1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,700 So much to celebrate in the middle of June. 2 00:00:02,700 --> 00:00:05,100 Man, so much to celebrate. 3 00:00:05,100 --> 00:00:07,240 One more time, our praise team did a great job. 4 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:08,500 Give them a round of applause. 5 00:00:08,500 --> 00:00:12,200 We're excited about them and all that they've done. 6 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:16,000 And then Michael and Abby, the local celebrities are back in town. 7 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:17,200 Give them a round of applause. 8 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:24,300 They're here for a couple of weeks and then going back to New Jersey where they shepherd the church there along with Blake and Lisa. 9 00:00:24,300 --> 00:00:25,200 Man, we love them. 10 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:27,200 And so much to celebrate. 11 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:29,000 The Golden Knights. 12 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:30,000 Hey, how about that? 13 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:33,600 Oh, yeah. 14 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:36,000 Did somebody boo? 15 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:37,800 I thought I heard somebody boo. 16 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:38,100 Did it? 17 00:00:38,100 --> 00:00:41,000 Did you leave? 18 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:42,200 And never come back. 19 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:42,800 Are you sure? 20 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:43,400 I'm not kidding. 21 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:44,100 No, I am kidding. 22 00:00:44,100 --> 00:00:44,800 All right. 23 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:45,600 We're glad they're here. 24 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:46,700 Maybe they'll get saved. 25 00:00:46,700 --> 00:00:48,700 Golden Knights. 26 00:00:48,700 --> 00:00:50,500 The Golden Knights won again last night. 27 00:00:50,500 --> 00:00:55,900 We're one way away from clinching and winning the Stanley Cup, which is really awesome. 28 00:00:55,900 --> 00:00:57,600 Very exciting stuff. 29 00:00:57,600 --> 00:00:58,400 So much to celebrate. 30 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:03,400 And summer is here, which means if you're new to Vegas, we're very soon. 31 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:08,500 It's going to be 198 degrees outside and you'll die. 32 00:01:08,500 --> 00:01:11,000 You'll die. 33 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:12,800 But you have eternal life, so it's okay. 34 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:18,600 It gets really hot here in Vegas and all that's coming up in Las Vegas. 35 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:19,800 So much to celebrate. 36 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:26,700 But maybe you're here today and deep down there's not a spirit of celebration because of something you're going through. 37 00:01:26,700 --> 00:01:29,500 Something deep, something problematic. 38 00:01:29,500 --> 00:01:32,200 Maybe it's a financial situation. 39 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:35,100 Maybe it's a relational problem. 40 00:01:35,100 --> 00:01:36,200 And you're having a good time. 41 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:37,300 You put a smile on your face. 42 00:01:37,300 --> 00:01:37,800 You're here. 43 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:39,100 You're going to study the Bible. 44 00:01:39,100 --> 00:01:43,600 But there's something deep inside that you cannot move past so quickly. 45 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:46,700 And you see the way the world is as a whole. 46 00:01:46,700 --> 00:01:51,500 And you're kind of wondering when is all of this going to shift? 47 00:01:51,500 --> 00:01:53,200 When is all of this going to end? 48 00:01:53,200 --> 00:02:01,500 When is it going to get to a place where Christ's power is demonstrated permanently in my life and through this world? 49 00:02:01,500 --> 00:02:06,700 Essentially, you're asking the same question that the people in Luke chapter 17 were asking. 50 00:02:06,700 --> 00:02:12,800 And that is, when will Christ's kingdom be established? 51 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:16,600 You know, Jesus is the one who said, pray thy kingdom come. 52 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:20,200 God, we want your kingdom to come. 53 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:22,500 So when is the kingdom going to come? 54 00:02:22,500 --> 00:02:27,700 And that is essentially what's being asked to Jesus in Luke chapter 17 and verse 20. 55 00:02:27,700 --> 00:02:33,800 The Jewish people lived in a great anticipation during this time. 56 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:42,800 The people who lived in Israel, there was a sense of anxiety and anticipation all at the same time because of what their society was going through. 57 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:49,100 You see, there was a great political divide in that culture where half the people felt one way about everything 58 00:02:49,100 --> 00:02:55,300 and half the people felt another way about everything and that political divide made them fight constantly. 59 00:02:55,300 --> 00:02:57,800 The taxes were very, very high. 60 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:04,500 The national political situation was made even worse because there were bad players all around the community 61 00:03:04,500 --> 00:03:19,000 and all around the area that were bringing political problems to the point where the nation of Israel at this point had already been conquered by an outside empire named Rome. 62 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:28,200 And so there was this sense of anxiety and frustration that was at a heightened level when this passage was written. 63 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:34,700 Not only that, there was financial, major financial problems with the society and the economic system of the day. 64 00:03:34,700 --> 00:03:42,200 Because of the outside influence of Rome, the taxes of the people were so high they could barely make a living. 65 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:48,700 There were racial tensions that were boiling over between the Samaritans and the Israelites at this time. 66 00:03:48,700 --> 00:03:59,200 And throughout all of this, they were expected to go and celebrate a national holiday called Passover. 67 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:09,100 Now at this moment, Jesus and his disciples were on their way down through Pariah across the river over into Jerusalem. 68 00:04:09,100 --> 00:04:11,200 They were headed up to celebrate the Passover. 69 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:22,200 And the Passover was a very special celebration, specifically designated so that the Israelites could remember what it was like to be freed from the oppression of the Egyptian empire. 70 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:25,600 And so they had gone through so much oppression in their past. 71 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:29,300 Now they are celebrating a holiday about being freed from oppression. 72 00:04:29,300 --> 00:04:32,800 And now they're currently under oppression from another outside empire. 73 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:41,100 And so as they're celebrating this moment of freedom, they're all thinking to themselves, when is the kingdom of God going to be established? 74 00:04:41,100 --> 00:04:45,500 So Jesus and his disciples are walking through the way. 75 00:04:45,500 --> 00:04:53,900 And as they're walking up to Jerusalem, he's followed by Pharisees and he's followed by disciples. 76 00:04:53,900 --> 00:05:03,500 And one of them shouts out to Jesus, Jesus, when is your kingdom going to come? 77 00:05:03,500 --> 00:05:07,500 We're ready for it. 78 00:05:07,500 --> 00:05:24,900 And suddenly this discussion about the kingdom and this discussion about deliverance is mentioned in Luke chapter 17 and verse 20 when one day the Pharisees ask Jesus, when will the kingdom of God come? 79 00:05:24,900 --> 00:05:25,700 Let us pray. 80 00:05:25,700 --> 00:05:41,300 Father, our hearts and our minds want to celebrate, but we also see the precarious position our society is in the way the world is right now. 81 00:05:41,300 --> 00:05:49,100 And our hearts are happy to have you, but we are desiring to know when your kingdom will come. 82 00:05:49,100 --> 00:05:56,700 And so our hearts cry out in the same way these people's hearts cry out, when will your kingdom be established? 83 00:05:56,700 --> 00:06:07,800 And so Jesus Christ, my prayers that you would help us to understand the same things that you taught your disciples during this time about your coming kingdom. 84 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,400 In Jesus' name we pray. 85 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:12,900 Amen. 86 00:06:12,900 --> 00:06:15,200 So there's the question. 87 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:19,000 When will the kingdom of God actually come? 88 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:22,200 When will Jesus Christ return? 89 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:30,000 In this passage the Pharisees ask the question and Jesus answers the question and he answers it in three parts, all of them building upon the other. 90 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,800 First he says, when is the kingdom of God coming? 91 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:37,700 First he says, the kingdom is now. 92 00:06:37,700 --> 00:06:39,100 That's the first part of the sermon. 93 00:06:39,100 --> 00:06:41,200 Part number one, the kingdom is now. 94 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:42,100 I'm going to say part one. 95 00:06:42,100 --> 00:06:44,200 You say the kingdom is now. 96 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:47,100 Part one. 97 00:06:47,100 --> 00:06:49,500 Look what he says in verse number 20 and 21. 98 00:06:49,500 --> 00:06:56,200 The day of the Pharisees, one day the Pharisees asked Jesus, when will the kingdom of God come? 99 00:06:56,200 --> 00:07:00,700 And Jesus replied, before we see his reply. 100 00:07:00,700 --> 00:07:03,300 Let me ask you a question. 101 00:07:03,300 --> 00:07:08,100 Have you ever given two answers to the same question? 102 00:07:08,100 --> 00:07:10,700 I'm not talking about lying or being hypocritical. 103 00:07:10,700 --> 00:07:17,300 I'm talking about being asked the same question by two different people and you might give two different answers. 104 00:07:17,300 --> 00:07:19,100 It's not that they're both wrong. 105 00:07:19,100 --> 00:07:21,900 It's they're both right, but one has more information than the other. 106 00:07:21,900 --> 00:07:26,100 For example, if you came by to me one day and said, hey Josh, how are your kids? 107 00:07:26,100 --> 00:07:28,800 And if I don't really know you real well and you say, you have three kids, right? 108 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:29,600 I say, yeah, three kids. 109 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:30,500 You say, how are your kids? 110 00:07:30,500 --> 00:07:31,900 I say, they're doing great. 111 00:07:31,900 --> 00:07:32,500 They're great. 112 00:07:32,500 --> 00:07:35,100 They're great. 113 00:07:35,100 --> 00:07:35,400 They're great. 114 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:36,100 How are your kids? 115 00:07:36,100 --> 00:07:38,100 You're like, they're great. 116 00:07:38,100 --> 00:07:39,800 And that's the conversation. 117 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:46,900 But if you knew me very well and we are very close and you came by and said, Josh, how are your kids? 118 00:07:46,900 --> 00:07:51,200 I would say, do you really want me to tell you? 119 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:53,100 And I would give you more information. 120 00:07:53,100 --> 00:07:53,800 Why? 121 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:56,100 Because of the relationship being close. 122 00:07:56,100 --> 00:08:02,400 In this passage, Jesus is asked by both his Pharisees and the disciples by the believers and the unbelievers. 123 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:03,700 He's asked the same question. 124 00:08:03,700 --> 00:08:05,400 When is your kingdom going to come? 125 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:09,100 And to the unbelievers, to the Pharisees, this is his answer. 126 00:08:09,100 --> 00:08:12,800 Look at what he says in verse number 21. 127 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:17,600 The kingdom of God cannot be detected by visible signs. 128 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:20,100 You won't be able to say, here it is or it's over there. 129 00:08:20,100 --> 00:08:26,600 For the kingdom of God is already among you. 130 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:30,000 Jesus, when is the kingdom of God going to be here? 131 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:35,500 Jesus looks at the Pharisees and says, here I am. 132 00:08:35,500 --> 00:08:40,200 The kingdom is already here because the king of kings is standing in front of you. 133 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:41,900 It would be like this. 134 00:08:41,900 --> 00:08:46,700 If on a Sunday morning, a guest visited our church and I happen to be sitting out front. 135 00:08:46,700 --> 00:08:50,300 By the way, if you're a guest here today, we are so glad you're here. 136 00:08:50,300 --> 00:08:51,800 Thank you for coming to Southern Hills Church. 137 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:53,800 Why don't we welcome those who are guests that are our church? 138 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:58,700 We're so glad you're here, men. 139 00:08:58,700 --> 00:09:02,600 And maybe you're a guest at the church and I'm standing out front and you walked up and you're just new here. 140 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:08,300 So when you're new somewhere, you're a little disoriented and you walk up and you say, hey, my name is Bill and I'm new here. 141 00:09:08,300 --> 00:09:11,300 Can you show me where the church is? 142 00:09:11,300 --> 00:09:12,900 I would look at you and say, what are you talking about? 143 00:09:12,900 --> 00:09:14,300 The church is right here. 144 00:09:14,300 --> 00:09:15,400 You're at the church. 145 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:16,400 Welcome to the church. 146 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:18,800 The church is here. 147 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:21,300 That's if you're new, you see. 148 00:09:21,300 --> 00:09:24,300 But if Adam, Adam, are you a follower of Jesus? 149 00:09:24,300 --> 00:09:26,300 You've been a follower of Jesus for a while now? 150 00:09:26,300 --> 00:09:26,900 Okay. 151 00:09:26,900 --> 00:09:32,300 If Adam took me out to coffee and we sat down at Starbucks and Adam looked at me 152 00:09:32,300 --> 00:09:37,300 and said, pastor, where is the church? 153 00:09:37,300 --> 00:09:39,300 Tell me about the church. 154 00:09:39,300 --> 00:09:44,300 My answer to Adam is not going to be, hey, that building over on pebble and blue diamond. 155 00:09:44,300 --> 00:09:47,300 My answer to him is going to be slightly different. 156 00:09:47,300 --> 00:09:47,800 Why? 157 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:50,300 Because he's asking a deeper question. 158 00:09:50,300 --> 00:09:56,300 I'm going to say, Adam, the church is you and I right here in Starbucks. 159 00:09:56,300 --> 00:09:57,300 We are the church. 160 00:09:57,300 --> 00:10:00,300 And when you go out to the game, you are the church. 161 00:10:00,300 --> 00:10:03,300 And we collectively are the church on Sunday in this location. 162 00:10:03,300 --> 00:10:06,300 And we throughout the week are the churches we disperse. 163 00:10:06,300 --> 00:10:07,300 We are the church. 164 00:10:07,300 --> 00:10:09,300 So it's not that Jesus gives two different answers. 165 00:10:09,300 --> 00:10:11,300 He gives one answer to the unbeliever. 166 00:10:11,300 --> 00:10:14,300 All they need to know is Jesus is saying, I am the kingdom. 167 00:10:14,300 --> 00:10:22,300 If you receive me, the kingdom is now, which leads to a theological idea that some of you may have never been taught. 168 00:10:22,300 --> 00:10:23,300 But I want to teach it now. 169 00:10:23,300 --> 00:10:24,300 It's a deeper theological idea. 170 00:10:24,300 --> 00:10:26,300 Even though it's a Sunday morning, I'm going to share it. 171 00:10:26,300 --> 00:10:35,300 It means this, the theological idea is what we say, what we refer to as the kingdom now and eventual. 172 00:10:35,300 --> 00:10:36,300 Let me show you the slide. 173 00:10:36,300 --> 00:10:37,300 It explains it very well. 174 00:10:37,300 --> 00:10:42,300 This is what we call the already and not yet theology. 175 00:10:42,300 --> 00:10:48,300 The kingdom of God was established the very moment Jesus Christ came to earth. 176 00:10:48,300 --> 00:10:52,300 During what we celebrate is Christmas time, when Jesus Christ was born in that manger. 177 00:10:52,300 --> 00:11:02,300 And then he started teaching everybody over his lifespan, died upon the cross, was buried and rose from the grave, and established what we call the church age. 178 00:11:02,300 --> 00:11:06,300 During this age, we are in the kingdom of God. 179 00:11:06,300 --> 00:11:08,300 So we say, where is the kingdom of God? 180 00:11:08,300 --> 00:11:11,300 The answer is, it's right now. 181 00:11:11,300 --> 00:11:16,300 But in another sense, the kingdom of God is still yet to come. 182 00:11:16,300 --> 00:11:21,300 So we believe that the kingdom of God is already, but also not yet. 183 00:11:21,300 --> 00:11:27,300 The full establishment of the kingdom of God did not take place when Jesus came the first time. 184 00:11:27,300 --> 00:11:32,300 The full establishment of the kingdom of God is when Jesus Christ comes back the second time. 185 00:11:32,300 --> 00:11:34,300 How many of you believe that Jesus is coming back? 186 00:11:34,300 --> 00:11:35,300 Amen. 187 00:11:35,300 --> 00:11:45,300 This is what he said, and he taught over and over to his disciples, I must go away, but as I go away, I will come again and receive you to myself that where I am there you may be also. 188 00:11:45,300 --> 00:11:48,300 So the Bible says, Jesus Christ is coming back. 189 00:11:48,300 --> 00:11:51,300 So when will the kingdom of God come? 190 00:11:51,300 --> 00:11:53,300 And what will happen when Jesus Christ comes back? 191 00:11:53,300 --> 00:12:02,300 The answer is, Jesus Christ, when he comes back, he will be crowned the king of kings and the Lord of lords. 192 00:12:02,300 --> 00:12:06,300 So when will that kingdom be established? 193 00:12:06,300 --> 00:12:08,300 That's what the disciples want to know. 194 00:12:08,300 --> 00:12:11,300 So first of all, the answer to the question, when will we see the kingdom of God? 195 00:12:11,300 --> 00:12:16,300 The kingdom is now, but number two, we see the king must be rejected. 196 00:12:16,300 --> 00:12:19,300 So Jesus goes on to speak more about this theology. 197 00:12:19,300 --> 00:12:26,300 Yes, the kingdom is with them, but he said first before the real kingdom comes, the king has to be killed. 198 00:12:26,300 --> 00:12:28,300 Look at what it says in verse 22. 199 00:12:28,300 --> 00:12:40,300 Then Jesus said to his disciples, the time is coming when you will long to see the day when the Son of Man returns, but you won't see it. 200 00:12:40,300 --> 00:12:50,300 People will tell you, look, there's the Son of Man, or here he is, but don't go out and follow them. 201 00:12:50,300 --> 00:12:57,300 Jesus says, there's coming a day you need to be aware of telling his disciples, you're going to miss me because I'm going to be gone. 202 00:12:57,300 --> 00:13:00,300 And I won't be coming back very soon. 203 00:13:00,300 --> 00:13:05,300 In fact, other people are going to say, all my followers, they're going to say to you, they're going to say, you want to know Jesus? 204 00:13:05,300 --> 00:13:06,300 There he is over here. 205 00:13:06,300 --> 00:13:08,300 You want to know a true Bible prophecy? 206 00:13:08,300 --> 00:13:09,300 There it is over there. 207 00:13:09,300 --> 00:13:13,300 Jesus is telling his disciples, how many disciples of Jesus are here right now? 208 00:13:13,300 --> 00:13:14,300 Say amen. 209 00:13:14,300 --> 00:13:19,300 He says to us, there's going to be a day we want him to come back, but he won't come back yet. 210 00:13:19,300 --> 00:13:25,300 And a lot of people will point you to false Jesuses, false Christs, and false prophets and false teachers. 211 00:13:25,300 --> 00:13:27,300 Don't be fooled. 212 00:13:27,300 --> 00:13:30,300 Don't be fooled. 213 00:13:30,300 --> 00:13:32,300 How do I know when Jesus will come back? 214 00:13:32,300 --> 00:13:47,300 Verse 24, for as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so it will be on the day when the Son of Man comes. 215 00:13:47,300 --> 00:13:53,300 Jesus said, if you think you're going to miss my coming, trust me, you're going to see it. 216 00:13:53,300 --> 00:14:01,300 It's like if you stand outside in a big black night, and all of a sudden a strike of lightning goes from one side of the sky to the other side of the sky. 217 00:14:01,300 --> 00:14:03,300 He'd be like, whoa, did you see that? 218 00:14:03,300 --> 00:14:05,300 And everybody say, everybody saw that. 219 00:14:05,300 --> 00:14:07,300 Jesus said, that's what's going to be like when I come back. 220 00:14:07,300 --> 00:14:09,300 Ain't nobody going to miss it. 221 00:14:09,300 --> 00:14:15,300 When Jesus Christ comes back, the entire world will know. 222 00:14:15,300 --> 00:14:18,300 So Jesus Christ came the first time as a baby in a manger. 223 00:14:18,300 --> 00:14:24,300 The second time he comes as a Lord, Master, and God as he arrives. 224 00:14:24,300 --> 00:14:27,300 And we hear all about that in the book of Revelation. 225 00:14:27,300 --> 00:14:31,300 But then Jesus says something fascinating. 226 00:14:31,300 --> 00:14:41,300 He says, but first the Son of Man must suffer terribly and be rejected by this generation. 227 00:14:41,300 --> 00:14:48,300 Jesus looked at his disciples and said, guys, I know you think that we're going up to the kingdom of God. 228 00:14:48,300 --> 00:14:52,300 I know you think that we're going up to Jerusalem to establish the kingdom. 229 00:14:52,300 --> 00:14:55,300 But I've told you once and I've told you many times now. 230 00:14:55,300 --> 00:15:00,300 I'm going to Jerusalem to die on the cross for the sins of mankind. 231 00:15:00,300 --> 00:15:01,300 Why? 232 00:15:01,300 --> 00:15:11,300 Because for Jesus, before he could arrive at the crown, he had to go through the cross. 233 00:15:11,300 --> 00:15:16,300 Friend, the cross always precedes the crown. 234 00:15:16,300 --> 00:15:18,300 It does for Jesus. 235 00:15:18,300 --> 00:15:24,300 Jesus Christ made a decision that he would not just establish his kingdom and make everybody follow him. 236 00:15:24,300 --> 00:15:26,300 Don't you understand who Jesus is? 237 00:15:26,300 --> 00:15:28,300 He's the Son of God. 238 00:15:28,300 --> 00:15:34,300 If Jesus wanted to, he could have arrived to Jerusalem, sat on a throne, and said, everybody, bow down and worship me. 239 00:15:34,300 --> 00:15:36,300 But he didn't. 240 00:15:36,300 --> 00:15:39,300 He didn't want to make humanity follow him. 241 00:15:39,300 --> 00:15:43,300 Instead, he wanted to die upon the cross to pay for the sins of humanity. 242 00:15:43,300 --> 00:15:44,300 Why? 243 00:15:44,300 --> 00:15:48,300 Because he's given you a free choice to follow him. 244 00:15:48,300 --> 00:15:51,300 And he knows that your sins must be paid for. 245 00:15:51,300 --> 00:16:01,300 And instead of allowing you to pay for your own sins by dying and going to hell, Jesus Christ suffered hell by dying upon the cross and paying for your sins. 246 00:16:01,300 --> 00:16:05,300 He had to go through the cross to get to the crown. 247 00:16:05,300 --> 00:16:11,300 That's what the second coming of Jesus is all about. 248 00:16:11,300 --> 00:16:15,300 We all want Jesus to wear the crown. 249 00:16:15,300 --> 00:16:19,300 But Jesus had to go through the cross to get there. 250 00:16:19,300 --> 00:16:24,300 Can I say the same thing is true about you? 251 00:16:24,300 --> 00:16:25,300 Are you a Jesus follower? 252 00:16:25,300 --> 00:16:26,300 If you are, say amen. 253 00:16:26,300 --> 00:16:27,300 Okay, literally. 254 00:16:27,300 --> 00:16:36,300 To be a Jesus follower means to get to your crown, you have to go through your cross. 255 00:16:36,300 --> 00:16:41,300 Some of us wonder right now, why is it that I'm going through this problem in my life? 256 00:16:41,300 --> 00:16:45,300 Why is it that I have to bear this cross of chronic pain? 257 00:16:45,300 --> 00:16:49,300 Why is it that I have to bear this cross of loss and heartache? 258 00:16:49,300 --> 00:16:52,300 Why is it that I have to bear this cross of a difficult relationship? 259 00:16:52,300 --> 00:16:55,300 Why is it that I have to bear this cross of financial burden? 260 00:16:55,300 --> 00:16:59,300 For some of you, this financial thing is a problem because it's almost cyclical. 261 00:16:59,300 --> 00:17:04,300 And you're like, I've tried all the right things, but it's like I constantly keep falling into the same issue. 262 00:17:04,300 --> 00:17:06,300 Say, why am I bearing this cross? 263 00:17:06,300 --> 00:17:08,300 Here is what Christ is teaching us. 264 00:17:08,300 --> 00:17:13,300 You must go through the cross to get to the crown. 265 00:17:13,300 --> 00:17:19,300 And the crown is not established until Jesus Christ comes back. 266 00:17:19,300 --> 00:17:24,300 Jesus is saying, if you're a follower of mine, understand this life is going to be difficult. 267 00:17:24,300 --> 00:17:26,300 It's part of what it means to be a follower of Jesus Christ. 268 00:17:26,300 --> 00:17:30,300 But as you make your way through that cross, the crown is waiting on the other side. 269 00:17:30,300 --> 00:17:31,300 Can I get an amen? 270 00:17:31,300 --> 00:17:36,300 And that's why Christians for years have always looked forward to the second coming of Jesus Christ. 271 00:17:36,300 --> 00:17:38,300 We want the kingdom to come. 272 00:17:38,300 --> 00:17:39,300 Why? 273 00:17:39,300 --> 00:17:41,300 Because that's the kingdom we've been looking for. 274 00:17:41,300 --> 00:17:43,300 Number one, the kingdom is now. 275 00:17:43,300 --> 00:17:45,300 Number two, the king must be rejected. 276 00:17:45,300 --> 00:17:49,300 But number three, the king will return. 277 00:17:49,300 --> 00:17:51,300 Can I get an amen? 278 00:17:51,300 --> 00:17:54,300 Yeah, the king will return. 279 00:17:54,300 --> 00:17:57,300 Jesus Christ is coming back and he talks about it here in verse 26. 280 00:17:57,300 --> 00:18:03,300 When the Son of Man returns, it will be like it was Noah's day. 281 00:18:03,300 --> 00:18:06,300 Stop. 282 00:18:06,300 --> 00:18:08,300 Jesus said, you want to know what it's like when I come back? 283 00:18:08,300 --> 00:18:11,300 First of all, I already am here, so the kingdom is now. 284 00:18:11,300 --> 00:18:16,300 And I've got to die and be buried and rise from the grave, and then I'll be rejected, and then I'll come back. 285 00:18:16,300 --> 00:18:18,300 But you want to know what it's like when I actually come back? 286 00:18:18,300 --> 00:18:20,300 He gives two analogies. 287 00:18:20,300 --> 00:18:25,300 The first one is, it'll be like the days of Noah. 288 00:18:25,300 --> 00:18:31,300 And the second, it'll be like the days of Sodom and Gomorrah. 289 00:18:31,300 --> 00:18:33,300 These are the words of Jesus. 290 00:18:33,300 --> 00:18:36,300 So first, he talks about Noah. 291 00:18:36,300 --> 00:18:40,300 He says, when I come back, the world will be like in the days of Noah. 292 00:18:40,300 --> 00:18:46,300 In those days, the people enjoyed banquets and parties and weddings right up until the time that Noah entered into the boat, 293 00:18:46,300 --> 00:18:55,300 and the flood came and destroyed them all. 294 00:18:55,300 --> 00:19:04,300 Now everybody listen, if you only like, hey listen, if you only like baby Jesus, right? 295 00:19:04,300 --> 00:19:06,300 Like that's your favorite Jesus? 296 00:19:06,300 --> 00:19:08,300 Or you like shepherd Jesus holding a lamb? 297 00:19:08,300 --> 00:19:09,300 You know? 298 00:19:09,300 --> 00:19:11,300 Just turn your mind off. 299 00:19:11,300 --> 00:19:13,300 You don't want to see this side of Jesus. 300 00:19:13,300 --> 00:19:15,300 You won't like this side of Jesus. 301 00:19:15,300 --> 00:19:17,300 Because you like to control the narrative of who Jesus is in your mind. 302 00:19:17,300 --> 00:19:19,300 You're not going to like this part. 303 00:19:19,300 --> 00:19:23,300 Because Jesus said, the world is coming to an end. 304 00:19:23,300 --> 00:19:26,300 It'll be like it was with Noah. 305 00:19:26,300 --> 00:19:29,300 And in Noah's day, people were eating and drinking. 306 00:19:29,300 --> 00:19:32,300 They were having banquets and parties and getting married. 307 00:19:32,300 --> 00:19:38,300 And all of a sudden, sudden apocalypse. 308 00:19:38,300 --> 00:19:43,300 That's what it'll be like when I come back. 309 00:19:43,300 --> 00:19:46,300 Normal life, sudden apocalypse. 310 00:19:46,300 --> 00:19:52,300 Verse 28, the world will be as it was like in the days of Lot. 311 00:19:52,300 --> 00:19:53,300 You say, who was Lot? 312 00:19:53,300 --> 00:19:57,300 Lot was the man who was in Sodom and Gomorrah with his family. 313 00:19:57,300 --> 00:20:03,300 People went about their daily business, eating and drinking, buying and selling, farming and building. 314 00:20:03,300 --> 00:20:07,300 Until the morning that Lot left Sodom. 315 00:20:07,300 --> 00:20:10,300 And what happened when Lot was rescued out of Sodom? 316 00:20:10,300 --> 00:20:18,300 When Lot was rescued out of Sodom, sudden apocalypse. 317 00:20:18,300 --> 00:20:25,300 The world was doing their own thing, ignoring God, cursing God, filled with sin, didn't care about God. 318 00:20:25,300 --> 00:20:30,300 Yes, there was this tiny little family of people who did believe in God, but they were irrelevant. 319 00:20:30,300 --> 00:20:31,300 They were nobodies. 320 00:20:31,300 --> 00:20:32,300 They were to be spit upon. 321 00:20:32,300 --> 00:20:33,300 They were to be looked down upon. 322 00:20:33,300 --> 00:20:34,300 They were nobodies. 323 00:20:34,300 --> 00:20:43,300 And Jesus said, that's the way it'll be whenever I come back. 324 00:20:43,300 --> 00:20:54,300 And Jesus then says, that's when fire and burning sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. 325 00:20:54,300 --> 00:20:57,300 Yes, Jesus says. 326 00:20:57,300 --> 00:21:07,300 Yes, it will be business as usual right up until the day when the Son of Man is revealed. 327 00:21:07,300 --> 00:21:10,300 Pastor, what's it going to be like when Jesus comes back? 328 00:21:10,300 --> 00:21:11,300 I'll tell you what it's going to be like. 329 00:21:11,300 --> 00:21:16,300 It's going to be like this. 330 00:21:16,300 --> 00:21:21,300 When Jesus comes back, it's just going to be a normal day to the rest of the world. 331 00:21:21,300 --> 00:21:29,300 They're going to be doing their own thing, living their own lives, not thinking about God, not thinking about Jesus, not thinking about sin, not thinking about God's point of view. 332 00:21:29,300 --> 00:21:32,300 They're going to be celebrating every sin they want to celebrate. 333 00:21:32,300 --> 00:21:34,300 They're going to be doing everything they want to do. 334 00:21:34,300 --> 00:21:43,300 They're going to be living their life in any way they want because there is no God, just like it was in Sodom and Gomorrah and just like it was in the days of Noah. 335 00:21:43,300 --> 00:21:49,300 And then there will be sudden apocalypse where the world is destroyed. 336 00:21:49,300 --> 00:21:51,300 You say, you believe that? 337 00:21:51,300 --> 00:21:53,300 That's what Jesus said. 338 00:21:53,300 --> 00:21:56,300 I believe the things Jesus says. 339 00:21:56,300 --> 00:22:08,300 You say, man, that's a terrible thing. 340 00:22:08,300 --> 00:22:13,300 It is a terrible thing. 341 00:22:13,300 --> 00:22:17,300 It's a terrible thing that the people of Noah's day rejected God. 342 00:22:17,300 --> 00:22:21,300 It's a terrible thing that the people of Sodom and Gomorrah rejected God. 343 00:22:21,300 --> 00:22:26,300 And it's a terrible thing that in our world today, people are rejecting God. 344 00:22:26,300 --> 00:22:29,300 It's a terrible thing. 345 00:22:29,300 --> 00:22:42,300 And then God says, when I come back, before I can establish the kingdom, I need to eradicate the temporal, sinful, disgusting world that has been destroying itself. 346 00:22:42,300 --> 00:22:44,300 You say, why? 347 00:22:44,300 --> 00:23:04,300 Because this world, though as nice as it looks, it's filled with hate and violence and war and disease and death and anger and malice and lust and rage and destruction. 348 00:23:04,300 --> 00:23:11,300 And so we as Christians have said for years, thy kingdom come, thy kingdom come, thy kingdom come. 349 00:23:11,300 --> 00:23:15,300 Why? Because we know all of this is a facade. 350 00:23:15,300 --> 00:23:22,300 On that day, the person Jesus says, the person that is out on the deck of the roof must not go down into the house to pack. 351 00:23:22,300 --> 00:23:25,300 A person out in the field must not return home. 352 00:23:25,300 --> 00:23:28,300 Remember what happened to Lot's wife. 353 00:23:28,300 --> 00:23:37,300 Jesus said, in that moment, as you see the end approaching, do not cling to this world. 354 00:23:37,300 --> 00:23:39,300 Let me ask you a question. 355 00:23:39,300 --> 00:23:43,300 Have you seen this world heading in a bad direction? 356 00:23:43,300 --> 00:23:47,300 Like genuinely. 357 00:23:47,300 --> 00:23:54,300 Did you know there's not very many people in this entire society who don't believe that our world is headed to hell? 358 00:23:54,300 --> 00:24:01,300 They'll tell you different reasons why they believe our world is in trouble, but everybody knows something's not right. 359 00:24:01,300 --> 00:24:04,300 And listen to me, my dear friend, who cares what all of them believe? 360 00:24:04,300 --> 00:24:06,300 I'm asking you what you believe. 361 00:24:06,300 --> 00:24:12,300 When you look around the world and you think something's not right here, do you know why you feel that way? 362 00:24:12,300 --> 00:24:16,300 Because something's not right here. 363 00:24:16,300 --> 00:24:19,300 Something inside of you is telling you this is all headed to a bad place. 364 00:24:19,300 --> 00:24:21,300 You say that's just what a few people believe. 365 00:24:21,300 --> 00:24:27,300 No, even the secularists, even those who don't believe in God, they know the end is coming. 366 00:24:27,300 --> 00:24:29,300 Say how do you know that? 367 00:24:29,300 --> 00:24:35,300 Because all the movies they make and all the books they write are all about the coming apocalypse. 368 00:24:35,300 --> 00:24:39,300 Deep inside they all know we're headed there. 369 00:24:39,300 --> 00:24:44,300 The difference is they think the answer to the question is humanity. 370 00:24:44,300 --> 00:24:52,300 They think we who kill each other are the answer to our own problems. 371 00:24:52,300 --> 00:24:56,300 Well, I can't God be the answer because they rejected God long ago. 372 00:24:56,300 --> 00:24:58,300 There is no God. Why did they reject God? 373 00:24:58,300 --> 00:25:04,300 Because they don't want to submit to a deity other than themselves. 374 00:25:04,300 --> 00:25:09,300 And so Jesus said this would be happening once again, verse 33. 375 00:25:09,300 --> 00:25:12,300 If you cling to this life, you will lose it. 376 00:25:12,300 --> 00:25:14,300 And if you let your life go, you will save it. 377 00:25:14,300 --> 00:25:18,300 In that night, now Jesus describes what it's going to be like when he comes back. 378 00:25:18,300 --> 00:25:22,300 In that night, two people will be asleep in one bed. 379 00:25:22,300 --> 00:25:25,300 One will be taken, the other left. 380 00:25:25,300 --> 00:25:29,300 Two women will be grinding flour in the mill. 381 00:25:29,300 --> 00:25:32,300 The one will be taken and the other left. 382 00:25:32,300 --> 00:25:37,300 Did you notice something interesting about the story of Lot and the story of Noah? 383 00:25:37,300 --> 00:25:43,300 Before God came and destroyed the society, he rescued his believers out of the society. 384 00:25:43,300 --> 00:25:45,300 Did you notice that? 385 00:25:45,300 --> 00:25:49,300 So Jesus said it'll be the same thing when I come back. 386 00:25:49,300 --> 00:25:54,300 Before I come and destroy the world, he's going to rescue his people out of that. 387 00:25:54,300 --> 00:25:57,300 We as Bible believers call that the rapture. 388 00:25:57,300 --> 00:26:03,300 Where God rescues his believers out before the judgment begins. 389 00:26:03,300 --> 00:26:06,300 This is what the Word of God teaches. 390 00:26:06,300 --> 00:26:09,300 When the king returns, he will gather his family for protection, 391 00:26:09,300 --> 00:26:14,300 but he will also gather his enemies for destruction. 392 00:26:14,300 --> 00:26:18,300 And that's what the next verse says. 393 00:26:18,300 --> 00:26:20,300 When and where will this happen, Lord? 394 00:26:20,300 --> 00:26:22,300 The disciples asked and Jesus said, 395 00:26:22,300 --> 00:26:27,300 Just as the gathering of vultures shows there is a carcass nearby, 396 00:26:27,300 --> 00:26:35,300 so are the signs that indicating that the end is near. 397 00:26:35,300 --> 00:26:41,300 Jesus tells us in Luke chapter 21 and in Matthew chapter 24 and 25, 398 00:26:41,300 --> 00:26:46,300 the last judgment that God brings is Jesus puts all of the unbelievers on one side, 399 00:26:46,300 --> 00:26:51,300 He calls them goats, and all of the believers on the other side, He calls them sheep. 400 00:26:51,300 --> 00:26:55,300 And He brings the sheep into His family permanently into heaven, 401 00:26:55,300 --> 00:26:58,300 and He sends the goats to hell. 402 00:26:58,300 --> 00:27:00,300 That's what Jesus says. 403 00:27:00,300 --> 00:27:03,300 So He doesn't just gather His family for protection, 404 00:27:03,300 --> 00:27:06,300 He gathers the unbelievers for destruction. 405 00:27:06,300 --> 00:27:08,300 When and where will this happen? 406 00:27:08,300 --> 00:27:10,300 The disciples asked and they said, 407 00:27:10,300 --> 00:27:12,300 Jesus said, I'll tell you when it's going to happen. 408 00:27:12,300 --> 00:27:17,300 Do you know what it's like when you see a bunch of vultures flying in the sky? 409 00:27:17,300 --> 00:27:20,300 What does that tell you? 410 00:27:20,300 --> 00:27:24,300 Death is coming. 411 00:27:24,300 --> 00:27:30,300 Death is coming. 412 00:27:30,300 --> 00:27:33,300 I want to listen, I want to talk to you honestly. 413 00:27:33,300 --> 00:27:36,300 You look at the world, don't you see the vultures? 414 00:27:36,300 --> 00:27:39,300 The signs of the times? 415 00:27:39,300 --> 00:27:44,300 Look, if you're on social media or if you are listening to the celebrity culture, 416 00:27:44,300 --> 00:27:47,300 they're going to tell you that vulture is really good for us, 417 00:27:47,300 --> 00:27:50,300 that vulture is really good, and that vulture is a good sign. 418 00:27:50,300 --> 00:27:55,300 But inside of your heart, you know this is not looking good. 419 00:27:55,300 --> 00:28:02,300 Jesus says, when you see the vulture circling, you know death is close. 420 00:28:02,300 --> 00:28:04,300 When and where will this happen? 421 00:28:04,300 --> 00:28:06,300 We call it Armageddon. 422 00:28:06,300 --> 00:28:08,300 It's the apocalypse. 423 00:28:08,300 --> 00:28:11,300 It's the end of all things. 424 00:28:11,300 --> 00:28:14,300 Now this is just one sermon, 425 00:28:14,300 --> 00:28:19,300 so I don't have a chance to talk about all the rapture and the tribulation period 426 00:28:19,300 --> 00:28:22,300 and the battle of Armageddon and all those things. 427 00:28:22,300 --> 00:28:26,300 I do have a sermon series coming up in October. 428 00:28:26,300 --> 00:28:30,300 It's called Apocalypse Now. 429 00:28:30,300 --> 00:28:32,300 Be here for it. 430 00:28:32,300 --> 00:28:35,300 For those who are new to the church, we work through a book of the Bible. 431 00:28:35,300 --> 00:28:37,300 Right now, the book of Luke. 432 00:28:37,300 --> 00:28:42,300 We're in Luke 17, and in October, we're going to be in Luke chapter 21. 433 00:28:42,300 --> 00:28:46,300 And in Luke chapter 21, Jesus gives his final sermon to a large crowd. 434 00:28:46,300 --> 00:28:51,300 It's called the Olivet Discourse, and Jesus explains in detail 435 00:28:51,300 --> 00:28:53,300 what the end of the world will go through. 436 00:28:53,300 --> 00:28:55,300 And if that's something that's interesting to you, 437 00:28:55,300 --> 00:29:00,300 boy, you need to mark your calendars and be here for it. 438 00:29:00,300 --> 00:29:07,300 Pastor Josh, this is a really sad sermon. 439 00:29:07,300 --> 00:29:10,300 This is very dour. 440 00:29:10,300 --> 00:29:13,300 Well, I guess it depends on your perspective. 441 00:29:13,300 --> 00:29:20,300 Like genuinely, if you're here today and you reject God and you want nothing to do with it, 442 00:29:20,300 --> 00:29:23,300 yeah, of course this could be sad and dour. 443 00:29:23,300 --> 00:29:25,300 Don't you understand? Listen, don't you understand? 444 00:29:25,300 --> 00:29:27,300 I really want to address this. 445 00:29:27,300 --> 00:29:29,300 Don't you understand? 446 00:29:29,300 --> 00:29:36,300 My goal is not to bring you in here and to make you feel good. 447 00:29:36,300 --> 00:29:38,300 You understand? 448 00:29:38,300 --> 00:29:40,300 I hope you do sometimes feel good. 449 00:29:40,300 --> 00:29:44,300 It's a great place to be, but that's not the primary goal. 450 00:29:44,300 --> 00:29:49,300 The goal is not to come in and validate every thought you've ever had is the right thought. 451 00:29:49,300 --> 00:29:51,300 Every idea you've ever had is the right idea. 452 00:29:51,300 --> 00:29:54,300 You're the best already that you've ever been. 453 00:29:54,300 --> 00:29:56,300 Go forward. That's not my goal. 454 00:29:56,300 --> 00:30:01,300 You can go all over the world and pay people to tell you everything you want to hear. 455 00:30:01,300 --> 00:30:06,300 My goal is to tell you what Jesus said. 456 00:30:06,300 --> 00:30:09,300 And Jesus said, hey, I'm coming back. 457 00:30:09,300 --> 00:30:10,300 I'm going to destroy the world. 458 00:30:10,300 --> 00:30:14,300 And if you want to follow me, you can. 459 00:30:14,300 --> 00:30:17,300 So it's a dour perspective from that perspective. 460 00:30:17,300 --> 00:30:22,300 But I'll tell you, it's actually a really beautiful thing when you think about the original question. 461 00:30:22,300 --> 00:30:26,300 The original question was, hey, Jesus, when is the coming of your kingdom? 462 00:30:26,300 --> 00:30:31,300 And Jesus said, I'll tell you, we have to go through all of this bad stuff to get to the good stuff. 463 00:30:31,300 --> 00:30:37,300 And when Jesus Christ comes back and the apocalypse is over, the kingdom of God gets to start. 464 00:30:37,300 --> 00:30:40,300 And the kingdom of God is awesome. 465 00:30:40,300 --> 00:30:45,300 Friend, the world, the way you know it is not the way the world was intended to be. 466 00:30:45,300 --> 00:30:50,300 But in the kingdom of God, there will be no sorrow, there will be no hunger, there will be no homeless, 467 00:30:50,300 --> 00:30:55,300 there will be no disease, there will be no war, there will be no hate, there will be no death. 468 00:30:55,300 --> 00:31:02,300 The former things are passed away and all things are made new. We will be there. 469 00:31:02,300 --> 00:31:06,300 That's exciting to the believer. 470 00:31:06,300 --> 00:31:11,300 But to the rejecter of God, of course it's damning. 471 00:31:11,300 --> 00:31:13,300 Of course it's scary. 472 00:31:13,300 --> 00:31:16,300 It's supposed to be. 473 00:31:16,300 --> 00:31:20,300 Man, I look forward to the kingdom of God, peace and prosperity to all. 474 00:31:20,300 --> 00:31:27,300 And He's offering it to you. 475 00:31:27,300 --> 00:31:31,300 Okay, so Josh, what do I do with this information? 476 00:31:31,300 --> 00:31:36,300 Right? Like, wow, Jesus, like, what do I do with this? 477 00:31:36,300 --> 00:31:38,300 Okay. 478 00:31:38,300 --> 00:31:45,300 The answer is, you got to tell people. 479 00:31:45,300 --> 00:31:49,300 Don't you get it? 480 00:31:49,300 --> 00:31:51,300 How many of you believe Jesus? 481 00:31:51,300 --> 00:31:53,300 Say amen. 482 00:31:53,300 --> 00:31:56,300 You got to tell people. 483 00:31:56,300 --> 00:31:59,300 This is what, sudden apocalypse. 484 00:31:59,300 --> 00:32:02,300 Now, let me just warn you, I love you Christians, let me just warn you. 485 00:32:02,300 --> 00:32:07,300 Be aware of how you tell people. 486 00:32:07,300 --> 00:32:10,300 Don't be a weirdo. You know what I mean? We got a lot of weirdos. 487 00:32:10,300 --> 00:32:15,300 Like some of you are already on Amazon and ordering boxes and markers, you know. 488 00:32:15,300 --> 00:32:18,300 You're going to be standing out on the corner next week. 489 00:32:18,300 --> 00:32:20,300 That's not going to help. 490 00:32:20,300 --> 00:32:22,300 It's not going to help. 491 00:32:22,300 --> 00:32:24,300 You say, what do I do? 492 00:32:24,300 --> 00:32:30,300 Get to know people, love those people and tell them, hey, hey. 493 00:32:30,300 --> 00:32:35,300 Can I tell you about Jesus? 494 00:32:35,300 --> 00:32:41,300 And once you live out your authentic, genuine, true Christian life, here's what will happen. 495 00:32:41,300 --> 00:32:44,300 Other people will see it, other people will ask questions, 496 00:32:44,300 --> 00:32:48,300 and what will happen is they themselves will be drawn to the truth 497 00:32:48,300 --> 00:32:50,300 and they'll come to church and they'll get saved. 498 00:32:50,300 --> 00:32:52,300 Can I get an amen? 499 00:32:52,300 --> 00:32:56,300 That's what happens. That's what happens here all the time. 500 00:32:56,300 --> 00:32:59,300 That's what happened here. You see this little boy? 501 00:32:59,300 --> 00:33:02,300 You're like, of course we all see this little boy, amen. 502 00:33:02,300 --> 00:33:04,300 This is Daisy. 503 00:33:04,300 --> 00:33:06,300 Daisy's been a friend of mine for years. 504 00:33:06,300 --> 00:33:10,300 And she's been part of this church sitting right up here for two and a half years. 505 00:33:10,300 --> 00:33:14,300 And for two and a half years, Daisy, I saw her sitting here 506 00:33:14,300 --> 00:33:17,300 and then I saw her as her belly began to grow 507 00:33:17,300 --> 00:33:19,300 and she had a baby in there, amen. 508 00:33:19,300 --> 00:33:22,300 Otherwise that would be an awkward thing to say. 509 00:33:22,300 --> 00:33:29,300 Sitting right here all the time, all the time, every week, every Sunday. 510 00:33:29,300 --> 00:33:32,300 And then a few weeks after that, I saw her holding a baby. 511 00:33:32,300 --> 00:33:34,300 There's a baby in her arms. 512 00:33:34,300 --> 00:33:36,300 I'm like, wow, that's amazing. 513 00:33:36,300 --> 00:33:39,300 And then the baby start growing up and now the baby's walking around. 514 00:33:39,300 --> 00:33:44,300 And then about, I don't know, two months ago, 515 00:33:44,300 --> 00:33:48,300 I saw a young man sitting beside her. 516 00:33:48,300 --> 00:33:53,300 And I'm like, is that her brother? That's what I thought. 517 00:33:53,300 --> 00:33:56,300 I'm like, I found out, no, that's the guy. 518 00:33:56,300 --> 00:34:00,300 And I'm like, oh, we've been waiting for this guy. 519 00:34:00,300 --> 00:34:03,300 And that's the guy right there. 520 00:34:03,300 --> 00:34:10,300 And a couple of weeks ago, he came to me after the service 521 00:34:10,300 --> 00:34:12,300 and he shook my hand. He's like, Pastor Josh, you've got to help me. 522 00:34:12,300 --> 00:34:16,300 I said, what? He said, we've got to go to the coffee shop and talk. 523 00:34:16,300 --> 00:34:18,300 Right? And I said, about what? 524 00:34:18,300 --> 00:34:21,300 He said, I've got to be a good Christian father. 525 00:34:21,300 --> 00:34:22,300 That's what he said. 526 00:34:22,300 --> 00:34:27,300 And I'm like, okay, well, you've got to start by becoming a Christian, you know. 527 00:34:27,300 --> 00:34:32,300 And so we went to coffee, was it a couple of days ago? 528 00:34:32,300 --> 00:34:33,300 Friday? 529 00:34:33,300 --> 00:34:38,300 And Joshua right there at coffee bowed his head and received Jesus Christ as his savior. 530 00:34:38,300 --> 00:34:39,300 Amen? 531 00:34:39,300 --> 00:34:48,300 Now listen, listen. 532 00:34:48,300 --> 00:34:50,300 I can't save the world, neither can you. 533 00:34:50,300 --> 00:34:51,300 That's Jesus' job. 534 00:34:51,300 --> 00:34:56,300 But what you can do is you can help a few people come to know Jesus. 535 00:34:56,300 --> 00:34:58,300 So that those people don't have to go through that stuff. 536 00:34:58,300 --> 00:34:59,300 Yeah? 537 00:34:59,300 --> 00:35:03,300 So who, who, who are you supposed to bring to church? 538 00:35:03,300 --> 00:35:05,300 Let's pray. 539 00:35:05,300 --> 00:35:13,300 Father, thank you for the chance to study your word, to get to know you, to understand more about the apocalypse, the end of times. 540 00:35:13,300 --> 00:35:23,300 Jesus, my prayer is that you would help all of us to take the truths that we know and graciously and kindly tell people about you and invite them to church, 541 00:35:23,300 --> 00:35:27,300 that they don't have to suffer the judgment on this world. 542 00:35:27,300 --> 00:35:30,300 In Jesus' name we pray.