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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - Jesus Is Judge (Part 1) | March 11, 2025
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- Male announcer: from the pulpit of the first baptist church of
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- Dallas, texas, this is "pathway to victory" with dr.
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- 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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- We must all stand before a judge at some point in life, whether
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- For a traffic violation or a more serious offense.
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- But did you know there's a much more significant court date in
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- Your future?
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- One day every person who has ever lived will stand before
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- Jesus christ, the ultimate judge.
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- The question is, are you prepared for your appointment
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- Before heaven's supreme court?
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- My message is titled "jesus the judge" on today's edition of
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- "pathway to victory."
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- Jeffress: what is the highest court in the world?
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- Most people would answer the international court of justice,
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- Known as the icj.
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- Some people refer to it as the world court.
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- It was established after world war ii as an encouragement to
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- Countries to settle their disputes by the law rather than
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- By war.
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- Today the world court consists of 15 judges from around
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- The world.
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- They sit in an ornate palace known as the peace palace in the
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- Hague, netherlands.
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- In 1986 the country of nicaragua accused the united states of
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- Supporting rebel forces in their country.
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- They sued our nation in the world court.
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- The world court found us guilty and ordered us to pay a
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- Huge fine.
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- Guess how much we paid.
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- Zero dollars.
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- We have paid nothing to the world court because their
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- Authority is a bogus.
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- It is a make-believe authority.
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- We are not under the authority of the world court.
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- But there is another court coming one day, another kind of
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- World court that will consist not of 15 judges but of 1 judge,
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- And he is a perfect judge, and he is one to whom everyone,
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- Christian and non-christian alike, will be forced to
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- Submit to.
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- Who is that judge over the future world court?
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- Paul identified him in acts 17:31 in his sermon on
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- Mars hill.
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- He said, "god has fixed a day in which he will judge the world in
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- Righteousness through a man whom he has appointed--" well, who is
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- That man?
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- "having furnished proof to all men by raising him from
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- The dead."
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- There's only one judge who meets that qualification, one judge
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- Who's come back from the dead.
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- His name is jesus christ.
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- And we're going to discover today how the end times reveal
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- Another one of jesus's roles.
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- Not only did the end times reveal jesus as messiah and
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- Prophet and king, they reveal him to be the true judge of all
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- Of the world, the judge of the living and the dead.
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- Now, that goes against the popular strain of understanding
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- Many people have about jesus.
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- When the average person today thinks about jesus, they see him
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- As that tiny baby in the feeding trough wrapped in swaddling
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- Cloths, or they see him as a good teacher or rabbi sitting on
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- The hillside teaching the sermon on the mount, or they see him as
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- The benevolent physician going about healing those who are
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- Afflicted, but nobody, very few people see him as a judge.
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- After all, wasn't it jesus who said judge not lest you
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- Be judged?
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- Most people don't believe jesus would ever judge anyone, but as
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- We're going to see today, the fact is jesus is going to
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- Judge everyone.
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- And that everyone includes you and me, christians and
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- Non-christians alike.
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- Today in our message "jesus the judge," we're going to look at
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- Five judgments in the end times over which jesus is going
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- To preside.
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- The best way to look at these judgments was in the
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- Chronological order in which they occur during the end times.
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- The first judgment is the one you and i are going to face one
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- Day by jesus.
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- We call it the judgment seat of christ.
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- And apparently there's no scripture that actually says it,
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- But apparently it occurs after the rapture, because when we get
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- To the tribulation we see in revelation 4 and 5 the church
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- Has already been crowned and rewarded.
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- So this is the first judgment and the one we face, the
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- Judgment seat of christ.
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- The scripture verse, one of many that talks about it, is 2
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- Corinthians 5, verse 10.
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- Paul wrote, "for we must all appear before the judgment seat
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- Of christ, that each one of us may be rewarded for what we have
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- Done in the body, whether it be good or bad."
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- That greek word translated judgment seat is the word bema.
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- Not bima, bema, the judgment seat of christ.
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- Sometimes this bema, it was really a raised platform, was
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- Used in the athletic realm.
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- We saw that in the olympics when a winner was brought to the
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- Raised platform and given a gold medal.
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- That actually came from paul's day.
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- The winner in athletic contest were brought to a raised
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- Platform where they received a crown made of leaves, really a
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- Wreath of leaves.
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- Who'd say--you'd say, "who gets excited about that?"
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- It's not just the crown of leaves, it's what
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- It represented.
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- They had won.
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- And there were real tangible benefits to winning the races in
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- Paul's day.
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- You got exempted from paying income tax to the government for
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- At least a year or more.
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- You had other privileges.
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- Well, paul says we're all going to appear before a judgment
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- Seat, not to be condemned.
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- This is not a judgment that determines whether we go to
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- Heaven or hell.
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- That's decided when we trust in christ.
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- This is an award of commendation.
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- But there's also a negative aspect to the judgment seat
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- Of christ.
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- The bema was also used in the judicial system.
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- It was used in corinth.
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- For example, in acts 18 we find the story of paul's ministry
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- In corinth.
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- Some jews got mad at him, were jealous.
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- They trumped up some charges and brought him before the
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- Proconsul gallio.
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- And gallio, acts 18 says, was seated on the bema, the
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- Judgment seat.
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- By the way, archaeologists have uncovered that.
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- Many of us have been to corinth and seen the judgment seat on
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- Which gallio sat.
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- And paul stood there, looking at gallio.
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- Gallio threatened him.
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- Paul never flinched once.
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- Why was he so courageous?
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- Because he realized that one day he would be standing before
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- Another judge on another judgment seat, that judge was
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- Jesus christ, and he would have to give an account of his life,
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- And he was much more fearful of what christ could do to him than
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- What gallio could do to him.
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- And it's interesting that paul used that experience in corinth
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- To write back to the corinthians this word in 2 corinthians 5:10.
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- "just like i stood before a judgment seat, we must all
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- Appear before the judgment seat of christ that each one of us
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- May be rewarded for what we have done."
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- What is it that jesus is going to judge?
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- Three things.
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- First of all, he's going to judge our actions, our works, if
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- You will.
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- You know, we who are evangelical christians, we make a big
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- Mistake in de-emphasizing the importance of works.
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- We're so anxious to make sure people understand we're not
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- Saved by good works, we act like our works don't matter.
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- Now, listen to this.
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- Our good works are worthless before we are saved, but our
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- Good works are priceless after we have been saved.
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- We're not saved by good works, we're saved for good works.
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- That's god's plan.
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- And god is going to reward us according to our works.
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- Works matter to god.
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- In psalm 62, verse 12, the psalmist said, "you, god,
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- Recompense a man according to his work."
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- Doesn't that makes sense?
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- It just makes sense that our works make a difference.
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- They do make a difference.
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- In matthew 16:27, jesus said, "for the son of man is going to
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- Come in the glory of his father and with his angels and he will
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- Then repay every man according to his deeds."
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- Secondly, jesus will judge us according to our words.
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- What we say, what we post on social media one day is going to
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- Be judged.
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- Did you know every word we speak will be judged?
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- Matthew 12:36 to 37, jesus said, "i tell you that every careless
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- Word that people speak, they will give an accounting for in
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- The day of judgment.
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- For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you
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- Will be condemned."
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- Thirdly, jesus will judge our thoughts.
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- In jeremiah 17:10, god says, "for i search the heart, i test
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- The mind even to give each man according to his ways, according
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- To the results of what his deeds are."
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- Sometimes why we do something is just as important as what we do.
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- And i think he's referring to here our motives.
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- Not just the careless thoughts we have or wrong thoughts, he's
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- Talking about our motives.
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- Those are going to be revealed.
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- What is the result of the judgment seat?
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- He said we're going to stand there that each one of us may be
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- Rewarded for what we have done, whether it is good or bad,
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- Is what the english translation says.
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- But that word bad doesn't mean morally wrong.
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- The word bad, phaulos in greek means worthless.
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- We're going to be judged and rewarded according to what kind
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- Of life we have lived.
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- What am i talking about?
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- If you have your bibles, turn over to 1 corinthians chapter 3,
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- Verses 11 to 15 where paul talks about this in more detail.
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- He compares living our life to building a house.
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- He says, "for no man can lay a foundation other than that which
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- Is laid, which is in christ jesus."
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- Now, if you're saved, you have the same foundation as all
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- Christians, jesus christ, but we choose what kind of life to
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- Build on that foundation.
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- We're all given a different amount of time, treasure,
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- And talent.
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- We get to decide what kind of life, what kind of house we're
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- Going to build.
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- And he goes on to say, "now, if any man builds on the foundation
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- With gold, silver, and precious stones or wood, hay, and straw,
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- Each man's work will become evident; for the day is to show
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- It, for it will be revealed by fire," in other words, we can
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- Build our life with those things that are eternal, that have
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- Lasting value, or we can build our lives around trivial
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- Pursuits, temporal pursuits.
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- And how will that be revealed?
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- At this judgment.
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- It'll be like a fire that will reveal what kind of life we have
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- Really lived.
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- Now, have you ever heard people say, "oh, i don't care
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- About rewards?
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- Just as long as i make it to heaven, that'll be enough."
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- Think again.
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- Verse 14 and 15, paul says, "if any man's work which he has
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- Built on it remains, he will receive a reward, but if any
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- Man's work is burned up, he will suffer loss."
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- Underline that, he will suffer loss.
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- "even though he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire."
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- We don't know what these rewards are.
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- I've said in other messages they may be special privileges
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- In heaven.
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- Did you know heaven's not going to be the same for everybody,
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- The bible teaches?
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- Special privileges, special positions of authority, who is
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- Faithful in little will be given much, if we endure with him,
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- We'll reign with him, and certain words of praise will
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- Come from jesus that others will not receive.
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- "well done, good and faithful servant."
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- But whatever these rewards are, paul says they are worth working
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- For and sacrificing for.
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- Because the fact is if our life is judged by jesus christ, they
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- Have no eternal value.
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- If we were living and spending and managing for ourselves
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- Rather than for god's kingdom, what happens?
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- Our life is burned up, so to speak, and we will suffer loss.
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- I believe heaven is a place of great joy, but yes, there'll be
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- Some regret in heaven too.
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- That's what the bible says.
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- We will suffer loss, real measurable loss as we see what
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- Could have been ours had we been more faithful to jesus christ.
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- That's the judgment seat of christ.
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- The second judgment jesus will preside over is the judgment of
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- The tribulation martyrs, and it takes place right after the
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- Tribulation, at the end of the tribulation.
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- "what do you mean the tribulation martyrs?"
- 00:14:39.101 --> 00:14:41.804
- Remember that all christians get raptured at the rapture.
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- We get caught away to meet the lord in the air.
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- So at the beginning of the seven year tribulation, there
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- Are no christians on earth, but at the beginning of the
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- Tribulation, revelation 6 says god will save 144,000 jews,
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- 12,000 from each tribe.
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- They will be saved by jesus christ, and they will have a
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- Supernatural seal that protects them, and they will go through
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- The world witnessing and evangelizing, and through their
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- Witness, many will come to know christ as savior during
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- The tribulation.
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- Many of those believers, jews and gentiles alike, will be
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- Martyred because of their faith.
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- And so they will be--at the end of the tribulation, those
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- Tribulation martyrs, they will be raised from the dead and
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- Receive their new bodies and they will be rewarded.
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- The reason, it's for their vindication, the vindication of
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- The martyrs.
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- Listen to revelation 6:9 and 10.
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- "when the lamb broke the fifth seal, i saw underneath the altar
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- The souls of those who had been slain because of the word of
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- God, because of the testimony which had been maintained."
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- Now, this is toward the beginning of the tribulation.
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- "and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, 'how long, o
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- Lord, holy and true, will you refrain from judges and avenging
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- Our blood on those who dwell on the earth?'"
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- Translation, "how long, god, are you going to let these ungodly
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- People on earth who killed us, how long are you going to allow
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- Them to keep doing evil and rebelling against
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- Your authority?"
- 00:16:23.472 --> 00:16:25.340
- Now, you know what that tells me?
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- Have you ever heard the question, do people in heaven
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- Know what's happening on earth?
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- Here is a clear answer to that.
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- The souls of those who had been killed during the tribulation,
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- They are in heaven with jesus.
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- They're able to look down and see that evil is still going on.
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- They're able to see that god is being blasphemed, and they're
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- Saying, "lord, why are you waiting to punish them?"
- 00:16:49.598 --> 00:16:53.702
- Yes, people in heaven can see what is happening on earth.
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- Now, when i used to hear that as a little boy, i hate to tell you
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- What my first thought was.
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- Now, i'm going to go ahead and say it.
- 00:17:04.480 --> 00:17:07.382
- My first thought was, "you mean people in heaven can see me
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- Going to the bathroom?"
- 00:17:10.419 --> 00:17:13.922
- Oh, dear, you've had--you've wondered the same thing.
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- Come on.
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- Now, if you ever have children that ask you that question,
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- Here's what you can say to them.
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- "yes, they probably can see you going to the bathroom.
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- But why would they want to?"
- 00:17:25.400 --> 00:17:28.303
- I mean, the fact is people in heaven are going to be
- 00:17:28.303 --> 00:17:30.806
- Preoccupied with much more important things than the
- 00:17:30.806 --> 00:17:34.943
- Everyday stuff we're doing, but they are aware of what's
- 00:17:34.943 --> 00:17:38.914
- Happening on earth, and they want to be vindicated.
- 00:17:38.914 --> 00:17:42.017
- Well, that's what is going to happen at the end of
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- The tribulation.
- 00:17:44.486 --> 00:17:45.854
- Revelation 20, verse 4 tells us, "then i saw thrones, and those
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- Who sat upon them, and judgment," ruling, "was given
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- To them.
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- And i saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the
- 00:17:55.531 --> 00:17:59.301
- Testimony of jesus and because of the word of god, and those
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- Who had not worshiped the beast or his image or had not received
- 00:18:03.205 --> 00:18:06.341
- The mark on their forehead and on the hand; and they came to
- 00:18:06.341 --> 00:18:10.812
- Life and they reigned with christ for a thousand years."
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- What is the reward for the tribulation martyrs?
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- It is that they are resurrected, they get their new bodies, but
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- They're also reigning with christ for a thousand years.
- 00:18:22.758 --> 00:18:27.596
- By the way, something interesting i noticed in my
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- Study this week, there is not one case of people who are
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- Judged by christ without a body.
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- Did you know that?
- 00:18:37.539 --> 00:18:39.274
- We are not just bodyless spirits.
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- We are more than spirits.
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- We are spirit, soul, and body.
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- And before each of these five judgments that we're looking at,
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- People get a new body.
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- They get a body.
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- And in the case of unbelievers, they get another body, but
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- They're raised up in their bodies to be judged.
- 00:18:58.126 --> 00:19:02.164
- This is the judgment of the tribulation martyrs.
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- There's a third judgment, the judgment of israel.
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- It happens during the 75 days.
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- Remember the 40 plus 35 days that occur right before
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- The millennium.
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- The judgment of israel.
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- And the bible, the old testament is filled with prophecies about
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- This judgment.
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- Isaiah 11:12 says, "he will lift up a standard," god will lift up
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- A standard, "for the nations and assemble the banished ones of
- 00:19:31.260 --> 00:19:35.597
- Israel, and will gather the dispersed of judah from the four
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- Corners of the earth."
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- Remember that during the tribulation there are many jews
- 00:19:41.770 --> 00:19:45.707
- Who will be saved, many who aren't saved, but in the last
- 00:19:45.707 --> 00:19:49.478
- Three and a half years of the tribulation, satan the dragon in
- 00:19:49.478 --> 00:19:53.649
- Concert with the beast, the antichrist, goes after
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- Christians and jews alike, and many of them flee into the
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- Wilderness and they escape death, but they can't escape the
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- Judgment of god.
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- He is bringing back all of the jews at this time for
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- A judgment.
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- And what is that judgment?
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- It is according to a standard he will lift up, and that standard
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- Is jesus christ.
- 00:20:17.506 --> 00:20:19.308
- Acts 17:31 says god has appointed a man by whom the
- 00:20:19.308 --> 00:20:23.378
- World will be judged.
- 00:20:23.378 --> 00:20:25.113
- Now, listen to this because a lot of christians in today's
- 00:20:25.113 --> 00:20:27.983
- World are confused about this.
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- You don't go to heaven for being a jew.
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- Being a jew is not enough to get you into heaven.
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- There's some false teachers among christians teaching all
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- You have to do is be a jew to go to heaven.
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- No. there's one way to heaven.
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- It is through faith in jesus christ.
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- And so before the millennium, it is important to separate
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- Righteous jews, those who have trusted in christ, and the
- 00:20:50.405 --> 00:20:54.376
- Unrighteous rebels that need to be judged, those who have
- 00:20:54.376 --> 00:20:57.746
- Opposed the messiah.
- 00:20:57.746 --> 00:20:59.715
- And that's what happens during the judgment of israel.
- 00:20:59.715 --> 00:21:02.818
- It is a time to separate the righteous from the unrighteous.
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- I could point to many scriptures.
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- Isaiah was one.
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- Another one is ezekiel 20, verses 37 to 38.
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- God's talking to israel.
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- He said, "i will make you pass under the rod, i will bring you
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- Into the bond of the covenant."
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- In other words, they're outside the covenant if they're jews and
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- Not believers.
- 00:21:27.709 --> 00:21:29.378
- Abrahamic covenant, that was for believing jews.
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- Not for every jew, for believing jews.
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- Paul said not all those who claim to be israel are
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- Really israel.
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- The only way you can be a true israelite is to believe in
- 00:21:40.989 --> 00:21:45.293
- Christ and be a descendant of abraham.
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- But he's saying here, "i will make you pass under the rod, and
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- I will purge you from the rebels, those who transgress
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- Against me, and i will bring them out of the land where they
- 00:21:54.569 --> 00:21:57.939
- Sojourn, but they will not enter the land of israel."
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- Here's a group of jews who will not enter the land, and it's
- 00:22:02.844 --> 00:22:06.782
- Those who have rebelled against the gospel.
- 00:22:06.782 --> 00:22:09.684
- "i will bring them out of the land where they sojourn.
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- They will not enter israel.
- 00:22:11.887 --> 00:22:13.455
- Thus you will know that i am the lord."
- 00:22:13.455 --> 00:22:16.825
- Jeremiah 23, verse 6, "in his days judah will be saved, and
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- Israel will dwell securely."
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- That's believing judah.
- 00:22:25.267 --> 00:22:26.968
- Believing israel will dwell securely.
- 00:22:26.968 --> 00:22:29.805
- "and this is his name by which he should be called, the lord
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- Of righteousness."
- 00:22:33.375 --> 00:22:35.744
- Jeffress: one day every one of us will stand before the perfect
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- And ultimate judge.
- 00:22:42.818 --> 00:22:44.820
- Gratefully, for those who have trusted in christ, this judgment
- 00:22:44.820 --> 00:22:48.457
- Isn't one of condemnation but of commendation.
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- As we conclude today's message, i want to share an encouraging
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- Note from mr. and mrs. hudson in california.
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- They wrote, "my husband and i watch at least one of your
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- 00:23:09.578 --> 00:23:13.381
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- 00:23:13.381 --> 00:23:18.186
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- I'll be back with more in just a moment.
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