Dr. Robert Jeffress

Robert Jeffress - Final Judgement

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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - Final Judgement | May 31, 2026

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From the pulpit of the first baptist church
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Of dallas, texas, this is pathway to victory
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With dr. robert jeffress.
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Hi, i'm robert jeffress,
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And welcome again to pathway to victory.
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Jesus christ could return to gather his church
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At any moment, but he continues to wait patiently,
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So that unbelievers have more time to trust in him
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As their savior.
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Well one day god's patience will run out,
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And he will come again to judge the unrighteous
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In an event we call the great white throne judgment.
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And when that day comes,
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You won't want to be on the receiving end of god's wrath.
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My message is titled "final judgment,"
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On today's edition of pathway to victory.
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♪ who has conquered kingdoms ♪
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♪ give thanks to the god of all gods ♪
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♪ give him thanks ♪
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Wars, natural disasters, global instability.
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Warren wiersbe tells the story about a frontier town
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In which a wagon being pulled along
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By a horse suddenly bolted away as the horse began
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To run carrying the wagon
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That in turn had a small boy in it.
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A young man seeing the danger the young child was in
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Suddenly got on a horse
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And put his own life at risk to rescue the little boy.
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That little boy grew up to be a ruthless criminal
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And one day he found himself standing
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Before a judge awaiting being sentenced
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For a murder he had committed.
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And as the young criminal looked up at the judge,
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He recognized the judge as the man
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Who had saved his life many years earlier.
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And so he made a plea for mercy to the judge
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Based on what the judge had done for him many years earlier.
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But the judge silenced the plea of mercy
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With the these words.
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He looked at the young criminal
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And he said, son,
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Many years ago i was your savior,
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But today i am your judge
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And therefore i sentence you to be hanged.
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More than 2000 years ago, jesus christ came
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To be our savior.
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He lived a humiliating life.
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He died in excruciating death in order to provide
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For us the forgiveness of our sins.
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But the bible says one day jesus christ is coming back
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To earth not as the savior of the world,
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But as the judge of the world.
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And it's that second coming of christ when he comes
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To judge all unbelievers that we're going to look at today.
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It is a judgment
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That takes place at an event we often call
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The great white throne judgment.
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If you have your bibles turn to revelation chapter 20,
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Revelation chapter 20, "and i saw thrones
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And they that sat upon them and judgment was given to them
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And i saw the souls of those who had been beheaded
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Because of the testimony of jesus
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And because of the word of god
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And those who had not worshiped the beast or his image
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And had not received the mark upon their forehead
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And upon their hand and they came to life
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And they reigned with christ for a thousand years.
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The rest of the dead did not come to life
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Until the thousand years were completed.
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This is the first resurrection.
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Blessed and holy is the one
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Who is apart in the first resurrection
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Over these the second death has no power,
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But they will be priest of god and of christ
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And will reign with him for a thousand years."
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This phrase, the first resurrection introduces us
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To a concept that we have to understand if we're going
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To understand the end times
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And it's the concept of two resurrections.
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Now that word resurrection
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Comes from the greek word anastasis.
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It's a word that is used 40 times in the greek new testament
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And it always refers to the raising
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Of a person's physical body.
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These are the two resurrections.
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The first resurrection is for eternal life.
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The second resurrection is for eternal death.
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And that's why john says blessed is he
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Who has a part in the first resurrection
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Because over him the second death has no power.
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Now let's look at each
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Of these resurrections in more detail.
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I have it there on your outline.
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The first resurrection is called
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Very creatively the first resurrection.
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That makes sense, doesn't it?
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The first resurrection is the first resurrection.
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It is the resurrection of all christians.
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But here's the concept you need to understand.
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The first resurrection doesn't happen all at the same time.
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The first resurrection happens
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At four different times in history.
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That is every christian goes immediately
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Into the presence of christ when he dies,
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But his body is raised at a particular time in history
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And it's not the same for all believers.
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Look at verses 22 and 23 of one corinthians 15.
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"for as in adam all die.
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So also in christ, all shall be made alive."
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It's not just christ who was raised from the dead,
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But every follower
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Of christ will also be raised from the dead.
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Verse 23, "but each in his own order".
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Translation but everybody has to wait their turn.
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That's what he's saying.
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We're all going to be raised
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But each according to a specific order.
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And then notice in revelation 25 it says the rest
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Of the dead didn't come to life
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Until the thousand years were completed.
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Who are the rest of the dead?
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It is the unsaved who will be resurrected
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And that leads to what is on your chart,
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Number two, the second resurrection.
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It's referred to in revelation 20, verse 13
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"and the sea gave up the dead, which were in it
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And death in hades gave up the dead, which were in them."
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Unlike the first resurrection that takes place over a period
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Of time, the second resurrection
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Of the unsaved occurs all at the same point.
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It happens after the thousand year reign of christ
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And the purpose of the second resurrection is
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To raise the bodies of all unbelievers
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So they can experience the final judgment we're talking
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About today, the great white throne judgment.
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However, john says
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Before that final judgment, one last thing has to occur.
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So what happens after the thousand years?
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This just absolutely blows my mind.
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God chooses to let satan go
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Instead of dropping him into the lake of fire.
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Notice the reality
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Of satan's being released at the end of the thousand years.
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Revelation 20 verse 7,
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"and when the thousand years are completed,
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Satan will be released from his prison
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And he will come out to deceive the nations
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Which are in the four corners of the earth,
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Gog and magog to gather them together for the war.
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The number of them is like the sand of the seashore.
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That is those who are deceived into making war against god
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And they that is the opponents of god,"
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Verse nine "came up on the broad plain of the earth
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And surrounded the camp of the saints
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And of the beloved city that is jerusalem
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And fire came down from heaven and devoured them."
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What is the purpose of satan's release?
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Why does god choose to let him go?
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Well, it says in the text here in order
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That he might deceive the nations.
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That is in spite of the previous thousand years
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Of the perfect rule of jesus on the throne in jerusalem,
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Some people at the final moment when given the chance
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Will choose to follow satan.
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He will deceive some,
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But it won't be a deception that will last for long
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Because in revelation chapter 20 verse 9,
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God sends a fire.
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He devours those who have opposed him.
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And verse 10 says, he then takes satan
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And he drops him into the lake of fire where the beast
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And the false prophet are.
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And that prepares the way for this judgment
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We're looking at the great white throne judgment.
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Turnover to revelation chapter 20, beginning with verse 11.
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There are some people who believe some christians
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That there's only one judgment at the end of time,
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One judgment for both believers and unbelievers.
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But the bible does not teach that.
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There's a judgment for christians.
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It's the judgment called the judgment seat of christ.
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But there's another judgment for unbelievers
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That we're looking at today,
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The great white throne judgment.
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Look at the description of that judgment in verse 11.
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John says, "and i saw a great white throne
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And him who sat upon it from whose presence earth
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And heaven fled away and no place was found for them."
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As john looked,
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He saw a single solitary throne
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Suspended in space,
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Heaven and earth were gone at this point.
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What happened to the heaven and earth?
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One day this present heaven and earth being reserved
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For judgment will be destroyed by fire.
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And when we get to the satan's judgment in verse 10,
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And then to verse 11, the judgment of all unbelievers
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In between those two verses, the present heaven
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And earth fled away.
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That is they were destroyed.
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And so john only sees someone sitting
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On this great white throne.
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Notice the subjects
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Of the great white throne judgment in verses 12
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And 13, john says, "and i saw the dead, the great
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And the small standing before the throne
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And the books were open."
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Skip down to verse 13,
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"and the sea gave up the dead, which were in it death
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And hades gave up the dead, which were in them
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And they were judged every one of them according
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To their deeds.
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There is the book,
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But then there are the books
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That is god keeps a book, a record
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Of every person's believer and unbelievers works.
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Every word, every action,
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Every thought is recorded according to the things
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That are written in the books.
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And nothing goes unnoticed by god.
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The money you gave to united way,
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The time you helped an elderly grandmother
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Across the street, the ugly word you spoke to your mate
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Just as you got into the car to go to worship this morning
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That lustful thought you had about your neighbor.
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Everything, the good, the bad,
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And the ugly is recorded in the books.
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No good deed goes unrecorded, no sin goes unnoticed.
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It is all in the books.
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The bible says
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That the unsaved are judged according to the books,
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According to their deeds, according to the things
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That have been written in this book,
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The bible says in verse 12,
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"if any mans name is not found written in the book of life,
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He was judged forever and ever."
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The unbeliever listen to this is the person who chooses
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To be judged not by having his name in the book,
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But according to his works in the books.
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You know, one of the saddest aspects to me of this judgment,
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The white throne judgment, is the confidence
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With which unbelievers will approach it.
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After the unbeliever gets over the initial shock
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Of seeing the lord jesus christ,
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Whom he rejected sitting on that great white throne.
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After that initial shock, the believer will actually start
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To feel pretty confident as he hears jesus announce
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The basis on which he's going to be judged.
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As jesus begins to open the books
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And says, "i will judge you as you've chosen
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To be judged according to your deeds,
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According to your works."
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But that optimism, that confidence will turn
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To despair very, very quickly as the unbeliever realizes
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That the basis, the standard
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By which his works will be judged
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Will not be his relative righteousness to other people,
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But by the perfection of god's own son,
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The lord jesus christ.
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See, most of us, we judge
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Ourselves according to other people.
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We say, well, i may not be perfect, but i pay my taxes.
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I don't cheat on my mate.
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I'm certainly better than osama bin laden.
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You know, so i ought to do pretty good.
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I ought to make it into the kingdom. but god says no.
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The basis by which i judge every man is not his relative
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Righteousness compared to others,
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But by the perfection of my son, the lord jesus christ.
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In acts 17:31, the word of god says
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"god has fixed today in which
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He will judge the world and righteousness
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Through a man whom he is appointed having furnished proof
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To all men by raising him from the dead."
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Jesus is the gold standard.
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He is the standard
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By which our righteousness will be judged,
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And by that standard everyone falls short.
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What happens is a result of the white throne judgment,
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Look at verses 14 and 15 "and death in hades
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That is unbelievers were thrown into the lake of fire.
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This is the second death, the lake of fire.
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And if any man's name was not found written in the book
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Of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire."
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We'll talk about this more in two weeks,
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But will you notice that the lake of fire is a place
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Of eternal suffering.
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In revelation 19, before the millennium, "the beast
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And the false prophet are dropped into this lake of fire."
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In revelation chapter 20 verse 10, it says
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"that satan a thousand years later is dropped
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Into the lake of fire.
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It says where the beast
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And the false prophet are."
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Not where they were,
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But a thousand years later,
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They are still burning in this place
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Called the lake of fire.
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The thought i want to leave
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With you today is this thought spoken from the word of god
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That when a non-christian dies
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And is judged, he isn't annihilated, he doesn't cease
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To exist, he suffers.
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He is tormented
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With indescribable suffering day
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And night forever and ever, revelation 20:10.
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You say, pastor,
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I just can't put my mind around that.
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I cannot understand how a good
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And a loving god would choose to punish people,
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To torture people forever and ever and ever.
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May i remind you, there will not be one occupant in the lake
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Of fire who is not there by his own choice.
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The unbeliever is the person who has said to god,
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Whatever jesus christ did means nothing to me.
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I don't need his death, i don't need his righteousness.
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I'm happy to be judged by you according to my own merits.
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And god says, fine, i'll give you exactly what you wish.
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We'll judge you according to your works,
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But nobody's works will be good enough.
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For you see, the bible says,
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Unless we have a righteousness that equals
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That of jesus christ himself, none
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Of us is qualified to enter into heaven.
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You say, well, that's impossible.
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Nobody could ever meet that standard,
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The perfection of jesus christ.
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Nobody could ever meet that standard.
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Exactly. exactly.
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And that's why the only way we will ever be qualified
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To enter into heaven is not on the basis of our goodness,
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But on the basis of the goodness, the righteousness
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Of jesus christ.
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I know i've said this before,
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But i think right now is a helpful time
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To illustrate exactly what that means, the righteousness
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Of jesus christ and what it means to put that on.
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I want you to imagine here two books.
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One book is titled the life and times of jesus christ.
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This is a book that records every good deed,
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Every perfect thing that jesus christ has ever done,
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His complete record of absolute righteousness,
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The life and times of jesus christ.
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Now, i want you to imagine another book titled
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The life and times of robert jeffress.
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It is a book that records some of the good things i've done,
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But it also describes every wrong action,
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Every wrong thought, every wrong motivation
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For doing anything i've ever had.
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This book reads like a supermarket tabloid.
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It's a book i hope nobody will purchase, two books,
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The life and times of jesus christ,
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The life and times of robert jeffress.
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Now, what happens when i trust in christ is my savior.
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You know what god does?
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He takes the cover of this book
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And he places it on this book containing jesus good deeds.
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And so when god looks at the life
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And times of robert jeffress he no longer sees my sin.
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He sees all of the good things that jesus did
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And he gives me credit for his righteous life.
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But there's something else that happens.
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When i trust in christ as my savior,
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God takes the cover of this book,
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The life and times of jesus,
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And he places it around my life story.
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2000 years ago when god looked down on jesus on the cross,
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He saw my sin.
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He saw your sin
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And he judged jesus for what we have done.
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It's the greatest exchange that has ever taken place
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When we become a christian.
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I take my sinfulness and my righteousness
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And give it to jesus christ to suffer for
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And he takes his righteousness
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And he credits it to my account so
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That i spend eternity benefiting
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From the perfect life of jesus.
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Second corinthians 5:21 says it this way,
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"god made him jesus who knew no sin
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To become sin for us, that we might become the righteousness
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Of god in him."
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Now, hear me this morning,
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The most important choice you ever make in life is this.
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What am i depending upon to get me into heaven one day?
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Am i going to depend upon my righteousness?
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The fact that i'm a member of first baptist church dallas,
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That i got baptized, that i had a grandfather
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Who was a preacher one time?
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Am i going to depend on that
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Or am i going to choose to depend upon the righteousness
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Of jesus christ and the perfect life he led?
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You see, it's one or the other.
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Either you're depending on your righteousness
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Or you're depending completely
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On the righteousness of christ.
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It's one or the other. it can't be both.
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And ladies and gentlemen, that choice of
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What you're depending on
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To get into heaven is a choice you have
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To make right now in this life.
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If you wait until you die to make that choice,
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You've waited too long.
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If you wait until you die to call on the name of christ
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For salvation, there is no salvation.
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If you find yourself standing
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Before that great white throne judgment, it's too late,
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You must choose the righteousness of christ now
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To escape that final white throne judgment.
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God has given us clear details about these future events,
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Not to satisfy our curiosity,
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But to impact the choices we make every single day.
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And today, i hope you choose salvation
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Through faith in jesus christ.
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Well, before we wrap up today's broadcast,
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Let me say thank you for supporting the ministry
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Of pathway to victory.
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I think you have the same conviction that i do,
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That jesus is coming back again one day, one day soon,
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And god has given us the responsibility
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Of sharing this urgent message with as many people
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As possible before it's too late.
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Thank you so much for partnering
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With me in ministry together as we pierce the darkness
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With the light of god's word.
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Now, please stay right there.
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I'll be back with more pathway to victory in just a moment.
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With everything happening in our world today,
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It's natural to wonder are we living in the end times.
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People ask the most about the future.
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In my 40 plus years as a pastor,
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I've answered callous questions about the end times,
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And that's why i wrote this book
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To give you clear biblical answers that will fill your life
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With peace, joy, and excitement
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As we look forward to our lord's return.
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It's going to consist of economic turmoil.
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There'll be wars, there'll be unprecedented persecution,
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But fortunately, christians don't have
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To fear that period of time.
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To victory helps us proclaim the hope of christ's return
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With the light of god's word.
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When jesus first came to earth, he came as the savior
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Of the world, but when he comes for the second time,
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It will be as the judge of the world.
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Well, for many years,
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Tolerance has been america's favorite buzzword.
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Next time we'll examine how our definition of
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Has changed from its historical understanding
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And we'll uncover the dangers of embracing moral relativism.
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Stay tuned for a preview
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Of what's coming up next on pathway to victory.
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The conviction that all beliefs are equally valid is
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Celebrated as the highest ideal in our culture.
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And by the way, that's not by accident.
00:27:04.012 --> 00:27:07.716
There are many educators today who believe
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That encouraging tolerance of all beliefs
00:27:10.785 --> 00:27:14.022
And behaviors is the highest educational goal of educators.
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Set your dvr and join us next time for the message.
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The most misunderstood word in america,
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Your pathway to victory.
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Robert Jeffress - Final Judgement

May 31, 2026 | 27:29

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