WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:12.820 There we go. We've seen that there's an intermediate state after death, a state between the point of death and the return of Christ, where we exist in soul form. 00:00:12.820 --> 00:00:21.539 So our bodies remain on earth, but we go either to heaven, if you're a believer, hell, if you're an unbeliever, in soul form. 00:00:21.539 --> 00:00:30.579 And then everyone is resurrected after that, believer and unbeliever, and then it's the final state. 00:00:32.359 --> 00:00:36.060 And that's how eternity will be forever, never to change again. 00:00:36.479 --> 00:00:42.379 And for the believer, that's living in the new creation, in our physical, resurrected, perfected bodies. 00:00:43.259 --> 00:00:47.000 And for the unbeliever, it's eternity, body and soul in hell. 00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:53.439 And so we've been following this timeline, but we've skipped something, haven't we? 00:00:54.240 --> 00:01:06.439 Something critical. How do we get from this stage over here, this intermediate state or just life on earth, how do we get from this to the final state of new creation or hell? 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:11.439 Well, today, we're coming to the missing gap in the middle. 00:01:11.439 --> 00:01:16.420 And we're going to find out what triggers all this final state. 00:01:17.079 --> 00:01:21.379 And we'll see it's the return of Christ and judgment day. 00:01:22.379 --> 00:01:23.579 That's our focus today. 00:01:23.659 --> 00:01:32.659 We're going to peer into the future and see what will happen to the world and to us and to the church and to all people when Christ returns. 00:01:33.819 --> 00:01:35.500 And the first thing to see is this. 00:01:36.039 --> 00:01:40.000 The return will mean the end of this age. 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:42.239 So we're going to look at the first point today. 00:01:42.340 --> 00:01:44.299 The return means the end of this age. 00:01:45.519 --> 00:01:49.460 So cast your mind back a few weeks ago to our session on heaven. 00:01:49.599 --> 00:01:50.680 Where is Christ now? 00:01:51.680 --> 00:01:53.260 Christ is in heaven, isn't he? 00:01:53.920 --> 00:01:58.120 So in Acts 1, he ascended into the heavenly realm bodily. 00:01:58.760 --> 00:01:59.359 Do you remember? 00:01:59.659 --> 00:02:00.480 Where are my pens? 00:02:00.480 --> 00:02:05.260 There we go. 00:02:06.659 --> 00:02:07.760 You can see this at the bottom. 00:02:07.939 --> 00:02:10.500 So you remember God created all things. 00:02:10.580 --> 00:02:11.580 So this is going to be small. 00:02:12.460 --> 00:02:13.920 All things, all creation. 00:02:14.259 --> 00:02:15.200 And then you have heaven. 00:02:15.500 --> 00:02:16.500 It's one realm of creation. 00:02:16.699 --> 00:02:18.640 Hell is another. 00:02:18.900 --> 00:02:20.520 And then you just have the universe. 00:02:21.039 --> 00:02:22.400 That's the visible universe. 00:02:22.719 --> 00:02:23.539 All other things. 00:02:23.620 --> 00:02:24.340 That's where we live. 00:02:24.340 --> 00:02:29.719 And so Christ is in heaven right now. 00:02:31.020 --> 00:02:31.580 Bodily. 00:02:32.280 --> 00:02:35.840 He's ruling from there over all creation. 00:02:36.360 --> 00:02:37.759 He's growing his church. 00:02:37.900 --> 00:02:39.480 He's bringing his kingdom. 00:02:39.640 --> 00:02:41.699 He's sustaining atoms from this realm. 00:02:42.400 --> 00:02:44.719 And he's enthroned in heaven right now. 00:02:44.719 --> 00:02:50.319 But what is promised as soon as he ascends into heaven? 00:02:51.159 --> 00:02:53.180 Look at Acts 1 verse 11. 00:02:54.419 --> 00:03:03.379 This Jesus who was taken up from you into heaven will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven. 00:03:05.020 --> 00:03:09.979 As soon as he goes, Jesus promises he will return to this earth. 00:03:09.979 --> 00:03:18.500 And when he does, the Bible tells us that his second coming, so remember his first is Christmas, right? 00:03:18.699 --> 00:03:19.579 That's his first coming. 00:03:19.859 --> 00:03:28.199 But his second coming, when he comes down from heaven, that will bring a close to this age. 00:03:29.239 --> 00:03:31.879 So look at what the disciples asked Jesus in Matthew 24. 00:03:33.039 --> 00:03:34.879 They're asking about the end times. 00:03:34.879 --> 00:03:41.039 What will be the sign of your coming and the close of this age? 00:03:42.819 --> 00:03:45.419 The Bible speaks of two ages. 00:03:45.759 --> 00:03:47.579 I've added to our diagram here. 00:03:47.719 --> 00:03:50.620 I hope it's not complicated, but it's just getting fuller. 00:03:51.719 --> 00:03:53.759 So the Bible speaks of two ages. 00:03:55.280 --> 00:03:57.419 History is split into two ages. 00:03:57.800 --> 00:04:01.099 This age and the age to come. 00:04:01.180 --> 00:04:02.960 And you hear that language a lot through the Bible. 00:04:02.960 --> 00:04:06.900 I've got some verses there, Matthew 12, Luke 18, Ephesians 1. 00:04:07.340 --> 00:04:10.240 You often hear this, this age and the age to come language. 00:04:10.580 --> 00:04:14.640 And the age to come refers to this final state. 00:04:14.760 --> 00:04:16.740 Can you see it matches up with this final state here? 00:04:16.960 --> 00:04:18.120 You have the age to come. 00:04:19.639 --> 00:04:21.759 This is how eternity will be. 00:04:22.540 --> 00:04:27.400 And so it's marked, for the believer, it's marked by perfection and eternal life. 00:04:27.860 --> 00:04:31.000 It's the new creation that this is the age to come. 00:04:31.000 --> 00:04:38.980 And so from now until that point, things run as they are. 00:04:39.480 --> 00:04:42.480 So life as we know it, which is, how is it marked? 00:04:42.759 --> 00:04:43.839 How is this life marked? 00:04:44.079 --> 00:04:48.040 It's marked by sin and death and opposition to God. 00:04:48.939 --> 00:04:49.420 Imperfection. 00:04:49.500 --> 00:04:51.779 We are in this age. 00:04:51.779 --> 00:04:52.179 Okay? 00:04:52.659 --> 00:04:56.239 So remember, even if you go to heaven or hell, that earth still continues. 00:04:56.479 --> 00:04:58.259 Life as we know it still continues. 00:04:58.739 --> 00:05:01.019 And all of that together, that is this age. 00:05:01.019 --> 00:05:09.859 And so because it's marked by sin, Paul calls it in Galatians 1, the present evil age. 00:05:10.419 --> 00:05:12.039 It's an evil age. 00:05:13.060 --> 00:05:15.019 And so this is how you can think of history. 00:05:15.219 --> 00:05:16.740 It's split into two parts. 00:05:17.319 --> 00:05:18.879 This age and the age to come. 00:05:18.879 --> 00:05:23.860 But what triggers the age to come? 00:05:24.800 --> 00:05:30.639 How do we get from this current present evil age to the age to come? 00:05:31.939 --> 00:05:42.360 Well, the Bible says it's the return of Christ that closes this age and begins the age to come. 00:05:42.360 --> 00:05:46.000 So look at these passages I've written, I've got there for you. 00:05:46.240 --> 00:05:47.040 Matthew 24. 00:05:47.900 --> 00:05:51.580 What will be the sign of your coming and of the close of the age? 00:05:52.840 --> 00:05:56.639 The second coming and the close of this age go together. 00:05:57.500 --> 00:05:59.259 They are one event together. 00:06:00.780 --> 00:06:02.199 And look at 2 Thessalonians 1. 00:06:02.199 --> 00:06:24.680 Christ's return marks the end of evil and persecution and injustice. 00:06:26.300 --> 00:06:28.120 And it's the point. 00:06:28.279 --> 00:06:31.120 It's the long-awaited relief for the church. 00:06:32.500 --> 00:06:34.099 And look at 2 Peter 3. 00:06:34.319 --> 00:06:41.039 The coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, 00:06:41.420 --> 00:06:43.639 and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn. 00:06:44.079 --> 00:06:50.980 But according to his promise, we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. 00:06:53.039 --> 00:06:58.759 Christ's return triggers the purification of this current creation. 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:01.259 That's what the fire is referring to. 00:07:01.259 --> 00:07:03.079 It's not talking about being incinerated. 00:07:03.319 --> 00:07:04.680 It's talking about being purified. 00:07:06.099 --> 00:07:12.000 And his return, it marks the commencement and transformation, the beginning of the new creation. 00:07:13.480 --> 00:07:14.740 And look at 1 Corinthians 15. 00:07:15.240 --> 00:07:17.079 In Christ shall all be made alive. 00:07:17.259 --> 00:07:18.360 Remember, this is the resurrection. 00:07:19.300 --> 00:07:20.500 But each in his own order. 00:07:20.659 --> 00:07:22.180 Christ the firstfruits. 00:07:22.180 --> 00:07:31.160 Christ's return triggers the resurrection. 00:07:31.160 --> 00:07:36.600 At his second coming, we will all be raised from the dead. 00:07:36.600 --> 00:07:48.879 And so there is a point in history when something cataclysmic will happen to the universe and to life as we know it. 00:07:49.820 --> 00:07:59.560 Christ will return, bring a close to this age, wrap things up, and then he will begin the final state. 00:07:59.560 --> 00:08:05.100 History is wrapped up and a new history begins. 00:08:07.100 --> 00:08:08.220 A few mic checks. 00:08:08.319 --> 00:08:08.699 There we go. 00:08:10.160 --> 00:08:15.920 And what we need to realize is this will be a real physical event in history. 00:08:15.920 --> 00:08:18.040 So remember Acts 1 again. 00:08:19.420 --> 00:08:25.180 It's promised Jesus will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven. 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:28.640 How did Jesus go up into heaven? 00:08:28.740 --> 00:08:30.960 He was taken up physically, wasn't he? 00:08:31.460 --> 00:08:34.420 He had a physical body visibly taken up. 00:08:34.480 --> 00:08:35.639 The disciples saw him. 00:08:35.639 --> 00:08:44.399 And he will return physically and visibly from the realm of heaven to this planet. 00:08:46.240 --> 00:08:55.840 That's why the language of this event is not only called the coming or the second coming, but it's also called his revealing or his appearing. 00:08:55.840 --> 00:09:05.700 There's a real emphasis in the Bible that this will be a public, visible event for every living creature to see. 00:09:05.960 --> 00:09:08.000 It's something they must see. 00:09:10.259 --> 00:09:12.460 And it will be an awesome sight. 00:09:13.180 --> 00:09:15.080 So just listen to 2 Thessalonians 1. 00:09:15.080 --> 00:09:29.020 When the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus, 00:09:29.879 --> 00:09:37.080 they will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might. 00:09:37.080 --> 00:09:45.120 When he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints and to be marveled at among all who have believed. 00:09:48.180 --> 00:09:54.160 Although heaven itself, the realm of heaven, it isn't actually kind of in the clouds up there. 00:09:55.060 --> 00:09:57.660 He could well appear from the clouds above. 00:09:58.400 --> 00:10:01.840 1 Thessalonians 4 says he's going to descend from the air. 00:10:03.379 --> 00:10:06.200 And he's going to come in all his glory. 00:10:07.080 --> 00:10:10.840 With his army of angels surrounding him. 00:10:11.500 --> 00:10:18.540 And he will visibly appear in the full revelation of his glory and power. 00:10:20.540 --> 00:10:22.240 It's Christmas time, isn't it? 00:10:22.780 --> 00:10:26.280 When Christ first came, how did he come? 00:10:27.220 --> 00:10:29.500 He came in a manger, didn't he? 00:10:30.440 --> 00:10:32.000 In all humility. 00:10:33.740 --> 00:10:35.680 His glory was veiled. 00:10:35.679 --> 00:10:42.179 You can look at that little baby in a manger, but you wouldn't be able to tell that, oh, this is the glorious king of the universe. 00:10:43.399 --> 00:10:48.479 But when he comes a second time, there is no veil. 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:53.200 And there will be no doubt about his glory. 00:10:54.240 --> 00:10:58.759 And he could actually well be shining in his glory as he appears. 00:10:58.759 --> 00:11:03.620 And when he does it, he will raise the dead. 00:11:04.819 --> 00:11:10.860 Believer and unbeliever, do you remember last week, it's all will be raised from their graves. 00:11:11.059 --> 00:11:14.840 He will transform creation and bring an end to life as we know it. 00:11:14.840 --> 00:11:21.040 And so for the Christian, this is the day of relief for the church. 00:11:21.039 --> 00:11:27.459 This is the day when all our troubles and sorrows will end. 00:11:27.460 --> 00:11:31.440 And so it's what we're all longing for. 00:11:32.639 --> 00:11:37.500 This is the deep desire of the Christian for Christ to return. 00:11:37.500 --> 00:11:42.679 I mentioned this a few days ago in the Tuesday lunchtime service. 00:11:42.919 --> 00:11:44.159 So don't answer if you were there. 00:11:45.000 --> 00:11:48.019 But who knows what the final prayer in the Bible is? 00:11:48.519 --> 00:11:49.179 I'll give you a clue. 00:11:49.240 --> 00:11:50.220 It's Revelation 22. 00:11:50.740 --> 00:11:51.799 Last chapter of the Bible. 00:11:52.059 --> 00:11:53.440 Anyone know what the final prayer is? 00:11:54.779 --> 00:11:55.779 Come Lord Jesus. 00:11:57.879 --> 00:11:59.559 And that's no surprise. 00:11:59.559 --> 00:12:02.939 When Jesus comes, what happens? 00:12:03.159 --> 00:12:03.779 Sin ends. 00:12:04.919 --> 00:12:06.099 Bodies resurrected. 00:12:06.359 --> 00:12:07.279 Pain gone. 00:12:08.199 --> 00:12:08.979 Death wiped out. 00:12:09.279 --> 00:12:11.119 New creation begins. 00:12:12.279 --> 00:12:14.979 The Bible paints it as an awesome day. 00:12:16.319 --> 00:12:19.519 But it will be a wonderful day for the Christian. 00:12:19.639 --> 00:12:21.379 It's a day of Christian hope. 00:12:22.939 --> 00:12:25.939 History is heading somewhere, building up to something. 00:12:25.940 --> 00:12:29.900 And there is going to be a climax, a resolution, a finale. 00:12:30.080 --> 00:12:30.720 And it's this. 00:12:30.800 --> 00:12:32.140 It's the return of Christ. 00:12:34.340 --> 00:12:37.220 But let me ask, when will this be? 00:12:38.380 --> 00:12:39.720 We know this is to come. 00:12:39.800 --> 00:12:41.440 This is going to be an event in history. 00:12:41.660 --> 00:12:42.460 But when? 00:12:43.780 --> 00:12:45.240 Well, this is the second thing to see. 00:12:45.600 --> 00:12:46.340 The timing. 00:12:46.720 --> 00:12:47.120 The return. 00:12:47.240 --> 00:12:47.740 The timing. 00:12:49.460 --> 00:12:51.920 So when will this second coming be? 00:12:52.080 --> 00:12:52.840 Well, here's the answer. 00:12:53.140 --> 00:12:53.640 Write this down. 00:12:54.520 --> 00:12:55.360 We don't know. 00:12:56.520 --> 00:12:56.920 Okay. 00:12:57.020 --> 00:12:57.180 Right. 00:12:57.240 --> 00:12:57.600 Let's pray. 00:12:58.820 --> 00:12:59.200 No. 00:12:59.420 --> 00:13:00.260 We don't know. 00:13:00.500 --> 00:13:02.080 So look at these passages. 00:13:02.480 --> 00:13:03.160 Mark 13. 00:13:04.180 --> 00:13:07.080 But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows. 00:13:07.860 --> 00:13:12.220 Not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 00:13:13.540 --> 00:13:15.600 If you're going to ask, why not the Son? 00:13:15.780 --> 00:13:16.700 Come back in the summer. 00:13:16.780 --> 00:13:19.780 I'm going to do Sunday school on Christ. 00:13:21.120 --> 00:13:22.660 So we'll answer it there. 00:13:23.740 --> 00:13:24.500 Luke 12. 00:13:24.500 --> 00:13:25.960 The Son of Man is coming. 00:13:26.080 --> 00:13:27.840 And an hour you do not expect. 00:13:29.039 --> 00:13:29.580 Acts 1. 00:13:29.700 --> 00:13:34.259 It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. 00:13:34.259 --> 00:13:39.759 And the Bible repeatedly tells us that Jesus is going to come like a thief in the night. 00:13:41.299 --> 00:13:42.399 So think about that. 00:13:42.500 --> 00:13:46.720 What time does a thief break into a house in the night? 00:13:46.720 --> 00:13:48.639 What's the time? 00:13:48.639 --> 00:13:48.680 What time? 00:13:49.680 --> 00:13:50.879 You don't know, do you? 00:13:51.800 --> 00:13:52.519 That's the point. 00:13:52.620 --> 00:13:53.540 It's a surprise. 00:13:53.700 --> 00:13:54.279 It's sudden. 00:13:54.540 --> 00:13:56.720 It's something you can't predict. 00:13:57.500 --> 00:14:00.420 If it was, then the thief wouldn't come in, right? 00:14:00.419 --> 00:14:03.000 Just like the second coming. 00:14:03.000 --> 00:14:11.679 Now, the Bible does say that there will be signs and events in the build-up to the return. 00:14:11.940 --> 00:14:13.779 But we're going to get onto that next week. 00:14:14.460 --> 00:14:16.919 But even then, I'll give you a little sneak peek. 00:14:17.019 --> 00:14:19.460 Even then, even with then, we still don't know. 00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:24.940 We won't necessarily know if we're in those signs and events. 00:14:24.940 --> 00:14:28.380 And so we don't know. 00:14:28.520 --> 00:14:29.980 But we need to realise this. 00:14:30.180 --> 00:14:31.360 It is a real date. 00:14:32.440 --> 00:14:34.160 It's a coming event in history. 00:14:35.380 --> 00:14:38.420 So if you have an iPhone, probably any smartphone, 00:14:38.780 --> 00:14:41.020 if you have an iPhone, on your calendar, 00:14:41.720 --> 00:14:43.680 if you zoom out to the year, 00:14:44.240 --> 00:14:46.500 you can scroll down to the future years. 00:14:47.360 --> 00:14:48.240 And I once scrolled. 00:14:48.240 --> 00:14:49.180 I use my time really wisely. 00:14:49.240 --> 00:14:51.100 I once scrolled all the way to the year 5,000. 00:14:52.180 --> 00:14:53.600 Don't ask me how long that took. 00:14:53.600 --> 00:14:55.840 And I could have kept going. 00:14:56.080 --> 00:14:57.000 I think I just got a bit bored. 00:14:57.379 --> 00:14:58.440 You could have kept going. 00:14:58.580 --> 00:14:59.879 It's kind of built into the programme. 00:15:01.180 --> 00:15:02.540 Which means, if you think about it, 00:15:02.920 --> 00:15:03.940 in your iPhone, 00:15:04.820 --> 00:15:08.279 there is a date in your calendar app 00:15:08.279 --> 00:15:11.220 where you can click on add event 00:15:11.220 --> 00:15:13.779 and you can type in Christ return. 00:15:15.320 --> 00:15:16.200 And if I ask you to, 00:15:16.200 --> 00:15:18.100 do you want to repeat, just say no. 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:19.560 You don't want to repeat that. 00:15:20.879 --> 00:15:21.860 So we don't know when, 00:15:22.000 --> 00:15:22.920 but it is real. 00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:23.779 It is coming. 00:15:26.159 --> 00:15:29.699 And that's why we should always live 00:15:29.699 --> 00:15:31.860 like it could come any moment. 00:15:33.279 --> 00:15:36.279 We should never think that we have time. 00:15:37.579 --> 00:15:39.539 Now is the time to repent. 00:15:39.699 --> 00:15:40.779 Don't delay anymore. 00:15:40.779 --> 00:15:43.879 But also, 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:48.139 the return is going to trigger something else. 00:15:49.139 --> 00:15:50.919 It triggers the final state. 00:15:51.759 --> 00:15:53.679 But something must happen 00:15:53.679 --> 00:15:56.079 at the beginning of the final state. 00:15:57.240 --> 00:15:58.720 The return of Christ 00:15:58.720 --> 00:16:01.059 triggers judgment day. 00:16:02.199 --> 00:16:03.720 And this is the third thing to see. 00:16:03.819 --> 00:16:04.419 Judgment day. 00:16:04.539 --> 00:16:06.220 The return of Christ means judgment day. 00:16:06.220 --> 00:16:09.420 So when Christ returns, 00:16:09.759 --> 00:16:11.680 we've seen it's going to trigger the resurrection. 00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:13.940 And we know, 00:16:14.080 --> 00:16:15.000 think back to last week, 00:16:15.080 --> 00:16:16.200 we know that includes 00:16:16.200 --> 00:16:17.779 every single human being. 00:16:18.420 --> 00:16:20.139 It's the resurrection of the just 00:16:20.139 --> 00:16:20.899 and the unjust. 00:16:20.899 --> 00:16:24.720 But it will not be the case 00:16:24.720 --> 00:16:27.980 that people will be raised 00:16:27.980 --> 00:16:29.659 and instantly sent to hell 00:16:29.659 --> 00:16:31.720 or they can instantly run around 00:16:31.720 --> 00:16:32.519 in the new creation. 00:16:34.039 --> 00:16:34.340 No. 00:16:35.139 --> 00:16:35.819 At first, 00:16:35.939 --> 00:16:36.840 there will be judgment. 00:16:38.899 --> 00:16:40.539 And I want us to read Matthew 25. 00:16:40.539 --> 00:16:42.240 This is a key text 00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:43.099 about the return of Christ. 00:16:43.379 --> 00:16:44.559 Turn to Matthew 25, 00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:45.179 verse 31. 00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:50.360 We can't cover everything in this. 00:16:51.139 --> 00:16:53.919 But this is a really helpful insight 00:16:53.919 --> 00:16:55.159 into judgment day. 00:16:57.819 --> 00:16:58.620 Matthew 25, 00:16:58.679 --> 00:17:00.000 this will be 831 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:01.740 of the church Bibles. 00:17:02.819 --> 00:17:03.620 Matthew 25, 00:17:03.899 --> 00:17:05.659 31 to the end. 00:17:05.660 --> 00:17:09.620 This whole chapter 00:17:09.620 --> 00:17:11.400 is Jesus talking about 00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:13.120 the end of the age, 00:17:13.360 --> 00:17:14.040 the second coming. 00:17:15.640 --> 00:17:16.740 We get a peek 00:17:16.740 --> 00:17:18.500 into the final judgment here. 00:17:19.980 --> 00:17:20.940 So Matthew, 00:17:21.600 --> 00:17:22.720 chapter 25, 00:17:22.800 --> 00:17:23.320 verse 31. 00:17:24.600 --> 00:17:25.900 When the Son of Man 00:17:25.900 --> 00:17:27.060 comes in his glory 00:17:27.060 --> 00:17:29.140 and all the angels with him, 00:17:29.620 --> 00:17:30.700 then he will sit 00:17:30.700 --> 00:17:31.820 on his glorious throne. 00:17:32.720 --> 00:17:33.960 Before him will be gathered 00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:34.860 all the nations 00:17:34.859 --> 00:17:36.519 and he will separate people 00:17:36.519 --> 00:17:37.479 one from another 00:17:37.479 --> 00:17:39.619 as a shepherd separates 00:17:39.619 --> 00:17:40.679 the sheep from the goats 00:17:40.679 --> 00:17:42.259 and he will place 00:17:42.259 --> 00:17:43.339 the sheep on his right 00:17:43.339 --> 00:17:45.299 but the goats on his left. 00:17:46.139 --> 00:17:47.219 Then the king will say 00:17:47.219 --> 00:17:48.299 to those on his right, 00:17:48.859 --> 00:17:50.299 come you who are blessed 00:17:50.299 --> 00:17:51.099 by my father, 00:17:51.879 --> 00:17:52.819 inherit the kingdom 00:17:52.819 --> 00:17:53.779 prepared for you 00:17:53.779 --> 00:17:54.519 from the foundation 00:17:54.519 --> 00:17:55.159 of the world. 00:17:55.759 --> 00:17:56.579 For I was hungry 00:17:56.579 --> 00:17:57.699 and you gave me food. 00:17:57.779 --> 00:17:58.299 I was thirsty 00:17:58.299 --> 00:17:59.159 and you gave me drink. 00:17:59.219 --> 00:17:59.939 I was a stranger 00:17:59.939 --> 00:18:00.740 and you welcomed me. 00:18:00.979 --> 00:18:01.579 I was naked 00:18:01.579 --> 00:18:02.359 and you clothed me. 00:18:02.419 --> 00:18:02.899 I was sick 00:18:02.899 --> 00:18:03.740 and you visited me. 00:18:03.740 --> 00:18:04.740 I was in prison 00:18:04.740 --> 00:18:05.779 and you came to me. 00:18:06.500 --> 00:18:07.120 Then the righteous 00:18:07.120 --> 00:18:07.960 will answer him saying, 00:18:08.500 --> 00:18:09.779 Lord, when did we see you 00:18:09.779 --> 00:18:10.660 hungry and feed you 00:18:10.660 --> 00:18:11.460 or thirsty 00:18:11.460 --> 00:18:12.299 and give you drink? 00:18:12.779 --> 00:18:13.940 And when did we see you 00:18:13.940 --> 00:18:14.400 a stranger 00:18:14.400 --> 00:18:15.019 and welcome you 00:18:15.019 --> 00:18:16.200 or naked and clothe you? 00:18:16.500 --> 00:18:17.880 And when did we see you 00:18:17.880 --> 00:18:18.559 sick or in prison 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:19.240 and visit you? 00:18:20.240 --> 00:18:20.779 And the king 00:18:20.779 --> 00:18:21.559 will answer them, 00:18:22.220 --> 00:18:23.440 Truly I say to you, 00:18:23.980 --> 00:18:24.720 as you did it 00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:25.700 to one of the least 00:18:25.700 --> 00:18:26.720 of these my brothers, 00:18:26.819 --> 00:18:27.779 you did it to me. 00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:29.859 Then he will say 00:18:29.859 --> 00:18:31.079 to those on his left, 00:18:31.079 --> 00:18:32.419 depart from me, 00:18:32.500 --> 00:18:33.240 you cursed, 00:18:33.939 --> 00:18:35.199 into the eternal fire 00:18:35.199 --> 00:18:36.259 prepared for the devil 00:18:36.259 --> 00:18:37.019 and his angels. 00:18:37.939 --> 00:18:38.579 For I was hungry 00:18:38.579 --> 00:18:39.579 and you gave me no food. 00:18:39.639 --> 00:18:40.199 I was thirsty 00:18:40.199 --> 00:18:41.139 and you gave me no drink. 00:18:41.179 --> 00:18:42.240 I was a stranger 00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:43.359 and you did not welcome me. 00:18:43.439 --> 00:18:44.379 Naked and you did not 00:18:44.379 --> 00:18:44.779 clothe me. 00:18:44.879 --> 00:18:45.559 Sick and in prison 00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:46.939 and you did not visit me. 00:18:47.779 --> 00:18:48.819 Then they also 00:18:48.819 --> 00:18:49.639 will answer saying, 00:18:49.720 --> 00:18:50.799 Lord, when did we see you 00:18:50.799 --> 00:18:52.039 hungry or thirsty 00:18:52.039 --> 00:18:52.720 or a stranger 00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:53.579 or naked or sick 00:18:53.579 --> 00:18:54.379 or in prison 00:18:54.379 --> 00:18:55.740 and did not minister to you? 00:18:56.699 --> 00:18:57.599 Then he will answer them 00:18:57.599 --> 00:18:57.960 saying, 00:18:58.659 --> 00:18:59.720 Truly I say to you, 00:18:59.720 --> 00:19:01.960 as you did not do it 00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:03.920 to one of the least of these. 00:19:04.440 --> 00:19:05.640 You did not do it to me. 00:19:06.860 --> 00:19:08.079 And these will go away 00:19:08.079 --> 00:19:09.140 into eternal punishment 00:19:09.140 --> 00:19:10.819 but the righteous 00:19:10.819 --> 00:19:12.319 into eternal life. 00:19:15.220 --> 00:19:16.039 I just want us 00:19:16.039 --> 00:19:17.059 to see a few things 00:19:17.059 --> 00:19:17.400 from this. 00:19:17.539 --> 00:19:18.380 The first is this. 00:19:19.860 --> 00:19:21.460 When Christ returns, 00:19:22.360 --> 00:19:24.440 he will raise up all humans, 00:19:25.140 --> 00:19:26.539 everyone that has ever lived, 00:19:26.539 --> 00:19:29.200 and he's going to gather us 00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:29.859 all together. 00:19:29.940 --> 00:19:30.460 Did you see that? 00:19:30.659 --> 00:19:32.139 Gather all the nations 00:19:32.139 --> 00:19:32.879 before him. 00:19:34.259 --> 00:19:35.279 And this could well be 00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:36.619 physically gathered 00:19:36.619 --> 00:19:37.899 into one place 00:19:37.899 --> 00:19:39.680 because we're going to be 00:19:39.680 --> 00:19:40.139 resurrected, 00:19:40.480 --> 00:19:42.059 standing in our resurrected bodies 00:19:42.059 --> 00:19:44.059 and seeing Christ 00:19:44.059 --> 00:19:45.940 visibly in front of us. 00:19:46.819 --> 00:19:47.619 We don't know exactly 00:19:47.619 --> 00:19:48.599 kind of how it will play out 00:19:48.599 --> 00:19:49.940 but whatever it looks like, 00:19:49.980 --> 00:19:50.759 every believer 00:19:50.759 --> 00:19:51.399 and unbeliever 00:19:51.399 --> 00:19:53.180 will be gathered 00:19:53.180 --> 00:19:54.259 in some way 00:19:54.259 --> 00:19:54.920 before him. 00:19:56.859 --> 00:19:57.740 And second, 00:19:58.640 --> 00:19:59.640 Christ will judge 00:19:59.640 --> 00:20:00.279 every human. 00:20:02.500 --> 00:20:03.099 Did you see? 00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:04.720 He will sort out 00:20:04.720 --> 00:20:06.379 who are the saved 00:20:06.379 --> 00:20:08.460 and who are the not saved. 00:20:09.420 --> 00:20:11.259 Those who are his sheep 00:20:11.259 --> 00:20:12.279 whom he loves 00:20:12.279 --> 00:20:13.559 and shepherds 00:20:13.559 --> 00:20:15.220 and laid his life down for, 00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:16.160 he's going to put 00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:16.879 to his right. 00:20:18.059 --> 00:20:19.379 And those who are the goat, 00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:20.440 who never knew him, 00:20:20.519 --> 00:20:21.720 who never belonged to him, 00:20:21.779 --> 00:20:22.680 who never loved him, 00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:24.840 he will put to his left. 00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:27.640 Those whose sins 00:20:27.640 --> 00:20:28.340 are forgiven 00:20:28.340 --> 00:20:29.680 by believing the gospel 00:20:29.680 --> 00:20:30.980 and those who rejected 00:20:30.980 --> 00:20:31.500 the gospel. 00:20:32.980 --> 00:20:34.019 He will judge 00:20:34.019 --> 00:20:35.320 by separating them. 00:20:36.600 --> 00:20:37.080 And this is why 00:20:37.080 --> 00:20:38.160 we say in the Apostles' Creed, 00:20:38.240 --> 00:20:39.140 but we're going to say it later, 00:20:39.600 --> 00:20:40.940 I believe in Jesus Christ 00:20:40.940 --> 00:20:42.440 that he shall come 00:20:42.440 --> 00:20:43.980 to judge the living 00:20:43.980 --> 00:20:44.620 and the dead. 00:20:46.420 --> 00:20:47.299 This is what we mean. 00:20:47.400 --> 00:20:48.120 It's this day, 00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:48.840 judgment day. 00:20:48.839 --> 00:20:52.379 And so he will publicly 00:20:52.379 --> 00:20:54.220 and openly announce 00:20:54.220 --> 00:20:56.980 who are the truly justified 00:20:56.980 --> 00:20:58.899 and who are the damned. 00:21:00.919 --> 00:21:01.759 And from there, 00:21:01.879 --> 00:21:03.259 he will bring every Christian 00:21:03.259 --> 00:21:04.419 into the eternal life 00:21:04.419 --> 00:21:05.339 of the new creation 00:21:05.339 --> 00:21:08.359 and every unbeliever 00:21:08.359 --> 00:21:09.500 he will send to hell. 00:21:11.339 --> 00:21:12.939 And it also seems like 00:21:12.939 --> 00:21:14.139 he's going to send demons 00:21:14.139 --> 00:21:14.839 and the devil 00:21:14.839 --> 00:21:15.899 to hell along with him, 00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:16.799 if you remember our session 00:21:16.799 --> 00:21:17.220 on hell. 00:21:17.500 --> 00:21:18.539 So look at Jude 6. 00:21:19.119 --> 00:21:19.599 And the angels 00:21:19.599 --> 00:21:20.440 who did not stay 00:21:20.440 --> 00:21:21.460 within their own position 00:21:21.460 --> 00:21:22.059 of authority 00:21:22.059 --> 00:21:24.299 but left their proper dwelling, 00:21:24.519 --> 00:21:25.139 he has kept 00:21:25.139 --> 00:21:26.419 in eternal chains 00:21:26.419 --> 00:21:28.139 under gloomy darkness, 00:21:28.440 --> 00:21:29.299 currently in hell, 00:21:30.059 --> 00:21:31.220 until the judgment 00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:31.940 of the great day. 00:21:33.379 --> 00:21:34.240 And so he's going to judge 00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:35.079 them on those days, 00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:35.819 on that day. 00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:37.240 And in Revelation 20, 00:21:38.079 --> 00:21:39.299 the devil was thrown 00:21:39.299 --> 00:21:40.240 into the lake of fire 00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:40.599 and suffered, 00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:41.960 tormented day and night 00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:42.599 forever and ever. 00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:45.159 So the devil 00:21:45.159 --> 00:21:45.959 and demons, 00:21:46.099 --> 00:21:46.740 fallen angels, 00:21:46.859 --> 00:21:47.759 are going to hell 00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:48.699 along with the unbeliever. 00:21:50.339 --> 00:21:52.219 And so when Christ returns, 00:21:53.399 --> 00:21:54.379 we need to realise 00:21:54.379 --> 00:21:55.480 that there will be 00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:56.500 a day of judgment 00:21:56.500 --> 00:21:58.500 and on that day 00:21:58.500 --> 00:22:00.419 all evil will be purged 00:22:00.419 --> 00:22:02.579 and wiped out 00:22:02.579 --> 00:22:03.399 from this creation. 00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:06.199 And so it's no wonder 00:22:06.199 --> 00:22:07.059 that this point 00:22:07.059 --> 00:22:07.899 of judgment day 00:22:07.899 --> 00:22:09.659 coincides with the beginning 00:22:09.659 --> 00:22:10.539 of the new creation. 00:22:10.539 --> 00:22:13.819 You need to destroy 00:22:13.819 --> 00:22:14.500 the germs 00:22:14.500 --> 00:22:15.180 in order to have 00:22:15.180 --> 00:22:15.859 a clean house, 00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:16.319 don't you? 00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:18.460 Well, you need judgment 00:22:18.460 --> 00:22:19.539 in order to have 00:22:19.539 --> 00:22:20.319 the new creation. 00:22:22.700 --> 00:22:23.539 Well, this is why, 00:22:23.579 --> 00:22:24.299 and this is why 00:22:24.299 --> 00:22:25.500 Christ's return, 00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:26.659 this is why 00:22:26.659 --> 00:22:27.639 it's our comfort. 00:22:29.299 --> 00:22:30.299 We know 00:22:30.299 --> 00:22:31.480 that we will be saved 00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:31.980 on that day 00:22:31.980 --> 00:22:32.579 and we know 00:22:32.579 --> 00:22:33.519 every wrong 00:22:33.519 --> 00:22:34.519 will be made right. 00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:36.519 Every sin 00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:37.379 and crime 00:22:37.379 --> 00:22:38.079 and evil 00:22:38.079 --> 00:22:39.139 that was done 00:22:39.139 --> 00:22:40.139 behind closed doors 00:22:40.140 --> 00:22:40.580 and no one 00:22:40.580 --> 00:22:41.580 ever knew about it. 00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:44.280 All those sins 00:22:44.280 --> 00:22:45.420 that never got punished 00:22:45.420 --> 00:22:46.060 in this life, 00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:46.880 all those crimes, 00:22:46.980 --> 00:22:48.740 all those unsolved mysteries, 00:22:49.020 --> 00:22:50.180 it will be judged. 00:22:51.600 --> 00:22:52.700 No sin 00:22:52.700 --> 00:22:53.400 will remain 00:22:53.400 --> 00:22:53.960 uncovered 00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:54.620 on that day. 00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:55.580 And for every 00:22:55.580 --> 00:22:56.100 injustice, 00:22:56.300 --> 00:22:56.920 we know 00:22:56.920 --> 00:22:58.700 for every injustice 00:22:58.700 --> 00:22:59.360 in this life 00:22:59.360 --> 00:23:00.680 that there will be 00:23:00.680 --> 00:23:01.540 final justice. 00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:03.540 And when is it? 00:23:03.580 --> 00:23:04.680 It's on this day. 00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:07.700 And the third thing 00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:08.380 we need to see 00:23:08.380 --> 00:23:09.500 is that this seems 00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:10.279 to all occur 00:23:10.279 --> 00:23:10.860 on a day. 00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:12.420 So the question 00:23:12.420 --> 00:23:13.220 of how long 00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:13.820 will this take? 00:23:14.360 --> 00:23:15.120 Well, this event 00:23:15.120 --> 00:23:16.019 is often referred 00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:16.680 to as a day. 00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:17.320 So you've got 00:23:17.320 --> 00:23:18.360 the day of judgment, 00:23:18.840 --> 00:23:19.360 Matthew 10, 00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:20.720 the great day 00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.560 of their wrath, 00:23:21.660 --> 00:23:22.380 Revelation 6, 00:23:22.460 --> 00:23:23.000 the coming 00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:24.480 of the day of God 00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:25.259 to Peter. 00:23:25.880 --> 00:23:26.320 Well, sometimes 00:23:26.320 --> 00:23:26.940 it's just called 00:23:26.940 --> 00:23:27.700 the day. 00:23:28.700 --> 00:23:29.560 1 Corinthians 3. 00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:32.159 And so this could 00:23:32.159 --> 00:23:33.059 well occur 00:23:33.059 --> 00:23:34.019 within the span 00:23:34.019 --> 00:23:34.519 of a day, 00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:36.079 kind of an actual 00:23:36.079 --> 00:23:37.119 judgment day. 00:23:38.359 --> 00:23:39.139 But we're not 00:23:39.139 --> 00:23:39.720 entirely certain. 00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:40.720 Sometimes it's 00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:41.460 referred to as 00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:42.700 the hour of his return. 00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:43.220 So we're not 00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:43.839 entirely sure 00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:45.059 the exact length. 00:23:45.299 --> 00:23:46.179 But the impression 00:23:46.179 --> 00:23:46.899 we get is this, 00:23:46.940 --> 00:23:47.919 that the resurrection 00:23:47.919 --> 00:23:49.500 and judgment 00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:51.179 are linked together. 00:23:51.299 --> 00:23:51.819 They occur 00:23:51.819 --> 00:23:52.980 at the same time. 00:23:53.819 --> 00:23:54.740 And the judgment 00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:55.339 will be 00:23:55.339 --> 00:23:56.480 a climactic 00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:57.700 historical event. 00:23:58.460 --> 00:23:59.319 Not a 00:23:59.319 --> 00:23:59.960 drawn out 00:23:59.960 --> 00:24:00.519 process 00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:01.659 where some 00:24:01.659 --> 00:24:02.220 people kind of 00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:02.799 get judged 00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:03.700 first and then 00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:05.039 some run around 00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:05.619 the new creation 00:24:05.619 --> 00:24:06.059 but then they're 00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:06.659 brought back 00:24:06.659 --> 00:24:07.299 and then they 00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:08.119 have to go to hell. 00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:09.079 It's not going 00:24:09.079 --> 00:24:09.500 to be a process 00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:10.159 like that. 00:24:10.819 --> 00:24:11.379 No, judgment 00:24:11.379 --> 00:24:12.500 is the first 00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:13.279 thing that happens 00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:14.799 in the final state. 00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:17.299 And the fourth 00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:18.339 thing to see is 00:24:18.339 --> 00:24:19.139 that this will 00:24:19.139 --> 00:24:19.819 be public. 00:24:21.500 --> 00:24:22.319 Right now, 00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:23.059 the world 00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:24.240 doesn't know, 00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:25.939 doesn't acknowledge 00:24:25.939 --> 00:24:27.099 that Jesus is king. 00:24:27.099 --> 00:24:29.219 that they don't 00:24:29.219 --> 00:24:29.980 know that they 00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:30.740 should bow to him. 00:24:31.719 --> 00:24:32.799 We tell them 00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:33.299 in the gospel, 00:24:33.439 --> 00:24:34.559 we plead with them, 00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:36.139 but Jesus 00:24:36.139 --> 00:24:37.599 isn't acknowledged 00:24:37.599 --> 00:24:38.199 in this world. 00:24:39.879 --> 00:24:41.179 But on this day, 00:24:42.139 --> 00:24:43.339 when he returns 00:24:43.339 --> 00:24:44.439 and all the nations 00:24:44.439 --> 00:24:44.980 are gathered 00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.839 before him, 00:24:46.339 --> 00:24:47.099 everyone who 00:24:47.099 --> 00:24:47.759 mocked him 00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:49.539 or ignored him 00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:50.759 or persecuted him, 00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:52.259 they will see him 00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:53.299 face to face 00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:54.839 and they will 00:24:54.839 --> 00:24:56.240 finally realize 00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:56.859 who is king. 00:24:58.440 --> 00:24:58.899 Now, 00:24:58.940 --> 00:24:59.279 they won't 00:24:59.279 --> 00:25:00.019 worship him 00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:00.639 at that point 00:25:00.639 --> 00:25:01.599 but they will 00:25:01.599 --> 00:25:02.240 know 00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:03.500 who is the 00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:04.220 real king. 00:25:07.659 --> 00:25:08.220 And so, 00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:08.940 the return of Christ 00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:09.879 means judgment day. 00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:11.839 But what will 00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:12.279 that judgment 00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:12.879 be like? 00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:15.500 What will Christ 00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:17.119 say and do 00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:17.960 on that day? 00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.759 How will he 00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.680 judge these things? 00:25:21.420 --> 00:25:22.000 And what does it 00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:23.360 mean for the 00:25:23.360 --> 00:25:24.279 believer to be 00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:25.160 judged on that day? 00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:25.960 If Christ has 00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:26.519 already paid for 00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:26.779 our sins, 00:25:26.820 --> 00:25:27.299 if we're going 00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:28.039 to be resurrected 00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:29.259 along with the 00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:29.740 unbeliever and 00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.340 we're all going 00:25:30.340 --> 00:25:31.080 to stand before 00:25:31.080 --> 00:25:31.860 the judgment 00:25:31.860 --> 00:25:33.560 seat of Christ, 00:25:34.100 --> 00:25:34.840 what does that 00:25:34.840 --> 00:25:35.660 mean if our sins 00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:36.060 have already 00:25:36.060 --> 00:25:36.840 been paid for? 00:25:38.140 --> 00:25:38.400 Well, 00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:38.779 what we need 00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.799 to see next 00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:40.519 is this. 00:25:41.840 --> 00:25:42.519 Judgment day 00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:43.680 means that 00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:45.100 Christ will 00:25:45.100 --> 00:25:46.480 dish out 00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:48.299 different degrees 00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:49.559 of punishment 00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.940 and rewards. 00:25:52.619 --> 00:25:53.359 And I want 00:25:53.359 --> 00:25:53.839 to finish with 00:25:53.839 --> 00:25:54.440 this and we 00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:55.079 can stop for 00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:55.519 questions at 00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:55.839 the end. 00:25:56.899 --> 00:25:57.099 So, 00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:57.919 judgment and 00:25:57.919 --> 00:25:58.399 rewards. 00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:00.539 So, 00:26:00.619 --> 00:26:01.019 the language 00:26:01.019 --> 00:26:01.419 the Bible 00:26:01.419 --> 00:26:03.359 uses is that 00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:03.919 we will be 00:26:03.919 --> 00:26:04.220 judged, 00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:04.859 every human, 00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:05.359 believer and 00:26:05.359 --> 00:26:05.839 unbeliever, 00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:06.559 we will be 00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:07.779 judged according 00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.960 to our works. 00:26:10.379 --> 00:26:10.779 So, 00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:11.299 look at these 00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:11.639 verses. 00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:12.619 And before we 00:26:12.619 --> 00:26:13.359 dive into this, 00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:15.440 if you feel 00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:16.839 I'm heading in 00:26:16.839 --> 00:26:17.399 an uneasy 00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:17.740 direction, 00:26:17.820 --> 00:26:18.100 don't worry, 00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:18.680 I'm not going 00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:19.300 that way, 00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:20.759 let me assure 00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:20.980 you, 00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:21.759 your sins 00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:22.259 are paid 00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:22.660 for by 00:26:22.660 --> 00:26:23.080 Christ. 00:26:23.620 --> 00:26:24.519 The judgment's 00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:25.019 already been 00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:25.620 determined for 00:26:25.620 --> 00:26:26.220 you in Christ, 00:26:26.300 --> 00:26:26.500 okay? 00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:28.060 But I want us 00:26:28.060 --> 00:26:28.640 to see this, 00:26:28.820 --> 00:26:29.640 just let's see 00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:30.040 what the Bible 00:26:30.040 --> 00:26:30.420 says. 00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:31.140 So, 00:26:31.140 --> 00:26:31.759 Romans 2 00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:32.400 verse 6, 00:26:33.620 --> 00:26:34.540 he will render 00:26:34.540 --> 00:26:35.759 to each one 00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:36.960 according to 00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:37.680 his works. 00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:39.720 2 Corinthians 00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:40.200 5, 00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:41.780 for we must 00:26:41.780 --> 00:26:42.660 all appear 00:26:42.660 --> 00:26:43.320 before the 00:26:43.320 --> 00:26:43.920 judgment seat 00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:44.480 of Christ, 00:26:44.560 --> 00:26:45.180 all of us, 00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:46.600 so that each 00:26:46.599 --> 00:26:47.480 one may receive 00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:48.299 what is due 00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:49.459 for what he 00:26:49.459 --> 00:26:49.859 has done 00:26:49.859 --> 00:26:50.500 in the body, 00:26:50.639 --> 00:26:51.279 whether good 00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:52.039 or evil. 00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:54.299 Romans 14, 00:26:54.399 --> 00:26:54.819 for we will 00:26:54.819 --> 00:26:55.480 all stand 00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:55.980 before the 00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:56.500 judgment seat 00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:57.039 of God, 00:26:57.179 --> 00:26:58.099 so then each 00:26:58.099 --> 00:26:58.579 of us will 00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:59.039 give an 00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.799 account of 00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:00.359 himself to 00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:00.579 God, 00:27:00.639 --> 00:27:01.539 an explanation 00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:03.599 for what we 00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:04.000 have done. 00:27:05.339 --> 00:27:05.939 And Revelation 00:27:05.939 --> 00:27:06.480 20, 00:27:06.639 --> 00:27:07.919 I saw the 00:27:07.919 --> 00:27:08.299 dead, 00:27:08.439 --> 00:27:08.819 great and 00:27:08.819 --> 00:27:09.019 small, 00:27:09.159 --> 00:27:09.839 standing before 00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:10.339 the throne, 00:27:10.439 --> 00:27:11.019 and books 00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.639 were opened. 00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:13.259 Then another 00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:14.019 book was opened, 00:27:14.139 --> 00:27:14.699 which is the 00:27:14.699 --> 00:27:15.259 book of life, 00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:15.599 and the 00:27:15.599 --> 00:27:16.359 dead were 00:27:16.359 --> 00:27:17.559 judged by 00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:17.940 what was 00:27:17.940 --> 00:27:18.599 written in 00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:19.000 the books 00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:20.339 according to 00:27:20.339 --> 00:27:21.079 what they 00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:21.440 had done. 00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:24.559 Let's just 00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:25.059 see here that 00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:25.619 there is a 00:27:25.619 --> 00:27:26.900 link between 00:27:26.900 --> 00:27:27.819 what we have 00:27:27.819 --> 00:27:28.460 done in this 00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:30.160 life and 00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:30.940 how Christ 00:27:30.940 --> 00:27:31.559 will treat 00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:32.079 us on 00:27:32.079 --> 00:27:32.339 judgment 00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:32.640 day. 00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:34.740 So the 00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:35.339 books will 00:27:35.339 --> 00:27:35.879 be opened, 00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.500 this is the 00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:38.319 book of God's 00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:38.839 knowledge, 00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:39.379 right? 00:27:40.140 --> 00:27:40.779 God will 00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:42.500 recall everything 00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:43.000 we have 00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:43.259 done, 00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:44.180 every word, 00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:45.019 thought, 00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:45.480 deed, 00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:46.200 intention of 00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:46.839 our hearts. 00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.240 And we're 00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:48.519 going to be 00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:49.660 consciously aware 00:27:49.660 --> 00:27:50.259 of it because 00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:51.000 we will have 00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:51.500 to give an 00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:51.880 account, 00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:52.880 an explanation. 00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:54.319 We don't 00:27:54.319 --> 00:27:54.940 know how 00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:55.299 that will 00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:55.619 work, 00:27:55.819 --> 00:27:56.480 we can't 00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:56.880 really even 00:27:56.880 --> 00:27:57.119 guess, 00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:57.559 like is it 00:27:57.559 --> 00:27:57.740 going to be 00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:58.619 a video or 00:27:58.619 --> 00:27:59.220 are we just 00:27:59.220 --> 00:27:59.420 going to 00:27:59.420 --> 00:27:59.700 mentally 00:27:59.700 --> 00:28:00.259 recall it? 00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:01.059 We don't 00:28:01.059 --> 00:28:01.319 know, 00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:02.240 but this 00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:02.880 will happen. 00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:04.819 And Christ 00:28:04.819 --> 00:28:05.519 will treat 00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:06.299 us in a 00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:07.960 way linked 00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:08.619 to all that 00:28:08.619 --> 00:28:08.839 we have 00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:09.119 done, 00:28:10.119 --> 00:28:10.400 judged 00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:11.220 according 00:28:11.220 --> 00:28:12.000 to our 00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:12.500 works. 00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:14.400 Now, 00:28:14.600 --> 00:28:15.180 to see what 00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:15.480 this means, 00:28:15.620 --> 00:28:16.320 let's break 00:28:16.320 --> 00:28:16.700 this down. 00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.240 Let's just 00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:18.660 focus on the 00:28:18.660 --> 00:28:19.040 unbeliever 00:28:19.040 --> 00:28:19.340 first, 00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:19.580 okay? 00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.900 This means 00:28:21.900 --> 00:28:23.620 the more 00:28:23.620 --> 00:28:24.680 severe your 00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:25.280 sin, 00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:27.000 the worse 00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.800 the punishment 00:28:27.800 --> 00:28:28.560 you will 00:28:28.560 --> 00:28:29.340 experience in 00:28:29.340 --> 00:28:29.600 hell. 00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:31.740 Now, 00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:32.580 all sin 00:28:32.580 --> 00:28:33.240 deserves hell, 00:28:33.300 --> 00:28:33.860 even the 00:28:33.860 --> 00:28:34.180 smallest, 00:28:34.360 --> 00:28:34.680 slightest, 00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:36.860 but there 00:28:36.860 --> 00:28:37.600 seems to be 00:28:37.600 --> 00:28:37.980 different 00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:39.080 degrees of 00:28:39.080 --> 00:28:39.820 punishment in 00:28:39.820 --> 00:28:40.060 hell. 00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:41.160 So, 00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:41.720 Jesus even 00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:42.060 tells a 00:28:42.060 --> 00:28:42.400 parable 00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:43.100 about this, 00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.860 Luke 12, 00:28:45.100 --> 00:28:45.820 and that 00:28:45.820 --> 00:28:46.640 servant who 00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:47.300 knew his 00:28:47.300 --> 00:28:47.900 master's 00:28:47.900 --> 00:28:48.220 will, 00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:49.519 but did 00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:49.860 not get 00:28:49.860 --> 00:28:50.440 ready or 00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:51.240 act according 00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:51.680 to his 00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:51.880 will, 00:28:52.140 --> 00:28:52.840 will receive 00:28:52.840 --> 00:28:53.560 a severe 00:28:53.560 --> 00:28:53.980 beating. 00:28:55.060 --> 00:28:55.340 But the 00:28:55.340 --> 00:28:55.640 one who 00:28:55.640 --> 00:28:56.160 did not 00:28:56.160 --> 00:28:56.780 know and 00:28:56.780 --> 00:28:57.280 did what 00:28:57.280 --> 00:28:58.360 deserved a 00:28:58.360 --> 00:28:58.900 beating will 00:28:58.900 --> 00:28:59.420 receive a 00:28:59.420 --> 00:29:00.200 light beating. 00:29:01.380 --> 00:29:02.019 Everyone to 00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.420 whom much 00:29:02.420 --> 00:29:02.860 was given 00:29:02.860 --> 00:29:03.500 of him, 00:29:03.620 --> 00:29:04.060 much will 00:29:04.060 --> 00:29:04.900 be required, 00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:06.040 and from 00:29:06.040 --> 00:29:06.540 him to 00:29:06.540 --> 00:29:07.019 whom they 00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:07.500 entrusted 00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:07.900 much, 00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:08.580 they will 00:29:08.580 --> 00:29:09.240 demand the 00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:09.580 more. 00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:12.560 there seems 00:29:12.560 --> 00:29:13.060 to be a 00:29:13.060 --> 00:29:13.700 punishment in 00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:14.560 hell in 00:29:14.560 --> 00:29:15.580 accordance with 00:29:15.580 --> 00:29:16.200 someone's 00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:16.560 sins. 00:29:17.540 --> 00:29:17.720 So, 00:29:17.780 --> 00:29:18.120 the worst 00:29:18.120 --> 00:29:18.480 the sin, 00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:19.000 the worst 00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:19.640 the experience 00:29:19.640 --> 00:29:20.040 in hell. 00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:22.060 But also, 00:29:22.940 --> 00:29:23.860 there seems 00:29:23.860 --> 00:29:24.800 to be a 00:29:24.800 --> 00:29:25.540 link between 00:29:25.540 --> 00:29:27.060 knowledge of 00:29:27.060 --> 00:29:27.820 the gospel 00:29:27.820 --> 00:29:29.040 and the 00:29:29.040 --> 00:29:29.620 severity of 00:29:29.620 --> 00:29:30.060 the punishment. 00:29:30.059 --> 00:29:30.159 punishment. 00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:31.319 So, 00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:32.159 the one who 00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:32.639 knows the 00:29:32.639 --> 00:29:33.259 master's will, 00:29:33.379 --> 00:29:34.659 this is the 00:29:34.659 --> 00:29:35.019 gospel. 00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.440 In Matthew 00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:36.879 13, 00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:37.419 when Jesus 00:29:37.419 --> 00:29:37.779 is talking 00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:38.039 about the 00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:38.480 parables, 00:29:39.099 --> 00:29:40.519 this knowledge, 00:29:40.639 --> 00:29:41.359 this responsibility, 00:29:41.859 --> 00:29:42.599 it's the 00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:42.940 gospel, 00:29:43.119 --> 00:29:43.460 essentially. 00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:45.659 So, 00:29:45.659 --> 00:29:46.460 the one who 00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:46.919 knows the 00:29:46.919 --> 00:29:47.480 master's will, 00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:48.039 the gospel, 00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:49.579 but ignores it, 00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:51.379 will suffer more 00:29:51.379 --> 00:29:52.079 than someone who 00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:52.700 has never been 00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:53.379 told the gospel. 00:29:54.659 --> 00:29:55.559 Both sinners, 00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:56.419 both guilty, 00:29:56.619 --> 00:29:57.639 but different 00:29:57.639 --> 00:29:58.299 degrees of 00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:58.639 punishment. 00:29:58.640 --> 00:30:01.800 which is a 00:30:01.800 --> 00:30:02.540 sobering reality, 00:30:02.660 --> 00:30:02.980 isn't it? 00:30:04.340 --> 00:30:04.900 It should make 00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:05.280 us all think, 00:30:05.380 --> 00:30:05.520 okay, 00:30:05.840 --> 00:30:06.920 now I know 00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:07.480 the gospel, 00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:09.160 what am I 00:30:09.160 --> 00:30:09.480 going to do 00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:09.900 with it? 00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:12.240 But that's 00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:13.000 Jesus' point 00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:13.660 in these 00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:14.020 parables. 00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:16.640 And so, 00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:18.200 if we try to 00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:18.800 map it onto 00:30:18.800 --> 00:30:19.080 this, 00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:19.640 there's going to 00:30:19.640 --> 00:30:20.600 be a temporary 00:30:20.600 --> 00:30:21.340 punishment in 00:30:21.340 --> 00:30:21.680 hell, 00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:22.480 in the 00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:22.759 intermediate 00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:22.960 state, 00:30:23.020 --> 00:30:23.480 but after 00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:23.960 judgment, 00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:25.280 there's going 00:30:25.280 --> 00:30:26.520 to be full, 00:30:26.820 --> 00:30:27.420 specific, 00:30:28.259 --> 00:30:28.620 body, 00:30:28.640 --> 00:30:29.360 and soul 00:30:29.360 --> 00:30:29.820 punishment 00:30:29.820 --> 00:30:31.220 according to 00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:32.520 an unbeliever's 00:30:32.520 --> 00:30:33.259 works. 00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.440 Okay, 00:30:37.280 --> 00:30:37.880 but what about 00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:38.220 us? 00:30:38.340 --> 00:30:38.840 What about 00:30:38.840 --> 00:30:40.040 the church? 00:30:41.620 --> 00:30:42.560 If we're going 00:30:42.560 --> 00:30:43.080 to be a part 00:30:43.080 --> 00:30:43.360 of this 00:30:43.360 --> 00:30:43.759 judgment, 00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:45.640 and we are 00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:45.940 sinners, 00:30:46.080 --> 00:30:46.900 what will that 00:30:46.900 --> 00:30:47.580 mean for us? 00:30:48.840 --> 00:30:49.140 Well, 00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:49.660 it'll mean this, 00:30:49.840 --> 00:30:50.560 and this is the 00:30:50.560 --> 00:30:50.980 first thing, 00:30:51.080 --> 00:30:51.540 and I really 00:30:51.540 --> 00:30:51.880 want you to 00:30:51.880 --> 00:30:52.300 remember this 00:30:52.300 --> 00:30:52.520 one. 00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:54.279 first, 00:30:54.420 --> 00:30:55.099 when Christ 00:30:55.099 --> 00:30:55.920 opens those 00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:56.359 books on 00:30:56.359 --> 00:30:56.799 that day, 00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:59.059 our sins 00:30:59.059 --> 00:30:59.680 won't be in 00:30:59.680 --> 00:30:59.900 there. 00:31:01.639 --> 00:31:02.319 They have 00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:03.579 already been 00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:04.319 written into 00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:05.400 Christ's book 00:31:05.400 --> 00:31:06.779 and already 00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:07.440 judged on the 00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:07.740 cross. 00:31:09.079 --> 00:31:10.420 He remembers 00:31:10.420 --> 00:31:11.200 our sin 00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:11.819 no more. 00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.740 There's no 00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.700 condemnation. 00:31:14.900 --> 00:31:15.299 We are 00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:16.279 completely 00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:17.000 covered in 00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:17.379 Christ's 00:31:17.379 --> 00:31:17.779 righteousness. 00:31:17.779 --> 00:31:18.019 righteousness. 00:31:19.420 --> 00:31:19.700 And so, 00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:20.339 on that day, 00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:20.980 our sins 00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:21.460 will be 00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:22.059 publicly 00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:22.779 declared 00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:23.240 forgiven. 00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:24.859 The whole 00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:25.539 world will 00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:26.059 see that we 00:31:26.059 --> 00:31:26.619 are justified, 00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.019 but when 00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.700 Christ moves 00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:28.119 us to his 00:31:28.119 --> 00:31:28.660 right hand 00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:29.379 and calls 00:31:29.379 --> 00:31:29.700 us his 00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:29.899 sheep, 00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:30.519 he will 00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:30.639 say, 00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:30.899 yes, 00:31:31.099 --> 00:31:31.500 these are 00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:31.740 the ones 00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:31.920 I've 00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:32.399 died for. 00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:33.220 All their 00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:33.559 sins are 00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:33.700 covered. 00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:34.200 They are 00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:34.839 my sheep. 00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:37.299 And so, 00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:38.559 right now, 00:31:38.619 --> 00:31:39.180 we already 00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:39.899 know what 00:31:39.899 --> 00:31:40.299 the outcome 00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:40.799 of judgment 00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:41.359 day is for 00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:41.599 us. 00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:42.920 There's no 00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:43.660 doubt of 00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:44.299 your salvation 00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:44.920 on that day. 00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:46.000 It will all 00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:46.980 be because of 00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:47.440 Christ, 00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:48.539 his cross 00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:48.940 and his 00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:49.440 righteousness, 00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:50.440 you will be 00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:50.820 saved on 00:31:50.820 --> 00:31:51.140 that day, 00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:51.480 that there 00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:51.940 is no 00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:52.559 condemnation 00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:53.140 now or 00:31:53.140 --> 00:31:53.400 ever. 00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:56.559 But at 00:31:56.559 --> 00:31:56.940 the same 00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:57.519 time, 00:31:58.120 --> 00:31:59.140 we will 00:31:59.140 --> 00:31:59.680 be judged 00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:00.680 according to 00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:01.660 our works, 00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:03.140 but in a 00:32:03.140 --> 00:32:03.940 good way. 00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:06.279 Christ 00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:07.299 will see 00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:08.220 our good. 00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:09.920 He will 00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:10.299 see our 00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:11.600 good Christian 00:32:11.600 --> 00:32:12.340 works, 00:32:13.120 --> 00:32:13.440 that the 00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:13.960 love we had 00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:14.140 for him, 00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:14.700 the love 00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:15.200 that we had 00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:15.539 for each 00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:15.840 other, 00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:17.000 the fruit 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.779 of faith. 00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:18.720 He will 00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:19.220 see that 00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:19.380 and he 00:32:19.380 --> 00:32:19.700 will say 00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:21.900 those works 00:32:21.900 --> 00:32:24.319 show you 00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:24.859 that you 00:32:24.859 --> 00:32:25.460 are mine. 00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:27.460 That's the 00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:28.880 fruit of a 00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:29.500 saved life. 00:32:29.900 --> 00:32:30.680 All those 00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:30.920 works, 00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.420 that life 00:32:31.420 --> 00:32:31.880 can only 00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:32.900 come from 00:32:32.900 --> 00:32:33.380 faith. 00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:35.720 And so, 00:32:35.859 --> 00:32:36.559 we won't be 00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:37.259 saved because 00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:38.039 we've done 00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:38.740 good enough. 00:32:39.920 --> 00:32:40.519 Christ won't 00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:40.759 be like, 00:32:40.859 --> 00:32:41.119 okay, 00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:42.460 how much 00:32:42.460 --> 00:32:42.779 good have 00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:43.039 you done 00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:43.299 in this 00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:43.440 life? 00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:43.680 Okay, 00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.160 now you're 00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:44.440 saved. 00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:44.680 No, 00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.240 we'll not 00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:45.840 be like 00:32:45.840 --> 00:32:46.140 that. 00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:48.840 We're only 00:32:48.840 --> 00:32:49.320 saved by the 00:32:49.320 --> 00:32:49.600 blood of 00:32:49.600 --> 00:32:49.759 Christ, 00:32:49.840 --> 00:32:50.220 but our 00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:50.980 works will 00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:51.940 be evidence 00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:52.860 in Christ's 00:32:52.860 --> 00:32:54.460 scales to 00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:55.320 show that we 00:32:55.320 --> 00:32:55.940 are saved by 00:32:55.940 --> 00:32:56.519 his righteousness, 00:32:57.100 --> 00:32:58.440 not our 00:32:58.440 --> 00:32:58.740 own. 00:33:00.860 --> 00:33:01.620 But also, 00:33:01.940 --> 00:33:03.840 it seems like 00:33:03.840 --> 00:33:04.680 we will have 00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:06.140 different rewards 00:33:06.140 --> 00:33:06.720 in the new 00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:07.180 creation. 00:33:07.180 --> 00:33:09.519 I could 00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:09.900 spend a lot 00:33:09.900 --> 00:33:10.340 of time on 00:33:10.340 --> 00:33:10.539 this, 00:33:10.860 --> 00:33:11.320 but I'll 00:33:11.320 --> 00:33:12.220 have to be 00:33:12.220 --> 00:33:12.680 quite quick. 00:33:14.080 --> 00:33:14.759 The parable 00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:15.039 of the 00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:15.580 miners in 00:33:15.580 --> 00:33:16.620 Matthew 25 00:33:16.620 --> 00:33:17.299 and the 00:33:17.299 --> 00:33:17.580 parable of 00:33:17.580 --> 00:33:18.019 the talents 00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:18.400 in Luke 00:33:18.400 --> 00:33:18.860 19, 00:33:19.860 --> 00:33:20.539 in both 00:33:20.539 --> 00:33:21.299 these parables, 00:33:21.620 --> 00:33:22.700 the servant 00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:23.299 who is given 00:33:23.299 --> 00:33:25.240 a lot and 00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:25.700 does a lot 00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:26.100 with it, 00:33:26.180 --> 00:33:27.160 so given 00:33:27.160 --> 00:33:27.700 God's will, 00:33:27.820 --> 00:33:28.160 given the 00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:28.560 gospel and 00:33:28.560 --> 00:33:29.000 does a lot 00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.600 with it, 00:33:30.060 --> 00:33:31.740 is given a 00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:32.860 greater reward 00:33:32.860 --> 00:33:34.200 by their 00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:34.580 master. 00:33:35.600 --> 00:33:36.100 So one 00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:36.799 servant gets 00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:37.240 to rule 00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:37.879 over five 00:33:37.879 --> 00:33:38.480 cities, 00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:40.759 but the 00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:41.059 one who 00:33:41.059 --> 00:33:41.919 did a lot 00:33:41.919 --> 00:33:42.279 with what 00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:42.759 the master 00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.980 gave him, 00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:44.839 they're going 00:33:44.839 --> 00:33:45.079 to rule 00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:45.619 over ten 00:33:45.619 --> 00:33:46.240 cities. 00:33:48.639 --> 00:33:49.219 And Galatians 00:33:49.219 --> 00:33:50.059 6 talks about 00:33:50.059 --> 00:33:50.899 reaping what 00:33:50.899 --> 00:33:51.519 we sow. 00:33:52.179 --> 00:33:53.219 Our works 00:33:53.219 --> 00:33:53.480 are going to 00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:54.579 have a payoff 00:33:54.579 --> 00:33:55.059 in the new 00:33:55.059 --> 00:33:55.539 creation. 00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:56.899 1 Corinthians 15 00:33:56.899 --> 00:33:57.279 talks about 00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:58.299 different degrees 00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:59.039 of glory. 00:34:00.659 --> 00:34:01.000 And so in 00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:01.279 the new 00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:01.559 creation, 00:34:01.719 --> 00:34:02.480 there seems 00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:03.099 to be 00:34:03.099 --> 00:34:04.079 different 00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:05.119 degrees of 00:34:05.119 --> 00:34:05.480 glory. 00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:07.119 So let's 00:34:07.119 --> 00:34:07.359 be clear, 00:34:07.459 --> 00:34:08.139 everyone will 00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:08.619 be glorious 00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:09.279 and perfect, 00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:11.239 but there 00:34:11.239 --> 00:34:11.559 will be 00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:12.319 different 00:34:12.319 --> 00:34:13.259 rewards for 00:34:13.259 --> 00:34:13.500 different 00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:13.920 Christians 00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:15.519 linked to 00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:16.059 the fruitfulness 00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:16.440 of their 00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:16.779 life, 00:34:17.139 --> 00:34:17.599 to what 00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:18.079 they've done 00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:18.460 with the 00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:18.880 gospel that 00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:19.139 they've been 00:34:19.139 --> 00:34:19.339 given. 00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:21.380 So think of 00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:21.659 it like this 00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:21.799 way, 00:34:22.139 --> 00:34:22.759 we're all 00:34:22.759 --> 00:34:22.960 going to 00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:23.539 have full 00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:24.940 cups in 00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:25.319 the new 00:34:25.319 --> 00:34:25.699 creation, 00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:26.199 right? 00:34:26.279 --> 00:34:26.659 If you 00:34:26.659 --> 00:34:26.960 all have 00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:27.799 a cup, 00:34:28.339 --> 00:34:28.699 and when 00:34:28.699 --> 00:34:29.219 it's full, 00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:30.440 you're perfect, 00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:31.199 you're joyful, 00:34:31.400 --> 00:34:31.980 you are so 00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:32.519 satisfied. 00:34:32.519 --> 00:34:33.759 we're all 00:34:33.759 --> 00:34:33.880 going to 00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:34.179 have full 00:34:34.179 --> 00:34:34.460 cups, 00:34:34.579 --> 00:34:35.500 but everyone's 00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:37.219 cup will be 00:34:37.219 --> 00:34:37.519 a different 00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:37.980 size. 00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:40.019 We won't 00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:40.800 feel lacking 00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:41.639 in any way, 00:34:41.739 --> 00:34:42.139 but it will 00:34:42.139 --> 00:34:42.719 be different. 00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:45.039 And we 00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:45.679 don't know 00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:46.219 what that 00:34:46.219 --> 00:34:46.699 will look 00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:47.059 like, 00:34:47.239 --> 00:34:47.659 what that 00:34:47.659 --> 00:34:48.280 degrees of 00:34:48.280 --> 00:34:48.800 glory will 00:34:48.800 --> 00:34:49.219 be like, 00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:50.679 maybe ruling 00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:51.500 over more or 00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:52.119 less land in 00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:52.360 the new 00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:52.619 creation, 00:34:52.780 --> 00:34:53.000 I don't 00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.119 know, 00:34:53.159 --> 00:34:54.119 maybe you 00:34:54.119 --> 00:34:54.360 have a 00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:55.759 house closer 00:34:55.759 --> 00:34:56.320 to the throne 00:34:56.320 --> 00:34:56.679 of God, 00:34:56.800 --> 00:34:57.559 I don't know. 00:34:57.559 --> 00:34:59.900 But it 00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:00.320 does say 00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:00.480 here, 00:35:00.619 --> 00:35:01.799 your faithfulness 00:35:01.799 --> 00:35:02.699 to Christ, 00:35:03.679 --> 00:35:05.079 your faithfulness 00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:05.360 to Christ, 00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:06.279 it won't be 00:35:06.279 --> 00:35:07.139 ignored on 00:35:07.139 --> 00:35:07.619 that final 00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:07.920 day. 00:35:09.159 --> 00:35:09.679 Your 00:35:09.679 --> 00:35:10.539 perseverance 00:35:10.539 --> 00:35:12.519 and your 00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:13.299 labours and 00:35:13.299 --> 00:35:14.199 your sacrifices 00:35:14.199 --> 00:35:14.639 for the 00:35:14.639 --> 00:35:14.840 kingdom, 00:35:14.940 --> 00:35:15.460 it won't 00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:16.440 go unnoticed. 00:35:18.799 --> 00:35:19.799 And it 00:35:19.799 --> 00:35:20.279 may not be 00:35:20.279 --> 00:35:20.759 the big 00:35:20.759 --> 00:35:22.880 names of 00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:23.719 the church 00:35:23.719 --> 00:35:24.199 who are 00:35:24.199 --> 00:35:24.380 going to 00:35:24.380 --> 00:35:25.480 be rewarded 00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:26.000 with those 00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:26.579 great rewards 00:35:26.579 --> 00:35:26.980 in heaven. 00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:28.820 That 00:35:28.820 --> 00:35:29.320 faithful 00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:29.759 missionary 00:35:29.759 --> 00:35:30.559 family from 00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:31.239 the 19th 00:35:31.239 --> 00:35:31.639 century, 00:35:31.840 --> 00:35:33.000 who nobody's 00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.400 heard of, 00:35:34.019 --> 00:35:34.619 and their 00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:35.500 ministry never 00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:36.079 boomed, 00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:37.360 and they 00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:37.920 think that 00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:38.779 they achieved 00:35:38.779 --> 00:35:39.320 nothing in 00:35:39.320 --> 00:35:39.799 this life, 00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:40.340 but they 00:35:40.340 --> 00:35:40.799 were so 00:35:40.799 --> 00:35:42.079 faithful and 00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:42.960 loving and 00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:43.759 persevered and 00:35:43.759 --> 00:35:44.159 went through 00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:44.960 so much for 00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:46.299 Christ and 00:35:46.299 --> 00:35:47.360 lost so much 00:35:47.360 --> 00:35:47.799 for him, 00:35:48.239 --> 00:35:49.159 but loved him 00:35:49.159 --> 00:35:49.779 all the way 00:35:49.779 --> 00:35:50.019 through, 00:35:50.279 --> 00:35:50.779 it's people 00:35:50.779 --> 00:35:51.539 like that who 00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:51.900 will probably 00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:52.279 be given 00:35:52.279 --> 00:35:52.920 much in the 00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:53.400 new creation. 00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:57.179 And let's 00:35:57.179 --> 00:35:57.420 be clear, 00:35:57.420 --> 00:35:57.980 this isn't 00:35:57.980 --> 00:35:58.700 salvation by 00:35:58.700 --> 00:35:59.119 works, 00:35:59.180 --> 00:35:59.420 okay? 00:36:00.579 --> 00:36:01.380 Even these 00:36:01.380 --> 00:36:02.240 rewards are 00:36:02.240 --> 00:36:02.639 by God's 00:36:02.639 --> 00:36:02.860 grace. 00:36:03.539 --> 00:36:04.340 God doesn't 00:36:04.340 --> 00:36:04.780 need to bring 00:36:04.780 --> 00:36:05.200 us into the 00:36:05.200 --> 00:36:05.579 new creation, 00:36:05.700 --> 00:36:06.119 and he certainly 00:36:06.119 --> 00:36:06.860 doesn't need to 00:36:06.860 --> 00:36:08.099 give us degrees 00:36:08.099 --> 00:36:08.720 of glory, 00:36:08.860 --> 00:36:09.119 no. 00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:10.019 He doesn't 00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:10.480 need to do 00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:10.960 this. 00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:13.159 And so think 00:36:13.159 --> 00:36:13.380 of this, 00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:14.099 this is an 00:36:14.099 --> 00:36:15.019 encouragement for 00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:15.260 us. 00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:17.200 In the best 00:36:17.200 --> 00:36:17.820 way possible, 00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:19.019 our works will 00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:20.059 follow us into 00:36:20.059 --> 00:36:20.740 the new creation, 00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:22.019 our sins will 00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.559 be forgotten, 00:36:23.619 --> 00:36:24.460 the old will 00:36:24.460 --> 00:36:24.800 pass away, 00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:25.160 but your 00:36:25.160 --> 00:36:25.620 faithful 00:36:25.620 --> 00:36:26.120 labours, 00:36:26.320 --> 00:36:26.700 they will 00:36:26.700 --> 00:36:27.580 be graciously 00:36:27.580 --> 00:36:28.580 rewarded in 00:36:28.580 --> 00:36:28.840 heaven. 00:36:30.180 --> 00:36:30.840 And so this 00:36:30.840 --> 00:36:31.900 life still 00:36:31.900 --> 00:36:33.019 matters for 00:36:33.019 --> 00:36:33.480 the Christian. 00:36:35.260 --> 00:36:36.039 And on that 00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:36.500 final day, 00:36:36.539 --> 00:36:37.100 when Christ 00:36:37.100 --> 00:36:38.039 moves us over 00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:38.580 to his right 00:36:38.580 --> 00:36:40.140 hand and 00:36:40.140 --> 00:36:40.860 calls us his 00:36:40.860 --> 00:36:41.100 sheep, 00:36:41.260 --> 00:36:42.039 we will know 00:36:42.039 --> 00:36:42.600 that we are 00:36:42.600 --> 00:36:44.160 only standing 00:36:44.160 --> 00:36:45.720 there because 00:36:45.720 --> 00:36:46.780 Christ on the 00:36:46.780 --> 00:36:47.920 cross won this 00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:48.780 eternal life for 00:36:48.780 --> 00:36:49.039 us. 00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:51.079 and in 00:36:51.079 --> 00:36:51.579 all his 00:36:51.579 --> 00:36:52.019 grace, 00:36:52.139 --> 00:36:53.019 he will say 00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:53.779 to us the 00:36:53.779 --> 00:36:54.340 words that we 00:36:54.340 --> 00:36:55.000 all long for, 00:36:55.800 --> 00:36:56.659 well done, 00:36:56.940 --> 00:36:57.579 good and 00:36:57.579 --> 00:36:58.659 faithful servants. 00:36:59.679 --> 00:37:00.460 Welcome to 00:37:00.460 --> 00:37:00.719 the new 00:37:00.719 --> 00:37:01.079 creation. 00:37:04.340 --> 00:37:05.039 I'll stop 00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:05.800 there and 00:37:05.800 --> 00:37:06.659 open up to 00:37:06.659 --> 00:37:07.659 questions. 00:37:07.659 --> 00:37:09.659 Thank you.