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Not Everyone Who Calls Him _Lord_ Will Enter Heaven-Here_s Why · truthunedited

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  Speaker 1: Imagine this. You've spent your entire life believing you were
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  Speaker 1: on the right path. You went to church every Sunday,
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  Speaker 1: you prayed before meals, You even did ministry. Maybe you preached,
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  Speaker 1: led worship or helped the poor. You stood before others
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  Speaker 1: and declared Jesus is Lord. And then the unthinkable happens.
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  Speaker 1: Judgment day arrives. You stand before the King of Kings,
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  Speaker 1: ready to enter his kingdom. But instead of hearing well done,
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  Speaker 1: good and faithful servant, you hear these chilling words, I
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  Speaker 1: never knew you away from me, you evildoers Matthew seven
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  Speaker 1: twenty three. Can you imagine the sheer terror of that moment,
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  Speaker 1: the shock, the realization that everything you thought was right
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  Speaker 1: was actually wrong. This is not a warning for atheists.
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  Speaker 1: This is not about people who reject Yeus outright. No,
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  Speaker 1: this is about those who called him lord, those who
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  Speaker 1: did works in his name, those who thought they were saved,
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  Speaker 1: and yet Jesus rejects them. This might be the most
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  Speaker 1: terrifying passage in all of Scripture because it means that
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  Speaker 1: not everyone who calls Jesus Lord will enter heaven. Not
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  Speaker 1: everyone who claims to follow him is truly his and
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  Speaker 1: Here's where it gets even scarier. This is happening right now.
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  Speaker 1: We live in a world where people wear Christianity like
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  Speaker 1: a label but live as if God doesn't exist. Churches
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  Speaker 1: are filled with people who know about Jesus but don't
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  Speaker 1: truly know him. Social media is flooded with influences preaching
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  Speaker 1: about faith while living in complete rebellion. Politicians invoke the
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  Speaker 1: name of God while passing laws that mock his commands.
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  Speaker 1: Celebrities thank Jesus at award shows while promoting everything he
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  Speaker 1: stands against, and may be the most dangerous deception of all,
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  Speaker 1: the millions who sit in church convinced they are saved,
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  Speaker 1: when in reality, Jesus doesn't know them. So the question
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  Speaker 1: is how can you be sure? What does it truly
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  Speaker 1: mean to follow Jesus, What is the difference between false
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  Speaker 1: faith and saving faith? And most importantly, will you be
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  Speaker 1: among those Jesus rejects. By the end of this video,
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  Speaker 1: you will have no doubt about where you stand with God.
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  Speaker 1: You'll know exactly what Jesus meant when he gave this
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  Speaker 1: terrifying warning, and you'll understand how to be absolutely sure
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  Speaker 1: that when you stand before him he will welcome you,
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  Speaker 1: that more people can hear this urgent message, because too
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  Speaker 1: many are deceived, too many are unprepared, and the last
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  Speaker 1: thing we want is for anyone to stand before Jesus
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  Speaker 1: thinking they were saved, only to hear the words I
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  Speaker 1: never knew you. Let's go deeper, because this might be
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  Speaker 1: the most important message you ever hear. They called him Lord,
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  Speaker 1: they preached in his name, they performed miracles, and yet
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  Speaker 1: when they stood before Jesus, expecting to enter his kingdom,
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  Speaker 1: they were turned away, rejected, denied. Imagine their faces, eyes
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  Speaker 1: wide in disbelief, hearts pounding, breaths, stolen by the weight
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  Speaker 1: of the moment. They had been so sure. They had
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  Speaker 1: spent their lives doing Christian things. Maybe they had built ministries,
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  Speaker 1: led worship teams, or even spent years as pastors, teachers, missionaries.
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  Speaker 1: They had cast out demons, they had prophesied, they had
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  Speaker 1: moved in power, seen signs and wonders. They had spoken
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  Speaker 1: boldly declaring Jesus as Lord. And yet it wasn't enough.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus looks at them, and the words fall from his
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  Speaker 1: lips with devastating finality. I never knew you away from me,
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  Speaker 1: you evil doers? How could this be? How could people
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  Speaker 1: who did so much in his name be cast away?
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  Speaker 1: What went wrong? To understand this, we have to go deeper.
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  Speaker 1: We have to see what Jesus saw, because this warning
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  Speaker 1: isn't just for them, It's for us. Jesus wasn't talking
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  Speaker 1: about atheists or people who openly rid him. He wasn't
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  Speaker 1: talking about people who worship false gods. He was talking
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  Speaker 1: about people who claimed to follow him, people who did
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  Speaker 1: religious works, people who thought they were saved. Think about
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  Speaker 1: that for a moment. These aren't people who were indifferent
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  Speaker 1: to God. They were convinced they were on the right path.
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  Speaker 1: They had spiritual resumes filled with impressive deeds. They stood
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  Speaker 1: before Jesus fully expecting to be welcome with open arms,
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  Speaker 1: and yet they were lost. The tragedy here is not
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  Speaker 1: just their rejection, it's their shock. They never saw it coming.
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  Speaker 1: They thought their religious activity was proof of their salvation.
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  Speaker 1: But Jesus saw something deeper. He saw the one thing
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  Speaker 1: they lacked, a true relationship with him. This is where
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  Speaker 1: many people today get deceived. They believed that outward works
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  Speaker 1: church attendants, volunteering, even performing miracles are what make them
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  Speaker 1: right with God. They think that as long as they're
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  Speaker 1: doing things for Jesus, they must be close to him.
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  Speaker 1: But scripture tells a different story. Think back to the Pharisees.
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  Speaker 1: No group in history was more committed to religious works.
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  Speaker 1: They memorized scripture, fasted, tithed, and followed the law to
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  Speaker 1: the letter. Yet Jesus called them hypocrites and compared them
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  Speaker 1: to whitewashed tombs, clean on the outside but filled with
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  Speaker 1: death on the inside Matthew twenty three, twenty seven. Or
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  Speaker 1: consider Judas he walked with Jesus, he preached, he performed miracles,
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  Speaker 1: he was part of the inner circle. Yet In the end,
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  Speaker 1: he betrayed the very Lord he claimed to serve. The
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  Speaker 1: sobering truth is that it is possible to be close
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  Speaker 1: to the things of God and still be far from him.
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  Speaker 1: Look at today's world. Churches are packed with people who
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  Speaker 1: call Jesus Lord with their mouth, but deny him with
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  Speaker 1: their lives. There are pastors who preach powerful sermons but
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  Speaker 1: live in hidden sin, worship leaders who sing about surrender
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  Speaker 1: but chase fame more than christ social media influencers who
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  Speaker 1: quote Bible verses while their hearts chase wealth and status.
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  Speaker 1: We have entire Christian industries built around the performance of faith,
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  Speaker 1: where talent, influence, and charisma can open doors that should
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  Speaker 1: only be opened by genuine devotion. You don't need to
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  Speaker 1: truly know Jesus to build a platform. You just need
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  Speaker 1: the right words, the right appearance, the right ability to
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  Speaker 1: make people feel something. But Jesus isn't fooled. In the
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  Speaker 1: Book of Hoseiah, God speaks to Israel, saying, these people
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  Speaker 1: honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far
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  Speaker 1: from me Hoseiah six six. He didn't just want their sacrifices,
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  Speaker 1: he wanted their love. He wanted them to know Him,
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  Speaker 1: not just act religious. The same warning echoes in the
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  Speaker 1: Book of Isaiah. Their worship of Me is based on
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  Speaker 1: merely human rules. They have been taught Isaiah twenty nine thirteen.
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  Speaker 1: They had all the right actions, but none of the
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  Speaker 1: right heart. And isn't that what we see today. We've
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  Speaker 1: been taught how to act Christian. We know the songs,
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  Speaker 1: the prayers, the right things to say. We know how
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  Speaker 1: to raise our hands in worship, how to craft a
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  Speaker 1: powerful testimony, how to serve in church. But if our
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  Speaker 1: hearts are far from Jesus, none of it matters. So
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  Speaker 1: the real question isn't whether you're doing things for Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: The question is does Jesus know you. Imagine a husband
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  Speaker 1: who spends all his time working, providing for his family,
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  Speaker 1: making sure they have everything they need except his presence.
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  Speaker 1: He never talks to his wife, never shares his heart,
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  Speaker 1: never spends time with her. Then one day she tells him,
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  Speaker 1: I feel like I don't even know you. That's what
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  Speaker 1: Jesus is saying in this passage. These people knew of him,
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  Speaker 1: but they didn't know him. They served, but they never surrendered.
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  Speaker 1: They worked, but they never worshiped in spirit and truth,
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  Speaker 1: they performed, but they never pursued his heart. And here's
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  Speaker 1: the most terrifying part. They were blind to it. They
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  Speaker 1: truly believed they were saved, They expected heaven. They were
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  Speaker 1: shocked when Jesus turned them away. That means it is
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  Speaker 1: possible to spend your whole life believing you are a Christian,
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  Speaker 1: only to find out too late that you never truly were.
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  Speaker 1: Let that sink in. How many people today are standing
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  Speaker 1: in pulpits leading Bible studies posting Christian content, convinced they
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  Speaker 1: are on their way to heaven, when in reality they
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  Speaker 1: don't truly know Jesus. How many are going through the motions,
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  Speaker 1: making the right religious boxes, but deep down their faith
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  Speaker 1: is just an act. And more importantly, how do you
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  Speaker 1: know this isn't you? This passage is not meant to
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  Speaker 1: scare us into doubt. It's meant to wake us up.
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  Speaker 1: It's a call to examine ourselves, to ask the hard questions,
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  Speaker 1: to strip away the performance and get real with God.
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  Speaker 1: Because Jesus isn't looking for actors. He's looking for disciples.
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  Speaker 1: He's looking for those who don't just say lord Lord,
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  Speaker 1: but actually live under his lordship. He's looking for hearts.
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  Speaker 1: That truly belong to him. So ask yourself, is Jesus
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  Speaker 1: truly the Lord of your life? Or is he just
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  Speaker 1: a name you use? Does he truly know you? Or
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  Speaker 1: will the day come when you stand before him expecting heaven,
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  Speaker 1: only to hear the words I never knew you. There's
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  Speaker 1: a weight in those words that lingers I never knew you.
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  Speaker 1: Imagine the crushing finality of standing before Jesus, calling him Lord,
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  Speaker 1: pleading your case, only for him to turn away. The
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  Speaker 1: people in this passage didn't deny him, they didn't reject him.
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  Speaker 1: They addressed him with the utmost reverence, calling him Lord Lord.
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  Speaker 1: But their words carried no power, because words without obedience
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  Speaker 1: mean nothing. This is where so many get it wrong.
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  Speaker 1: We have built a version of Christianity where professing Jesus's
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  Speaker 1: Lord is seen as the ultimate proof of salvation. Just
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  Speaker 1: say a prayer, accept Jesus into your heart and your
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  Speaker 1: save forever. But Jesus himself dismantles that idea. Not everyone
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  Speaker 1: who calls him lord will enter the kingdom. Not everyone
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  Speaker 1: who claims his name belongs to him. And this isn't
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  Speaker 1: just one isolated verse. The entire Bible reinforces this truth.
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  Speaker 1: Think about Noah's generation. They believed in God, they had
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  Speaker 1: knowledge of him, but only Noah obeyed. The rest perished,
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  Speaker 1: not because they didn't know God existed, but because they
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  Speaker 1: didn't heed his warnings. Genesis six through seven. Look at
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  Speaker 1: the Israelites in the wilderness. They called on God, they
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  Speaker 1: worshiped him, and yet an entire generation was denied entry
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  Speaker 1: into the Promised Land because they repeatedly disobeyed Numbers fourteen
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  Speaker 1: twenty two through twenty three. Consider King Saul. He addressed God,
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  Speaker 1: he even performed sacrifices in his name. But when he
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  Speaker 1: chose his own way over God's command, Samuel delivered a
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  Speaker 1: devastating truth. To obey is better than sacrifice for Samuel
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  Speaker 1: fifteen twenty two. Saul lost the kingdom not because he
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  Speaker 1: didn't call God Lord, but because he failed to submit
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  Speaker 1: to him. And then there's Judas he walked with Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: he saw the miracle's first hand. He even called him
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  Speaker 1: Rabbi Matthew twenty six twenty five. But knowledge, association, and
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  Speaker 1: words weren't enough. His heart was far from Christ, and
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  Speaker 1: in the end his actions exposed him. This is the
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  Speaker 1: pattern all throughout scripture. Calling God by his name is
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  Speaker 1: meaningless if you refuse to follow him. Jesus himself confronted
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  Speaker 1: this deception directly in Luke six forty six. Why do
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  Speaker 1: you call me Lord Lord and do not do what
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  Speaker 1: I say? That's the real question, isn't it. Why do
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  Speaker 1: people claim Christ but refuse to follow him? Think about
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  Speaker 1: the way Lord is used to day. It's in prayers,
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  Speaker 1: in songs, in church services. People say it reflexively, but
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  Speaker 1: do they mean it. Do they actually live under his
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  Speaker 1: authority or is it just a title they attached to
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  Speaker 1: Jesus while running their own lives. Because if Jesus is Lord,
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  Speaker 1: that means he rules, It means he has full authority,
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  Speaker 1: It means his commands are final. But too many people
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  Speaker 1: have reduced him to an accessory, a safety net, rather
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  Speaker 1: than a king. Consider how we treat authority in the
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  Speaker 1: real world. If a police officer pulls someone over but
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  Speaker 1: the driver refuses to comply, there are consequences. If an
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  Speaker 1: employee ignores their boss's instructions, they get fired. If a
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  Speaker 1: soldier disobeys a general's order, they're court martialed. In every
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  Speaker 1: area of life, authority demands obedience, Yet somehow, when it
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  Speaker 1: comes to Jesus. People think they can call him lord
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  Speaker 1: while living in complete defiance of his word. This is
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  Speaker 1: why Jesus warned, if you love me, you will keep
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  Speaker 1: my commands. John fourteen fifteen. Love and obedience are inseparable.
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  Speaker 1: To truly follow Christ is to surrender, to let go
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  Speaker 1: of control, to live under his rule. It means aligning
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  Speaker 1: your life to his will, even when it's hard, even
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  Speaker 1: when it costs you something. But today Christianity has become comfortable, convenient,
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  Speaker 1: a religion of words, not action. People go to church,
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  Speaker 1: sing worship songs, and even quote scripture, but they pick
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  Speaker 1: and choose which commands they want to follow. They claim
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  Speaker 1: Jesus as Lord, but refuse to let go of sin.
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  Speaker 1: They hold on to relationships they know dishonor God. They
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  Speaker 1: chase money, power, and status while justifying their greed. They
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  Speaker 1: live in sexual immorality, excusing it because God understands. They
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  Speaker 1: say Lord, but they don't live like He's in charge.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus made it painfully clear. Whoever hears these words of
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  Speaker 1: mine and does not put them into practice is like
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  Speaker 1: a foolish man who built his house on the sand
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  Speaker 1: Matthew seven twenty six. A house on sand looks good
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  Speaker 1: until the storm comes. Then everything collapses. That's what false
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  Speaker 1: faith looks like. It appears strong, it seems genuine, but
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  Speaker 1: when tested, when hardship comes, when temptation arises, when following
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  Speaker 1: Christ requires sacrifice, it crumbles. And this is exactly what
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  Speaker 1: Jesus warned against. The scariest part. Many people don't realize
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  Speaker 1: they are living in deception. They assume that because they
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  Speaker 1: prayed a prayer, attended church, or even experienced spiritual gifts,
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  Speaker 1: they must be right with God. They mistake activity for obedience.
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  Speaker 1: They think knowing about Jesus is the same as following him.
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  Speaker 1: But the truth is, the devil knows Jesus is Lord too.
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  Speaker 1: Satan himself acknowledges Christ's identity. The demons tremble at his name.
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  Speaker 1: Yet James two nineteen tells us, mere belief isn't enough.
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  Speaker 1: You believe that there is one God good. Even the
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  Speaker 1: demons believe that, and shudder. Demons know Jesus is real.
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  Speaker 1: They even recognize his authority, but they refuse to obey him.
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  Speaker 1: And that's the difference. True faith is not just about
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  Speaker 1: acknowledging Jesus. It's about submitting to him. It's about laying
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  Speaker 1: down everything, your plans, your desires, your will, and following
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  Speaker 1: him completely. Jesus gave us the ultimate test. If anyone
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  Speaker 1: wants to follow me, let him deny himself, take up
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  Speaker 1: his cross daily, and follow me Luke nine twenty three.
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  Speaker 1: Deny yourself, take up your cross, follow him. That is
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  Speaker 1: what lordship looks like. That is what true obedience requires.
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  Speaker 1: But here's the hard truth. He don't want that kind
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  Speaker 1: of Jesus. They want a savior, not a master. They
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  Speaker 1: want the benefits of the cross without the cost of discipleship.
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  Speaker 1: They want a Jesus who forgives but never convicts, a
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  Speaker 1: Jesus who blesses but never demands surrender, a Jesus who
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  Speaker 1: accepts them as they are but never transforms them. But
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  Speaker 1: that's not the Jesus of the Bible. The Jesus of
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  Speaker 1: Scripture calls for total devotion. He calls for radical obedience.
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  Speaker 1: He calls for people who don't just say lord, but
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  Speaker 1: actually live under his lordship. So the question is not
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  Speaker 1: just do you call Jesus lord? The real question is
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  Speaker 1: does your life reflect it when he speaks? Do you
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  Speaker 1: listen when he commands? Do you obey when he calls
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  Speaker 1: do you follow, Because on that final day, it won't
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  Speaker 1: matter how many times you said Lord Lord. It will
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  Speaker 1: only matter whether he truly was. If words aren't enough,
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  Speaker 1: then surely works must be right. If calling Jesus Lord
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  Speaker 1: doesn't guarantee salvation, then surely doing great things in his name, miracles, prophecies,
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  Speaker 1: casting out demons must be proof that a person truly
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  Speaker 1: belongs to him. But Jesus destroys that assumption too. Imagine
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  Speaker 1: the scene people standing before him, listing all the incredible
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  Speaker 1: things they did. Lord. We prophesied in your name, we
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  Speaker 1: cast out demons, we perform miracles. They're pleading their case,
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  Speaker 1: convinced that these works should secure them a place in
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  Speaker 1: his kingdom. But Jesus doesn't even acknowledge their deeds. He
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  Speaker 1: doesn't say, yes, I remember when you did that. He
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  Speaker 1: doesn't say you were close, but you didn't quite make it. Instead,
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  Speaker 1: his response is cold and final, I never knew you
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  Speaker 1: away from me, you evil doers. That should shake us
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  Speaker 1: because these weren't people who sat on the side lines.
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  Speaker 1: These weren't lukewarm believers who barely attended church. These were
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  Speaker 1: people who were active in ministry, performing supernatural works, doing
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  Speaker 1: things that looked undeniably Christian, and yet they were lost.
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  Speaker 1: How is that possible? How can someone do miracles in
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  Speaker 1: Jesus name and still be rejected by him? The answer
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  Speaker 1: is simple. Religious works are not the same as a
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  Speaker 1: real relationship with Christ. Look at Judas. He walked with Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: He performed miracles, he cast out demons. When Jesus sent
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  Speaker 1: out the disciples in Luke ten, Judas was among them.
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  Speaker 1: He preached, healed, and had authority over demonic spirits, and
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  Speaker 1: yet he never truly belonged to Christ. His heart was
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  Speaker 1: never transformed. Or look at Balem, the prophet in numbers
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  Speaker 1: twenty two to twenty four. He heard from God, he
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  Speaker 1: prophesied accurately, and yet he was a wicked man who
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  Speaker 1: led Israel into sin and was later killed as an
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  Speaker 1: enemy of God numbers thirty one eight. His ability to
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  Speaker 1: speak divine truth did not mean he was in right
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  Speaker 1: standing with God. Or think about King Saul. The spirit
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  Speaker 1: of God once moved powerfully through him, he prophesied, he
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  Speaker 1: led Israel, and yet his disobedience led to his downfall,
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  Speaker 1: and he ultimately died under God's judgment. Scripture is full
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  Speaker 1: of people who had spiritual power, but no relationship with God.
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  Speaker 1: They performed signs, spoke God's words, did great things, but
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  Speaker 1: their hearts were never truly his. And this isn't just
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  Speaker 1: a problem in ancient times. It's happening right now. Go
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  Speaker 1: on social media and you'll see people claiming to be prophets,
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  Speaker 1: delivering grand visions from God, yet there their lives bear
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  Speaker 1: no fruit of holiness. You'll see pastors who build massive ministries,
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  Speaker 1: perform miracles on stage, and captivate audiences with eloquent sermons,
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  Speaker 1: yet they are secretly living in sin, cheating on their spouses,
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  Speaker 1: abusing power, and chasing wealth instead of Christ. You'll see
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  Speaker 1: people who claim they have healed the sick and cast
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  Speaker 1: out demons, yet their hearts remain filled with pride, greed,
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  Speaker 1: and deception. And maybe the most chilling thought of all,
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  Speaker 1: there are those who aren't faking it. They really prophesy,
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  Speaker 1: they really cast out demons, they really see miracles, and
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  Speaker 1: yet they still don't know Jesus. How can that be?
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  Speaker 1: Because spiritual gifts and supernatural power are not the same
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  Speaker 1: as salvation. God can use anyone to accomplish his purposes,
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  Speaker 1: even those who don't belong to him. Look at Pharaoh
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  Speaker 1: in Exodus, God used him to display his power even
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  Speaker 1: though Pharaoh's heart was hardened. Exodus nine sixteen. Look at
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  Speaker 1: nebucud Nezza. God gave him dreams and visions of the future.
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  Speaker 1: Yet he was a pagan king who had to be
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  Speaker 1: humbled before he truly acknowledged God Daniel four twenty eight
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  Speaker 1: to thirty seven. And here's the most shocking example. Jesus
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  Speaker 1: himself said that false prophets and deceivers will perform great
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  Speaker 1: signs and wonders. For false messiahs and false prophets will
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  Speaker 1: appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible,
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  Speaker 1: even the elect Matthew twenty four twenty four. Did you
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  Speaker 1: catch that false prophets will perform real signs and wonders.
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  Speaker 1: Miracles do not automatically mean someone is from God. This
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  Speaker 1: is why Jesus warns against being deceived. Just because someone
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  Speaker 1: says in Jesus name, just because some one does spiritual
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  Speaker 1: things does not mean they are truly walking with him.
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  Speaker 1: And yet so many people to day chase after signs
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  Speaker 1: and wonders more than they chase after Christ himself. They
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  Speaker 1: flock to churches where miracles are the main focus, but
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  Speaker 1: never examine the fruit of the leaders. They follow preachers
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  Speaker 1: who promise prosperity and supernatural blessings, but never check if
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  Speaker 1: their teachings align with scripture. They become obsessed with prophecy,
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  Speaker 1: always seeking a new word from God, but never open
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  Speaker 1: their Bibles to hear what God has already spoken. Jesus
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  Speaker 1: knew this would happen, which is why he made it
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  Speaker 1: so clear. You will recognize them by their fruits Matthew
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  Speaker 1: seven sixteen, not by their gifts, not by their miracles,
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  Speaker 1: not by their powerful sermons. By their fruit. So what
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  Speaker 1: does that mean for us? It means we have to
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  Speaker 1: ask ourselves some hard questions. Are we chasing after God himself?
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  Speaker 1: Or are we just chasing what He can do for us?
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  Speaker 1: Are we more concerned with having a supernatural experience than
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  Speaker 1: we are with obeying Jesus daily? Do we define our
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  Speaker 1: relationship with God by what we do for him or
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  Speaker 1: by who we are in Him? Because at the end
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  Speaker 1: of the day, salvation is not about gifts, ministry, or power.
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  Speaker 1: It's about knowing Jesus. Paul understood this deeply. He had
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  Speaker 1: every religious credential he was trained under the best teachers,
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  Speaker 1: he was a leader in his faith community, but when
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  Speaker 1: he encountered Christ, he realized that none of it mattered
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  Speaker 1: compared to actually knowing Jesus. I consider everything a loss
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  Speaker 1: because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ, Jesus my
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  Speaker 1: Lord Philippians three eight. Not serving him, not working for him,
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  Speaker 1: not doing miracles in his name, knowing him, because in
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  Speaker 1: the end, that's all that will matter. Not your spiritual gifts,
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  Speaker 1: not your ministry success, not your ability to perform signs
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  Speaker 1: and wonders. When you stand before Jesus, the only thing
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  Speaker 1: that will determine your eternity is this, Did you truly
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  Speaker 1: know him? And did He know you? The people Jesus
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  Speaker 1: rejected weren't outsiders. They weren't atheists, pagans, or people who
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  Speaker 1: openly opposed him. They were people who did things in
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  Speaker 1: his name, who preached, perform miracles, and cast out demons.
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  Speaker 1: They looked the part, they acted the part. But when
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  Speaker 1: they stood before him, they were turned away because, as
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  Speaker 1: Jesus himself said, they did not do the will of
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  Speaker 1: the Father. That's the dividing line. Not words, not religious activity,
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  Speaker 1: not even supernatural power, the will of the Father, but
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  Speaker 1: what does that really mean. It's easy to assume that
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  Speaker 1: doing Godd's will just means following rules, reading the Bible,
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  Speaker 1: going to church, trying to be a good person. But
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  Speaker 1: the Pharisees did all of that, and Jesus rebuked them
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  Speaker 1: more than anyone else. It's not about religious effort. It's
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  Speaker 1: about alignment. It's about surrender. It's about knowing what God
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  Speaker 1: truly desires and shaping your entire life around it. Jesus
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  Speaker 1: made it painfully clear in Matthew seven twenty one. Not
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  Speaker 1: everyone who says to me, Lord Lord, will enter the
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  Speaker 1: Kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the
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  Speaker 1: will of my Father, who is in heaven. Only those
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  Speaker 1: who do his will, not those who admire it, not
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  Speaker 1: those who agree with it, not those who talk about it,
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  Speaker 1: those who live it. So what is the will of
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  Speaker 1: the Father? From the beginning, God's will has never been
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  Speaker 1: about empty rituals or outward performances. It has always been
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  Speaker 1: about relationship, about the heart, about a life fully surrendered
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  Speaker 1: to him. Look at Israel in the Old Testament. Again
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  Speaker 1: and again they tried to honor God with religious actions,
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  Speaker 1: while their hearts remained far from him. They offered sacrifices,
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  Speaker 1: observed holy days, and followed external laws. But what did
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  Speaker 1: God say? I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of
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  Speaker 1: God rather than burnt offerings Hoseiah six six. Their hands
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  Speaker 1: were busy with religion, but their hearts were disconnected from him.
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  Speaker 1: And that's what Jesus was exposing in Matthew seven, people
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  Speaker 1: who knew how to act religious but never truly belonged
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  Speaker 1: to the Father. The will of God is not a checklist.
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  Speaker 1: It's a way of life, a life fully surrendered, fully obedient,
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  Speaker 1: fully transformed. When Jesus was asked what the greatest commandment was,
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  Speaker 1: he didn't list a set of rules. He didn't point
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  Speaker 1: to the sacrifices or rituals. He said, love the Lord
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  Speaker 1: your God, with all your heart, with all your soul,
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  Speaker 1: and with all your mind Matthew twenty two thirty seven.
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  Speaker 1: That is the foundation of God's will. Love him completely.
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  Speaker 1: But love is not just words. Love is not just
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  Speaker 1: an emotion. Love is expressed in obedience. If you love me,
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  Speaker 1: you will keep my commandment. Sir John fourteen fifteen. Real
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  Speaker 1: love for God always leads to action, not out of fear,
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  Speaker 1: not out of obligation. But out of devotion. Think about marriage.
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  Speaker 1: A husband who constantly says I love you, but never listens,
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  Speaker 1: never sacrifices, never prioritizes his wife, that's not real love.
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  Speaker 1: Words without action are meaningless. But a husband who is faithful,
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  Speaker 1: who serves, who chooses his wife daily, that's love. The
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  Speaker 1: same is true with God. Doing the will of the
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  Speaker 1: Father isn't about impressing him with religious wars. It's about
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  Speaker 1: knowing him, loving him, and living in complete submission to
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  Speaker 1: his ways. Jesus himself modeled this perfectly. He was fully God,
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  Speaker 1: yet he lived in absolute obedience to the Father. For
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  Speaker 1: I have come down from Heaven not to do my will,
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  Speaker 1: but to do the will of him who sent me
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  Speaker 1: John six thirty eight. Jesus didn't just acknowledge the Father.
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  Speaker 1: He didn't just talk about the Father. He obeyed the Father.
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  Speaker 1: He laid down his own will completely, even when it
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  Speaker 1: cost him everything, even when it led him to the cross.
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  Speaker 1: And that's the test of true faith, because doing the
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  Speaker 1: will of God is not always easy. Noah had to
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  Speaker 1: build an ark when the world mocked him. Abraham had
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  Speaker 1: to leave everything behind and trust God for the unseen.
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  Speaker 1: Moses had to face Pharaoh, risking his life to obey
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  Speaker 1: God's command. Daniel had to refused to a king, even
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  Speaker 1: when it meant being thrown into a den of lions.
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  Speaker 1: The will of God is not always convenient, it's not
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  Speaker 1: always comfortable. It's not about what feels right, it's about
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  Speaker 1: what is right. And this is where so many fall away.
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  Speaker 1: They want a faith that fits their lifestyle, not a
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  Speaker 1: faith that demands their life. They want a Christianity where
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  Speaker 1: they believe in Jesus but never have to surrender to him.
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  Speaker 1: They want a God who blesses their plans, not a
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  Speaker 1: God who calls them to leave everything and follow him.
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  Speaker 1: But that's not the gospel. That's not saving faith. Jesus
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  Speaker 1: said in Matthew sixteen twenty four, whoever wants to be
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  Speaker 1: my disciple must deny themselves, take up their cross, and
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  Speaker 1: follow me. That's the will of the Father. A life
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  Speaker 1: of surrender, a life of obedience, a life where his
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  Speaker 1: desires become your desires. So ask yourself, are you truly
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  Speaker 1: doing God's will? Or are you just fitting him into
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  Speaker 1: your own? Because on that final day, the only thing
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  Speaker 1: that will matter is not how much you said you
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  Speaker 1: love Jesus or how many church services you attended, or
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  Speaker 1: how many ministries you served in the Only thing that
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  Speaker 1: will matter is did your life reflect that He was
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  Speaker 1: truly your lord? Did you surrender your will to his?
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  Speaker 1: Did you truly love him? Not just with words, but
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  Speaker 1: with your whole life? Because those are the ones who
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  Speaker 1: will enter his kingdom and those who refuse. They may
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  Speaker 1: call him Lord, they may have done great things in
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  Speaker 1: his name, but they will stand before him and hear
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  Speaker 1: the words no one ever wants to hear, I never
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  Speaker 1: knew you. There's a terrifying reality in Jesus words. Many
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  Speaker 1: will call him lord, many will believe they are saved.
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  Speaker 1: Many will stand before him, expecting to enter the kingdom,
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  Speaker 1: only to hear I never knew you. These aren't people
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  Speaker 1: who thought they were lost. These aren't people who rejected Christ.
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  Speaker 1: These are people who sincerely believed they belonged to Him,
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  Speaker 1: and yet they were wrong. Let that sink in. Self
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  Speaker 1: Deception is one of the greatest dangers in the Christian life.
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  Speaker 1: It's possible to feel saved, act saved, even convince yourself
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  Speaker 1: you are saved while being completely lost. And the most
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  Speaker 1: frightening part, you don't even realize it. Jesus warned about
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  Speaker 1: this over and over again. In Matthew twenty five, he
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  Speaker 1: tells the parable of the ten virgins, five wyse, five foolish.
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  Speaker 1: All of them were waiting for the bridegroom. All of
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  Speaker 1: them thought they were ready, But when the door was
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  Speaker 1: finally opened, only half were allowed in. The rest were
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  Speaker 1: shut out, pleading for entry, only to be told I
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  Speaker 1: don't know you. They thought they were prepared, they weren't.
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  Speaker 1: Then there's the parable of the wheat and the tears
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  Speaker 1: in Matthew thirteen. A farmer plants wheat, but an enemy
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  Speaker 1: sows weeds among them. They grow together, looking identical from
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  Speaker 1: the outside, no one can tell the difference. But at
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  Speaker 1: harvest time the separation comes, the wheat is gathered, and
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  Speaker 1: the tears are burned. This is self deception. People sit
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  Speaker 1: in church every Sunday, convinced they are wheat, convinced they
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  Speaker 1: belong to Christ. They lift their hands in worship, pray
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  Speaker 1: in Jesus name, serve in ministry, and never suspect that
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  Speaker 1: they are actually tears, that they are part of the
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  Speaker 1: crowd Jesus was talking about in Matthew seven. And that's
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  Speaker 1: what makes this so dangerous. If someone knows they are
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  Speaker 1: rejecting God, there is still hope they might repent. But
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  Speaker 1: if someone believes they are already right with God, they
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  Speaker 1: see no need to change. This is why Paul urged
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  Speaker 1: believers in Second crew Antheans thirteen five. Examine yourselves to
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  Speaker 1: see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do
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  Speaker 1: you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you, unless,
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  Speaker 1: of course you fail the test? Have you ever truly
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  Speaker 1: examined yourself? Because deception doesn't happen over night. It happens slowly, subtly,
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  Speaker 1: like a person falling asleep. They don't realize the moment
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  Speaker 1: they drift off. It just happens. It happens to the
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  Speaker 1: kid who grew up in church, who knows all the
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  Speaker 1: Bible stories, who has gone through all the motions, but
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  Speaker 1: has never had a real personal encounter with Jesus. It
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  Speaker 1: happens to the successful pastor whose sermons inspire thousands, but
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  Speaker 1: whose heart has quietly drifted from God. It happens to
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  Speaker 1: the faithful volunteer who serves every week, who gives their time,
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  Speaker 1: their money, their energy, but whose faith is built more
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  Speaker 1: on activity than on relationship. It happens to the moral
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  Speaker 1: person who assumes they are right with God simply because
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  Speaker 1: they live a good life, unaware that salvation isn't about
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  Speaker 1: being good enough. And it happens to those who base
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  Speaker 1: their faith on feelings, people who assume they are saved
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  Speaker 1: because they had an emotional moment in worship, or because
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  Speaker 1: they once prayed a sinner's prayer, without ever truly surrendering
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  Speaker 1: their lives to Christ. This is what happened to Israel.
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  Speaker 1: They thought they were safe, They thought they were God's
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  Speaker 1: people simply because of their heritage, their traditions, their religious practices.
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  Speaker 1: But when the Messiah stood in front of them, they
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  Speaker 1: rejected him. They trusted in their identity as Jews, but
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  Speaker 1: missed the very one their scriptures pointed to. Jesus confronted
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  Speaker 1: this head on in John eight. The religious leaders said
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  Speaker 1: to him, we are Abraham's descendants. They were convinced they
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  Speaker 1: were right with God God. But Jesus responded, if you
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  Speaker 1: were Abraham's children, you would do what Abraham did John
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  Speaker 1: eight thirty nine. They thought their religious backgrounds saved them.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus told them the truth. It didn't. And today the
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  Speaker 1: same deception continues. People assume they are saved because they
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  Speaker 1: grew up in a Christian home, because they go to church,
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  Speaker 1: because they agree with Christian values, because they prayed a
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  Speaker 1: prayer once. But none of these things prove salvation. The
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  Speaker 1: Pharisees had Bible knowledge but no true faith. Judas had
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  Speaker 1: ministry experience, but no true relationship. The Five Foolish Virgins
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  Speaker 1: had expectation, but no true preparation. The tears had outward similarity,
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  Speaker 1: but no true life. So how do you know if
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  Speaker 1: you're truly saved? Jesus gave the answer. You will recognize
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  Speaker 1: them by their fruit Matthew seven sixteen, not their words,
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  Speaker 1: not their religious activity, their fruit. A tree is known
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  Speaker 1: by what it produces. An apple tree doesn't have to
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  Speaker 1: try to grow apples, it just does. And in the
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  Speaker 1: same way, when a person is truly saved, their life
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  Speaker 1: naturally begins to reflect Christ. That doesn't mean perfection, it
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  Speaker 1: doesn't mean never struggling, but it does mean transformation. A
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  Speaker 1: person who has truly encountered Jesus cannot remain the same.
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  Speaker 1: So test yourself. Look at your life, not just what
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  Speaker 1: you say, but what your actions reveal. Do you truly
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  Speaker 1: desire God or do you just desire His blessings? Do
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  Speaker 1: you truly obey his word? Or do you excuse your
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  Speaker 1: sins while pointing out others. Do you truly love Christ
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  Speaker 1: or do you just love the idea of going to heaven?
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  Speaker 1: Because on that final day, many will believe they are saved.
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  Speaker 1: Many will stand before Jesus with confidence, but many will
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  Speaker 1: be shocked to hear him say I never knew you.
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  Speaker 1: Don't wait until that moment to find out the truth.
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  Speaker 1: Examine yourself now, because eternity is too long to be wrong.
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  Speaker 1: Many will be shocked. On that day. They will stand
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  Speaker 1: before Jesus, confident in their salvation, certain they are his.
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  Speaker 1: They will remind him of all they did in his name,
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  Speaker 1: listing their spiritual resumes as if that will grant them entry,
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  Speaker 1: but the response they receive will shatter them completely. I
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  Speaker 1: never knew you. Not I once knew you, but you
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  Speaker 1: fell away. Not I knew you for a time, but
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  Speaker 1: you didn't do enough. I never knew you. It is
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  Speaker 1: possible to spend your whole life believing you know Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: only to realize too late that he never knew you.
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  Speaker 1: Those are some of the most haunting words in all
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  Speaker 1: of scripture, because they reveal that salvation is not about
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  Speaker 1: how much you do for God. It's about whether you
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  Speaker 1: truly belong to him. Jesus isn't rejecting strangers. He isn't
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  Speaker 1: rejecting people who never heard his name. He is rejecting
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  Speaker 1: people who thought they were saved, who were actively involved
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  Speaker 1: in spiritual things. But despite all their works, despite all
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  Speaker 1: their knowledge, despite all their public displays of faith, there
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  Speaker 1: was no real relationship. Knowing about Jesus is not the
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  Speaker 1: same as knowing him. There's a massive difference between familiarity
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  Speaker 1: and intimacy. Think about it. You can know every fact
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  Speaker 1: about a celebrity. You can follow their life, read their books,
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  Speaker 1: listen to every interview, even memorize their words. But if
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  Speaker 1: you were to show up at their house one day
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  Speaker 1: and knock on the door, what would happen. They wouldn't
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  Speaker 1: let you in, They wouldn't recognize you, because even though
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  Speaker 1: you know about them, they don't know you. That's what
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  Speaker 1: Jesus is saying. I never knew you, not. I never
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  Speaker 1: saw what you did, not, I never heard you preach, not,
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  Speaker 1: I never noticed your religious works. I never knew you.
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  Speaker 1: Because salvation isn't about what you do, It's about who
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  Speaker 1: you are in Him. All throughout scripture, God's relationship with
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  Speaker 1: his people is described in terms of intimacy. He is
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  Speaker 1: not looking for workers, He is looking for sons and daughters.
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  Speaker 1: He is not after religious performance. He is after hearts
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  Speaker 1: that are fully surrendered to him. In Hoseiah two nineteen
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  Speaker 1: to twenty, God says, I will betrothe you to me forever.
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  Speaker 1: I will betrothe you in righteousness and justice, in love
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  Speaker 1: and compassion. I will betrothe you in faithfulness, and you
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  Speaker 1: will acknowledge the Lord. He doesn't want mere servants. He
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  Speaker 1: wants a bride, a deep intimate relationship where we don't
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  Speaker 1: just call him lord, but we actually belong to him.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus used this same imagery when he described himself as
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  Speaker 1: the bridegroom Matthew twenty five one through thirteen. And in
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  Speaker 1: a marriage, the greatest tragedy is not busyness, it's distance.
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  Speaker 1: Imagine a husband who provides for his wife, buys her gifts,
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  Speaker 1: and does all the right things, but never actually spends
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  Speaker 1: time with her, never opens his heart to her, never
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  Speaker 1: builds a real connection. Is that a marriage or is
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  Speaker 1: it just a duty? Many people serve Jesus but don't
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  Speaker 1: truly love him. They work for him, but they don't
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  Speaker 1: walk with him. They use his name, but they don't
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  Speaker 1: seek his face. This is what happened to Israel. Again
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  Speaker 1: and again they claim to belong to God, while their
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  Speaker 1: hearts were far from him. In Jeremiah two thirty two,
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  Speaker 1: God laments, does a young woman for get her jewelry,
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  Speaker 1: a bride her wedding ornaments? Yet my people have forgotten
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  Speaker 1: me days without number. That is what Jesus was exposing
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  Speaker 1: in Matthew seven, people who were busy doing things for him,
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  Speaker 1: but never actually with him. And here's the hardest truth.
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  Speaker 1: You can do ministry and still miss Jesus. Judas did.
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  Speaker 1: He traveled with Jesus, he performed miracles, he preached, and
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  Speaker 1: yet in the end he betrayed him. Why because he
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  Speaker 1: was near Jesus, but his heart never belonged to him.
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  Speaker 1: The Pharisees did, They knew the scriptures inside and out.
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  Speaker 1: They devoted their entire lives to religious service. And yet
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  Speaker 1: Jesus said to them in John five thirty nine to forty,
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  Speaker 1: you study the scriptures diligently because you think that in
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  Speaker 1: them you have eternal life. These are the very scriptures
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  Speaker 1: that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to
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  Speaker 1: me to have life. They had knowledge, they had works,
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  Speaker 1: but they didn't have Him, And to day the same
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  Speaker 1: thing is happening. There are pastors preaching every Sunday who
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  Speaker 1: don't truly know Jesus. There are worship leaders who bring
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  Speaker 1: thousands to tears with their music, but they have no
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  Speaker 1: intimacy with him. There are church members who volunteer, tithe
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  Speaker 1: and live moral lives, but their faith is hollow because
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  Speaker 1: they have never truly surrendered. Christianity has become a culture,
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  Speaker 1: a label, an identity, but without intimacy, it's meaningless. This
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  Speaker 1: is why Jesus said in John ten twenty seven, my
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  Speaker 1: sheep listened to my voice. I know them and they
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  Speaker 1: follow me. Not I know their works, not I know
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  Speaker 1: their ministries. I know them. That is what separates true
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  Speaker 1: believers from the deceived. It's not about whether you've been
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  Speaker 1: in church your whole life. It's not about whether you've
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  Speaker 1: done good things. It's not about whether you can talk
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  Speaker 1: about Jesus, preach about Jesus, or perform miracles in his name?
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  Speaker 1: Does he know you? Do you talk to him when
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  Speaker 1: no one is watching? Do you seek him in the
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  Speaker 1: quiet place? Not just in public. Do you long for
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  Speaker 1: him or do you just use his name to feel secure?
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  Speaker 1: Because on that final day, all the religious activity in
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  Speaker 1: the world won't matter. The only thing that will matter
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  Speaker 1: is this, Are you his? And if you aren't, he
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  Speaker 1: will say the words that no one ever wants to hear,
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  Speaker 1: I never knew you. Jesus made it clear. Not everyone
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  Speaker 1: who calls him Lord truly belongs to him. Not everyone
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  Speaker 1: who claims to be a Christian is actually saved. And
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  Speaker 1: perhaps the most terrifying reality is that many don't even
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  Speaker 1: realize it. They assume their right with God, that thereon
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  Speaker 1: the narrow path that Heaven is waiting for them, only
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  Speaker 1: to one day hear the words I never knew you.
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  Speaker 1: If there is even the slightest chance of being deceived,
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  Speaker 1: shouldn't we examine ourselves? Shouldn't we ask the hard questions
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  Speaker 1: now rather than risk hearing the worst words imaginable when
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  Speaker 1: it's too late. Paul gives this exact warning in Second
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  Speaker 1: Corinthians thirteen five, saying, examine yourselves to see whether you
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  Speaker 1: are in the faith. Test yourselves. This is not a game,
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  Speaker 1: this is eternity. But how do you know? How do
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  Speaker 1: you recognize if your faith is real or if you've
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  Speaker 1: unknowingly fallen into false conversion. How do you tell the
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  Speaker 1: difference between genuine salvation and empty religion. The Bible gives
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  Speaker 1: us clear signs, signs that reveal whether Christ truly lives
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  Speaker 1: in you or whether you're just going through the motions.
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  Speaker 1: One of the first signs of a false convert is
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  Speaker 1: a faith built on emotions rather than true repentance. In
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  Speaker 1: Luke eight thirteen, Jesus describes people who receive the Gospel
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  Speaker 1: with joy, but when testing comes, they fall away. They
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  Speaker 1: were excited, they were moved, They probably had an emotional experience,
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  Speaker 1: but their faith had no depth. This is what happens
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  Speaker 1: when someone comes to Jesus only for the benefits. They
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  Speaker 1: want peace, they want healing, they want to feel close
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  Speaker 1: to God, but they never truly surrender their lives to Him,
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  Speaker 1: and the moment trials come, the moment things get hard,
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  Speaker 1: they walk away. You've probably seen this before. Someone goes
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  Speaker 1: to church, has a powerful experience, maybe even cries at
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  Speaker 1: the altar, They get baptized, they tell everyone how much
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  Speaker 1: they love Jesus, but then weeks or months later they
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  Speaker 1: go back to their old life. Why because they never
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  Speaker 1: truly repented. They had an emotional moment, but their heart
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  Speaker 1: never belong to Christ. True salvation is not just a feeling.
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  Speaker 1: It's not a one time experience. It is a lifelong surrender.
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  Speaker 1: Another sign of false conversion is having a love for
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  Speaker 1: sin rather than a hatred for it. First John thret
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  Speaker 1: nine says, no one born of God makes a practice
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  Speaker 1: of sinning, for god seed abides in him. This doesn't
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  Speaker 1: mean a true believer never sins, but it does mean
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  Speaker 1: that they can't stay in sin without conviction. A person
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  Speaker 1: who is truly saved hates their sin. They grieve over it,
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  Speaker 1: they fight it. They don't excuse it, justify it, or
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  Speaker 1: stay comfortable in it, but false converts do. They might
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  Speaker 1: say they love Jesus, but their lifestyle tells a different story.
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  Speaker 1: They continue to live in sexual sin, They continue to gossip,
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  Speaker 1: lie and cheat. They hold on to bitterness and unforgiveness
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  Speaker 1: without a second thought. They pursue money, power, and fame
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  Speaker 1: while still calling themselves Christians. The most dangerous part, they
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  Speaker 1: don't see anything wrong with it. False faith always finds
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  Speaker 1: ways to justify sin. It says well, nobody's perfect, it
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  Speaker 1: says God. Understands my struggle. It says, at least I'm
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  Speaker 1: not as bad as other people. But true faith says
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  Speaker 1: God have mercy on me a sinner Luke eighteen thirteen.
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  Speaker 1: Another warning sign is living for yourself while claiming Christ.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus said in Luke nine twenty three, whoever wants to
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  Speaker 1: be my disciple must deny themselves, take up their cross daily,
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  Speaker 1: and follow me. But false converts do the opposite. They
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  Speaker 1: say they follow Jesus, but their life is still about them.
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  Speaker 1: Think about it. Who is truly in control of your life,
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  Speaker 1: your plans, your decisions, your desires. Do you follow Christ
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  Speaker 1: only when it's convenient? Do you obey Him only when
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  Speaker 1: it benefits you? Because a false convert will only surrender
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  Speaker 1: up to a certain point. They will serve God as
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  Speaker 1: long as it doesn't require sacrifice. They will follow Jesus
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  Speaker 1: as long as he doesn't ask them to give up
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  Speaker 1: something they love. But Jesus doesn't accept half hearted devotion.
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  Speaker 1: He doesn't want part of you, He wants all of you.
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  Speaker 1: In Matthew ten thirty eight, he says, whoever does not
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  Speaker 1: take up their cross and follow me is not worthy
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  Speaker 1: of me. A cross is not comfortable a cross is
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  Speaker 1: not convenient. A cross means death to self. But a
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  Speaker 1: false convert refuses to die to self. Then there's the
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  Speaker 1: sign of a lack of transformation. In Second Corinthians five seventeen,
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  Speaker 1: Paul declares, if any one is in Christ, he is
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  Speaker 1: a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold the
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  Speaker 1: new has come true. Salvation changes you. It changes your desires,
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  Speaker 1: your priorities, your heart. But many who call themselves Christians
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  Speaker 1: have never changed. They still think like the world, They
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  Speaker 1: still crave the things of the world. They still live
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  Speaker 1: exactly the same way they did before they accepted Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: The only difference they now wear a Christian label. But
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  Speaker 1: wearing the label of Christianity does not mean you belong
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  Speaker 1: to Christ. Look at Judas, he walked with Jesus, but
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  Speaker 1: his heart never changed. Look at the Pharisees. They had
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  Speaker 1: all the religious knowledge in the world, but they remained
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  Speaker 1: spiritually blind. Look at the crowds that followed Jesus for
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  Speaker 1: miracles but abandoned him when he spoke the hard truth.
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  Speaker 1: They were close to him, but they never truly knew him.
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  Speaker 1: So the question is, are any of these signs in
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  Speaker 1: your life? Do you only follow Jesus when it's convenient.
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  Speaker 1: Do you excuse your sin instead of fighting it? Have
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  Speaker 1: you had an emotional experience but never truly repented. Is
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  Speaker 1: your faith just a label rather than a living relationship?
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  Speaker 1: Jesus said in Matthew seven sixteen, you will recognize them
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  Speaker 1: by their fruit, not by their words, not by their
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  Speaker 1: religious activity. By their fruit. What does your life say
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  Speaker 1: about you? What does your fruit reveal? Because if you
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  Speaker 1: are not truly his you need to know now before
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  Speaker 1: it's too late. The danger of false conversion isn't just
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  Speaker 1: something from Jesus time. It is alive and well to day.
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  Speaker 1: In fact, it might be worse now than ever before.
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  Speaker 1: We live in a world where Christianity has been rebranded
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  Speaker 1: into something safe, comfortable, and non confrontational, a version of
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  Speaker 1: faith that fits neatly into personal preferences and cultural trends,
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  Speaker 1: a Christianity that demands nothing yet promises everything. Jesus words
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  Speaker 1: in Matthew seven weren't just for the people of his time.
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  Speaker 1: They are for us right now. They are a wake
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  Speaker 1: up call to a generation that has embraced a cheap gospel,
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  Speaker 1: a watered down faith that teaches you can have heaven
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  Speaker 1: without holiness, blessings without obedience, and Jesus without surrender. But
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  Speaker 1: that is not the gospel of the Bible. That is
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  Speaker 1: not the gospel that saves. Modern Christianity has made faith
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  Speaker 1: about inspiration instead of transformation. People go to church for
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  Speaker 1: a motivational boost, to hear messages about how God wants
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  Speaker 1: them to be happy, successful, and fulfilled. Sermons are crafted
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  Speaker 1: to be palatable, designed to make people feel good rather
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  Speaker 1: than convict them. The cross has been replaced with self help,
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  Speaker 1: Holiness has been replaced with positive thinking. The call to
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  Speaker 1: die to self has been exchanged for a call to
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  Speaker 1: believe in yourself. But Jesus never softened the truth to
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  Speaker 1: keep people comfortable. He never lowered the cost of following
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  Speaker 1: him to make it easier. In fact, he did the opposite.
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  Speaker 1: He turned away those who wanted to follow him on
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  Speaker 1: their own terms. In Luke nine fifty seven to sixty,
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  Speaker 1: two different people approached Jesus saying they wanted to follow him,
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  Speaker 1: but each one had an excuse. One wanted to wait,
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  Speaker 1: another wanted to settle personal matters first. And Jesus responded
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  Speaker 1: with radical honesty. He told them that following him meant
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  Speaker 1: no looking back, no delays no conditions. It meant leaving
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  Speaker 1: everything behind. That is the true call of Christ. But
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  Speaker 1: that is the exact call that so many today are ignoring.
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  Speaker 1: We have created a Christianity that requires no sacrifice, a
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  Speaker 1: Christianity where people bel believe they are saved because they
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  Speaker 1: were baptized as a child, because they go to church occasionally,
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  Speaker 1: because they believe in God in a general sense. But
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  Speaker 1: believing in God is not enough. The demons believe, and
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  Speaker 1: they tremble James two nineteen. True faith is not just
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  Speaker 1: believing in Jesus, it is belonging to him. Look at
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  Speaker 1: the state of modern churches. Many are filled with people
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  Speaker 1: who profess Jesus but do not possess Jesus. People who
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  Speaker 1: say Lord Lord, but live no differently than the world.
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  Speaker 1: Their faith is cultural, inherited, superficial. They know Christian songs,
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  Speaker 1: Christian phrases, and Christian traditions, but their hearts are far
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  Speaker 1: from Him. This is why Matthew seven is more relevant
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  Speaker 1: today than ever before, because many will say to him,
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  Speaker 1: Lord Lord, but he will say, I never knew you.
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  Speaker 1: And this deception is everywhere. There are celebrity Christians who
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  Speaker 1: thank Jesus in award speeches but promote everything he stands against.
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  Speaker 1: There are megachurch pastors who preach self love instead of
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  Speaker 1: self denial, who build platforms instead of making disciples. There
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  Speaker 1: are Christians who claim faith but live in open rebellion,
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  Speaker 1: excusing sin instead of repenting from it. And then there's
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  Speaker 1: the deception that hits even closer to home, the deception
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  Speaker 1: of the ordinary church goer, the person who looks like
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  Speaker 1: a Christian but isn't truly born again. The one who prays,
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  Speaker 1: who gives, who volunteers, who calls Jesus Lord, but has
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  Speaker 1: never truly surrendered to him. So how do we avoid this?
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  Speaker 1: How do we make sure we aren't among those who
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  Speaker 1: are deceived? Jesus gave us the answer in Matthew seven
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  Speaker 1: twenty one. Only the one who does the will of
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  Speaker 1: my Father, who is in heaven. True faith is not
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  Speaker 1: just about words. It's not just about religious activity. It's
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  Speaker 1: about obedience. A real relationship with Christ is marked by
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  Speaker 1: submission to his lordship, a life that bears fruit, a
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  Speaker 1: heart that longs for him above all else. This is
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  Speaker 1: why Paul tells us in Philippians two twelve, work out
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  Speaker 1: your salvation with fear and trembling, not because salvation is
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  Speaker 1: by works, but because we should never take it lightly.
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  Speaker 1: If eternity is at stake, we should be desperate to
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  Speaker 1: know where we truly stand with God. It's time to
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  Speaker 1: wake up, time to stop assuming, time to stop treating
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  Speaker 1: faith like a box to check off rather than a
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  Speaker 1: life to be fully surrendered. Because this is not a
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  Speaker 1: small issue. This is not about minor disagreements over doctrine.
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  Speaker 1: This is about people who will one day stand before
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  Speaker 1: Jesus believing they are saved, only to realize they were
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  Speaker 1: never truly his. And the most heartbreaking part, they won't
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  Speaker 1: realize it until it's too late. There will be no
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  Speaker 1: second chances on that day, no time to go back
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  Speaker 1: and fix what was missed. The moment will come and
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  Speaker 1: the door will be shut. So what does this mean
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  Speaker 1: for us to day? It means we have to examine
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  Speaker 1: ourselves now, not tomorrow, not later. Now. Is your faith
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  Speaker 1: real or is it just a label? Do you truly
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  Speaker 1: know Jesus or do you just know about him? Has
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  Speaker 1: your life been transformed? Or are you just going through
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  Speaker 1: the motions? Because there are only two kinds of people
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  Speaker 1: in the end, those whom Jesus knows and those he doesn't.
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  Speaker 1: And when you stand before him, the only thing that
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  Speaker 1: will matter is this, does Jesus truly know you? There
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  Speaker 1: is no greater question than this, does Jesus know you? Not?
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  Speaker 1: Do you go to church? Not? Do you believe in God? Not?
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  Speaker 1: Even have you prayed a prayer before? The real question
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  Speaker 1: is when you stand before him, will he call you his?
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  Speaker 1: Or will he say I never knew you. That's a
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  Speaker 1: question you cannot afford to get wrong, because eternity is final.
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  Speaker 1: There is no second chance after this life, no opportunity
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  Speaker 1: to go back and fix what was missed. When that
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  Speaker 1: moment comes, the door is either open or shut. You
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  Speaker 1: are either his or you are not. So how can
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  Speaker 1: you be absolutely sure? How can you know, beyond a
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  Speaker 1: shadow of a doubt, that your faith is real, that
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  Speaker 1: your name is written in the Book of Life, that
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  Speaker 1: Jesus truly knows you. The answer is not found in emotions.
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  Speaker 1: It's not found in religious activity. It's not found in
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  Speaker 1: how much you feel close to God. It's found in
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  Speaker 1: the Word of God itself. Jesus made it clear in
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  Speaker 1: John ten twenty seven. My sheep listen to my voice.
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  Speaker 1: I know them, and they follow me there. It is.
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  Speaker 1: The people whom Jesus knows are those who listen to
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  Speaker 1: his voice and follow him, not those who occasionally think
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  Speaker 1: about him, not those who agree with Christian ideas, not
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  Speaker 1: those who have a spiritual background, those who actively follow him.
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  Speaker 1: Real faith is marked by a life of obedience, not perfection,
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  Speaker 1: but direction. A true believer is not someone who never stumbles,
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  Speaker 1: but someone who, when they fall, always gets back up
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  Speaker 1: and keeps pursuing Christ. This is why First John two
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  Speaker 1: three to four says we know that we have come
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  Speaker 1: to know him if we keep his commands. Whoever says
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  Speaker 1: I know him but does not do what he commands
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  Speaker 1: is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.
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  Speaker 1: That verse is terrifying but also freeing. It removes all
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  Speaker 1: the guessing. If you want to know whether your faith
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  Speaker 1: is real, look at your life. Do you live in
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  Speaker 1: obedience to Christ? Not just in public but in the
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  Speaker 1: secret places, Not just when it's easy, but when it
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  Speaker 1: costs you something. False converts will say they know Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: but their lives will tell a different story. True believers
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  Speaker 1: don't just call him Lord, They live as though he
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  Speaker 1: truly is. Jesus doesn't just want your Sunday mornings. He
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  Speaker 1: doesn't just want your prayers before meals. He wants your life.
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  Speaker 1: That's why he said in Luke nine twenty three, whoever
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  Speaker 1: wants to be my disciple must deny themselves, take up
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  Speaker 1: their cross daily, and follow me. This is the difference
• 1:01:40
  Speaker 1: between real faith and false faith. False faith says I
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  Speaker 1: believe in Jesus, but I still live. However, I want
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  Speaker 1: real faith says because I belong to Jesus, my life
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  Speaker 1: is no longer my own. This is not an issue
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  Speaker 1: of legalism. This is not about earning some salvation through works.
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  Speaker 1: This is about evidence. If someone claims to love their
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  Speaker 1: spouse but constantly cheats on them, lies to them, and
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  Speaker 1: ignores them, would you believe their words number because love
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  Speaker 1: is proven through actions, and in the same way, true
• 1:02:17
  Speaker 1: faith produces a life that looks different. So what does
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  Speaker 1: this mean practically? How can you be sure that Jesus
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  Speaker 1: truly knows you? First, you must fully surrender. Jesus is
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  Speaker 1: not an add on to your life. He is not
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  Speaker 1: a side interest. He is not something you include when
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  Speaker 1: it's convenient. He is Lord. That means you don't get
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  Speaker 1: to negotiate with him. You don't get to pick which
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  Speaker 1: parts of the Bible to follow and which to ignore.
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  Speaker 1: Either he is your master or he is not. That's
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  Speaker 1: why Romans ten nine says, if you confess with your
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  Speaker 1: mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart
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  Speaker 1: that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
• 1:03:01
  Speaker 1: Notice that it doesn't just say believe in Jesus. It
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  Speaker 1: says confess that he is Lord. That means you place
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  Speaker 1: your entire life under his authority. Second, you must have
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  Speaker 1: a heart of repentance. There is no salvation without repentance.
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  Speaker 1: There is no forgiveness without a turning away from sin.
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  Speaker 1: True believers don't just feel bad about their sin, they
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  Speaker 1: leave it behind. Luke thirteen three says unless you repent,
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  Speaker 1: you too will perish. That doesn't mean you never struggle again,
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  Speaker 1: but it does mean that you are in the fight.
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  Speaker 1: You are actively putting to death the sins of the flesh.
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  Speaker 1: Romans eight thirteen. You are not excusing your sin. You
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  Speaker 1: are not hiding your sin. You are waging war against it. Third,
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  Speaker 1: your life will bear fruit. Jesus said in Matthew seven sixteen.
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  Speaker 1: You will recognize them by their fruit. That means, if
• 1:04:02
  Speaker 1: you truly belong to Christ. Your life will show it.
• 1:04:05
  Speaker 1: There will be a growing love for God. There will
• 1:04:08
  Speaker 1: be a hunger for his word, there will be a
• 1:04:11
  Speaker 1: desire to obey him. There will be a transformation in
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  Speaker 1: how you think, how you act, and how you love others.
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  Speaker 1: You cannot be born again and remain the same. That's
• 1:04:23
  Speaker 1: why Second Corinthians five seventeen says, if any one is
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  Speaker 1: in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has
• 1:04:30
  Speaker 1: passed away. Behold, the new has come. This is why
• 1:04:36
  Speaker 1: Jesus gave us the parable of the vine in John fifteen.
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  Speaker 1: A branch that is connected to the vine will produce fruit.
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  Speaker 1: It doesn't have to force itself to do it. It
• 1:04:45
  Speaker 1: happens naturally because it is attached to the source of life.
• 1:04:49
  Speaker 1: And that is the key. Being sure of your salvation
• 1:04:53
  Speaker 1: is not about achieving a spiritual checklist. It's not about
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  Speaker 1: how many church services you attend or how many good
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  Speaker 1: deeds you perform. It is about whether you are truly
• 1:05:04
  Speaker 1: connected to Christ. So ask yourself, do you truly know
• 1:05:08
  Speaker 1: him or do you just know about him? Do you
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  Speaker 1: follow him only when it's convenient, or do you live
• 1:05:14
  Speaker 1: in full surrender? Do you repent when you sin? Or
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  Speaker 1: do you justify it is your life bearing fruit? Or
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  Speaker 1: do you see no evidence of transformation? This is not
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  Speaker 1: about fear. This is about reality because if you are
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  Speaker 1: not sure where you stand with Jesus, now is the
• 1:05:32
  Speaker 1: time to make it right. Not tomorrow, not later, Now,
• 1:05:36
  Speaker 1: because when that final day comes, there will be no
• 1:05:39
  Speaker 1: time left to decide. You will either hear well done,
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  Speaker 1: good and faithful servant, or you will hear I never
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  Speaker 1: knew you, and the choice of which one you hear
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  Speaker 1: starts today. There are no second chances on that final day,
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  Speaker 1: no time to plead, no opportunity to correct what was missed.
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  Speaker 1: The moment will come and eternity will be set. Either
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  Speaker 1: Jesus will know you or he won't. There will be
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  Speaker 1: no middle ground, no appeal process, and the weight of
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  Speaker 1: that reality should shake us to our core. But here's
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  Speaker 1: the good news. It doesn't have to be that way.
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  Speaker 1: If you are still breathing, there is time to make
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  Speaker 1: things right. There is time to surrender. There is time
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  Speaker 1: to step out of deception and into true saving faith.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus is calling you even now. In Revelation three twenty,
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  Speaker 1: Jesus says, behold, I stand at the door and knock.
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  Speaker 1: If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I
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  Speaker 1: will come in and eat with that person, and they
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  Speaker 1: with me. He is not far away, he is not hiding.
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  Speaker 1: He is standing at the door of your heart, knocking.
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  Speaker 1: But he will not force his way in. You must
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  Speaker 1: open the door. So right now, now, wherever you are,
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  Speaker 1: whether you're sitting in your car, lying in bed, or
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  Speaker 1: watching this in a crowded room, God is speaking to you.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe you grew up in church, but you've never truly
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  Speaker 1: known Jesus. Maybe you once walked with him, but your
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  Speaker 1: heart has drifted. Maybe you've spent years believing you were saved,
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  Speaker 1: only to realize to day that your faith was never real.
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  Speaker 1: This is your moment, not to say another empty prayer,
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  Speaker 1: not to make another emotional decision, but to truly fully surrender.
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  Speaker 1: Pray these words not as a ritual, not as a routine,
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  Speaker 1: but as the cry of your heart. Father. I come
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  Speaker 1: before you with nothing to offer, no excuses, no defense,
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  Speaker 1: no list of good works to justify myself, just me, broken,
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  Speaker 1: weak and in desperate need of your grace. I see
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  Speaker 1: now that I cannot save myself. I see now that
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  Speaker 1: my religious works, my good deeds, my knowledge. None of
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  Speaker 1: it is enough. I need you. I need true salvation.
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  Speaker 1: I need a heart that is completely transformed. Jesus. I
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  Speaker 1: don't want to just know about you. I want to
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  Speaker 1: truly know you. I don't want to just believe in you.
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  Speaker 1: I want to belong to you. No more empty words,
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  Speaker 1: no more half hearted commitments, no more pretending. I surrender
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  Speaker 1: my life completely, every part of me, not just my words,
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  Speaker 1: but my heart. Not just my emotions, but my obedience.
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  Speaker 1: I give you my past, my present, and my future.
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  Speaker 1: Take it all. Be my Lord, my King, my everything.
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  Speaker 1: I repent of my sins, not just the ones people see,
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  Speaker 1: but the ones that have lived in the secret places
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  Speaker 1: of my heart. The pride, the selfishness, the hidden struggles.
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  Speaker 1: I've justified, the compromises I've made thinking they were small,
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  Speaker 1: every time I've chosen my own way over yours, every
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  Speaker 1: time I've ignored your voice, every time I've pushed you
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  Speaker 1: aside while still calling you Lord. No more, I turn
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  Speaker 1: away from everything that has separated me from you. No
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  Speaker 1: more excuses, no more delayed obedience, no more playing with
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  Speaker 1: faith while still living for myself. I lay it all
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  Speaker 1: down at your feet. Wash me clean, Jesus, not just
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  Speaker 1: on the outside, but deep within. Purify my thoughts, my desires,
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  Speaker 1: my motives. Let my life bear the fruit of true salvation.
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  Speaker 1: Let there be real evidence that I belong to you,
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  Speaker 1: not just in what I say, but in how I live.
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  Speaker 1: Change me from the inside out. I don't want to
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  Speaker 1: just feel different for a moment. I want to be
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  Speaker 1: transformed forever. Fill me with your holy Spirit. Let your
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  Speaker 1: presence be real to me, not just on Sundays, not
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  Speaker 1: just when I feel emotional, but every moment of my life.
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  Speaker 1: Lead me in your truth. Teach me to hear your voice.
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  Speaker 1: Let me hunger for your word, not as a religious duty,
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  Speaker 1: but because I long to know you more. Let me
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  Speaker 1: crave righteousness, not out of fear, but because I love you.
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  Speaker 1: Let me hate what you hate. Let me love what
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  Speaker 1: you love. Break every chain that still holds me back,
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  Speaker 1: every sin I've been enslaved to, every addiction, every toxic relationship,
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  Speaker 1: every stronghold of the enemy. Break it now, in the
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  Speaker 1: name of Jesus. Set me free to live the life
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  Speaker 1: you created me. To live a life of holiness, a
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  Speaker 1: life of boldness, a life that brings you glory. Teach
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  Speaker 1: me to walk in the spirit, to deny my flesh
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  Speaker 1: to follow you, even when it costs me everything. Let
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  Speaker 1: me never settle for lukewarm faith. Let me never grow
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  Speaker 1: cold in my love for you. Let me never be
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  Speaker 1: deceived into thinking I can have one foot in the
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  Speaker 1: world and one foot in your kingdom. I don't want
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  Speaker 1: to be one of those who hear I never knew you.
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  Speaker 1: I want to stand before you on that final day
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  Speaker 1: with confidence, knowing that I am yours, knowing that my
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  Speaker 1: life belonged to you, knowing that I did not waste
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  Speaker 1: the time you gave me on this earth. Jesus, I
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  Speaker 1: give you my life fully, completely, with nothing held back,
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  Speaker 1: every dream, every plan, every desire, align it with your will.
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  Speaker 1: Whatever you ask, I will do wherever you send me,
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  Speaker 1: I will go. Whatever you command, I will obey. I
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  Speaker 1: don't just want to call you Lord. I want to
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  Speaker 1: live as though you truly are. Thank you for your mercy,
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for not giving up on me, Thank you
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  Speaker 1: for the cross, thank you for the blood you shed
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  Speaker 1: to make me clean. From this day forward, I will
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  Speaker 1: follow you, not just with words, not just when it's easy,
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  Speaker 1: but with everything in me. I am yours Jesus, and
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  Speaker 1: I will live for you in your mighty, holy, precious name,
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  Speaker 1: I pray Amen. If you just prayed that and you
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  Speaker 1: meant it with everything in you, this is the beginning,
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  Speaker 1: not the end of the journey, but the start of
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  Speaker 1: a real, transformed life in Christ. Now walk it out.
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  Speaker 1: Open your Bible and let God speak to you. Spend
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  Speaker 1: but as evidence that you are truly saved. Surround yourself
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  Speaker 1: he know you? Stay blessed,