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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - Tricked or Treated? | May 2, 2025
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- [presenter] from the pulpit of the first baptist church
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- Of dallas, texas, this is "pathway to victory"
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- With dr. robert jeffress.
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- Hi, i am robert jeffress,
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- And welcome again to "pathway to victory."
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- Christians often wonder,
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- Isn't it unfair when a sinful reprobate
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- Who accepted christ at the very end of his life
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- Is welcomed into heaven, just in the nick of time?
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- Well, rest assured, heaven will not be the same
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- For every believer.
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- Obedience over a long period of time
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- Will be rewarded in heaven.
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- My message is titled tricked or treated
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- On today's edition of "pathway to victory."
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- [narrator] think about a child in your life
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- Who needs to put their faith in jesus.
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- How do you explain the gospel to them
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- In a way they can understand?
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- In "the gift: the gospel for children,"
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- Dr. robert jeffress presents the gospel message
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- In a way that's clear and engaging.
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- The book also includes a salvation prayer
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- For you to pray with your child or grandchild.
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- Give your child the most important gift
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- They'll ever receive,
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- The opportunity to begin a relationship with jesus christ.
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- Request your copy of the gift at ptv.org.
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- Five seconds after you die
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- You will know exactly what you should have believed in
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- And how you should have lived.
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- You'll discover if you were tricked
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- By the deceptions of satan
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- Or you'll discover if you're going to be treated
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- By god for all eternity.
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- Of course, five seconds after you've died,
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- It will be too late.
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- Your future will be fixed for all eternity.
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- Even if you happen to be that small percentage of humanity
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- Who will actually be in heaven one day,
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- You need to understand that heaven will not be the same
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- For every christian.
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- There are going to be degrees of heaven.
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- Our rewards in heaven in the next life
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- Will be determined by our faithfulness to christ
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- In this life,
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- And it's that truth that paul is going to expound upon
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- In the passage we're going to look at briefly tonight.
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- If you have your bibles turn to 1 corinthians chapter 3,
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- 1 corinthians chapter 3.
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- Tonight we're going to look at the certainty
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- Of rewards in heaven, the basis for our rewards in heaven,
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- And the consequences of rewards in heaven.
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- Now, one truth you find throughout scripture is this,
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- No one will be exempt from god's judgment in the end times.
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- Every person, christian and non-christian,
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- Will face the judgment of god.
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- Hebrews 9:27 says, "it is appointed unto every man
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- Once to die and then the judgment."
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- It's not just non-christians who face god's judgment.
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- Christians will face god's judgment as well.
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- Now, there are two very different judgments
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- In the end times.
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- There is a judgment for non-christians.
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- We looked at it in revelation chapter 20.
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- That judgment is called the great white throne judgment.
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- The subject for that judgment will be unbelievers.
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- The time of the judgment will be the end of the millennium.
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- The basis for that judgment will be
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- Whether the person's name is found written
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- In the lamb's book of life,
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- And the consequence of that judgment
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- Will be an eternity of separation from god.
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- The bible says, "and if any man's name was not found written
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- In the book, he was cast into the lake of fire
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- And tormented there day and night for ever and ever."
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- That is the judgment for non-christians,
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- The great white throne judgment,
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- But there is another judgment that awaits you and me
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- And all who are christians,
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- And that is the judgment we are looking at tonight.
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- We call it the judgment seat of christ.
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- We find it described in many places in scripture.
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- One place is 2 corinthians 5:10,
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- Where paul says, "for we must all appear
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- Before the judgment seat of christ,
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- That each man may be recompensed,
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- Rewarded for his deeds in the body,
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- According to what he has done,
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- Whether it be good or bad."
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- Now, this is a judgment for believers.
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- When paul talked about the judgment seat,
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- The corinthians understood exactly
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- What he was talking about.
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- You see, in paul's day, there was what was called the bema,
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- The judgment seat.
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- It is a place where the governor or a judge would sit
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- To oversee the greek games,
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- And at the end of the games, the winner of the game
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- Was brought before that judgment seat
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- And he was given the stefanoi, the laurel wreath,
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- The victor's crown that was symbolic of winning the games.
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- And of course, that crown, that victor's crown was symbolic
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- Of some very tangible benefits that would accrue
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- To the person who won the game.
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- He would experience an exemption from taxation.
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- There would be a parade in his honor.
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- A statue would be erected to him.
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- He was the winner, pronounced the winner
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- At the judgment seat.
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- Now, paul says, christians will face a similar judgment,
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- Not for condemnation but for commendation.
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- The subjects of this judgment will be every believer
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- Who has ever lived.
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- The time of the judgment will be sometime
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- Between the rapture and the second coming seven years later.
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- It is the basis of that judgment seat
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- And the consequences that we are going to look at tonight.
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- Now, let's look, first of all, at the description
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- Of the judgment that awaits every christian
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- And paul expounds upon it beginning in verses 10 to 11.
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- Paul, first of all,
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- Is speaking about the building of a church.
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- Go back to verses 6 and 7, for a moment,
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- Of 1 corinthians 3.
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- We saw this last time, paul was talking about
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- The growth of the corinthian church.
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- He said, quit getting hung up on different pastors.
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- He said, "i planted the church."
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- Remember, paul was the founding pastor at corinth.
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- "apollos," the current pastor, "he watered,
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- But god was causing the growth.
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- So neither the one who plants
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- Or the one who waters is anything,
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- But god is the one who causes the growth."
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- Now, paul is using an agricultural example
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- To describe the growth of the church.
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- One, plants, the other, waters, but god causes the growth.
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- Now, he's going to move to an architectural analogy
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- To talk about the growing of the church.
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- Look at verse 10, "according to the grace of god,
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- Which was given to me, like a wise master builder
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- I laid a foundation, and another is building on it,
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- But each man must be careful how he builds upon it."
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- Paul said, when i founded this church,
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- I laid the foundation,
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- And the foundation was jesus christ and his word.
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- We'll see that in verse 11.
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- And now apollo has come,
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- And he is building on that foundation
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- And there'll be one that comes after him,
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- And he needs to be careful that he builds upon
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- The same foundation as jesus christ and his word.
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- The only lasting foundation for a church
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- Is a commitment to jesus christ and his word.
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- Unfortunately, many churches today
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- Don't have that foundation.
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- You look at what is the foundation for their church,
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- The foundation for their church is tradition
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- Or allegiance to a particular denomination
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- Or the prejudices of a few members in the church.
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- All of those things are an unstable foundation
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- For any church to be built upon.
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- Now, paul is going to extrapolate
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- Between the building of a church
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- To the building of an individual life
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- Beginning in verse 11,
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- Just as the corinthians were building a church,
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- Each of us is also building a life.
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- We're in a building program
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- In every one of our individual lives.
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- Look at verse 11, "for no man can lay a foundation
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- Other than the one which is laid, which is in christ jesus."
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- Notice how paul's going to change from talking about the church
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- To every man, each man.
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- He's talking about our individual life.
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- He says, nobody can lay another foundation
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- Other than that which is laid in christ jesus.
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- You see, every christian has the same foundation
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- If he's a true christian.
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- The foundation of his life is jesus christ.
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- He is depending upon jesus christ for salvation.
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- He has committed himself
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- To following the commands of jesus christ.
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- That is the foundation of every believer.
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- We share a common foundation.
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- However, each one of us as christians,
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- Having laid that foundation,
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- Decides what kind of life we're going to build
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- On that foundation.
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- God gives every one of us
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- A certain amount of time on this planet.
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- He gives us certain financial resources.
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- He gives us certain gifts and abilities.
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- He gives us certain opportunities,
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- And he says, "now, here's the assignment.
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- With that money, with those gifts, with those opportunities,
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- You have one assignment while you're here on earth,
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- Go and make disciples."
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- See how many people you can introduce
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- To a saving faith in christ
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- And help them grow in their faith
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- To become faithful followers of mine.
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- That is the assignment.
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- We're all given a certain amount of time and money
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- And resources to build not a physical home,
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- But to build god's kingdom,
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- And there is going to be a judgment
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- Based on our faithfulness to carry out the assignment
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- That god has given to each one of us.
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- What we build for god
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- Determines the kind of rewards we will receive.
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- Have we spent our lives pursuing god's agenda or our agenda,
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- And that leads us secondly to the basis for our judgment.
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- How will we be judged at the judgment seat of christ?
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- First of all, the durability of our life.
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- Look at verse 12, the durability of our life.
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- "now, if any man builds on the foundation with gold, silver,
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- Precious stones, wood, hay, and straw."
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- Paul says, there are two kind of building materials.
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- There's gold and silver and precious stones,
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- That represents a life that is durable,
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- Something that is valuable,
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- And then the second kind of building material,
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- There's wood, hay, and straw,
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- That represents that which is cheap
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- And that which is temporal.
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- Now, look at verse 13.
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- Paul says, "at the judgment seat of christ,
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- Each man's work will become evident;
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- For the day will show it,
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- Because it is to be revealed with fire,
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- And the fire itself will test the quality
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- Of each man's work."
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- At the judgment seat of christ,
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- God is going to review your life
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- To see how durable it was.
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- Was your life invested in the eternal or the temporal?
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- Let me be real specific here.
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- A life that is squandered, that is spent on building
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- A portfolio, that is built spending
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- Or is spent building a career,
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- A life that is spent on recreational pursuits,
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- That is all wood, hay, and straw in the eyes of god.
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- I'm not talking about evil things.
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- I'm talking about temporal things.
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- And the fire of god's judgment will reveal
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- The kind of life that we have built.
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- On the other hand, a life that is spent
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- Loving and serving god,
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- A life that is spent winning as many people
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- To christ as possible, that is a life
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- That will be judged to be gold, silver, and precious stones.
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- Might point out something to you from 2 corinthians 5:10,
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- When paul says, "we must all appear
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- Before the judgment seat of christ,
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- That each one of us may be rewarded for what we've done
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- In the body, whether it be good,"
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- Your translation says bad,
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- But the greek word is falace.
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- It's not referring to moral bad.
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- The word falace means worthless.
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- That's the basis of our judgment.
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- At the judgment seat of christ,
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- Is our life valuable and durable
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- Or is it cheap and temporal?
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- But there's a second basis for our judgment
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- And that is the motives of our life,
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- Not just the durability of our life,
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- But the motives of our life.
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- You see, why we do something is just as important to god
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- As what we do many times.
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- And you see that in 1 corinthians 4:5.
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- Paul says, "therefore, do not go on passing judgment
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- Before the time,
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- But wait until the lord comes who will both bring to light
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- The things hidden in the darkness
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- And that he will disclose the motives of men's hearts,
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- And then each man's praise will come to him from god."
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- God is not only going to judge our actions,
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- But he's going to judge the motives behind those actions.
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- For example, if i preach a sermon in order to exalt christ,
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- That's gold, but if my motive in preaching the sermon
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- Is to exalt myself, that's wood.
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- If i win somebody to christ out of a genuine concern
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- For their eternal well-being, that's silver.
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- But if i witness to somebody in order to brag
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- At prayer meeting about what i've done,
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- No, that's hay.
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- If i give a gift to the lord's work
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- In order to see the kingdom of god expanded,
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- That's a precious stone in god's sight.
- 00:13:55.357 --> 00:13:59.028
- But if i give in order to be applauded by other people,
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- That's nothing but straw in god's sight.
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- Proverbs 16:2 says that the ways of a man
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- Are clean in his own sight,
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- But the lord is the one who weighs the motives."
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- Now, let me give you a little warning here.
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- Sometimes people can use motives as a cop out
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- For disobedience to god.
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- They'll say, "well, you know, if my heart's
- 00:14:24.553 --> 00:14:26.488
- Not really in it, why should i give my offering this week?
- 00:14:26.488 --> 00:14:30.659
- Why should i go to church?
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- Why should i witness, my heart's not really in it?"
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- Could i suggest to you that one of the best
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- And purest motivations for obedience to god
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- Is the motivation of rewards in heaven.
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- That's not a bad motivation.
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- That's the best motivation there is.
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- Because you work in order to earn rewards,
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- What you're saying is, i believe
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- What god has said in his word.
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- I believe that god is one day going to reward faithfulness.
- 00:14:57.519 --> 00:15:01.323
- Remember hebrews 11:6,
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- "he who comes to god must believe that he is,
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- And that he is a rewarder
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- Of those who diligently seek after him."
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- The motivation of rewards in heaven,
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- Even if you don't feel like obeying god,
- 00:15:13.936 --> 00:15:16.438
- Can be one of the greatest motivations for obedience to god.
- 00:15:16.438 --> 00:15:20.909
- Now, we've talked about the certainty of this judgment.
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- It really is going to happen.
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- We've talked about the basis of this judgment.
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- We're going to be judged by not only what we do,
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- But why we do it.
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- Let's look now at the consequences of rewards in heaven.
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- First of all, let's look at the positive consequences.
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- Verse 14, "if any man's
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- Work which he has built on it remains,
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- He will receive a reward."
- 00:15:44.466 --> 00:15:47.703
- Now, the bible often refers to rewards,
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- In the new testament, describes them as crowns.
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- What are those rewards we're going to receive?
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- They are going to be very tangible rewards.
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- Let me just mention three of them
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- That i believe we're going to receive in heaven.
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- First of all, the bible says some christians
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- Will receive special privileges in heaven.
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- For example, 2 peter 1:11
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- Talks about a special entrance into the kingdom of god.
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- You know, every time i read that,
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- I think about going to disney world.
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- You know, you all pay...
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- You pay a basic price to get into the magic kingdom,
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- But there are certain levels of experience
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- In the magic kingdom too.
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- I mean, everybody pays one price and everybody gets in,
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- But you know if you pay a little bit more,
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- There's a special entrance into the magic kingdom
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- You get to go through.
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- And not only that, you get to go a little bit earlier
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- Than everybody else and beat the crowds.
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- Now, there's some special privileges.
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- You get to eat, you know, lunch with mickey and minnie
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- And all of their friends, you know?
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- There are some special privileges.
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- Disney world is not the same for everybody.
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- Now, the bible says,
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- Heaven's not going to be the same for everybody.
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- There are special privileges that are a lot better
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- Than lunch with mickey and minnie that await us in heaven.
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- Secondly, there's a special praise that awaits people
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- Who do well at the judgment seat of christ.
- 00:17:04.580 --> 00:17:06.381
- Matthew 25:11 says, "jesus will have special words
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- Of commendation for those who succeed at that judgment.
- 00:17:10.119 --> 00:17:13.856
- 'well done, good and faithful servant.'"
- 00:17:13.856 --> 00:17:16.358
- Thirdly, there'll be special positions of authority.
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- 2 timothy 2:12 says, "if we endure with him,
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- We will also reign with him."
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- Folks, i don't know what these rewards are.
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- I don't begin to understand the ramifications,
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- But what i do know is this.
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- The new testament says, these rewards are going to be
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- So magnificent,
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- They are definitely worth working for and sacrificing for.
- 00:17:38.013 --> 00:17:42.751
- Now, notice the negative consequences
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- At the judgment seat of christ.
- 00:17:45.020 --> 00:17:46.355
- Verse 15, "if any man's work is burned up,
- 00:17:46.355 --> 00:17:50.659
- He will suffer loss;
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- But he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire."
- 00:17:53.061 --> 00:17:58.400
- Here's the person who's done very little
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- To advance the kingdom of god.
- 00:18:00.235 --> 00:18:01.203
- He's a christian, yes,
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- But his life has been centered totally
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- On life in this world:
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- His family,
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- His career,
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- His reputation,
- 00:18:10.479 --> 00:18:12.347
- His enjoyment of life,
- 00:18:12.347 --> 00:18:14.816
- And he stands before the judgment seat of christ.
- 00:18:14.816 --> 00:18:16.818
- God reviews everything that is done,
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- And it goes up in a puff of smoke.
- 00:18:19.188 --> 00:18:22.925
- Notice what paul says about this person.
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- He affirms, "this person will be saved,
- 00:18:25.327 --> 00:18:29.598
- Yet so as through fire."
- 00:18:29.598 --> 00:18:32.501
- Here's a picture of a person who makes it into heaven
- 00:18:32.501 --> 00:18:36.705
- Just barely.
- 00:18:36.705 --> 00:18:38.407
- He escapes the flames of hell,
- 00:18:38.407 --> 00:18:41.043
- But his clothes actually still stink of smoke.
- 00:18:41.043 --> 00:18:44.813
- That's the idea here.
- 00:18:44.813 --> 00:18:46.481
- He just barely makes it.
- 00:18:46.481 --> 00:18:48.050
- If paul were saying it today, he would say something like,
- 00:18:48.050 --> 00:18:50.319
- "he makes it by the skin of his teeth."
- 00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:54.556
- Now, some people say, "well, that's enough.
- 00:18:54.556 --> 00:18:57.726
- That's enough, just as long as i make it to heaven,
- 00:18:57.726 --> 00:19:00.596
- It'll be okay."
- 00:19:00.596 --> 00:19:02.164
- "maybe i don't have the rewards, but so what."
- 00:19:02.164 --> 00:19:04.800
- "i've had the best of both worlds, so to speak.
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- I got to live it up here on this earth.
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- I got to do the things i wanted to do.
- 00:19:11.173 --> 00:19:14.009
- I didn't sacrifice.
- 00:19:14.009 --> 00:19:15.344
- I didn't deny myself.
- 00:19:15.344 --> 00:19:17.179
- I enjoyed myself, and now i'm in heaven.
- 00:19:17.179 --> 00:19:19.381
- Maybe it's not the best level of heaven.
- 00:19:19.381 --> 00:19:21.683
- Maybe i'm not experiencing everything
- 00:19:21.683 --> 00:19:23.885
- That orville rogers is experiencing in heaven up there,
- 00:19:23.885 --> 00:19:26.888
- But you know, i had the best of both worlds.
- 00:19:26.888 --> 00:19:30.058
- It's not that big of a deal."
- 00:19:30.058 --> 00:19:31.493
- You know what, you better think again.
- 00:19:31.493 --> 00:19:33.996
- I listened to one commentator.
- 00:19:33.996 --> 00:19:36.031
- In fact, he likened the judgment seat of christ
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- To a high school graduation.
- 00:19:37.933 --> 00:19:39.701
- This is what he said, "those who achieve the most
- 00:19:39.701 --> 00:19:42.604
- Are rewarded with special honors,
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- And while those who did not win the honors
- 00:19:45.073 --> 00:19:47.209
- Might have some remorse over not having worked harder.
- 00:19:47.209 --> 00:19:51.046
- The overwhelming emotion is one of joy for having made it
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- And for what they did achieve."
- 00:19:54.883 --> 00:19:57.452
- Now, that explanation really appeals to me,
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- But i don't think it's accurate.
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- I think the remorse we're going to feel
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- At the judgment seat of christ
- 00:20:05.560 --> 00:20:07.896
- Is a lot more than not being named valedictorian
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- At our high school graduation.
- 00:20:10.465 --> 00:20:12.534
- You see, the reason i know that
- 00:20:13.168 --> 00:20:14.503
- Is because of what paul says here.
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- He says, "if any man's work is burned up, that man,
- 00:20:16.238 --> 00:20:20.342
- That woman will suffer loss."
- 00:20:20.342 --> 00:20:26.014
- If you're a christian
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- And you stand at that judgment seat of christ
- 00:20:28.350 --> 00:20:30.652
- And god determines that your life
- 00:20:30.652 --> 00:20:32.754
- Has been nothing but wood, hay, or straw,
- 00:20:32.754 --> 00:20:35.190
- Paul says, you are going to experience real,
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- Measurable loss.
- 00:20:39.261 --> 00:20:42.631
- Perhaps i could illustrate it to you this way.
- 00:20:43.598 --> 00:20:46.401
- Let's suppose your insurance agent drops by your house
- 00:20:47.502 --> 00:20:50.605
- Or your office one day and says,
- 00:20:50.605 --> 00:20:51.907
- "you know, i've been looking at your policy.
- 00:20:51.907 --> 00:20:53.809
- You are woefully underinsured.
- 00:20:53.809 --> 00:20:56.578
- In fact, you're about $100,000 underinsured.
- 00:20:56.578 --> 00:20:59.848
- If this house were to burn down,
- 00:20:59.848 --> 00:21:01.350
- You'd have $100,000 deficit to make up.
- 00:21:01.350 --> 00:21:04.052
- You need to up your insurance.
- 00:21:04.052 --> 00:21:05.454
- It's going to cost you another thousand dollars
- 00:21:05.454 --> 00:21:07.589
- A year in premiums."
- 00:21:07.589 --> 00:21:09.624
- You say, "well, i'll think about it.
- 00:21:09.624 --> 00:21:11.526
- I'll think about it."
- 00:21:11.526 --> 00:21:12.928
- You never get around to upgrading your insurance policy.
- 00:21:12.928 --> 00:21:17.032
- One night you awaken to the smell of smoke in your house
- 00:21:18.166 --> 00:21:21.737
- And you suddenly realize that your house is on fire.
- 00:21:21.737 --> 00:21:25.674
- You wake up your mate,
- 00:21:25.674 --> 00:21:27.542
- You try to gather your children together.
- 00:21:27.542 --> 00:21:29.778
- You grope through the darkness and the smoke,
- 00:21:29.778 --> 00:21:31.646
- Trying to find a way out.
- 00:21:31.646 --> 00:21:33.181
- All the entrances are blocked by flames,
- 00:21:33.181 --> 00:21:35.684
- And in a panic, you go into your bedroom
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- And you crash through one of the bedroom windows
- 00:21:37.886 --> 00:21:40.655
- And you crawl through the broken glass
- 00:21:40.655 --> 00:21:43.158
- And you pull your children through and you make through,
- 00:21:43.158 --> 00:21:46.027
- And you're standing on the front lawn
- 00:21:46.027 --> 00:21:47.963
- Watching your house going up in flames.
- 00:21:47.963 --> 00:21:51.800
- Now, let me ask you, what is your emotion at that moment?
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- It's probably mixed emotions, isn't it?
- 00:21:57.806 --> 00:22:00.342
- Certainly, there's a sense of gratitude
- 00:22:01.176 --> 00:22:02.811
- And relief that you made it through the fire,
- 00:22:02.811 --> 00:22:05.814
- That your light has been spared.
- 00:22:05.814 --> 00:22:08.717
- There's no way to quince that kind of joy and gratitude,
- 00:22:08.717 --> 00:22:11.953
- But at the very same time,
- 00:22:11.953 --> 00:22:14.423
- Don't you think there would be some remorse that you felt?
- 00:22:15.590 --> 00:22:18.493
- Remorse in not having made that investment
- 00:22:18.493 --> 00:22:21.830
- That would've saved you from this catastrophe.
- 00:22:21.830 --> 00:22:25.333
- Now, ladies and gentlemen, the bible says,
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- We're going to experience those same mixed emotions
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- At the judgment seat of christ.
- 00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:33.742
- Grateful, certainly, that god has saved us
- 00:22:33.742 --> 00:22:36.378
- From the flames of hell,
- 00:22:36.378 --> 00:22:38.046
- That we're going to spend eternity with him,
- 00:22:38.046 --> 00:22:41.249
- But for some, there will be sorrow.
- 00:22:42.017 --> 00:22:45.821
- Some will experience great measurable, palpable loss
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- As they realize what could have been theirs
- 00:22:52.627 --> 00:22:55.564
- Had they not only made the right investment.
- 00:22:56.498 --> 00:22:59.100
- A friend of mine said it well, "to overdo the sorrow aspect
- 00:23:00.268 --> 00:23:05.607
- Of the judgment seat of christ is to turn heaven into hell,
- 00:23:06.775 --> 00:23:09.744
- But to understate the sorrow aspect
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- Of the judgment seat of christ
- 00:23:13.715 --> 00:23:16.151
- Is to make faithfulness inconsequential,
- 00:23:16.151 --> 00:23:20.288
- 'for we must all appear before the judgment seat of christ,
- 00:23:21.456 --> 00:23:25.527
- That each one of us may be rewarded for what we've done
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- In the body, whether it be good or worthless.'"
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- ♪ music ♪
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- This portion in the bible clearly teaches
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- That judgment is coming even for christians.
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- No one escapes god's evaluation of their life
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- And nothing is more urgent than settling our relationship
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- With god through faith in jesus christ in this life.
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- Before we close, let me say thank you to every one of you
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- Who supports "pathway to victory"
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- Through your generous gifts,
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- Especially those of you who are pathway partners.
- 00:24:03.098 --> 00:24:06.868
- The remarkable growth we've experienced in recent months
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- Can only be attributed to god's blessing
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- Through friends like you
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- Who share our vision and give faithfully.
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- Your partnership enables us to expand our reach
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- And touch more lives with biblical truth,
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- So thank you for standing with us in this critical mission.
- 00:24:23.885 --> 00:24:27.722
- Together, we are truly piercing the darkness
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- With the light of god's word.
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- Now, please stay right there.
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- I'll be back with more "pathway to victory"
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- In just a moment.
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- The most important task a parent
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- Or grandparent has in life is to lead their child
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- Or grandchild to faith in jesus christ.
- 00:24:44.739 --> 00:24:47.509
- Yet many don't know where to begin.
- 00:24:47.509 --> 00:24:49.744
- That's why i've written "the gift: the gospel for children,"
- 00:24:49.744 --> 00:24:53.481
- A beautifully illustrated book
- 00:24:53.481 --> 00:24:55.584
- Designed to help you share the gospel
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- With the children you love.
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- [narrator] "the gift" provides a clear presentation
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- Of the gospel for your child or grandchild,
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- And makes sharing the life-changing message of jesus simple.
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- Plus, you'll receive an instructional dvd message
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- From dr. jeffress that you can watch together
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- With your child.
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- You can give this book to your children
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- Or grandchildren to read on their own,
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- Or better yet, read it together
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- To begin a rewarding spiritual journey
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- That will shape their eternity.
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- At the end of my book, i've included a prayer for salvation.
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- They can pray to trust in christ as their savior.
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- [narrator] help your child or grandchild make the decision
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- To follow jesus christ.
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- Request "the gift" when you give a generous gift
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- To support the ministry of "pathway to victory,"
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- And when your ministry gift is $75 or more,
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- We'll also send you "straight answers to tough questions,"
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- Chapters one through nine on both pvd and audio disc.
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- Thank you for partnering with "pathway to victory."
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- Together, we're preaching the gospel
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- To as many people as possible,
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- And equipping parents and grandparents
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- To lead the children they love to faith in jesus christ.
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- If god were to call you home at this very moment
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- And you found yourself standing
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- Before the judgment seat of christ,
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- Would you be proud of the life you've lived
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- Or would you feel a deep sense of regret?
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- It's never too late to rededicate your life to god
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- And begin investing your time and resources
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- And things that are going to count for eternity,
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- And i hope you'll make plans to join me again next time
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- When i talk about the most effective way
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- To leave a lasting legacy.
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- It's through the children and grandchildren
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- You and i leave behind.
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- Stay tuned for a preview of what's coming up next
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- In our series, straight answers to tough questions.
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- What we do in life is largely going to be forgotten.
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- Your accomplishments will be forgotten.
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- Your money is going to be left behind,
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- But the children,
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- The grandchildren,
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- The children they have
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- Will reverberate throughout the generations,
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- Just like ripples in a pond.
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- [narrator] set your dvr and join us next time
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- For the message building a legacy that lasts
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- Here on "pathway to victory."
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