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Robert Jeffress - Rewards In Heaven (Part 1)

May 1, 2026 | 27:29

Robert Jeffress - Rewards In Heaven (Part 1)
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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - Rewards In Heaven (Part 1) | May 1, 2026
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  • Male announcer: 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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  • Dr. robert jeffress: hi, i'm robert jeffress,
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  • And welcome again to "pathway to victory".
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  • Many christians assume that when we die, heaven will be exactly
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  • The same for every believer.
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  • Well, you might be surprised to learn that that's simply
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  • Not true.
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  • In fact, the bible describes a time of judgment during
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  • Which every christian will be evaluated according
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  • To his or her faithfulness.
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  • And today, i'm going to explain what we should be doing,
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  • Right now, to receive rewards in the next life.
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  • My message is titled, "rewards in heaven,"
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  • On today's edition of "pathway to victory."
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  • Jeffress: my mentor, the late howard hendricks,
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  • Used to tell the story about the downhill slalom
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  • Racer who made it to the bottom of the ski course.
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  • And he was greeted by his ski coach.
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  • His ski coach said, "i've got some good news and some bad news
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  • For you."
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  • The novice skiers said, "well, what's the good news?"
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  • The coach said, "the good news is, you made it to the bottom
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  • Of the hill in record time.
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  • In fact, you may have set a world's record."
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  • The novice skier said, "well, what's the bad news?"
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  • And the coach said, "the bad news is you missed every one
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  • Of the flags and are therefore disqualified," to which
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  • The skier said, "flags?
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  • What flags?"
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  • An expert skier knows that the route he takes to get downhill
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  • Is just as important as crossing the finish line.
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  • A good basketball player knows that even more important than
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  • Making the goal, the basket, is making sure you're aiming
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  • Toward the right basket.
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  • Yet, many christians fail to understand a similar truth.
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  • While it's true that every genuine believer in christ is
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  • Going to cross the finish line and be welcomed into heaven,
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  • The fact is, some christians are going to be surprised when
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  • Their works are disqualified by the judge, and they end up
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  • Forfeiting rewards.
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  • And the result of that forfeiture of rewards is going
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  • To be real loss and eternal regret.
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  • "wait a minute, pastor, are you saying there is a possibility
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  • That i could make it to heaven and actually experience loss
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  • And regret."
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  • Absolutely.
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  • One of the greatest myths about eternity is that all christians
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  • Will experience the same heaven and all non-christian
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  • Will experience the same hell.
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  • That's a myth.
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  • Such a belief is neither logical nor, more importantly,
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  • Is it biblical.
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  • And we're gonna see that truth in our passage today today as
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  • We continue our series on bible prophecy, "perfect ending:
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  • Why your eternal future matters today."
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  • We're going to talk about the truth of rewards in heaven.
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  • If you have your bibles turn to acts chapter 18.
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  • Acts chapter 18.
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  • Now, in our study of bible prophecy, remember last time
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  • We looked at the judgment that awaits all unbelievers.
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  • We often refer to it as the great white throne judgment.
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  • It's described in revelation chapter 20.
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  • Remember, after the thousand-year reign of christ on
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  • Earth, we call the millennium, satan is going to be loosed for
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  • A little while longer, in order that he might deceive some.
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  • It will be the one final rebellion against god,
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  • And it will be short lived.
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  • God will end the rebellion, satan will be cast into the
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  • Lake of fire, and at that point, the present heaven and earth are
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  • Going to be destroyed by fire.
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  • John said, "and the heaven and the earth fled away."
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  • And remember, john says, "after that time, he looked and he saw
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  • A single solitary white throne suspended in space.
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  • And on that throne was the lord jesus christ."
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  • What is this great white throne judgment we saw last time?
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  • The subjects of this judgment are gonna be unbelievers.
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  • There's not one final judgment that encompasses both christians
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  • And non-christians.
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  • There is a judgment, and it's this judgment, for unbelievers.
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  • John says, "at that time, death and hades gave up the dead
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  • Which were in them."
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  • This is the second resurrection.
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  • There is a time in the future when all unbelievers will be
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  • Raised for the purpose of judgment.
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  • The subjects of the judgment will be unbelievers.
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  • The basis of the judgment, remember, we saw in
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  • Revelation 20, will be the works of unbelievers.
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  • John said, "and i saw a book was opened,"
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  • That is the lamb's book of life, revelation 13:8.
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  • "and then, i saw the books were opened," the books that record
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  • The deeds of the unsaved, "and the dead," that is the
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  • Non-christians, "were judged according to the things written
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  • In the books according to their deeds."
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  • Why are they judged by their works?
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  • Because listen to this, a non-christian, by definition,
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  • Is one who has rejected the forgiveness of jesus christ.
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  • He's the one who has said, "my works are good enough to merit
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  • Eternal life."
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  • And so god says, "fine, if you wanna be judged by your works,
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  • We'll judge you according to your works, and the books
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  • Will be open."
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  • Every man will be judged by his works at that judgment.
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  • The problem is no man's works are good enough.
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  • Our judgment is based not on our relative righteousness
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  • Compared to other people, but by the perfect righteousness
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  • Of jesus christ.
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  • And according to that standard, we all fall woefully short.
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  • The result of the judgment seat of christ is this: john said,
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  • "if any man's name was not found written in the book of life,
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  • He was cast into the lake of fire,"
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  • That lake of fire where the dragon and the beast
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  • And the false prophet are.
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  • And we're gonna talk next time, in-depth, about what that lake
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  • Of fire is.
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  • That is the great white throne judgment for unbelievers.
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  • But what about christians?
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  • Do we ever have to be concerned about god's evaluation
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  • Of our lives?
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  • Do my words, my thoughts, my actions, my motivations count
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  • At all after i become a christian?
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  • Does how i obey god in this life had any impact on the kind
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  • Of eternal future i enjoy?
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  • The question, the answer to all of those questions, is yes, and
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  • That's what we're going to talk about today as we talk about
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  • The judgment seat of christ.
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  • Last june, we took a trip to the city of corinth, and we visited
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  • The ancient ruins there.
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  • And you remember that paul was in corinth on his
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  • Second missionary journey.
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  • And during the eighteen months he was there, paul experienced
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  • Many people being saved and baptized.
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  • But remember, there were also a group of people who were unhappy
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  • With paul, agitated by him.
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  • And so, they trumped up some charges and, they hauled him
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  • Before the roman proconsul of corinth, gallio.
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  • Look at acts 18, verse 12, and let's see
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  • What happened when that happened.
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  • You may say, "what does this have to do with rewards
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  • In heaven?"
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  • You'll see it in just a second.
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  • "but while gallio was proconsul of achaia, the jews
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  • With one accord rose up against paul and they brought him
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  • Before the judgment seat," underline that in your bible,
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  • "the judgment seat."
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  • The greek word there is "bema."
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  • It literally means, "a raised platform."
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  • When we were in corinth, we saw the raised platform,
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  • The bema that is being described here,
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  • On which gallio sat.
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  • It was a place of judgment; it's a place that the government
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  • Official would sit and issue his edict.
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  • And so, paul, and i asked our group to imagine paul standing
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  • Before that judgment seat.
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  • We stood in the very spot, probably where paul stood,
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  • As he faced gallio at the judgment seat.
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  • And i imagine, asked our group to imagine what it was like
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  • To be paul, shackled in chains, standing before this judge,
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  • Knowing that with one word, he could extinguish your life.
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  • Would you be tempted to back down to waver a little bit in
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  • Your commitment to the gospel, when facing death?
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  • Paul didn't waiver one bit.
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  • You know why he didn't waver?
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  • Why he had no fear about standing before gallio
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  • At the bema, the judgment seat?
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  • Because paul understood that one day he was going to stand before
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  • Another judge, at another judgment seat, and this judge
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  • Had the ability not just to extinguish his physical life,
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  • But his soul.
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  • And that's why paul wrote
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  • In 2 corinthians 5, 9 and 10,
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  • "therefore, we have as our ambition, whether at home
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  • Or absent," that is whether it with christ or here on earth,
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  • "we have as our ambition to be pleasing to him."
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  • Why?
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  • Why is our one goal to please god?
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  • Verse 10', "for we must all appear before the judgment seat,
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  • The bema, of jesus christ,
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  • That each one of us may be recompensed for what he has done
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  • In the body, whether it be good or whether it be bad."
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  • Literally, that word, "fallon" means "worthless."
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  • Notice what paul says about this judgment seat, he doesn't say,
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  • "they must all appear before the judgment seat," paul was writing
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  • To christians, the corinthians.
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  • He said, "we must all appear before this judgment seat of
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  • Christ, that each one of us may be recompensed for our deeds,
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  • Whether they are good or worthless."
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  • That is every one of us, who is a christian, is going to stand
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  • Before god, and we're going to have our lives evaluated by god.
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  • Our words, our thoughts, our actions, our motivations.
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  • Now, some people have difficulty with this idea
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  • Of the judgment seat of christ, but let me be very clear,
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  • This judgment, unlike the white throne judgment, is not
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  • A judgment of condemnation, it is a judgment of commendation
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  • And the evaluation of our lives; and there's a big difference.
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  • Let me try to illustrate that for you.
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  • Some years ago, i went to a very popular clinic here
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  • In town to have a physical, and, it was a very complete physical.
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  • For hours they pinched and probed and prodded every part
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  • Of my anatomy.
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  • But the worst part of that exam was a part of it
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  • That was affectionately called, "the fat tank."
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  • Have any of you been in "the fat tank" before?
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  • What they do is, they have you stripped down, you're completely
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  • In "nature zone," you get into this basket,
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  • They suspend you over a pool of water,
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  • And they lowered me and submerged me in the water.
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  • Not to get baptized, but to get evaluated.
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  • And while i was under the water, they had a way of measuring
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  • My body fat.
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  • And then, if that were not humiliating enough, i got out
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  • Of the basket stood before the technician and he had this
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  • Little "torture device," is the best way i can describe it,
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  • And he pinched, grabbed different parts of my anatomy
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  • And measured the body fat again.
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  • Finally, he told me to get dressed.
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  • I went in to sit down with the doctor, and the doctor walks in.
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  • He sits down with you, and he has a big notebook
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  • And he opens up the notebook.
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  • And he said, "first of all, robert, i want to commend you
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  • On some things you're doing well.
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  • He said those brand flakes every morning, that's great.
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  • Your exercise program, that's great.
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  • You did great on the treadmill test.
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  • He commended me.
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  • But then his smile turned to a frown, because he opened
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  • The next page and he said, "now we've got to get that
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  • Cholesterol lowered."
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  • We've got to shave a few percentage points off that body
  • 00:12:42.017 --> 00:12:44.787
  • Fat and we've got to do something about all that coffee
  • 00:12:44.787 --> 00:12:48.090
  • You're drinking."
  • 00:12:48.090 --> 00:12:49.758
  • Now, what was his purpose in saying that?
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  • Was he condemning me?
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  • No, he was evaluating me because he cared about me.
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  • The bible says that one day we're going to stand before god
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  • And we're gonna be evaluated.
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  • We're going to be commended for the good things that have
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  • Happened in our life, but we're also going to be evaluated.
  • 00:13:05.574 --> 00:13:09.778
  • And yet, the fact is, many christians have a difficult time
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  • Accepting that truth.
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  • They say doesn't becoming a christian mean that god
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  • Has forgiven me of all of the bad things in my life.
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  • And when god forgives, doesn't he forget?
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  • How can he dredge these things up?
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  • And aren't my good works
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  • Actually worthless before christ?
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  • Now, i promise i'm gonna answer each of these questions in just
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  • A moment, but what i wanna look at first is the reality,
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  • The certainty, of this judgment seat of christ.
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  • Turn over to 1 corinthians, chapter 3.
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  • Probably no passage in the new testament explains
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  • This judgment better than 1 corinthians 3,
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  • Verses 10 through 15.
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  • I want you to notice, for example,
  • 00:13:52.154 --> 00:13:53.656
  • In 1 corinthians 3, verse 13, what paul says.
  • 00:13:53.656 --> 00:13:57.493
  • He says, "each man's work will become evident; for the day
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  • Will show it because it is to be revealed with fire,
  • 00:14:02.031 --> 00:14:05.834
  • And the fire itself will test the quality of each man's work."
  • 00:14:05.834 --> 00:14:10.372
  • And then, in 2 corinthians 5:10, he says, "for we must all appear
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  • Before the judgment seat of christ that each one of us
  • 00:14:14.944 --> 00:14:17.613
  • May be recompensed for his deeds in the body, whether
  • 00:14:17.613 --> 00:14:21.116
  • They be good or worthless."
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  • What i want you to see is the completeness of this judgment.
  • 00:14:23.385 --> 00:14:26.755
  • Paul says, in 1 corinthians 3:13, "it is for each man
  • 00:14:26.755 --> 00:14:31.060
  • That is for every christian."
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  • 2 corinthians 5:10 says, it encompasses all of our works.
  • 00:14:32.628 --> 00:14:38.634
  • You know, there's a lot of concern right now
  • 00:14:38.634 --> 00:14:40.936
  • About the internet and the security of the internet.
  • 00:14:40.936 --> 00:14:43.706
  • We've heard stories that yahoo and google somewhere have
  • 00:14:43.706 --> 00:14:47.643
  • A record of every internet site we've ever visited every article
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  • We've ever read on the web.
  • 00:14:51.480 --> 00:14:53.048
  • Every email that we've ever sent that puts some of you in
  • 00:14:53.048 --> 00:14:56.318
  • An absolute panic to think about that somewhere, there is that
  • 00:14:56.318 --> 00:14:59.989
  • Record of all of your internet activity.
  • 00:14:59.989 --> 00:15:03.292
  • But ladies and gentlemen, do you realize we know with an absolute
  • 00:15:03.292 --> 00:15:06.128
  • Certainty that god has a record of our every word, our every
  • 00:15:06.128 --> 00:15:11.166
  • Thought, our every action, our every motivation, and the bible
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  • Makes it clear that one day we're going to give an account
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  • For our lives, not for condemnation,
  • 00:15:20.142 --> 00:15:22.845
  • But for commendation and evaluation.
  • 00:15:22.845 --> 00:15:26.015
  • And a lot of christians, again reject this idea because they
  • 00:15:26.015 --> 00:15:28.917
  • Have been erroneously taught that once we become a christian,
  • 00:15:28.917 --> 00:15:34.089
  • Neither our sins nor our good works make any difference
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  • To god.
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  • God doesn't care about our works once we become a christian,
  • 00:15:40.596 --> 00:15:43.999
  • But that's not true.
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  • I wanna be very clear here that this judgment seat of christ
  • 00:15:45.567 --> 00:15:49.371
  • In no way invalidates god's forgiveness of our sins.
  • 00:15:49.371 --> 00:15:52.908
  • Remember the illustration last week of the two books.
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  • And what happens when god forgives us of our sins?
  • 00:15:56.078 --> 00:15:58.747
  • He takes my sin and he wraps it around jesus christ and he takes
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  • The righteousness of jesus christ and he wraps it around me
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  • So that when god looks at me, he no longer sees my sin
  • 00:16:06.155 --> 00:16:09.258
  • But the righteousness of christ.
  • 00:16:09.258 --> 00:16:10.926
  • 2 corinthians 5:21, "he who knew no sin became sin for us,
  • 00:16:10.926 --> 00:16:14.696
  • That we might become the righteousness of god in him."
  • 00:16:14.696 --> 00:16:17.933
  • And that is absolutely true, but that does not negate the truth
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  • Of god's evaluation of our life.
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  • Listen, when we become a christian, we are exempted
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  • From god's future condemnation of our life.
  • 00:16:30.179 --> 00:16:33.615
  • We are not exempted from god's evaluation of our life.
  • 00:16:33.615 --> 00:16:37.653
  • The fact is, you can look all throughout the bible and see
  • 00:16:37.653 --> 00:16:40.155
  • Instances where god evaluates the life of his own children,
  • 00:16:40.155 --> 00:16:44.927
  • All of the time.
  • 00:16:44.927 --> 00:16:46.261
  • And that evaluation results in consequences in this life
  • 00:16:46.261 --> 00:16:50.065
  • And the life to come.
  • 00:16:50.065 --> 00:16:51.433
  • For example, think about david,
  • 00:16:51.433 --> 00:16:52.935
  • Man after god's own heart.
  • 00:16:52.935 --> 00:16:54.837
  • He was certainly a part of the family of faith.
  • 00:16:54.837 --> 00:16:57.906
  • And yet, what happened with his sin after his sin
  • 00:16:57.906 --> 00:17:00.509
  • With bathsheba, he suffered consequences.
  • 00:17:00.509 --> 00:17:02.711
  • God evaluated his actions, and he spent the rest of his life
  • 00:17:02.711 --> 00:17:06.081
  • Experiencing the results of a dead baby, a disloyal son,
  • 00:17:06.081 --> 00:17:09.718
  • A divided kingdom.
  • 00:17:09.718 --> 00:17:11.086
  • It's not that he lost his forgiveness from god,
  • 00:17:11.086 --> 00:17:13.589
  • But god evaluated his life.
  • 00:17:13.589 --> 00:17:15.491
  • Now, some of you bible scholars say, "well, that was
  • 00:17:15.491 --> 00:17:17.426
  • The old testament, that was before christ.
  • 00:17:17.426 --> 00:17:19.328
  • God doesn't do that anymore."
  • 00:17:19.328 --> 00:17:20.662
  • Oh, really?
  • 00:17:20.662 --> 00:17:22.030
  • Turn over to the new testament, to acts chapter 4,
  • 00:17:22.030 --> 00:17:24.299
  • The story of ananias and saphira.
  • 00:17:24.299 --> 00:17:26.502
  • Look, there's no evidence that they weren't genuine believers
  • 00:17:26.568 --> 00:17:29.671
  • In christ.
  • 00:17:29.671 --> 00:17:31.006
  • They were part of the church there.
  • 00:17:31.006 --> 00:17:32.374
  • They were numbered among god's people, but because they lied
  • 00:17:32.374 --> 00:17:34.910
  • To the holy spirit of god, god struck them dead.
  • 00:17:34.910 --> 00:17:38.313
  • The fact is god evaluates the life of his own children
  • 00:17:38.313 --> 00:17:41.850
  • With consequences in this life and those consequences extend
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  • To the next life as well.
  • 00:17:45.888 --> 00:17:48.056
  • I think it's important to make a distinction between works
  • 00:17:48.056 --> 00:17:52.828
  • Before we're a christian and works after we are a christian.
  • 00:17:52.828 --> 00:17:56.632
  • You know, before we trust in christ is our savior,
  • 00:17:56.632 --> 00:17:59.735
  • Our works are only sufficient to condemn us.
  • 00:17:59.735 --> 00:18:03.138
  • That's all that matters before god.
  • 00:18:03.138 --> 00:18:04.940
  • Our works condemn us.
  • 00:18:04.940 --> 00:18:06.708
  • But after we become a christian, our works mean a great deal
  • 00:18:06.708 --> 00:18:10.379
  • To god.
  • 00:18:10.379 --> 00:18:11.713
  • Remember our passage in ephesians 2, 8 through 10,
  • 00:18:11.713 --> 00:18:14.917
  • "for by grace, you have been saved through faith,
  • 00:18:14.917 --> 00:18:18.420
  • And that not of yourselves it is a gift of god, not of works
  • 00:18:18.420 --> 00:18:23.492
  • Lest any man should boast."
  • 00:18:23.492 --> 00:18:25.761
  • But then in verse ten, paul says, "for, we are his
  • 00:18:25.761 --> 00:18:28.897
  • Workmanship created in christ for good works which god
  • 00:18:28.897 --> 00:18:33.468
  • Prepared beforehand, that we might walk in them."
  • 00:18:33.468 --> 00:18:37.306
  • We are not saved by good works, but we have been saved
  • 00:18:37.306 --> 00:18:41.777
  • For good works.
  • 00:18:41.777 --> 00:18:43.111
  • Another way to say it is, "our works cannot secure our place
  • 00:18:43.111 --> 00:18:48.050
  • In heaven, but they do secure our rank in heaven."
  • 00:18:48.050 --> 00:18:52.287
  • How we behave after we become a christian, it has a great impact
  • 00:18:52.287 --> 00:18:56.925
  • On the kind of eternity we experience; the reality
  • 00:18:56.925 --> 00:19:01.196
  • Of the judgment seat of christ.
  • 00:19:01.196 --> 00:19:02.531
  • Notice here though, in verses 11 to 13
  • 00:19:02.531 --> 00:19:04.666
  • Of 1 corinthians 3, paul tells us about
  • 00:19:04.666 --> 00:19:06.969
  • The basis for the judgment seat of christ.
  • 00:19:06.969 --> 00:19:09.471
  • Okay, if this judgment really is going to happen,
  • 00:19:09.471 --> 00:19:11.974
  • And it has eternal consequences, i wanna know how god is going
  • 00:19:11.974 --> 00:19:16.378
  • To judge me.
  • 00:19:16.378 --> 00:19:17.746
  • What is the basis?
  • 00:19:17.746 --> 00:19:19.081
  • Well, look verses eleven to thirteen, "for no man can lay
  • 00:19:19.081 --> 00:19:21.717
  • A foundation, other than the one which is laid, which is
  • 00:19:21.717 --> 00:19:24.987
  • In christ jesus.
  • 00:19:24.987 --> 00:19:26.321
  • Now, "if any man builds upon the foundation with gold, silver,
  • 00:19:26.321 --> 00:19:30.359
  • Precious stones, wood, hay straw, each man's work will
  • 00:19:30.359 --> 00:19:34.896
  • Become evident for the day we'll show it because it is to be
  • 00:19:34.896 --> 00:19:38.600
  • Revealed with fire and the fire itself will test the quality
  • 00:19:38.600 --> 00:19:43.839
  • Of each man's work.""
  • 00:19:43.839 --> 00:19:46.008
  • I want you to imagine a father who is a multi,
  • 00:19:46.008 --> 00:19:49.111
  • Multi billionaire, and he calls his two sons together.
  • 00:19:49.111 --> 00:19:53.682
  • And he says, "you know, i won't be here forever, and i'm making
  • 00:19:53.682 --> 00:19:56.251
  • Some important decisions about my estate, and how i'm gonna
  • 00:19:56.251 --> 00:19:59.955
  • Divide your inheritance.
  • 00:19:59.955 --> 00:20:02.124
  • And so, we're gonna have a little contest, and this is
  • 00:20:02.124 --> 00:20:05.360
  • The way it's gonna work to see who's really worthy to manage
  • 00:20:05.360 --> 00:20:08.830
  • My money.
  • 00:20:08.830 --> 00:20:10.165
  • I'm gonna give each of you a ten-acre tract of land, and i'm
  • 00:20:10.165 --> 00:20:15.003
  • Gonna give each of you a check for $10 million.
  • 00:20:15.003 --> 00:20:18.473
  • And i'm gonna pour a foundation, but over the next year
  • 00:20:18.473 --> 00:20:22.144
  • I'm gonna see which one of you can use that money and your
  • 00:20:22.144 --> 00:20:25.480
  • Creativity to build the most magnificent home imaginable.
  • 00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:29.985
  • And at the end of the one year period, i'm going to judge each
  • 00:20:29.985 --> 00:20:33.789
  • One of your homes and whoever has the finest home,
  • 00:20:33.789 --> 00:20:37.092
  • I'm going to award a double inheritance to."
  • 00:20:37.092 --> 00:20:40.429
  • Well, the first son takes the challenge seriously.
  • 00:20:40.429 --> 00:20:43.498
  • He begins to work that evening.
  • 00:20:43.498 --> 00:20:45.667
  • He enlists an architect, he begins to develop the plans,
  • 00:20:45.667 --> 00:20:49.571
  • He hires a contractor.
  • 00:20:49.571 --> 00:20:51.006
  • He comes up with a schedule to make sure everything is done
  • 00:20:51.006 --> 00:20:54.343
  • On time.
  • 00:20:54.343 --> 00:20:55.677
  • And at the end of the year, he has a home that rivals
  • 00:20:55.677 --> 00:20:58.947
  • The taj mahal; it is a magnificent palace.
  • 00:20:58.947 --> 00:21:02.584
  • But the second son is not that industrious.
  • 00:21:02.584 --> 00:21:05.620
  • He has other things that are preoccupying his mind.
  • 00:21:05.620 --> 00:21:08.223
  • He has family responsibilities, he has hobbies, he has a career
  • 00:21:08.223 --> 00:21:12.794
  • To think of, and not only that, he has some immediate
  • 00:21:12.794 --> 00:21:16.031
  • Needs for that $10 million his dad gave him:
  • 00:21:16.031 --> 00:21:19.067
  • His children's education, exotic vacations around the world,
  • 00:21:19.067 --> 00:21:22.471
  • Luxury automobiles.
  • 00:21:22.471 --> 00:21:24.406
  • And so, he takes the year and never once begins work
  • 00:21:24.406 --> 00:21:28.110
  • On the project and he squanders the assets.
  • 00:21:28.110 --> 00:21:31.079
  • The night before the contest is over
  • 00:21:31.079 --> 00:21:32.848
  • He thinks, "you know, i better do something.
  • 00:21:32.848 --> 00:21:34.816
  • Dad's coming by tomorrow."
  • 00:21:34.816 --> 00:21:36.585
  • The only problem is, he's out of time and he's out of money.
  • 00:21:36.585 --> 00:21:40.889
  • So, all he can do on that concrete slab foundation is
  • 00:21:40.889 --> 00:21:45.360
  • Build a grass hut.
  • 00:21:45.360 --> 00:21:47.462
  • All he can do.
  • 00:21:47.462 --> 00:21:48.930
  • The next day, the dad comes just as he promised, to evaluate
  • 00:21:48.930 --> 00:21:53.068
  • Each son's actions.
  • 00:21:53.068 --> 00:21:54.636
  • He goes around the first son's home, looks at this magnificent
  • 00:21:54.636 --> 00:21:58.440
  • Palace and says, "congratulations.
  • 00:21:58.440 --> 00:22:00.809
  • I'm gonna award you twice your normal inheritance."
  • 00:22:00.809 --> 00:22:04.980
  • And then he goes to see the second son's grass hut doesn't
  • 00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:08.016
  • Take long to look at it and he expresses great disappointment.
  • 00:22:08.016 --> 00:22:12.988
  • Now, does he kick him out of the family?
  • 00:22:12.988 --> 00:22:14.756
  • No, the second son isn't kicked out of the family,
  • 00:22:14.756 --> 00:22:17.626
  • But he forfeits his inheritance.
  • 00:22:17.626 --> 00:22:20.362
  • Now, that is the illustration paul is using
  • 00:22:20.362 --> 00:22:22.631
  • In 1 corinthians 3.
  • 00:22:22.631 --> 00:22:25.233
  • Jeffress: what are you doing with the gifts, the resources,
  • 00:22:29.438 --> 00:22:32.374
  • The time that god has entrusted to you?
  • 00:22:32.374 --> 00:22:35.243
  • That's the question you and i will be required to answer when
  • 00:22:35.243 --> 00:22:39.047
  • We stand before jesus christ one day at the bema seat of christ.
  • 00:22:39.047 --> 00:22:44.319
  • Well, i'm pleased to report that those who support
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  • Pathway to victory are truly making an eternal impact.
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  • For example, angela recently wrote to us and said,
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  • "pastor jeffress, i've been struggling from recovering
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  • From cancer, and that's when i found pathway to victory.
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  • Thank you so much for providing this program because your bible
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  • Teaching brings hope and you breathe life into the hearts
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  • Of so many people."
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  • Well, angela, those are truly encouraging words to me.
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  • Thank you so much for taking the time to write.
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  • And friends, if you support pathway to victory,
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  • Angela's gratitude really belongs to you.
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  • You're the one who's making it possible for her and countless
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  • Others like her to hear the hope-filled truth of god's word.
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  • Now, stay right there.
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  • I'll be back with more in just a moment.
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  • But fortunately christians don't have to fear that period
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  • Of time.
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  • Together we're piercing the darkness with the light of
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  • God's word.
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  • Jeffress: one of the greatest myths about eternity is that
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  • All christians will experience the same heaven.
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  • But such a belief is both illogical and
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  • More importantly, unbiblical.
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  • And while good works won't earn us entry into heaven,
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  • They will certainly determine what kind of heaven
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  • We experience.
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  • So, how will god decide who will be rewarded?
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  • And what sort of rewards can we look forward to receiving
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  • One day?
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  • Be sure to join us again next time, when we look at the
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  • Two different criteria, by which, god is going to evaluate
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  • Our lives, along with three special privileges in heaven
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  • For the faithful.
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  • Stay tuned for a preview of what's coming up next
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  • In our series, "perfect ending".
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  • Jeffress: if you build your life around career, building
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  • A financial portfolio, sensual pleasures, that is a life
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  • That is built around wood, hay, and straw.
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  • If you invest your life in advancing the kingdom of god,
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  • Of sharing his message with others, of developing
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  • A godly character in your life, that is building your life
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  • With gold, silver and precious stones.
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  • Announcer: set your dvr and join us next time
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  • For part 2 of the message, "rewards in heaven,"
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  • Here on "pathway to victory."
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  • Dr. robert jeffress: you know, i can hardly wait to show
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  • You alaska.
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  • I've been there before, and every time i witness those
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  • Massive glaciers and towering mountains, i'm reminded of how
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  • Incredibly creative our god is.
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  • Announcer: picture this, waking up to snow-capped peaks outside
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