Latest / LOH Church Archive / 07/15/26 Pastor Doug Daniels
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- 0:00(MUSIC)
- 0:06GOOD EVENING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH.
- 0:11ARE YOU READY TO WORSHIP THE KING OF KINGS
- 0:13AND THE LORD OF LORDS?
- 0:16I HAVE TO SAY THIS REAL QUICK.
- 0:17MY OLDEST DAUGHTER SAID, "YOU KNOW, PRAISE AND WORSHIP
- 0:20IS JUST PRACTICE FOR WHEN WE'RE PRAISING
- 0:23AND WORSHIPING HIM IN HEAVEN."
- 0:25SO ARE YOU READY TO PRACTICE FOR ETERNITY?
- 0:29LET'S GO.
- 0:49(MUSIC)
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- 15:35OH, HE'S NEVER LOST A BATTLE, AND HE NEVER WILL.
- 15:39LET'S DO THAT AGAIN.
- 15:40HOW GREAT AND MIGHTY YOU ARE.
- 15:42HOW GREAT AND MIGHTY YOU ARE, LORD.
- 15:44WE WORSHIP YOU.
- 15:46HALLELUJAH. PRAISE GOD.
- 15:49THANK YOU, JESUS.
- 15:50(MUSIC)
- 16:45OH, HALLELUJAH.
- 16:46WE WORSHIP YOU, FATHER, IN THIS PLACE.
- 16:48YOU'RE UNSHAKABLE.
- 16:50YOU'RE MIRACULOUS.
- 16:51YOU'RE WONDERFUL. YOU'RE AWESOME.
- 16:54WE CAN'T EVEN DESCRIBE WITH OUR HUMAN INTELLIGENCE
- 16:58AND HUMAN WORDS
- 17:00THE WONDER OF YOUR BEAUTY, THE SIGNIFICANCE
- 17:04OF WHO YOU ARE TO US.
- 17:08O MIGHTY CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, WE WORSHIP YOU TONIGHT.
- 17:12THANK YOU, LORD, FOR YOUR PRESENCE IS SO STRONG
- 17:15IN THIS PLACE TONIGHT.
- 17:17THANK YOU, LORD, THAT YOU INHABIT
- 17:19THE PRAISES OF YOUR PEOPLE.
- 17:21AND WE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRAISE AND WORSHIP
- 17:26YOU TONIGHT FOR YOUR MAGNIFICENCE IN OUR LIVES.
- 17:32HALLELUJAH. GLORY TO YOUR NAME.
- 17:35WE WORSHIP YOU, LORD.
- 17:37HALLELUJAH, WE THANK YOU, LORD, FOR YOUR GOODNESS.
- 17:40THANK YOU, LORD.
- 17:42YOU GIVE US BREATH AND YOU GIVE US LIFE.
- 17:46WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU.
- 17:49HALLELUJAH. WE WOULDN'T GET OUT OF BED
- 17:51IN THE MORNING IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU.
- 17:56WE COULDN'T EARN ANY MONEY.
- 17:59WE COULDN'T STEWARD ALL THE POSSESSIONS THAT YOU GIVE US.
- 18:03IF YOU DIDN'T GIVE US BREATH.
- 18:07WE COULDN'T WIN SOULS FOR YOU.
- 18:09IF YOU DIDN'T GIVE US BREATH.
- 18:12WE COULDN'T BE YOUR LIGHT ON THIS EARTH WITHOUT WHAT YOU
- 18:16HAVE DONE FOR US AND THROUGH US.
- 18:18OH, THANK YOU JESUS FOR THE GREAT COVENANT THAT WE HAVE.
- 18:23BECAUSE OF YOU, WE CAN DO SUPERNATURAL THINGS AND
- 18:26HAVE SUPERNATURAL POWER, NOT IN OUR OWN SELVES,
- 18:30BUT BECAUSE OF WHAT JESUS HAS DONE.
- 18:32HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS.
- 18:35THANK YOU, LORD.
- 18:38THE LORD SPOKE TO ME THAT THERE'S SOMEONE HERE TONIGHT,
- 18:42MAYBE SEVERAL, AND THE BEST WAY I CAN DESCRIBE IT IS
- 18:46YOU'RE UNDER SOME TYPE OF FINANCIAL DISTRESS.
- 18:51YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL ISSUES CAN COME FROM MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.
- 18:56SOMETIMES IT CAN COME FROM OUR OWN NATURAL MISTAKES
- 18:59OR WRONG DECISIONS OR
- 19:02WE GET OURSELVES IN A JAM, IN OTHER WORDS, BECAUSE
- 19:05OF DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE.
- 19:07BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT GOD HAS A PLAN FOR YOU, AND
- 19:10EVEN IF YOU MADE A MISTAKE, HE'LL PULL YOU THROUGH.
- 19:12THE OTHER THING THAT CAN SOMETIMES HAPPEN
- 19:15IS JUST A DIRECT SPIRITUAL ATTACK FROM SATAN,
- 19:18BECAUSE HE KNOWS IF HE CAN ATTACK YOUR FINANCES,
- 19:22HE CAN SLOW DOWN YOUR GIVING, WHICH
- 19:23SLOWS DOWN YOUR PROSPERITY.
- 19:25HE CAN KEEP YOU BACK FROM MAYBE INVESTMENTS
- 19:28THAT WOULD PROSPER YOU.
- 19:30THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT COULD BE INVOLVED THERE.
- 19:34SO EITHER WAY, IF IT'S-- YOU KNOW, SOMEONE SAID, USE YOUR
- 19:40FAITH, NOT YOUR CREDIT CARD.
- 19:43SO IF YOU MADE A DUMB MISTAKE, OR YOU'VE INVESTED WRONG,
- 19:46OR YOU'VE USED TOO MUCH ON YOUR CREDIT CARD,
- 19:48OR YOU'VE GOTTEN YOURSELF IN A PINCH,
- 19:51OR MAYBE YOU'VE LOST YOUR JOB, OR MAYBE YOU'VE GOT A DEMOTION,
- 19:55I DON'T KNOW.
- 19:56WHATEVER IT IS, IF THAT'S HAPPENED IN THE NATURAL,
- 20:00AND YOU NEED PRAYER TONIGHT, I WANT
- 20:01YOU TO RUN UP HERE RIGHT NOW.
- 20:03OR IF YOU SAY, PASTOR DOUG, I KNOW THAT I'VE, I KNOW
- 20:08IN MY HEART THERE'S BEEN A SPIRITUAL ATTACK AGAINST
- 20:12ME FINANCIALLY.
- 20:14AND I WANT YOU TO REBUKE THAT SATAN OFF
- 20:16MY LIFE SO THAT I CAN GET FREE FROM THAT ATTACK AND
- 20:19MOVE FORWARD.
- 20:20BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE AN ATTACK IN
- 20:22YOUR FINANCES, IT CAN AFFECT
- 20:25SO MANY THINGS.
- 20:26IT CAN AFFECT SO MANY THINGS.
- 20:29BOB, WOULD YOU RUN UP HERE FOR A MOMENT?
- 20:33I'M GONNA HAVE YOU PRAY FOR OUR
- 20:36ONLINE AUDIENCE THAT MIGHT BE UNDER FINANCIAL ATTACK,
- 20:42WHILE EILEEN AND I PRAY FOR THESE DOWN HERE.
- 20:48FOR ALL OF YOU ONLINE, LIFT UP YOUR VOICE WITH ME.
- 20:52HEAVENLY FATHER, AS ONE BODY, WE COME TO YOU IN YOUR
- 20:55THRONE. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR OPENING YOUR THRONE TO US
- 20:59SO THAT WE CAN MAKE OUR PETITIONS KNOWN.
- 21:02GOD, I LIFT UP EVERY SINGLE SOUL ONLINE,
- 21:05EVERY PERSON THAT'S PLUGGED INTO THIS MINISTRY, LORD,
- 21:08THAT'S FEELING THE WEIGHT OF FINANCIAL ISSUES IN THEIR LIVES.
- 21:15LORD, YOU ARE THE PRINCE OF PEACE,
- 21:16AND WE COMMAND THAT PEACE.
- 21:18WE DECLARE THAT PEACE OVER EVERY PERSON RIGHT NOW
- 21:22THAT'S LISTENING, OVER EVERY PERSON THAT'S WATCHING,
- 21:25WHETHER IT'S A MISTAKE, WHETHER IT'S AN ATTACK,
- 21:27WE REBUKE IT RIGHT NOW.
- 21:29WE CANCEL IT BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS.
- 21:31WE LET THE ANOINTING DESTROY EVERY YOKE
- 21:34THAT COULD PUT ANYBODY INTO FINANCIAL BONDAGE
- 21:37RIGHT NOW IN JESUS' NAME.
- 21:39AND WE LIFT UP THE NAME THAT'S ABOVE EVERY OTHER NAME,
- 21:42THE NAME OF JESUS.
- 21:44JESUS, YOU'RE THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF OUR FAITH.
- 21:47AND WE COME TO YOU RIGHT NOW IN FAITH, LORD,
- 21:49THAT YOU ARE MOVING ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THESE PEOPLE
- 21:52RIGHT NOW IN JESUS' NAME TO BRING PEACE,
- 21:55TO BRING FINANCIAL SECURITY, LORD,
- 21:57FOR MIRACULOUS DOLLARS TO COME INTO THEIR LIVES.
- 22:01LORD, UNLOCK THE GATES OF HEAVEN,
- 22:03THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN, EXCUSE ME,
- 22:05AND POUR OUT A BLESSING IN THESE PEOPLE, LORD.
- 22:07THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE AND YOUR MERCY, GOD,
- 22:10THAT WE DON'T DESERVE, BUT THAT YOU GIVE TO US FREELY.
- 22:14WE ACKNOWLEDGE YOU, JESUS, IN ALL WE SAY AND DO.
- 22:18THANK YOU, LORD, FOR YOUR MIRACULOUS POWER
- 22:21THAT CAN COME UPON THESE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW IN JESUS' NAME.
- 22:29HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS.
- 22:32THANK YOU, LORD.
- 22:32WE WORSHIP YOU IN THIS PLACE, LORD.
- 22:36IS THERE SOMEONE HERE AND YOU'RE DEALING WITH A LEFT HIP
- 22:40PAIN IN YOUR LEFT HIP AND IT TENDS TO RUN DOWN YOUR LEG,
- 22:45YOUR LEFT HIP IS BOTHERING YOU.
- 22:48RUN UP HERE, MAYBE IT'S JUST SOMEONE ONLINE.
- 22:49IS THERE SOMEONE HERE AND THAT'S YOU?
- 22:52YOU'VE HAD A PAIN IN YOUR LEFT HIP.
- 22:56THANK YOU, JESUS.
- 23:04DR. BEN, I WANT YOU TO COME UP HERE
- 23:07AND PRAY WITH ME OVER THESE.
- 23:15BECAUSE DR. BEN KNOWS IN THE NATURAL
- 23:18WHAT CAN CAUSE THOSE THINGS, BUT HE HAS AN ADVANTAGE OVER
- 23:23THE AVERAGE CHIROPRACTOR BECAUSE HE ALSO KNOWS THAT
- 23:26GOD IS A HEALER AND HE BELIEVES AND HE HAS FAITH.
- 23:29SO WE'RE GOING TO COMBINE THAT.
- 23:31AND WITH THAT SPIRITUAL FORCE TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO BELIEVE
- 23:35THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE FREE FROM THAT PAIN IN
- 23:38THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS.
- 23:39IN JESUS NAME, TOUCH HER LORD, IN JESUS NAME.
- 23:44YOUR MIRACULOUS POWER TOUCHING HER.
- 23:46LORD, TOUCHING IN JESUS NAME, YOUR MIRACULOUS HEALING POWER.
- 23:50THANK YOU LORD.
- 23:51IN JESUS NAME, THANK YOU LORD.
- 23:54TOUCH HER, SAVE HER.
- 23:55YOUR HEALING POWER, LORD.
- 23:57IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.
- 24:00(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 24:06PRAISE GOD, HALLELUJAH.
- 24:08THANK YOU, JESUS.
- 24:09MAN, THE ANOINTING IS SO STRONG IN THIS PLACE TONIGHT.
- 24:12I COULD JUST KEEP GOING, BUT I'M FEELING LIKE--
- 24:15I FEEL LIKE WE'RE DONE.
- 24:17WE'RE JUST GOING TO MOVE ON INTO THIS SERVICE AND DO THIS.
- 24:21SHAKE HANDS WITH A COUPLE OF PEOPLE TONIGHT.
- 24:23AND IF THERE'S SOMEONE YOU DON'T KNOW THEIR NAME,
- 24:25FIND OUT THEIR NAME.
- 24:27AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIENDLY CHURCH.
- 24:29THANK YOU, ONLINE AUDIENCE, FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.
- 24:32STAY TUNED, AND WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
- 24:36(MUSIC)
- 25:21WELL, GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING.
- 25:26HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO BE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD, AMEN?
- 25:31HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS.
- 25:33IT DOESN'T STOP HERE, YOU GET TO TAKE 'EM WITH YOU.
- 25:37HOW MANY KNOW IT'S OFFERING TIME RIGHT NOW?
- 25:41WE HAD A FEW PEOPLE THAT WERE ENTHUSED.
- 25:43THANK YOU, MISS EILEEN.
- 25:45HOPEFULLY YOU ONLINE JUMPED OUT OF YOUR SEAT
- 25:47WHEN I SAID IT'S OFFERING TIME, BUT IF YOU DIDN'T, YOU WILL BE
- 25:52WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH THIS QUICK WORD.
- 25:54IF WE COULD PUT UP ROMANS 8:17.
- 25:59TONIGHT, JUST BRIEFLY BEFORE PASTOR DOUG ROCKS US
- 26:03WITH HIS REVELATION ON ETERNITY,
- 26:06I WANNA KIND OF PRELUDE INTO THAT.
- 26:10WE ALL KNOW ABOUT TITHING, GIVING, SOWING.
- 26:14THAT'S NOTHING NEW.
- 26:17BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING COME OUT OF IT,
- 26:21OR PERHAPS IF YOU'RE IN A SEASON OF WAITING,
- 26:24WONDERING, DOES THIS REALLY WORK?
- 26:29IT'S NOT ABOUT THE SYSTEM.
- 26:31IT'S ABOUT YOUR PERSPECTIVE.
- 26:35ROMANS 8:17, AND SINCE WE ARE HIS CHILDREN.
- 26:40NOTICE HOW IT SAID, AND.
- 26:43THAT'S A CONJUNCTION.
- 26:45IF YOU WEREN'T VERY GOOD AT GRAMMAR,
- 26:47THAT MEANS THAT THIS IS PART OF SOMETHING
- 26:51THAT ALREADY EXISTS.
- 26:53AND SINCE WE ARE HIS CHILDREN, WE ARE HIS HEIRS.
- 26:58IN FACT, TOGETHER WITH CHRIST, WE ARE HEIRS OF GOD'S GLORY.
- 27:01BUT IF WE ARE TO SHARE HIS GLORY,
- 27:03WE MUST ALSO SHARE HIS SUFFERING.
- 27:06NOW DON'T IMMEDIATELY GO, OH, TITHING AND OFFERING,
- 27:08THAT'S SUFFERING.
- 27:09NO, NO, IT'S NOT WHAT HE'S REFERRING TO.
- 27:13BUT HE IS TALKING ABOUT YOUR FAITHFULNESS
- 27:16IN BEING OBEDIENT TO WHAT HE'S ALREADY SAID.
- 27:20NOW, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT PERSPECTIVE.
- 27:24IF I SAID, DO YOU REPLAY IT BACK IN YOUR MIND
- 27:27WHAT YOUR REACTION WAS WHEN I SAID, IT'S OFFERING TIME.
- 27:30IF INSIDE OF YOUR HEART OF HEARTS YOU SAID,
- 27:33OH MAN, THAT IS THE WRONG PERSPECTIVE.
- 27:37DO YOU KNOW WHAT PERSPECTIVE THAT IS?
- 27:39A SLAVE, OPPRESSION.
- 27:44THEY'RE ASKING FOR MY MONEY AGAIN.
- 27:46WHY THEY KEEP DOING THAT?
- 27:49THAT'S VICTIMHOOD.
- 27:52THAT IS NOT AN HEIR.
- 27:55IF YOU HAD THE, OKAY, WELL, HOPEFULLY SOMETHING
- 28:00WILL WORK THIS TIME.
- 28:01IF THAT WAS YOUR REACTION, THAT IS THE PERSPECTIVE
- 28:05OF A SERVANT.
- 28:07NOW, BEFORE YOU GO, BUT PASTOR ANTHONY, AREN'T WE SERVANTS?
- 28:10NO, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A SERVANT'S HEART.
- 28:13WHEN JESUS DIED FOR YOU AND ROSE AGAIN, YOU BECAME A?
- 28:17[CONGREGATION] HEIR.
- 28:20HERE'S THE FINAL PERSPECTIVE WHERE YOU WILL
- 28:23REAP THAT 100 FOLD.
- 28:27THE NEXT TIME SOMEONE SAYS, "IT'S OFFERING TIME,"
- 28:33YOUR REACTION JUST WON'T BE EXTERNAL,
- 28:35BUT INTERNALLY YOU WILL SAY, "I AM A SON,"
- 28:38OR "I AM A DAUGHTER OF THE KING, "THEREFORE ANYTHING
- 28:43I DO ACCORDING TO HIS WILL WILL PRODUCE."
- 28:49THAT IS OFFERING TIME.
- 28:54IF YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND PUT THE GIVING INFORMATION
- 28:57UP ON THE SCREEN.
- 29:00I JUST WANT TO IMPLORE YOU.
- 29:04THIS IS A PERSPECTIVE THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT SHOWED
- 29:08ME THAT IS NOT JUST FORGIVING, BUT IT IS IN ALL
- 29:11THINGS. WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES, CHALLENGES, AFFLICTIONS
- 29:17COME UP, BECAUSE THEY WILL, WHAT IS YOUR PERSPECTIVE?
- 29:23IF YOU'RE SAYING, "OH, HERE WE GO AGAIN," THAT IS THE
- 29:26PERSPECTIVE OF A SLAVE.
- 29:30IF SOMETHING COMES UP AND YOU GO, "WELL, HOPEFULLY
- 29:33IT WORKS OUT THIS TIME," THAT IS THE PERSPECTIVE
- 29:36OF A SERVANT.
- 29:38BUT IF THAT THING HAPPENS AND YOU SAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT?
- 29:43I AM CLAIMING MY HEAVENLY TREASURY
- 29:46BENEFITS, AND THEREFORE, NO MATTER WHAT COMES MY
- 29:51WAY, GOD IS MY PROVIDER," YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
- 29:54PERSPECTIVE AND YOU WILL FINISH YOUR RACE, AMEN?
- 29:59IF THE USHERS CAN GO AHEAD AND SERVE THE PEOPLE.
- 30:02GUYS, IT'S TIME.
- 30:05AS PASTOR GENE BAILEY SAID, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU,
- 30:07BUT I'M KINDA DONE PLAYING CHURCH.
- 30:10THIS WHOLE EXTERNAL, LIKE I'M HERE TO GIVE SACRIFICES
- 30:14AND OFFERINGS, BUT MY HEART'S NOT REALLY IN IT
- 30:16OR I HAVE THE WRONG PERSPECTIVE, IT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING.
- 30:21THERE COMES A POINT WHERE WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION
- 30:23AND A CHOICE.
- 30:25DO WE REALLY BELIEVE WHAT GOD HAS SAID?
- 30:29AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, DO WE BELIEVE
- 30:31WHO GOD SAYS THAT WE ARE?
- 30:37THERE COMES A POINT WHERE YOU START TO REALIZE
- 30:40THAT THE SOURCE OF YOUR AFFLICTION IS
- 30:42JUST YOUR OWN MINDSET.
- 30:44SO TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA GIVE, SOW,
- 30:48AND THEN LEAVE OUT OF THIS PLACE SET FREE, AMEN.
- 30:51AMEN. IS EVERYONE DONE WRITING ALL
- 30:54THE EXTRA ZEROS ON THEIR CHECKS?
- 30:56I'M TELLING YOU, SOME OF YOU ARE COMING INTO THAT SEASON.
- 30:59I PROCLAIM IT, I DECLARE IT, SO RECEIVE IT RIGHT NOW
- 31:02IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
- 31:03GO AHEAD AND STAND UP ON YOUR FEET.
- 31:06PASTOR DOUG HAS A POWERFUL WORD TONIGHT.
- 31:11HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOODNESS.
- 31:15THANK YOU FOR YOUR CHARACTER, YOUR HEART, AND YOUR NATURE.
- 31:18FOR YOUR DESIRE IS TO BRING US BACK
- 31:21INTO FULL RESTORATION AND WHOLENESS.
- 31:25THERE IS NO OTHER GOD LIKE YOU THAT YOU WOULD BE
- 31:28SO MINDFUL OF US, TO MAKE US AWARE OF THE
- 31:30CONDITION OF OUR HEARTS AND OUR NEED FOR YOU.
- 31:33BUT YOU WOULDN'T JUST LEAVE US IN THAT CONDITION,
- 31:35YOU WOULD BRING US BACK INTO THE PERFECTION IN CHRIST.
- 31:38SO I PROCLAIM THAT PERFECTION IN CHRIST
- 31:41BEGINS TO RISE UP OUT OF EACH AND EVERY SINGLE
- 31:44PERSON IN THIS ROOM.
- 31:45LET EVERY PERSON TAKE POSSESSION AND LAY HOLD OF THE PROMISE
- 31:49OF THE FINISHED WORK AND LET IT COME INTO
- 31:51ITS FULL MANIFESTATION, NOT LATER, NOT SOON, BUT NOW
- 31:56IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS.
- 31:59WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, HERE'S PASTOR DOUG.
- 32:03AND THANK YOU, PASTOR ANTHONY.
- 32:06HALLELUJAH. YOU MAY BE SEATED IN THE
- 32:09PRESENCE OF THE LORD.
- 32:12PRAISE GOD.
- 32:13LET ME MENTION ROBIN AND AURORA, BOTH WATCHING ONLINE
- 32:19TONIGHT, THAT WANTED TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT PRAYER.
- 32:21AND I SAY, YES, GOD HEARD YOU, AND YOU WERE
- 32:24INCLUDED IN THAT PRAYER.
- 32:25AND WHEN YOU RECEIVE THAT DIVINE TOUCH IN YOUR LIFE,
- 32:29THEN YOU JUST LET US KNOW, AND WE'LL REJOICE WITH
- 32:31YOU IN THAT TESTIMONY.
- 32:33AND MICHELLE, I KNOW YOU'RE ON ASSIGNMENT IN TUCSON, AND
- 32:38WE'RE BELIEVING FOR YOU TO RETURN SAFELY, AND THAT YOU'LL
- 32:41BE GRACED WITH WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO WHILE YOU'RE THERE.
- 32:43AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING ONLINE TONIGHT.
- 32:46PRAISE GOD, WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR OUR ONLINE AUDIENCE
- 32:49AND VIEWERS THAT ARE ALWAYS WITH US.
- 32:52WELL, WE GOT A LOT TO COVER TONIGHT,
- 32:55AND SO WE'RE JUST GONNA GET RIGHT ON INTO IT
- 32:57IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU GUYS.
- 32:59AND I FEEL LIKE, MAN, IT'S JUST LIKE HARD
- 33:02TO GET OFF THAT WORSHIP.
- 33:03IT WAS JUST LIKE A WONDERFUL TIME OF WORSHIP TONIGHT.
- 33:06AND THANK YOU, WORSHIP TEAM.
- 33:08GIVE THEM A HAND BECAUSE I GUESS THEY'RE ALL GONE,
- 33:11BUT THEY'LL HEAR YOU.
- 33:12AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB LEADING US TO THE THRONE.
- 33:15SO WE NEED TO APPRECIATE THEM MORE, I THINK.
- 33:18SOMETIMES WE DON'T REALIZE WHAT WE HAVE.
- 33:22I'LL GIVE YOU GRACE, AND PASTOR HANK WOULD TOO.
- 33:25GO VISIT ANOTHER CHURCH SOME SUNDAY.
- 33:29FOR WHAT, SOMEONE SAID?
- 33:31GO VISIT ANOTHER CHURCH.
- 33:34AND I'M NOT BEING PROUD OR PRIDEFUL OR WHATEVER,
- 33:36BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, YOU'RE
- 33:38GOING TO BE GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
- 33:39SO AND SOMETIMES WE CAN JUST GET COMPLACENT
- 33:45BECAUSE WE FORGET WHAT IT'S LIKE AND THAT WE DON'T HAVE
- 33:50THIS TYPE OF WORSHIP EVERYWHERE.
- 33:51WE DON'T HAVE THE TYPE OF MINISTRY THAT WE SEE.
- 33:54WE DON'T HAVE THE PROPHETIC ALL OVER.
- 33:57AND SO WE NEED TO APPRECIATE WHAT WE HAVE.
- 34:00AMEN? AMEN.
- 34:02WELL, LET'S DO A QUICK REVIEW OF OUR REVELATION TIMELINE THAT
- 34:06I SHOW YOU EVERY TIME, JUST SO THAT EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME
- 34:10PAGE WITH WHERE WE'RE AT AND CAN FOLLOW ALONG WITH US TONIGHT.
- 34:14SO WE STARTED, OF COURSE, IN THE CHURCH AGE, WHICH IS
- 34:18REVELATION CHAPTERS 1 THROUGH 3, TALKING ABOUT THE SEVEN LETTERS
- 34:23TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES AND HOW THAT RELATES TO OUR LIFE
- 34:28ON EARTH DURING THIS CHURCH AGE TODAY.
- 34:30AND THEN AS WE MOVED INTO REVELATION 4 AND 5,
- 34:33WE TALKED ABOUT THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH.
- 34:36THAT'S WHEN IT'S DESCRIBED IN 1 THESSALONIANS 4,
- 34:40VERSES 16 AND 17, THAT THE DEAD IN CHRIST SHALL RISE FIRST,
- 34:44THOSE THAT ARE ALIVE ON EARTH AND REMAIN
- 34:46SHALL BE CAUGHT UP TOGETHER WITH HIM
- 34:48TO DWELL WITH THE LORD FOREVER.
- 34:50SO THAT'S THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH
- 34:53DESCRIBED IN REVELATION CHAPTERS 4 AND 5.
- 34:55YOU CAN GO BACK AND GET THE FULL MESSAGE ON THAT AT SOME
- 34:58POINT IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THE ARCHIVES.
- 35:00AND THEN WE MOVED INTO THE TRIBULATION PERIOD,
- 35:03REVELATION 6 THROUGH 18.
- 35:04THE MAJORITY OF REVELATION COVERS THAT TRIBULATION PERIOD.
- 35:08THE TRIBULATION PERIOD, AS YOU WILL REMEMBER, IS BROKEN DOWN
- 35:12INTO TWO THREE AND A HALF YEAR PERIODS.
- 35:15AND THE FIRST THREE AND A HALF YEARS ARE RELATIVELY
- 35:18PEACEFUL AND PROSPEROUS.
- 35:20AND THEN THE ANTICHRIST COMES ON THE SCENE AND THINGS
- 35:25START TO GO FROM BAD TO WORSE.
- 35:27AND THE LAST HALF OF THE TRIBULATION IS WHEN WE SEE THE
- 35:32VARIOUS JUDGMENTS INTENSIFYING, THE BOWLS JUDGMENTS AND
- 35:37THE TRUMPET JUDGMENTS.
- 35:40IT GETS BAD THERE, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS,
- 35:44REVELATION 19, THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS.
- 35:47AND THAT'S WHEN JESUS COMES BACK.
- 35:48WE WILL BE IN HEAVEN AT THAT POINT IN TIME
- 35:51AND WE'LL ACCOMPANY CHRIST ON OUR WHITE HORSES.
- 35:53AND AT THAT POINT, THERE'LL BE THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON
- 35:59AND AT THE VALLEY OF MEGIDDO.
- 36:02AND THAT WILL BE A TRIUMPHANT TIME
- 36:04WHEN JESUS COMES BACK TO RULE ON EARTH.
- 36:06AND THEN LAST WEEK, WE TALKED ABOUT MOVING
- 36:09INTO REVELATION 20, THE 1,000-YEAR MILLENNIAL REIGN.
- 36:13AND WE'LL JUST REVIEW THAT FOR A MOMENT TONIGHT.
- 36:16AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THE LAST FIVE VERSES
- 36:19OF THE REVELATION 20 CONCERNING THE GREAT WHITE THRONE
- 36:24JUDGMENT AND THE LAKE OF FIRE.
- 36:25AND THEN THE NEXT TIME THAT WE TALK ABOUT REVELATION,
- 36:28WE'LL BE GETTING INTO, WE'RE KIND OF FLIPPING THE COIN
- 36:30AND GOING INTO THE NEW HEAVEN AND THE NEW EARTH,
- 36:33WHICH WILL BE HEAVEN FOR ETERNITY.
- 36:36AND THAT'S REVELATIONS BASICALLY 21 AND 22.
- 36:40SO THAT'S KIND OF THE TIMELINE WHERE WE'RE AT.
- 36:43I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO DO THAT QUICK REVIEW.
- 36:45AND AS WE LOOK AT REVELATION 20 TONIGHT,
- 36:50WE'LL SEE THAT IT'S ONLY GOT 15 VERSES.
- 36:53AND THE FIRST 10 VERSES WE DEALT WITH LAST WEEK
- 36:56CONCERNING THAT MILLENNIAL KINGDOM.
- 36:58WE LOOKED IN DETAIL AT VERSES ONE THROUGH 10.
- 37:02IF YOU MISSED THAT, YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE JULY 8TH ARCHIVE
- 37:06AND THAT WILL GIVE YOU A LOT OF DETAIL ON THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM
- 37:10AND WHAT THAT KINGDOM IS LIKE ON EARTH.
- 37:12LET'S JUST DO A QUICK REVIEW OF THAT, THOUGH,
- 37:14IF YOU CAN PUT THAT SLIDE UP ABOUT THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM.
- 37:17WE'LL JUST COVER THOSE FEW POINTS THAT WE
- 37:19TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK.
- 37:20WE TALKED ABOUT SATAN BEING BOUND FOR A THOUSAND YEARS.
- 37:24IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT COMES OUT OF REVELATION 20.
- 37:27SATAN'S BOUND AND CHAINED UP IN THE BOTTOMLESS PIT
- 37:30FOR A THOUSAND YEAR PERIOD.
- 37:32AND THEN JESUS WILL RULE FROM JERUSALEM DURING THAT TIME.
- 37:35THE CHRISTIANS ARE RULING AND REIGNING WITH
- 37:37JESUS DURING THAT TIME.
- 37:39REMEMBER, WE'RE BACK ON EARTH WITH HIM DURING THIS TIME.
- 37:42THERE'LL BE A JUDGMENT OF TRIBULATION SURVIVORS.
- 37:45WE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE'LL BE SOME PEOPLE
- 37:47THAT COME THROUGH THE TRIBULATION PERIOD
- 37:50AND THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY SAVED.
- 37:52FOR SOME REASON, THEY MAKE IT THROUGH ALL THE JUDGMENT
- 37:54THERE, THEY'RE ALIVE, BUT THEY'RE NOT SAVED.
- 37:57AND THAT'S WHEN THE TRIBULATION JUDGMENT OF SURVIVORS HAPPENS.
- 38:01IT'S ACCORDING TO MATTHEW 25, VERSES 31 THROUGH 41.
- 38:04AND THAT'S THE SEPARATION OF THE SHEEP AND THE GOATS.
- 38:09AND THEN THERE'LL BE A TIME OF PEACE AND JOY
- 38:12DURING THIS THOUSAND-YEAR MILLENNIAL REIGN,
- 38:15A TIME OF LONGEVITY.
- 38:16WE READ THAT PEOPLE WOULD LIVE TO 100 YEARS OF AGE
- 38:20AT THAT POINT IN TIME, AND THAT WON'T EVEN
- 38:22BE CONSIDERED OLD.
- 38:23IF PEOPLE DON'T MAKE IT TO 100, IT WOULD BE VERY RARE
- 38:25DURING THAT TIME.
- 38:27WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT ANIMALS WILL BE TAME.
- 38:30THE LION WOULD LAY DOWN WITH THE LAMB.
- 38:32KIDS WILL BE PLAYING WITH SNAKES.
- 38:34AND MY WIFE DIDN'T LIKE THAT POINT
- 38:35'CAUSE SHE DOESN'T LIKE SNAKES, BUT IT'S STILL IN
- 38:39THE WORD, EILEEN.
- 38:40SO WE HAD TO TALK ABOUT IT.
- 38:43SO THAT'S MILLENNIAL KINGDOM JUST IN QUICK REVIEW,
- 38:47AND YOU CAN GO BACK AGAIN AND WATCH JULY 8TH.
- 38:50BUT THE NEXT EVENT AFTER THE CONCLUSION
- 38:53OF THE 1,000-YEAR MILLENNIAL KINGDOM
- 38:55IS THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT PERIOD.
- 38:58IT'S THE FINAL JUDGMENT OF THOSE THAT HAVE DIED WITHOUT CHRIST.
- 39:02THE UNBELIEVERS ARE JUDGED AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
- 39:05IT'S A JUDGMENT OF UNBELIEVERS.
- 39:06THOSE WHO HAVE DIED SINCE THE TIME OF CREATION,
- 39:11WITHOUT CHRIST, WILL BE JUDGED FINALLY AT THAT POINT.
- 39:16AND ANY UNBELIEVERS THAT MIGHT POSSIBLY STILL BE
- 39:19ALIVE AT THE END OF THE THOUSAND-YEAR MILLENNIAL REIGN
- 39:21WOULD ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THAT JUDGMENT.
- 39:23AND IT WILL DETERMINE THE FINAL DESTINY OF THOSE UNBELIEVERS.
- 39:27THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT WILL BE LIKE AN
- 39:30EARTHLY COURTROOM, BUT WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS.
- 39:34AND HERE'S THE DIFFERENCES WE WANT TO LOOK AT.
- 39:36I'VE GOT A SLIDE FOR THAT TONIGHT TOO, IF
- 39:38YOU WANT TO PUT THAT UP.
- 39:40HERE'S THE DIFFERENCES.
- 39:41IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO AN EARTHLY COURT, BUT THERE ARE
- 39:44SOME SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES.
- 39:46FIRST OF ALL, THERE'LL BE NO DEBATE ABOUT GUILT OR INNOCENCE.
- 39:50NO DEBATE ABOUT GUILT OR INNOCENCE.
- 39:53THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE ARE GUILTY.
- 39:56NUMBER TWO, THERE WILL BE A PROSECUTOR,
- 40:00BUT THERE'S NO DEFENSE.
- 40:02THESE PEOPLE WILL NOT HAVE A DEFENSE ATTORNEY
- 40:04ON THEIR BEHALF.
- 40:07NUMBER THREE, THERE'LL BE A JUDGE, JESUS CHRIST,
- 40:11BUT THERE'LL BE NO JURY.
- 40:12HE IS THE FINAL AND ULTIMATE AUTHORITY.
- 40:15NUMBER FOUR, THERE'LL BE SENTENCING,
- 40:18BUT THERE'LL BE NO APPEAL.
- 40:20NO APPEAL TIME ALLOWED AT THIS JUDGMENT.
- 40:22AND THEN NUMBER FIVE, THERE'S PUNISHMENT,
- 40:25BUT THERE'LL NEVER BE PAROLE FROM THE LAKE OF FIRE.
- 40:29IT'S A VERY SOBERING, SOBERING THING.
- 40:34LET'S READ THESE FINAL FIVE VERSES OF REVELATION 20.
- 40:40REVELATION 20, VERSES 11 THROUGH 15.
- 40:42I'M GOING TO READ TONIGHT OUT OF THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION.
- 40:45IT SAYS, "THEN I SAW A GREAT WHITE THRONE AND HIM
- 40:48WHO SAT ON IT, FROM WHOSE FACE THE EARTH AND THE HEAVEN
- 40:52FLED AWAY.
- 40:54AND THERE WAS FOUND NO PLACE FOR THEM.
- 40:56AND I SAW THE DEAD, SMALL AND GREAT, STANDING BEFORE GOD.
- 41:01AND BOOKS WERE OPENED.
- 41:02AND ANOTHER BOOK WAS OPENED, WHICH IS THE BOOK OF LIFE.
- 41:06AND THE DEAD WERE JUDGED ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS
- 41:08BY THE THINGS WHICH WERE WRITTEN IN THESE BOOKS.
- 41:12THE SEA GAVE UP THE DEAD WHO WERE IN IT,
- 41:15AND DEATH AND HADES DELIVERED UP THE DEAD WHO WERE IN THEM.
- 41:19AND THEY WERE JUDGED, EACH ONE ACCORDING TO HIS WORKS.
- 41:24THEN DEATH AND HADES WERE CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE.
- 41:28THIS IS THE SECOND DEATH.
- 41:31"AND ANYONE NOT FOUND WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE
- 41:35"WERE CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE."
- 41:39WELL, NONE OF US HERE TONIGHT, OR ANY OF YOU VIEWING
- 41:43ONLINE, I'M SURE, TAKE ANY PLEASURE
- 41:46WHATSOEVER IN EVEN THINKING ABOUT ANYONE BEING THROWN
- 41:50INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE FOR ALL ETERNITY.
- 41:55UNDERSTAND THAT GOD TAKES NO PLEASURE IN THE FACT
- 41:58THAT MANY WILL END UP IN THE LAKE OF FIRE.
- 42:02I MEAN, WE ONLY HAVE TO LOOK AT SCRIPTURE
- 42:03TO SEE THE WORDS THAT WIDE IS THE GATE TO DESTRUCTION
- 42:09AND MANY WILL GO THAT WAY, AND NARROW IS THE WAY TO LIFE,
- 42:16AND FEW BE THERE THAT FIND IT.
- 42:19SO WE KNOW MANY, PROBABLY THE MAJORITY
- 42:22OF PEOPLE EVER BORN IN THE EARTH WILL UNFORTUNATELY
- 42:26END UP IN THIS PLACE.
- 42:28A VERY SOBERING THOUGHT.
- 42:30GOD NEVER MADE HELL OR THE LAKE OF FIRE FOR PEOPLE.
- 42:35HELL WAS CREATED FOR THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS,
- 42:38AND THE PEOPLE THAT END UP IN HELL
- 42:39WILL BE THOSE THAT REJECT GOD'S WAY OF ESCAPE.
- 42:43THEY HAVE REJECTED GOD'S PLAN OF ESCAPE,
- 42:46AND THEY NEVER HAVE GOTTEN SAVED.
- 42:48GOD DOESN'T SEND PEOPLE TO HELL.
- 42:50SIN AND OUR REJECTION OF JESUS IS WHAT SENDS US TO HELL.
- 42:55GOD IS LOVE AND HE LOVES US SO MUCH
- 42:57THAT HE TOOK HELL FOR US.
- 43:00AND IF WE'LL REPENT OF THOSE SINS THAT HE DIED FOR
- 43:04AND RECEIVE HIS PAYMENT OF SIN, HIS BLOOD THAT WAS SHED FOR US,
- 43:08THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT HE'LL SAVE US.
- 43:11SO WHAT WE'RE VIEWING TONIGHT WILL BE THE DARKEST HOUR
- 43:14OF HUMAN HISTORY FOR UNREPENTANT MAN.
- 43:19IT'S THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNIVERSE.
- 43:22ALL THE LOST WILL BE JUDGED.
- 43:25AND AFTER THE VERDICT IS READ, LIKE WE SAW ON THE SCREEN THERE,
- 43:28IT'S A FINAL VERDICT.
- 43:29THERE'S NO APPEALS.
- 43:31THE SOBERING FACT IS THAT THE SENTENCE TO THE LAKE OF FIRE
- 43:34ISSUED AT THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT IS REALLY A
- 43:38COMBINATION OF TWO THINGS.
- 43:40IT'S DEATH ROW AND A TORTURE CHAMBER
- 43:42COMBINED, ALL WRAPPED UP IN ONE.
- 43:46NOW LET ME ADDRESS SOMETHING WITH YOU.
- 43:49AFTER READING THAT PORTION OF SCRIPTURE, YOU MIGHT
- 43:52ASK, "PASTOR DOUG, WHY ARE YOU TEACHING ABOUT THE GREAT WHITE
- 43:55THRONE JUDGMENT?"
- 43:58EVERYONE HERE KNOWS THAT BELIEVERS IN CHRIST
- 44:01ARE NOT GOING TO BE FACING THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT.
- 44:07EVERYONE HERE PROBABLY KNOWS THAT SCRIPTURE
- 44:09THAT IF YOUR NAME'S WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE,
- 44:11YOU'LL BE IN HEAVEN.
- 44:13AND THE TRUTH IS NO ONE LIKES TO HEAR ABOUT JUDGMENT.
- 44:16IT WOULD JUST BE MUCH EASIER TO SKIP OVER
- 44:18REVELATIONS 11 THROUGH 15 AND MOVE RIGHT INTO--
- 44:22RIGHT FROM THE AWESOME MILLENNIAL REIGN
- 44:25RIGHT INTO THE NEW HEAVEN AND THE NEW EARTH.
- 44:26THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE.
- 44:30AND I WAS WHINING A LITTLE BIT YESTERDAY TO GOD.
- 44:35I SAID, "GOD, WHY DID YOU LAY IT ON MY HEART
- 44:37TO TEACH THROUGH REVELATION?"
- 44:38I HAD TO TALK ABOUT THE TRIBULATION, WHICH IS NOT FUN.
- 44:43EVEN THOUGH THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT THE TRIBULATION
- 44:45IS THERE'S SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES THAT GOD GIVES.
- 44:47I'VE SHOWN YOU THAT FOR PEOPLE TO BE SAVED.
- 44:50SO THAT WAS GOOD FROM THAT SIDE OF IT.
- 44:55BUT I WAS WHINING TO GOD A LITTLE BIT,
- 44:56"CAN I JUST MOVE RIGHT ON IN TO THE NEW HEAVEN
- 44:59AND THE NEW EARTH?"
- 45:00"AND MAYBE MOST PEOPLE WON'T EVEN KNOW THAT I
- 45:02SKIPPED THOSE SCRIPTURES."
- 45:05BUT I CAN'T DO THAT.
- 45:08THEY'RE IN THERE FOR A REASON.
- 45:09AND THEN LAST NIGHT, I GOT A LITTLE...
- 45:14I BELIEVE IT WAS THE HOLY SPIRIT.
- 45:15I TURNED ON FLASHPOINT.
- 45:18DID ANY OF YOU WATCH FLASHPOINT LAST NIGHT?
- 45:20OKAY, A FEW OF YOU DID HERE, THANK YOU.
- 45:22AND IF YOU SAW DUTCH SHEETS ON THERE,
- 45:24HE SAID SOMETHING LAST NIGHT ON FLASHPOINT
- 45:27THAT REALLY SPOKE TO MY SPIRIT.
- 45:29THEY SHOWED SOME HORRIFIC REPORTS ABOUT SEX TRAFFICKING
- 45:34AND SOME OTHER EVIL THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON IN OUR NATION
- 45:37WITH SOCIALISM AND THINGS, AND NONE OF US
- 45:40ENJOY HEARING NEWS THAT'S NOT ENCOURAGING
- 45:43OR UPLIFTING.
- 45:45AND DUTCH REMINDED US OF SOMETHING,
- 45:47AND IT REALLY SPOKE TO ME.
- 45:49HE TALKED ABOUT THE PROPHET NEHEMIAH.
- 45:51AND ONCE NEHEMIAH HAD HEARD OF THE CONDITION OF JERUSALEM
- 45:58AND THE DEVASTATION THAT WAS HAPPENING
- 46:01AT THE CITY OF JERUSALEM AND IN THE WALLS BEING IN RUINS
- 46:04AND THE PEOPLE OF JERUSALEM BEING IN SUCH DISTRESS,
- 46:08IT CAUSED NEHEMIAH TO DO ONE THING.
- 46:14THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT NEHEMIAH SPENT DAYS WEEPING OVER
- 46:18THE CONDITION OF JERUSALEM.
- 46:21NEHEMIAH TOOK TIME TO MOURN AND GRIEVE, AND REALLY WHAT
- 46:25HE WAS DOING, AND DUTCH BROUGHT THIS OUT SO WELL,
- 46:27WAS HE WAS RECEIVING GOD'S HEART OF COMPASSION
- 46:31AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
- 46:33AND THEN ONCE HE ALIGNED HIS HEART WITH GOD'S HEART
- 46:38AND HAD THAT COMPASSION FOR THESE PEOPLE,
- 46:41HE WAS ABLE TO TRANSFORM THAT GRIEF
- 46:44INTO A PLAN OF ACTION THAT GOD GAVE HIM
- 46:47TO REBUILD JERUSALEM.
- 46:50AND SO ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GRIEF,
- 46:52GOD OPENED UP AN ACTION PLAN FOR NEHEMIAH TO MOVE FORWARD.
- 46:57SO THE HOLY SPIRIT REALLY USED THAT SECTION OF FLASHPOINT
- 47:02TO REMIND ME THAT THERE IS A REASON FOR THE GREAT WHITE
- 47:04THRONE JUDGMENT BEING IN THE BOOK, IN THE BIBLE,
- 47:07AND A REASON THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT.
- 47:10GOD'S HEART ACHES FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL THAT WILL EVER
- 47:13BE ASSIGNED TO THE LAKE OF FIRE.
- 47:15WE NEED TO BE ACHING FOR THEM.
- 47:17WE NEED TO BE GRIEVING AND WEEPING
- 47:19OVER THE CITY OF OMAHA, OVER THE STATE OF NEBRASKA,
- 47:21THE STATE OF IOWA, OVER THIS NATION, THE LOST PEOPLE.
- 47:25WE NEED TO BE INTERCEDING FOR THEM.
- 47:28WE NEED TO SAY, GOD, SHOW ME THE PEOPLE
- 47:30IN MY CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE THAT I CAN TOUCH IN SOME WAY,
- 47:34PLANT A SEED, OR BRING THEM THE GOSPEL,
- 47:36OR BE A LIGHT TO THEM SO THAT THEY WON'T HAVE
- 47:39TO GO TO THE LAKE OF FIRE.
- 47:44SO WHEN I GOT THAT PERSPECTIVE, THAT HELPED ME.
- 47:48AND I WANT YOU TO HAVE THAT PERSPECTIVE TONIGHT
- 47:51AS WE LOOK AT THESE THINGS, BECAUSE IT'S NOT
- 47:52FUN TO READ ABOUT THIS KIND OF JUDGMENT.
- 47:56BUT WHEN WE UNDERSTAND THE HEART OF GOD AND HIS COMPASSION FOR
- 47:59MANKIND, THEN IT WILL MOTIVATE US TO DO WHAT WE CAN IN THE
- 48:05SHORT TIME THAT WE HAVE ON THIS EARTH TO REALLY SAY TO GOD,
- 48:10"JUST SHOW ME, GOD, WHAT CAN I DO TO FOLLOW YOUR PLAN?"
- 48:13YOU KNOW, YOU AND I INDIVIDUALLY CAN'T SAVE THE WORLD
- 48:18FROM ETERNAL DEATH, THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN DO THAT.
- 48:21BUT WE CAN DO WHAT WE'RE CALLED TO DO.
- 48:24MAYBE A SMALL THING, MAYBE IT'S JUST A FEW PEOPLE
- 48:27THAT YOU KNOW, THAT YOU CAN TALK TO, YOUR NEIGHBORS,
- 48:30SOMEONE THAT DOES YOUR HAIR, A MECHANIC.
- 48:32MAYBE IT'S SOMEONE THAT YOU RUN INTO BY CHANCE
- 48:35AT A RESTAURANT OR IN A LINE AT A GROCERY STORE OR WHATEVER,
- 48:38BUT YOU CAN BE AN ENCOURAGEMENT AND A LIGHT WHEREVER YOU GO
- 48:42IF YOU JUST KEEP THAT PERSPECTIVE.
- 48:45AND I KNOW THIS MESSAGE IS NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT.
- 48:48MOST PASTORS WILL NEVER MENTION THE LAKE OF FIRE
- 48:50FROM THEIR PULPITS.
- 48:52THEIR CONGREGATIONS WOULD BE OFFENDED
- 48:54AND POSSIBLY LEAVE THE CHURCH.
- 48:57AND OTHERS THAT MIGHT HEAR THIS MESSAGE
- 49:00WOULD JUST SIMPLY REFUSE TO BELIEVE THE TRUTH OF GOD'S WORD
- 49:04IF IT GOES AGAINST WHAT THEY DESIRE.
- 49:07THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR TRUTH BECAUSE THEY DON'T
- 49:10WANT TO BE DISCOURAGED IN THAT WAY.
- 49:13HOWEVER, TRUE PASTORS AND TRUE SHEPHERDS ARE COMMISSIONED
- 49:16TO PRESENT THE WHOLE GOSPEL, THE WHOLE COUNSEL OF GOD.
- 49:21PRESENTING THE WHOLE COUNSEL OF GOD MEANS FAITHFULLY PROCLAIMING
- 49:24THE ENTIRETY OF GOD'S REVEALED TRUTH WITHOUT
- 49:28OMISSION, WITHOUT ALTERATION, WITHOUT PERSONAL BIAS.
- 49:34AND I BELIEVE AT LORD OF HOSTS WE DO OUR VERY BEST TO PRESENT
- 49:37GOD'S WORD IN TRUTH THE BEST THAT WE KNOW HOW.
- 49:41ARE WE GOING TO MAKE MISTAKES?
- 49:42YES. NONE OF US ARE PERFECT.
- 49:44NONE OF US ARE ERROR-FREE.
- 49:46I KNOW I PREACHED THINGS 10, 15 YEARS AGO,
- 49:48AND I LOOK BACK AT IT NOW, I THINK I'VE HEARD PASTOR
- 49:50BRENDA SAY THAT TOO, AND SAY, "WHY DID
- 49:53I PREACH THAT?"
- 49:55SO WE'RE ALL GROWING, AREN'T WE?
- 49:57WE'RE ALL BEING PERFECTED.
- 50:00SO WE BELIEVE WE'RE BACKING UP WHAT WE'RE PREACHING
- 50:02THROUGH THE WORD.
- 50:04AND IN ACTS CHAPTER 20, PAUL IS SPEAKING OF THIS VERY ISSUE
- 50:09ABOUT THE WHOLE COUNSEL OF GOD.
- 50:10I'M GOING TO READ A PASSAGE FROM ACTS CHAPETER 20 VERSES 26-28
- 50:14HE SAYS, "AND ANYONE NOT FOUND WRITTEN
- 50:16IN THE BOOK OF LIFE WAS CAST," OH, I'M SORRY, THAT'S
- 50:19THE WRONG SCRIPTURE.
- 50:20WE'RE NOT GOING THERE YET.
- 50:21(LAUGHS)
- 50:23ACTS 20, VERSES 26 THROUGH, HE WAS JUST JUMPING AHEAD THERE
- 50:28ABOUT THE LAKE OF THE FIRE.
- 50:29IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET.
- 50:31ACTS 20:26, "THEREFORE I TESTIFY TO YOU THIS DAY
- 50:34THAT I AM INNOCENT OF THE BLOOD OF ALL MEN,
- 50:38FOR I HAVE NOT SHUNNED TO DECLARE TO YOU
- 50:40THE WHOLE COUNSEL OF GOD.
- 50:43THEREFORE, TAKE HEED TO YOURSELVES AND TO ALL THE FLOCK
- 50:45AMONG WHICH THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS MADE YOU OVERSEERS
- 50:48TO SHEPHERD THE CHURCH OF GOD, WHICH HE HAS PURCHASED
- 50:52WITH HIS OWN BLOOD.
- 50:53PAUL IS ASSURING THE EPHESIANS THAT HE'S PREACHED TO THEM
- 50:57THE WHOLE COUNSEL OF GOD.
- 50:59THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE WHOLE MIND OF GOD.
- 51:01NO FINITE MAN COULD PREACH THE WHOLE MIND OF GOD.
- 51:04THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
- 51:06BUT WHAT HE IS STATING IS, "I'VE TOLD YOU THE IMPORTANT
- 51:09THINGS THAT GOD HAS REVEALED TO US THAT YOU MUST KNOW FOR YOUR
- 51:13SALVATION AND FOR YOUR SERVICE TO HIM."
- 51:18SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO MOVE BACK INTO MY
- 51:20SUBJECT TONIGHT AND TAKE A MOMENT HERE TO TALK ABOUT TWO
- 51:26TERMS THAT SOMETIMES ARE USED INTERCHANGEABLY BUT CAN BE
- 51:29CONFUSING TO PEOPLE.
- 51:31ONE OF THEM IS HELL AND THE OTHER ONE IS THE LAKE OF FIRE.
- 51:35ARE THEY THE SAME?
- 51:36WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HELL AND THE LAKE OF FIRE?
- 51:39LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE.
- 51:40IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, THE GREEK WORD HELL IS HADES,
- 51:44AND IT'S A TEMPORARY ABODE OF THE WICKED DEAD.
- 51:49HELL REFERS TO THE TEMPORARY INTERMEDIATE HOLDING PLACE
- 51:53FOR THE DEAD AWAITING JUDGMENT.
- 51:55AND I HAVE A SLIDE FOR THAT IF YOU GUYS WANNA PUT
- 51:57THAT UP AGAIN TOO, JUST TO KINDA CLARIFY
- 51:59THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HELL AND LAKE OF FIRE.
- 52:02THERE WE GO.
- 52:03HELL IS THE TEMPORARY, INTERMEDIATE HOLDING PLACE
- 52:07FOR THE DEAD AWAITING JUDGMENT.
- 52:08SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF SOMEONE DIES TODAY,
- 52:11THEY'RE NOT SAVED, WE COULD CORRECTLY SAY,
- 52:15ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE, THEY'RE IN HELL.
- 52:19IT'S A WAITING PLACE FOR THIS JUDGMENT
- 52:21THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
- 52:23THE LAKE OF FIRE, HOWEVER, IS THE FINAL PERMANENT DESTINATION
- 52:27OF ETERNAL PUNISHMENT FOR SATAN, DEMONS.
- 52:31WE SAW THAT THE ANTICHRIST IS IN THE LAKE OF FIRE.
- 52:35THE UNRIGHTEOUS, AFTER THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT
- 52:40TAKES PLACE, WILL BE IN THE ETERNAL LAKE OF FIRE.
- 52:44SO HELL IS A TEMPORARY HOLDING PLACE
- 52:47WHERE PEOPLE ARE AT NOW THAT ARE UNSAVED.
- 52:50AND WE'LL SEE THE LAKE OF FIRE COME INTO EFFECT.
- 52:53IT'S ONLY SPOKEN ABOUT IN REVELATION, BASICALLY.
- 52:55SO IN REVELATION 20, WE'LL SEE THAT TERM USED.
- 53:01SO NO ONE IS CURRENTLY IN THE LAKE OF FIRE.
- 53:04THE FIRST TIME IT'S USED IS REVELATION 19:20,
- 53:08WHERE WE SEE IT'S THE FINAL DESTINATION OF THE BEAST
- 53:11AND THE FALSE PROPHET.
- 53:13AND OF COURSE, WE'RE NOT TO REVELATION 19:20 YET.
- 53:15THE TRIBULATION PERIOD HASN'T HAPPENED.
- 53:17THE MILLENNIUM HASN'T HAPPENED YET.
- 53:20BUT REVELATION 19.20, THE BEAST AND THE FALSE PROPHET ARE
- 53:24THROWN INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE.
- 53:26THAT'S THE FIRST TIME IT'S REALLY USED AFTER THEIR DEFEAT
- 53:30AT THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON.
- 53:32THROUGHOUT ETERNITY, AFTER THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT,
- 53:37THERE WILL ACTUALLY BE NO MORE RESIDENTS IN HELL.
- 53:40ALL THOSE CURRENTLY RESIDING IN HELL WILL EVENTUALLY BE
- 53:43CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE.
- 53:47FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT NEED TO STUDY THIS OUT IN MORE DETAIL,
- 53:50I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO INTO TOO MUCH MORE DETAIL ON THAT
- 53:53TONIGHT, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU A FEW PASSAGES THAT CONFIRMS
- 53:56WHAT I'M TELLING YOU ABOUT REBELLIOUS SPIRITS AND
- 53:59UNBELIEVERS OF ALL AGES BEING CONFINED TO THE LAKE OF FIRE.
- 54:03AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE A NOTEBOOK AND ARE
- 54:05WRITING THINGS DOWN, MATTHEW 25 VERSES 41 AND 46.
- 54:10MATTHEW 25:41 AND 46.
- 54:13REVELATION 14 VERSES 9 THROUGH 11.
- 54:18YOU'LL SEE WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT REVELATION 20 VERSES
- 54:2110 THROUGH 15 TONIGHT.
- 54:22THAT'S THE VERSES WE'RE STUDYING, REVELATION
- 54:2520:10 THROUGH 15.
- 54:26AND THEN FINALLY, ISAIAH 66 VERSES 22 THROUGH 24.
- 54:31I'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE SPIRITS BEING CONFINED FOR ETERNITY IN
- 54:35THE LAKE OF FIRE OR REFER TO IT.
- 54:37BUT I WANT TO LOOK AT SEVERAL ASPECTS OF THE GREAT WHITE
- 54:39THRONE JUDGMENT TONIGHT.
- 54:41FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE COURTROOM.
- 54:44NUMBER TWO, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE JUDGE.
- 54:46AND NUMBER THREE, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE ACCUSED
- 54:48AND THE EVIDENCE.
- 54:50REGARDING THE COURTROOM, VERSE 11 OF REVELATION 20 SAYS,
- 54:57"THEN I SAW A GREAT WHITE THRONE."
- 55:01THEN I SAW A GREAT WHITE THRONE."
- 55:04LET'S JUST STOP RIGHT THERE.
- 55:08"GREAT WHITE THRONE."
- 55:09LET'S CONCENTRATE ON THOSE THREE WORDS.
- 55:11FIRST, THE WORD GREAT.
- 55:13THAT SPEAKS OF POWER.
- 55:15THE UNSAVED INDIVIDUALS STANDING BEFORE THIS THRONE
- 55:18WILL BE OVERCOME BY THE INCREDIBLE SENSE
- 55:20OF POWER, AWE, AND FEAR.
- 55:24SOME PEOPLE TALK FLIPPANTLY ABOUT
- 55:27WHAT THEY'RE GONNA TELL GOD WHEN THEY SEE HIM FACE TO FACE.
- 55:31NO, THEY WON'T.
- 55:34THE PERSON WHO NEVER GOT SAVED WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO
- 55:36ANYTHING BUT WEEP AND TREMBLE.
- 55:39THEIR MIND MAY GO BACK TO EACH TIME THEY TOOK HIS NAME IN VAIN,
- 55:43BUT THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE IT IN VAIN ON THAT DAY.
- 55:48THEY MAY THINK OF JOKES THAT THEY TOLD
- 55:50OTHERS CONCERNING HELL, BUT THERE'LL BE NO
- 55:52JOKING THIS DAY.
- 55:54I ACTUALLY HAVE HEARD PEOPLE LAUGHINGLY SAY,
- 55:57"I WANT TO GO TO HELL BECAUSE I WANT TO BE
- 55:59WHERE MY FRIENDS WILL BE."
- 56:01IT WON'T BE THAT WAY.
- 56:03THEY WON'T SEE THEIR FRIENDS BECAUSE IT'LL BE ISOLATION.
- 56:07THEY'RE STANDING INDEPENDENTLY IN FRONT OF THE THRONE OF GOD.
- 56:11NOTHING FUNNY ABOUT THIS COURTROOM.
- 56:13HEBREWS 10:31 CONTAINS A WARNING.
- 56:16IT'S A FEARFUL THING TO FALL INTO THE HANDS OF A LIVING GOD.
- 56:21THOSE UNBELIEVERS THAT STAND BEFORE GOD ON THIS DAY
- 56:23WILL REALIZE THAT EVERYTHING THAT THEY PUT BEFORE GOD
- 56:26IS GONE.
- 56:28ALL THEIR POSSESSIONS, ALL THEIR PLEASURES,
- 56:31ALL THEIR POPULARITY, THEIR PRESTIGE,
- 56:34IT'S ALL GONE, IT'S ALL DISPOSED OF.
- 56:37THEY'RE LEFT STANDING ALONE BEFORE THE GREAT WHITE THRONE.
- 56:42NO WONDER JESUS SAID IN MARK 8:36,
- 56:44"FOR WHAT SHALL IT PROFIT A MAN IF HE SHALL GAIN THE WHOLE
- 56:47WORLD AND LOSE HIS OWN SOUL?"
- 56:51THE GREAT WHITE THRONE.
- 56:53WHAT DOES THAT WORD WHITE MEAN?
- 56:57GREAT STANDS FOR POWER.
- 57:00THE SECOND WORD, WHITE, SPEAKS OF PURITY.
- 57:03THIS REFERS TO THE UNAPPROACHABLE PURITY
- 57:06OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
- 57:08WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?
- 57:09BECAUSE MANY ON THAT DAY WILL STAND BEFORE GOD
- 57:12AND WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY A GOOD PERSON.
- 57:16I NEVER ROBBED A BANK.
- 57:19I NEVER KILLED ANYONE.
- 57:21BUT THAT WILL MEAN NOTHING COMPARED
- 57:23TO THE UNAPPROACHABLE PURITY OF GOD.
- 57:26THE ONLY WAY YOU OR I CAN BE PURE ENOUGH TO STAND BEFORE GOD
- 57:31IS TO BE WASHED BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS.
- 57:33AMEN.
- 57:35ISAIAH 1:18 SAYS, "COME NOW, LET'S SETTLE
- 57:38THIS," SAYS THE LORD.
- 57:39"THOUGH YOUR SINS ARE LIKE SCARLET,
- 57:41I WILL MAKE THEM WHITE AS SNOW.
- 57:43THOUGH THEY ARE RED LIKE CRIMSON,
- 57:45I WILL MAKE THEM WHITE AS WOOL."
- 57:48THE GREAT WHITE THRONE.
- 57:51THIRD WORD, THRONE.
- 57:52LET'S LOOK AT THAT.
- 57:53THRONE SPEAKS OF THE SOVEREIGN GOD HIMSELF
- 57:56WHO WILL BE IN CHARGE OF THIS DAY.
- 57:58HE'LL CALL THE SHOTS.
- 58:00HE'S THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS.
- 58:02JOHN 1:3 IN THE NEW KING JAMES SAYS,
- 58:05ALL THINGS WERE MADE THROUGH HIM,
- 58:07AND WITHOUT HIM NOTHING WAS MADE THAT WAS MADE.
- 58:14WE ALL KNOW THE WORLD HAS LITTLE RESPECT FOR GOD,
- 58:16AND SOMETIMES THEY EVEN MOCK US CHRISTIANS,
- 58:19BUT ON THAT DAY, STANDING BEFORE GOD WHO SITS ON THE THRONE,
- 58:24THE POWERFUL ONE, THE PURE ONE, THE SOVEREIGN CREATOR WHO
- 58:28ALLOWED THEM EVERY BREATH THAT THEY TOOK, THE SAVIOR THAT DIED
- 58:33IN THEIR PLACE, THE SPIRIT THAT CONVICTED THEIR HEARTS TIME
- 58:37AFTER TIME, URGING THEM TO REPENT AND BE SAVED.
- 58:40HE'S ALLOWED THEM A FREE WILL DURING THEIR
- 58:43ENTIRE LIFE TO CHOOSE.
- 58:46SOME FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, THEY HAD THAT FREE WILL AVAILABLE.
- 58:50HOWEVER, ON THIS DAY, GOD SITS ON THE THRONE
- 58:53AS THE MIGHTY POTENTATE.
- 58:55THAT'S WHAT PAUL SAID IN 1 TIMOTHY 6:15.
- 58:58LET'S READ THAT.
- 58:591 TIMOTHY 6:15, WHICH HE WILL MANIFEST IN HIS OWN TIME,
- 59:04HE WHO IS THE BLESSED AND ONLY POTENTATE,
- 59:07THE KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
- 59:11I WANT TO REVIEW VERSE 11 AGAIN OF CHAPTER 20,
- 59:15REVELATION CHAPTER 20.
- 59:16I'M GOING TO READ IT IN THE NEW LIVING TRANSLATION, PASTOR
- 59:19ANTHONY'S FAVORITE TRANSLATION.
- 59:22REVELATION 20 VERSE 11, "AND I SAW A GREAT WHITE THRONE
- 59:26AND THE ONE SITTING ON IT, THE EARTH AND THE SKY FLED FROM
- 59:30HIS PRESENCE, BUT THEY FOUND NO PLACE TO HIDE."
- 59:33IN OTHER WORDS, THOSE STANDING IN THIS
- 59:35COURTROOM, THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT, WILL HAVE NO
- 59:38PLACE TO RUN TO.
- 59:40JUST LIKE ADAM IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN.
- 59:44ADAM SINNED AND TRIED TO HIDE BEHIND
- 59:46A TREE.
- 59:49THERE'LL BE NO TREES ON THAT DAY.
- 59:54WHEN JONAH SINNED, HE TRIED TO TAKE A BOAT
- 59:56RIDE AWAY FROM IT ALL.
- 59:59BUT ON THAT DAY, THERE'LL BE NO UBER
- 1:00:01SERVICE. THERE'LL BE NO AIRLINE FLIGHTS.
- 1:00:06THERE'S NO TRANSPORTATION OUT OF THE
- 1:00:08GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT.
- 1:00:13NUMBER TWO, THE JUDGE.
- 1:00:14VERSE 11 ALSO MENTIONED THE ONE SITTING ON IT.
- 1:00:18WHO IS THE JUDGE OF THE UNIVERSE?
- 1:00:21WHO IS THE JUDGE OF THE UNIVERSE?
- 1:00:23GOOD QUESTION.
- 1:00:25DID YOU KNOW IT'S NOT THE FATHER?
- 1:00:29HOW DO I KNOW THAT?
- 1:00:31LET'S LOOK AT JOHN 5:22.
- 1:00:35JOHN 5:22, AGAIN IN THE NEW LIVING TRANSLATION,
- 1:00:38PASTOR ANTHONY'S FAVORITE TRANSLATION.
- 1:00:41"IN ADDITION, THE FATHER JUDGES NO ONE.
- 1:00:45INSTEAD, HE HAS GIVEN THE SON ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY TO JUDGE."
- 1:00:51HOW MANY OF YOU KNEW THAT?
- 1:00:53THOUGHT IT WAS GOD THE FATHER ON THE THRONE, SOME OF YOU.
- 1:00:56IT'S ACTUALLY JESUS.
- 1:00:57HE'S BEEN GIVEN ALL AUTHORITY TO JUDGE THIS EARTH.
- 1:01:03KING JESUS.
- 1:01:05YOU MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE STORY OF THE MAN THAT WAS
- 1:01:08DROWNING IN A LAKE AND HE WAS SAVED BY A FISHERMAN IN A BOAT.
- 1:01:12AND ONE YEAR LATER, THIS SAME MAN THAT ALMOST DROWNED
- 1:01:16GOT INTO LEGAL TROUBLE FOR SPEEDING 20 MILES AN HOUR
- 1:01:20ABOVE THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT.
- 1:01:22HE HAD TO GO TO COURT, OFFICER, FOR THAT.
- 1:01:27IT WAS 20 MILES AN HOUR OVER.
- 1:01:30AND THE GUILTY MAN SAT IN THE COURTROOM,
- 1:01:32WAITING FOR THE JUDGE TO APPEAR.
- 1:01:35AND WHEN THE JUDGE ENTERED THE COURTROOM,
- 1:01:36THE ACCUSED MAN RECOGNIZED THE JUDGE.
- 1:01:41THE JUDGE WAS ACTUALLY THE FISHERMAN
- 1:01:43THAT HAD SAVED HIM A YEAR BEFORE WHILE HE WAS ON THE LAKE.
- 1:01:48AND THIS GUILTY MAN SAYS, "BOY, I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU, JUDGE."
- 1:01:53AND THE JUDGE REPLIED, "IT DOESN'T MATTER
- 1:01:56"THAT I SAVED YOU FROM DROWNING LAST YEAR.
- 1:01:59"TODAY, I'M YOUR JUDGE."
- 1:02:03UNDERSTAND THIS, THE SAME JESUS WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR MANKIND
- 1:02:07WILL ONE DAY BE THE JUDGE OF THOSE THAT HAVE REJECTED
- 1:02:10HIS GRACE AND HIS PLAN OF ETERNAL SALVATION.
- 1:02:15WE MOVE ON TO NUMBER THREE, THE ACCUSED.
- 1:02:18THE ACCUSED ARE MENTIONED IN THE FIRST PORTION
- 1:02:21OF REVELATION, VERSE 12.
- 1:02:22LET'S LOOK AT REVELATION 20:12 AGAIN.
- 1:02:25"AND I SAW THE DEAD, SMALL AND GREAT, STANDING BEFORE GOD,
- 1:02:28AND BOOKS WERE OPENED.
- 1:02:30AND ANOTHER BOOK WAS OPENED, WHICH IS THE BOOK OF LIFE.
- 1:02:33AND THE DEAD WERE JUDGED ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS
- 1:02:35BY THE THINGS WHICH WERE WRITTEN IN THE BOOKS."
- 1:02:37SO THAT FIRST PART SAYS, "AND I SAW THE DEAD, SMALL AND GREAT,
- 1:02:42STANDING BEFORE GOD."
- 1:02:43THAT DESCRIBES WHO'S GOING TO BE THERE THAT DAY.
- 1:02:46THE BIG SHOTS WILL BE THERE, AND THE NOBODIES WILL BE THERE.
- 1:02:51THE UP-AND-COMERS WILL BE THERE, AND THE DOWN-AND-OUTERS
- 1:02:54WILL BE THERE.
- 1:02:56THE CEOS OF AMERICA'S CORPORATIONS AND CORPORATIONS
- 1:03:00AROUND THE WORLD WILL BE THERE, AND THE LOWEST-LEVEL EMPLOYEES
- 1:03:04WILL BE THERE.
- 1:03:05THE PROFESSORS WILL BE THERE, AND THE UNEDUCATED
- 1:03:08WILL BE THERE.
- 1:03:09THE KINGS WILL BE THERE, AND THE HOMELESS WILL BE THERE.
- 1:03:14THEY'RE ALL ACCUSED ON THAT DAY IF THEY DIE LOST.
- 1:03:18VERSE 13 TELLS US, "THE SEA GAVE UP THE DEAD WHO WERE IN IT,
- 1:03:23AND DEATH AND HADES DELIVERED UP THE DEAD WHO WERE IN THEM.
- 1:03:27AND THEY WERE JUDGED, EACH ONE ACCORDING TO HIS WORKS."
- 1:03:32NOW, THIS IS THE SECOND RESURRECTION,
- 1:03:34THE RESURRECTION OF THE WICKED DEAD.
- 1:03:36IN OTHER WORDS, THOSE WHO HAVE REJECTED CHRIST
- 1:03:38DURING THEIR LIFE ON EARTH.
- 1:03:41THEY'VE BEEN IN HELL WAITING FOR THIS TIME,
- 1:03:46AND NOW THEY ARE RESURRECTED TO THE GREAT WHITE THRONE
- 1:03:49JUDGMENT SO THAT THEY CAN HEAR AN EXPLANATION OF WHY THEY'RE
- 1:03:53GOING TO SPEND ETERNITY IN THE LAKE OF FIRE.
- 1:03:55THE FIRST RESURRECTION WAS OF SAINTS.
- 1:03:58THAT WAS THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH,
- 1:04:00WHICH TOOK PLACE MORE THAN 1,000 YEARS
- 1:04:02BEFORE THIS GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT,
- 1:04:05IF YOU REMEMBER OUR TIMELINE.
- 1:04:07SO IN OTHER WORDS, EVERY INDIVIDUAL THAT'S INCLUDED IN
- 1:04:10THIS GROUP ARE UNBELIEVERS.
- 1:04:11THIS ISN'T ABOUT WHETHER THEY'RE GUILTY OR INNOCENT.
- 1:04:15IT'S ALREADY CLEAR THAT THEY'RE ALL GUILTY.
- 1:04:19THIS IS NOT A TRIAL TO SEE WHETHER THEY GO FREE OR NOT.
- 1:04:22THE PURPOSE OF THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT IS TO MAKE IT
- 1:04:25CLEAR WHY EVERY UNGODLY PERSON WHO EVER LIVED SO THAT THEY
- 1:04:29CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THEY ARE GOING TO THE LAKE OF FIRE FOR
- 1:04:34ETERNITY. REMEMBER, AS I SAID, THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN IN HELL
- 1:04:38AWAITING THIS JUDGMENT.
- 1:04:40AND THEN NUMBER FOUR, THE EVIDENCE.
- 1:04:42LET'S LOOK AT VERSE 12 AGAIN.
- 1:04:44AND I SAW THE DEAD SMALL AND GREAT STANDING BEFORE GOD.
- 1:04:47THE BOOKS WERE OPEN.
- 1:04:48ANOTHER BOOK WAS OPEN, WHICH IS THE
- 1:04:50BOOK OF LIFE.
- 1:04:50AND THE DEAD WERE JUDGED ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS
- 1:04:52BY THE THINGS WHICH WERE WRITTEN IN THE BOOKS.
- 1:04:55SO IT SAYS THE BOOKS WERE OPENED.
- 1:04:57SEE THAT WORD PEARL.
- 1:04:59FIRST OF ALL, IT TALKS ABOUT THE BOOK OF LIFE.
- 1:05:01WELL, IT SAYS THAT SECOND SENTENCE THERE,
- 1:05:03AND THE BOOKS WERE OPENED, AND THEN ANOTHER BOOK WAS
- 1:05:06OPENED, THE BOOK OF LIFE, AND THEN THE DEAD WERE JUDGED
- 1:05:09ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS BY THE THINGS WHICH WERE
- 1:05:11WRITTEN IN THE BOOKS.
- 1:05:11SO THERE IS A PLURAL BOOKS.
- 1:05:14SO WE KNOW THAT IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE BOOK OF LIFE
- 1:05:17THAT'S OPENED AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
- 1:05:19GOD MUST HAVE SOME BOOKS THAT HE'S GOING TO USE AS EVIDENCE
- 1:05:25TO PROVIDE TO THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE STANDING BEFORE HIM.
- 1:05:30WHAT ARE THESE BOOKS?
- 1:05:31GOD'S GOT SOME BOOKS THAT'LL BE OPENED.
- 1:05:33WHAT BOOKS IS JOHN REFERRING TO AT THIS POINT?
- 1:05:37ONE OF THE BOOKS THAT'S GOING TO BE OPENED IS THE BIBLE.
- 1:05:41THE BIBLE'S GOING TO BE OPENED THAT DAY
- 1:05:42ACCORDING TO JOHN 12:48.
- 1:05:47JOHN 12:48.
- 1:05:52"HE WHO REJECTS ME AND DOES NOT RECEIVE MY WORDS
- 1:05:56HAS THAT WHICH JUDGES HIM.
- 1:05:59THE WORD THAT I HAVE SPOKEN WILL JUDGE HIM IN THE LAST DAY."
- 1:06:04SO THE BIBLE WE KNOW IS GOING TO BE OPEN ON THAT DAY.
- 1:06:07THOSE ARE THE WORDS THAT JUDGE HIM.
- 1:06:10I WANT YOU TO PICTURE THE LORD WITH POSSIBLY A BIG
- 1:06:13TABLE IN FRONT OF HIM, AND HE'S GOING TO HAVE
- 1:06:15A BIBLE OPEN THERE.
- 1:06:16AND THAT BIBLE IS GOING TO TESTIFY AGAINST THE UNSAVED
- 1:06:20THAT ARE STANDING AT THIS JUDGMENT.
- 1:06:23SO WHAT ELSE MIGHT BE AMONG THOSE BOOKS?
- 1:06:26THE BIBLE MENTIONS A BOOK OF RECORDS IN PSALM 139, VERSE 16.
- 1:06:32PSALM 139:16, "YOU SAW ME BEFORE I WAS BORN.
- 1:06:35EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE WAS RECORDED IN YOUR BOOK.
- 1:06:39EVERY MOMENT WAS LAID OUT BEFORE A SINGLE DAY HAD PASSED."
- 1:06:44SO GOD SAW EVERY PERSON THAT WAS EVER BORN ON THIS EARTH,
- 1:06:47AND HE SAW THEIR LIFE.
- 1:06:49IT WAS RECORDED IN THAT BOOK.
- 1:06:52HE KNEW WHAT THEY WOULD DO BEFORE THEY EVEN
- 1:06:56CHOSE BY FREE WILL TO DO IT.
- 1:06:58THAT'S AMAZING.
- 1:07:00I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT.
- 1:07:02I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
- 1:07:04BUT HE DID IT.
- 1:07:05AND I BELIEVE IT.
- 1:07:07SO THAT BOOK IS WHAT I'M CALLING GOD'S RECORDING BOOK.
- 1:07:12HE'S GOT A RECORD BOOK.
- 1:07:14WHEN YOU'RE BORN AND WHEN YOU DIE,
- 1:07:15THAT'S GOD'S RECORDING BOOK.
- 1:07:18THE BIBLE SAYS ALL THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES
- 1:07:20WERE WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK BEFORE THEY EVER CAME TO PASS.
- 1:07:24THERE'S ALSO A BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE.
- 1:07:27THE BIBLE SPEAKS ABOUT IN PSALM 56 VERSE EIGHT,
- 1:07:30THIS IS A VERY TOUCHING VERSE, PSALMS 56:8, AGAIN, IN
- 1:07:35THE NEW LIVING TRANSLATION.
- 1:07:38IT SAYS, "YOU KEEP TRACK OF ALL MY SORROWS.
- 1:07:41"YOU HAVE COLLECTED ALL MY TEARS IN YOUR BOTTLE.
- 1:07:44YOU HAVE RECORDED EACH ONE IN YOUR BOOK."
- 1:07:48IN OTHER WORDS, THIS VERSE EXPLAINS
- 1:07:52THAT GOD RECORDS OUR TEARS.
- 1:07:55THE CHALLENGES OR THE TOUGH TIMES
- 1:07:57THAT WE FACE ON THIS EARTH DO NOT GO UNNOTICED BY GOD.
- 1:08:01HE TAKES NOTE OF YOUR HEARTACHE.
- 1:08:03HE TAKES NOTE OF YOUR GRIEF.
- 1:08:05HE TAKES NOTE OF YOUR TEARS.
- 1:08:07AND HE RECORDS THEM IN A BOOK.
- 1:08:10WHAT AN AWESOME REFLECTION ON THE COMPASSION AND CARE
- 1:08:14OF FATHER GOD.
- 1:08:16AND YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE HONEST, THERE'S TIMES THAT
- 1:08:18SOME OF US HAVE FELT LIKE, "DOES GOD REALLY SEE
- 1:08:21WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH?
- 1:08:23DOES HE REALLY NOTICE AND CARE ABOUT THE GRIEF IN MY LIFE
- 1:08:27OR WHAT I'M DISTRESSED ABOUT TODAY?"
- 1:08:30THE BIBLE SAYS THAT HE STORES YOUR TEARS IN A BOTTLE
- 1:08:32AND HE RECORDS THOSE INCIDENCES IN A BOOK,
- 1:08:36THE BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE.
- 1:08:37HE REMEMBERS.
- 1:08:39AND HE NOT ONLY REMEMBERS, BUT AS WE TRUST HIS PROMISES OF
- 1:08:43HEALING, HELP, AND PROVISION, HE'LL MOVE US TOWARDS
- 1:08:47VICTORY IN OUR LIVES.
- 1:08:49IN FACT, IN MALACHI 3.16, IT SAYS,
- 1:08:52"THEN THOSE WHO FEARED THE LORD SPOKE WITH EACH OTHER,
- 1:08:55AND THE LORD LISTENED TO WHAT THEY HAD SAID.
- 1:08:58IN HIS PRESENCE, A SCROLL OF REMEMBRANCE
- 1:09:00WAS WRITTEN TO RECORD THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO FEARED HIM
- 1:09:03AND ALWAYS THOUGHT ABOUT THE HONOR OF HIS NAME."
- 1:09:06SO THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE HONORING GOD,
- 1:09:08THINKING ABOUT GOD, REMEMBERING GOD,
- 1:09:11YOUR NAME IS LISTED IN THE BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE.
- 1:09:15GOD TAKES NOTE OF THAT.
- 1:09:18IT'S COMFORTING TO KNOW THAT GOD KEEPS A SPECIAL BOOK
- 1:09:20OF REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO SERVE HIM.
- 1:09:22ANCIENT PERSIAN KINGS KEPT CHRONICLES
- 1:09:25OF THOSE THAT SERVED THEM SO THAT HE COULD ENSURE
- 1:09:30THEY WERE EVENTUALLY REWARDED.
- 1:09:32AND IN THE SAME WAY, GOD KEEPS A PERFECT RECORD
- 1:09:36OF THE THOUGHTS, THE WORDS, AND THE DEEDS
- 1:09:39OF THOSE THAT HONOR HIM.
- 1:09:42THEN IN MALACHI 3:17, THERE'S A ESPECIALLY SIGNIFICANT VERSE
- 1:09:48CONCERNING THIS DISCUSSION WE'RE HAVING
- 1:09:49ON THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT.
- 1:09:52MALACHI 3.17 SAYS, "THEY WILL BE MY PEOPLE,"
- 1:09:54SAYS THE LORD OF HEAVEN'S ARMIES.
- 1:09:56"ON THE DAY WHEN I ACT IN JUDGMENT,"
- 1:09:58WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT DAY, THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT,
- 1:10:01ON THE DAY WHEN I ACT IN JUDGMENT,
- 1:10:03HE'S TALKING ABOUT CHRISTIANS NOW,
- 1:10:05THOSE THAT HAVE HONORED HIM, HE SAYS, "THEY WILL BE
- 1:10:07MY OWN SPECIAL TREASURE.
- 1:10:09"I WILL SPARE THEM AS A FATHER SPARES AN OBEDIENT CHILD."
- 1:10:13SO IF YOU'RE HONORING GOD, IF YOU'VE ACCEPTED JESUS
- 1:10:16CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR, YOU'RE SPARED FROM THE
- 1:10:18GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT.
- 1:10:19WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT, I THINK YOU UNDERSTAND THAT,
- 1:10:21BUT IT'S JUST ANOTHER ASSURING VERSE THAT DESCRIBES THAT.
- 1:10:28WE'RE REMINDED IN THE VERSE THAT,
- 1:10:30"ALTHOUGH THE WICKED MAY APPEAR TO TEMPORARILY PROSPER,
- 1:10:33GOD DISTINGUISHES BETWEEN THE RIGHTEOUS
- 1:10:36AND THOSE THAT DO NOT SERVE HIM,
- 1:10:38AND IN THE END, THOSE THAT SERVE HIM ARE SPARED JUDGMENT."
- 1:10:45AND THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE MENTIONED HERE IN VERSE 12,
- 1:10:49"A BOOK OF WORKS."
- 1:10:51LET'S LOOK AT VERSE 12 AGAIN, REVELATION 20:12.
- 1:10:54"AND I SAW THE DEAD, SMALL AND GREAT, STANDING BEFORE GOD,
- 1:10:58AND THE BOOKS WERE OPENED, AND ANOTHER BOOK WAS OPENED,
- 1:11:01WHICH IS THE BOOK OF LIFE.
- 1:11:03AND THE DEAD WERE JUDGED ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS
- 1:11:05BY THE THINGS WHICH WERE WRITTEN IN THE BOOKS."
- 1:11:09SO HERE WE HAVE MENTION OF THE BOOK OF LIFE,
- 1:11:12AND WE HAVE A MENTION OF A BOOK OF WORKS.
- 1:11:15SO GOD'S TAKING A RECORD OF OUR WORKS.
- 1:11:20AND THAT LAST PART, "AND THE DEAD WERE JUDGED
- 1:11:24ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS "BY THE THINGS WHICH WERE
- 1:11:26WRITTEN IN THE BOOKS."
- 1:11:28AND I'M REFERRING TO THAT TOO AS A BOOK OF WORKS.
- 1:11:31THE BIBLE TELLS US THESE UNBELIEVERS
- 1:11:33ARE GONNA BE SHOWN THE EVIL WORKS
- 1:11:36THAT THEY WERE INVOLVED IN.
- 1:11:38THEY WILL BE SHOWN THE SINS THAT THEY COMMITTED.
- 1:11:41THEY'LL CLEARLY SEE THAT THEY REFUSED TO ACCEPT
- 1:11:44GOD'S PLAN FOR THEIR LIVES.
- 1:11:45THERE'LL BE NO DOUBT.
- 1:11:47VERSE 12 ALSO REFERS TO ANOTHER BOOK WHICH WILL BE OPENED.
- 1:11:50IT'S CALLED THE BOOK OF LIFE.
- 1:11:53THE TERM BOOK OF LIFE APPEARS NINE TIMES IN THE BIBLE.
- 1:11:57IN PHILIPPIANS 4:3, PAUL WROTE TO THE CHURCH AT PHILIPPI.
- 1:12:01HE SAID, "AND I URGE YOU ALSO, TRUE COMPANION,
- 1:12:04HELP THESE WOMEN WHO LABOR WITH ME IN THE GOSPEL,
- 1:12:07WITH CLEMENT ALSO, AND WITH THE REST OF MY FELLOW WORKERS,
- 1:12:10WHOSE NAMES ARE WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE."
- 1:12:16THEN IF WE LOOK AT PSALM 69, VERSES 27 AND 28,
- 1:12:20DAVID WRITES ABOUT THE BOOK OF LIFE.
- 1:12:23HE'S ANGRY AT SOME PEOPLE AT THIS POINT.
- 1:12:26HE SAYS, "PILE THEIR SINS UP HIGH, GOD,
- 1:12:30AND DON'T LET THEM GO FREE.
- 1:12:38SO DAVID'S VERY ANGRY WITH SOME PEOPLE,
- 1:12:41AND HE'S PRAYING, FELLAS, THAT THEY HAVE THEIR NAMES
- 1:12:44BLOTTED OUT OF THE BOOK OF LIFE.
- 1:12:46I DON'T KNOW IF HE EVER REPENTED OF THAT
- 1:12:48AND ASKED GOD TO SAVE HIM OR NOT, BUT...
- 1:12:53OTHER THAN THOSE TWO REFERENCES, THE ONLY OTHER TIME WE
- 1:12:56READ ABOUT THE BOOK OF LIFE IS RIGHT HERE IN THE
- 1:12:58BOOK OF REVELATION.
- 1:12:59IT'S MENTIONED SEVEN TIMES IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION.
- 1:13:02THE FIRST ONE IS REVELATION 3:5.
- 1:13:05IT SAYS, "ALL WHO ARE VICTORIOUS WILL BE CLOTHED IN WHITE,
- 1:13:09AND I WILL NEVER ERASE THEIR NAMES FROM THE BOOK OF LIFE.
- 1:13:12BUT I WILL ANNOUNCE BEFORE MY FATHER AND HIS ANGELS
- 1:13:15THAT THEY ARE MINE."
- 1:13:17AMEN. SO AS WE CONSIDER
- 1:13:19THE BOOK OF LIFE, THE QUESTION IS, AT WHAT
- 1:13:22POINT IS A PERSON'S NAME WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE?
- 1:13:26WHEN DOES GOD WRITE YOUR NAME, BRANDON, IN THE BOOK OF LIFE?
- 1:13:33WHEN WAS IT WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE?
- 1:13:35THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
- 1:13:37OH, DAN WANTS TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
- 1:13:42HE SAID THE MOMENT YOU ACCEPT CHRIST.
- 1:13:44WELL, THAT'S WHAT MOST PEOPLE WOULD THINK.
- 1:13:48I'M GOING TO DIFFER WITH THAT TONIGHT,
- 1:13:50BUT I CAN'T MAKE A DOCTRINE OUT OF THIS.
- 1:13:53PAUL, MY RESIDENT THEOLOGIAN, I'M NOT
- 1:13:55MAKING A DOCTRINE OUT OF THIS.
- 1:13:58BUT THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE.
- 1:14:00AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY I BELIEVE THIS, DAN.
- 1:14:03THAT'S A VERY GOOD ANSWER, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT MOST PEOPLE
- 1:14:04WOULD HAVE SAID, PROBABLY.
- 1:14:06WHEN I RECEIVED JESUS, MY NAME'S WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE.
- 1:14:09I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU WHY I DIFFER WITH THAT.
- 1:14:14IT SEEMS THAT SCRIPTURE INDICATES
- 1:14:16THAT AN INDIVIDUAL'S NAME IS WRITTEN IN
- 1:14:19FROM THE BEGINNING OF THEIR LIFE.
- 1:14:22AND THAT IT'S ONLY BLOTTED OUT IF YOU DON'T RECEIVE
- 1:14:25JESUS CHRIST AS SAVIOR.
- 1:14:28THOSE THAT DENY HIM AS LORD AND SAVIOR
- 1:14:30WILL HAVE THEIR NAMES BLOTTED OUT OF THE BOOK OF LIFE.
- 1:14:34LET'S LOOK AT REVELATION 3:5 AGAIN,
- 1:14:36BUT I WANT TO READ IT IN THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION
- 1:14:39THIS TIME.
- 1:14:40I'M SO SORRY, PASTOR ANTHONY, I'M NOT USING THE
- 1:14:42NEW LIVING ON THIS ONE.
- 1:14:44NEW KING JAMES.
- 1:14:46HE WHO OVERCOMES SHALL BE CLOTHED IN WHITE GARMENTS, AND
- 1:14:51I WILL NOT BLOT OUT HIS NAME FROM THE BOOK OF LIFE, BUT I
- 1:14:54WILL CONFESS HIS NAME BEFORE MY FATHER AND BEFORE HIS ANGELS.
- 1:14:59IT DOESN'T SAY, "I WILL ENTER HIS NAME INTO THE BOOK OF LIFE."
- 1:15:05IT SAYS, "I WILL NOT BLOT OUT HIS NAME."
- 1:15:09THAT'S THE SAME THING THAT DAVID PRAYED IN THE VERSE
- 1:15:12THAT I QUOTED A LITTLE WHILE AGO.
- 1:15:15REMEMBER, PHYLLIS, WHEN HE WAS ANGRY WITH HIS ENEMIES,
- 1:15:18DAVID WAS PRAYING AND SAYING, "LORD, I JUST PRAY
- 1:15:20YOU'D BLOT THEIR NAMES OUT."
- 1:15:22AND THAT WAS HIS ENEMIES.
- 1:15:30WE CANNOT MAKE AN ABSOLUTE DOCTRINE OF THIS,
- 1:15:32BUT THERE'S A STRONG INDICATION FROM SCRIPTURE,
- 1:15:35AND I COULD GIVE YOU OTHER VERSES, BUT I CAN'T
- 1:15:37SPEND THE TIME TONIGHT.
- 1:15:38BUT THE ENTRY OF OUR NAMES IS AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR
- 1:15:43LIVES IN THE BOOK OF LIFE, BUT IT CAN BE BLOTTED OUT.
- 1:15:47AND THEN I COULD GO THROUGH, I COULD DO A WHOLE SERMON
- 1:15:49ON HOW YOUR NAME COULD BE BLOTTED OUT OF THE BOOK OF LIFE.
- 1:15:53AND I COULD DO A SERMON ON ETERNAL SECURITY,
- 1:15:55AND THERE IS AN ETERNAL SECURITY IN MANY WAYS,
- 1:15:58BUT IT'S ALSO POSSIBLE THAT PEOPLE CAN GET TO THE POINT
- 1:16:02IN THEIR LIVES THAT THEY REJECT CHRIST,
- 1:16:06SAY I NO LONGER BELIEVE THAT THE BLOOD OF JESUS
- 1:16:09IS ANY MORE THAN RED INK, AND THEY CAN HAVE
- 1:16:12THEIR NAME BLOTTED OUT.
- 1:16:13I BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GIVEN FREE WILL TO CHOOSE.
- 1:16:19BUT THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER SERMON.
- 1:16:26SO IF WE CHOOSE NOT TO REPENT OF SIN AND REJECT CHRIST,
- 1:16:31THEIR NAMES CAN BE BLOTTED OUT.
- 1:16:34AND THERE'S GONNA BE A DAY WHEN THESE PEOPLE
- 1:16:36ARE STANDING BEFORE THE LORD AND THE BOOKS ARE OPEN,
- 1:16:39AND AMONG THE BOOKS, PRIMARILY THE BOOK OF LIFE,
- 1:16:42IF THEIR NAME IS NOT FOUND WRITTEN IN THAT BOOK,
- 1:16:45IF THEIR NAME'S BEEN BLOTTED OUT OF THE BOOK,
- 1:16:47IT'S NOT THERE, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE
- 1:16:50ALLOWED ENTRY INTO HEAVEN.
- 1:16:53AND THEN FINALLY IN REVELATION 20, VERSES 14 AND 15,
- 1:16:58IT SAYS, "THEN DEATH AND HADES WERE CAST
- 1:17:00INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE."
- 1:17:01THIS IS THE SECOND DEATH.
- 1:17:06THE SECOND THING WE NOTICE IN VERSE 14 AND 15
- 1:17:09IS THE LAKE OF FIRE IS THE SECOND DEATH.
- 1:17:12THAT MEANS IT'S ETERNAL DEATH.
- 1:17:15IT MEANS SEPARATION FROM GOD.
- 1:17:16IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE INDIVIDUAL CEASED TO EXIST.
- 1:17:19IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE EASIER ON THOSE PEOPLE
- 1:17:22IF THEY CEASED TO EXIST, BUT THEY DON'T.
- 1:17:24THEY'RE IN ETERNAL TORMENT.
- 1:17:25THEY'RE ALIVE IN THE LAKE OF FIRE.
- 1:17:28IT MEANS SEPARATION FROM GOD ETERNALLY.
- 1:17:33AT THIS TIME, THE DISOBEDIENT OF ALL AGES WILL JOIN SATAN AND
- 1:17:37THE FALSE PROPHET AND THE ANTICHRIST IN THE LAKE OF FIRE.
- 1:17:41THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS TO MAKE
- 1:17:44GRACIOUS PROVISION FOR PEOPLE SO THAT NOBODY HAS TO GO THERE.
- 1:17:49AND SO FOR THE PEOPLE THAT END UP THERE, THEY REALLY END UP
- 1:17:53THERE BY THEIR CHOICE.
- 1:17:56THIS BREAKS THE HEART OF GOD BECAUSE HE
- 1:17:57LOVES US, HIS CREATION.
- 1:18:00AND THAT'S WHY HE SENT CHRIST TO DIE FOR US,
- 1:18:03SO THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO SUFFER
- 1:18:05THE CONSEQUENCES OF OUR SINS.
- 1:18:08EILEEN, WOULD YOU COME UP AT THIS POINT IN TIME
- 1:18:10AND GET READY?
- 1:18:11I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU CLOSE WITH A PRAYER TONIGHT.
- 1:18:14EDDIE, YOU CAN COME.
- 1:18:16NEXT TIME WE MOVE INTO CHAPTER 21,
- 1:18:21AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW HEAVEN,
- 1:18:23THE NEW EARTH, AND THAT'S REALLY FLIPPING THE COIN
- 1:18:26FROM TONIGHT'S MESSAGE.
- 1:18:28WE DON'T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT JUDGMENT ANYMORE.
- 1:18:32IT'S OVER.
- 1:18:33IT'S PAST.
- 1:18:34THOSE PEOPLE HAVE A TERRIBLE FATE.
- 1:18:38BUT THEN WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEW HEAVEN,
- 1:18:41THE NEW JERUSALEM.
- 1:18:43THE EARTH WILL BE REFINED BY FIRE.
- 1:18:45THERE'S AN EXCITING, EXCITING EVENT COMING
- 1:18:49AFTER THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT.
- 1:18:53AND OF COURSE, REVELATION GAVE US A PICTURE
- 1:18:55OF GOD'S CONTINUAL EFFORT TO RESCUE MANKIND FROM SIN
- 1:18:58AND OFFER HIS PLAN OF SALVATION THROUGH THE BLOOD.
- 1:19:02AND LET ME JUST, BEFORE EILEEN COMES,
- 1:19:04REFER BACK TO THE DISCUSSION OF NEHEMIAH.
- 1:19:06THE BIBLE SAYS WHAT NEHEMIAH SAW BROKE HIS HEART.
- 1:19:12AND SOMETIMES THE AMERICAN CHURCH IS SO DISTRACTED
- 1:19:17BY OUR WORK OR OUR PROFESSIONAL SPORTS THAT
- 1:19:20WE'RE INVOLVED IN OR VACATIONS OR JUST MONEY AND PLEASURE THAT
- 1:19:25WE'VE FORGOTTEN HOW TO WEEP FOR THE LOST.
- 1:19:28NEHEMIAH WEPT OVER THE PEOPLE OF HIS DAY.
- 1:19:31HOW OFTEN DO WE WEEP OVER SOULS?
- 1:19:33THE THING THAT BREAKS THE HEART OF ALMIGHTY GOD
- 1:19:36OUGHT TO BREAK OUR HEARTS.
- 1:19:38SOMEBODY HAS DESCRIBED THE CHURCH TODAY AS A DRY-EYED
- 1:19:42CHURCH IN A HELL-BENT WORLD.
- 1:19:47THE CITY OF OMAHA IS WORTH WEEPING OVER.
- 1:19:51OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN ARE WORTH WEEPING OVER.
- 1:19:54OUR DISTANT RELATIVES ARE WORTH WEEPING OVER.
- 1:19:59YOUR NEIGHBOR IS WORTH WEEPING OVER.
- 1:20:02THIS NATION IS WORTH WEEPING OVER.
- 1:20:07GOD HAS PLACED EACH ONE OF US IN A UNIQUE POSITION,
- 1:20:09LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER.
- 1:20:11AND MY PLEA TO YOU TONIGHT IS THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER,
- 1:20:19AM I DOING WHAT I CAN TO FOLLOW GOD'S PLAN
- 1:20:24FOR ME TO REACH PEOPLE?
- 1:20:27THAT'S ALL HE ASKS.
- 1:20:28JUST FOLLOW HIS PLAN FOR YOU.
- 1:20:30IT'S NOT THE SAME FOR EVERY ONE OF US.
- 1:20:34EILEEN, DO YOU HAVE A MIC?
- 1:20:36OKAY. I'M GONNA ASK EILEEN TO COME UP
- 1:20:39AND CLOSE TONIGHT IN PRAYER.
- 1:20:42WHY DON'T WE DO THIS?
- 1:20:43I'D JUST LIKE EVERYONE TO GET UP OUT OF YOUR SEATS
- 1:20:45AND JUST FILTER UP TO THE FRONT AND STAND UP HERE
- 1:20:48AS WE PRAY JUST AS AN ACT OF HONOR TO GOD.
- 1:21:03WELL WOW, WHAT A SOBERING MESSAGE AND YET GOOD NEWS.
- 1:21:09AND I LOVE THE PART ABOUT WHAT OUR, WHY WE NEED TO KNOW THIS
- 1:21:15SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE HEART OF COMPASSION FOR PEOPLE SO
- 1:21:18WE CAN PRAY AND INTERCEDE.
- 1:21:20YOU KNOW, 1 TIMOTHY 2, PAUL TELLS
- 1:21:24US THAT IT'S GOD'S DESIRE, AND PASTOR DOUG COVERED A LOT OF
- 1:21:27THIS. IT'S HIS DESIRE ABOVE ALL THINGS.
- 1:21:30NO, THAT'S IN PETER, BUT IN TIMOTHY IT SAYS THAT
- 1:21:32HIS DESIRE THAT ALL MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN, EVERYONE,
- 1:21:36COMES TO THE SAVING KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS CHRIST.
- 1:21:41HE ALSO SAYS IN TIMOTHY, HE INSTRUCTS US TO PRAY
- 1:21:44FOR ALL PEOPLE TO MAKE PETITIONS AND PRAYERS
- 1:21:46AND INTERCESSIONS ON BEHALF OF ALL.
- 1:21:48WHY? SO THAT THEY DON'T
- 1:21:50HAVE TO EXPERIENCE THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT.
- 1:21:53SO WE WANT GOD'S HEART IN THAT.
- 1:21:56HIS ETERNAL DESTINY FOR EVERYONE IS HEAVEN WITH HIM.
- 1:22:01THAT'S HIS PLAN.
- 1:22:01THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS.
- 1:22:02AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT FOR PEOPLE.
- 1:22:04I KNOW THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT AS WELL.
- 1:22:07SO LET'S PRAY INTO THAT.
- 1:22:09HALLELUJAH. FATHER, I JUST THANK YOU
- 1:22:12NOW THAT, FIRST OF ALL, YOU MADE THE PLAN OF THE
- 1:22:15MIRACULOUS SALVATION, MIRACULOUS HOPE
- 1:22:19THAT YOU GIVE US,
- 1:22:21JESUS, TO MAKE PROVISION AND TO TAKE OUR SIN.
- 1:22:26YOU PROVIDED A WAY OF ESCAPE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE
- 1:22:29TO EXPERIENCE THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT.
- 1:22:32THANK YOU FOR THAT, FATHER.
- 1:22:34NOW WE TAKE THE AUTHORITY THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US
- 1:22:37THROUGH THE BLOOD OF JESUS.
- 1:22:38AND WE APPLY THAT NOW.
- 1:22:40WE SAY, WE TAKE THAT AUTHORITY OVER
- 1:22:43THE POWER OF THE ENEMY.
- 1:22:46SATAN IN YOUR DISTRACTING LYING TONGUE THAT WOULD
- 1:22:50TRY TO CONVINCE PEOPLE THEY DON'T NEED JESUS
- 1:22:53WE TAKE AUTHORITY OVER YOU IN THE NAME OF JESUS AND I
- 1:22:57BIND YOU FROM DECEIVING PEOPLE I DEMAND THAT YOU LOOSE
- 1:23:02PEOPLE AND LET THEM GO WE RELEASE YOU FROM YOUR
- 1:23:07ASSIGNMENT TO DECEIVE AND TO HARM PEOPLE AND TO
- 1:23:12DRAW THEM INTO AN ETERNITY SEPARATED FROM GOD.
- 1:23:15I THANK YOU, FATHER.
- 1:23:17WE PRAY THAT YOU OPEN THE
- 1:23:18EYES OF PEOPLE, THAT THEY WOULD TURN FROM DARKNESS
- 1:23:21TO YOUR MARVELOUS LIGHT.
- 1:23:23I THANK YOU, FATHER.
- 1:23:24YOU ARE THE LORD OF THE HARVEST.
- 1:23:26SEND FORTH LABORS INTO THE HARVEST FIELD.
- 1:23:29SEND US, FATHER.
- 1:23:31FATHER, I THANK YOU THAT WE HAVE SENSITIVE EARS TO HEAR.
- 1:23:34WE HAVE HEARTS THAT ARE FULL OF YOUR COMPASSION FOR PEOPLE.
- 1:23:38WE CALL UPON YOU, HOLY SPIRIT, TO PREPARE THE PEOPLE'S HEARTS
- 1:23:42TO TURN TOWARDS YOU AND TO RECEIVE THE WORD
- 1:23:45THAT WE SPEAK TO THEM.
- 1:23:47FATHER, I ASK THAT YOU GRANT US A HOLY BOLDNESS.
- 1:23:51I ASK THAT YOU GRANT US BOLDNESS.
- 1:23:54I THANK YOU, FATHER.
- 1:23:55I THINK OF STEPHEN.
- 1:23:56YOU SAID THAT IN THE WORD IT SAYS THAT NO ONE COULD RESIST
- 1:24:00THE WISDOM, THE INTELLIGENCE, OR THE SPIRIT WITH WHICH HE SPOKE.
- 1:24:03NOW, FATHER, I'M ASKING YOU FOR THE SAME, THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE
- 1:24:07SAME HOLY SPIRIT LIVES IN US.
- 1:24:09NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO RESIST THE WISDOM OR THE INTELLIGENCE
- 1:24:14OR THE SPIRIT WITH WHICH WE SPEAK AS YOU GRANT THAT TO US.
- 1:24:17I THANK YOU FOR THAT, FATHER.
- 1:24:19I PRAY THAT WE WOULD CONVEY TO EVERY PERSON, EVERY MAN, WOMAN
- 1:24:23AND CHILD WHO CROSSES OUR PATH, THAT WE WOULD CONVEY YOUR
- 1:24:27LOVE TO THEM, THAT WE WOULD HAVE EYES TO SEE THEM
- 1:24:30THE WAY THAT YOU SEE THEM, THAT WE WOULD HAVE YOUR
- 1:24:32HEART OF LOVE AND COMPASSION RESCUING THEM OUT OF
- 1:24:35THE SNARE OF THE ENEMY.
- 1:24:37I THANK YOU, FATHER, THAT WE COULD OFFER TO THEM
- 1:24:40A WAY OF ESCAPE FROM SATAN.
- 1:24:42I THANK YOU, FATHER, THAT YOU MADE THIS POSSIBLE
- 1:24:45THROUGH THE SACRIFICE OF JESUS.
- 1:24:48OH, FATHER, I PRAY THAT YOU PREPARE THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE
- 1:24:51THAT THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RESIST YOU.
- 1:24:54I THANK YOU.
- 1:24:54FATHER, I THINK ABOUT THE SCRIPTURE
- 1:24:56THAT TALKS ABOUT THE POWER OF THE RAYS OF LIGHT THAT
- 1:25:03BURST OUT OF YOUR HANDS.
- 1:25:05MAY THAT LIGHT SHINE ON ALL PEOPLE EVERYWHERE.
- 1:25:08OH, FATHER, NOW WE JUST COMMIT,
- 1:25:10LET'S JUST PRAY IN TONGUES.
- 1:25:12(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
- 1:25:36FATHER, I THANK YOU THAT YOU'VE GIVEN EACH OF US
- 1:25:39AN ASSIGNMENT, YOU HAVE PLACED PEOPLE ON OUR HEARTS.
- 1:25:43MAY WE BE FAITHFUL IN HAVING YOUR HEART TOWARDS THEM,
- 1:25:47IN HEARING YOUR VOICE, AND IN SPEAKING UP
- 1:25:51I THANK YOU FOR IT, FATHER.
- 1:25:53OH, I PRAISE YOU FOR IT, LORD.
- 1:25:56MAY THIS BURDEN FOR THE LOST CONTINUE IN US,
- 1:26:00BECAUSE THE PEOPLE ARE YOUR HEART.
- 1:26:04AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO TAKE AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN
- 1:26:08TO HEAVEN TO LIVE ETERNALLY WITH YOU.
- 1:26:11THANK YOU FOR IT, FATHER.
- 1:26:13NOW, IT JUST OCCURS TO ME THAT I BELIEVE EVERYONE
- 1:26:16HERE IS BORN AGAIN.
- 1:26:19BUT THERE MAY BE PEOPLE WATCHING ONLINE WHO'VE NEVER
- 1:26:21PRAYED TO RECEIVE JESUS, OR MAYBE YOU HAVEN'T HERE.
- 1:26:24I'M GOING TO JUST PHRASE A PRAYER, AND I WANT EVERYONE
- 1:26:27TO REPEAT IT AFTER ME, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE
- 1:26:29THIS, YOUR RESIDENCE IN HEAVEN AND JESUS RESIDING
- 1:26:35IN YOU, A SURE THING.
- 1:26:37AND YOU KNOW THAT JESUS SAYS, "IF YOU COME TO ME,
- 1:26:40"I WILL IN NO WAYS CAST YOU OUT."
- 1:26:42SO LET'S JUST PRAY AFTER ME.
- 1:26:44REPEAT AFTER ME.
- 1:26:47JESUS, I THANK YOU THAT YOU CAME TO THE EARTH,
- 1:26:53THAT YOU DIED, YOU TOOK MY SIN UPON YOURSELF,
- 1:26:59AND YOUR WORD SAYS THAT IF I REPENT AND ASK YOU
- 1:27:05TO COME LIVE IN MY HEART,
- 1:27:08YOU WILL DO THAT FOR ALL ETERNITY.
- 1:27:11THANK YOU, FATHER.
- 1:27:12THANK YOU, JESUS.
- 1:27:15I RECEIVE YOU NOW AND
- 1:27:17I PROMISE TO LIVE A NEW LIFE FOR YOU.
- 1:27:22HALLELUJAH. IF YOU WOULD, AMEN, IF YOU WOULD PUT THE
- 1:27:27PHONE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN FOR THE ONLINE AUDIENCE, IF
- 1:27:31YOU'D PRAY TO RECEIVE THAT, RECEIVE JESUS FOR THE FIRST
- 1:27:34TIME, PLEASE CALL THAT NUMBER AND SPEAK WITH A
- 1:27:37PRAYER COUNSELOR AND LET THEM KNOW AND RECEIVE FURTHER
- 1:27:41PRAYER IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
- 1:27:44THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE.
- 1:27:47I GUESS WE'RE GOOD TO GO.
- 1:27:48THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT
- 1:27:50AND THANK YOU ONLINE AUDIENCE.
- 1:27:53WE LOVE YOU.
- 1:27:55JUST REMEMBER TO BE IN THE HOUSE ON SUNDAY.
- 1:27:58DR. ROBERT, RICHARD ROBERTS IS GOING TO BE HERE.
- 1:28:02SORRY, I'M STILL HALF PRAYING.
- 1:28:05DR. RICHARD ROBERTS WILL BE HERE TO MINISTER.
- 1:28:07GO AND BE BLESSED.