620 a loving 00:27:25.620 --> 00:27:26.279 God send 00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:26.940 anybody to 00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:27.100 hell? 00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.440 Common 00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:29.840 question 00:27:29.840 --> 00:27:30.180 isn't it? 00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:33.680 I never 00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:34.299 heard anybody 00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:34.820 ask the 00:27:34.820 --> 00:27:35.259 question 00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:36.740 how could 00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.339 a holy 00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:37.779 God 00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:38.379 continue 00:27:38.379 --> 00:27:39.200 to show 00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:39.720 mercy to 00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:40.200 people who 00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:40.700 constantly 00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:41.339 reject him? 00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:42.240 That's a 00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.759 better question 00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:43.099 isn't it? 00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:45.559 And I 00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:46.240 include myself 00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.539 in that 00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:46.900 question. 00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:48.980 How can 00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.440 a holy 00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:49.779 God 00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:50.359 continue 00:27:50.359 --> 00:27:51.640 to show 00:27:51.640 --> 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00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:30.360 judgment 00:35:30.360 --> 00:35:34.579 but 00:35:34.579 --> 00:35:34.880 notice 00:35:34.880 --> 00:35:35.099 again 00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:35.260 how 00:35:35.260 --> 00:35:35.539 Jesus 00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:36.079 describes 00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:36.500 himself 00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:38.099 I 00:35:38.099 --> 00:35:38.240 am 00:35:38.240 --> 00:35:38.380 the 00:35:38.380 --> 00:35:38.640 one 00:35:38.640 --> 00:35:38.880 who 00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:39.420 examines 00:35:39.420 --> 00:35:39.760 minds 00:35:39.760 --> 00:35:39.960 and 00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:40.300 hearts 00:35:40.300 --> 00:35:42.620 nothing 00:35:42.620 --> 00:35:43.260 escapes 00:35:43.260 --> 00:35:43.519 his 00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:43.880 notice 00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:44.780 nothing 00:35:44.780 --> 00:35:45.980 he 00:35:45.980 --> 00:35:46.160 just 00:35:46.160 --> 00:35:46.360 said 00:35:46.360 --> 00:35:46.480 it 00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:46.700 again 00:35:46.700 --> 00:35:47.380 he 00:35:47.380 --> 00:35:47.579 is 00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:47.720 the 00:35:47.720 --> 00:35:47.960 one 00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:48.099 that 00:35:48.099 --> 00:35:48.620 examines 00:35:48.620 --> 00:35:48.780 the 00:35:48.780 --> 00:35:49.099 mind 00:35:49.099 --> 00:35:49.400 and 00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:49.500 the 00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:49.780 heart 00:35:49.780 --> 00:35:50.640 he 00:35:50.640 --> 00:35:50.980 sees 00:35:50.980 --> 00:35:51.079 it 00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:51.300 all 00:35:51.300 --> 00:35:52.200 nothing 00:35:52.200 --> 00:35:52.559 can 00:35:52.559 --> 00:35:53.039 escape 00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:55.539 he 00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:55.800 sees 00:35:55.800 --> 00:35:56.280 every 00:35:56.280 --> 00:35:56.860 thought 00:35:56.860 --> 00:35:57.760 can 00:35:57.760 --> 00:35:57.880 you 00:35:57.880 --> 00:35:58.280 imagine 00:35:58.280 --> 00:35:58.820 getting 00:35:58.820 --> 00:35:58.940 a 00:35:58.940 --> 00:35:59.340 projector 00:35:59.340 --> 00:35:59.800 and sticking 00:35:59.800 --> 00:36:00.100 at the 00:36:00.100 --> 00:36:00.280 top 00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:00.519 of my 00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:00.700 head 00:36:00.700 --> 00:36:00.820 and 00:36:00.820 --> 00:36:00.980 just 00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:01.360 projecting 00:36:01.360 --> 00:36:01.680 on the 00:36:01.680 --> 00:36:01.940 screen 00:36:01.940 --> 00:36:02.640 what I 00:36:02.640 --> 00:36:02.900 thought 00:36:02.900 --> 00:36:03.100 about 00:36:03.100 --> 00:36:03.360 coming 00:36:03.360 --> 00:36:03.680 down here 00:36:03.680 --> 00:36:03.900 this 00:36:03.900 --> 00:36:04.180 morning 00:36:04.180 --> 00:36:06.800 horrendous 00:36:06.800 --> 00:36:08.420 thank God 00:36:08.420 --> 00:36:08.960 for God's 00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:09.260 mercy 00:36:09.260 --> 00:36:12.740 he sees 00:36:12.740 --> 00:36:13.140 every 00:36:13.140 --> 00:36:13.660 motive 00:36:13.660 --> 00:36:14.559 even if we 00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:14.960 think 00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:16.200 that it's the 00:36:16.200 --> 00:36:16.720 right motive 00:36:16.720 --> 00:36:17.400 he knows 00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:18.380 our motives 00:36:18.380 --> 00:36:20.420 and 00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:20.840 he sees 00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:21.180 every 00:36:21.180 --> 00:36:21.740 single 00:36:21.740 --> 00:36:22.240 hidden 00:36:22.240 --> 00:36:22.599 sin 00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:23.260 he sees 00:36:23.260 --> 00:36:23.360 it 00:36:23.360 --> 00:36:23.599 all 00:36:23.599 --> 00:36:27.940 Jeremiah 00:36:27.940 --> 00:36:28.559 17 00:36:28.559 --> 00:36:28.980 10 00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:29.680 I am 00:36:29.680 --> 00:36:29.840 the 00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:30.160 Lord 00:36:30.160 --> 00:36:30.340 who 00:36:30.340 --> 00:36:30.900 examines 00:36:30.900 --> 00:36:31.059 the 00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:31.340 mind 00:36:31.340 --> 00:36:32.460 I 00:36:32.460 --> 00:36:32.820 test 00:36:32.820 --> 00:36:32.980 the 00:36:32.980 --> 00:36:33.220 heart 00:36:33.220 --> 00:36:33.420 to 00:36:33.420 --> 00:36:33.720 give 00:36:33.720 --> 00:36:34.160 to 00:36:34.160 --> 00:36:34.400 each 00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:34.840 according 00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:35.059 to 00:36:35.059 --> 00:36:35.300 what 00:36:35.260 --> 00:36:38.079 actions 00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:38.640 deserves 00:36:38.640 --> 00:36:40.500 God's 00:36:40.500 --> 00:36:40.800 judgment 00:36:40.800 --> 00:36:41.420 is always 00:36:41.420 --> 00:36:41.980 righteous 00:36:41.980 --> 00:36:44.079 he never 00:36:44.079 --> 00:36:44.500 judges 00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:45.200 unfairly 00:36:45.199 --> 00:36:46.719 he never 00:36:46.719 --> 00:36:47.119 makes 00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:47.779 mistakes 00:36:47.779 --> 00:36:48.539 and one 00:36:48.539 --> 00:36:48.819 day 00:36:48.819 --> 00:36:49.299 every 00:36:49.299 --> 00:36:49.659 single 00:36:49.659 --> 00:36:50.219 person 00:36:50.219 --> 00:36:51.159 here 00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:52.879 and who 00:36:52.879 --> 00:36:53.219 has ever 00:36:53.219 --> 00:36:53.699 lived 00:36:53.699 --> 00:36:54.559 will stand 00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:55.519 before him 00:36:55.519 --> 00:36:56.619 everyone 00:36:56.619 --> 00:36:57.919 believer 00:36:57.919 --> 00:36:59.239 unbeliever 00:36:59.239 --> 00:36:59.879 rich 00:36:59.879 --> 00:37:00.679 poor 00:37:00.679 --> 00:37:01.599 young 00:37:01.599 --> 00:37:02.279 old 00:37:02.279 --> 00:37:03.159 everyone 00:37:03.159 --> 00:37:04.199 will experience 00:37:04.199 --> 00:37:04.939 a resurrection 00:37:04.939 --> 00:37:05.619 everyone 00:37:05.619 --> 00:37:08.059 everyone 00:37:08.059 --> 00:37:08.879 will stand 00:37:08.879 --> 00:37:09.799 before his 00:37:09.799 --> 00:37:10.179 judgment 00:37:10.179 --> 00:37:13.139 and for 00:37:13.139 --> 00:37:13.559 those who 00:37:13.559 --> 00:37:13.939 trusted 00:37:13.939 --> 00:37:15.159 Christ 00:37:15.159 --> 00:37:16.139 there is 00:37:16.139 --> 00:37:16.319 no 00:37:16.319 --> 00:37:17.119 condemnation 00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:18.440 because 00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:18.839 Jesus 00:37:18.839 --> 00:37:19.480 had already 00:37:19.480 --> 00:37:20.059 paid the 00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:20.559 price of 00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:20.940 God's 00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:21.279 wrath 00:37:21.279 --> 00:37:22.399 there is 00:37:22.399 --> 00:37:22.579 the 00:37:22.579 --> 00:37:23.039 encouragement 00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:25.859 he took 00:37:25.859 --> 00:37:26.539 the price 00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:27.679 of our 00:37:27.679 --> 00:37:27.980 sin 00:37:27.980 --> 00:37:28.599 to the 00:37:28.599 --> 00:37:28.920 cross 00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:30.920 yet 00:37:30.920 --> 00:37:31.359 believers 00:37:31.359 --> 00:37:32.079 will still 00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:33.859 have to 00:37:33.859 --> 00:37:34.179 give an 00:37:34.179 --> 00:37:34.619 account 00:37:34.619 --> 00:37:37.420 of how 00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:37.859 they live 00:37:37.859 --> 00:37:38.500 their life 00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:40.279 in service 00:37:40.279 --> 00:37:40.759 to God 00:37:40.759 --> 00:37:42.159 believers 00:37:42.159 --> 00:37:43.000 if you're 00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:43.599 here and 00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:43.960 you're thinking 00:37:43.960 --> 00:37:44.519 I accept 00:37:44.519 --> 00:37:44.839 Jesus 00:37:44.840 --> 00:37:45.340 as my 00:37:45.340 --> 00:37:45.700 Lord and 00:37:45.700 --> 00:37:45.980 Savior 00:37:45.980 --> 00:37:46.640 happy 00:37:46.640 --> 00:37:47.019 days 00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:48.640 you will 00:37:48.640 --> 00:37:49.240 still have 00:37:49.240 --> 00:37:49.640 to give 00:37:49.640 --> 00:37:50.260 an account 00:37:50.260 --> 00:37:51.740 to God 00:37:51.740 --> 00:37:52.420 in the 00:37:52.420 --> 00:37:52.880 resurrection 00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:54.420 and how 00:37:54.420 --> 00:37:55.120 you serve 00:37:55.120 --> 00:37:55.340 them 00:37:55.340 --> 00:37:55.800 while you 00:37:55.800 --> 00:37:56.120 were on 00:37:56.120 --> 00:37:56.840 this world 00:37:56.840 --> 00:37:59.700 and I'm 00:37:59.700 --> 00:37:59.960 not on 00:37:59.960 --> 00:38:00.300 about a 00:38:00.300 --> 00:38:00.820 work system 00:38:00.820 --> 00:38:01.100 here 00:38:01.100 --> 00:38:02.079 I'm not 00:38:02.079 --> 00:38:02.400 on about 00:38:02.400 --> 00:38:02.680 you have 00:38:02.680 --> 00:38:03.120 to work 00:38:03.120 --> 00:38:03.360 your way 00:38:03.360 --> 00:38:03.740 into heaven 00:38:03.740 --> 00:38:04.000 no 00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:05.360 if you 00:38:05.360 --> 00:38:05.880 have 00:38:05.880 --> 00:38:06.440 the grace 00:38:06.440 --> 00:38:07.199 from God 00:38:07.199 --> 00:38:07.880 then you 00:38:07.880 --> 00:38:08.380 should 00:38:08.380 --> 00:38:08.820 have 00:38:08.820 --> 00:38:09.039 a 00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:09.300 heart 00:38:09.300 --> 00:38:09.599 to 00:38:09.599 --> 00:38:09.880 serve 00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:11.300 you 00:38:11.300 --> 00:38:11.760 work 00:38:11.760 --> 00:38:12.380 because 00:38:12.380 --> 00:38:12.519 of 00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:12.639 the 00:38:12.639 --> 00:38:13.019 grace 00:38:13.019 --> 00:38:13.480 you do 00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:13.659 not 00:38:13.659 --> 00:38:14.059 work 00:38:14.059 --> 00:38:14.519 to get 00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:14.900 grace 00:38:14.900 --> 00:38:15.300 it's 00:38:15.300 --> 00:38:15.820 upside down 00:38:15.820 --> 00:38:17.840 we live in a culture 00:38:17.840 --> 00:38:19.159 that tells you you can work for grace 00:38:19.159 --> 00:38:19.719 you can't 00:38:19.719 --> 00:38:22.559 we work because of grace 00:38:22.559 --> 00:38:24.659 and if you're here this morning 00:38:24.659 --> 00:38:27.400 and you think that you can work your way out of heaven 00:38:27.400 --> 00:38:30.740 or you're in a system that tells you you can work your way out of heaven 00:38:30.740 --> 00:38:31.559 that 00:38:31.559 --> 00:38:32.900 is not 00:38:32.900 --> 00:38:33.840 the truth 00:38:33.840 --> 00:38:38.700 and it doesn't matter if you tell yourself 00:38:38.700 --> 00:38:40.440 but I'm okay I don't even believe all this 00:38:40.440 --> 00:38:43.180 you're up there talking nonsense for the last 00:38:43.180 --> 00:38:44.740 20 minutes 00:38:44.740 --> 00:38:47.300 I don't even believe I'm just here because my dad's bringing me along 00:38:47.300 --> 00:38:48.240 my mom's bringing me along 00:38:48.240 --> 00:38:50.940 I'm just here to fit in I'm just here to show I like the coffee I like the tea 00:38:50.940 --> 00:38:54.000 that does not change the reality of the resurrection 00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:57.280 the reality is you're still going to be raised when you die 00:38:57.280 --> 00:39:02.540 so you can keep fooling yourself to think that it's okay because you don't believe in it 00:39:02.540 --> 00:39:03.780 that's not reality 00:39:03.780 --> 00:39:07.360 let's have a look at verse 24 00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:11.300 but to the rest of you of Thyatira 00:39:11.300 --> 00:39:13.360 who do not hold this teaching 00:39:13.360 --> 00:39:15.560 who have not learned 00:39:15.560 --> 00:39:18.880 what some call the deep things of Satan 00:39:18.880 --> 00:39:21.120 to you I say 00:39:21.120 --> 00:39:24.880 I do not lay on any other burdens 00:39:24.880 --> 00:39:30.920 that's good news isn't it 00:39:30.920 --> 00:39:33.079 not everybody in the church 00:39:33.079 --> 00:39:34.059 had fallen 00:39:34.059 --> 00:39:35.559 into the false teaching 00:39:35.559 --> 00:39:39.880 there was faithful Christians in the church 00:39:39.880 --> 00:39:43.519 and Jesus encourages them 00:39:43.519 --> 00:39:45.820 he speaks 00:39:45.820 --> 00:39:49.539 and he also speaks about the deep things of Satan 00:39:49.539 --> 00:39:54.840 the NFV uses the so-called secrets of Satan 00:39:54.840 --> 00:39:59.599 exactly what this refers to is debatable 00:39:59.599 --> 00:40:01.099 it's debatable 00:40:01.099 --> 00:40:04.360 it may be talking about false teachers 00:40:04.360 --> 00:40:06.800 who claim that believers needed to experience 00:40:06.800 --> 00:40:09.219 depths of paganism 00:40:09.219 --> 00:40:13.859 and false worshiping to understand 00:40:13.859 --> 00:40:15.719 the full spiritual truths 00:40:15.719 --> 00:40:17.039 isn't it a lie 00:40:17.039 --> 00:40:21.239 it might be that there was a teaching of works 00:40:21.239 --> 00:40:22.879 the more you work 00:40:22.879 --> 00:40:24.639 the more righteous you are 00:40:24.639 --> 00:40:27.480 and you can work your way into heaven 00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:29.339 right 00:40:29.339 --> 00:40:30.259 there 00:40:30.259 --> 00:40:31.939 is a doctrine 00:40:31.939 --> 00:40:34.099 straight out of Satan's mouth 00:40:34.099 --> 00:40:37.559 if you could walk 00:40:37.559 --> 00:40:40.299 if we could walk away into heaven 00:40:40.299 --> 00:40:42.679 we wouldn't need a savior would we 00:40:42.679 --> 00:40:47.339 we wouldn't need a crucified Christ would we 00:40:47.339 --> 00:40:51.159 and if we didn't need a crucified Christ 00:40:51.159 --> 00:40:51.639 guess what 00:40:51.639 --> 00:40:52.679 we're still dead in our sins 00:40:52.679 --> 00:40:56.199 because we didn't have a risen Christ 00:40:56.199 --> 00:41:00.460 and guess what 00:41:00.460 --> 00:41:01.639 if we didn't have a risen Christ 00:41:01.639 --> 00:41:04.019 we are still 00:41:04.019 --> 00:41:05.539 under the penalty 00:41:05.539 --> 00:41:06.420 of death 00:41:06.420 --> 00:41:09.980 if you take the crucifixion 00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:11.519 and if you take the resurrection 00:41:11.519 --> 00:41:12.980 out of Christianity 00:41:12.980 --> 00:41:14.839 you're left with nothing 00:41:14.839 --> 00:41:15.819 nothing 00:41:15.819 --> 00:41:17.679 no hope 00:41:17.679 --> 00:41:19.139 no payment 00:41:19.139 --> 00:41:20.599 and still in death 00:41:20.599 --> 00:41:27.079 whatever this verse is on about 00:41:27.079 --> 00:41:28.679 one thing is for sure 00:41:28.679 --> 00:41:30.940 Satan is a liar 00:41:30.940 --> 00:41:32.159 a liar 00:41:32.159 --> 00:41:35.740 he disguises 00:41:35.740 --> 00:41:36.480 lies 00:41:36.480 --> 00:41:37.400 with truth 00:41:37.400 --> 00:41:40.220 so what's the problem 00:41:40.220 --> 00:41:41.559 there's only one 00:41:41.559 --> 00:41:43.019 nobody will know 00:41:43.019 --> 00:41:46.400 it'll be different next time 00:41:46.400 --> 00:41:47.440 you know 00:41:47.440 --> 00:41:48.900 the last time he done this 00:41:48.900 --> 00:41:49.260 do this 00:41:49.260 --> 00:41:49.960 it'll be different 00:41:49.960 --> 00:41:51.320 all 00:41:51.320 --> 00:41:52.159 lies 00:41:52.159 --> 00:41:55.619 he tempts us 00:41:55.619 --> 00:41:56.380 through footholds 00:41:56.380 --> 00:41:57.179 we allow him 00:41:57.179 --> 00:41:58.360 to have over our lives 00:41:58.360 --> 00:41:59.519 we give it to him 00:41:59.519 --> 00:42:00.039 voluntary 00:42:00.039 --> 00:42:01.019 give him 00:42:01.019 --> 00:42:02.159 all our desires 00:42:02.159 --> 00:42:03.579 we give him the ammunition 00:42:03.579 --> 00:42:04.860 he uses it against us 00:42:04.860 --> 00:42:05.900 and we respond to it 00:42:05.900 --> 00:42:10.679 his lies 00:42:10.679 --> 00:42:11.960 wants us to draw us 00:42:11.960 --> 00:42:13.000 as far away 00:42:13.000 --> 00:42:14.159 as to God 00:42:14.159 --> 00:42:14.940 as he can 00:42:14.940 --> 00:42:16.019 there's his plan 00:42:16.019 --> 00:42:17.199 he doesn't care how 00:42:17.199 --> 00:42:18.079 or what he says 00:42:18.079 --> 00:42:19.179 he don't want you 00:42:19.179 --> 00:42:20.059 coming near the cross 00:42:20.059 --> 00:42:20.860 and he doesn't want you 00:42:20.860 --> 00:42:21.599 coming near God 00:42:21.599 --> 00:42:23.420 he'll throw every single 00:42:23.420 --> 00:42:24.219 negative thought 00:42:24.219 --> 00:42:24.920 you have in your head 00:42:24.920 --> 00:42:26.240 everything 00:42:26.240 --> 00:42:29.980 but notice something else 00:42:29.980 --> 00:42:30.700 Jesus 00:42:30.700 --> 00:42:32.519 doesn't promise 00:42:32.519 --> 00:42:33.500 his faithful people 00:42:33.500 --> 00:42:34.880 an easy life 00:42:34.880 --> 00:42:35.200 does he 00:42:35.200 --> 00:42:37.119 he doesn't say 00:42:37.119 --> 00:42:38.639 follow me 00:42:38.639 --> 00:42:39.340 and all your burdens 00:42:39.340 --> 00:42:39.800 be gone 00:42:39.800 --> 00:42:41.200 happy days 00:42:41.200 --> 00:42:44.059 instead 00:42:44.059 --> 00:42:45.000 he says 00:42:45.000 --> 00:42:45.659 I 00:42:45.659 --> 00:42:46.820 am not putting 00:42:46.820 --> 00:42:47.880 any other 00:42:47.880 --> 00:42:48.519 burdens 00:42:48.519 --> 00:42:49.119 on you 00:42:49.119 --> 00:42:53.279 the Christian 00:42:53.279 --> 00:42:53.940 life 00:42:53.940 --> 00:42:54.980 is hard 00:42:54.980 --> 00:42:56.420 life 00:42:56.420 --> 00:42:57.159 in general 00:42:57.159 --> 00:42:57.940 in general 00:42:57.940 --> 00:42:58.420 is hard 00:42:58.420 --> 00:42:59.539 it's tough 00:42:59.539 --> 00:43:02.099 Jesus 00:43:02.099 --> 00:43:03.119 never promised 00:43:03.119 --> 00:43:04.599 his followers 00:43:04.599 --> 00:43:05.039 that life 00:43:05.039 --> 00:43:05.699 will be easy 00:43:05.699 --> 00:43:06.359 never 00:43:06.359 --> 00:43:09.460 but there's 00:43:09.460 --> 00:43:09.940 something that he 00:43:09.940 --> 00:43:10.799 did promise us 00:43:10.799 --> 00:43:11.559 when we go 00:43:11.559 --> 00:43:12.219 through our life 00:43:12.219 --> 00:43:14.539 he promised us 00:43:14.539 --> 00:43:15.179 that he will 00:43:15.179 --> 00:43:16.199 always be there 00:43:16.199 --> 00:43:17.839 when we go 00:43:17.839 --> 00:43:18.259 through our 00:43:18.259 --> 00:43:18.599 burdens 00:43:18.599 --> 00:43:18.960 that life 00:43:18.960 --> 00:43:19.519 gives us 00:43:19.519 --> 00:43:20.819 he will 00:43:20.819 --> 00:43:21.460 always be 00:43:21.460 --> 00:43:22.079 in the midst 00:43:22.079 --> 00:43:22.460 of our 00:43:22.460 --> 00:43:22.839 darkness 00:43:22.839 --> 00:43:24.279 he will 00:43:24.279 --> 00:43:25.000 always be 00:43:25.000 --> 00:43:25.460 in that 00:43:25.460 --> 00:43:25.859 mind 00:43:25.859 --> 00:43:26.679 that's dark 00:43:26.679 --> 00:43:28.019 and he's 00:43:28.019 --> 00:43:28.559 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