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(Derek) Welcome to Hope Sabbath School,
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an in-depth, interactive study
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of the Word of God.
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I'm so glad you joined us today.
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This has been a great series
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on Life, Death, Resurrection,
and Eternal Life.
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The topic today, The Judging Process,
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could make some nervous,
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but actually we'll discover,
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for those who belong to Jesus,
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the judgment's good news.
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It means we're almost home,
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and you'll be encouraged
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as you study with us today,
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so welcome to Hope Sabbath School
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and welcome to the team.
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Good to see you all again.
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And, by the way, Travis,
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I'm looking forward to the study,
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and I'm thankful you'll be leading us
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in the study today.
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We also want to welcome
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our team members joining us.
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Tigist, good to have you back with us,
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from Minnesota, glad you're with us today.
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And, Enoch, good to see you
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from Maryland, glad you're part
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of our team again today.
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We appreciate our remote team members
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who expand our group.
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But just take a moment and look
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at each other in the group.
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Would you notice
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we don't all look the same?
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We represent the world, right,
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different nations, kindreds,
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tongues and peoples.
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And it's so encouraging to know
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that we have Hope Sabbath School members
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around the world, stunning to think
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that our app is used
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in more than 200 countries.
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That's an encouragement.
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By the way, the Hope Channel app,
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We're talking about life,
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death and resurrection,
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Don't forget to write to us.
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We love to hear from you:
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sshope@hopetv.org.
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This is an encouraging email
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from Vincent in France.
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He says, "I'm a faithful follower
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of Hope Sabbath School,
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and it's a great blessing
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for my church here in France.
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I thank God for your ministry.
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I am currently an aircraft pilot
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with the French Air Force,
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and after my military career,
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I wish to study theology
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and become a pastor."
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Praise God, and he's part
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of our Hope Sabbath School team
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right now there in France.
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"Maybe we will be able
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to meet some day in person;
God bless you."
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Well, God bless you, too, Vincent.
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What an encouraging testimony,
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flying there in the French Air Force
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but [he's] given his heart to Jesus
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and wanting to become a pastor
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and share the Word of God.
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Thank you for writing to us.
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Here's a note from Boniface in Cameroon.
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Cameroon, is that anywhere close
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to where you lived,
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where you were born, Lilica?
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(Lilica) Not really close.
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(Derek) Not really, but it's
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on the same African continent, right?
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You're from Guinea-Bissau.
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Cameroon, Boniface writes,
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"Hello people of the Most High God."
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He got the wave.
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By the way, isn't that an amazing thing
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that we can be people
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of the Most High God?
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) Praise God for that.
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"I've been watching
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the program since 2018.
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I just thank all of the team
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for the great work.
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May the Lord continually bless you
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until the coming of our Savior
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Jesus Christ. Amen."
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) Well, I don't know,
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I'm always amazed;
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I don't know if you are.
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I mean, we just think
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some people are watching the program,
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but we're talking, all around the world
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people are studying the Word of God,
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and we're glad, wherever you are,
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you're part of our family.
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Well, here's a hand-written note
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from a donor, and the donor
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writes from Nevada.
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That's in the Western part
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of the United States.
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"Your programming has been
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such an inspiration,
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especially during the last year."
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The donor writes, "I'm 81 years young.
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Thank you, Hope Channel,
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and God bless you,"
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and a gift of 100 dollars.
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Now, when you're 81 years old,
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that's a gift, isn't it?
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You know, you're not earning
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a massive salary every month.
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I want to thank you
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for being part of the miracle.
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Thanks for writing to us
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and for your partnership.
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We are a donor-supported ministry,
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and we're thankful for your support,
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not just there in Nevada but each one,
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especially at this time of the year
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when you're thinking,
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"Is there a ministry
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that could be blessed by my support?"
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The answer is, you could be part
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of this ministry; thank you.
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Just go to hopetv.org/hopess,
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click on the Donate button,
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or go directly, hopetv.org/donate,
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and you can be part of this great miracle.
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Thank you for your support.
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One last note, from Cynthia in Texas
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in the United States of America.
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She writes, "Greetings to you all
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in the mighty name of Jesus Christ
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our Lord of lords and King of kings."
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That's quite a welcome.
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"I thank you so much for teaching
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the Bible so beautifully every week.
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Thank you for all you do.
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Keep up the good work,
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and let us all be faithful to the end!
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Jesus will soon come.
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Let's keep on loving, giving, working,
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trusting and obeying in His name."
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She says, "By the way,
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I've just had my ninety-fourth birthday
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to the glory of God."
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) Well, thank you
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for writing to us, Cynthia from Texas.
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And I felt like a little sermon
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was coming on right there.
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We're thankful that you're encouraging us
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and praying for us on our journey.
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Right now, we're going
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to sing our theme song.
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You've learned it during this series,
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the words of Jesus from Revelation 1,
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verses 17, 18 and verse 8,
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"Do not be afraid," He says;
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"I am the First and the Last."
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You know the story now.
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Let's sing it together.
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♪ music ♪
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(Derek) Well, I love that song.
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It's the word of Jesus Himself,
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and, Travis, as you lead us
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in the study today,
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we're going to see that Jesus our Savior
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is also our Judge and soon-coming King.
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(Travis) Amen.
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(Team) Amen.
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(Travis) Let us pray.
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Father in Heaven, we want
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to thank You again for this time
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to open up Your Scriptures.
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You said that Your Word
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is a lamp to our feet
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and a light to our path.
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Lord, we need some light
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as we study the judging process.
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And I pray that by the end of this study
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that everyone watching will come to know
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that judgment is good news
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for those who have surrendered to Jesus.
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That's my prayer; in Jesus' name. Amen.
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(Derek, Team) Amen.
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(Travis) Well, I'm sure many of you
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have heard or maybe even have said
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to someone, "Don't judge me," right?
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And you know, when you think of judgment,
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it normally comes across
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as something negative,
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certainly not in a positive light.
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But I pray, by the end of today's study,
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that we're going to find out
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that judgment is not only a good thing,
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it's a great thing, and we see
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the immeasurable and unfailing love
through the study.
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Nicole, would you start off our study
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this morning by reading 2 Corinthians,
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chapter 5, verse 10?
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(Nicole) I'll be reading
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from the New International Version:
it says:
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(Travis) So, the Bible says we must all
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appear at the judgment seat of Christ.
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Stephanie, why do we all have to appear
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before the judgment seat of Christ?
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(Stephanie) So that our works
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can be judged, whether our life
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was in alignment with our confession
for Jesus.
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(Derek) But that could make a person
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very nervous if they don't know the gospel
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because the Bible says, "All have sinned
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and fallen short of the glory of God."
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So, actually, I think what happens
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in the judgment, Travis,
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is it reveals the most important choice,
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which is which side we choose to stand on.
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Do we say, "Jesus, save me"?
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Now, we know transformation will happen,
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but if I'm just going
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to have all of my sin,
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I don't know how many perfect people
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there are on the team today, you know,
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we will stand condemned,
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which is why, as you said,
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the judgment is great news for those
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who have accepted Jesus as Savior.
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(Travis) Well, Derek, I'm glad
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we have more verses,
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because we're going to read
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some words from Jesus, and I think
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we're going to find out
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it is good news. Yes, Pedro.
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(Pedro) I think of judgment
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and remember the work I used to do
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being a process server;
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I used to deliver documents for the court.
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And sometimes I was asked by an attorney
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to go into the court records
to make copies,
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and sometimes a copy of a case
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would be a hefty amount of paper.
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But I always loved when the clerk
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would say, "This case has been purged."
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It means it's been destroyed.
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So, I have to go back and say,
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"We have no records anymore
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because it has been so many years."
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And I'm looking forward
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for my record to be purged,
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and the records of Jesus
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to be put in place of mine.
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(Derek, Travis) Amen!
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(Travis) When I first thought of judgment,
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I thought of all the things
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that I have done in my life, whew.
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I didn't feel very good.
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But then I thought,
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as I've studied the Scriptures
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and come to a greater knowledge
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of the immeasurable and unfailing love
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of Jesus and judgment,
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I thought, when Satan
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brings those accusations to Jesus,
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He's going to open up the book,
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and all those sins are going
to be covered.
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And He's going to say, "He is redeemed."
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(Derek) Praise God.
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(Travis) And I can't wait for that day,
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because I don't deserve eternal life,
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but that gift is a free gift
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that Jesus has given
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each and every one of us.
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And we're going to dig
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into some Scriptures, and we're going
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to see what this judgment is all about.
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Tigist, if you don't mind taking us
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to John, chapter 5:22-30,
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we're going to read some words of Jesus
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and see what He has to say
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about the judgment.
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John, chapter 5:22-30,
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would you read that for us, Tigist?
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(Tigist) And I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version.
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This is John 5:22-30, and it says:
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(Travis) Well, even if we had
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just that verse, it would be enough,
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but we may even read that the wrong way.
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Because those who have done good,
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to the resurrection of good,
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and those who have done evil,
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to the resurrection of condemnation,
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and we're thinking, we've all
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read Romans 3; maybe some of us haven't,
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"There is none [who does] good,
no, not one."
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But when we stand
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under the banner of Jesus, right,
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clothed in His righteousness,
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He covers our sins,
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we, if we die before Jesus comes,
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can be in the resurrection of the just
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because the things we've done wrong
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have been covered by the blood
of Jesus. Amen?
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And then, one of the other things to come,
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He says we won't come into judgment,
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and I thought, "But all of us
will be judged."
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But there's a difference
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between coming into judgment
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and being judged, right?
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When we say, "You can keep
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Your own righteousness, Jesus;
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I have my own," well, that's when we
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can fall into judgment, right?
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Well, let's take a look at another verse,
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Matthew 12:35-36; Lilica,
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would you read that for us?
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Matthew 12:35-36, again, words of Jesus.
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Let's see what He says about judgment.
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(Lilica) I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version,
Matthew 12:35-36:
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(Travis) I'm so happy for a Savior,
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because records are being kept.
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We just mentioned in a previous study,
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you know, cell phones,
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we can talk on them,
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or we can look at things,
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and we think nobody's watching.
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But Somebody's watching, right?
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Angels are taking account of everything
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that's happening, and God knows.
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But that's actually one
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of the greatest things about God
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is He knows, but He still loves us
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and wants to redeem us.
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We don't even have to try
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to hide anything from Him.
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(Derek) Whatever idle words we've spoken -
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I thought of the words
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of that tax collector or publican
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that Jesus saw, you remember?
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He cried out, "God, be merciful
to me, a sinner."
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And those are the words
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that will affect our eternal destiny.
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(Travis) Amen! We'll be judged
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on our response to God's love. Amen?
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We'll be judged on a response
to God's love.
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We could say, "No, we
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don't want to be loved;
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we don't want to be happy,"
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which is a foolish thing
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to choose, by the way,
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or we can choose our own destiny that way.
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Let's read from another text again.
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Luke 11:31, 32, Livinia,
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would you read that for us?
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And again, similar words of Jesus.
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(Livinia) I'll be reading
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from the 21st Century King James Version:
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(Travis) Well, we know that the Queen
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of Sheba came to visit Solomon.
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Of course, this was prior to him gaining
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all his wives and him falling.
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Of course, we know
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that he also repented, right,
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at the end of his life.
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Praise God for a loving Savior, right?
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Whew, I mean, to be redeemed
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is a great feeling, right?
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So, what do you think, Livinia, it means
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that the Queen of Sheba
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and those who listened to Jonah,
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what do you think it means
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that they would judge them?
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(Livinia) I think here the Lord is saying
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that, for instance, in the case
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of the people of Nineveh,
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this was an audience that wasn't expected
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to respond to the words of God
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and the love of God, but they did!
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And, you know, for those
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who maybe know a little more,
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who have been exposed
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to a little more about God,
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that ideally we would be more receptive
to the response.
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Likewise, the Queen of Sheba,
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a stranger from a foreign nation,
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she was, I don't want to say enamored,
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but she was very receptive.
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(Travis) Could we say, even the people
of Nineveh, do you think they saw
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the immeasurable, unfailing love of Jesus?
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(Derek) Absolutely.
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(Travis) They certainly did!
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And he was preaching
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of a Christ to come, I'm sure;
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he was a preacher.
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And now here Jesus
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is right in front of them,
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and they're not accepting Him.
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(Derek) So, I think the bottom line,
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Travis, is God loves us so much,
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we will be without excuse.
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He will have shown so much mercy and grace
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and evidence, whether through Solomon
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or through Jonah, or He says,
"Now, I'm here."
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God so loved the world
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He sent His own Son into humanity.
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He is not trying to keep us
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out of eternal life with Him.
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He's trying to save us.
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(Travis) I was impressed, Derek,
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by the Scriptures that Livinia just read
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because I thought, there was
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judgment already passed on Nineveh,
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and what he saw was a loving God
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who actually, what?
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Who forgave them all, right?
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And he goes on to even say
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the animals and all the other things
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that were there, God is a God of love,
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and He didn't want that town
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to come into judgment,
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but He'd rather that they would repent.
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That's what He wants
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for each and every one of us.
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Well, what is the clear message
that we hear
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from Jesus about the judgment?
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What is the clear message
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from these verses? Yes, Jason.
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(Jason) That there is a lot of opportunity
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and we get to make the choice
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which side we want to be on.
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(Travis) Anybody else?
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(Stephanie) Judgment is real,
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and it will happen.
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And it is by a just and righteous judgment
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that is placed - righteous.
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(Travis) Thank you for adding that,
Stephanie.
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It is a righteous judgment.
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Can you imagine if we all faced a judge
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who was biased maybe one way or the other?
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Maybe he liked one skin color
over the other.
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Can you imagine if that was the judge?
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But the fact is, He loves us all
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with an immeasurable and unfailing love,
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and He will judge righteously.
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Of course, when we think
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of the word righteousness,
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we know that our own righteousness
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is as filthy rags, so He's judging us
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according to His righteousness.
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And when we've covered ourselves,
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clothed ourselves in His righteousness,
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we stand vindicated.
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(Derek) Praise God.
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(Travis) Where else in the Scriptures
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do we find references
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to this final judgment?
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I'm going to have Richard,
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if you would read Daniel 7:9-10.
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We see a courtroom scene here.
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Daniel 7:9-10, would you
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read that for us, Richard?
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(Richard) Sure, Daniel 7, verses 9 and 10,
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reading from the New King James Version:
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(Travis) Well, here we get a picture,
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at the end of time, of a courtroom scene.
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The Ancient of Days, that's the Father God
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in Heaven, seated; the books are opened,
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and a judgment is going to be made.
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I would like Nancy to read Psalm 9:7, 8,
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and I want to focus on verse 8;
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something in verse 8
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that just caught my attention
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as I was preparing this study.
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Psalm 9:7-8, would you
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read that for us, Nancy?
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(Nancy) Yes, I'm reading
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from the New King James Version:
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(Travis) A righteous Judge.
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He's our Lawyer, and He's our Judge.
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It seems like things are tipped
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in our favor slightly.
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(Derek) If we choose
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to stand under His banner.
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(Travis) Under His banner.
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We certainly aren't getting
what we deserve.
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Did you have a comment, Pedro?
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(Pedro) I see the beautiful aspect here
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of this judgment is the favor of God.
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I have watched a video one time
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about this judge who gave the opportunity
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to the person to choose:
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Should you be guilty,
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or should you be innocent?
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And the person says, "Well, I
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have done the wrong thing,
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but would you give me a break this time?"
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And the he says, "I looked
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at your records; they are good records.
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I will give you this break."
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Now, when we look into the Bible,
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we see Jesus saying here,
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whosoever believes in Him
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shall not perish but have
everlasting life.
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And Jesus is saying, "Just believe in Me,
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and I'll give you a break."
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And that's God's grace.
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That's His righteousness saying,
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"I'm taking your place
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if you just believe in Me.
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I can scrap your sins
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by your having a relationship with Me."
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(Derek) It's a little different, though,
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isn't it, because any earthly,
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maybe even an unrighteous judge,
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could give a break to someone.
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But here we've got a righteous Judge.
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He's just, and so there is something
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that happens in order for Him to say,
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as Pedro said, "We're going to blot out
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all of that record
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of your past transgression."
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So, someone might be watching
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and saying, "I'll just hope for the best,
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and maybe the Judge
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will give me a break."
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But there is actually a provision
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so that we can face
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the judgment without fear.
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(Travis) And for those who don't even,
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God is transparent in that,
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well, we're going to learn later
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in our study that He's transparent enough
to even know
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or for us to see how He judged them.
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I just wanted to mention,
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I remember a pastor saying
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to me about the judgment, he said,
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"The judgment is totally unfair
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because it's heavily skewed in our favor."
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Jason, and then we'll move on.
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(Jason) And I think it's heavily skewed
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because there is a penalty.
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There is a punishment that did
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have to happen for a violation of the Law.
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And there is Someone who took
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that penalty for us,
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if we make that choice,
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and that was Jesus, our Judge, our Lawyer.
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He suffered the punishment for us,
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so there was a penalty to happen,
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but we don't have to go through it
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because He did it for us.
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(Travis) That's right.
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And so, I have a question:
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If we're saved by grace alone
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through faith alone, in Jesus alone,
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then why is there a judgment?
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Why does there have to be a judgment
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if we're saved by grace through faith.
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(Nancy) I think it's the benefit
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of the entire universe
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to see that God is actually just.
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We're going to spend a thousand years
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judging the angels and also those who are
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going to rise in the second resurrection,
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the resurrection of the lost.
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And so, that's the reason
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there has to be a judgment.
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(Travis) Okay. Pedro and then Lilica.
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(Pedro) When we look in the Bible
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we see that God is love,
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but also the Bible tells us
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that God is justice,
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and God is a God of due process.
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And He wants to make sure
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that things happen and things are clear.
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There is nothing put under the rug,
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but there is transparency
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in His Kingdom because He says,
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"Trust Me, but don't trust Me blindly.
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Trust Me because I will
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show you My righteousness."
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(Travis) Amen. Thank you. Lilica.
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(Lilica) I think that everybody
wants judgment.
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Even if the person is not a Christian,
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the person wants judgment,
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because, if you were wronged,
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you want justice to be made.
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So, when we are looking
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to us being judged, we fear judgment,
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but I thank God for going to the Bible
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and seeing the picture
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that is favored to us;
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we should not fear it.
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But, to those who wronged us,
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we want judgment to be made,
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and our God won't be quiet
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about all the evil.
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(Derek) But the good news is,
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even the person that wronged us
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can be showed mercy.
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(Travis, Team) Amen!
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(Travis) That's the love of God.
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(Derek) When we get to the Kingdom,
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we'll say, "What are you doing here?"
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and they'll say, "I got here
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the same way you did,
00:29:03.129 --> 00:29:04.573
by the grace of God."
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(Travis) I was thinking
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as I was preparing the lesson, I thought,
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what if there wasn't a judgment?
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I mean, in our condition, without a judge
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to judge in our favor, how do we stand?
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(Derek) Lost.
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(Travis) We stand lost.
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So, actually, if we set ourselves
00:29:20.625 --> 00:29:22.001
under the banner of Christ,
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we want a judgment because we want Jesus,
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our righteous Judge,
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to judge in our favor.
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Without that, we stand condemned, right?
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So, the judgment is good news.
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Well, we have to keep moving on.
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We're going to talk
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about the phases of judgment.
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There are three different phases
of judgment.
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I would say the last phase
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is more an execution of the second phase
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of the judgment, but let's talk
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about the pre-advent judgment.
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Let's turn to Revelation 14:6, 7,
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and, Jason, do you mind
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reading that for us?
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We're going to look for some evidence
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in Scripture of judgment
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prior to the return of Jesus,
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the pre-advent judgment.
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Would you read that for us, Jason?
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(Jason) The New King James Version says,
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in Revelation, chapter 14, verses 6 and 7:
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(Travis) Well, we know this theme
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is consistent through Scripture.
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Jesus hasn't returned yet, right, Jason?
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And the hour of His judgment has come.
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We're going to read later on in our study
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that there's a day in which God
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has appointed to judge the world.
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And even in the book of Hebrews,
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it's mentioned that at the end of age,
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the judgment would come.
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So, here we see that the judgment
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is prior or after Jesus comes?
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(Derek) Well, the message is before.
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If you read Revelation, it's before.
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(Travis) It's before Jesus comes.
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As a matter of fact, it's one
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of the last pleas to the world,
to get ready,
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the hour of judgment is come,
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prepare yourself, hide yourself
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under the banner of Jesus
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so that He will judge in your favor.
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Stephanie, would you mind reading
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Daniel 7:9-14 for me?
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Daniel 7:9-14, again, we're looking
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at some evidence that the judgment
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would be prior, the pre-advent judgment,
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prior to the coming of Jesus, go ahead.
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(Stephanie) And I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version,
Daniel 7:9-14:
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(Travis) I'm getting excited, Stephanie,
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because I want to be part of that Kingdom.
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And by the way, how many are invited
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to be a part of the Kingdom?
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(Derek, Team) All who believe.
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(Travis) Anyone who calls on the name
of the Lord...will be saved.
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(Travis) Stephanie, is this
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before Jesus returns,
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or, according to the text,
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is it after Jesus returns?
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(Stephanie) Judgment is before.
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(Travis) Judgment is before,
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the pre-advent judgment.
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When did this judgment begin?
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Pedro, when did that judgment begin?
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(Pedro) Well, according to Daniel,
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if we continue reading,
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in the next chapter we find that it's
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after the 2300 days were finished.
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(Travis) You're talking about Daniel,
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chapter 8, verse 14, right?
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Would you mind reading that for us,
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because here we see a prophecy
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about the sanctuary, which we know
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to be the judgment, right?
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It was the Day of Atonement, right?
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And this pointed forward
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to the Day of Atonement when Jesus,
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in the heavenly sanctuary, would move
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into the judgment phase
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of His ministry, go ahead.
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(Pedro) I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version,
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Daniel 8, verse 14:
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(Travis) So, the cleansing
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of the sanctuary was a final removal
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of all the blood, right?
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All the sins had come into the sanctuary
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for 359 days a year, and this cleansing,
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the last day, the three-hundred-
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and-sixtieth day of the year,
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it would be cleaned out, right?
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The sins would be gone from the sanctuary.
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Of course, you say, "How do
00:34:44.023 --> 00:34:45.534
we know that it's 1844?"
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Well, we're not going to be able
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to cover that in today's study,
00:34:48.586 --> 00:34:49.947
but we're given a clue
00:34:49.947 --> 00:34:52.065
in Daniel, chapter 9:25,
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that the beginning to restore
00:34:54.006 --> 00:34:55.074
and rebuild Jerusalem,
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that's the time prophecy, the beginning,
00:34:57.291 --> 00:34:59.139
and that brings us to 1844,
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and we know that this
00:35:00.862 --> 00:35:03.346
was what Revelation 14:6
was talking about,
00:35:03.346 --> 00:35:07.414
and 7, "The hour of His judgment
has come."
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Good news for those who have
00:35:09.776 --> 00:35:14.459
set themselves on the side of Jesus.
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Well, why is this pre-advent judgment
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good news for those who have accepted
00:35:19.020 --> 00:35:21.833
the gift by grace through faith?
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Well, we have some exciting verses
00:35:23.457 --> 00:35:24.965
that we're going to read.
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Nancy, would you read for us
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Daniel, chapter 7:21, 22?
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And then, Enoch, I'm going
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to have you read John, chapter 5:24
00:35:35.011 --> 00:35:36.836
for us after that.
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(Nancy) Yes, I'm reading
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from the New King James Version:
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(Travis) So, judgment is made, what?
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(Team) In favor...
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(Travis) In favor of the saints
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of the Most High.
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Is judgment good news or bad news?
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(Derek) Well, it depends if you're
00:36:11.497 --> 00:36:12.644
saints of the Most High,
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which is a choice you make
00:36:13.894 --> 00:36:15.469
to stand under His banner, right?
00:36:15.469 --> 00:36:17.010
Because the rest of the prophecy
00:36:17.010 --> 00:36:18.019
there in Daniel talks
00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:19.537
about this little horn power
00:36:19.537 --> 00:36:22.336
persecuting the saints of the Most High.
00:36:22.336 --> 00:36:26.636
So, the judgment results in a resolution
00:36:26.636 --> 00:36:29.172
of all of that persecution and conflict.
00:36:29.172 --> 00:36:30.916
(Travis) Accepting the righteousness
00:36:30.916 --> 00:36:32.584
of Christ instead of our own
00:36:32.584 --> 00:36:35.651
is just a choice that we can make, right?
00:36:35.651 --> 00:36:37.128
"There is none [who does] good,
00:36:37.128 --> 00:36:38.373
no, not one," but we stand
00:36:38.373 --> 00:36:41.057
under the banner of Jesus, vindicated.
00:36:41.057 --> 00:36:42.513
Would you read, Enoch, for us,
00:36:42.513 --> 00:36:45.699
from John, chapter 5:24?
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(Enoch) Okay, and I'll be reading
00:36:47.311 --> 00:36:49.853
from the New International Version,
and it reads:
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Amen.
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(Travis) Well, how do we
00:37:04.619 --> 00:37:06.271
miss out on the judgment, I mean,
00:37:06.271 --> 00:37:08.457
as far as falling into judgment,
00:37:08.457 --> 00:37:09.677
how do we do that, Pedro?
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(Pedro) We believe in Jesus,
00:37:11.034 --> 00:37:13.164
and we are absolved.
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(Travis) We pass, what, from?
00:37:15.293 --> 00:37:16.326
(Team) Death to life.
00:37:16.326 --> 00:37:18.115
(Travis) We pass from death to life.
00:37:18.115 --> 00:37:20.282
I hope and pray that this
00:37:20.282 --> 00:37:22.391
is the wish of each and every one of us,
00:37:22.391 --> 00:37:25.059
or choice, I would rather say,
00:37:25.059 --> 00:37:28.387
is to stand with Jesus and accept the life
00:37:28.387 --> 00:37:30.220
that He freely gives. Yes, Pedro.
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(Pedro) And it's beautiful here.
00:37:31.757 --> 00:37:34.007
We read in Daniel and now John, that God
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is preparing judgment for a battle.
00:37:35.961 --> 00:37:37.503
We learned last week
00:37:37.503 --> 00:37:39.653
about the Great Controversy.
00:37:39.653 --> 00:37:41.786
Now, God needs to set judgment
00:37:41.786 --> 00:37:43.749
before this great battle happens
00:37:43.749 --> 00:37:45.925
so He can create the environment
00:37:45.925 --> 00:37:46.914
for us to choose,
00:37:46.914 --> 00:37:48.468
because He knows Satan is trying
00:37:48.468 --> 00:37:49.383
to rage against us.
00:37:49.383 --> 00:37:51.199
He says, "No, let Me protect My people
00:37:51.199 --> 00:37:52.983
by giving them the choice,
00:37:52.983 --> 00:37:54.900
and so they can be on My side
00:37:54.900 --> 00:37:55.927
during this battle."
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(Travis) Amen. Each and every one
has a choice.
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(Derek) We know everyone
00:37:59.338 --> 00:38:00.840
will stand before the judgment,
00:38:00.840 --> 00:38:02.742
but the outcome of the judgment
00:38:02.742 --> 00:38:04.543
is already settled for those
00:38:04.543 --> 00:38:06.248
who belong to Jesus, right?
00:38:06.248 --> 00:38:07.703
It says you've already passed
00:38:07.703 --> 00:38:08.667
from death to life.
00:38:08.667 --> 00:38:11.000
It's like the verdict has already
been passed,
00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:13.623
because Jesus stands in our place.
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(Travis) I was just thinking
00:38:14.980 --> 00:38:16.872
of a verse, Derek, "Therefore, there is
00:38:16.872 --> 00:38:18.097
no condemnation for those
00:38:18.097 --> 00:38:19.530
who are in Christ Jesus."
00:38:19.530 --> 00:38:21.793
I think that's Romans 8, [verse] 1,
isn't it?
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(Derek) 8, verse 1.
00:38:22.740 --> 00:38:25.593
(Travis) It's just a beautiful verse.
00:38:25.593 --> 00:38:26.771
And by the way, Romans
00:38:26.771 --> 00:38:28.338
finishes out that nothing
00:38:28.338 --> 00:38:29.939
can separate us from the love
00:38:29.939 --> 00:38:31.227
that's in Christ Jesus.
00:38:31.227 --> 00:38:33.143
We're dearly loved by a Savior
00:38:33.143 --> 00:38:34.587
who has given everything.
00:38:34.587 --> 00:38:37.143
I know that He's as excited
00:38:37.143 --> 00:38:39.827
about the Second Coming as we are.
00:38:39.827 --> 00:38:41.135
Well, there's another phase
00:38:41.135 --> 00:38:41.943
of this judgment,
00:38:41.943 --> 00:38:43.451
the millennial judgment.
00:38:43.451 --> 00:38:45.715
There are a thousand years which pass,
00:38:45.715 --> 00:38:47.390
and then another judgment.
00:38:47.390 --> 00:38:49.328
Well, actually, the judgment takes place
00:38:49.328 --> 00:38:50.536
during that 1,000 years.
00:38:50.536 --> 00:38:51.453
We're going to read
00:38:51.453 --> 00:38:52.607
a little bit about that.
00:38:52.607 --> 00:38:55.375
Livinia, if you wouldn't mind reading
00:38:55.375 --> 00:39:01.673
from 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 for us,
00:39:01.673 --> 00:39:03.169
we're going to see what happens
00:39:03.169 --> 00:39:04.198
to the righteous dead
00:39:04.198 --> 00:39:05.989
and the righteous living
00:39:05.989 --> 00:39:08.296
after the return of Jesus.
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(Livinia) Reading from the 21st Century
King James Version:
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(Derek) Amen.
00:40:24.153 --> 00:40:26.819
(Travis) Amen. Enoch, what do you think
00:40:26.819 --> 00:40:30.026
about what happens to the righteous living
00:40:30.026 --> 00:40:31.155
and the righteous dead?
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What do you think,
00:40:32.176 --> 00:40:34.269
after reading this verse?
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(Enoch) I just think it's beautiful,
00:40:38.103 --> 00:40:40.001
this experience, and it just shows
00:40:40.001 --> 00:40:42.949
that Christ is willing to give us
00:40:42.949 --> 00:40:44.675
second chances and opportunities
00:40:44.675 --> 00:40:46.005
to get closer to Him.
00:40:46.005 --> 00:40:48.670
So, I think that's what it shows.
00:40:48.670 --> 00:40:50.256
(Travis) I like how the last part
00:40:50.256 --> 00:40:52.252
of the verse ended, "So shall we
00:40:52.252 --> 00:40:54.257
always be with the Lord."
00:40:54.257 --> 00:40:55.211
Wow, what a promise.
00:40:55.211 --> 00:40:58.967
We always get to be with the very God,
00:40:58.967 --> 00:41:00.834
with Jesus, who has redeemed us.
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(Derek) And I think the key point
00:41:02.462 --> 00:41:04.633
is that the righteous dead are raised.
00:41:04.633 --> 00:41:06.802
They're not dead anymore, right?
00:41:06.802 --> 00:41:09.904
The ones who were dead, righteous,
00:41:09.904 --> 00:41:12.408
trusting in Jesus the Savior,
they're raised,
00:41:12.408 --> 00:41:14.805
and the living trusting in Jesus
00:41:14.805 --> 00:41:17.202
together with them are caught up
00:41:17.202 --> 00:41:18.555
to meet the Lord in the air.
00:41:18.555 --> 00:41:20.040
And of course, the question is,
00:41:20.040 --> 00:41:21.641
where do they go, and is anyone
00:41:21.641 --> 00:41:23.111
left alive on Earth,
00:41:23.111 --> 00:41:25.655
because the wicked living are destroyed
00:41:25.655 --> 00:41:27.340
by the brightness of His coming.
00:41:27.340 --> 00:41:29.164
(Travis) That's right, and we're going
00:41:29.164 --> 00:41:31.413
to find this out as we keep studying.
00:41:31.413 --> 00:41:33.143
So, what will the redeemed,
00:41:33.143 --> 00:41:34.434
the question is, what will
00:41:34.434 --> 00:41:35.979
the redeemed be doing
00:41:35.979 --> 00:41:38.743
during this second phase of judgment,
00:41:38.743 --> 00:41:40.572
the millennial judgment?
00:41:40.572 --> 00:41:45.194
Jason, would you read Revelation 20:4-6,
00:41:45.194 --> 00:41:48.050
and then I'm going to have Tigist
00:41:48.050 --> 00:41:53.417
read for us from 1 Corinthians 6:2, 3.
00:41:53.417 --> 00:41:54.971
What are the redeemed doing
00:41:54.971 --> 00:41:58.664
during this 1,000 years?
00:41:58.664 --> 00:42:00.542
(Jason) The New King James Version says
00:42:00.542 --> 00:42:02.797
in Revelation, chapter 20,
00:42:02.797 --> 00:42:04.934
verses 4 through 6:
00:42:50.526 --> 00:42:51.821
(Travis) Thank you, Jason.
00:42:51.821 --> 00:42:53.844
So, if I'm getting the picture correctly,
00:42:53.844 --> 00:42:57.047
for this 1,000 years, the books
are opened,
00:42:57.047 --> 00:42:59.496
and it seems that the righteous
00:42:59.496 --> 00:43:03.179
are now seeing if God has judged -
00:43:03.179 --> 00:43:04.522
Jesus, our righteous Judge -
00:43:04.522 --> 00:43:06.441
has judged the wicked fairly.
00:43:06.441 --> 00:43:09.914
Is that the picture that's beginning
to unfold?
00:43:09.914 --> 00:43:11.839
Tigist, I'm going to have you take us
00:43:11.839 --> 00:43:15.894
and read from 1 Corinthians 6:2, 3,
00:43:15.894 --> 00:43:18.834
just to put some emphasis
00:43:18.834 --> 00:43:21.235
on what's happening here.
00:43:21.235 --> 00:43:22.609
(Tigist) And I'll be reading
00:43:22.609 --> 00:43:25.281
from the New King James Version,
00:43:25.281 --> 00:43:29.212
and it says, verse 2:
00:43:51.693 --> 00:43:53.404
(Travis) So, this is really amazing.
00:43:53.404 --> 00:43:54.816
The love of God, I think,
00:43:54.816 --> 00:43:57.416
is just magnified here in the fact
00:43:57.416 --> 00:43:59.374
that He's being transparent.
00:43:59.374 --> 00:44:01.295
Many of us, I pray that all of us
00:44:01.295 --> 00:44:02.161
will be in Heaven.
00:44:02.161 --> 00:44:03.286
We may have a loved one
00:44:03.286 --> 00:44:05.324
or someone we know that doesn't show up,
00:44:05.324 --> 00:44:06.994
and we're going to have questions.
00:44:06.994 --> 00:44:10.914
Would that be something that's plausible?
00:44:10.914 --> 00:44:12.678
Sure, we're going to have questions,
00:44:12.678 --> 00:44:14.424
and God has allowed this time
00:44:14.424 --> 00:44:17.225
for us to open the books and see
00:44:17.225 --> 00:44:19.081
that not only did He judge fairly,
00:44:19.081 --> 00:44:21.525
but He judged righteously.
00:44:21.525 --> 00:44:22.704
And we can see that they
00:44:22.704 --> 00:44:24.646
actually didn't want to be there.
00:44:24.646 --> 00:44:27.181
They didn't want to choose life.
00:44:27.181 --> 00:44:28.715
We have to keep moving on
00:44:28.715 --> 00:44:32.172
because we're going to look again
00:44:32.172 --> 00:44:33.268
at where the wicked are
00:44:33.268 --> 00:44:35.255
during this millennial judgment.
00:44:35.255 --> 00:44:37.103
And, Pedro, would you read
00:44:37.103 --> 00:44:42.635
Revelation 20, verse 5, the last part,
00:44:42.635 --> 00:44:45.947
and then 6:14-17, would you
00:44:45.947 --> 00:44:47.787
read those verses for us?
00:44:47.787 --> 00:44:50.120
(Pedro) Yes, I'll be reading
00:44:50.120 --> 00:44:51.663
from the New King James Version,
00:44:51.663 --> 00:44:55.533
Revelation 20, verse 5, and it says:
00:45:04.085 --> 00:45:12.718
Now, Revelation 6:14-17, and it says:
00:45:52.024 --> 00:45:54.595
(Travis) What's happened to the wicked?
00:45:54.595 --> 00:45:56.004
(Derek) You know, it's so sad
00:45:56.004 --> 00:45:57.595
because the righteous have chosen
00:45:57.595 --> 00:45:59.316
to stand under the banner of Jesus
00:45:59.316 --> 00:46:01.086
and are saying, "Lo, this is our God;
00:46:01.086 --> 00:46:04.303
we've waited for Him," and the ones
00:46:04.303 --> 00:46:06.778
who have not accepted the grace of God
00:46:06.778 --> 00:46:10.693
see this as a terrible and, what,
00:46:10.693 --> 00:46:12.977
a frightening event and actually cry
00:46:12.977 --> 00:46:15.289
for the rocks to fall upon them
00:46:15.289 --> 00:46:18.807
and are basically destroyed
00:46:18.807 --> 00:46:20.776
by the brightness of His coming.
00:46:20.776 --> 00:46:22.703
(Travis) Derek, I agree with that,
00:46:22.703 --> 00:46:24.479
and something that's always caught me
00:46:24.479 --> 00:46:25.370
with those verses
00:46:25.370 --> 00:46:28.070
is that it's "the wrath of the Lamb."
00:46:28.070 --> 00:46:32.107
Being raised around lambs,
00:46:32.107 --> 00:46:33.683
I've never...Of course, you know,
00:46:33.683 --> 00:46:34.859
we've had rams that were
00:46:34.859 --> 00:46:36.992
a little mean, but lambs?
00:46:36.992 --> 00:46:39.995
There was nothing hurtful about...
00:46:39.995 --> 00:46:43.888
And so, we see the character of God
00:46:43.888 --> 00:46:45.629
even in the description,
00:46:45.629 --> 00:46:47.429
"the wrath of the Lamb."
00:46:47.429 --> 00:46:49.013
Of course, we know that Jesus
00:46:49.013 --> 00:46:51.655
isn't willing that any should perish,
right,
00:46:51.655 --> 00:46:53.828
but that all should come to repentance.
00:46:53.828 --> 00:46:55.115
(Derek) But the bottom line
00:46:55.115 --> 00:46:57.989
is that the wicked die with the glory
00:46:57.989 --> 00:46:59.202
of the coming of Jesus,
00:46:59.202 --> 00:47:01.557
when they could, if they had chosen
00:47:01.557 --> 00:47:03.273
to accept His grace, they could have
00:47:03.273 --> 00:47:04.344
welcomed Him with joy.
00:47:04.344 --> 00:47:06.536
And so, during that 1,000 years
00:47:06.536 --> 00:47:08.208
while the judgment's happening,
00:47:08.208 --> 00:47:10.659
the wicked...of course,
00:47:10.659 --> 00:47:12.576
the wicked dead stay dead.
00:47:12.576 --> 00:47:13.862
They'll all come up
00:47:13.862 --> 00:47:15.462
in the second resurrection
00:47:15.462 --> 00:47:17.189
at the end of the 1,000 years.
00:47:17.189 --> 00:47:18.692
(Travis) And of course, we know
00:47:18.692 --> 00:47:19.729
from previous studies
00:47:19.729 --> 00:47:21.684
that they're just sleeping in the graves.
00:47:21.684 --> 00:47:24.200
They're not in peril and burning,
00:47:24.200 --> 00:47:26.553
but they're sleeping in the graves
00:47:26.553 --> 00:47:28.565
for the second resurrection.
00:47:28.565 --> 00:47:30.573
We're going to move on in our study
00:47:30.573 --> 00:47:34.772
to the execution of the judgment,
00:47:34.772 --> 00:47:36.643
the last phase in the judgment,
00:47:36.643 --> 00:47:37.870
the executive judgment
00:47:37.870 --> 00:47:40.064
and the second death.
00:47:40.064 --> 00:47:44.557
Let's read Revelation 20:7-8.
00:47:44.557 --> 00:47:48.314
Livinia, would you read that for us?
00:47:48.314 --> 00:47:53.106
Revelation, chapter 20:7-8, what event
00:47:53.106 --> 00:47:56.431
precipitates the final phase
of the judgment?
00:47:56.431 --> 00:48:01.061
(Livinia) Reading from the 21st Century
King James Version:
00:48:29.945 --> 00:48:32.558
(Travis) I have a question, Enoch:
00:48:32.558 --> 00:48:36.677
Why doesn't Satan just give up?
00:48:36.677 --> 00:48:37.833
Why doesn't he give up?
00:48:37.833 --> 00:48:39.340
He's a defeated foe already,
00:48:39.340 --> 00:48:42.280
but it seems like he's going back out.
00:48:42.280 --> 00:48:44.051
The wicked are raised, and he's going
00:48:44.051 --> 00:48:46.867
to deceive the nations once more.
00:48:46.867 --> 00:48:49.126
Why doesn't he give up?
00:48:49.126 --> 00:48:51.006
(Enoch) Well, the devil knows his fate,
00:48:51.006 --> 00:48:53.005
and at any time he's going to try
00:48:53.005 --> 00:48:55.457
to bring down as many people with him.
00:48:55.457 --> 00:48:58.686
So, it's just a shame, but when we
00:48:58.686 --> 00:48:59.758
put our trust in God
00:48:59.758 --> 00:49:01.284
and we put our faith in Christ,
00:49:01.284 --> 00:49:02.514
we can be victorious.
00:49:02.514 --> 00:49:03.579
I mean, we don't have
00:49:03.579 --> 00:49:04.683
to go down that route,
00:49:04.683 --> 00:49:06.498
but he's going to be very persistent,
00:49:06.498 --> 00:49:08.949
but we have to be more persistent
00:49:08.949 --> 00:49:10.575
and just continue to have
00:49:10.575 --> 00:49:13.804
that faith and trust in God.
00:49:13.804 --> 00:49:16.002
(Travis) That's right. Tigist.
00:49:16.002 --> 00:49:17.989
(Tigist) I feel like this shows us
00:49:17.989 --> 00:49:21.968
the wrath of sin and the nature of sin,
00:49:21.968 --> 00:49:23.330
that it doesn't stop
00:49:23.330 --> 00:49:27.523
until it completely destroys you.
00:49:27.523 --> 00:49:31.161
And it also dawns upon me,
00:49:31.161 --> 00:49:34.351
when God lets go and says,
00:49:34.351 --> 00:49:36.441
"You who are evil, continue doing evil,"
00:49:36.441 --> 00:49:38.866
at that point, the Holy Spirit
is lifted out.
00:49:38.866 --> 00:49:41.797
There is nothing that is within you
00:49:41.797 --> 00:49:44.808
that is inclined to hear what God says.
00:49:44.808 --> 00:49:47.024
And so, it's the evil in you
00:49:47.024 --> 00:49:48.297
that overwhelms you
00:49:48.297 --> 00:49:49.950
until your destruction,
00:49:49.950 --> 00:49:52.037
and so at that point the devil
00:49:52.037 --> 00:49:54.967
does not stop until he thinks
00:49:54.967 --> 00:49:56.182
that he could do this.
00:49:56.182 --> 00:49:59.681
And that's just the darkness of sin
00:49:59.681 --> 00:50:00.921
and the nature of sin
00:50:00.921 --> 00:50:02.542
and the devil at that time.
00:50:02.542 --> 00:50:04.606
(Travis) Thank you for sharing that point.
00:50:04.606 --> 00:50:06.343
You reminded me of a pastor one time
00:50:06.343 --> 00:50:07.937
who said, "Sin is its own enemy."
00:50:07.937 --> 00:50:10.169
And even Satan himself,
00:50:10.169 --> 00:50:11.932
deception has deceived him,
00:50:11.932 --> 00:50:14.553
that he could win this battle, right?
00:50:14.553 --> 00:50:17.098
It's even deceived himself.
00:50:17.098 --> 00:50:20.780
So, now we know that he's going out;
00:50:20.780 --> 00:50:21.779
he's going to deceive
00:50:21.779 --> 00:50:23.136
the nations once more.
00:50:23.136 --> 00:50:27.142
So, when does the final execution
of this happen?
00:50:27.142 --> 00:50:30.391
And I'm going to have Lilica read for us
00:50:30.391 --> 00:50:34.278
from Revelation 20:11-13,
00:50:34.278 --> 00:50:35.322
the final judgment,
00:50:35.322 --> 00:50:36.978
the great white throne judgment.
00:50:36.978 --> 00:50:38.733
When does it occur?
00:50:38.733 --> 00:50:39.878
(Lilica) I'll be reading
00:50:39.878 --> 00:50:41.412
from the New King James Version,
00:50:41.412 --> 00:50:44.689
Revelation 20, verses 11 to 13:
00:51:26.847 --> 00:51:27.925
(Travis) So, when does
00:51:27.925 --> 00:51:31.521
this great white throne judgment occur?
00:51:31.521 --> 00:51:33.006
(Derek) It appears to occur...
00:51:33.006 --> 00:51:34.473
Satan's gone out trying to get
00:51:34.473 --> 00:51:35.784
the confederation of evil,
00:51:35.784 --> 00:51:37.291
those who have been dead
00:51:37.291 --> 00:51:39.234
during that millennium period.
00:51:39.234 --> 00:51:40.941
Of course, those who have been dead
00:51:40.941 --> 00:51:42.187
throughout all generations
00:51:42.187 --> 00:51:43.609
all the way back to Cain,
00:51:43.609 --> 00:51:46.785
to get them to come and attack the city,
00:51:46.785 --> 00:51:48.139
which has come down from God
00:51:48.139 --> 00:51:50.392
out of Heaven with the saints.
00:51:50.392 --> 00:51:54.573
And somehow he convinces them
00:51:54.573 --> 00:51:56.445
as they go toward the city...
00:51:56.445 --> 00:51:59.417
Before we talk about fire coming down,
00:51:59.417 --> 00:52:00.972
there's this judgment,
00:52:00.972 --> 00:52:03.472
and maybe that's when,
00:52:03.472 --> 00:52:05.175
as it says in Philippians,
00:52:05.175 --> 00:52:07.229
every knee will bow.
00:52:07.229 --> 00:52:09.517
That God has shown His character of love,
00:52:09.517 --> 00:52:12.888
and even the angels of Heaven see
00:52:12.888 --> 00:52:15.470
the rebellion will never end
00:52:15.470 --> 00:52:17.044
without a final judgment.
00:52:17.044 --> 00:52:18.321
(Travis) But even in this,
00:52:18.321 --> 00:52:19.382
I see the love of God,
00:52:19.382 --> 00:52:21.284
that He is being transparent enough
00:52:21.284 --> 00:52:23.487
to let all the righteous
00:52:23.487 --> 00:52:24.946
go through the books,
00:52:24.946 --> 00:52:28.307
allows the judgment to take place,
00:52:28.307 --> 00:52:29.968
so that when the final destruction
00:52:29.968 --> 00:52:31.245
of the wicked comes,
00:52:31.245 --> 00:52:32.533
they can see that they are
00:52:32.533 --> 00:52:33.574
going to live forever
00:52:33.574 --> 00:52:35.324
with their righteous Judge,
00:52:35.324 --> 00:52:37.065
not questioning, "I wonder
00:52:37.065 --> 00:52:39.137
if He didn't do this right?" or, "I wonder
00:52:39.137 --> 00:52:41.315
if He judged that person unfairly?"
00:52:41.315 --> 00:52:44.541
We get to live forever with a God
00:52:44.541 --> 00:52:46.790
who has been completely transparent,
00:52:46.790 --> 00:52:50.002
and I think that that's just a beautiful
thing. Pedro.
00:52:50.002 --> 00:52:51.764
(Pedro) I agree with you.
00:52:51.764 --> 00:52:53.013
When we look at judgment,
00:52:53.013 --> 00:52:54.159
sometimes we are afraid,
00:52:54.159 --> 00:52:55.760
but we see His love
00:52:55.760 --> 00:52:57.209
and His grace in this passage.
00:52:57.209 --> 00:53:00.367
We have seen here so far that God
00:53:00.367 --> 00:53:01.819
has compassion for us
00:53:01.819 --> 00:53:04.267
and obviously for the rest
of the universe;
00:53:04.267 --> 00:53:06.345
that's why He brings the first judgment,
00:53:06.345 --> 00:53:08.365
for the universe to know
00:53:08.365 --> 00:53:10.140
that His work has been accomplished,
00:53:10.140 --> 00:53:13.070
then for us, the redeemed ones in Heaven.
00:53:13.070 --> 00:53:14.819
And even He has compassion for those
00:53:14.819 --> 00:53:16.675
who have been lost here at the end.
00:53:16.675 --> 00:53:17.992
It says they need to know
00:53:17.992 --> 00:53:19.976
why they are being lost and show
00:53:19.976 --> 00:53:24.848
their judgment for their wickedness.
00:53:24.848 --> 00:53:25.736
(Travis) Thank you
00:53:25.736 --> 00:53:27.836
for sharing that, Pedro.
00:53:27.836 --> 00:53:29.114
Nancy, can I have you read
00:53:29.114 --> 00:53:34.372
Revelation 20:14,15 and 9,10,
00:53:34.372 --> 00:53:37.554
Well, just read 20:14,15 for us.
00:53:37.554 --> 00:53:39.402
What happens at the conclusion
00:53:39.402 --> 00:53:41.819
of the executive judgment?
00:53:41.819 --> 00:53:42.756
(Nancy) I'm reading
00:53:42.756 --> 00:53:44.911
from the New King James Version,
and it reads:
00:53:58.292 --> 00:53:59.674
(Travis) "Death and Hades,"
00:53:59.674 --> 00:54:03.179
that brings peace to me that death
00:54:03.179 --> 00:54:06.693
is going into the lake of fire,
and the grave.
00:54:06.693 --> 00:54:08.106
As a matter of fact, our song
00:54:08.106 --> 00:54:09.264
that we sang before says
00:54:09.264 --> 00:54:11.545
that Jesus has the keys,
00:54:11.545 --> 00:54:13.172
but even death is going
00:54:13.172 --> 00:54:16.035
to be destroyed once and for all.
00:54:16.035 --> 00:54:17.142
How does the Bible
00:54:17.142 --> 00:54:19.040
describe this second death?
00:54:19.040 --> 00:54:21.886
I want to talk about that quickly.
00:54:21.886 --> 00:54:24.860
If I could have Nicole, would you read
00:54:24.860 --> 00:54:28.422
Revelation 20, verse 6, for us?
00:54:28.422 --> 00:54:30.031
(Nicole) Yes, and I'll be reading
00:54:30.031 --> 00:54:35.550
from the New International Version,
and it reads:
00:54:47.325 --> 00:54:49.342
(Travis) Amen. So, how is it
00:54:49.342 --> 00:54:53.300
that death has no power over us,
the second death?
00:54:53.300 --> 00:54:55.014
(Derek) Because we've chosen Christ.
00:54:55.014 --> 00:54:57.870
(Travis) Because we've chosen
to be with Jesus. Amen.
00:54:57.870 --> 00:55:02.065
So, I have a question: Is there still time
00:55:02.065 --> 00:55:03.823
to avoid the second death
00:55:03.823 --> 00:55:05.761
and spend eternity with Jesus?
00:55:05.761 --> 00:55:06.744
(Team) Yes.
00:55:06.744 --> 00:55:08.837
(Travis) Is there?
00:55:08.837 --> 00:55:10.709
(Derek) The answer will be, it depends.
00:55:10.709 --> 00:55:12.362
If you're still breathing, and you
00:55:12.362 --> 00:55:14.583
can still hear, and the Holy Spirit
00:55:14.583 --> 00:55:17.435
is speaking to your heart, there's time.
00:55:17.435 --> 00:55:20.655
(Travis) Amen. I do want to read...
00:55:20.655 --> 00:55:22.058
I may not have time to read,
00:55:22.058 --> 00:55:25.280
but 2 Peter 3:9-13, could someone
00:55:25.280 --> 00:55:27.903
just give me, Jason, would you
00:55:27.903 --> 00:55:31.300
talk about that verse for a second for us?
00:55:31.300 --> 00:55:33.575
(Jason) Sure, so it basically says
00:55:33.575 --> 00:55:35.661
it's not that God doesn't want to come,
00:55:35.661 --> 00:55:37.441
but He's merciful, and He wants
00:55:37.441 --> 00:55:39.636
to give us all a chance to be with Him.
00:55:39.636 --> 00:55:41.777
But He is coming, and when He comes,
00:55:41.777 --> 00:55:43.584
there will be a judgment,
00:55:43.584 --> 00:55:45.556
things will change, there will be
00:55:45.556 --> 00:55:48.982
a finality for what's happened
on this earth.
00:55:48.982 --> 00:55:51.587
(Travis) For those of you watching,
00:55:51.587 --> 00:55:52.762
I just want to tell you
00:55:52.762 --> 00:55:54.631
that judgment is a good thing,
00:55:54.631 --> 00:55:56.464
especially if you've given
00:55:56.464 --> 00:55:57.970
your heart to Jesus,
00:55:57.970 --> 00:55:59.044
and He has clothed you
00:55:59.044 --> 00:56:00.582
in His righteousness.
00:56:00.582 --> 00:56:02.189
Of course, if you haven't,
00:56:02.189 --> 00:56:04.533
today's the day; choose Jesus,
00:56:04.533 --> 00:56:06.401
and He will judge in your favor.
00:56:06.401 --> 00:56:08.829
The judgment is not only a good thing,
00:56:08.829 --> 00:56:10.794
it's a great thing, because without it,
00:56:10.794 --> 00:56:12.755
we stand condemned.
00:56:12.755 --> 00:56:14.639
(Derek) Thank you so much, Travis.
00:56:14.639 --> 00:56:16.937
And you know, I imagine, as that fire
00:56:16.937 --> 00:56:18.706
comes down from God out of heaven,
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as it says in Revelation 20 and verse 9,
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that there are tears in the eyes
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of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
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and the angels who see other angels
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who refused to accept the mercy of God.
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And there may be tears in our eyes, too,
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because there will be loved ones
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outside of the city.
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But the good news is that the Lord
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will wipe away all tears from our eyes,
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and there will be a new heaven
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and new Earth, 2 Peter 3:13,
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where righteousness dwells.
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I'm looking forward to that day, are you?
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As Travis just mentioned, today's the day
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to say, "Lord, by Your grace, save me
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so that I can be part
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of that eternal Kingdom with you."
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Let's pray together.
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Lord, as we think about judgment,
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we realize there is none
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that is righteous, no not one.
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We have nothing to earn your favor
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except to say thank You for Your grace
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and Your immeasurable, unfailing love
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so clearly revealed
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through Jesus our Savior.
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And I pray, if there is someone thinking
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about saying yes to Jesus today,
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that they would do it now
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while there's still time, for we are
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living in the time of the judgment.
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And may we realize
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that when we stand in Jesus,
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that the judgment is good news.
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In Jesus' name. Amen.
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) Thanks for joining us
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for Hope Sabbath School.
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If you made a decision for Jesus today,
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write to us, tell us the good news,
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but don't keep the good news to yourself.
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Go out and be a blessing
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to those around you.
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