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Robert Jeffress - Rewards In Heaven (Part 2)

May 4, 2026 | 27:29

Robert Jeffress - Rewards In Heaven (Part 2)
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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - Rewards In Heaven (Part 2) | May 4, 2026
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  • ♪♪♪
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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"
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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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  • Romans 2, verse 11 says, "there is no partiality with god."
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  • Aren't you grateful to serve a god who is just and fair?
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  • But that doesn't mean life after death will be the same
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  • For everyone.
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  • In fact, the bible clearly states that god will reward
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  • Believers in heaven for their good works on earth and those
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  • Who squander their earthly time, talents, and resources will
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  • Miss out.
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  • So, what should we be doing right now to ensure the best
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  • Possible existence in heaven?
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  • My message is titled, "rewards in heaven" on today's edition of
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  • "pathway to victory."
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  • 20 questions people ask most about the future.
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  • Jeffress: i want you to imagine a father who is a multi, multi
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  • Billionaire and he calls his two sons together and he says, "you
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  • Know, i won't be here forever and i'm making some important
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  • Decisions about my estate and how i'm gonna divide
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  • Your inheritance.
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  • And so, we're gonna have a little contest and this is the
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  • Way it's gonna work to see who's really worthy to manage
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  • My money.
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  • I'm gonna give each of you a 10 acre tract of land and i'm gonna
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  • Give each of you a check for $10 million and i'm gonna pour
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  • A foundation.
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  • But over the next year, i'm gonna see which one of you can
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  • Use that money and your creativity to build the most
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  • Magnificent home imaginable.
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  • And at the end of the one year period, i'm going to judge each
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  • One of your homes and whoever has the finest home, i'm going
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  • To award a double inheritance to."
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  • Well, the first son takes the challenge seriously.
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  • He begins to work that evening.
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  • He enlists an architect, he begins to develop the plans, he
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  • Hires a contractor, he comes up with a schedule to make sure
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  • Everything is done on time.
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  • And at the end of the year, he has a home that rivals the
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  • Taj mahal.
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  • It is a magnificent palace.
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  • But the second son is not that industrious.
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  • He has other things that are preoccupying his mind.
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  • He has family responsibilities, he has hobbies, he has a career
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  • To think of, and not only that, he has some immediate needs for
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  • That $10 million his dad gave him.
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  • His children's education, exotic vacations around the world,
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  • Luxury automobiles.
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  • And so, he takes the year and never once begins work on the
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  • Project and he squanders the assets.
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  • The night before the contest is over he thinks, you know, i
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  • Better do something.
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  • Dad's coming by tomorrow.
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  • The only problem is, he's out of time and he's out of money.
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  • So, all he can do on that concrete slab foundation is
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  • Build a grass hut, all he can do.
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  • The next day, the dad comes just as he promised to evaluate each
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  • Son's actions.
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  • He goes around the first son's home, looks at this magnificent
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  • Palace and says, "congratulations, i'm gonna
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  • Award you twice your normal inheritance."
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  • And then he goes to see the second son's grass hut, doesn't
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  • Take long to look at it and he expresses great disappointment.
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  • Now, does he kick you out of the family?
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  • No, the second son isn't kicked out of the family, but he
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  • Forfeits his inheritance.
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  • Now, that is the illustration paul is using in 1 corinthians
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  • 3, he said when we become a christian, we enter the family
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  • Of god and nothing will change that.
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  • Romans 11:29 says, "for the gifts and the calling of god
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  • Are irrevocable."
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  • When we become a christian, we are adopted into god's family
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  • And we all are given the same foundation, the foundation of
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  • Jesus christ, that's 1 corinthians 3:11.
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  • We all have the same foundation, the foundation of jesus christ.
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  • But you and i decide what kind of life we're going to build
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  • Upon that foundation.
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  • What are we going to do with the time, the gifts, the resources
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  • That god has given to us?
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  • Now, paul mentions in these passages in 1 corinthians, two
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  • Different criteria by which god is going to do that evaluation,
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  • Not of our homes, but of our lives.
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  • The first criterion is the durability of our life.
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  • Write that down.
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  • That's what he talks about in verse 12, the durability of
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  • Our life.
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  • Have we constructed our life with gold, silver, precious
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  • Stones, or is our life constructed with wood, hay
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  • And straw?
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  • Gold, silver, precious stones represent those things that are
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  • Valuable and are lasting.
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  • Wood, hay, and straw represents a life that is built around the
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  • Worthless and the temporal.
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  • If you build your life around career, building a financial
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  • Portfolio, sensual pleasures, that is a life that is built
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  • Around wood, hay, and straw.
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  • If you invest your life in advancing the kingdom of god, of
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  • Sharing his message with others, of developing a godly character
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  • In your life, that is building your life with gold, silver, and
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  • Precious stones.
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  • Let me stop here and ask you the question, what's the focus of
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  • Your life?
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  • Is your focus that which is temporal or is it that which
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  • Is eternal?
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  • And if you have a hard time determining what the focus of
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  • Your life is, here are three questions that will tell you
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  • Quicker than any questions i know what the real focus of your
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  • Life is.
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  • Number one, what do you think about most often?
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  • That is, in those quiet moments before you drift off to sleep at
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  • Night when you're at the red light, what do you think about?
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  • Second of all, what do you talk about most often?
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  • Just in your natural conversation with people, what
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  • Do you talk about most often?
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  • Question number three, if you received an unexpected $100,000
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  • Gift, how would you spend it?
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  • What do you think about?
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  • What do you talk about?
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  • How would you spend $100,000?
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  • Your answer to those questions, your honest answers, will tell
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  • You whether your life is built around the eternal or the
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  • Temporal, around gold, silver, precious stones or wood, hay,
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  • And straw.
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  • Paul says that's one criterion, the durability of our life, but
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  • There's a second criterion and that is the motives of our life.
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  • That is, sometimes why we do something is just as important
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  • As what we end up doing.
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  • In 1 corinthians 4, verse 5, paul talks about that.
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  • He says, "therefore do not go on passing judgment before the
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  • Time, but wait until the lord comes who will bring both to
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  • Light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the
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  • Motives of men's hearts; and then each man's praise will come
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  • To him from god."
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  • If i share the gospel with somebody because of my general
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  • And real concern for his well-being, that's rendered
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  • As gold.
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  • If i share the gospel with somebody so i can brag about it
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  • To another person, that's wood.
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  • If i give a gift to the lord, a financial gift, because i have a
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  • Genuine concern about expanding god's kingdom, that's silver.
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  • But if i give the gift so i can be recognized by others,
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  • That's straw.
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  • God does care about our motives.
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  • Proverbs 16:2 says, "all the ways of a man are clean in his
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  • Own sight, but the lord weighs the motives."
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  • Now, one word of caution here, folks.
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  • Don't use motives as a cop-out for disobedience.
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  • Some people will say, "well, my heart's really not in it, so
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  • Maybe i shouldn't do it at all.
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  • I will wait till my heart gets right before i do it."
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  • Did you know one of the purest motivations for obeying god
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  • Is faith?
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  • That is, the faith that god is going to reward me for my
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  • Obedience to him.
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  • I may not feel like giving my money to the church this month,
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  • But i'm going to give it because i believe god's gonna reward me
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  • Someday for it.
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  • I may not feel like coming to church today, i might feel like
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  • I'd rather be at the lake--probably not today, but
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  • Most sundays.
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  • I'd rather be at the lake, but i come and i teach my second grade
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  • Sunday school class because i believe somewhere there's gonna
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  • Be a commendation and reward for that.
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  • And you know, there are people in the church who are more
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  • Spiritual than god is or at least they think they are.
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  • And they say, "oh, that's terrible, pastor, that anybody
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  • Would serve god for a reward.
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  • That is just unspiritual.
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  • We ought to serve god just because we love him."
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  • Is that true? not at all.
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  • The bible says one of the purest motivations is believing that
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  • God is gonna reward us.
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  • For example, think about abraham.
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  • What is it that caused him to uproot his home in ur of the
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  • Chaldees and go look for that land that god had promised?
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  • Hebrews 11:10 says, "for he was looking for the city which has
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  • Foundations, whose architect and building is god," or later on in
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  • That same faith chapter hebrews 11, god said this about moses,
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  • "who chose to endure ill treatment with the people of god
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  • Than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, considering
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  • The reproach of christ greater riches than the treasures of
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  • Egypt," why?
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  • "for he was looking to," the what?
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  • "the reward."
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  • That's why moses said no to the riches of egypt.
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  • He believed god was going to reward him.
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  • Remember what the writer said in hebrews 11:6?
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  • The most important thing that god looks for each--in each of
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  • Our lives is faith.
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  • Hebrews 11:6 says, "without faith it is impossible to
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  • Believe god, for he who comes to god must believe that god is and
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  • That he is," what?
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  • "a rewarder of those who diligently seek him."
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  • There is no better demonstration of faith, god pleasing faith,
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  • Than making temporary sacrifices in this life built on the
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  • Assurance, the promise, that god is going to reward you in the
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  • Next life.
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  • God honors that kind of faith.
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  • We've talked about the reality of the judgment seat of christ.
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  • We've talked about the two criteria, the basis for the
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  • Judgment seat of christ.
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  • Now, what are the results of the judgment seat of christ?
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  • That is, if i make it into heaven, isn't that enough?
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  • Won't i be totally satisfied if i just make it into heaven?
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  • Paul doesn't have hesitate in answering those questions.
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  • He says there are gonna be real, lasting, felt, consequences
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  • Depending upon how we do at the judgment seat of christ.
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  • Look at 1 corinthians 3:14 and 15.
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  • Here are the results.
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  • "if any man's work which he has built upon it remains, he shall
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  • Receive a reward.
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  • But if any man's work is burned up, he shall suffer loss; but he
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  • Himself shall be saved, so as through fire."
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  • Paul says there are two possible outcomes that await us at the
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  • Judgment seat of christ.
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  • One possible outcome is rewards.
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  • And verse 14 says, "the one who does well, he shall receive
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  • A reward."
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  • What are these rewards?
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  • And the bible talks about crowns in heaven.
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  • And this isn't on your outline, this is bonus material for
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  • Coming out on a cold day, but the bible says there are some
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  • Crowns in heaven that await the faithful.
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  • Jot these down real quickly.
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  • For example, there is the crown of glory, 1 peter 5:4, for those
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  • Who serve in church leadership.
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  • There is the crown of joy in 1 thessalonians 2:19 to 20, which
  • 00:12:28.103 --> 00:12:32.575
  • Is associated with evangelism.
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  • There's the crown of life, james 1:12, which is reserved for
  • 00:12:35.010 --> 00:12:38.147
  • Those who endure the trials of life.
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  • There's the crown of righteousness, paul talked about
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  • That in 2 timothy 2:4, that is bestowed on those who live their
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  • Lives in anticipation of the lord's returns.
  • 00:12:47.656 --> 00:12:50.392
  • Now, some people believe that these are actual crowns that
  • 00:12:50.392 --> 00:12:53.996
  • We're gonna wear in heaven.
  • 00:12:53.996 --> 00:12:55.497
  • Other people say they're actual crowns that, according to
  • 00:12:55.497 --> 00:12:57.833
  • Revelation 4:10, we're gonna cast down at the feet of christ.
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  • But i prefer to believe that these crowns, and i think
  • 00:13:02.638 --> 00:13:05.474
  • There's reason to do so, are symbolic of very real and
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  • Tangible rewards that await the faithful.
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  • The fact is, revelation 4:10 pictures the 24 elders around
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  • The throne casting down their crowns and there's gonna be
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  • Worship, but that doesn't mean we're gonna give up our rewards
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  • In heaven.
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  • The bible says there are real, tangible rewards awaiting those
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  • Who serve christ obediently.
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  • What are those rewards?
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  • Let me mention three of them that the scripture talks about.
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  • First of all, they are going to be special privileges in heaven
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  • For the faithful.
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  • When our girls were little, we made several treks to
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  • Disney world.
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  • And if you've been to disney world and had your money taken
  • 00:13:48.450 --> 00:13:51.287
  • From you almost at gunpoint, it seemed like down there, they
  • 00:13:51.287 --> 00:13:54.056
  • Have a way to get the money from you.
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  • But if you've ever been to disney world, you know that for
  • 00:13:55.424 --> 00:13:57.626
  • A single price, you can enjoy all the attractions in the
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  • Theme park.
  • 00:14:01.797 --> 00:14:03.799
  • And yet, if you're willing to pay just a little more, you can
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  • Get some special perks.
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  • I mean, for a little bit more money, you can go into the park
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  • Early or you can stay in nicer accommodations or, best of all,
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  • You can have breakfast with mickey and minnie, you know.
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  • I mean those extra perks are nice for those who are willing
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  • To pay a little bit more.
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  • Did you know they're gonna be extra privileges in heaven for
  • 00:14:23.519 --> 00:14:26.121
  • Those who do well at the judgment seat of christ?
  • 00:14:26.121 --> 00:14:28.557
  • For example, 2 peter 1:11 says there's gonna be a special
  • 00:14:28.557 --> 00:14:31.694
  • Entrance into the kingdom, not of mickey, but of god.
  • 00:14:31.694 --> 00:14:35.364
  • There's gonna be a special gate and access to the kingdom
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  • Of god.
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  • Revelation 2, verse 7 says there's gonna be special access
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  • To the tree of life.
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  • Even luke 12:37 says there's gonna be special treatment by
  • 00:14:43.772 --> 00:14:48.143
  • Christ to those who are faithful.
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  • This idea that jesus is gonna treat everybody the same, i'm
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  • Sorry, that's just not true.
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  • There is special treatment by christ by those who do well at
  • 00:14:54.550 --> 00:14:58.454
  • The judgment seat of christ.
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  • Now, look, i don't pretend to understand what all these perks
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  • Mean, but the bible says they are real and they're really
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  • Worth working for, they're worth sacrificing for in this life.
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  • Special privileges from heaven.
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  • Secondly, there's gonna be special praise from the lord for
  • 00:15:12.301 --> 00:15:15.738
  • Those who are faithful.
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  • Can you remember ever a time when either your mom or dad said
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  • To you, "i am so proud of you.
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  • It's an honor to be your mom, your dad."
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  • Can you ever recall a time when your employer brought you into
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  • His office and said, "i want you to know how much i appreciate
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  • What you're doing for our organization.
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  • We couldn't make it if it weren't for you."
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  • You know, that kind of praise can keep you going on for years,
  • 00:15:42.698 --> 00:15:45.434
  • Just to hear a word of commendation like that.
  • 00:15:45.434 --> 00:15:48.670
  • Well, matthew 25:21 says those who serve faithfully in this
  • 00:15:48.670 --> 00:15:52.808
  • Life will hear that kind of praise from the lord, "well
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  • Done, good and faithful servant."
  • 00:15:55.811 --> 00:15:59.181
  • Thirdly, they're gonna be positions of authority for those
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  • Who do well at the judgment seat of christ.
  • 00:16:02.451 --> 00:16:04.119
  • Matthew 25:21, "his master said to him, 'well done, good and
  • 00:16:04.119 --> 00:16:08.490
  • Faithful slave.
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  • You were faithful with a few things, i will put you in charge
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  • Of many things; enter into the
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  • Joy of your master.'"
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  • And those who do well at the judgment seat of christ one day
  • 00:16:18.734 --> 00:16:21.570
  • Will rule over planets, over the angels, over other believers,
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  • Special positions of authority.
  • 00:16:25.841 --> 00:16:28.710
  • Now, i know what you're thinking.
  • 00:16:28.710 --> 00:16:30.779
  • You're thinking, you've got to be kidding.
  • 00:16:30.779 --> 00:16:33.782
  • More work in heaven?
  • 00:16:33.782 --> 00:16:36.785
  • That sounds like hell to me.
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  • I mean, the last thing i wanna do is have the responsibility.
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  • I just wanna float around on my cloud up there.
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  • Well, think again.
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  • You know, genesis tells us that we were created in god's image.
  • 00:16:47.830 --> 00:16:51.433
  • God is a worker. he created us to be workers.
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  • He wanted us to find satisfaction in our work.
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  • He wanted us to be exhilarated, not debilitated by our work.
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  • The only reason work became painful is because of sin that
  • 00:17:01.677 --> 00:17:05.214
  • Entered into the world.
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  • But one day that sin is gonna be gone, we'll no longer have
  • 00:17:06.949 --> 00:17:10.018
  • Bodies that get tired, we'll no longer have soured relationships
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  • That characterize many workplaces, we'll never have any
  • 00:17:13.322 --> 00:17:16.091
  • More government regulations.
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  • We'll be able to work as god intended us to work and it will
  • 00:17:17.493 --> 00:17:21.130
  • Be satisfying.
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  • And those who do well at the judgment seat of christ are
  • 00:17:22.531 --> 00:17:25.134
  • Going to have these extra positions of authority.
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  • There's one possibility--one outcome is reward.
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  • But there's another possible outcome he speaks of in verse 15
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  • And that is loss.
  • 00:17:35.410 --> 00:17:37.746
  • "if any man's work is burned up," verse 15, "he shall suffer
  • 00:17:37.746 --> 00:17:43.952
  • Loss; but he himself shall be saved, yet as through fire."
  • 00:17:43.952 --> 00:17:49.958
  • Or another way we would say it, he'll be saved by the skin of
  • 00:17:49.958 --> 00:17:52.828
  • His teeth, but he will suffer loss.
  • 00:17:52.828 --> 00:17:56.131
  • I want you to notice what paul says, not what robert says, what
  • 00:17:56.131 --> 00:18:00.469
  • Paul says.
  • 00:18:00.469 --> 00:18:01.803
  • Some christians are going to experience real, tangible,
  • 00:18:01.803 --> 00:18:07.676
  • Measurable loss at the judgment seat of christ when they realize
  • 00:18:07.676 --> 00:18:13.015
  • What could have been theirs had they been more faithful
  • 00:18:13.015 --> 00:18:16.952
  • To christ.
  • 00:18:16.952 --> 00:18:18.854
  • Now, i can hear the howls of protest.
  • 00:18:18.854 --> 00:18:21.490
  • People say, "wait a minute, pastor.
  • 00:18:21.490 --> 00:18:24.159
  • What you're describing is horrible.
  • 00:18:24.159 --> 00:18:25.994
  • The idea that there would be real and lasting regret
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  • In heaven.
  • 00:18:28.864 --> 00:18:30.199
  • How does that square with the fact that heaven is gonna be a
  • 00:18:30.199 --> 00:18:32.768
  • Place of inexplicable joy?
  • 00:18:32.768 --> 00:18:34.903
  • And yet you're saying it's also gonna be a place of regret."
  • 00:18:34.903 --> 00:18:38.373
  • Well, the fact is, joy and regret can coexist with
  • 00:18:38.373 --> 00:18:42.911
  • One another.
  • 00:18:42.911 --> 00:18:44.246
  • One doesn't necessarily extinguish the other.
  • 00:18:44.246 --> 00:18:47.449
  • For example, suppose that my insurance agent sits down with
  • 00:18:47.449 --> 00:18:52.588
  • Me and he says, "you know, robert, i've been reviewing your
  • 00:18:52.588 --> 00:18:54.623
  • Policy and i think you're under insured.
  • 00:18:54.623 --> 00:18:57.092
  • You need an extra $100,000 of insurance for your house and
  • 00:18:57.092 --> 00:19:00.295
  • Your possessions."
  • 00:19:00.295 --> 00:19:01.663
  • And i think, well, you know, with christmas coming up, i
  • 00:19:01.663 --> 00:19:03.665
  • Don't want to spend my money on insurance premiums.
  • 00:19:03.665 --> 00:19:06.268
  • I'll just take my chances.
  • 00:19:06.268 --> 00:19:09.137
  • And so, a few months later, i awaken one night to the smell of
  • 00:19:09.137 --> 00:19:13.242
  • Smoke in my house.
  • 00:19:13.242 --> 00:19:15.010
  • I nudge amy and i say, "amy, i think our house is on fire."
  • 00:19:15.010 --> 00:19:18.547
  • So, we get up and we grope through the smog and the smoke
  • 00:19:18.547 --> 00:19:23.085
  • And we can't find an entrance out, every exit is blocked, and
  • 00:19:23.085 --> 00:19:26.955
  • Finally we go into one of the bedrooms and we throw a chair
  • 00:19:26.955 --> 00:19:29.958
  • Through the window and we climb out of the window and as we
  • 00:19:29.958 --> 00:19:32.728
  • Stand there on our front lawn, we watch our entire house erupt
  • 00:19:32.728 --> 00:19:36.331
  • Into flames.
  • 00:19:36.331 --> 00:19:38.500
  • Now, what do you think my emotion is gonna be at that
  • 00:19:38.500 --> 00:19:40.769
  • Point in time?
  • 00:19:40.769 --> 00:19:42.170
  • Certainly, there's gonna be great joy and gratitude that we
  • 00:19:42.170 --> 00:19:45.874
  • Escaped the fire.
  • 00:19:45.874 --> 00:19:47.743
  • Nobody can extinguish that.
  • 00:19:47.743 --> 00:19:50.545
  • But with that joy is gonna be a measure of regret as i remember
  • 00:19:50.545 --> 00:19:55.417
  • What the insurance agent said and think, if only i had made
  • 00:19:55.417 --> 00:19:59.521
  • The right investment i wouldn't suffer this loss right now.
  • 00:19:59.521 --> 00:20:04.393
  • Now, ladies and gentlemen, the bible says you'll find that same
  • 00:20:04.393 --> 00:20:06.928
  • Mixture of joy and loss at the judgment seat of christ.
  • 00:20:06.928 --> 00:20:11.867
  • Joy, eternal joy, that we have escaped the flames of hell
  • 00:20:11.867 --> 00:20:16.338
  • Because of what christ has done for us.
  • 00:20:16.338 --> 00:20:19.341
  • But for some, there'll be a sadness, a regret, a loss as we
  • 00:20:19.341 --> 00:20:24.413
  • Realize what could have been ours had we been more faithful
  • 00:20:24.413 --> 00:20:28.183
  • To christ.
  • 00:20:28.183 --> 00:20:29.718
  • And i realize we need to be balanced here.
  • 00:20:29.718 --> 00:20:32.421
  • If somebody said to overdo the sorrow aspect of heaven is to
  • 00:20:32.421 --> 00:20:37.592
  • Turn heaven into hell, but to ignore the reality of regret in
  • 00:20:37.592 --> 00:20:42.397
  • Heaven is to make obedience to christ in this
  • 00:20:42.397 --> 00:20:45.967
  • Life inconsequential.
  • 00:20:45.967 --> 00:20:49.037
  • The bible says what we do now does make an eternal difference.
  • 00:20:49.037 --> 00:20:54.209
  • My friend, erwin lutzer tells a story of a beggar in india who
  • 00:20:54.209 --> 00:20:58.714
  • Stood along the side of the road with a little bowl begging
  • 00:20:58.714 --> 00:21:02.384
  • For rice.
  • 00:21:02.384 --> 00:21:03.819
  • One day, a wealthy raja pulled up in a chariot and he stepped
  • 00:21:03.819 --> 00:21:07.989
  • Down from the chariot and he went up to that beggar and said,
  • 00:21:07.989 --> 00:21:10.625
  • "give me some of your rice."
  • 00:21:10.625 --> 00:21:13.395
  • The beggar couldn't believe it, but he held out the bowl and the
  • 00:21:13.395 --> 00:21:17.165
  • Raja picked up one grain of rice.
  • 00:21:17.165 --> 00:21:19.835
  • He said, "give me another."
  • 00:21:19.835 --> 00:21:21.903
  • And so, he held out the bowl and the raja took another grain
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  • Of rice.
  • 00:21:24.773 --> 00:21:26.108
  • He said, "give me one more."
  • 00:21:26.108 --> 00:21:27.542
  • He held out the bowl and he took another one.
  • 00:21:27.542 --> 00:21:30.679
  • By this time, the beggar was seething with anger.
  • 00:21:30.679 --> 00:21:34.249
  • He couldn't believe somebody so wealthy with so much would ask
  • 00:21:34.249 --> 00:21:37.986
  • That of somebody who had so little.
  • 00:21:37.986 --> 00:21:40.722
  • And the raja got up in the chariot and he sped away.
  • 00:21:40.722 --> 00:21:44.126
  • Once he had regained his composure, the beggar looked
  • 00:21:44.126 --> 00:21:46.628
  • Down to that bowl and he noticed something glittering.
  • 00:21:46.628 --> 00:21:51.433
  • On further inspection, he realized it was a grain of gold,
  • 00:21:51.433 --> 00:21:56.371
  • And then he looked closer and there was a second grain of gold
  • 00:21:56.371 --> 00:21:59.841
  • And a third grain of gold.
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  • For every grain of rice he had given
  • 00:22:02.377 --> 00:22:04.746
  • The raja, the raja had returned it with a grain of gold.
  • 00:22:04.746 --> 00:22:09.317
  • Erwin lutzer makes this application.
  • 00:22:09.317 --> 00:22:12.120
  • "if we clutch our bowl of rice, we shall lose our reward.
  • 00:22:12.120 --> 00:22:17.225
  • If we are faithful and give god each grain, he gives us gold in
  • 00:22:17.225 --> 00:22:21.463
  • Return, and the gold god gives will survive the fire."
  • 00:22:21.463 --> 00:22:28.069
  • Ladies and gentlemen, there are real, measurable rewards
  • 00:22:28.069 --> 00:22:32.107
  • Awaiting those who are obedient to christ.
  • 00:22:32.107 --> 00:22:35.010
  • And it's the reality of those rewards that said--caused paul
  • 00:22:35.010 --> 00:22:38.313
  • To write these words.
  • 00:22:38.313 --> 00:22:39.681
  • "therefore," therefore, "we have as our ambition, whether at home
  • 00:22:39.681 --> 00:22:45.554
  • Or absent, to be pleasing to god," why?
  • 00:22:45.554 --> 00:22:49.458
  • "for we must all appear before the judgment seat of christ,
  • 00:22:49.458 --> 00:22:55.497
  • That each man may be recompensed for deeds in the body according
  • 00:22:55.497 --> 00:23:00.035
  • To what he has done, whether they be good or worthless."
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  • ♪♪♪
  • 00:23:06.408 --> 00:23:11.446
  • Jeffress: perhaps you're surprised to learn that rewards
  • 00:23:11.446 --> 00:23:14.115
  • In heaven will separate the faithful from the complacent.
  • 00:23:14.115 --> 00:23:17.953
  • As your bible teacher here on "pathway to victory," let me
  • 00:23:17.953 --> 00:23:20.655
  • Encourage you to become intentional about preparing for
  • 00:23:20.655 --> 00:23:23.959
  • Your final judgment, a judgment not of condemnation, but of
  • 00:23:23.959 --> 00:23:28.196
  • Commendation, if you're a christian.
  • 00:23:28.196 --> 00:23:30.932
  • Now, in closing today, let me share a note from susan who
  • 00:23:30.932 --> 00:23:34.135
  • Lives in florida.
  • 00:23:34.135 --> 00:23:35.504
  • She said, "the perfect ending series has been so insightful
  • 00:23:35.504 --> 00:23:39.441
  • And bible-rich.
  • 00:23:39.441 --> 00:23:40.976
  • It has deepened my faith, inspired me to recommit my life,
  • 00:23:40.976 --> 00:23:44.646
  • To pray more and to be a better witness as i await the return of
  • 00:23:44.646 --> 00:23:49.117
  • The lord.
  • 00:23:49.117 --> 00:23:50.452
  • You have reminded me to get ready for the kingdom at hand."
  • 00:23:50.452 --> 00:23:54.155
  • Well, when susan thanks me, her gratitude also belongs to you.
  • 00:23:54.155 --> 00:23:58.860
  • You're the channel god is using to touch lives all around the
  • 00:23:58.860 --> 00:24:02.197
  • World, so thank you very much for your partnership with
  • 00:24:02.197 --> 00:24:06.001
  • "pathway to victory."
  • 00:24:06.001 --> 00:24:07.335
  • Now, stay right there.
  • 00:24:07.335 --> 00:24:08.703
  • I'll be back with one final word in just a moment.
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  • Jeffress: the end-time events are going to be
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  • Very frightening.
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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 to fear that period
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  • Of time.
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  • God's word.
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  • Jeffress: our good works have nothing to do with obtaining
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  • Salvation, the bible is crystal clear on that, but good works do
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  • Matter to god after we're saved.
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  • So, i hope you're committed to leading a life that will earn
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  • You god's commendation in heaven one day.
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  • Well, a lot of pastors today are uncomfortable talking about the
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  • Reality of hell, but jesus didn't shy away from the topic
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  • And neither should we.
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  • Next time, we're going to look at the eternal destiny that
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  • Awaits those who die without christ.
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  • Stay tuned for a preview of what's coming up next in our
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  • Series "perfect ending."
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  • Jeffress: but that's what many people believe, that it doesn't
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  • Matter who you are and what you believe, we all go to the same
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  • Place, that place filled with warm music and heavenly sunlight
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  • And figures dressed in white.
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  • But jesus said just the opposite.
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  • He said, "there is not one destination, there are two
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  • Possible eternal destinations."
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  • Male announcer: set your dvr and join us next time for the
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  • Message, "the truth about eternity," here on "pathway
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  • To victory."
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  • Announcer: what if your next vacation changed the way you
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  • With every detail taken care of.
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  • When you stand where paul stood, your bible comes alive in ways
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  • It never has before.
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  • Announcer: sail with us on the pathway to victory journeys of
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  • Paul cruise, may 2027, and ask about our optional athens
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