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Robert Jeffress - Say Goodbye To Spiritual Regrets

August 28, 2025 | S25 E412 | 29:0

Robert Jeffress - Say Goodbye To Spiritual Regrets
Pathway to Victory offers a practical application of God’s Word to everyday life through the clear, biblical teaching of Pastor Jeffress.
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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - Say Goodbye To Spiritual Regrets | August 28, 2025
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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, and welcome
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  • Again to "pathway to victory."
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  • You and i have been given one life to live, none of us knows
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  • Exactly how many days we have left, but we do know this, every
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  • Day we can have an eternal impact.
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  • Today, i wanna refocus your attention on the things of
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  • God because, when all is said and done, god's kingdom is the
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  • Only kingdom that will endure.
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  • My message is titled, "say goodbye to spiritual regrets,"
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  • On today's edition of "pathway to victory."
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Announcer: god doesn't want you to carry around the weight of
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  • Sins he's already forgiven.
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  • In his bestselling book, "say goodbye to regret," dr. robert
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  • Jeffress helps you live beyond the would-haves, could-haves,
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  • And should-haves to embrace the future god has planned for you.
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  • You can't undo the past, but there's plenty you can do to
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  • Reshape tomorrow and eternity.
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  • Discover the biblical secrets for regret-free living when you
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  • Request the book, "say goodbye to regret."
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  • Thank you for giving generously to "pathway to victory."
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Jeffress: our friend, irwin lutzer, who was just here a
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  • Couple of weeks ago, has written in his book, "five minutes after
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  • You die," "five minutes after you die, you will either have
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  • Had your first glimpse of heaven with its euphoria and bliss or
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  • Your first genuine experience of unrelenting horror or regret.
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  • Either way, your future will be irrevocably fixed and
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  • Eternally unchangeable.
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  • In those first few moments after you die, you will be more alive
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  • Than you've ever been.
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  • Vivid memories of your friends and of your life on planet earth
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  • Will be mingled with a daunting anticipation of eternity.
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  • You will either have had your first glimpse of christ or your
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  • First encounter with evil like you have never known before.
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  • And it will be too late to change your address."
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  • Let me ask you honestly, how does the thought of dying and
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  • Facing god, how does that make you feel?
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  • Are you thrilled at the prospect of meeting god or does your
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  • Thought terrify you?
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  • If we were honest today, i think many of us would say,
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  • "we're terrified at that thought, that prospect," many
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  • Christians are fearful of ever standing before god.
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  • Why is that?
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  • I think, if you get down to the essence of it, that fear is part
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  • Of the nagging sensation that they've not done enough to be
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  • Obedient to god.
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  • Yes, they know they're saved by grace, but they still know there
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  • Are some lacking areas in their life.
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  • For most christians, their prayer lives are sporadic, they
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  • Can count on one finger the number--or one hand the number
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  • Of people they've led to faith in christ with plenty of fingers
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  • Left over, the only thing they're more ashamed of than
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  • Their lack of knowledge about their bible is about their lack
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  • Of desire to even read the bible.
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  • Most christians have some secret sin in their life that they're
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  • Terrified will be exposed and judged by god.
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  • No wonder people are fearful of meeting god.
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  • Now, the easy, pat answer to that is, "oh, well, they just
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  • Need to understand grace, because grace means god's gonna
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  • Treat all christians just alike when they get to heaven," but
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  • Common sense, and more importantly, biblical truth,
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  • Tells us otherwise.
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  • Heaven isn't going to be the same for everybody.
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  • We are going to have our lives evaluated by god, even as
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  • Christians.
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  • One of the core passages we've looked at before that deals with
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  • That truth is 1 corinthians 12, verses 12 through 15.
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  • Paul writes about our evaluation as christians by god.
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  • "now if any man builds on the foundation," the foundation of
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  • His life, "with gold, silver, precious stones, or wood, hay,
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  • And straw, each man's work will become evident; for the day,"
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  • The judgement, "will show it because it will be revealed with
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  • Fire, and the fire itself will test the quality
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  • Of each man's work.
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  • If any man's work which he has built on it remains, he receives
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  • A reward.
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  • If any man's work is burned up, he will suffer loss; even though
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  • He himself will be saved, yet so as through fire."
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  • You know, that passage tells us three things about our
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  • Inevitable evaluation by god.
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  • Number one, every christian's life will be evaluated by
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  • Christ.
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  • No, we don't have to fear, and let me be clear about this, we
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  • Don't have to fear god's condemnation.
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  • We don't have to fear going to hell if we're a christian.
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  • But we do face a different judgement, the bema, the
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  • Judgement seat of christ.
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  • 2 corinthians 5:10 says, "for we must all appear," he's talking
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  • To christians, "before the judgement seat of christ, that
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  • Each one of us may be rewarded for what we have done, whether
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  • It's good or worthless."
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  • Secondly, the passage reminds us that some christians will
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  • Experience greater rewards than others in heaven, some will have
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  • Special privileges, special positions of authority,
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  • Special praise from the master.
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  • There are rewards, real rewards awaiting those who are faithful.
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  • And third, this passage reminds us that many christians will
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  • Experience real, measurable loss because of their lack of
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  • Faithfulness, obedience.
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  • You say, "well, where is that?"
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  • Again, look at verse 15, of 1 corinthians 3, "if any man's
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  • Work is burned up, he will suffer," what?
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  • "loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire."
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  • Remember the question you're supposed to ask an unbeliever,
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  • "if you were to stand before god and he were to ask you, 'why
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  • Should i let you into heaven,' what would you say?"
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  • Well, let me change that question, for christians, "if
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  • You were to stand," no, "when you stand before god one day and
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  • He is to ask you, 'what do you regret most about your
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  • Relationship with me,' what would you say?"
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  • Most of us don't have to wait until we die to come up with
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  • Those regrets, we know exactly what they are.
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  • And today, for the few minutes we have, we're going to look at
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  • The most common regrets christians have about their
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  • Spiritual life, and how to avoid them, and how to reverse their
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  • Effects in our life.
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  • Number one, and i hear this so often, "i wish i had become a
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  • Christian or i wish i'd become more serious about my walk with
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  • God earlier in my life."
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  • Both of these regrets have to do with wasted time.
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  • Now, again, it would be easy to say, "it doesn't matter how long
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  • You've been a christian or how short of time, you have the
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  • Same reward."
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  • In fact, some people actually use jesus's own words to try to
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  • Prove that point.
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  • They teach the story, they go to the story jesus told in matthew
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  • 20, the parable about the landowner who had a large
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  • Vineyard and he needed some workers to help him harvest
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  • The crops.
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  • And so, as was the custom, a group gathered and he hired them
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  • At six o'clock in the morning, a group of workers at the
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  • Beginning of the work day, made an agreement what he would
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  • Pay them.
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  • A few hours later, he realized he needed more workers, so he
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  • Went out and hired some more.
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  • And then, finally, at 5 p.m.,
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  • One hour before quitting time, he hired another group of
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  • Workers just for an hour.
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  • When six o'clock rolled around, the end of the day, it was time
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  • To give everybody their wages, and so they lined up to receive
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  • Their wages.
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  • And they started with the ones who had been hired most
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  • Recently, at five o'clock, and then went back to those who had
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  • Been hired at the beginning of the day.
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  • So the landowner meets that first worker who was hired at
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  • Five, and to his surprise, the landowner gives him a
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  • Full-day's wage.
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  • Well, word spreads quickly in the line about what had
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  • Happened, and people started thinking, "gosh, if he gave a
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  • Whole day's wage to a guy who only worked an hour, do
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  • The math.
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  • I mean, i've been here for several hours, i've been here
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  • For 12 hours, i'm going to make a fortune."
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  • But to their disappointment, those who had worked 12 hours or
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  • 6 hours, they all received the same wage.
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  • And the people who had worked for 12 hours, they were ready to
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  • Riot, i mean, they were upset.
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  • They said, "this isn't fair, that you would give us all the
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  • Same wage."
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  • And remember what the landowner said, jesus said, he said,
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  • "first of all, didn't i give you what i promised?
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  • I gave you exactly what i promised.
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  • And secondly, and more importantly, isn't it my money
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  • To do whatever i want to with?
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  • I'm the one who determines.
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  • If i want to give everybody the same amount, that's
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  • My business."
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  • Now, a lot of people take that story and say, "see, everybody
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  • In heaven gets the same thing."
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  • That's not what this passage is teaching.
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  • You say, "how do you know that, robert?"
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  • Again, from jesus's own words, the context for this parable is
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  • Actually found in matthew 19:27.
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  • Then peter said to the lord, "lord, behold, we have left
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  • Everything and followed you; what's in it for us?"
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  • No, actually he said, "and what will there be for us?"
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  • That's one reason i love peter, he always speaks what everybody
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  • Else is thinking, "lord, what's in it for us?"
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  • Now, jesus could have said, "well, you're gonna get the same
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  • Thing everybody else does, peter," but he doesn't.
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  • He affirms the concept of rewards in verse 28.
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  • "and jesus said to them, 'truly i say to you, those of you who
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  • Have followed me, in the regeneration,'" that is, in the
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  • Millennium, "when the son of man will sit on his glorious throne,
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  • You shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve
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  • Tribes of israel."
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  • "everybody's not gonna have a throne, but there are gonna be
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  • 12 thrones, and peter, you're going to sit on one of
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  • Those thrones."
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  • In fact, he says in verse 29, "and everyone who has left
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  • Houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or
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  • Farms, for my name's sake, will receive," what?
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  • "many times as much as those who don't, and shall inherit
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  • Eternal life."
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  • I have no doubt there are christians around the world who
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  • Are suffering right now who are gonna receive a far greater
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  • Reward than i do, because what we do on earth matters to god.
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  • The fact is, he's not negating the concept of rewards.
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  • Well, what is this parable about?
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  • Remember, the jews were upset that gentiles,
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  • Johnny-come-lately, so to speak, were going to be a part of the
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  • Kingdom of god, they hated the idea that the jewish people who
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  • Had been serving god for hundreds of years, or so they
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  • Thought, would be treated the same way as these gentiles,
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  • These dogs.
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  • And jesus was saying, "no, grace means everyone who trusts in me
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  • Can be forgiven."
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  • Two words i want you to write down, first of all, the
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  • Word "justification."
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  • The word "justification," remember, is a legal term that
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  • Means "not guilty."
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  • And the bible says the moment you trust in christ as your
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  • Savior, god declares you "not guilty," he forgives you of not
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  • Just some of your sins, but all of your sins, you are perfect in
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  • God's eyes, you are forgiven.
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  • You never have to worry about hell because of some unforgiven
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  • Sin, god has declared you "not guilty."
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  • How did he do that?
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  • Well, 2 corinthians 5:21 tells us.
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  • The bible says, "god made him," jesus, "who knew no sin to
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  • Become sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of god
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  • In him."
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  • Imagine i have two books here, one book is titled "the life and
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  • Times of jesus christ," it's a book that records the perfect
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  • Life of jesus, his teachings, his good deeds, his miracles,
  • 00:13:01.637 --> 00:13:06.008
  • His death on the cross, his resurrection from the dead, this
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  • Is the story of jesus.
  • 00:13:09.144 --> 00:13:11.380
  • But there's another book entitled "the life and times of
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  • Robert jeffress," and this book is a real page-turner because it
  • 00:13:16.185 --> 00:13:22.725
  • Not only includes some of the good things i've done, but all
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  • Of the bad things i've done, every wrong thought, every wrong
  • 00:13:25.928 --> 00:13:30.499
  • Action, every wrong attitude is written in this book.
  • 00:13:30.499 --> 00:13:34.270
  • Some of you would run to a bookstore right now and get it
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  • If you knew such a book existed, you'd love to know.
  • 00:13:36.906 --> 00:13:40.576
  • Thank goodness you'll never know what's in this book.
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  • Two books, "the life and times of jesus" and "the life and
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  • Times of robert jeffress."
  • 00:13:48.317 --> 00:13:49.685
  • Now, when jesus died on the cross, it's as if god took the
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  • Cover of this book about jesus and wrapped it around my story,
  • 00:13:55.224 --> 00:14:00.262
  • "the life and times of jesus" is really "the life and times of
  • 00:14:00.262 --> 00:14:04.633
  • Robert jeffress."
  • 00:14:04.633 --> 00:14:06.035
  • When god looked on jesus on the cross, he didn't see his perfect
  • 00:14:06.035 --> 00:14:10.272
  • Son, he saw all of my sins, all of my transgressions, and jesus
  • 00:14:10.272 --> 00:14:16.045
  • Experienced hell for me.
  • 00:14:16.045 --> 00:14:19.014
  • But interestingly, god took the cover of my life story, "the
  • 00:14:19.014 --> 00:14:23.118
  • Life and times of robert jeffress," and wrapped it around
  • 00:14:23.118 --> 00:14:25.721
  • "the life of jesus christ," so that when god looks at me as a
  • 00:14:25.721 --> 00:14:29.792
  • Christian, he no longer sees my sin, my shortcomings, he sees
  • 00:14:29.792 --> 00:14:35.764
  • The perfection of his own son, jesus christ.
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  • "he who knew no sin became sin for us, that we might become the
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  • Righteousness of god in him."
  • 00:14:45.074 --> 00:14:47.643
  • Doesn't that throw your heart to know that we are perfect in
  • 00:14:47.643 --> 00:14:51.880
  • God's eyes and we never have to worry about our sin being
  • 00:14:51.880 --> 00:14:55.718
  • Dredged up again?
  • 00:14:55.718 --> 00:14:57.753
  • But the second word to remember is the word "sovereignty."
  • 00:14:57.753 --> 00:15:01.924
  • You know, the word "sovereignty" refers to god's rule over
  • 00:15:01.924 --> 00:15:06.161
  • The earth.
  • 00:15:06.161 --> 00:15:07.529
  • God is sovereign, he is in control, there is nothing that
  • 00:15:07.529 --> 00:15:11.433
  • Happens in the universe apart from his permission.
  • 00:15:11.433 --> 00:15:15.204
  • And he is sovereign over your life as well, he is in control
  • 00:15:15.204 --> 00:15:19.408
  • Of your steps, your missteps, and your stumbles, there's
  • 00:15:19.408 --> 00:15:23.312
  • Nothing you do that surprises god.
  • 00:15:23.312 --> 00:15:26.982
  • You know, one of the great verses about that is psalm 139,
  • 00:15:26.982 --> 00:15:30.152
  • Verse 16.
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  • David said, "and in your book, o god, were written all the days
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  • Of my life, before there was one of them."
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  • Do you realize, before the foundation of the world, god
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  • Planned your life, not just how many days they were or what
  • 00:15:43.298 --> 00:15:47.202
  • Those days would be, but the activities and the actions that
  • 00:15:47.202 --> 00:15:51.073
  • Would fill every page?
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  • "now, pastor, are you saying god wills our disobedience to him,
  • 00:15:53.809 --> 00:15:58.547
  • God wills our rebellion?"
  • 00:15:58.547 --> 00:16:01.050
  • No, i'm not saying that, but what i'm saying is god is so
  • 00:16:01.050 --> 00:16:04.353
  • Powerful that he can take every part of our life, even our
  • 00:16:04.353 --> 00:16:07.990
  • Mistakes, and use them for our good and his eternal glory.
  • 00:16:07.990 --> 00:16:13.796
  • You say, "where do you find that in scripture?"
  • 00:16:13.796 --> 00:16:16.799
  • All i have to do is look at the example of the apostle paul.
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  • Remember in 1 timothy 1, he gives us
  • 00:16:20.169 --> 00:16:22.237
  • His spiritual autobiography.
  • 00:16:22.237 --> 00:16:24.773
  • He said, beginning in verse 12, "i thank christ jesus our lord,
  • 00:16:24.773 --> 00:16:28.844
  • Who has strengthened me, because he considered me faithful,
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  • Putting me into service, even though i was formerly a
  • 00:16:32.514 --> 00:16:36.852
  • Blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor.
  • 00:16:36.852 --> 00:16:40.222
  • Yet i was shown mercy because i acted ignorantly in unbelief.
  • 00:16:40.222 --> 00:16:44.493
  • And yet for this reason," now get this, "for this reason i
  • 00:16:44.493 --> 00:16:48.197
  • Found mercy, so that in me as the foremost of sinners jesus
  • 00:16:48.197 --> 00:16:53.569
  • Christ might demonstrate his perfect patience as an example
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  • For those who would believe in him for eternal life."
  • 00:16:58.507 --> 00:17:02.778
  • Paul said, "i'm exhibit a of god's ability to
  • 00:17:02.778 --> 00:17:06.248
  • Forgive anyone."
  • 00:17:06.248 --> 00:17:07.583
  • You can't do anything to make him love you any more,
  • 00:17:07.583 --> 00:17:10.252
  • Justification and sovereignty, he can work all things in your
  • 00:17:10.252 --> 00:17:14.623
  • Past together for good.
  • 00:17:14.623 --> 00:17:17.726
  • A second regret many people have is, "i wish i had spent more
  • 00:17:17.726 --> 00:17:22.498
  • Time praying and reading the bible."
  • 00:17:22.498 --> 00:17:25.934
  • Sometimes, christians look back with all the wasted time in
  • 00:17:25.934 --> 00:17:29.204
  • Their life, the hundreds of hours they've spent over the
  • 00:17:29.204 --> 00:17:34.343
  • Years watching inane television programs they can't even
  • 00:17:34.343 --> 00:17:38.013
  • Remember, or hours scrolling through social media, their
  • 00:17:38.013 --> 00:17:42.317
  • Twitter account or facebook or instagram.
  • 00:17:42.317 --> 00:17:46.321
  • And they think, "if only i had spent those hours praying and
  • 00:17:46.321 --> 00:17:52.594
  • Reading my bible, i'd be a spiritual giant by now,"
  • 00:17:52.594 --> 00:17:57.332
  • A third regret many christians have is this, "i wish i had done
  • 00:17:57.332 --> 00:18:01.837
  • More to serve god in my life, i wish i had done more to serve
  • 00:18:01.837 --> 00:18:06.808
  • God in my life."
  • 00:18:06.808 --> 00:18:08.677
  • Honestly, this was one of the regrets that my dad had, i told
  • 00:18:08.677 --> 00:18:13.048
  • You about my dad in the first message, he was an inspiration
  • 00:18:13.048 --> 00:18:16.418
  • To do this series, "say goodbye to regrets."
  • 00:18:16.418 --> 00:18:19.421
  • He became a christian as a young man, he led my mom to christ, he
  • 00:18:19.421 --> 00:18:26.161
  • Led his children to christ, he tithed, he went to church, but
  • 00:18:26.161 --> 00:18:30.532
  • One of the things i heard him say before he died was he wished
  • 00:18:30.532 --> 00:18:33.835
  • He had found a ministry to serve in.
  • 00:18:33.835 --> 00:18:37.906
  • He never did.
  • 00:18:37.906 --> 00:18:39.274
  • I think, personally, he felt inadequate to do that, even
  • 00:18:39.274 --> 00:18:42.177
  • Though he was a very intelligent man, he just didn't feel like he
  • 00:18:42.177 --> 00:18:46.415
  • Was adequate to serve the lord.
  • 00:18:46.415 --> 00:18:49.017
  • The fact is, we all need a place in the body of christ to serve.
  • 00:18:49.017 --> 00:18:54.556
  • Most of you don't work for a church, you have real jobs, i
  • 00:18:54.556 --> 00:18:59.761
  • Know some people think that, but i realize you don't have 10
  • 00:18:59.761 --> 00:19:04.600
  • Hours a week or 20 hours a week between your family and work
  • 00:19:04.600 --> 00:19:08.470
  • Responsibilities, but everybody has an hour a week they
  • 00:19:08.470 --> 00:19:12.007
  • Could devote.
  • 00:19:12.007 --> 00:19:13.375
  • You know, we have a saying here at first baptist, "no one can do
  • 00:19:13.375 --> 00:19:15.978
  • Everything, but everybody can do something."
  • 00:19:15.978 --> 00:19:18.413
  • We all need a place in service in the body of christ.
  • 00:19:18.413 --> 00:19:23.619
  • And then, the final spiritual regret i hear from so many
  • 00:19:23.619 --> 00:19:26.855
  • Christians, "i regret not doing more to encourage my children's
  • 00:19:26.855 --> 00:19:33.295
  • Spiritual growth," "i regret not doing more to encourage my
  • 00:19:33.295 --> 00:19:39.668
  • Children's spiritual growth."
  • 00:19:39.668 --> 00:19:42.204
  • One of the saddest funerals i ever conducted was years ago, it
  • 00:19:42.204 --> 00:19:47.576
  • Was for a six-year-old boy who had run out into the street to
  • 00:19:47.576 --> 00:19:51.847
  • Retrieve a soccer ball and was struck by a car,
  • 00:19:51.847 --> 00:19:54.650
  • Killed immediately.
  • 00:19:54.650 --> 00:19:56.918
  • And the family was overcome with grief, obviously, but the father
  • 00:19:56.918 --> 00:20:00.489
  • Especially so because of his lack of spiritual leadership in
  • 00:20:00.489 --> 00:20:05.394
  • The home.
  • 00:20:05.394 --> 00:20:06.728
  • He was a successful salesman for an up-and-coming company, his
  • 00:20:06.728 --> 00:20:11.366
  • Schedule required him to leave home early monday morning and
  • 00:20:11.366 --> 00:20:15.103
  • Fly out, and be gone all week and not come home until
  • 00:20:15.103 --> 00:20:18.573
  • Friday evenings.
  • 00:20:18.573 --> 00:20:20.475
  • And because of that schedule, the family decided to buy a lake
  • 00:20:20.475 --> 00:20:24.713
  • Home nearby their primary residence.
  • 00:20:24.713 --> 00:20:28.817
  • And so, every friday night when he would get home, they would
  • 00:20:28.817 --> 00:20:32.120
  • All pile in the car and go to the lake house for the weekend,
  • 00:20:32.120 --> 00:20:36.024
  • And they would enjoy camping and fishing and boating together,
  • 00:20:36.024 --> 00:20:40.329
  • Then come back late sunday night.
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  • This little six-year-old boy had an insatiable spiritual
  • 00:20:43.732 --> 00:20:48.637
  • Appetite, he loved to hear bible stories, he loved to read the
  • 00:20:48.637 --> 00:20:53.275
  • Bible, he loved singing christian songs, he had a prayer
  • 00:20:53.275 --> 00:20:56.345
  • List a mile long.
  • 00:20:56.345 --> 00:20:58.547
  • And every weekend he would say to his dad, "dad, can't we just
  • 00:20:58.547 --> 00:21:01.616
  • Stay home and go to church?
  • 00:21:01.616 --> 00:21:03.985
  • Can we go to church, can we go to church?"
  • 00:21:03.985 --> 00:21:07.923
  • And the father would say no.
  • 00:21:07.923 --> 00:21:09.524
  • It's not because the father didn't like the church, he loved
  • 00:21:09.524 --> 00:21:12.127
  • The church, but in his mind, he needed to be with his family,
  • 00:21:12.127 --> 00:21:17.332
  • And he thought, "we'll do this for a few years, then i'll have
  • 00:21:17.332 --> 00:21:21.236
  • Enough money and i can retire, and we can live a normal life
  • 00:21:21.236 --> 00:21:25.006
  • And go to church."
  • 00:21:25.006 --> 00:21:26.975
  • He didn't realize how little time he really had, and he had
  • 00:21:26.975 --> 00:21:32.214
  • And has that continuing regret of listening to his child plead
  • 00:21:32.214 --> 00:21:37.185
  • To come to church, a request he said no to.
  • 00:21:37.185 --> 00:21:41.590
  • Now, most of us, fortunately, will never have to watch our
  • 00:21:41.590 --> 00:21:45.694
  • Children die, but what we will see, it's inevitable, is our
  • 00:21:45.694 --> 00:21:50.866
  • Children go through a difficult time in their life.
  • 00:21:50.866 --> 00:21:54.536
  • It may be a wrong relationship they get involved in, it might
  • 00:21:54.536 --> 00:21:58.507
  • Be a questioning or even departure from their christian
  • 00:21:58.507 --> 00:22:01.643
  • Faith, it might be a destructive habit they become entangled in,
  • 00:22:01.643 --> 00:22:08.650
  • But if that time occurs with your children, will you be able
  • 00:22:08.650 --> 00:22:12.487
  • To say with confidence, "i did everything i could to encourage
  • 00:22:12.487 --> 00:22:19.528
  • My child's relationship with god."
  • 00:22:19.528 --> 00:22:23.799
  • Ladies and gentlemen, what we do now matters for eternity.
  • 00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:28.970
  • We can't erase the mistakes we've made in the past, but we
  • 00:22:28.970 --> 00:22:33.108
  • Can make decisions today that will change our tomorrow and
  • 00:22:33.108 --> 00:22:37.312
  • Our eternity.
  • 00:22:37.312 --> 00:22:39.681
  • Do you need to trust in jesus as your savior and have your
  • 00:22:39.681 --> 00:22:43.418
  • Sins forgiven?
  • 00:22:43.418 --> 00:22:45.754
  • Do it today.
  • 00:22:45.754 --> 00:22:47.823
  • Do you need to reconnect with god through prayer and reading
  • 00:22:47.823 --> 00:22:51.026
  • His word?
  • 00:22:51.026 --> 00:22:52.394
  • Do it today.
  • 00:22:52.394 --> 00:22:54.162
  • Do you need to find a place of ministry in god's
  • 00:22:54.162 --> 00:22:56.832
  • Kingdom's work?
  • 00:22:56.832 --> 00:22:58.200
  • Do it today.
  • 00:22:58.200 --> 00:23:00.769
  • Is there more you can do to encourage your children's
  • 00:23:00.769 --> 00:23:03.171
  • Relationship with god?
  • 00:23:03.171 --> 00:23:05.340
  • Do it today.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Jeffress: if you've been living with spiritual regrets, the time
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  • To change is now.
  • 00:23:16.184 --> 00:23:18.553
  • Rekindle your passion for the things of god, so that one day
  • 00:23:18.553 --> 00:23:22.390
  • You may hear god say to you, "well done, good and
  • 00:23:22.390 --> 00:23:26.194
  • Faithful servant."
  • 00:23:26.194 --> 00:23:28.063
  • As we close today, i'm happy to report
  • 00:23:28.063 --> 00:23:30.465
  • That "pathway to victory" is making a difference in the lives
  • 00:23:30.465 --> 00:23:33.668
  • Of those who watch and listen to this program.
  • 00:23:33.668 --> 00:23:36.571
  • For example, i received a note recently from mitch,
  • 00:23:36.571 --> 00:23:39.474
  • In north carolina, who wrote, "dr. jeffress, your teachings
  • 00:23:39.474 --> 00:23:43.078
  • Mean more than you will ever know.
  • 00:23:43.078 --> 00:23:45.614
  • I attend church to worship every sunday, but i'm able to worship
  • 00:23:45.614 --> 00:23:49.818
  • Every day with you through 'pathway to victory.'"
  • 00:23:49.818 --> 00:23:53.555
  • Friends, this is what our ministry together is all about.
  • 00:23:53.555 --> 00:23:57.559
  • Thank you for helping us reach people like mitch and countless
  • 00:23:57.559 --> 00:24:00.896
  • Others around the globe with the gospel.
  • 00:24:00.896 --> 00:24:04.032
  • Now, stay right there, i'll be back with more "pathway to
  • 00:24:04.032 --> 00:24:07.235
  • Victory" in just a moment.
  • 00:24:07.235 --> 00:24:10.472
  • Announcer: what if your doctor were to say you had only six
  • 00:24:10.539 --> 00:24:13.275
  • Months left to live?
  • 00:24:13.275 --> 00:24:14.709
  • Would you have any regrets in your life?
  • 00:24:14.709 --> 00:24:16.778
  • In his best selling book, "say goodbye to regret," dr. robert
  • 00:24:16.778 --> 00:24:20.448
  • Jeffress shares biblical principles for dealing with
  • 00:24:20.448 --> 00:24:22.851
  • Regrets from your past and preventing regrets in
  • 00:24:22.851 --> 00:24:25.554
  • The future.
  • 00:24:25.554 --> 00:24:26.888
  • Jeffress: regret is one of life's most painful and
  • 00:24:26.888 --> 00:24:29.791
  • Unnecessary emotions, and in my best selling book, "say goodbye
  • 00:24:29.791 --> 00:24:33.862
  • To regret," i'll help you turn those if-onlys into successful
  • 00:24:33.862 --> 00:24:38.366
  • Lessons in living.
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  • Announcer: it's time to move forward, satisfied with the life
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  • You're living.
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  • Jeffress: one of the heaviest weights, other than sin,
  • 00:25:10.732 --> 00:25:14.069
  • Is regret.
  • 00:25:14.069 --> 00:25:15.403
  • Regrets are not the problem in and of themselves, they are an
  • 00:25:15.403 --> 00:25:18.707
  • Indicator of a problem that needs to be dealt with.
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  • Announcer: thank you for helping "pathway to victory"
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  • Proclaim the redemptive power of jesus christ to a world in need.
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  • And forgiveness, biblical hope, and life transforming power
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  • Across the country and around the world.
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  • Jeffress: i'm sensing that god's spirit is moving in the hearts
  • 00:25:41.229 --> 00:25:44.099
  • Of viewers all around the world right now and nudging some to
  • 00:25:44.099 --> 00:25:48.303
  • Reassess their priorities.
  • 00:25:48.303 --> 00:25:51.106
  • While you can't relive the days of the past, you can live every
  • 00:25:51.106 --> 00:25:54.809
  • Day going forward with god at the forefront of your heart
  • 00:25:54.809 --> 00:25:58.747
  • And mind.
  • 00:25:58.747 --> 00:26:00.482
  • Well, few things weigh more heavily on the hearts of
  • 00:26:00.482 --> 00:26:02.817
  • Americans more than money problems, and next time, i'm
  • 00:26:02.817 --> 00:26:06.788
  • Going to offer you some very practical advice for managing
  • 00:26:06.788 --> 00:26:10.558
  • Your money in a biblical manner.
  • 00:26:10.558 --> 00:26:13.428
  • Stay tuned for a preview of what's coming up next in our
  • 00:26:13.428 --> 00:26:15.730
  • Series, "say goodbye to regret."
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  • Jeffress: you know, the fact is, all of us are gonna face some
  • 00:26:20.268 --> 00:26:23.038
  • Big-ticket expenditures in life we've got to be prepared for.
  • 00:26:23.038 --> 00:26:27.575
  • Take college for example, the education of your children.
  • 00:26:27.575 --> 00:26:30.645
  • The average four-year college today costs $160,000 to attend
  • 00:26:30.645 --> 00:26:35.850
  • Over four years.
  • 00:26:35.850 --> 00:26:37.619
  • Now, that's 179% increase in just the last 20 years.
  • 00:26:37.619 --> 00:26:43.491
  • Have you got a plan for that?
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  • Male announcer: set your dvr and join us next time for the
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  • Message, "say goodbye to financial regrets," here on
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  • "pathway to victory."
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