Robert Jeffress - Tricked or Treated?

May 2, 2025 | 27:29

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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
  • 00:11:57.139 --> 00:11:59.909
  • Loving and serving god,
  • 00:11:59.909 --> 00:12:01.744
  • A life that is spent winning as many people
  • 00:12:01.744 --> 00:12:03.679
  • To christ as possible, that is a life
  • 00:12:03.679 --> 00:12:06.382
  • That will be judged to be gold, silver, and precious stones.
  • 00:12:06.382 --> 00:12:10.653
  • Might point out something to you from 2 corinthians 5:10,
  • 00:12:10.653 --> 00:12:14.089
  • When paul says, "we must all appear
  • 00:12:14.089 --> 00:12:15.524
  • 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,
  • 00:12:22.865 --> 00:12:25.201
  • But the greek word is falace.
  • 00:12:25.201 --> 00:12:27.536
  • It's not referring to moral bad.
  • 00:12:27.536 --> 00:12:30.306
  • The word falace means worthless.
  • 00:12:30.306 --> 00:12:33.642
  • That's the basis of our judgment.
  • 00:12:33.642 --> 00:12:36.378
  • At the judgment seat of christ,
  • 00:12:36.378 --> 00:12:37.947
  • Is our life valuable and durable
  • 00:12:37.947 --> 00:12:41.317
  • Or is it cheap and temporal?
  • 00:12:41.317 --> 00:12:43.786
  • But there's a second basis for our judgment
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  • And that is the motives of our life,
  • 00:12:45.821 --> 00:12:48.557
  • Not just the durability of our life,
  • 00:12:48.557 --> 00:12:50.726
  • But the motives of our life.
  • 00:12:50.726 --> 00:12:52.294
  • You see, why we do something is just as important to god
  • 00:12:52.294 --> 00:12:56.098
  • As what we do many times.
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  • And you see that in 1 corinthians 4:5.
  • 00:12:58.100 --> 00:13:00.669
  • Paul says, "therefore, do not go on passing judgment
  • 00:13:00.669 --> 00:13:03.839
  • Before the time,
  • 00:13:03.839 --> 00:13:05.407
  • But wait until the lord comes who will both bring to light
  • 00:13:05.407 --> 00:13:08.544
  • The things hidden in the darkness
  • 00:13:08.544 --> 00:13:10.746
  • And that he will disclose the motives of men's hearts,
  • 00:13:10.746 --> 00:13:15.017
  • And then each man's praise will come to him from god."
  • 00:13:15.017 --> 00:13:20.356
  • God is not only going to judge our actions,
  • 00:13:21.290 --> 00:13:22.858
  • But he's going to judge the motives behind those actions.
  • 00:13:22.858 --> 00:13:26.395
  • For example, if i preach a sermon in order to exalt christ,
  • 00:13:26.395 --> 00:13:29.798
  • That's gold, but if my motive in preaching the sermon
  • 00:13:29.798 --> 00:13:33.035
  • Is to exalt myself, that's wood.
  • 00:13:33.035 --> 00:13:36.906
  • If i win somebody to christ out of a genuine concern
  • 00:13:36.906 --> 00:13:40.342
  • For their eternal well-being, that's silver.
  • 00:13:40.342 --> 00:13:43.612
  • But if i witness to somebody in order to brag
  • 00:13:43.612 --> 00:13:45.648
  • At prayer meeting about what i've done,
  • 00:13:45.648 --> 00:13:48.117
  • No, that's hay.
  • 00:13:48.117 --> 00:13:50.219
  • If i give a gift to the lord's work
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  • In order to see the kingdom of god expanded,
  • 00:13:52.955 --> 00:13:55.357
  • 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,
  • 00:13:59.028 --> 00:14:02.698
  • That's nothing but straw in god's sight.
  • 00:14:02.698 --> 00:14:06.001
  • Proverbs 16:2 says that the ways of a man
  • 00:14:06.001 --> 00:14:10.039
  • Are clean in his own sight,
  • 00:14:10.639 --> 00:14:12.441
  • But the lord is the one who weighs the motives."
  • 00:14:12.441 --> 00:14:16.145
  • Now, let me give you a little warning here.
  • 00:14:16.145 --> 00:14:17.846
  • Sometimes people can use motives as a cop out
  • 00:14:17.846 --> 00:14:22.718
  • For disobedience to god.
  • 00:14:22.718 --> 00:14:24.553
  • 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?
  • 00:14:30.659 --> 00:14:32.027
  • Why should i witness, my heart's not really in it?"
  • 00:14:32.027 --> 00:14:35.230
  • Could i suggest to you that one of the best
  • 00:14:35.230 --> 00:14:37.933
  • And purest motivations for obedience to god
  • 00:14:37.933 --> 00:14:42.371
  • Is the motivation of rewards in heaven.
  • 00:14:42.371 --> 00:14:45.741
  • That's not a bad motivation.
  • 00:14:46.342 --> 00:14:48.043
  • That's the best motivation there is.
  • 00:14:48.043 --> 00:14:50.245
  • Because you work in order to earn rewards,
  • 00:14:50.245 --> 00:14:53.916
  • What you're saying is, i believe
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  • What god has said in his word.
  • 00:14:55.584 --> 00:14:57.519
  • I believe that god is one day going to reward faithfulness.
  • 00:14:57.519 --> 00:15:01.323
  • Remember hebrews 11:6,
  • 00:15:01.323 --> 00:15:03.292
  • "he who comes to god must believe that he is,
  • 00:15:03.292 --> 00:15:06.328
  • And that he is a rewarder
  • 00:15:06.328 --> 00:15:08.297
  • Of those who diligently seek after him."
  • 00:15:08.297 --> 00:15:12.101
  • The motivation of rewards in heaven,
  • 00:15:12.101 --> 00:15:13.936
  • 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.
  • 00:15:20.909 --> 00:15:23.045
  • It really is going to happen.
  • 00:15:23.045 --> 00:15:24.580
  • We've talked about the basis of this judgment.
  • 00:15:24.580 --> 00:15:27.016
  • We're going to be judged by not only what we do,
  • 00:15:27.016 --> 00:15:30.486
  • But why we do it.
  • 00:15:30.486 --> 00:15:32.154
  • Let's look now at the consequences of rewards in heaven.
  • 00:15:32.154 --> 00:15:36.492
  • First of all, let's look at the positive consequences.
  • 00:15:36.492 --> 00:15:39.161
  • Verse 14, "if any man's
  • 00:15:39.161 --> 00:15:41.196
  • Work which he has built on it remains,
  • 00:15:41.196 --> 00:15:44.466
  • He will receive a reward."
  • 00:15:44.466 --> 00:15:47.703
  • Now, the bible often refers to rewards,
  • 00:15:47.703 --> 00:15:51.040
  • In the new testament, describes them as crowns.
  • 00:15:51.040 --> 00:15:54.043
  • What are those rewards we're going to receive?
  • 00:15:54.043 --> 00:15:56.078
  • They are going to be very tangible rewards.
  • 00:15:56.078 --> 00:15:58.680
  • Let me just mention three of them
  • 00:15:58.680 --> 00:16:00.582
  • That i believe we're going to receive in heaven.
  • 00:16:00.582 --> 00:16:02.951
  • First of all, the bible says some christians
  • 00:16:02.951 --> 00:16:05.120
  • Will receive special privileges in heaven.
  • 00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:08.690
  • For example, 2 peter 1:11
  • 00:16:08.690 --> 00:16:10.893
  • Talks about a special entrance into the kingdom of god.
  • 00:16:10.893 --> 00:16:14.329
  • You know, every time i read that,
  • 00:16:14.329 --> 00:16:16.198
  • I think about going to disney world.
  • 00:16:16.198 --> 00:16:18.100
  • You know, you all pay...
  • 00:16:18.100 --> 00:16:19.868
  • You pay a basic price to get into the magic kingdom,
  • 00:16:19.868 --> 00:16:23.605
  • But there are certain levels of experience
  • 00:16:23.605 --> 00:16:26.175
  • In the magic kingdom too.
  • 00:16:26.175 --> 00:16:28.544
  • I mean, everybody pays one price and everybody gets in,
  • 00:16:28.544 --> 00:16:30.879
  • But you know if you pay a little bit more,
  • 00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:32.881
  • There's a special entrance into the magic kingdom
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  • You get to go through.
  • 00:16:35.717 --> 00:16:37.186
  • And not only that, you get to go a little bit earlier
  • 00:16:37.186 --> 00:16:39.021
  • Than everybody else and beat the crowds.
  • 00:16:39.021 --> 00:16:41.390
  • Now, there's some special privileges.
  • 00:16:41.390 --> 00:16:43.025
  • You get to eat, you know, lunch with mickey and minnie
  • 00:16:43.025 --> 00:16:46.395
  • And all of their friends, you know?
  • 00:16:46.395 --> 00:16:48.030
  • There are some special privileges.
  • 00:16:48.030 --> 00:16:49.898
  • Disney world is not the same for everybody.
  • 00:16:49.898 --> 00:16:53.335
  • Now, the bible says,
  • 00:16:53.335 --> 00:16:54.603
  • Heaven's not going to be the same for everybody.
  • 00:16:54.603 --> 00:16:56.038
  • There are special privileges that are a lot better
  • 00:16:56.038 --> 00:16:58.006
  • Than lunch with mickey and minnie that await us in heaven.
  • 00:16:58.006 --> 00:17:01.343
  • Secondly, there's a special praise that awaits people
  • 00:17:01.343 --> 00:17:04.580
  • 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
  • 00:17:06.381 --> 00:17:10.119
  • 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.
  • 00:17:16.358 --> 00:17:19.294
  • 2 timothy 2:12 says, "if we endure with him,
  • 00:17:19.294 --> 00:17:22.631
  • We will also reign with him."
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  • Folks, i don't know what these rewards are.
  • 00:17:25.634 --> 00:17:27.970
  • I don't begin to understand the ramifications,
  • 00:17:27.970 --> 00:17:30.772
  • But what i do know is this.
  • 00:17:30.772 --> 00:17:33.208
  • The new testament says, these rewards are going to be
  • 00:17:33.208 --> 00:17:36.111
  • So magnificent,
  • 00:17:36.111 --> 00:17:38.013
  • They are definitely worth working for and sacrificing for.
  • 00:17:38.013 --> 00:17:42.751
  • Now, notice the negative consequences
  • 00:17:42.751 --> 00:17:45.020
  • 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;
  • 00:17:50.659 --> 00:17:53.061
  • 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
  • 00:17:59.268 --> 00:18:00.235
  • To advance the kingdom of god.
  • 00:18:00.235 --> 00:18:01.203
  • He's a christian, yes,
  • 00:18:01.203 --> 00:18:02.804
  • But his life has been centered totally
  • 00:18:02.804 --> 00:18:05.641
  • On life in this world:
  • 00:18:05.641 --> 00:18:07.776
  • His family,
  • 00:18:07.776 --> 00:18:09.111
  • His career,
  • 00:18:09.111 --> 00:18:10.479
  • 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,
  • 00:18:16.818 --> 00:18:19.188
  • And it goes up in a puff of smoke.
  • 00:18:19.188 --> 00:18:22.925
  • Notice what paul says about this person.
  • 00:18:22.925 --> 00:18:25.327
  • 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.
  • 00:19:04.800 --> 00:19:08.437
  • I got to live it up here on this earth.
  • 00:19:08.437 --> 00:19:11.173
  • 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
  • 00:19:36.031 --> 00:19:37.933
  • 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,
  • 00:19:42.604 --> 00:19:45.073
  • 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
  • 00:19:51.046 --> 00:19:54.883
  • And for what they did achieve."
  • 00:19:54.883 --> 00:19:57.452
  • Now, that explanation really appeals to me,
  • 00:19:58.387 --> 00:20:00.856
  • But i don't think it's accurate.
  • 00:20:01.490 --> 00:20:03.825
  • I think the remorse we're going to feel
  • 00:20:03.825 --> 00:20:05.560
  • At the judgment seat of christ
  • 00:20:05.560 --> 00:20:07.896
  • Is a lot more than not being named valedictorian
  • 00:20:07.896 --> 00:20:10.465
  • 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.
  • 00:20:14.503 --> 00:20:16.238
  • 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
  • 00:20:26.515 --> 00:20:28.350
  • 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,
  • 00:20:35.190 --> 00:20:39.261
  • 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
  • 00:21:35.684 --> 00:21:37.886
  • 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?
  • 00:21:51.800 --> 00:21:56.938
  • 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,
  • 00:22:26.201 --> 00:22:28.336
  • We're going to experience those same mixed emotions
  • 00:22:28.336 --> 00:22:31.740
  • 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
  • 00:22:45.821 --> 00:22:51.726
  • 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
  • 00:23:10.545 --> 00:23:13.715
  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • Yet many don't know where to begin.
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  • That's why i've written "the gift: the gospel for children,"
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  • A beautifully illustrated book
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  • 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.
  • 00:26:01.249 --> 00:26:07.088
  • 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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