WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:05.940 In the 18th century, Congress issued a special 00:00:05.940 --> 00:00:10.699 edition of Thomas Jefferson's Bible. Apparently 00:00:10.699 --> 00:00:13.880 it wasn't considered to be unconstitutional in 00:00:13.880 --> 00:00:18.940 those days. That's the happy part. The sad part 00:00:18.940 --> 00:00:23.320 about it is that the Jeffersonian Bible eliminated 00:00:23.320 --> 00:00:28.519 all reference to the supernatural. Thomas Jefferson 00:00:28.519 --> 00:00:34.240 edited the Bible to confine it to the moral teachings 00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:37.240 of Jesus and to remove from it anything that 00:00:37.240 --> 00:00:40.780 would be considered miraculous or supernatural. 00:00:42.200 --> 00:00:46.840 Therefore, the gospel closes in the Jeffersonian 00:00:46.840 --> 00:00:52.200 Bible by saying, There laid they Jesus, and rolled 00:00:52.200 --> 00:00:55.020 a great stone at the mouth of the sepulcher, 00:00:55.200 --> 00:01:00.579 and departed. Period. I'm glad it doesn't end 00:01:00.579 --> 00:01:04.340 there, the true gospel. I'd like you to turn 00:01:04.340 --> 00:01:07.640 with me to Luke chapter 24 as we read Luke's 00:01:07.640 --> 00:01:18.060 account of what happened after that. But on the 00:01:18.060 --> 00:01:21.680 first day of the week at early dawn, they came 00:01:21.680 --> 00:01:24.599 to the tomb bringing the spices which they had 00:01:24.599 --> 00:01:28.140 prepared. And they found the stone rolled away 00:01:28.140 --> 00:01:31.340 from the tomb, but when they entered, they did 00:01:31.340 --> 00:01:36.200 not find the body of the Lord Jesus. And it happened 00:01:36.200 --> 00:01:39.799 that while they were perplexed about this, behold, 00:01:39.980 --> 00:01:44.480 the two men suddenly stood near them in dazzling 00:01:44.480 --> 00:01:47.659 apparel, and as the women were terrified and 00:01:47.659 --> 00:01:50.340 bowed their faces to the ground, the men said 00:01:50.340 --> 00:01:54.280 to them, Why do you seek the living one among 00:01:54.280 --> 00:02:00.359 the dead? He is not here, but he has risen. Remember 00:02:00.359 --> 00:02:04.540 how he spoke to you while he was still in Galilee, 00:02:04.700 --> 00:02:08.039 saying that the Son of Man must be delivered 00:02:08.039 --> 00:02:11.379 into the hands of sinful men and be crucified, 00:02:11.500 --> 00:02:19.139 and the third day rise again. The physical bodily 00:02:19.139 --> 00:02:23.659 resurrection of Jesus Christ is an irrefutable... 00:02:24.330 --> 00:02:29.270 historical fact. In writing the book of Acts, 00:02:29.509 --> 00:02:32.830 Luke, the beloved physician, says that there 00:02:32.830 --> 00:02:37.610 were many infallible or convincing proofs that 00:02:37.610 --> 00:02:44.009 Jesus gave that his resurrection was true. The 00:02:44.009 --> 00:02:47.210 resurrection of Jesus Christ is an historical 00:02:47.210 --> 00:02:51.150 fact, but we must not limit its significance 00:02:51.150 --> 00:02:56.870 only to the past. only to history. For the resurrection 00:02:56.870 --> 00:03:01.110 of the Lord Jesus Christ is the most significant 00:03:01.110 --> 00:03:07.849 event to take place in all of history since the 00:03:07.849 --> 00:03:11.150 creation of the world until that day when it 00:03:11.150 --> 00:03:16.270 will end. The resurrection of Jesus Christ is 00:03:16.270 --> 00:03:19.830 something that took place 2 ,000 years ago, but 00:03:19.830 --> 00:03:26.060 it nonetheless affects the future. For it is 00:03:26.060 --> 00:03:29.599 the resurrection of Christ that gives the word 00:03:29.599 --> 00:03:35.340 hope meaning to Christians. Indeed, it causes 00:03:35.340 --> 00:03:41.180 the word hope to overflow with fullness for us. 00:03:41.659 --> 00:03:45.939 Without that word, life would be nearly impossible. 00:03:47.719 --> 00:03:54.780 But with hope, we have a future. With hope, we 00:03:54.780 --> 00:03:59.719 have a purpose. Hope is the strongest medicine 00:03:59.719 --> 00:04:04.000 for the soul. It is the greatest incentive for 00:04:04.000 --> 00:04:07.800 service. It is the most powerful energy for life, 00:04:08.020 --> 00:04:14.460 hope. And only Christians can talk about hope. 00:04:15.479 --> 00:04:19.319 Those who do not know the Lord Jesus Christ have 00:04:19.319 --> 00:04:25.420 no hope. Those who know Jesus Christ have the 00:04:25.420 --> 00:04:30.360 hope of his calling. They have hope as an anchor 00:04:30.360 --> 00:04:34.620 to the soul. They have been begotten again unto 00:04:34.620 --> 00:04:41.060 a living hope. Someone has rightly observed that 00:04:41.060 --> 00:04:46.160 the unsaved have only a hopeless end, but the 00:04:46.160 --> 00:04:52.329 saved have an endless hope. It is hope. which 00:04:52.329 --> 00:04:56.189 causes us to look toward the future for what 00:04:56.189 --> 00:05:01.750 God has in store. As we pass through the experiences 00:05:01.750 --> 00:05:07.870 of this life, I am glad for hope. Last Sunday 00:05:07.870 --> 00:05:14.009 night, a young lady whom I know, who was a member 00:05:14.009 --> 00:05:18.670 of a church which I pastored in the South, was 00:05:18.670 --> 00:05:23.189 driving home from her work in a hospital. She 00:05:23.189 --> 00:05:26.990 graduated from our Christian school. The last 00:05:26.990 --> 00:05:30.990 two years of her life have evidenced real maturity 00:05:30.990 --> 00:05:37.129 in her walk with God. As she completed her nurse's 00:05:37.129 --> 00:05:40.810 training, she was seriously considering the mission 00:05:40.810 --> 00:05:46.389 field. But then came last Sunday night. As she 00:05:46.389 --> 00:05:50.879 was driving home, on a two -laned Kentucky highway 00:05:50.879 --> 00:05:56.339 winding along a hilltop. Something caused her 00:05:56.339 --> 00:05:58.660 to take her eyes off the road. They wonder if 00:05:58.660 --> 00:06:00.980 she reached over to pick up something or if she 00:06:00.980 --> 00:06:03.720 fell asleep. But when she did, she turned the 00:06:03.720 --> 00:06:05.800 wheel just enough to pull it over into the other 00:06:05.800 --> 00:06:08.839 lane. And a young man coming the other direction 00:06:08.839 --> 00:06:12.100 hit her head on. She was instantly in the presence 00:06:12.100 --> 00:06:17.079 of the Lord. How is it that a mother and father 00:06:17.079 --> 00:06:22.639 could stand beside the casket of their 22 -year 00:06:22.639 --> 00:06:29.040 -old daughter on Wednesday? How could they stand 00:06:29.040 --> 00:06:32.399 there without completely crumbling, without their 00:06:32.399 --> 00:06:37.060 lives being completely destroyed? It is because, 00:06:37.220 --> 00:06:41.339 my friend, of the hope that we have in Jesus 00:06:41.339 --> 00:06:49.660 Christ. all the difference. And it is his resurrection 00:06:49.660 --> 00:06:54.779 from the dead which is the foundation for the 00:06:54.779 --> 00:07:00.639 future and our hope. As the Gaithers have written, 00:07:00.899 --> 00:07:07.100 because he lives, I can face tomorrow. Because 00:07:07.100 --> 00:07:13.339 he lives, all fear is gone. because I know He 00:07:13.339 --> 00:07:17.980 holds the future, and life is worth the living 00:07:17.980 --> 00:07:23.860 just because He lives. I want you to think with 00:07:23.860 --> 00:07:27.100 me this morning of those future events which 00:07:27.100 --> 00:07:30.920 have been made certain by the resurrection of 00:07:30.920 --> 00:07:34.980 Jesus Christ. There is nothing in heaven, on 00:07:34.980 --> 00:07:39.959 the earth, or in hell below which can keep these 00:07:39.959 --> 00:07:45.000 events. from coming to pass. Their certainty 00:07:45.000 --> 00:07:49.420 has been secured through the resurrection of 00:07:49.420 --> 00:07:53.899 Jesus Christ from the dead. I think first of 00:07:53.899 --> 00:07:58.360 the event of his return. The fact that Jesus 00:07:58.360 --> 00:08:03.439 is coming again is made sure by his resurrection. 00:08:04.279 --> 00:08:08.860 For in fact, if he were still in the grave, the 00:08:08.860 --> 00:08:13.589 idea of his return would be nonsense and ridiculous. 00:08:14.689 --> 00:08:20.089 But since he is risen, you and I have a blessed 00:08:20.089 --> 00:08:25.730 hope. That hope is expressed to Titus by the 00:08:25.730 --> 00:08:29.069 Apostle Paul when he writes in that letter, looking 00:08:29.069 --> 00:08:32.929 for the blessed hope and the appearing of the 00:08:32.929 --> 00:08:38.090 glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. 00:08:39.470 --> 00:08:42.409 You and I have a blessed hope, and that hope 00:08:42.409 --> 00:08:48.730 is of His return. And His return is guaranteed, 00:08:49.169 --> 00:08:52.690 my friend, by the fact that 2 ,000 years ago, 00:08:52.830 --> 00:08:56.450 He came out of that grave, the conqueror of death. 00:08:57.870 --> 00:09:01.330 The first time He came, He came to deal with 00:09:01.330 --> 00:09:05.649 sin. But the next time He comes, it will not 00:09:05.649 --> 00:09:09.159 be to deal with sin. but to bring salvation, 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:14.580 Hebrews 9, 28. When he comes, he will come, first 00:09:14.580 --> 00:09:20.340 of all, for his church, for his church, those 00:09:20.340 --> 00:09:24.360 of us who are saved in this age. The apostle 00:09:24.360 --> 00:09:28.539 argues in 1 Corinthians 15 that if in this life 00:09:28.539 --> 00:09:32.700 only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men 00:09:32.700 --> 00:09:37.399 most miserable. Now, why is that? because of 00:09:37.399 --> 00:09:39.679 the suffering and the persecution that we endure 00:09:39.679 --> 00:09:44.200 in this life for Christ. And if he be not risen, 00:09:44.340 --> 00:09:47.960 then we are deceived and deluded, and we are 00:09:47.960 --> 00:09:53.759 of all men most miserable. But Jesus Christ has 00:09:53.759 --> 00:09:56.940 been raised from the dead and has become the 00:09:56.940 --> 00:10:01.799 first fruits of those who sleep. We look for 00:10:01.799 --> 00:10:05.879 his return from heaven to catch us away. Jesus 00:10:05.879 --> 00:10:09.899 Christ is in heaven today, bodily and gloriously. 00:10:10.580 --> 00:10:13.279 He is there at the right hand of God the Father, 00:10:13.360 --> 00:10:16.340 but there is a day when He is going to step out 00:10:16.340 --> 00:10:20.019 of those portals of heaven once again. And He 00:10:20.019 --> 00:10:23.779 is not coming to Bethlehem, but rather He is 00:10:23.779 --> 00:10:27.580 coming into the atmosphere of the world. And 00:10:27.580 --> 00:10:30.460 with a shout to his own and with the sound of 00:10:30.460 --> 00:10:34.080 a trumpet, he will call out the church to himself, 00:10:34.279 --> 00:10:38.279 and we shall rise to meet him in the air, and 00:10:38.279 --> 00:10:43.100 so shall we ever be with the Lord. Now you say, 00:10:43.159 --> 00:10:46.120 I'm not sure that that can happen. Maybe the 00:10:46.120 --> 00:10:48.600 demons are going to put a barrier, a spiritual 00:10:48.600 --> 00:10:51.299 barrier up in the sky to keep him from coming. 00:10:52.110 --> 00:10:55.049 My friend, one word from Jesus will send all 00:10:55.049 --> 00:10:58.610 the demons of hell running like whip pups. For 00:10:58.610 --> 00:11:02.590 he is their conqueror. And when he comes, he 00:11:02.590 --> 00:11:06.269 will come despite them and will call out his 00:11:06.269 --> 00:11:10.289 own to meet us in the air, indeed the very domain 00:11:10.289 --> 00:11:14.470 of Satan at this point in this age. And they 00:11:14.470 --> 00:11:19.330 can do nothing about it. He is coming for us. 00:11:20.429 --> 00:11:23.370 But then he's coming back with us to establish 00:11:23.370 --> 00:11:27.610 his kingdom on the earth. Not immediately. A 00:11:27.610 --> 00:11:30.429 few years later, indeed approximately seven years 00:11:30.429 --> 00:11:35.929 later, we will come back to the earth and we'll 00:11:35.929 --> 00:11:38.929 be with our Lord when he establishes his kingdom. 00:11:39.850 --> 00:11:41.990 You say, oh, I'm not sure that that's necessary. 00:11:42.429 --> 00:11:46.600 It is necessary. If God's promises in the Old 00:11:46.600 --> 00:11:49.059 Testament mean anything, it's necessary for him 00:11:49.059 --> 00:11:51.120 to come back and to establish a literal earthly 00:11:51.120 --> 00:11:56.419 kingdom. If his promise to David of an everlasting 00:11:56.419 --> 00:11:59.320 kingdom is to be fulfilled through David's seed, 00:11:59.539 --> 00:12:02.039 he must come back and establish that kingdom 00:12:02.039 --> 00:12:05.259 on the throne of David on the earth. And he will. 00:12:06.360 --> 00:12:10.120 He will. And we will share in that kingdom with 00:12:10.120 --> 00:12:14.059 him. There is nothing that can keep that from 00:12:14.059 --> 00:12:17.120 happening. Oh, someone says, surely Antichrist 00:12:17.120 --> 00:12:19.179 will keep that from happening. Not in your life. 00:12:20.059 --> 00:12:23.200 Read the word of God and find out how Jesus comes 00:12:23.200 --> 00:12:26.240 in victory. And though Antichrist appears to 00:12:26.240 --> 00:12:29.179 have the victory in his hand on that day, he 00:12:29.179 --> 00:12:32.059 and his armies will be utterly destroyed by the 00:12:32.059 --> 00:12:35.360 glorious return of Jesus Christ and his armies 00:12:35.360 --> 00:12:40.139 from heaven. And Antichrist... and his cohort, 00:12:40.340 --> 00:12:43.440 the false prophet, will be cast alive into the 00:12:43.440 --> 00:12:45.759 lake of fire, the first residence of that eternal 00:12:45.759 --> 00:12:49.600 place of judgment for the wicked. And Satan will 00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:53.580 be taken on that day and bound and cast into 00:12:53.580 --> 00:12:55.899 the bottomless pit so that he cannot even wander 00:12:55.899 --> 00:12:58.460 on the earth for that thousand -year reign of 00:12:58.460 --> 00:13:02.480 Jesus Christ. My friend, Jesus is coming again, 00:13:02.620 --> 00:13:06.659 and there is nothing, nothing that can keep that 00:13:06.659 --> 00:13:09.549 from happening. He has secured its certainty 00:13:09.549 --> 00:13:15.169 by his resurrection from the dead. Perhaps it 00:13:15.169 --> 00:13:18.850 will be today that he will come for us, and his 00:13:18.850 --> 00:13:25.129 return will take place in that first phase. G. 00:13:25.169 --> 00:13:28.370 Campbell Morgan, a Bible teacher of another generation, 00:13:28.669 --> 00:13:33.590 said, I never begin my work in the morning without 00:13:33.590 --> 00:13:38.059 thinking that perhaps He may interrupt my work 00:13:38.059 --> 00:13:42.460 and begin his own. I am not looking for death, 00:13:42.759 --> 00:13:48.539 said Morgan. I am looking for him. I liked what 00:13:48.539 --> 00:13:51.279 M .R. DeHaan said so many times as he preached 00:13:51.279 --> 00:13:54.480 on this rapture of the church, when he said, 00:13:54.500 --> 00:13:57.139 I'm not looking for the undertaker, I'm looking 00:13:57.139 --> 00:14:01.279 for the upper taker. Well, in the meantime, the 00:14:01.279 --> 00:14:05.470 undertaker has taken, Dr. DeHaan. He is in a 00:14:05.470 --> 00:14:08.610 grave in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His body is 00:14:08.610 --> 00:14:12.230 there. He himself is with Christ in heaven. But, 00:14:12.289 --> 00:14:14.590 my friend, there is a day coming when Dr. DeHaan 00:14:14.590 --> 00:14:16.750 and all of those who have died in Christ in this 00:14:16.750 --> 00:14:19.750 age will be raised from the grave first, and 00:14:19.750 --> 00:14:22.570 we who are alive and remain shall be changed 00:14:22.570 --> 00:14:25.850 and caught up with them in the clouds to meet 00:14:25.850 --> 00:14:29.700 our Savior face to face. I tell you, there are 00:14:29.700 --> 00:14:32.840 eight times as many prophecies in the Bible dealing 00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:36.539 with Christ's second coming as his first coming. 00:14:37.139 --> 00:14:40.399 Now, if he so literally and exactly fulfilled 00:14:40.399 --> 00:14:43.700 those prophecies in his first advent, do you 00:14:43.700 --> 00:14:45.919 think that something is going to keep him from 00:14:45.919 --> 00:14:48.179 fulfilling all those prophecies regarding his 00:14:48.179 --> 00:14:52.799 second advent? Never. He is coming again, this 00:14:52.799 --> 00:14:58.460 very same Jesus. He is coming again. But not 00:14:58.460 --> 00:15:01.500 only is His coming secured by His resurrection, 00:15:01.820 --> 00:15:07.639 but our glory is coming as well. Our glorification 00:15:07.639 --> 00:15:11.539 with Christ is sure. Would you turn in your Bible 00:15:11.539 --> 00:15:14.259 to 1 Corinthians chapter 15 and look with me 00:15:14.259 --> 00:15:30.620 at verses 20 through 23? But now Christ has been 00:15:30.620 --> 00:15:34.200 raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those 00:15:34.200 --> 00:15:38.940 who are asleep. For since by man came death, 00:15:39.220 --> 00:15:43.080 by a man came also the resurrection of the dead. 00:15:43.379 --> 00:15:50.559 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all 00:15:50.559 --> 00:15:55.090 shall be made alive. My friend, this is speaking 00:15:55.090 --> 00:15:57.169 about the future resurrection, and it goes on 00:15:57.169 --> 00:15:59.970 to tell us in this passage and in others that 00:15:59.970 --> 00:16:02.450 not only the saved are going to be resurrected, 00:16:02.570 --> 00:16:06.350 but so are the unsaved, to stand before Him in 00:16:06.350 --> 00:16:10.409 judgment. But the point I want to make at this 00:16:10.409 --> 00:16:13.029 time is the fact that He's coming, and we who 00:16:13.029 --> 00:16:16.169 are His are going to be caught up to be with 00:16:16.169 --> 00:16:20.669 Him, to be like Him. We are not going to be caught 00:16:20.669 --> 00:16:23.950 up in these bodies. Aren't you glad? We're going 00:16:23.950 --> 00:16:27.870 to be caught up in bodies fitted for glory, fitted 00:16:27.870 --> 00:16:32.909 for heaven, fitted for eternity. As we have borne 00:16:32.909 --> 00:16:35.809 the image of the earthy, so shall we bear the 00:16:35.809 --> 00:16:40.750 image of the heavenly. Look in verse 50 of this 00:16:40.750 --> 00:16:44.750 chapter. I say this, brethren, that flesh and 00:16:44.750 --> 00:16:49.289 blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God. Now 00:16:49.289 --> 00:16:52.909 why is that? Because the kingdom of God... is 00:16:52.909 --> 00:16:55.090 an eternal kingdom and our flesh and blood is 00:16:55.090 --> 00:16:59.009 not eternal. It is temporal. It is dying. It 00:16:59.009 --> 00:17:04.190 is decaying. It is headed to the grave. Flesh 00:17:04.190 --> 00:17:06.789 and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God. 00:17:08.190 --> 00:17:11.509 Nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 00:17:13.329 --> 00:17:17.769 Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall not all 00:17:17.769 --> 00:17:23.839 sleep, but we shall all Be changed. Sleep there 00:17:23.839 --> 00:17:27.220 is a metaphor of death. He says that not all 00:17:27.220 --> 00:17:32.339 of us who are Christ in this age will die. But 00:17:32.339 --> 00:17:36.819 we shall all be changed in a moment in the twinkling 00:17:36.819 --> 00:17:40.359 of an eye at the last trumpet. For the trumpet 00:17:40.359 --> 00:17:43.519 will sound and the dead will be raised imperishable 00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:48.420 and we shall be changed. For this perishable 00:17:48.990 --> 00:17:52.410 must put on imperishable, and this mortal must 00:17:52.410 --> 00:17:56.589 put on immortality. He is saying that we are 00:17:56.589 --> 00:17:59.990 going to be changed. We will have a new body. 00:18:01.869 --> 00:18:05.509 The body that we have now in our humble state 00:18:05.509 --> 00:18:11.269 will be transfigured, will be changed and fashioned 00:18:11.269 --> 00:18:19.000 like His body of glory. A tangible body. A literal 00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:23.619 body in that sense, but a body that is unlike 00:18:23.619 --> 00:18:29.079 these. A body that will be identifiable with 00:18:29.079 --> 00:18:31.859 the ones we have now, but not identical to them. 00:18:34.420 --> 00:18:41.579 A new body, like his own. But our glorification 00:18:41.579 --> 00:18:46.079 involves more than a new body. As much as I like 00:18:46.079 --> 00:18:49.299 that, I like the second part even better. And 00:18:49.299 --> 00:18:54.559 that is that inwardly, in soul and spirit, we 00:18:54.559 --> 00:18:59.400 are going to be like him. Now we struggle with 00:18:59.400 --> 00:19:07.319 indwelling sin. Now we have the flesh. But on 00:19:07.319 --> 00:19:10.180 that day when we are changed to be like our Lord, 00:19:10.460 --> 00:19:14.700 sin will no longer be a part of us. There will 00:19:14.700 --> 00:19:17.960 be no flesh to resist the work of the Holy Spirit 00:19:17.960 --> 00:19:22.160 in our lives. But rather, we will be like Him 00:19:22.160 --> 00:19:28.039 inwardly, in spirit and in soul, without sin. 00:19:29.319 --> 00:19:32.099 And the battle with that awful enemy will be 00:19:32.099 --> 00:19:35.940 over forever. And we will no longer have the 00:19:35.940 --> 00:19:41.059 capacity to sin. I look forward to that day. 00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:44.680 When our glorification will take place. Now you 00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:47.759 say, maybe it won't happen for me. Are you a 00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:52.299 Christian? Are you in Jesus Christ? Are you one 00:19:52.299 --> 00:19:56.279 of His? If you belong to Him, there is nothing 00:19:56.279 --> 00:20:00.619 in heaven above, on earth here, or in hell below, 00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:04.240 which can keep your glorification from taking 00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:08.140 place. In fact, it is so sure to take place. 00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:11.599 that God speaks of it as already having occurred 00:20:11.599 --> 00:20:20.799 in Romans 8, verse 30. 1 John 3, 3 says that 00:20:20.799 --> 00:20:24.019 if we have this hope in us, we purify ourselves. 00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:29.539 We not only look forward to someday being free 00:20:29.539 --> 00:20:33.779 from sin, but right now God expects us to enjoy 00:20:33.779 --> 00:20:38.930 increasing victory over sin. For while we battle 00:20:38.930 --> 00:20:42.029 with it, we are not its victims or its slaves, 00:20:42.210 --> 00:20:47.529 though we can live like it. But because Jesus 00:20:47.529 --> 00:20:52.910 died and rose again, we have died to sin and 00:20:52.910 --> 00:20:57.650 have been raised to walk a new life in Jesus 00:20:57.650 --> 00:21:01.289 Christ so that no longer does sin have mastery 00:21:01.289 --> 00:21:07.960 over us. Yield to it, we may. It be our master, 00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:12.180 it cannot, because we belong to Jesus Christ. 00:21:16.220 --> 00:21:20.180 There's a third future event coming. It takes 00:21:20.180 --> 00:21:22.259 place as a part of what I've just spoken of. 00:21:23.460 --> 00:21:26.140 The resurrection of Jesus Christ has secured 00:21:26.140 --> 00:21:30.880 in the first place His own coming again. Then 00:21:30.880 --> 00:21:35.799 secondly, our glorification with Him. and in 00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:41.220 him. But thirdly, his resurrection secures the 00:21:41.220 --> 00:21:46.700 fact that rewards are coming. You say, well, 00:21:46.779 --> 00:21:50.819 I don't want to serve the Lord for rewards. Well, 00:21:50.859 --> 00:21:53.380 I admire your motive in that, but may I remind 00:21:53.380 --> 00:21:55.920 you that it's Jesus himself who offers the rewards. 00:21:57.180 --> 00:22:00.660 It is not unspiritual or wrong to labor for rewards. 00:22:02.160 --> 00:22:04.880 Indeed, we are exhorted that we ought to labor 00:22:04.880 --> 00:22:07.559 so that we can present ourselves before him and 00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:12.440 receive rewards. Turn with me to 2 Corinthians 00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:21.099 chapter 4. The apostle here is reviewing the 00:22:21.099 --> 00:22:25.519 supernatural nature of the ministry God calls 00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:31.680 us to. And despite the fact that we... are afflicted 00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:36.180 and crushed and persecuted. It is not to our 00:22:36.180 --> 00:22:41.200 destruction or our despair. Indeed, we are but 00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:44.059 experiencing the dying of the Lord Jesus in those 00:22:44.059 --> 00:22:47.859 things. Then in verse 14, he goes on to say, 00:22:47.900 --> 00:22:52.180 knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will 00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:57.160 raise us also with Jesus and will present us 00:22:57.160 --> 00:23:02.029 with you. Now he goes on to talk about this matter, 00:23:02.150 --> 00:23:05.430 and he concludes that section by saying in verse 00:23:05.430 --> 00:23:10.170 10 of chapter 5 now, For we must all appear before 00:23:10.170 --> 00:23:13.589 the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may 00:23:13.589 --> 00:23:17.809 be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according 00:23:17.809 --> 00:23:21.890 to what he has done, whether good or bad. And 00:23:21.890 --> 00:23:25.210 so we see here that the resurrection of the Lord 00:23:25.210 --> 00:23:30.769 Jesus and thus our resurrection, is tied together 00:23:30.769 --> 00:23:35.869 with this truth that rewards are coming. There 00:23:35.869 --> 00:23:41.150 is an examination period at the end of this age. 00:23:42.130 --> 00:23:46.769 And each of us who belong to Jesus Christ will 00:23:46.769 --> 00:23:51.289 stand before our Lord for that examination. Now, 00:23:51.289 --> 00:23:55.869 if there is no resurrection, of Christ and there 00:23:55.869 --> 00:24:00.430 is no resurrection of believers, then what futility 00:24:00.430 --> 00:24:05.609 it is to suffer and to serve and to sacrifice 00:24:05.609 --> 00:24:10.410 for Him in this world. But because there is a 00:24:10.410 --> 00:24:14.089 resurrection and because our Lord has been raised 00:24:14.089 --> 00:24:17.650 from the dead, all of the suffering and all of 00:24:17.650 --> 00:24:21.730 the sacrifice and all of the service now is worthwhile. 00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:30.839 Our faithfulness now will be rewarded then. I 00:24:30.839 --> 00:24:36.539 have in my mind, from time to time, tried to 00:24:36.539 --> 00:24:41.000 enter into that day and to imagine what it will 00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:44.359 be like. And frankly, I can't do that very well. 00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:48.880 It's hard to imagine it on the one hand. On the 00:24:48.880 --> 00:24:53.369 other hand, It is not a very pleasant thing to 00:24:53.369 --> 00:24:56.109 think about in some respects. Indeed, the apostle 00:24:56.109 --> 00:25:00.529 says here that it's the fear of the Lord that 00:25:00.529 --> 00:25:05.750 comes to his mind when he thinks about it. But 00:25:05.750 --> 00:25:07.950 when I think that someday I'm going to stand 00:25:07.950 --> 00:25:16.170 before Jesus Christ personally, whom having never 00:25:16.170 --> 00:25:20.569 seen, I nonetheless love. And I'm going to look 00:25:20.569 --> 00:25:23.690 upon his face and gaze into his eyes, literally. 00:25:24.809 --> 00:25:28.069 And I'm going to see his nail -pierced hands 00:25:28.069 --> 00:25:32.990 stretched out to me. And I will see his feet 00:25:32.990 --> 00:25:39.410 pierced. And when I see him then in his glory, 00:25:39.609 --> 00:25:48.039 that will be a day. And then when we go over 00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:54.640 my life together, that will be an experience. 00:25:57.700 --> 00:26:00.940 My sins, thank God, are under the blood of Christ 00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:03.720 and will not be brought before me. I will not 00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:08.079 have to account for them. But I will have to 00:26:08.079 --> 00:26:11.180 account for the decisions that I've made, the 00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:13.880 way I've invested my time, my life, my ministry, 00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:17.960 my spiritual gifts. How I've served my Lord in 00:26:17.960 --> 00:26:21.119 this church and in the other churches where I've 00:26:21.119 --> 00:26:24.500 been. You see, all of those things will be reviewed. 00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:29.099 Not the sins, but my works will all be examined. 00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:34.319 So will yours. I like what it says in 1 Corinthians 00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:38.359 4 when it suggests that at that time, each one 00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:43.380 of us will have his due praise from God. In other 00:26:43.380 --> 00:26:46.599 words, All of us will receive something from 00:26:46.599 --> 00:26:53.299 his hand. But I wonder as he brings forth my 00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:56.960 reward with his nail -pierced hand, and I see 00:26:56.960 --> 00:27:02.579 it there to receive it, what my attitude will 00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:07.359 be. I can tell you this, that when I begin to 00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:09.839 think about that, it makes me want to live now 00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:16.930 so that then I won't have to be ashamed. It makes 00:27:16.930 --> 00:27:20.589 me want to live now so that on that day I can 00:27:20.589 --> 00:27:24.650 be grateful to God that I was faithful in this 00:27:24.650 --> 00:27:30.150 life and that I did sacrifice and that I did 00:27:30.150 --> 00:27:35.710 serve him. Don't you feel that way? When I think 00:27:35.710 --> 00:27:39.670 about the fact that rewards are coming, it causes 00:27:39.670 --> 00:27:41.869 me to want to be more faithful than ever to Jesus 00:27:41.869 --> 00:27:46.240 Christ. So that on that day when I'm with him, 00:27:46.339 --> 00:27:52.579 he and I can rejoice together over the profit 00:27:52.579 --> 00:27:57.900 that he and the glory that he received from my 00:27:57.900 --> 00:28:06.579 life. Dr. Robert Lee, who for years pastored 00:28:06.579 --> 00:28:08.819 the famous Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, 00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:12.849 Tennessee, had a sermon that he preached. hundreds 00:28:12.849 --> 00:28:16.009 and hundreds of times. Perhaps you heard him 00:28:16.009 --> 00:28:22.190 preach it. I did once. It was a sermon that was 00:28:22.190 --> 00:28:26.930 a masterpiece of oratory, and it was entitled, 00:28:27.210 --> 00:28:34.230 Payday Someday. My friend, God doesn't pay us 00:28:34.230 --> 00:28:39.049 at the end of the week or the month or our year. 00:28:41.450 --> 00:28:45.950 but God's payday is coming. Someone has written 00:28:45.950 --> 00:28:50.150 a poem entitled, Who does God's work will get 00:28:50.150 --> 00:28:54.289 God's pay. However long may seem the day, however 00:28:54.289 --> 00:28:58.529 weary be the way, though powers and princes thunder 00:28:58.529 --> 00:29:03.470 nay, who does God's work will get God's pay. 00:29:04.569 --> 00:29:08.549 He does not pay as others pay, in gold or land 00:29:08.549 --> 00:29:11.910 or raiment gay. in goods that vanish and decay. 00:29:12.990 --> 00:29:17.490 But God in wisdom knows a way, and that is sure, 00:29:17.549 --> 00:29:21.809 let come what may, who does God's work will get 00:29:21.809 --> 00:29:28.869 God's pay. Are you involved in God's work? My 00:29:28.869 --> 00:29:31.329 friend, life is too short to be involved in anything 00:29:31.329 --> 00:29:36.529 less important. Life is too brief to be self 00:29:36.529 --> 00:29:39.769 -centered. and to live for this world and its 00:29:39.769 --> 00:29:43.490 material things. Let us be involved in the work 00:29:43.490 --> 00:29:46.630 of the Lord. Jesus said, Behold, I come quickly, 00:29:46.769 --> 00:29:50.549 and my reward is with me to render to every man 00:29:50.549 --> 00:29:54.829 according to what he has done. Revelation 22 00:29:54.829 --> 00:30:00.430 .12 The resurrection of Jesus Christ guarantees 00:30:00.430 --> 00:30:03.250 the fact that someday your payday is coming. 00:30:04.359 --> 00:30:07.380 And though you may not be praised now or recognized 00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:13.440 now, though it may be that no one knows the good 00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:18.559 that you do for Christ, it may be that no one 00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:21.579 is aware of the hours that you agonize in prayer 00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:26.339 or that cup of cold water, as it were, that you 00:30:26.339 --> 00:30:30.440 give in his name. It may be that you don't get 00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:32.880 a plaque for teaching that Sunday school class. 00:30:33.869 --> 00:30:36.650 And that no one applauds you for being an usher 00:30:36.650 --> 00:30:38.609 or whatever you're doing in the work of God. 00:30:38.730 --> 00:30:42.309 But my friend, never ever forget this. What you 00:30:42.309 --> 00:30:49.589 do for him never escapes his notice. And someday 00:30:49.589 --> 00:30:52.730 you're going to receive a full reward for your 00:30:52.730 --> 00:30:58.829 faithful service to Jesus Christ. His resurrection 00:30:58.829 --> 00:31:01.589 from the dead secures that future event, that 00:31:01.589 --> 00:31:05.150 beam of seat judgment. And there is nothing in 00:31:05.150 --> 00:31:08.630 heaven above, on earth now, or in hell below 00:31:08.630 --> 00:31:12.650 that can keep the judgment of the believers. 00:31:13.470 --> 00:31:16.869 And they're receiving their proper rewards in 00:31:16.869 --> 00:31:22.430 coming to pass. But now there's a less happy 00:31:22.430 --> 00:31:26.569 event to talk about, which is also secured by 00:31:26.569 --> 00:31:30.309 the resurrection of Jesus Christ. And that is 00:31:30.309 --> 00:31:34.960 the judgment of the unsaved. Judgment is coming 00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:39.039 for the lost. Would you turn, please, to Acts 00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:48.000 chapter 17? The apostle is speaking to a pagan, 00:31:48.099 --> 00:31:56.799 largely Gentile crowd in Athens, and he says 00:31:56.799 --> 00:32:04.619 to them in part, In verses 30 and 31, these words, 00:32:05.839 --> 00:32:11.000 Therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, 00:32:11.400 --> 00:32:16.839 God is now declaring to men that all everywhere 00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:22.119 should repent. When it says men here, by the 00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:24.859 way, ladies, it's talking about ladies too. Just 00:32:24.859 --> 00:32:26.740 to be real clear, this is a generic use of the 00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:33.099 term. He is saying to all mankind, everywhere, 00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:38.420 repent. Now why should people repent of their 00:32:38.420 --> 00:32:46.359 ungodliness? Because he has fixed a day in which 00:32:46.359 --> 00:32:51.740 he will judge the world in righteousness through 00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:56.660 a man whom he has appointed. having furnished 00:32:56.660 --> 00:33:01.240 proof to all men by raising him from the dead. 00:33:02.880 --> 00:33:08.619 Now if there is no resurrection, if Jesus Christ 00:33:08.619 --> 00:33:11.500 did not come out of that tomb 2 ,000 years ago, 00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:16.779 then who is going to judge? For Jesus said that 00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:19.259 he was the judge, that all judgment was committed 00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:24.599 to him. If in fact he is dead, then there is 00:33:24.599 --> 00:33:31.900 no future judgment. In order to be a judge, one 00:33:31.900 --> 00:33:34.359 has to first of all be a peer of those whom he 00:33:34.359 --> 00:33:38.400 judges. Then he has to be on the side of the 00:33:38.400 --> 00:33:43.759 law. He can't be a criminal. And finally, he 00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:46.539 has to be commissioned or appointed to the office 00:33:46.539 --> 00:33:53.140 of judge. I would have you note that Jesus Christ 00:33:53.140 --> 00:33:55.539 meets all three of those qualifications to be 00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:59.099 the judge of the world. He is a peer of all men 00:33:59.099 --> 00:34:02.799 because as well as being God, he is man. And 00:34:02.799 --> 00:34:07.380 that is what is emphasized in verse 31. Man will 00:34:07.380 --> 00:34:17.059 be judged by a man. Capital M. Jesus Christ is 00:34:17.059 --> 00:34:20.090 on the side of the law. God is going to judge 00:34:20.090 --> 00:34:24.449 in righteousness. He did not break a single commandment 00:34:24.449 --> 00:34:30.150 of God. No law was ever broken by him. He is 00:34:30.150 --> 00:34:34.369 on the side of the law. And he has been appointed 00:34:34.369 --> 00:34:39.389 as the judge. The Father has committed all judgment 00:34:39.389 --> 00:34:44.760 to Jesus Christ. He is the judge. And I would 00:34:44.760 --> 00:34:47.639 have you notice these facts regarding the coming 00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:51.659 judgment. First of all, the date is set. You 00:34:51.659 --> 00:34:57.239 say, what is it? I don't know. But I can tell 00:34:57.239 --> 00:35:00.059 you this, that on God's master calendar in heaven, 00:35:00.179 --> 00:35:05.840 there is a day marked out when the world will 00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:10.539 stand in judgment before him. That day is as 00:35:10.539 --> 00:35:15.170 fixed. as can possibly be, and there is nothing 00:35:15.170 --> 00:35:19.889 that can keep that day from coming to pass. Furthermore, 00:35:20.090 --> 00:35:22.090 I want you to notice that it's a judgment of 00:35:22.090 --> 00:35:24.769 the world. This does not entail the judgment 00:35:24.769 --> 00:35:28.849 of God's people. This is the judgment of the 00:35:28.849 --> 00:35:32.710 inhabitants of the world who are lost, outside 00:35:32.710 --> 00:35:39.239 of Jesus Christ, the unsaved. And finally, I 00:35:39.239 --> 00:35:41.059 want you to notice that it will be a judgment 00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:44.019 according to perfect righteousness. You will 00:35:44.019 --> 00:35:48.480 judge in righteousness through Jesus Christ. 00:35:49.659 --> 00:35:56.000 In other words, any thought, any deed that any 00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:58.840 unsaved person has ever committed that is less 00:35:58.840 --> 00:36:02.480 than God's perfect standard will be exposed on 00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:09.599 that day. You say, every thought? Yes. Even the 00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:17.780 little words, yes. Even the white lies, yes, 00:36:17.980 --> 00:36:23.679 if there are such things. The books are going 00:36:23.679 --> 00:36:25.840 to be opened according to Revelation chapter 00:36:25.840 --> 00:36:31.300 20. And those books contain the works of the 00:36:31.300 --> 00:36:35.909 lives of all men who've ever lived. And from 00:36:35.909 --> 00:36:38.969 the record of each man's life, his thoughts, 00:36:39.130 --> 00:36:42.650 his words, his deeds, he will stand before Jesus 00:36:42.650 --> 00:36:45.710 Christ and the standard of perfection will be 00:36:45.710 --> 00:36:48.550 held up and a man will have to compare himself 00:36:48.550 --> 00:36:53.889 to absolute perfection. You say, now wait a minute. 00:36:55.230 --> 00:36:57.010 You say Christians aren't going to be there. 00:36:57.090 --> 00:36:59.610 That's right. You say, then you're saying that 00:36:59.610 --> 00:37:02.659 Christians are perfect. No, they're not. None 00:37:02.659 --> 00:37:04.599 of us are perfect. I like what the bumper snicker 00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:08.860 said. It said Christians aren't perfect. They're 00:37:08.860 --> 00:37:14.820 just forgiven. You see, Jesus Christ has already 00:37:14.820 --> 00:37:18.940 paid for our sins. When we trust Jesus Christ, 00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:22.119 the record of our sins, all of those books containing 00:37:22.119 --> 00:37:27.440 all of our acts and words and thoughts are destroyed. 00:37:29.190 --> 00:37:31.510 They no longer exist. There is no record any 00:37:31.510 --> 00:37:34.090 longer of our sins. We are forgiven. They are 00:37:34.090 --> 00:37:37.570 all under the blood of Christ. Not only that, 00:37:37.730 --> 00:37:41.550 we are given then the righteousness of God in 00:37:41.550 --> 00:37:44.769 Jesus Christ so that we in Christ can measure 00:37:44.769 --> 00:37:47.349 up to this perfect standard. Not in ourselves, 00:37:47.829 --> 00:37:52.110 but because God says that he gives us Christ's 00:37:52.110 --> 00:37:54.550 righteousness. So that when he looks at you as 00:37:54.550 --> 00:37:57.510 a Christian and at me, he sees us in Christ and 00:37:57.510 --> 00:38:03.710 we are perfectly righteous. But not so the unsaved. 00:38:04.969 --> 00:38:07.550 Those who stand before God on that day will have 00:38:07.550 --> 00:38:10.630 no chance of redemption. Indeed, the only purpose 00:38:10.630 --> 00:38:13.469 for their being there is to determine the severity 00:38:13.469 --> 00:38:16.210 of their punishment in the eternal lake of fire. 00:38:17.630 --> 00:38:21.750 Yes, there will be degrees of punishment. Levels 00:38:21.750 --> 00:38:27.210 of punishment. And every man will be judged in 00:38:27.210 --> 00:38:33.469 righteousness. That's a frightful thing. My friend, 00:38:33.489 --> 00:38:38.349 if your sins aren't forgiven, I beg of you, I 00:38:38.349 --> 00:38:42.849 appeal to you, in the name of Christ, to come 00:38:42.849 --> 00:38:46.769 to him today that your sins may be forgiven and 00:38:46.769 --> 00:38:49.869 you can be made righteous in the sight of God. 00:38:52.550 --> 00:38:54.469 Judgment is coming and there's nothing that can 00:38:54.469 --> 00:38:58.690 keep it from coming to pass. I'm reminded of 00:38:58.690 --> 00:39:00.630 that time when the Apostle Paul was brought before 00:39:00.630 --> 00:39:05.130 Felix for judgment. And as he began to explain 00:39:05.130 --> 00:39:11.489 his teachings, he spoke to Felix regarding self 00:39:11.489 --> 00:39:15.530 -control and righteousness and judgment and judgment. 00:39:17.030 --> 00:39:20.409 You know what it says? It says that when Felix 00:39:20.409 --> 00:39:27.210 heard that, he began to tremble. A man is a fool 00:39:27.210 --> 00:39:32.550 if when he hears about judgment and he is lost, 00:39:32.829 --> 00:39:40.489 he does not tremble. He is a fool. For God is 00:39:40.489 --> 00:39:47.250 a consuming fire. He is holy. Charles Finney 00:39:47.250 --> 00:39:50.889 was an attorney. One day he sat in his office 00:39:50.889 --> 00:39:54.190 in the state of New York, and God began to deal 00:39:54.190 --> 00:39:59.309 with him. And one asked him, Finney, what are 00:39:59.309 --> 00:40:01.610 you going to do when you finish your course of 00:40:01.610 --> 00:40:07.130 studies? He replied, put out a shingle and practice 00:40:07.130 --> 00:40:15.590 law. What then? Get rich. What then? Retire. 00:40:17.389 --> 00:40:28.900 What then? Die? What then? Then with trembling 00:40:28.900 --> 00:40:37.219 lips, he said, the judgment. Finney ran out of 00:40:37.219 --> 00:40:39.699 his office into the woods, which was a half a 00:40:39.699 --> 00:40:42.980 mile away. He spent the whole day crying out 00:40:42.980 --> 00:40:49.000 to God and received Christ and came back. Out 00:40:49.000 --> 00:40:52.159 of the woods, a new man. There are some of you 00:40:52.159 --> 00:40:54.019 here today who may need to do that very thing. 00:40:55.239 --> 00:40:59.340 We celebrate Easter. It is a wonderful historical 00:40:59.340 --> 00:41:03.900 fact. But remember this. It does not only touch 00:41:03.900 --> 00:41:09.239 history. It greatly impacts the future. Because 00:41:09.239 --> 00:41:12.320 he was raised from the dead, Jesus is coming 00:41:12.320 --> 00:41:16.719 again. And we are going to share in that glory. 00:41:17.289 --> 00:41:22.730 and receive from him reward for our service and 00:41:22.730 --> 00:41:28.730 our faithfulness. And because he was raised from 00:41:28.730 --> 00:41:34.090 the dead, every unsaved person is going to stand 00:41:34.090 --> 00:41:39.969 before him someday. And his knee will bow, and 00:41:39.969 --> 00:41:43.210 his tongue will confess Jesus is Lord. It'll 00:41:43.210 --> 00:41:49.820 be too late. Too late. The works of his life 00:41:49.820 --> 00:41:54.260 will be exposed. And then he will receive from 00:41:54.260 --> 00:41:57.760 the lips of the risen Christ, the one who died 00:41:57.760 --> 00:42:01.539 to save, depart from me into everlasting fire, 00:42:01.659 --> 00:42:09.000 prepared for the devil and his angels. Are you 00:42:09.000 --> 00:42:15.920 ready? Should Jesus come today? Will you turn 00:42:15.920 --> 00:42:18.420 your eyes upon him in faith today and receive 00:42:18.420 --> 00:42:23.380 him, if that is your need? Will you turn your 00:42:23.380 --> 00:42:27.639 eyes upon him, Christian, and give him your whole 00:42:27.639 --> 00:42:33.599 capacity, your whole life, and say, Lord, what 00:42:33.599 --> 00:42:42.739 would you have me to do? Father, we rejoice in 00:42:42.739 --> 00:42:49.739 the truth. that Jesus lives. But we recognize 00:42:49.739 --> 00:42:52.679 that that is not something that we believe in 00:42:52.679 --> 00:42:54.420 doctrine only, that there are some applications 00:42:54.420 --> 00:42:58.440 to our lives. And wherever we are found today, 00:42:58.619 --> 00:43:00.579 whether as a Christian or as one who's not a 00:43:00.579 --> 00:43:02.519 Christian, I pray that we'll be able to say, 00:43:02.579 --> 00:43:06.199 yes, I'm ready. Should Jesus come today and I 00:43:06.199 --> 00:43:11.380 stand in judgment. And Father, if there are some 00:43:11.380 --> 00:43:14.150 things we need to clear up in our lives, sins 00:43:14.150 --> 00:43:16.309 we need to confess, decisions that we need to 00:43:16.309 --> 00:43:20.409 make, steps we need to take. And I pray that 00:43:20.409 --> 00:43:23.550 today we'll have the faith and the courage, the 00:43:23.550 --> 00:43:27.190 repentance, to make those steps of obedience. 00:43:29.530 --> 00:43:31.349 In Jesus' name, amen.