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Robert Jeffress - Will Heaven Be The Same For Everyone? (Part 2B)

February 25, 2026 | 27:29

Robert Jeffress - Will Heaven Be The Same For Everyone? (Part 2B)
Pathway to Victory offers a practical application of God’s Word to everyday life through the clear, biblical teaching of Pastor Jeffress.
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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - Will Heaven Be The Same For Everyone? (Part 2B) | February 25, 2026
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Male announcer: from the pulpit of the first baptist
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  • Church of dallas, texas, this is "pathway to victory"
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  • With dr. robert jeffress.
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  • Dr. robert jeffress: hi, i'm robert jeffress,
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  • And welcome again to "pathway to victory."
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  • What is it going to be like after we die and find ourselves
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  • Standing before the judgment seat of christ?
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  • Well, one thing is certain, the outcome of that moment will be
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  • Greatly influenced by the way we conduct ourselves right now.
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  • Last time i showed you three analogies.
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  • First, the trustee analogy, second, the construction
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  • Analogy, and third, the race analogy.
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  • Today we'll look at the rewards and the
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  • Regrets that await christians in heaven.
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  • We're answering the question, "will
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  • Heaven be the same for everyone?"
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  • On today's edition of "pathway to victory."
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  • ♪ many are they increased that trouble me. ♪
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  • ♪ many are they that rise up against me. ♪
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  • ♪ many there be which say of my soul ♪
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  • ♪ there is no help for him in god. ♪
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  • ♪ but thou, oh lord, are a shield for me. ♪
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  • ♪ my glory, and the lifter of my head. ♪
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  • ♪ thou, oh lord, are a shield for me. ♪
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  • ♪ my glory, and the lifter of my head. ♪
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  • ♪ but thou, oh lord, are a shield for me. ♪
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  • ♪ my glory, and the lifter of my head. ♪
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  • ♪ for thou, oh lord, are a shield for me. ♪
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  • ♪ my glory, and the lifter of my head. ♪
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  • ♪ for thou, oh lord, are a shield for me. ♪
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  • ♪ my glory, and the lifter of my head. ♪
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  • ♪ for thou, oh lord, are a shield for me. ♪
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  • ♪ my glory, and the lifter of my head. ♪
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  • ♪ of my head. ♪♪
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  • Announcer: when loss leaves you searching for hope, turn your
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  • Eyes toward heaven.
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  • In "encouragement from a place called heaven," dr. robert
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  • Jeffress offers comfort drawn from god's promises about
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  • Eternity, not the myths and misconceptions tv and movies
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  • Tell us, but what scripture truly reveals.
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  • Whether you're grieving a loved one, facing illness, or walking
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  • Alongside someone in pain, this beautiful hardcover book
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  • Provides the encouragement you need.
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  • Request "encouragement from a place called heaven" when you
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  • Give a generous gift to "pathway to victory."
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Jeffress: there are two possible outcomes of
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  • Our standing at the judgment seat of christ.
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  • One possible outcome is rewards.
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  • There will be rewards for some christians.
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  • Theologian norm geisler says it this way.
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  • "everyone in heaven will be fully blessed,
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  • But not everyone will be equally blessed.
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  • Every believer's cup will be full and running over, but not
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  • Everyone's cup will be the same size."
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  • You know, a lot of us say that's not fair.
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  • I mean, shouldn't everybody be treated equally?
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  • Shouldn't we all just get participation
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  • Trophies and call it a day?
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  • It doesn't work that way in heaven.
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  • We are going to be rewarded for what we've done.
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  • In revelation 22, verse 12, jesus said, "my reward is with
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  • Me to render to every man according to what he has," what?
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  • "according to what he has done."
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  • God cares how you behave.
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  • God cares what you do in this life.
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  • Again, 2 corinthians 5:10.
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  • "we shall be judged according to the deeds we have done in the
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  • Body whether they're good or worthless."
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  • These rewards that christians receive, some christians receive
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  • Are referred to sometimes in the bible as crowns.
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  • How many of you have heard about a christian's crown in heaven?
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  • I've put on your outline, there are at least five different
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  • Crowns that the bible talks about that are
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  • Possible rewards we will receive in heaven.
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  • Let me go through them with you real quickly.
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  • First of all, there is the imperishable crown.
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  • This is the reward for living a spirit-filled disciplined life.
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  • Again, paul mentions it in 1 corinthians 9:25.
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  • "everyone who competes in the games
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  • Exercises self-control in all things.
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  • They do it to receive a perishable
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  • Wreath, but we an imperishable."
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  • This refers to a spirit-filled, spirit-controlled life.
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  • Unlike the moldy celery or the moldy parsley of the perishable
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  • Wreath, the fruit of the spirit lasts and lasts and lasts.
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  • That's what this crown relates to.
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  • Secondly, there's the crown of exultation,
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  • Or some people call it the crown of rejoicing.
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  • This is a reward for those who have dedicated
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  • Themselves, especially to evangelism,
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  • Winning people to christ, and discipleship.
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  • It is mentioned in 1 thessalonians
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  • 2, verses 19 and 20.
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  • "for who is it that is our hope or joy or crown of exultation?
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  • Is it not even you, in the presence
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  • Of the lord jesus that is coming?
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  • For you are our glory and our joy."
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  • William barkley said, "our greatest glory lies in those
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  • Whom we have set or helped on the path to christ."
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  • Some people have dedicated their
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  • Lives to evangelism and discipleship.
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  • You know, i think about, he's in heaven now, but one
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  • Of our godly deacons who is my sunday school teacher,
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  • And many of you knew him well, ed heck, who is
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  • A converted jew, gave his life to christ.
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  • I think he has shared the gospel with
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  • Over 50,000 people through tracts.
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  • He kept an account of everybody he had shared the gospel with.
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  • Now, there is a crown for ed heck in heaven right now and
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  • Others who do these things as well.
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  • Thirdly, there is the crown of
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  • Righteousness, the crown of righteousness.
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  • This is a reward for those who live their
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  • Lives obediently in anticipation of christ's return.
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  • Those who are so caught up with the idea of christ's return,
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  • They're looking for his appearing
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  • That they live righteous, obedient lives.
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  • 2 timothy 4:8, paul talks about this, "in the future, there is
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  • Laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the lord,
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  • The righteous judge, will award to me on that day; and not only
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  • To me, but to those who have loved his appearing."
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  • Living your life in anticipation of the return of the lord.
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  • Fourth, the crown of life.
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  • This is a crown reserved for those who
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  • Endure specific trials and tests in life
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  • Without denying christ or giving up their faith.
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  • James 1:12, "blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, for
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  • Once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life."
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  • I think about our christian brothers and sisters around the
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  • World right now in the middle east who are being
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  • Put to death, being decapitated, burned alive
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  • For their failure to renounce christ.
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  • There's a crown awaiting them for that.
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  • It's not just to martyrs though, it is anyone who goes through
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  • The trials of life without giving up his faith.
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  • Fifthly, the crown of glory.
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  • This is a crown that is reserved for pastors who lead their
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  • Flocks in a way that is pleasing to god.
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  • In 1 peter 5, paul says, "and when the chief shepherd appears,
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  • You will receive the unfading crown of glory."
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  • Earlier in that chapter, he says to pastors, "shepherd the flock
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  • Of god among you, exercising oversight, and when the chief
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  • Shepherd appears, you'll receive the crown of glory."
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  • You know, i read that passage every saturday.
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  • Once a week, i read that passage as a reminder
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  • That this church is not my church.
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  • This church belongs to jesus christ.
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  • This is his church.
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  • He's the chief shepherd, i'm just the fill-in,
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  • The stand-in, the under shepherd.
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  • And one day i'm gonna stand before god and give an account
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  • Of how i have led this congregation.
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  • Believe me, that is a sobering reality in my life.
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  • That is the crown of glory.
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  • Well, what do these crowns actually mean?
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  • Billy graham once wrote, "jesus did not call us to wear a crown
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  • In this life, he called us to bear a cross
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  • And live for him in the face of ridicule.
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  • When we get to heaven, though, we will put our
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  • Crosses down and put on the crowns he gives."
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  • Now, some people believe that these crowns are literal crowns
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  • That we will wear, but that we will throw
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  • Them down before the throne of god.
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  • We sang a song, "holy, holy, holy," that talks about casting
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  • The golden crowns before the throne that's built on
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  • Revelation 4, verse 10, where the 24 elders are praising god
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  • And they cast their crowns before the throne of god.
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  • Some people interpret that to mean, well, whatever rewards we
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  • Receive are ultimately meaningless because
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  • We cast them before the throne of god.
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  • But that's a very questionable interpretation
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  • Because the fact is there are going to
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  • Be different experiences for people in heaven.
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  • And while it's true, we're all going to praise
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  • God for our salvation and even the ability to
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  • Earn rewards ultimately are a gift from him.
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  • But that doesn't mean everybody's experience
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  • Is going to be the same in heaven.
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  • Are these crowns literal crowns?
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  • Some people believe they are.
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  • Of course, you know, you have to wonder
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  • If you have more than one or two,
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  • How's that gonna work walking around with four or five?
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  • Most of us won't have to worry about that, but a few might.
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  • How does that work out?
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  • Other people say, "well, we're gonna cast them
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  • All before the throne and it doesn't matter."
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  • My own belief is these crowns may be literal crowns, and
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  • Indeed we may cast them before the throne of god as a sign of
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  • Our worship of god, but that doesn't negate the fact that
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  • These crowns represent real tangible rewards
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  • That will extend throughout eternity.
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  • You say, "what kind of rewards are you talking about?"
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  • This isn't my imagination, this is what the bible says.
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  • There are three kinds of rewards that
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  • These crowns represent, i believe.
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  • First of all, these rewards include special privileges in
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  • Heaven, special privileges in heaven.
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  • When julia and dorothy were a little, we used to, you know,
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  • Sell a kidney and take them to disney world or disneyland.
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  • You know, it's not the cheapest thing in the world to do, but we
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  • Would go there and have a great time.
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  • If you've ever been to the happiest place in all the world,
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  • You know that for a basic price, you get into the
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  • Park, and everybody gets in the park.
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  • You pay this one price, you can ride the rides as many times
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  • As you want to till you throw up, you know, if you want to.
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  • Everybody gets to ride the rides.
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  • However, if you wanna pay a little bit more,
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  • You get to do some extra things.
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  • You get to go into the park an hour or
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  • Two early before the crowds come.
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  • You get to jump in front of the line
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  • Before other people and get to the rides first.
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  • If you really want to pay an arm and a leg, you can have
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  • Breakfast with mickey and minnie.
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  • It's a special privilege to those
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  • Who are willing to do a little more.
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  • Heaven's going to be that way.
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  • The experience of heaven is not gonna be the same for everybody.
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  • Secondly, i think these rewards entail
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  • Special positions in heaven.
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  • Those who are faithful in this life are gonna be put in charge
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  • And have more responsibilities in heaven.
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  • Jesus taught that in matthew 25:21.
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  • Do you remember the parable of the talents?
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  • Jesus commended those who were faithful with a few things and
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  • Said they will be put in charge of many things,
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  • Enter into the joy of your master.
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  • Thirdly, i think the rewards in heaven
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  • Entail special praise, special praise.
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  • Can you recall, look back in your life and recall something
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  • Your mom or dad might have said to you that
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  • Was especially encouraging to you?
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  • "son, daughter, i'm so proud of you."
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  • Or maybe you can think of something your employer said to
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  • You like, "you know, you're doing such a great job.
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  • We couldn't make it in this company if it weren't for you."
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  • You know, you hold onto those things, don't you?
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  • You replay them over and over in your mind.
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  • If we can get that excited about what a parent or an employer
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  • Says to us, think about what it's gonna be like.
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  • If we were to stand before god at the judgment seat and see a
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  • Smile across the face of jesus saying, "well done,
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  • Well done, good and faithful servant,"
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  • That's a reward worth working for.
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  • And that's what's gonna be awaiting some in heaven.
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  • Special privileges, special positions, special praise.
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  • One possible outcome of the judgment
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  • We're all gonna stand before is rewards.
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  • The other possible outcome is regrets.
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  • The forfeiture of rewards.
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  • Some people will stand before jesus in shame,
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  • And i don't make up that word shame.
  • 00:15:52.307 --> 00:15:54.309
  • It's a biblical word.
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  • 1 john 2, verse 28 says, "and now, little children, abide in
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  • Him so that when he appears, we may have confidence and not
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  • Shrink away for him in shame at his coming."
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  • Some people will stand before the judgment seat of christ, and
  • 00:16:12.027 --> 00:16:15.931
  • As jesus evaluates their lives, they'll have their heads down.
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  • They'll be scuffling in the dirt, unable to look the lord in
  • 00:16:20.702 --> 00:16:24.673
  • The eye as they look back with regret at what
  • 00:16:24.673 --> 00:16:28.644
  • Could have been theirs had they been more
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  • Faithful in their service of christ.
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  • Paul writes about that in 1 corinthians 3:15.
  • 00:16:33.816 --> 00:16:36.819
  • He talks about some people having their lives made of
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  • Silver, gold, and precious stones endure.
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  • But he says in verse 15, "if any man's work is burned up, he
  • 00:16:42.825 --> 00:16:47.930
  • Shall suffer loss; but he himself shall be
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  • Saved, yet as though through fire."
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  • There will be real measurable loss
  • 00:16:56.138 --> 00:16:58.674
  • Some people will experience in heaven.
  • 00:16:58.674 --> 00:17:01.076
  • And there'll be regret as people look and see what could have
  • 00:17:01.076 --> 00:17:04.279
  • Been theirs had they been more faithful to christ in this life.
  • 00:17:04.279 --> 00:17:08.784
  • Now, i know what you're probably thinking.
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  • You're saying, "wait a minute, pastor, i thought heaven was
  • 00:17:10.119 --> 00:17:11.920
  • Supposed to be a place of complete unending joy, and
  • 00:17:11.920 --> 00:17:16.758
  • You're saying there's gonna be regret, sorrow in heaven?
  • 00:17:16.758 --> 00:17:20.696
  • That doesn't make sense."
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  • Well, the fact is, joy and regret are two
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  • Emotions that can exist at the same time.
  • 00:17:27.636 --> 00:17:30.806
  • You can be joyful and regretful at the same time.
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  • Did you know that? i mean, think about this.
  • 00:17:33.642 --> 00:17:36.011
  • Let's just imagine your insurance agent calls
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  • You up and says, "you know, i've been
  • 00:17:37.880 --> 00:17:39.348
  • Looking over your homeowner's policy.
  • 00:17:39.348 --> 00:17:41.183
  • I think you're underinsured.
  • 00:17:41.183 --> 00:17:43.018
  • I think you need to increase your insurance
  • 00:17:43.018 --> 00:17:44.786
  • By $100,000 to cover everything you have."
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  • You say, "well, i'll think about it, i'll think about it."
  • 00:17:47.789 --> 00:17:50.792
  • You never give it another thought.
  • 00:17:50.792 --> 00:17:53.195
  • A couple of weeks later, you awaken in the middle of the
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  • Night, you smell smoke, you realize the house is on fire.
  • 00:17:55.531 --> 00:17:59.968
  • You grab your mate, hopefully, you grab your
  • 00:17:59.968 --> 00:18:03.071
  • Mate and you grope through the darkness.
  • 00:18:03.071 --> 00:18:07.309
  • You find your children, you gather them out.
  • 00:18:07.309 --> 00:18:09.611
  • There's only one exit out and it's through the window.
  • 00:18:09.611 --> 00:18:11.813
  • You take a chair and throw it through the
  • 00:18:11.813 --> 00:18:13.649
  • Window, you climb out onto the lawn.
  • 00:18:13.649 --> 00:18:17.252
  • And as you stand there in your pajamas, you turn around and you
  • 00:18:17.252 --> 00:18:19.855
  • See your house being totally consumed by the flames.
  • 00:18:19.855 --> 00:18:24.526
  • Now, what is your emotion at that moment?
  • 00:18:24.526 --> 00:18:27.963
  • Certainly, there's joy that you escaped the fire with your life
  • 00:18:27.963 --> 00:18:32.601
  • Intact and that your loved ones are standing with you,
  • 00:18:32.601 --> 00:18:35.637
  • Immeasurable joy, but don't you think there's gonna be a little
  • 00:18:35.637 --> 00:18:39.107
  • Bit of regret there as well as you see everything you own being
  • 00:18:39.107 --> 00:18:43.979
  • Burned up and realize you don't have the insurance to cover it?
  • 00:18:43.979 --> 00:18:48.784
  • Joy and regret can exist at the same time.
  • 00:18:48.784 --> 00:18:53.188
  • And it'll be that same emotion for those who
  • 00:18:53.188 --> 00:18:55.524
  • See their lives burned up at the judgment seat of
  • 00:18:55.524 --> 00:18:58.727
  • Christ and being termed as absolutely worthless.
  • 00:18:58.727 --> 00:19:03.398
  • "pastor, what about that verse, revelation 21:4, 'god shall wipe
  • 00:19:03.398 --> 00:19:06.969
  • Away every tear from their eyes?'"
  • 00:19:06.969 --> 00:19:09.104
  • That's right, he's gonna do that for us.
  • 00:19:09.104 --> 00:19:11.240
  • The revelation 21:4 occurs after the judgment seat of christ,
  • 00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:16.678
  • After the new heaven and the new earth.
  • 00:19:16.678 --> 00:19:19.314
  • And while god will wipe away our every tear,
  • 00:19:19.314 --> 00:19:22.651
  • He will not wipe away the consequences of failing to
  • 00:19:22.651 --> 00:19:26.588
  • Win rewards at the judgment seat of christ.
  • 00:19:26.588 --> 00:19:30.125
  • Those consequences last for eternity.
  • 00:19:30.125 --> 00:19:34.863
  • Now, we have to be careful here, to overdo the sorrow, regret
  • 00:19:34.863 --> 00:19:39.668
  • Aspect of the judgment seat of christ is to turn heaven into
  • 00:19:39.668 --> 00:19:43.605
  • Hell, but to underemphasize it is to make
  • 00:19:43.605 --> 00:19:48.010
  • Obedience in this life inconsequential.
  • 00:19:48.010 --> 00:19:51.713
  • Rewards will matter.
  • 00:19:51.713 --> 00:19:55.684
  • In his book, "your eternal reward," my friend erwin lutzer
  • 00:19:55.684 --> 00:20:00.455
  • Tells a fable about an indian beggar who stood
  • 00:20:00.455 --> 00:20:06.962
  • By the road every day to beg rice from
  • 00:20:06.962 --> 00:20:10.999
  • Any passerby who would be so generous.
  • 00:20:10.999 --> 00:20:13.902
  • He stood there by the dusty road, and in his bowl,
  • 00:20:13.902 --> 00:20:16.672
  • He had a few grains of rice just to get
  • 00:20:16.672 --> 00:20:19.174
  • People started with the idea of generosity.
  • 00:20:19.174 --> 00:20:22.077
  • One day as he stood there, he saw
  • 00:20:22.077 --> 00:20:23.945
  • This elegant chariot racing toward him.
  • 00:20:23.945 --> 00:20:28.850
  • And when the chariot stopped in front of him,
  • 00:20:28.850 --> 00:20:31.253
  • A wealthy raja descended from the chariot.
  • 00:20:31.253 --> 00:20:33.989
  • He went over to the beggar.
  • 00:20:33.989 --> 00:20:35.324
  • The beggar's heart was filled with hope as he thought, surely
  • 00:20:35.324 --> 00:20:37.859
  • This raja will give me what i need.
  • 00:20:37.859 --> 00:20:40.629
  • But instead of giving the beggar rice, he said
  • 00:20:40.629 --> 00:20:43.465
  • To the beggar, "give me your rice."
  • 00:20:43.465 --> 00:20:47.269
  • The beggar was startled.
  • 00:20:47.269 --> 00:20:49.104
  • "give you my rice?"
  • 00:20:49.104 --> 00:20:51.673
  • "give me your rice."
  • 00:20:51.673 --> 00:20:53.575
  • And so begrudgingly the beggar took out a
  • 00:20:53.575 --> 00:20:55.711
  • Grain of rice and gave it to the raja.
  • 00:20:55.711 --> 00:20:58.814
  • "now, give me another."
  • 00:20:58.814 --> 00:21:00.949
  • He reached in and gave another.
  • 00:21:00.949 --> 00:21:03.085
  • "i want another one as well." he gave him another.
  • 00:21:03.085 --> 00:21:06.221
  • By this time, the beggar was seething with anger.
  • 00:21:06.221 --> 00:21:09.391
  • Why would this wealthy man who had so much
  • 00:21:09.391 --> 00:21:12.761
  • Demand that from somebody who had so little?
  • 00:21:12.761 --> 00:21:16.898
  • Finally, the raja ascended back into the chariot and rode away.
  • 00:21:16.898 --> 00:21:22.971
  • The poor man looked into his bowl
  • 00:21:22.971 --> 00:21:25.674
  • And noticed something, something sparkling.
  • 00:21:25.674 --> 00:21:29.444
  • He looked in there and he saw a grain of gold, and then he saw
  • 00:21:29.444 --> 00:21:33.882
  • Another grain of gold and another grain of gold.
  • 00:21:33.882 --> 00:21:38.186
  • For every grain of rice the beggar had given the raja,
  • 00:21:38.186 --> 00:21:43.158
  • The raja had exchanged it for a grain of gold.
  • 00:21:43.158 --> 00:21:47.796
  • You know, exchanging rice for gold is a pretty savvy trade,
  • 00:21:47.796 --> 00:21:54.002
  • But exchanging the temporary pleasures and
  • 00:21:54.002 --> 00:21:56.972
  • Treasures of this life for eternal rewards in
  • 00:21:56.972 --> 00:22:00.008
  • The next life, that's a real lucrative transaction.
  • 00:22:00.008 --> 00:22:05.714
  • That's what rewards in heaven are all about.
  • 00:22:05.714 --> 00:22:09.184
  • Trading the temporal for the eternal, "for we must all stand
  • 00:22:09.184 --> 00:22:15.590
  • Before the judgment seat of christ, that each
  • 00:22:15.590 --> 00:22:18.193
  • One of us may be rewarded for what we've done
  • 00:22:18.193 --> 00:22:20.796
  • In the body, whether it be good or worthless."
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  • Jeffress: at "pathway to victory," we're praying that
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  • This series, "a place called heaven," will ignite a new
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  • Passion in your life and cause you to exchange
  • 00:22:36.878 --> 00:22:39.915
  • Your temporary pleasures for eternal rewards.
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  • Now, before our time is up today, let me reinforce the
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  • Value of your partnership with "pathway to victory"
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  • By relaying a real-life story to you.
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  • I received a note from a young man who
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  • He wrote, "dr. jeffress, i've heard so many sermons on sexual
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  • Immorality over the years, but yours hit me the hardest.
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  • And it has affected my marriage.
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  • The illustration you gave in your message has helped free me.
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  • I hope god continues to bless your ministry and this
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  • Message reaches more people like me."
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  • Now, stay right there, i'll be back with more
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  • And my prayer is that today's message has shown you the
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  • Prepare for our journey to heaven.
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  • Jeffress: i mean, do you know any man who would mind
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  • Exchanging his old ripped-up pajamas for a new brioni suit?
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  • That's exactly the exchange we make at death.
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  • That god has prepared for us forever.
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  • And that's worth applauding, that's something
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  • To look forward to, isn't it?
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