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Rick Warren - Next Time Will Be Different (Part 1)

December 22, 2024 | S1:E313

Rick Warren - Next Time Will Be Different (Part 1)
Pastor Rick shares biblical truth and practical tools for living the full life God desires for everyone.
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Rick Warren | Rick Warren - Next Time Will Be Different (Part 1) | December 22, 2024
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  • Pastor rick warren: you may not realize this, there're
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  • More--there's more in the bible about the second coming of jesus
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  • Than there is about the first coming of jesus at christmas,
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  • 2000 years ago.
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  • Far more verses, far more prophecies, far more
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  • Explanations about what's gonna happen in the second coming of
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  • Jesus than the first.
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  • Now, the first coming of jesus was predicted for thousands of
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  • Years and people thought, "that's never gonna happen," but
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  • It did.
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  • It did happen.
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  • God came to earth and it split history in ad and bc and even
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  • Your birthday is dated by the biggest event in history when
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  • Jesus christ came to earth, when god became a man, and it's
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  • Called christmas.
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  • But he's coming back just as assuredly.
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  • I don't know what troubles you're going through
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  • This christmas.
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  • For some people, it's been a really tough year.
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  • And you may be dealing with some problems and some pressures in
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  • Your life.
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  • But i've got some good news for you, this christmas.
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  • And it has to do with the comparison between jesus's first
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  • Coming at christmas and his second coming when he comes back
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  • One day.
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  • Now, the bible calls the second coming of christ, the
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  • Blessed hope.
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  • And it's called the blessed hope because when you really
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  • Understand what he's gonna do, it's gonna give you enormous
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  • Comfort, enormous strength.
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  • It's gonna give you more confidence in your daily life.
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  • It will help you look forward to the future rather than look
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  • With--look into the future with fear, or with anxiety, or with,
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  • You know, some kind of uncertainty because history is
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  • Moving toward a point.
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  • Now, right before jesus christ went back to heaven, the night
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  • Before he was crucified on the cross, he said this to
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  • His followers.
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  • John chapter 14, verse 2 and 3, it's there on your outline.
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  • It's here on the screen.
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  • Jesus said, "i am going on to heaven to prepare a place
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  • For you.
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  • And after i prepare a place for you, i will come back to get
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  • You, so that where i am, you will also be with me!"
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  • That's a promise.
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  • And just as sure as the promise where jesus said, "they're gonna
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  • Kill me and three days later, i'm gonna come back to life,"
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  • And he did.
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  • He has said this, "god had promised, 'i'm sending a
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  • Messiah, i'm sending a savior.'"
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  • Then god had said, "i'm gonna die for you on the cross and
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  • Then i'm gonna raise myself back to life so you know that i
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  • Really am who i say it was.
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  • And i'm coming again someday."
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  • And as i said, there're more verses in this book, in the
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  • Bible about jesus's second coming than his first.
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  • What i wanna do this christmas, is look at just seven
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  • Differences between christmas, the first coming of jesus, and
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  • The second coming, i made a list of about 25 or 30 but we're only
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  • Gonna look at seven.
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  • And i quickly wanna explain the physical differences and then i
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  • Really wanna focus on three spiritual differences.
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  • Because you know all about christmas, you've been coming to
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  • Christmas services for years.
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  • But do you know about the second coming of christ?
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  • So, we're gonna look at the differences.
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  • Now, if you're taking notes, write this down, number one, at
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  • The first christmas, at the first coming of jesus.
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  • The first time jesus's arrival happened slowly.
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  • Jesus's arrival happened slowly.
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  • Because jesus came into the world the first time, the same
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  • Way we all came into the world, by birth.
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  • And by birth, it means you go through a nine month pregnancy.
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  • Would any of you women who've had a baby like to testify how
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  • Long a pregnancy feels?
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  • It's nine months.
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  • It's not an overnight, it's not an instant thing.
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  • You carry that baby to full gestation.
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  • So, while it may have been a surprise to some other people,
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  • Mary and joseph knew exactly when jesus was gonna be born.
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  • It's about nine months unless you're a preemie.
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  • The bible says this in luke chapter 1, "the angel said to
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  • Mary, 'you will become pregnant and you'll have a son, and you
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  • Are to name him jesus,' and mary asked, 'how could this happen
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  • Since i'm a virgin?'
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  • The angel replied, 'because nothing is impossible
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  • With god!'"
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  • So, while it is a virgin birth, it still took nine months.
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  • Now, in comparison, next time jesus's arrival will happen
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  • Instantly, instantly.
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  • It's gonna be quick.
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  • It's gonna be fast.
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  • The bible says in 1 corinthians chapter 15 verse 52, "it will
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  • Happen all happen in a flash, as a twinkling of an eye--as fast
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  • As the twinkling of an eye!"
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  • Now, it didn't say a blink of an eye.
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  • A blink of an eye takes about a tenth of a second.
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  • A twinkling of an eye is the amount of time it takes for the
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  • Speed of light, which is very, very fast to hit the back of
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  • Your eye and reflect out.
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  • And that's rather than 0.1 seconds for a blink, it would be
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  • Zero point 46 zeros and a one for a twinkling.
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  • It's gonna happen very, very fast.
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  • Now, the bible says in 1 thessalonians 5:2, "the day of
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  • The lord will come unexpectedly, like a thief in the night."
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  • It's gonna come fast and it's gonna
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  • Come expectantly--unexpectedly.
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  • Jesus said it like this in luke chapter 12, here on the screen,
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  • "if a homeowner knew exactly when a burglar was coming to
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  • Break in, he'd prepare and he'd be ready for it.
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  • Likewise, you must be ready all the time, for the son of man
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  • Will return when you least expect it."
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  • So, it's gonna be fast and it's gonna be unexpected.
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  • The exact opposite of christmas where they said, "he's coming
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  • And he'll be here in nine months," all right.
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  • Now, number two, the second difference.
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  • This first time, jesus's arrival was very quiet.
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  • It was very, very quiet.
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  • In fact, almost nobody heard of it.
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  • Most people were oblivious to the fact that the savior of the
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  • World had been born.
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  • We talk about silent night.
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  • It was a very quiet night.
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  • It was in a little town called bethlehem.
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  • Town is a generous word.
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  • It was a village.
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  • Bethlehem had maybe 300 residents.
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  • 300 residents of bethlehem.
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  • It's a very sleepy town.
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  • And it's a very quiet entrance.
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  • And so, the shepherds were told by the angels this in luke
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  • Chapter 2, "today, in the town of david," literally, it's the
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  • Burg, the village of david, "the savior has been born for you.
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  • And he is christ the lord.
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  • And you'll find him,"--and they give 'em three clues, in
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  • Bethlehem as a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.
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  • Now, there's no gps, so they give 'em three clues.
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  • But it's not gonna be that hard to find this baby in a town of
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  • Maybe 300 people.
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  • How many kids are laying in a manger in a town of 300 people?
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  • Not many.
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  • Probably just one.
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  • But what i wanna point out is that jesus had to be found.
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  • They said, "you will find him."
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  • No, it wasn't some big grand entrance where god comes there
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  • And goes, "tada!
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  • I'm here, everybody."
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  • No, people had to find him.
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  • He had to be found because it was a very--it was not only
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  • Inside--you know, took a long time, but it was very quiet.
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  • It was very quiet in his arrival.
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  • Now, next time, when jesus come back, the second time, the
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  • Exact opposite.
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  • Write this down, the entire world will hear it.
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  • The entire world will hear it.
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  • It's gonna be the greatest celebration and it's going to
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  • Be loud.
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  • Nobody's gonna have any doubt when jesus christ comes back,
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  • Everybody is going to hear it.
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  • Look at this just one verse i could show you many but on the
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  • Screen, 1 thessalonians 4:16, "for the lord himself will
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  • Descend from heaven with a loud command," circle that,
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  • "loud command."
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  • "and with the shout," circle that, "shout, of the archangel,
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  • And with the great sound of the trumpet of god."
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  • Now, i don't know all of what that means, i really don't.
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  • It just is saying to me it's gonna be loud, loud, and loud.
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  • It's not gonna be quiet.
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  • It's not gonna be the silent night of the first christmas,
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  • Everybody's gonna hear it.
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  • It's gonna be a very loud spectacle.
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  • Not only that but the bible says something else.
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  • Here's the third difference.
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  • First time, a single star was seen in the sky, okay.
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  • You all know the story of the wise men.
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  • From persia, these scholars, these astronomers were studying
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  • The skies, and they come to jerusalem, and they say, "okay,
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  • We have seen the star."
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  • In fact, here's the verse up here on the screen, it says, "we
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  • Saw his star in the east and we have come to worship him!"
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  • Now, scientists have speculated for many, many years, what that
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  • Star would be that was so different.
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  • Was it a comet?
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  • What, you know, what was it?
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  • We don't really know.
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  • Lots of speculation, but there was a single star that caught
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  • These scholars, these scientists from persia from where our
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  • Modern iraq is today.
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  • And they came over to jerusalem and they said, "we'd come
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  • To worship."
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  • So, there's just one star in the sky, all right.
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  • Next time, write this down, jesus will light up the entire
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  • Sky all around the world.
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  • Everybody's gonna see it.
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  • It's not gonna be invisible, everybody will see it.
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  • It's gonna light up the entire atmosphere around the
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  • Entire earth.
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  • In fact, jesus says, "two will be in the field working," and it
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  • Says, "two will be in bed sleeping."
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  • When jesus said that, people go, "why would anybody be sleeping
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  • When they're working?"
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  • 'cause in those days, they didn't know the world was round.
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  • But jesus was saying, before galileo, the earth is round
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  • Because two will be sleeping on that side of the world and two
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  • Will be awake on this side of where work, but they're all
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  • Gonna see this.
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  • Everybody's gonna see.
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  • You say, "how can god let everybody see something on
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  • When--we're on a globe?"
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  • The god who built the universe is bigger than the universe.
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  • He can be seen 3d, all around the world in ways we don't see.
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  • So, next time, jesus's gonna light up the sky.
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  • Let me show you some verses, matthew 24:27, "for just as
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  • Lightning flashes light up the sky," the entire sky, "and
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  • Everyone could see it,
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  • So will be the coming of the son of man."
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  • "so will be the coming of the son of man."
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  • He said, just like lightning on a dark night, you know when it
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  • Cracks and boom, all of a sudden there's this little bit of light
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  • Penetrating the darkness everywhere.
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  • He said, "that's what's gonna happen, everybody will see the
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  • Light of his return."
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  • And as i said, "not only that, he's gonna bring his angels
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  • With him."
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  • Look at these verses here on the screen.
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  • Jesus said, "when i come back in all my glory, all the holy
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  • Angels will be with me."
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  • Note, all.
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  • That's a lot.
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  • They're all coming with him.
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  • Here's a couple other verses.
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  • The bible says in revelation 19:14, "the armies of heaven
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  • Will be following him."
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  • 2 thessalonians chapter 1, "the lord jesus will appear with
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  • Burning fire from heaven and his powerful angels."
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  • Now, we don't even know what that means, but there's gonna be
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  • Some kind of brilliant light in the sky that gets everybody in
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  • The whole world's attention.
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  • Pastor rick: now, here's the fourth difference.
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  • The first time, only a few people honored jesus.
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  • The first time, only a few people honored him.
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  • In fact, most of his own people rejected him.
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  • We know that.
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  • And he was eventually killed and--on the cross.
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  • They--that most of them did not accept him.
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  • "he came,"--the bible says this, he came into his own, to his
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  • Own people.
  • 00:13:38.476 --> 00:13:40.478
  • "but his own people did not receive him."
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  • When jesus came at first christmas, not everybody
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  • Immediately bowed down and worshiped him.
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  • The shepherds did, the wise men did, but king herod didn't and
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  • Nobody else did.
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  • And so, it was just a very few people that received him and
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  • Later his own people actually put him on the cross, and
  • 00:13:59.197 --> 00:14:04.269
  • Killed him.
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  • Now, it was god's plan for him to die for our sins, but it was
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  • Being--he was rejected by his own people.
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  • Very few people honored him.
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  • And at the end of his ministry, there were only like 120
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  • People who were his followers in the upper room.
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  • It was only after the resurrection that the faith
  • 00:14:20.151 --> 00:14:22.954
  • Began to explode with growth.
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  • Next time though, here, write this down, "next time, everyone
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  • Will honor him."
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  • Everyone will honor him, even people who denied him their
  • 00:14:30.929 --> 00:14:36.200
  • Entire lives, even atheists, everybody's gonna honor him.
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  • Romans 14, verse 12, says this, "as surely as i am the living
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  • God, everyone will kneel before me, and everyone will confess
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  • That i am god."
  • 00:14:54.018 --> 00:14:55.987
  • Now, that means, when jesus christ comes back, every
  • 00:14:55.987 --> 00:14:59.624
  • Celebrity is gonna kneel and say, "jesus is lord."
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  • Every politician in the world is gonna kneel and say, "jesus
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  • Is lord."
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  • Every pro athlete in the world is going to kneel and say,
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  • "yeah, he's who he said he was."
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  • Every artist, every musician, every businessman, and
  • 00:15:16.341 --> 00:15:20.411
  • Businesswoman is going to kneel and say, "yes, jesus is lord."
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  • Every person who's denied that god even exists is gonna kneel
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  • And say, "yes, jesus is lord."
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  • That's gonna be a big difference.
  • 00:15:33.391 --> 00:15:35.093
  • Now, let me, let me summarize this because you know the first
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  • Time jesus comes, there's no room for him in the end.
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  • Now everybody is gonna make room for him.
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  • Everybody's gonna make room for the lord when he comes back the
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  • Second time.
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  • So, let's summarize.
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  • When jesus comes back in the second coming of christ, it's
  • 00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:51.876
  • Gonna happen in an instant.
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  • In other words, there's no time to change sides, okay.
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  • No--in other words, you've already made your decision.
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  • It's not like, oh "now that he's back, i'm on your side."
  • 00:16:02.053 --> 00:16:05.757
  • No, you're not. no, you're not.
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  • And when he comes back, he's either your savior or your judge
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  • Depending on what you've done before he comes back.
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  • The second thing when christ comes back, it's gonna be loud.
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  • Everybody on earth will hear it.
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  • Third, it's gonna be brilliant.
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  • Everybody's gonna see whatever this fire in the sky, this
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  • Bright light is.
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  • And number four, it's gonna be undeniable.
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  • Everybody will see him and everybody will honor him.
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  • Now, those are physical differences.
  • 00:16:35.453 --> 00:16:37.321
  • What i want us to look in a few remaining minutes is, three
  • 00:16:37.321 --> 00:16:41.092
  • Spiritual difference between christmas, the first coming of
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  • Christ and the second coming of christ, which is called the
  • 00:16:44.028 --> 00:16:47.732
  • Blessed hope.
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  • So, let's look at these number--what is this?
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  • Number five?
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  • The first time jesus came to save the world.
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  • That was the purpose of him coming at christmas, jesus came
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  • To save the world.
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  • He actually came to die for our sins.
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  • John chapter 3, verse 16 and 17, are the most famous verses in
  • 00:17:05.450 --> 00:17:09.921
  • The bible.
  • 00:17:09.921 --> 00:17:11.355
  • Billions, billions of people have memorized john 3:16.
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  • You've seen it on postcards, and banners, and on every, you know,
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  • In and out cup.
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  • John 3:16 is literally everywhere.
  • 00:17:23.701 --> 00:17:27.872
  • Why?
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  • Because it summarizes the first coming of christ in a couple
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  • Of sentences.
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  • And it says this, "for god so loved the world."
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  • He did this because of love.
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  • Christmas is because god loves you.
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  • "god so loved the world that he gave his only son," that
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  • Everyone, regardless of your background, "who believes in him
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  • Will not perish, but have eternal life!"
  • 00:17:52.296 --> 00:17:57.635
  • Now, god did not send his son into the world to condemn it but
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  • To save it.
  • 00:18:04.008 --> 00:18:05.343
  • Now, this is why we celebrate christmas.
  • 00:18:05.343 --> 00:18:08.846
  • The angels announced at the very first christmas, behold, i have
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  • Good news of great joy for all people.
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  • "for unto you is born this day a savior for you who is christ,
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  • The lord."
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  • You need a savior.
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  • I need a savior.
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  • If you could get into heaven without a savior, it was a big
  • 00:18:23.594 --> 00:18:26.898
  • Waste of time sending jesus to come die for you.
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  • Do you think if there was any other way for you to get into
  • 00:18:30.134 --> 00:18:32.470
  • Heaven god wouldn't have used that rather than come to earth
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  • Himself and die on a cross for you?
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  • The only way you're ever getting into heaven, or me, or anybody
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  • Else, is by accepting the savior that god sent.
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  • "for unto you is born a savior."
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  • He came, jesus came the first time to save the world.
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  • But sadly, a lot of people reject that.
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  • And they go, "i don't need a savior.
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  • Thank you very much.
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  • I don't need god's forgiveness.
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  • I don't need god's grace.
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  • I don't need a savior.
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  • I don't need a lord or manager of my life.
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  • I thank you very much, i'll just be my own god."
  • 00:19:06.470 --> 00:19:08.673
  • Well, god says, "have it your way."
  • 00:19:08.673 --> 00:19:13.144
  • And for those people who reject the salvation that's given
  • 00:19:13.144 --> 00:19:17.381
  • Freely, here's the bad news.
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  • Next time--first time he came to save the world, next time he's
  • 00:19:19.650 --> 00:19:22.954
  • Coming to judge the world.
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  • Next time, the second coming, he's coming to judge world.
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  • He's given everybody a chance.
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  • And he's being patient.
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  • And he said, "you know, you have an opportunity to trust me, or,
  • 00:19:32.129 --> 00:19:34.332
  • To deny me, to accept me, or reject me.
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  • It's up to you but have it your way."
  • 00:19:36.467 --> 00:19:38.769
  • But he's coming back and he's coming back to judge the world.
  • 00:19:38.769 --> 00:19:44.008
  • Now, the bible says it like this in many places, but in acts
  • 00:19:44.008 --> 00:19:46.877
  • Chapter 17, verse 31, "god has set a day when the entire human
  • 00:19:46.877 --> 00:19:53.784
  • Race will be judged with justice."
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  • If you're taking notes, circle that word, "justice," god is a
  • 00:19:57.355 --> 00:20:00.157
  • God of justice.
  • 00:20:00.157 --> 00:20:01.492
  • God will be judge--every race will be judged with justice and
  • 00:20:01.492 --> 00:20:05.796
  • Everything set right.
  • 00:20:05.796 --> 00:20:07.164
  • God's gonna set right all the stuff that's wrong in the world.
  • 00:20:07.164 --> 00:20:10.501
  • "and god has already appointed the judge, confirming him before
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  • Everyone by raising him from the dead."
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  • Who do you think that's talking about?
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  • Jesus christ.
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  • Jesus is going to be the judge of the world.
  • 00:20:22.280 --> 00:20:25.082
  • Why?
  • 00:20:25.082 --> 00:20:26.450
  • Because he's the one who died for your sin.
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  • So, he has the right to judge you if you reject his grace.
  • 00:20:27.785 --> 00:20:33.157
  • It was a waste for him to die for you.
  • 00:20:33.157 --> 00:20:36.594
  • When you die, you die with all your sins paid for.
  • 00:20:36.594 --> 00:20:39.764
  • You just might have rejected that payment.
  • 00:20:39.764 --> 00:20:43.901
  • And so, he's saying, "god's gonna come back and he's gonna
  • 00:20:43.901 --> 00:20:46.404
  • Judge the world."
  • 00:20:46.404 --> 00:20:47.772
  • Now, it says he's gonna judge you with justice.
  • 00:20:47.772 --> 00:20:50.341
  • God is a just god.
  • 00:20:50.341 --> 00:20:51.976
  • He's not only a loving god, but when he sees evil, goes, "that's
  • 00:20:51.976 --> 00:20:54.912
  • Not right, let's fix that."
  • 00:20:54.912 --> 00:20:57.281
  • A god that would overlook evil.
  • 00:20:57.281 --> 00:20:59.183
  • A god that would say it's no big deal that hitler killed 6
  • 00:20:59.183 --> 00:21:02.887
  • Million jews.
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  • That's not a god i wanna worship.
  • 00:21:04.722 --> 00:21:07.792
  • A god who doesn't require justice for all the rapes, and
  • 00:21:07.792 --> 00:21:12.697
  • The murders, and the molestations, and all the pain
  • 00:21:12.697 --> 00:21:16.467
  • Caused in the world by evil people.
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  • God is a just god.
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  • You know yourself that sometimes you read the news or you'll see
  • 00:21:20.604 --> 00:21:23.808
  • Some then you go, "that's not right.
  • 00:21:23.808 --> 00:21:25.910
  • That's not fair."
  • 00:21:25.910 --> 00:21:27.278
  • You know why you have a sense of justice in you?
  • 00:21:27.278 --> 00:21:29.680
  • 'cause you were made in god's image.
  • 00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:32.049
  • God is a god of justice and he made you--cows don't have a
  • 00:21:32.049 --> 00:21:35.753
  • Sense of justice.
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  • Birds don't have a sense of justice.
  • 00:21:37.154 --> 00:21:39.190
  • Only human beings 'cause you're made in god's image and you look
  • 00:21:39.190 --> 00:21:42.526
  • At things--go, "that's not fair."
  • 00:21:42.526 --> 00:21:43.894
  • You figured out that not everything is fair in this world
  • 00:21:43.894 --> 00:21:47.598
  • Because it's not.
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  • And sometimes bad guys get away with it.
  • 00:21:49.433 --> 00:21:51.902
  • And sometimes evil triumphs, but it's not the end of the story.
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  • I've read the last chapter of the book.
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  • God is gonna settle the score.
  • 00:21:58.976 --> 00:22:00.444
  • He's gonna even the odds.
  • 00:22:00.444 --> 00:22:01.812
  • He's gonna call to account.
  • 00:22:01.812 --> 00:22:03.147
  • He's gonna administer justice.
  • 00:22:03.147 --> 00:22:05.116
  • Evil is going to be punished when jesus comes back.
  • 00:22:05.116 --> 00:22:10.421
  • And the bible says that, "god is going to judge the world."
  • 00:22:10.421 --> 00:22:16.160
  • He's already appointed the judge.
  • 00:22:16.160 --> 00:22:18.963
  • Now, at that second coming, god is gonna right all the wrongs
  • 00:22:18.963 --> 00:22:22.233
  • Of history.
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  • All the evil in the world.
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  • It's gonna be wiped out.
  • 00:22:24.935 --> 00:22:26.437
  • Racism, bigotry, betrayal, abuse, everything.
  • 00:22:26.437 --> 00:22:30.508
  • Look at this verse, romans chapter 2, "god will reward or
  • 00:22:30.508 --> 00:22:34.712
  • Punish every person for what that person has done.
  • 00:22:34.712 --> 00:22:40.518
  • Now, for those who have lived for god's glory and honor, god
  • 00:22:40.518 --> 00:22:46.257
  • Will reward them with life forever.
  • 00:22:46.257 --> 00:22:50.394
  • But for those who continue to live for themselves and reject
  • 00:22:50.394 --> 00:22:56.100
  • The truth, and follow evil instead of obeying god, they
  • 00:22:56.100 --> 00:22:59.904
  • Will receive god's anger and punishment."
  • 00:22:59.904 --> 00:23:02.473
  • I get to choose when jesus comes back, is he gonna be my savior?
  • 00:23:02.473 --> 00:23:05.943
  • Is he gonna be my judge?
  • 00:23:05.943 --> 00:23:07.311
  • I get to choose.
  • 00:23:07.311 --> 00:23:08.946
  • Whether i choose to accept his grace or reject it on my own.
  • 00:23:08.946 --> 00:23:14.785
  • I get to choose.
  • 00:23:14.785 --> 00:23:16.220
  • Now, you may be thinking, "you know, rick, i've done a lot of
  • 00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:19.056
  • Selfish stuff."
  • 00:23:19.056 --> 00:23:20.424
  • Yeah, you and me and everybody else.
  • 00:23:20.424 --> 00:23:22.993
  • "and i haven't always done what i oughta do.
  • 00:23:22.993 --> 00:23:24.862
  • And i haven't always obeyed god."
  • 00:23:24.862 --> 00:23:26.197
  • Well, none of us have, okay.
  • 00:23:26.197 --> 00:23:29.300
  • "so, i'm not sure whether i'm gonna be rewarded or i'm gonna
  • 00:23:29.300 --> 00:23:31.569
  • Be punished."
  • 00:23:31.569 --> 00:23:32.903
  • Well, here's the good news, you can settle it right now.
  • 00:23:32.903 --> 00:23:37.441
  • Because here's the next thing, number six, write this down,
  • 00:23:37.441 --> 00:23:40.377
  • Jesus came, the first time, to die for our sins so you don't
  • 00:23:40.377 --> 00:23:45.483
  • Have to.
  • 00:23:45.483 --> 00:23:46.851
  • But you've gotta accept that.
  • 00:23:46.851 --> 00:23:48.752
  • Jesus came to die for our sins so you don't have to.
  • 00:23:48.752 --> 00:23:54.191
  • That's why he came the first time.
  • 00:23:54.191 --> 00:23:56.193
  • He didn't come to live a nice life, and pick flowers, and skip
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  • The hills of jerusalem talking about peace and love.
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  • Jesus wasn't a hippie.
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  • He came to save the world.
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  • Ephesians 1:5, "god's unchanging plan has always been to adopt us
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  • Into his own family by sending jesus christ to die for us."
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  • God has had a plan for you before he even created you.
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  • Why did god create the universe?
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  • He wanted a family.
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  • God wanted children to love and he wants you to his family.
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  • Now, not everybody's in god's family.
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  • Everybody is created by god.
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  • Everybody is created by god. everybody is loved by god.
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  • There's nobody that god doesn't love.
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  • Everybody has a--god has a plan for everybody's life, a purpose
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  • For everybody's life, but not everybody's in the family.
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  • You have to be adopted into god's family, that's what he
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  • Just said.
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  • How do you get adopted in family?
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  • By trusting in the savior god sent.
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  • And you go, "that's how you get into god's family."
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  • So, i may be created by god, and loved by god, but it doesn't
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  • Mean i'm in the family until i say, "can i be in the family?
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  • Can i trust you and your grace and your forgiveness in my
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  • Own life?"
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  • Jesus came to die for our sins.
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  • But what about next time?
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  • He's not coming to die again.
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  • What's he coming back for?
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  • Write this down.
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  • Next time, he's coming back to gather his family.
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  • He's coming back to gather his family from all around the world
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  • And take them to heaven.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Pastor rick: hi, friends.
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  • Would it surprise you to know that there are entire groups of
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  • People who have never heard about jesus still in our
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  • World today?
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  • I'm talking about the small tribes of less than 100,000
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  • People who have never heard the name of jesus christ.
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  • Would you help me reach these unreached, unengaged people?
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  • You know, one of the reasons i started "daily hope" was to find
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  • Partners who would help us take the hope of the good news of the
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  • Gospel to the whole world, to the final frontier, these
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  • Unreached unengaged tribes.
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  • Jesus wants us to witness to all nations and to all people.
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  • He never made a person he didn't love, he never made a person he
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  • Didn't want saved.
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  • And jesus died so that all may be saved.
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  • So, i'm asking you to help me in this finishing the task project.
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