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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.17,0:00:07.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know your works.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.17,0:00:13.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.30,0:00:16.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Literally, this reads:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.38,0:00:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have a name
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.56,0:00:20.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you are alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.97,0:00:23.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have a name.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.18,0:00:26.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the name you have isn't accurate.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.21,0:00:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what Jesus is saying.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.06,0:00:29.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have a name.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.48,0:00:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have a reputation.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.90,0:00:35.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what is true does not square with that reputation.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.27,0:00:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now brethren, I want you to just
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.68,0:00:39.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feel the impact of this.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.84,0:00:44.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These people have souls.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.06,0:00:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have a soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.92,0:00:51.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't it amazing how flippant and trivial people are?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.73,0:00:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't it amazing that when you come to people
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.72,0:00:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the Word of God, and you say,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.66,0:00:58.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Sir, m'am, your life does not line up
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.85,0:01:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the Word of God."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.08,0:01:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How trivializing people are with regard to their soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.56,0:01:06.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, well, I think this."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.63,0:01:09.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yes, but God's Word says this."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.05,0:01:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yeah, but I don't believe that."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.66,0:01:13.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't it amazing!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.20,0:01:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean people will look straight in the face
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.04,0:01:17.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of God's Word, and their lives don't line up with it,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.25,0:01:21.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and oh well, I just take another name on myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.19,0:01:22.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I call myself a Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.88,0:01:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, you don't call me one;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.18,0:01:25.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you say that the Bible doesn't say that I'm one,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.97,0:01:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I call myself one and I think I'm ok.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.44,0:01:31.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they just skip down the street.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.57,0:01:33.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's like,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.51,0:01:36.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do you not realize what you're doing here?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.24,0:01:37.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is your soul!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.69,0:01:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus came along, and He tries to convince men,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.52,0:01:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do you not realize that if you once lose your soul...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.84,0:01:45.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, what would a man in hell give
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.54,0:01:48.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in exchange for his soul?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.17,0:01:49.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.100,0:01:51.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.91,0:01:54.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, these are souls on the line.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.14,0:01:56.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even if you gain the whole world, what is that,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.31,0:01:57.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compared to the value of your soul?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.100,0:01:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus is threatening to come against
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.82,0:02:02.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this church at Sardis, because they're living
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.66,0:02:05.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,behind a name that isn't real.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.27,0:02:07.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And is that true of anyone here?\N
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.28,0:02:11.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, it is so easy for us to give ourselves names.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.74,0:02:14.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People in this world do it all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.83,0:02:16.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They give themselves a name,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.22,0:02:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then they think that that name is going to somehow protect them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.32,0:02:21.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They think because they call themselves by
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.26,0:02:25.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a certain title, by a certain description, by a certain name,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.44,0:02:28.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it therefore makes it true.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.53,0:02:35.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people's souls, eternal souls, hinge on this.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.19,0:02:39.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like, well, that's what I think...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.76,0:02:41.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not really interested in searching the Word of God
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.65,0:02:43.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or really finding out if this is true or not.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.82,0:02:48.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to take my chances.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.01,0:02:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On judgement day, God will just understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.72,0:02:53.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, brethren, do you hear people talk like that?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.65,0:02:54.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.100,0:02:56.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's scary.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.42,0:02:59.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus says to this church at Sardis,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.94,0:03:02.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm going to come against you."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.30,0:03:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a reputation of being a Christian,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.75,0:03:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I go to church. That's what other people call me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.16,0:03:10.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thing that matters is not what you call yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.12,0:03:11.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's what Christ calls you!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.78,0:03:15.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you measure up in His eyes to bearing that name
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.62,0:03:17.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and bearing that reputation?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.11,0:03:20.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you're wrong, it's going to cost you everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.52,0:03:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is really serious, folks.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.98,0:03:25.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is serious.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.47,0:03:29.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you imagine men and women at Sardis?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.75,0:03:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or here?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.92,0:03:34.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this room, heading for this state of hopelessness.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.62,0:03:39.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they've propped up a reputation, a name.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.66,0:03:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I'm trying to think, what can I liken this to?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.80,0:03:45.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's almost like children playing in the sand,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.16,0:03:48.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and taking some twigs and setting them up,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.09,0:03:51.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and tanks are coming across the field,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.19,0:03:53.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you know, they've got their little twigs.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.12,0:03:55.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they hide behind it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.74,0:04:02.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here comes a great big tank.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.08,0:04:06.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like, ok, I'm going to be safe behind this.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.16,0:04:10.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I imagine, here comes a storm.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.43,0:04:12.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a storm out there on the horizon,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.88,0:04:16.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it is black with the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.71,0:04:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it is coming against me for my sin,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.16,0:04:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I prop up this little barricade,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.98,0:04:24.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a name,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.37,0:04:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I hide behind it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.52,0:04:27.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ok, I'm going to be safe behind here.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.20,0:04:31.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think on Wednesday, we heard about some young lady,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.40,0:04:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that somebody was preaching the Gospel to,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.28,0:04:36.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were talking to about hell,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.57,0:04:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she said, "well, I don't know if I believe in hell."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.46,0:04:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see what she's saying?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.32,0:04:45.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, if I just basically give myself a name,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.95,0:04:48.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I'm a disbeliever in hell,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.65,0:04:51.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to be ok. Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.11,0:04:52.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't matter that the Word of God says
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.93,0:04:54.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there's a hell.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.51,0:04:58.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't believe there is one."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.08,0:05:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think that's a safe place to hide?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.86,0:05:07.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When that storm comes out, what good is her name,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.35,0:05:10.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm a disbeliever in hell" going to do for her?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.33,0:05:12.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That storm is going to sweep that away
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.23,0:05:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and crush it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.44,0:05:16.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many great houses are going to fall.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.41,0:05:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you think that little thing is
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.76,0:05:20.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to stand up in that day?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.94,0:05:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, no name will shelter you or me
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.82,0:05:27.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the coming wrath,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.16,0:05:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except the name of Jesus Christ itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.48,0:05:32.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,None other.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.48,0:05:37.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here these folks are at Sardis.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.59,0:05:43.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're hiding behind a reputation.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.45,0:05:45.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll say this, brethren.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.67,0:05:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What mercy!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.04,0:05:51.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You picture it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.93,0:05:54.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have an enemy.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.17,0:05:57.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His troops are coming across the field.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.43,0:05:59.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tanks are rolling in.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.09,0:06:02.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The artillary is rolling in.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.04,0:06:05.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got jets coming in fully armed.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.16,0:06:07.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here you are totally exposed in the field,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.55,0:06:10.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you set up a few twigs and a little rotten cloth
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.32,0:06:11.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you hide behind it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.62,0:06:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, I'm going to be safe here.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.64,0:06:15.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the general of those ranks,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.99,0:06:20.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who you have wronged badly,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.03,0:06:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he comes across the enemy lines,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.42,0:06:26.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not as an enemy right at this point,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.15,0:06:27.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he comes up beside you,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.75,0:06:29.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,puts his arm around you
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.34,0:06:33.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as you stand behind your little tattered barricade,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.44,0:06:36.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he says, "Look.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.61,0:06:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That barricade isn't going to stand
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.60,0:06:41.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I come against you.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.91,0:06:46.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make peace with me now and come join me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.13,0:06:47.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you'll be safe."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.98,0:06:49.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What mercy!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.54,0:06:51.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That he comes to them like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.36,0:06:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because he's got every right
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.64,0:06:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to break forth against them. Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.82,0:07:02.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to come and even bid them,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.05,0:07:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to encourage them, "Come."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.36,0:07:11.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The name you're hiding behind will give way.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.29,0:07:18.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, some of you, you're holding the title "Christian."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.63,0:07:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I hope you'll wake up like He called Sardis to wake up.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.32,0:07:24.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because all it is is a name.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.23,0:07:30.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The name of Christian without the reality of Christian,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.61,0:07:32.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's going to be blown away by
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.48,0:07:36.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the wrath of God in an instant.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.84,0:07:38.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It will not stand.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.72,0:07:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It cannot stand.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.86,0:07:45.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The most deadly, damning delusion
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.32,0:07:49.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not miscalculating somebody else's reputation.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.68,0:07:51.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You understand that?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.11,0:07:55.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, I may look at you and I may have
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.06,0:07:58.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a great estimation of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.15,0:08:00.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And be wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.95,0:08:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that in and of itself is not the determining factor.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.00,0:08:06.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you may look at me and say,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.05,0:08:07.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"he makes way too much of me,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.69,0:08:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know my real state - it's bad."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.00,0:08:13.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you may flee to Christ and all is well.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.58,0:08:16.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or I may look at you and I may think evil of you,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.03,0:08:17.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I may be dead wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.91,0:08:19.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Really, things are well with you,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.63,0:08:21.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Christ thinks well with you,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.34,0:08:22.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everything is all right.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.73,0:08:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, miscalculations about somebody else's
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.88,0:08:28.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reputation are not necessarily the final word on the matter.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.04,0:08:29.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'll tell you this, brethren,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.61,0:08:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you're wrong about yourself, you're wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.64,0:08:36.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you stay on that course, it's damning.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.88,0:08:38.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's serious.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.79,0:08:41.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need to wake up!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.36,0:08:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what He's saying here,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.70,0:08:44.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Wake up! Wake up!"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.09,0:08:46.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're not willing to repent, if you're not willing to wake up,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.53,0:08:49.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you should tremble.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.89,0:08:51.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The question of the hour is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.46,0:08:53.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is there any possibility...
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.31,0:08:55.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and look, we all need to ask ourselves this.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.09,0:08:59.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to ask myself this. I want you to ask yourself this.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.04,0:09:04.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is there any possibility that you may be dead
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.65,0:09:07.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that you may be dying?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.10,0:09:10.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that if you continue on your present course,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.52,0:09:13.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will lose your soul?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.08,0:09:14.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just asking you to consider,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.81,0:09:20.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is there any possibility that that might be true?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.18,0:09:23.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is there any of us that bear the name alive and well,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.84,0:09:25.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if you basically look at the path that you're on
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.92,0:09:27.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you were to draw a line off of it
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.59,0:09:31.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and project where it goes, it misses heaven.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.97,0:09:34.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, that's what we want to think about.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.17,0:09:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what Jesus says?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.52,0:09:44.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Matthew 7, He says that there are few that have life,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.80,0:09:47.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there are many who don't.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.12,0:09:49.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He's talking to the religious crowd.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.28,0:09:52.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, He comes along and He says this,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.35,0:09:54.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says, "On that day (on judgement day),
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.61,0:09:56.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.68,0:09:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,did we not prophesy in Your name, cast out demons
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.50,0:10:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Your name, do many mighty works in Your name?'"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.02,0:10:05.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you hear what they're saying?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.28,0:10:09.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, look how alive we were!
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.31,0:10:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had the name of "alive."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.32,0:10:14.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We sought out demons, we cast them out.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.55,0:10:16.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We prophesied, we used spiritual gifts,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.75,0:10:19.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we didn't do just a few works in Your name,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.93,0:10:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we did many, and they weren't just little works,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.84,0:10:23.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were mighty works.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.18,0:10:25.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we didn't just do them, we did them in Your name.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.87,0:10:28.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they're saying, "Look how alive we were!"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.66,0:10:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Look at the movement, Lord, look at the movement!"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.20,0:10:34.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He said, "I never knew you."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.46,0:10:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You're dead."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.02,0:10:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is exactly the picture.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.52,0:10:40.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All sorts of apparent motion
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.53,0:10:41.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that made it look good,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.81,0:10:43.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so much so that these people,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.31,0:10:47.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're hiding behind the name, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.03,0:10:49.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're hiding behind a reputation
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.51,0:10:51.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had been created by all this movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.89,0:10:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Jesus says, "You're lawless."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.66,0:10:56.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You're not Mine. I don't know you."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.05,0:10:59.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You're dead."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.27,0:11:04.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the thing is, He says many, over against the few.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.43,0:11:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, those in this world
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.16,0:11:11.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that bear a good reputation and bear a good name
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.93,0:11:16.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most, the reality is not behind the name.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.77,0:11:21.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most religion in this world is false and empty.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.44,0:11:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, that ought to make us sit up and say, "Wow!"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.68,0:11:33.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look. You don't want to have that name peeled away
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.22,0:11:37.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like these people when it's too late.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.03,0:11:38.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, they're saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.97,0:11:40.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Lord, we're alive! We're alive! We're alive!"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.75,0:11:42.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He says, "You're dead. Depart."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.79,0:11:44.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't want to find out then.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.37,0:11:45.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know when you want to find out?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.54,0:11:47.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to find out today.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.88,0:11:50.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to be like the people at Sardis,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.26,0:11:52.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who heard the warning, and they responded
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.30,0:11:54.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they repented and Christ didn't come against them,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.44,0:11:56.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were worthy to walk in white.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.38,0:11:57.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's who you want to be like.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.56,0:12:01.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't want to just say,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.04,0:12:02.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know what? I've got my opinion,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.78,0:12:04.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm going to bank my soul on it,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.39,0:12:06.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without any self-examination.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.21,0:12:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, don't do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.00,0:12:11.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Religiously, there can be a lot of movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.04,0:12:12.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.16,0:12:15.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's no more than the twitching of a corpse.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.66,0:12:17.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's all it is here.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.31,0:12:19.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Jesus says people like this are many.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.81,0:12:21.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here's what we have to ask.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.77,0:12:24.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do I know if my life is the fruit of true,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.87,0:12:27.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,real, God-breathed life, or if my life
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.32,0:12:30.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is no more than the twitching of a corpse?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.31,0:12:31.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, how can I know that?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.65,0:12:34.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The folks at Sardis believed they were alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.35,0:12:36.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe I'm alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.18,0:12:38.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were very much mistaken.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.50,0:12:40.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.08,0:12:41.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, let me tell you this,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.35,0:12:44.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you have sin that you know is against the will of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.64,0:12:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can live in that state,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.74,0:12:48.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're in trouble.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.08,0:12:50.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you can live in a state where you've got something
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.90,0:12:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know you need to repent of, and you're not.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.06,0:12:55.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't mean you shed a casual tear,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.67,0:12:57.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you get concerned once in a while,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.73,0:13:00.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you let it exist and go on.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.57,0:13:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there is not regular repentance,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.72,0:13:05.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you're actually casting off in your life
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.93,0:13:07.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what God hates.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.18,0:13:09.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're able to live with what God hates in your life,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.68,0:13:14.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brethren, again, He says you will not enter heaven.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.23,0:13:15.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You won't.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.84,0:13:18.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't matter what name you've given yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.91,0:13:21.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or what reputation you hide behind.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.45,0:13:24.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are not a Christian in private,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.46,0:13:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you are not sold out to do God's will,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.40,0:13:31.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are in trouble.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.47,0:13:35.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't rest in any name you've given yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.15,0:13:36.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or somebody else.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.70,0:13:38.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll tell you this,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.75,0:13:41.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are very well meaning Christians that will come along
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.49,0:13:44.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and will call people "brother."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.06,0:13:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think rightly so.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.34,0:13:49.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they'll call you, "brother."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.99,0:13:52.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They'll call you "sister."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.31,0:13:53.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They'll give you a name.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.99,0:13:57.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They'll embolden that reputation.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.51,0:14:01.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if inside, you know these things aren't true,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.01,0:14:06.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't let a man's word, a man's name,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.24,0:14:08.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a man's perception of your reputation
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.86,0:14:13.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be any comfort to you, if inside you know
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.79,0:14:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are wrongly bearing the name.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.58,0:14:19.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't rest on that.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.20,0:14:21.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't rest on somebody else calling you a Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.32,0:14:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or calling you brother or sister,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.74,0:14:28.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you know that according to Christ, I'm not well.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.86,0:14:30.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wake up!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.65,0:14:33.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't lose your soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.04,0:14:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, brethren, we like to have a good reputation.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.28,0:14:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I come clean,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.30,0:14:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to have a bad reputation.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.22,0:14:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wouldn't it be better to have a bad reputation
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.20,0:14:44.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and go to heaven,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.34,0:14:48.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than keep your good reputation and burn?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.49,0:14:52.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, don't waste your soul on the fact that
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.44,0:14:56.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might somehow now get a bad reputation with somebody.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.98,0:15:00.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They might think less of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.06,0:15:03.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, what really matters is what Christ thinks of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.47,0:15:06.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you take a hyper-Calvinistic road on this,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.58,0:15:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and say well, I'm not going to burn bright,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.20,0:15:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not going to have life,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.40,0:15:12.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not going to be a raging fire again,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.17,0:15:13.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this thing isn't going to be recovered
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.87,0:15:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless God does it.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.96,0:15:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will go to hell in your hyper-Calvinism.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.64,0:15:20.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What Christ is telling you to do is act on this.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.79,0:15:22.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now. Act on it.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.87,0:15:24.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about this: if you're in the wilderness,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.76,0:15:26.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you had a fire, and you know
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.36,0:15:28.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your life depends on that fire being kept lit,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.99,0:15:30.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if not you're going to die,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.81,0:15:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then suddenly, you look at the fire
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.44,0:15:34.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you come to realize, the flame is out.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.78,0:15:36.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a few glowing embers in there.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.95,0:15:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are you going to do?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.40,0:15:41.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take a cold cup of the water of television
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.52,0:15:43.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and throw it on there?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.24,0:15:44.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, do you see this is real life?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.88,0:15:47.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This fire is you. It's your heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.07,0:15:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's us.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.60,0:15:49.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean what are you going to do?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.62,0:15:51.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you going to throw blankets over the top of it?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.41,0:15:55.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The blankets of just fun and frivolity of this life.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.38,0:15:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, what you're going to do is
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.90,0:15:59.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going to get down there and you're going
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.42,0:16:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to blow on those coals.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.58,0:16:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're going to find the driest kindling that you possibly can.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.10,0:16:06.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, I see this like blowing on it
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.13,0:16:07.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the breath of prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.92,0:16:09.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're going to blow on it.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.03,0:16:10.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Put the kindling of repentance on it.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.94,0:16:11.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there's any sin in your life,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.83,0:16:13.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anything between you and Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.32,0:16:15.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there's bad things you've let into your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.58,0:16:18.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, brethren, this is about getting that fire back up
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.22,0:16:19.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's ready to go out and if it goes out
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.90,0:16:22.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you die.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.54,0:16:24.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say I don't know how this fits in with election.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.21,0:16:25.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know how this fits in...
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.41,0:16:27.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't concern yourself with that.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.10,0:16:29.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ is talking to people.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.15,0:16:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's talking to real people just like you and me.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.54,0:16:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He's saying you have a responsbility,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.78,0:16:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you are dying,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.90,0:16:38.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brethren, ask yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.02,0:16:42.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are there any signs that you're dying?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.54,0:16:44.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, did you know conviction in the past
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.14,0:16:46.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you don't know today?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.37,0:16:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did you know affection and feelings for Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.30,0:16:51.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you don't feel today?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.90,0:16:53.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you sang the songs of Zion in the past,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.74,0:16:55.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was there a joy and a delight
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.15,0:16:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you don't feel today?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.94,0:16:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Were you concerned about your soul in the past
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.02,0:17:00.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a way that you don't feel today?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.19,0:17:01.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Were you concerned about other's souls
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.71,0:17:03.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a way you don't feel today?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.44,0:17:05.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, that is a picture of spiritual decline,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.39,0:17:07.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if it's true, brethren,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.31,0:17:10.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,draw the line out from where you are.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.01,0:17:14.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That which is dying will die and the end is death.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.58,0:17:16.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't want that.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.12,0:17:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, Christ told another church,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.88,0:17:22.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first love, intensity, increase,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.35,0:17:26.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if not, brethren, He removes candlesticks.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.01,0:17:28.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He responds.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.17,0:17:29.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there's any kind of decline,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.53,0:17:30.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to jump on this fire,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.69,0:17:34.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to make sure that it comes back to a blaze.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:34.45,0:17:36.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know the things that put the fire out.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.77,0:17:39.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Worldliness puts the fire out.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.35,0:17:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world comes at us in full force
Dialogue: 0,0:17:43.06,0:17:46.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the computer and on the television
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.53,0:17:49.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on movies, on the news, and on radio.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.10,0:17:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Full force.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:53.64,0:17:57.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Having worldly friends and acquaintances,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.25,0:17:58.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they corrupt good morals.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:58.51,0:18:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're this wet water on the fire.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:02.64,0:18:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Staying away from the Word,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.02,0:18:06.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh brethren, if there's anything to kindle the fire, it's the Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.91,0:18:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anything to kindle faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:09.02,0:18:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, faith comes by hearing, hearing by the Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:13.56,0:18:15.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You look at your life, well, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.31,0:18:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm kind of cold when I read the Scriptures.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:17.14,0:18:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, if there's any kind of disobedience,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:18.70,0:18:20.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disobedience - basically sin,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:20.72,0:18:23.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it separates between you and God and puts the fire out,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:23.59,0:18:24.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it quenches the Spirit,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:24.64,0:18:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,quench, quench, quench...
Dialogue: 0,0:18:26.10,0:18:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to reverse everything in your life that is quenching.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:31.24,0:18:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because that puts the fire out.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:33.83,0:18:36.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And brethren, Jesus is serious.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:36.09,0:18:41.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's saying no activity, this is about to die.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:41.47,0:18:43.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's amazing - isn't it amazing?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:43.72,0:18:47.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I find this absolutely merciful
Dialogue: 0,0:18:47.37,0:18:49.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Jesus would say,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:49.37,0:18:52.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have had, you have received,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.54,0:18:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have heard good things.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:59.82,0:19:01.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now you're at this place.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:01.89,0:19:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Jesus just doesn't pull His hand back
Dialogue: 0,0:19:03.85,0:19:05.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and say I gave them the truth,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.62,0:19:06.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they didn't respond,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:06.97,0:19:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let them be damned.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:08.62,0:19:10.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even right at the end,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:10.45,0:19:11.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even before the flame,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:11.67,0:19:14.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the last vestige of that fire goes out,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.67,0:19:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He steps in one more time,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:18.16,0:19:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He says, pull back. Pull back.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:22.90,0:19:27.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stop putting the water on the fire.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:27.25,0:19:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still bid you come.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.50,0:19:32.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will still receive you.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.39,0:19:33.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Repent.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:33.77,0:19:36.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you don't. It's going out. I'm going to come against you.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:36.49,0:19:38.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even here at the end,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:38.44,0:19:40.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what a mercy! what a mercy!
Dialogue: 0,0:19:40.47,0:19:42.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of you have been drifting.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:42.28,0:19:43.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of you are way out there,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:43.90,0:19:46.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're out there, and if you draw that line
Dialogue: 0,0:19:46.89,0:19:49.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from where you are on the path that you've been on,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.20,0:19:50.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it misses heaven.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:50.73,0:19:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It does.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:51.72,0:19:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may not think so because you're hiding behind a name.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:53.96,0:19:56.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you're hiding behind a past reputation.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.35,0:19:57.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you're hiding behind these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.55,0:19:59.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'll guarantee you, based on what we've been seeing
Dialogue: 0,0:19:59.97,0:20:03.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in these letters, if you draw the line out, you miss it.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:03.24,0:20:08.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even now, before you fully reach that place,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:08.03,0:20:09.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like Hebrews 6 talks about,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.62,0:20:10.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where there's a point of no return,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:10.73,0:20:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even before you get to the place of no return,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:13.06,0:20:16.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He comes up and He puts His arm around you,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:16.92,0:20:19.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He bids you turn back.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:19.91,0:20:22.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still bid you.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:22.40,0:20:24.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would have you not perish.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:24.87,0:20:27.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still would rather see you turn.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:27.57,0:20:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And brethren, the thing about this letter...
Dialogue: 0,0:20:29.70,0:20:34.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is no guarantee from it
Dialogue: 0,0:20:34.63,0:20:37.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that these people turn back.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:37.20,0:20:41.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your realize there is great possibility
Dialogue: 0,0:20:41.78,0:20:44.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it will not turn out well.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:44.73,0:20:49.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You do not get an overly encouraging feeling here.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:49.62,0:20:52.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is like the last word.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:52.48,0:20:54.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Turn back.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.62,0:20:59.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're running suicidally towards a cliff,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:59.37,0:21:04.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're close to it even now.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:04.14,0:21:07.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pull back. Repent. Come back.