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Greg Laurie - The Best Is Yet To Come

May 6, 2025 | S25:E108

Greg Laurie - The Best Is Yet To Come
Join Pastor Greg Laurie for a time of encouragement, worship, and Bible study.
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Harvest with Pastor Greg Laurie | Greg Laurie - The Best Is Yet To Come | May 6, 2025
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  • Greg laurie: hi, i'm greg laurie,
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  • And i'm so glad you've joined us,
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  • Because god's word is full of promises,
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  • It's alive, it's powerful, and it can change your life.
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  • So, let's get started.
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  • ♪ this is the day, ♪
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  • ♪ the day when life begins ♪
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  • ♪ this is the day, ♪
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  • ♪ the day when life begins ♪♪
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  • Greg: heard a story about a very wealthy man
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  • Who was near death.
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  • And he just wanted to take some of his possessions to heaven.
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  • So, he asked god, "could you make an exception?
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  • I know we can't take it with us, but could you make an exception
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  • And allow me to take one suitcase with me to heaven,
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  • Filled with whatever i want to take?"
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  • The lord said, "all right, i'll make an exception for you."
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  • So, shortly after that, the man died and arrived at the pearly
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  • Gates, and he was met by peter.
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  • Peter knew of the arrangement this man had already made
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  • With god, and peter said, "can i check to see
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  • What you've brought in your suitcase?"
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  • And the wealthy man said, "sure," and peter looked inside.
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  • The man closed it up.
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  • A little bit later, someone came out to peter and said,
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  • "i have to ask you.
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  • We heard about this guy who brought his suitcase to heaven.
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  • Tell us, what was in the suitcase?"
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  • Peter said, "it's the funniest thing.
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  • This guy brought a suitcase filled with asphalt."
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  • You get what i'm saying, right?
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  • Because the bible says the streets of heaven
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  • Are paved with gold.
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  • So, we're talking together about heaven,
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  • Which is a real place waiting for us.
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  • It's not some mysterious atmospheric realm of smoke
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  • And mirrors.
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  • No, it's a real place for real people to do real things.
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  • There are things in this world that don't make sense to us,
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  • But we're longing, we're looking forward to another world,
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  • And that is the hope of heaven.
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  • And now here are the closing words of the apostle john
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  • In revelation 22.
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  • Look at verse 1.
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  • "and he showed me a pure river of water of life clear as
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  • Crystal proceeding from the throne of god and of the lamb.
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  • And in the middle of its street, on either side of the river,
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  • Was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits,
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  • Each tree yielding its fruit every month.
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  • The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
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  • And there'll be no more curse, but the throne of god and
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  • Of the lamb shall be in it, and its servants shall serve him.
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  • And they will see his face, and his name will be
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  • On their foreheads, and they'll need no night there.
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  • They'll need no lamp nor light of the sun,
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  • For the lord god gives them light.
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  • And they shall reign forever and ever."
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  • Powerful words.
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  • Now, if you're taking notes, here's a few things we learn
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  • About heaven from what we have read.
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  • Number one, heaven and the new earth are
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  • A place of satisfaction.
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  • Heaven and the new earth are a place of satisfaction.
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  • We will want for nothing.
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  • All of our needs will be met.
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  • Our thirst will be quenched, because verse 17 says,
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  • "let him who thirsts come, and whoever desires,
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  • Let him take the water of life freely."
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  • Number two, heaven and the new earth are a place
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  • Of sufficiency, sufficiency.
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  • Look at revelation 22:2.
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  • "in the middle of its street, on either side of the river,
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  • Was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits,
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  • And each tree yielding its fruit every month.
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  • The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations."
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  • The greek word used there for healing is therapeia.
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  • You can probably imagine what english word we get from that,
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  • Therapy.
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  • There's therapeutic value in these leaves.
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  • Not that we'll get sick in heaven, but there's
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  • This life-giving power in the trees that are there.
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  • Here's a surprising thing.
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  • Number three, heaven and the new earth are a place of service.
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  • Heaven and the new earth are a place of service.
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  • Look at verse 3.
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  • "his servants will serve him."
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  • There's going to be opportunities in heaven
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  • And the new earth.
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  • There's going to be things to do.
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  • You artists get ready.
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  • God's going to utilize your creative abilities.
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  • You people who are mechanical, there'll be a place for you,
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  • As well.
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  • You singers and vocalists and instrumentalists, get ready,
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  • Because god's going to use all of your skills in the afterlife,
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  • And it's going to be a fantastic time.
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  • And you wonder if we might be able to finish some of the tasks
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  • That remained uncompleted on earth in heaven.
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  • You wonder if dreams that were shattered here
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  • Will be ultimately fulfilled there.
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  • Point number four, heaven is a place where tragedy
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  • Turns to triumph.
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  • It's a place where tragedy turns to triumph.
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  • Sadness turns to joy.
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  • Disability turns to ability.
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  • Handicaps will be gone.
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  • Mental and physical disability is banished,
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  • And there'll be joy.
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  • Heaven is a happy place.
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  • Heaven is a hopping place.
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  • Heaven is a joyful place.
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  • The psalmist says, "in your presence there is
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  • Fullness of joy, and on your right hand
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  • There are pleasures forevermore."
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  • Listen to this.
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  • You're going to laugh in heaven.
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  • Do you like to laugh? i love to laugh.
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  • I actually like to make people laugh, as well.
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  • And we're going to be laughing in heaven.
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  • Luke 6:21 says, "god blesses you who are hungry now,
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  • For you will be satisfied.
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  • God blesses you who weep now, because the time will come
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  • When you will laugh with joy."
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  • The book of revelation reminds us we win in the end.
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  • Let's read revelation 22, verse 6.
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  • "and he said to me, 'these words are faithful and true.'
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  • And the lord god of the holy prophets sent his angel to show
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  • His servants that things which must shortly take place.
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  • 'behold, i am coming quickly!
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  • Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy
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  • Of this book."
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  • Verse 8, "now, i, john, saw and heard these things,
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  • That when i heard and saw them, i fell down to worship
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  • At the feet of the angel who showed me these things.
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  • And he said, 'see that you do not do that.
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  • I'm your fellow servant and of your brothers, the prophets,
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  • And of those who keep the words of this book.
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  • Worship god.'
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  • And then he said to me, 'do not fear the words
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  • Of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand.
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  • He who is unjust, let him be unjust still.
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  • He who is filthy, let him be filthy still.
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  • He who is righteous, let him be righteous still.
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  • He who is holy, let him be holy still.
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  • Behold, i am coming quickly, and my reward is with me,
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  • And i will give to everyone according to his work."
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  • It's worth noting that whatever you read what the bible says
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  • About the future, there is always an exhortation
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  • To live a godly life.
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  • Let me say that again.
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  • Whenever you read what the bible says about the future,
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  • There is always an exhortation to live a godly life.
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  • 2 peter 3:11 says, "since everything around us is going
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  • To be destroyed, we should live holy and godly lives."
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  • Listen to this.
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  • The reason we learn about the future is so we can live
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  • Right in the present.
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  • But why should i keep these words?
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  • Verse 6, "because they're faithful and true."
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  • We've all had promises broken to us, haven't we?
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  • Husbands and wives make vows to each other to be faithful
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  • To each other.
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  • And those vows are violated.
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  • Or maybe your parents made promises to you,
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  • And they broke their promises, and it broke your heart.
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  • I want you to know something.
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  • God keeps his promises.
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  • Jesus never breaks a promise, because his words
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  • Are faithful and true.
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  • And listen to this.
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  • He says, "i'm coming quickly!"
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  • Verse 7.
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  • The greek term here for "quickly" has less to do
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  • With how soon he will come and more to do with the suddenness
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  • Of the event when it occurs.
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  • So, when john uses this word "quickly," he's not using it
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  • In a sense of time as in hours or months, but in a sense
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  • Of a series of events happening together in rapid succession,
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  • Once they start.
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  • The final events of the end times are
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  • All very close together.
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  • You could compare it to dominoes.
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  • Once the first domino falls, the others fall in rapid succession.
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  • First domino would be the rapture of the church,
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  • Then the emergence of the antichrist,
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  • Then the tribulation period, then the second coming,
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  • Then the millennium and so forth.
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  • And so, jesus is saying, "this is going to happen
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  • In rapid succession."
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  • And when that time arrives, the events will follow
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  • One another quickly.
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  • The whole machinery of history will be shifted into high gear
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  • And erase the judgment.
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  • So, we must keep his word.
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  • He told us that.
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  • We must also do his work, do his work.
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  • He says in verse 12, "i'm coming quickly, and my reward is
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  • With me to give to everyone, according to his work."
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  • As i've already told you, the bible promises rewards, crowns,
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  • Acknowledgment for your faithful service to the lord.
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  • The bible says, "don't be weary in well doing.
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  • For in due season, we will reap, if we do not give up."
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  • And we hear that verse, "don't be deceived.
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  • God is not mocked.
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  • Whatsoever a man sows, that will he also reap.
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  • If he sows to the flesh, he'll reap corruption."
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  • So, when we hear, "you'll reap what you sow," we always think
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  • Of it in a negative way, and there is a negative way
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  • That can play out in your life.
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  • But then the verse goes on to say, "but if you sow
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  • To the spirit, you'll reap life everlasting."
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  • So, just as surely as the person who has sown to sin will reap
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  • The consequences of it, the person who has sown
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  • To righteousness will reap the blessings of it.
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  • Jesus says, "my reward is with me, and i'll give to everyone
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  • According to his works."
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  • So, my question is are you working for the lord?
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  • Not working for your salvation.
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  • Salvation is a gift from heaven to you.
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  • But because i'm saved, i should want to do
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  • Something for the lord, not working for salvation,
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  • But rather working from salvation.
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  • A faith that works will produce works.
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  • A faith doesn't won't.
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  • Paul writes in 1 corinthians 15:58,
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  • "therefore, my brothers, be steadfast, immovable,
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  • Always abounding in the work of the lord,
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  • Knowing that your labor is not in vain in the lord."
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  • Listen to this.
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  • The decisions and the lifestyle i choose in this life
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  • Will impact me in the life to come.
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  • Greg: you know, in romans chapter 12, the apostle paul
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  • Writes and says, "it is high time for you
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  • To wake up out of your sleep, for your salvation is nearer
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  • Than when you first believed."
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  • Wake up.
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  • Why is it that when we fall asleep, we always deny it.
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  • Sometimes i watch cartoons with my grandkids,
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  • And my grandson christopher said to me the other day,
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  • "papa, why do you always fall asleep
  • 00:11:37.940 --> 00:11:39.809
  • When we watch cartoons?"
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  • I said, "i don't." but actually, i do.
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  • Sometimes a person who's fallen asleep spiritually is
  • 00:11:43.746 --> 00:11:46.449
  • The last to know.
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  • You know, when you're young, you're full of energy
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  • And passion, and you want to share your faith,
  • 00:11:50.986 --> 00:11:53.723
  • And you want to read the bible and do things for god.
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  • You want to change the world.
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  • But when you get older, you just want to take a nap.
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  • Older believers, listen to me. wake up.
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  • Christ is coming back again.
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  • The hour is urgent.
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  • Let's be about our father's business.
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  • Greg: so, now jesus gives us
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  • A stern warning here
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  • In the book of revelation, chapter 22, verse 18.
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  • "if anyone adds to these things, god will add to him the plagues
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  • That are written in this book.
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  • And if anyone takes away from the book of this prophecy,
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  • God will take away from the book of life, and from the holy city,
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  • And from the things which are written in this book."
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  • Wow!
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  • Loose paraphrase, don't mess around
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  • With the book of revelation.
  • 00:12:41.771 --> 00:12:44.673
  • This would speak of those who would disobey,
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  • Or disregard, or distort, or dilute scripture.
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  • I mean, who are we to edit the bible?
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  • The story is told of thomas jefferson, one of our
  • 00:12:55.818 --> 00:12:58.454
  • Founding fathers, who had his own version of the bible.
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  • It came to be known as jefferson's bible.
  • 00:13:01.724 --> 00:13:04.126
  • Apparently, jefferson went in with a pair of scissors
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  • And cut out all the parts of the bible he did not agree with.
  • 00:13:07.163 --> 00:13:11.667
  • He just sort of wanted the ethics of christ,
  • 00:13:11.667 --> 00:13:14.503
  • Without the miracles and other things the bible records.
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  • You can't just make up your own bible and cut out
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  • What you don't like.
  • 00:13:21.076 --> 00:13:22.978
  • Someone might say, "well, what if you don't agree
  • 00:13:22.978 --> 00:13:24.980
  • With what the bible says on this topic?"
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  • Well, the simple answer is change your opinion,
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  • Because the bible is right.
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  • Our objective is not to conform scripture to culture.
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  • It's to conform culture to scripture, you see?
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  • But this warning that is given to us here would include
  • 00:13:40.863 --> 00:13:44.066
  • Disobeying god's word.
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  • It would also include disregarding it,
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  • Sort of tuning it out.
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  • That's why jesus would often use the statement,
  • 00:13:50.606 --> 00:13:53.108
  • "he that has ears to hear, let him hear."
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  • Allow me to update that.
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  • Listen up, pay attention to what is being said.
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  • We all know what it's like to tune things out.
  • 00:14:02.251 --> 00:14:04.820
  • Maybe someone is saying to us and something to us,
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  • And we don't want to hear it.
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  • So, we just tune it out.
  • 00:14:09.391 --> 00:14:11.093
  • Jesus is saying tune it in.
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  • Listen to what i'm saying to you.
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  • Another way that we would do this is by distorting
  • 00:14:15.231 --> 00:14:19.168
  • The word of god, sort of forcing it to fit
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  • Into the lifestyle that we have perhaps chosen.
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  • "well, i don't know if i really agree with that interpretation.
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  • I've come up with my own interpretation."
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  • That's what the devil did with jesus
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  • And what we call the temptation in the wilderness.
  • 00:14:35.985 --> 00:14:38.721
  • Remember, satan quoted scripture.
  • 00:14:38.721 --> 00:14:40.956
  • He said to jesus, "go ahead and jump off of the temple, because
  • 00:14:40.956 --> 00:14:46.028
  • The bible says that his angels will give charge over you."
  • 00:14:46.028 --> 00:14:51.934
  • And so, the devil quoted the bible, but then jesus quoted
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  • The bible back in context to satan, and jesus said,
  • 00:14:55.371 --> 00:15:00.242
  • "it is written, 'you shall not test the lord your god.'"
  • 00:15:00.242 --> 00:15:04.613
  • Now we come to the finale, revelation 22:20.
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  • "he who testifies to these things says,
  • 00:15:09.551 --> 00:15:12.121
  • "surely, i am coming quickly.
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  • Amen.
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  • Even so, come, lord jesus.
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  • The grace of our lord jesus christ be with you all.
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  • Jesus is giving his last recorded words in the bible.
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  • Last words are important.
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  • If you knew you were going to die, you had to write down
  • 00:15:30.806 --> 00:15:35.077
  • A final statement, what would your last words be?
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  • They reveal what's important to you.
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  • They give a glimpse into your character.
  • 00:15:41.951 --> 00:15:44.920
  • Some parting comments that are recorded through history
  • 00:15:44.920 --> 00:15:47.589
  • Are surprising.
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  • Others are thoughtful.
  • 00:15:49.692 --> 00:15:52.027
  • Some are just odd.
  • 00:15:52.027 --> 00:15:54.463
  • For instance, karl marx, one of the founders of communism,
  • 00:15:54.463 --> 00:15:58.867
  • Was on his death bed, and his housekeeper came and said to
  • 00:15:58.867 --> 00:16:03.038
  • Him, "tell me your last words, and i'll write them down."
  • 00:16:03.038 --> 00:16:06.375
  • Marx replied, "get out of here. last words are for fools.
  • 00:16:06.375 --> 00:16:11.413
  • We haven't said enough," end quote.
  • 00:16:11.413 --> 00:16:14.950
  • In contrast to karl marx is groucho marx.
  • 00:16:14.950 --> 00:16:17.619
  • His last words were, "die, my dear?
  • 00:16:17.619 --> 00:16:21.223
  • Why, that's the last thing i'll do."
  • 00:16:21.223 --> 00:16:23.425
  • And then he died.
  • 00:16:23.425 --> 00:16:24.860
  • Pablo picasso, the great painter, gave his last words.
  • 00:16:24.860 --> 00:16:28.497
  • He said, "drink to me, drink to my health,
  • 00:16:28.497 --> 00:16:31.300
  • Because you know i can't drink anymore."
  • 00:16:31.300 --> 00:16:34.503
  • The roman emperor, julian, having attempted to reverse
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  • The official endorsement of christianity
  • 00:16:37.740 --> 00:16:39.908
  • By the roman empire, gave his last words when he said,
  • 00:16:39.908 --> 00:16:43.712
  • "you have won, oh, galilean."
  • 00:16:43.712 --> 00:16:47.116
  • Now the words of people of faith are far different than
  • 00:16:47.116 --> 00:16:50.786
  • The ones i just mentioned.
  • 00:16:50.786 --> 00:16:52.488
  • When stephen was being stoned, and his life was draining
  • 00:16:52.488 --> 00:16:56.025
  • From him, his final words were, "i see the heavens opened,
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  • And i see jesus standing on the right hand of god."
  • 00:17:00.229 --> 00:17:03.899
  • And then he said, "lord, don't lay this sin to their charge,"
  • 00:17:03.899 --> 00:17:07.603
  • Reflecting our lord's words when he hung on the cross of calvary
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  • And said, "father, forgive them, for they know not what they do."
  • 00:17:11.473 --> 00:17:16.211
  • The last words of evangelist d.l. moody were,
  • 00:17:16.211 --> 00:17:18.947
  • Quote, "i see earth receding, and heaven is opening.
  • 00:17:18.947 --> 00:17:22.351
  • God is calling me."
  • 00:17:22.351 --> 00:17:24.887
  • John wesley said, "the best of all is that god is with us."
  • 00:17:24.887 --> 00:17:31.160
  • Pancho villa, the revolutionary, said,
  • 00:17:31.160 --> 00:17:33.429
  • "don't let it end like this. tell them i said something."
  • 00:17:33.429 --> 00:17:37.900
  • Well, jesus did say something.
  • 00:17:37.900 --> 00:17:39.802
  • He says in verse 20, "surely, i am coming quickly."
  • 00:17:39.802 --> 00:17:43.038
  • John is so overwhelmed, he offers this beautiful prayer:
  • 00:17:43.038 --> 00:17:46.975
  • "even so, come, lord jesus."
  • 00:17:46.975 --> 00:17:49.511
  • In fact, the word "amen" means "so be it."
  • 00:17:49.511 --> 00:17:52.147
  • So, john is saying, "yes, so be it."
  • 00:17:52.147 --> 00:17:54.850
  • Or as saint paul reminded us, "let it be."
  • 00:17:54.850 --> 00:17:57.853
  • That's saint paul mccartney.
  • 00:17:57.853 --> 00:17:59.588
  • Bad joke.
  • 00:17:59.588 --> 00:18:01.056
  • So, the bible closes with an invitation,
  • 00:18:01.056 --> 00:18:03.292
  • Revelation 22, verse 17.
  • 00:18:03.292 --> 00:18:05.427
  • "and the spirit and the bride say, 'come.'
  • 00:18:05.427 --> 00:18:09.064
  • And he who hears says, 'come.' let him who thirsts come.
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  • Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely."
  • 00:18:13.802 --> 00:18:18.173
  • Did you know that "come" is one of god's favorite words?
  • 00:18:18.173 --> 00:18:20.976
  • In the face of judgment on the earth,
  • 00:18:20.976 --> 00:18:23.078
  • God commanded noah to build an ark.
  • 00:18:23.078 --> 00:18:25.347
  • And when it was built, the lord said,
  • 00:18:25.347 --> 00:18:27.049
  • "come, come into the ark of safety, come."
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  • Moses was standing in the midst of the people who had given
  • 00:18:30.786 --> 00:18:35.023
  • Their worship to the golden calf, and he said,
  • 00:18:35.023 --> 00:18:37.426
  • "let him who is on the lord's side come and stand by me."
  • 00:18:37.426 --> 00:18:41.897
  • God says, "come and let us reason together, says the lord.
  • 00:18:41.897 --> 00:18:46.535
  • Though your sins be as scarlet, they'll be as white as snow.
  • 00:18:46.535 --> 00:18:49.805
  • Though they're red like crimson, they'll be as white as wool."
  • 00:18:49.805 --> 00:18:53.909
  • Isaiah 55, the lord says, "hey, everyone that thirsts,
  • 00:18:53.909 --> 00:18:57.346
  • Let him come to the waters."
  • 00:18:57.346 --> 00:19:00.682
  • Jesus, to an inquiring man, said, "come and see."
  • 00:19:00.682 --> 00:19:04.686
  • Jesus again said, "come unto me, all you that are laboring
  • 00:19:04.686 --> 00:19:10.025
  • And are heavy-laden, and i will give you rest."
  • 00:19:10.025 --> 00:19:12.361
  • Come.
  • 00:19:12.361 --> 00:19:13.695
  • In fact, there are two words in the bible that show us
  • 00:19:13.695 --> 00:19:16.231
  • What our focus, as christians, ought to be.
  • 00:19:16.231 --> 00:19:18.734
  • The first word is "come," and the second word is "go."
  • 00:19:18.734 --> 00:19:22.337
  • First, we come to the lord, then we go out and tell others.
  • 00:19:22.337 --> 00:19:27.142
  • Now this beautiful promise of having
  • 00:19:27.142 --> 00:19:29.444
  • Your spiritual thirst quenched.
  • 00:19:29.444 --> 00:19:31.380
  • In verse 17 of revelation 22,
  • 00:19:31.380 --> 00:19:34.750
  • "whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely."
  • 00:19:34.750 --> 00:19:39.755
  • The closing verses of the bible make it perfectly clear
  • 00:19:39.755 --> 00:19:42.824
  • That salvation is a matter of the will.
  • 00:19:42.824 --> 00:19:46.762
  • "whoever will, let him come."
  • 00:19:46.762 --> 00:19:48.664
  • It's an offer, it's an invitation.
  • 00:19:48.664 --> 00:19:50.632
  • "whoever will, let him come."
  • 00:19:50.632 --> 00:19:52.701
  • It's a matter of the will.
  • 00:19:52.701 --> 00:19:54.236
  • Or maybe i should say it's also a matter of the won't.
  • 00:19:54.236 --> 00:19:58.540
  • You either will or you won't accept god's offer
  • 00:19:58.540 --> 00:20:02.511
  • Of forgiveness.
  • 00:20:02.511 --> 00:20:05.047
  • And then when you accept that offer of forgiveness,
  • 00:20:05.047 --> 00:20:07.249
  • You'll find the satisfaction you're looking for.
  • 00:20:07.249 --> 00:20:11.220
  • Because there's nothing this world offers
  • 00:20:11.220 --> 00:20:14.356
  • That will satisfy that deep thirst in your soul.
  • 00:20:14.356 --> 00:20:18.493
  • Nothing this world offers will satisfy that homesickness
  • 00:20:18.493 --> 00:20:23.498
  • Or that spiritual thirst.
  • 00:20:23.498 --> 00:20:25.801
  • There's a doctor named robin smith, who wrote a book
  • 00:20:25.801 --> 00:20:28.537
  • With the title, "hungry: the truth about being full."
  • 00:20:28.537 --> 00:20:33.208
  • She writes about those who feel a great emptiness
  • 00:20:33.208 --> 00:20:36.245
  • After they have experienced great success.
  • 00:20:36.245 --> 00:20:39.014
  • She calls it being hungry for the high note.
  • 00:20:39.014 --> 00:20:42.484
  • And she writes about michael jackson
  • 00:20:42.484 --> 00:20:44.486
  • And whitney houston and their early deaths.
  • 00:20:44.486 --> 00:20:47.689
  • And here's what she says, and i quote,
  • 00:20:47.689 --> 00:20:49.491
  • "people say that drugs killed them.
  • 00:20:49.491 --> 00:20:51.660
  • Drugs didn't kill them.
  • 00:20:51.660 --> 00:20:53.462
  • What killed them is they were striving and hungry.
  • 00:20:53.462 --> 00:20:55.998
  • They were striving to hit the high note again," end quote.
  • 00:20:55.998 --> 00:21:01.069
  • And she's right about that.
  • 00:21:01.069 --> 00:21:02.804
  • We're all striving and hungry and thirsty for truth,
  • 00:21:02.804 --> 00:21:06.742
  • For a life that is worth living,
  • 00:21:06.742 --> 00:21:10.445
  • And jesus can give you that life,
  • 00:21:10.445 --> 00:21:13.115
  • And you can have the hope of heaven.
  • 00:21:13.115 --> 00:21:15.050
  • So, let me ask you, in closing, are you sure you will go
  • 00:21:15.050 --> 00:21:18.453
  • To heaven when you die?
  • 00:21:18.453 --> 00:21:19.988
  • Is there any more important question than that?
  • 00:21:19.988 --> 00:21:23.392
  • I don't think so.
  • 00:21:23.392 --> 00:21:24.793
  • Heard about a man who died and went to heaven,
  • 00:21:24.793 --> 00:21:28.330
  • And peter met him at the pearly gates and said,
  • 00:21:28.330 --> 00:21:31.433
  • "okay, buddy, this is how it works.
  • 00:21:31.433 --> 00:21:33.502
  • You need 1,000 points to get into heaven.
  • 00:21:33.502 --> 00:21:37.072
  • Tell me all the good things you've done,
  • 00:21:37.072 --> 00:21:38.940
  • And i'll give you points for each item."
  • 00:21:38.940 --> 00:21:41.677
  • The guy thought about it for a moment, and he says,
  • 00:21:41.677 --> 00:21:43.545
  • "i've been married to the same wonderful woman for 50 years.
  • 00:21:43.545 --> 00:21:47.482
  • I kept my vows to her.
  • 00:21:47.482 --> 00:21:49.117
  • I haven't even had an impure thought."
  • 00:21:49.117 --> 00:21:51.887
  • Peter says, "that's good. i'll give you three points."
  • 00:21:51.887 --> 00:21:55.090
  • "oh, wait, three points.
  • 00:21:55.090 --> 00:21:56.425
  • How many do i need to get in?" "you need 1,000 points.
  • 00:21:56.425 --> 00:21:58.427
  • I'll give you three points for being faithful to your wife."
  • 00:21:58.427 --> 00:22:00.929
  • "oh, wow. okay," the guy says.
  • 00:22:00.929 --> 00:22:02.931
  • "i attended church, and i supported it
  • 00:22:02.931 --> 00:22:05.334
  • With my prayer and with my tithes."
  • 00:22:05.334 --> 00:22:07.336
  • Peter said, "good, that's worth one point."
  • 00:22:07.336 --> 00:22:10.038
  • "one point?
  • 00:22:10.038 --> 00:22:11.907
  • Well, wait," the man says.
  • 00:22:11.907 --> 00:22:13.508
  • "i started a soup kitchen and worked in a shelter
  • 00:22:13.508 --> 00:22:16.011
  • For homeless people."
  • 00:22:16.011 --> 00:22:17.446
  • Peter said, "well, that's good for two more points."
  • 00:22:17.446 --> 00:22:20.482
  • Finally, the guy, completely exasperated, said, "man,
  • 00:22:20.482 --> 00:22:23.585
  • The only way i'm gonna get into heaven is by the grace of god."
  • 00:22:23.585 --> 00:22:26.955
  • Peter said, "you've got it, that's worth 1,000 points."
  • 00:22:26.955 --> 00:22:30.792
  • You see, get it? it's not something you do.
  • 00:22:30.792 --> 00:22:32.894
  • And by the way, that's a fictitious story.
  • 00:22:32.894 --> 00:22:34.529
  • I'm sure you know that.
  • 00:22:34.529 --> 00:22:36.098
  • But it's a story to make a point.
  • 00:22:36.098 --> 00:22:37.599
  • You don't get into heaven by what you've done.
  • 00:22:37.599 --> 00:22:39.901
  • You get to heaven on the basis of what christ has done for you
  • 00:22:39.901 --> 00:22:43.071
  • On the cross.
  • 00:22:43.071 --> 00:22:44.406
  • That's the only way into heaven.
  • 00:22:44.406 --> 00:22:46.341
  • Did you know that god loves you?
  • 00:22:46.341 --> 00:22:49.244
  • Did you know that god has a plan for you?
  • 00:22:49.244 --> 00:22:52.547
  • Did you know that god wants you to join him in heaven one day?
  • 00:22:52.547 --> 00:22:56.184
  • And if you want to join him, you must accept his offer.
  • 00:22:56.184 --> 00:23:00.455
  • You must respond to the invitation.
  • 00:23:00.455 --> 00:23:03.525
  • Let's say i sent you a text, and i said, "meet me for lunch
  • 00:23:03.525 --> 00:23:07.562
  • At 12 at in-n-out burger."
  • 00:23:07.562 --> 00:23:10.499
  • Now, if you respond, then great.
  • 00:23:10.499 --> 00:23:12.401
  • We're gonna go and get lunch.
  • 00:23:12.401 --> 00:23:14.035
  • If you don't respond, i'm going to assume you either
  • 00:23:14.035 --> 00:23:17.038
  • Didn't get the message or you don't want to meet me for lunch.
  • 00:23:17.038 --> 00:23:20.909
  • And then if i get the-- ... dot, dot, dot.
  • 00:23:20.909 --> 00:23:23.445
  • --you know what i'm talking about? ...
  • 00:23:23.445 --> 00:23:25.714
  • Oh, you're responding, then i get nothing?
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  • I'm thinking, "what happened?
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  • You were gonna say yes, and then you decided not to say yes.
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  • Maybe a better offer came up."
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  • Whatever.
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  • If you don't accept my offer,
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  • You're in effect rejecting my offer.
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  • God offers you forgiveness of all of your sin.
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  • Greg: maybe god has spoken to your heart,
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  • And you have seen your need for jesus christ.
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  • Jesus christ is the son of god, who came from heaven
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  • To this earth.
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  • He was born in a manger.
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  • He died on a cross.
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  • He rose again from the dead.
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  • Why?
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  • Because he loves you, and he wants a relationship with you.
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  • Listen, i'm not talking about religion.
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  • I don't want to be a religious person.
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  • I don't think you want to be one either.
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  • I'm talking about relationship with god.
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  • Jesus, who died and rose again, stands at the door of your life,
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  • And he knocks, and he says if you'll hear his voice
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  • And open the door, he will come in.
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  • Question, have you asked jesus christ to come
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  • And live inside of you?
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  • You might say, "well, i think so.
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  • I'm not sure."
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  • Hey, if someone moved into your house in the middle
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  • Of the night, do you think you would be aware of it?
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  • I'm sure you would.
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  • And in the same way, if christ has come to live inside of you,
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  • You will know.
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  • And if you don't know, maybe he has not come in, yet.
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  • He's just a prayer away.
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  • All you need to do is say, "jesus, i want this relationship
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  • With you.
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  • I want you to forgive me of my sin.
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  • I want to go to heaven when i die."
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  • Would you like to do that?
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  • Would you like christ to come into your life?
  • 00:24:57.439 --> 00:24:59.374
  • If so, why don't you just pray this simple prayer with me?
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  • You could pray it out loud, or you can pray it
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  • In the quietness of your heart.
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  • But this is a prayer where you're asking jesus christ
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  • To be your savior and lord.
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  • Pray this with me now.
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  • "lord jesus, i know that i'm a sinner,
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  • But i know that you're the savior,
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  • Who died on the cross for my sin and rose again from the dead.
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  • Now come into my life.
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  • I choose to follow you from this moment forward.
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  • Thank you for hearing this prayer and answering
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  • This prayer, in jesus' name, amen."
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  • Did you just pray that prayer with me?
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  • If so, i want you to know, in the authority of scripture,
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  • That christ himself has come to live inside of you.
  • 00:25:42.317 --> 00:25:45.687
  • And i would love to send to you at no charge
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  • Something called the new believer's bible.
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  • It's a very friendly translation of the new testament
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  • You'll find very understandable, and it's filled with hundreds
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  • Of notes that i wrote that will encourage you
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  • In this commitment you've just made to follow jesus.
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  • Let me send that to you at no charge.
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  • And let me be the first to say to you,
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  • Congratulations and welcome to the family of god.
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  • Greg: greg laurie here.
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  • You know, at harvest ministries we're committing to reaching
  • 00:26:14.883 --> 00:26:17.285
  • Unexpected people in unexpected places with an
  • 00:26:17.285 --> 00:26:20.689
  • Unexpected message.
  • 00:26:20.689 --> 00:26:22.324
  • And thanks to your financial support, we've been able to
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  • Touch people all over the world with the hope of jesus christ.
  • 00:26:26.728 --> 00:26:31.199
  • Your gifts today not only help us reach millions across the
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  • Country through this television program, they also help us to
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  • Bring hope to people in their biggest need, whether through
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  • Our evangelistic events or our relief efforts, together we've
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  • Been able to minister to so many people devastated by the fires
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  • In lahaina on the island of maui.
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  • And also, your support has helped us partner to bring
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  • Medical help in the ongoing conflict in israel.
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  • So i'm asking you today to continue to support this
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  • Ministry so we can do everything possible to fulfill the
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  • Great commission.
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  • Let's do this together, and let me say in advance,
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  • Thank you and god bless you.
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  • Female announcer: jesus says that where two or three are
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  • Gathered in my name, there i am in the midst of them.
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  • And you are welcome here.
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  • This is harvest.
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