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28 months ago today, Jonathan and Shelly Foley said yes.

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We asked if they would be willing to be the senior leaders, the third generation of senior leaders of this 57 year old church and, some of us considered a temporary insanity. But they said, yes. And I want to take the opportunity to publicly say they’re doing an amazing job.

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Think about it. They were born and raised in this church, and they were willing to pastor us.

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But I want to commend you as well, because you are willing to invite them to pastor us. You know, when you go into the I changed your diaper thing, you know, but we’ll we’ll leave that back there. But I, I want to, to say on the behalf of my wife and I, you guys are doing a remarkable job.

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We’re proud of you, and we will follow you. I said I was a member of this church before I became the pastor, and that I’d be a member after I stopped being the pastor. And I say that again today, and, I’m proud to call you our pastors. I’m proud that you’re leading the charge for the next however many years.

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And do I hear an amen? Yeah, yeah.

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That’s pretty weak. Yeah.

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I want to commend them also. Oh. Hey, my good friend pastor. Hey, Susan. Iris are here from Oakland and Castro Valley. Welcome to the snow country. We thank you for coming. We are excited. It be good friends, very good friends. We look forward to fellowship with you guys today. You’re going to eat with us today. Yeah. Yeah.

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Good. Praise the Lord. I want to further commend, John and show Pastor John and show, we live in a day when the world seems to be getting less and less embracing of biblical ideas. Now, in America, churches, churches are having less attendance. Churches are closing the doors, pastors are resigning, fewer people are becoming pastors. And in that sort of setting, they’re leading a church that grew 15% last year.

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I think, but.

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But that, you know, what I really want to commend them for is being willing to teach the full truth of the word of God, not just what feels good and what’s trendy and popular.

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I mean, just two weeks ago, yeah, last weekend we had last weekend we had a great baptism. That was fabulous. The week before, David David Lean preached on judgment.

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Not a very popular topic. Not a topic that, most church leaders would be wanting to teach if they really want to continue to feel butts in seats.

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That that. But they were willing. They are committed to teaching the full council of God. And I commend their courage. 57 years ago, actually, before the 57 years start of Word of Life, pastor Tom Shaw built this church under the direction of God. The power of the Holy Spirit, not by might nor by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord, built it on the foundations of the Word of God.

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The doctrinal DNA of this church was then, is now, and it sounds like it is going to continue to be based on the principles of the doctrine of Christ. And I just want to commend them for the courage to get up and preach what we need to hear, not always what we like to hear.

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So it’s time for us to pray. Father, thank you Lord, for the opportunity. Thank you. Thank you for your spirit. Thank you for your word. Thank you for your love and your faithfulness to us. Now, today, as we break open Your word, as you feed us with your bread, I pray that you’ll help me, that you’ll help me say what you want said you help me say it with clarity that you say to open hearts that we can accept, receive, and walk in the words of life today we’ll give you all the praise, give you all the glory and all the honor.

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And we pray this in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. And everyone said Amen. I really, really, Pastor David, are you around where he goes? Yes, he’s an usher today. That’s your leadership yesterday, pastor John spent all day shoveling snow so we could be here. And today he’s doing it still. Oh, he’s with junior church today.

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Yeah.

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There’s a middle linebacker. He’s ready to fill the spots that need to be filled. And, there’s our one of our pastors back there ushering, so thank you. David, I want to thank David for a great message two weeks ago. I like I mean, he and I are both history buffs, so I love his stuff. You know, it’s crucial we’ve been taught it’s crucial to teach the scriptures in context because you can you can develop any teaching if you just grab a couple of verses out of the middle of the Bible.

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But what I love about Pastor David, he just he doesn’t just give you context of Scripture in Scripture, but he gives you some historical context. He gives you some cultural context. And I think that’s powerful. Today I’m going to take some next the next step. He taught about judgment. This is judgment 2.0.

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And I want you to know, it was assigned to me by pastor daughter.

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But I’m honored to teach the Word of God. I’m honored to teach the Word of God. Today, I’m going to be teaching out of Matthew 25, verse 31. David spoke out of Matthew 21 and that’s it. Those six chapters are about the The Passion Week. Okay. In the context of Jesus in Jerusalem, his last time at the Passover feast before he becomes the Passover Lamb to die for our sins.

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So the context where he was, who he was facing, the time, the place speaks volumes. And, put that first picture up here, if you will. There’s Jerusalem, modern day Jerusalem, from the Mount of Olives.

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Where was Jesus when he taught on Matthew 24 and 25? Matthew 24 verse three says, as he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. Tell us, tell us, when will these sayings be? What will be the sign of your coming? What will be the end of the world, the end of the age? And Jesus answered and said unto them, and he began to teach, take heed that you be not deceived.

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He went on to talk some very tough subjects, very confrontational. He starts to talk about what’s about to happen in the next week, in the next 50 years, in the next 2000 years, he began to confront the the immorality and the corruption in the world that that day, in the religious circles and in this conversation, sitting on the Mount of Olives, he’s not only looking at the few private students, he’s teaching, looking over them, he sees Jerusalem.

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Now, I, I asked ChatGPT for a picture of what it would probably look like in the times of Jesus.

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No high rise, obviously no Muslim mosques. But there’s the temple, there’s the temple, there’s the beautiful gate there, the people worshiping. And as Jesus was telling about Matthew 24 and 25, he kept looking at the faces of his disciples. I’m sure he could not help but constantly be looking over their shoulders to Jerusalem during this fashion week.

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Pastor Jesus, pastor, love thought about judgment. What Pastor Love talked about judgment. Yeah he did. And why should we be surprised? There’s no contradiction between love and warning guys. How many parents do we have here? Do you get you got that principle? If you love your kids, you warn them.

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You warn them, you tell them. Don’t. Don’t do that. Why? Because you’re trying to take control of their life. You wish.

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And you tell them that so they don’t have to suffer terrible consequences. Love and warning goes hand in hand. Before we dive into this topic today, I need to make a couple things really clear. Shelly. Pastor Shelly, she said it really well today. God loves us and he is faithful. We must remember that all of this that we’re talking about today, two weeks ago, two years ago, two decades ago, all of this is about love.

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Yes, all of it is about his love for us and his faithfulness through that love for us. Because where there is no love, there’s no choice.

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If there’s no choice, there’s no love. 47 years ago this May, this lady said yes to me when I asked her if she’d be my wife. I mean, that’s love. 47 years. But what’s what’s the real indication of love? There are millions of men on the planet. At that point in time. She had a lot of choices. Again, maybe temporary insanity.

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But she chose me. There’s no love if there’s no choice, if there’s no choices, there’s no consequence.

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Without consequence, there’s no choices.

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And there won’t be consequences. There won’t be fair distribution of consequences without judgment. A loving father, as I said just a moment ago, will always warn their children of what is ahead for the consequences. Not so they can be punished so they can avoid punishment.

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He warns of consequences. So we’ll make the right choices.

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Because he loves us. So this is all about love. The teachings of Jesus during his passion Week, there were full of remarkable stories and parables of of real life circumstances. Yeah, maybe they talk. Maybe he talked about sheep and goats and tares and wheat. But boy, he was really point blank in poking the bear in the eye about real life circumstances.

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Real decisions are real choices and real consequences of those choices, rewards and loss of rewards, blessing and honor and punishment. Some short term judgments, in other words, judgments upon us that we can learn from them, make some changes, and do it better the next time. But he also talked about a judgment at the end of the age where the time has run out.

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He called that eternal judgment. Pastor love, Pastor Jesus. He did that because he loves us. So before we get into any of these, into the weeds or into the deep water, today, we must understand this most basic and fundamental truth that God, your father, loves you. I love what Prophet Picasso said. Satan’s lies are real. They’re not true, but they’re real.

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And what is true and what is real is that your God, your father, loves you. So let’s dive in. He loves you. For God so loved the world. He he gave his only begotten son. He loves you and that anyone can I see the hands of all that anyone’s out there. No exceptions, no excuse. Breathe in. You’re human.

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That’s that. You hear of anyone? Anyone who believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 1010. Another quote that Pastor Shelly quoted today. Stealing my thunder. Who knew right? Yeah, Satan has come. The thief has come. In fact, it says the thief does not come except to steal, kill and destroy. If he’s knocking on your door, I don’t.

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I don’t care what he says. He’s selling.

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It may be real, but it ain’t true. He only comes to steal, kill and destroy. But Jesus says, I have come that you might have punishment. You know, that’s what some people think. But the Word of God says what’s true, what’s real. I have come that you might have life and not just just surviving kind of life. Life abundantly.

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As an early young Christian, you know, I was I was young once. I was a young Christian once. And pastor Tom shot teaching this boy. It scared the pie out of me. And, I mean, I’m scared here, but this is it. Is this really what’s going to happen to the earth? She said, yeah, but let me tell you what.

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Let me tell you what God said, what Jesus said about you. He says, fear not, little flock, for it is your father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. As we hear these deeper things, he’s tough stories. You’ve got to understand this first and most basic principle. He wants you to have the kingdom when you want it. Now let’s read that scripture.

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But let’s read verse 31 as well. It says, seek the kingdom of God above all else, and he will give you everything you need. There’s a perfect classic example of choice and consequence. If we’ll seek him, he’ll give us everything we need. Do you want everything we need for this days that are lying ahead of us? Do you want everything?

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Then what should we do?

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Seek him above all else. That’s our choice. And those are the consequences again. And then we can live without fear, knowing as a little flock that he’s going to give us his kingdom. And it gives him great pleasure to do so. He’s a righteous and he’s a just God. And there are conditions, and there are consequences to the choices we make.

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If we’ll seek him, he’ll give us the kingdom. There are some guarantees, I can guarantee you that I’m going to screw up.

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And not on. Not on purpose. But I’m not perfect. That’s a guarantee. I’m not perfect. And I’m going to make mistakes. I’m. I’m going to fail you. I can guarantee you that. But I can also guarantee you that the God said that if I confess my sins and forsake them, that I can find mercy. God promises you and me that if we confess, he will forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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This whole relationship is about grace and mercy and love. There are consequences. There going to be consequences to our choices. So, and I could probably finish the message right here. Let’s make good choices. I don’t think you need a high IQ to catch that. Those of us with a room temperature IQ, we’ve got that. Let’s just make good choices.

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You see, God is building champions of faith. And I’m looking at him. You see, champions are not those who never fall. They just get back up. They just get back in the game. Champions are not those who never fail. They just don’t quit. They learn from their failures. Hopefully they’ll eat and learn from somebody else’s failures and they don’t quit.

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They learn from these mistakes and they move forward. That’s who God’s calling you. That’s what he’s calling you and calling us to do, to be. So the title of my message is The Great Divide the Kingdom away. There’s going to be a great divide. The topic is basically on eternal accountability.

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Eternal judgment. We’re going to focus on the fact that true disciples will be separated from those who aren’t. There is a great divide beginning to happen. So let’s dive into how are we doing in time? Terrible. Okay.

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Matthew 25, verse 31 to 46. Can we have that in the background? Here we have the background, the temple, the view of Jerusalem. Within 40 years, that would be rubble. It would be torn down. Every stone.

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Matthew 25, verse 31. When Jesus, Jesus says, When the Son of Man comes in his glory. And all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. All the nations I want to point out the word nations is translated from the Greek word eph nos, which is more accurately translated peoples, people, groups, races. It’s not making any reference to political entities or governments.

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Let’s talk about people.

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All nations, all people will be gathered in his presence. He will separate the people. And then he goes into some illustrations, hopefully to help us understand what this thing is going to look like. Be like in the future. Like like a shepherd separates sheep from goats. Let me say right up front, he’s not talking about greatest of all time goats here now talking about Tom Brady.

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Okay.

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By the way, he’s also not saying that he likes sheep better than goats. It’s a little strange. And he’s talking about people and he’s pointing out there is a difference in the nature of these two animals. One’s a sheep, one’s a goat. They’re different animals. They may have similarities, may eat the same stuff, kind of. They may stay in the same flocks.

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They may be shepherd by the same shepherds barked at by the same dogs. They’re not the same animals. As a shepherd separates the sheep from his goats, he’ll place the sheep at his right hand, and the goats at his left. Another point I want to make clear. It’s not that he doesn’t like left handed people. He’s also not making an editorial about American political system.

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This is Jesus. 2000 years ago. At that point in time, the cultural context. And I don’t know how or why I got to that. But at the time when you set somebody on your right, it’s a place of honor. When you set somebody on your left, it’s a place of dishonor. Again, I don’t understand exactly how that became, but that was the cultural context of the time was no political editorial, no editorial about right hand, left hand, no editorial by I like goats and I don’t like sheep or vice versa.

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Then the King will say to those on the right, come, you who are blessed of my father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world. I was hungry and you fed me, I was thirsty, you gave me drink. I was a stranger. You invited me into your home. I was naked and you gave me clothing.

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I was sick and you cared for me. I was in prison and you visited me. Verse 37 then these righteous ones will reply, Lord, when. When did we see you hungry or thirsty? A stranger or naked? Sick or in prison? When? He said, we say, excuse me in verse 40. And the King will say, I tell you the truth, when you did it to the least of these, my brothers and sisters, you did it to me.

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And before we go in to verse 4041, let’s let’s break this down.

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Verse 35, he’s defining the actions of the sheep. The sheep are blessed. They’re going to inherit this kingdom prepared from the beginning of the world. And why? Because they did generous, considerate, compassionate, loving things they did so they’re blessed. They did something. They’re going to be judged. They’re going to be rewarded for what they did. Now, some might interpret this parable as teaching a message or a doctrine of works that you must work for your salvation.

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I’m here to declare, hopefully as clear as possible, people who think that are missing the point. It’s an incorrect interpretation of the scriptures. And let me tell you why the works didn’t make them who they were. Their works did not earn them who they were. The work simply revealed who they were and the works revealed who they were, didn’t make them who they were.

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They did not become sheep because of what they did. They did what they did because they were sheep.

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This is not a transactional relationship going on here. It’s a family relationship. We’re talking about the nature of the sheep.

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They did what they did because of their nature. They’re blessed. They’re heirs because of who they are. If you take the illustration out of the sheep and goats and put it on us, they’re blessed and they’re going to inherit because they’re sons, because they’re part of the family of God. And the good works didn’t make them the son.

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It revealed their sonship.

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Our works don’t earn our salvation. They don’t make us saved. Our works reveal who we are as sons and daughters of God. They manifest. They prove the nature is in us. A salvation has occurred to us.

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Turn with me to Ephesians chapter two, eight, nine and ten. I’m going to read out of the NLT it says, God saved you by his grace. Can it get any clearer? God saved you by his grace when you believed, and you can’t take credit for it. It is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done.

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So I say that again, salvation is not a reward for the good things that we have done, so none of us can boast about it because we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus so that we can do the good works he planned for us long ago. The good works don’t earn it. They reveal it.

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The good works don’t make you a son. They show that you’re a son. They show you that you’re a son. That you’re a son. That you’re a daughter.

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Is this making sense to anybody?

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God the king in this, in this story is saying, come inherit the kingdom because you’re manifesting my nature. You’re manifesting the love, the compassion, the generosity of my son Jesus. You’re manifesting his nature that he put in you at salvation. That’s who you are. That’s what you’re showing. Come on in your inheritance.

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Verse 37, these people, these sheep. But it’s of course, talking about people. These people did good deeds as a natural response from the character and the nature of love, compassion and generosity. It was a character that well out flowed from his nature. A nature was put in at salvation by grace through faith because he loved us. It’s who you are.

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I love the way David said it two weeks ago. His son Josiah has his nature, and if you get up and do good choices, he’ll develop good character, right? The nature first, the character reveals the nature. In David. We think it’d be a good thing for him to reveal your character, in spite of the fact you don’t like the Seahawks or the Patriots.

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Okay.

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Come back to 37, verse 37. It was such an automatic, unconscious action response that these people didn’t even recognize that he was talking about them. Like, like, well, man, when did we see you sick in prison? They just did it. Naturally. They don’t even recognize it. That’s just who they are.

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It was their nature. It’s who they are. All right, let’s go talk about goats. Let’s go on up here to. Where are we? Here. Let me chapter 25. And it’s now verse 41. Then the king will turn to those on his left. The people who have made some pretty bad choices, people who have lived in unrighteousness, people who have made choices that did not bring life.

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Those on his left. He’s going to say, away with you, you cursed ones, into eternal fire prepared for the devil and his demons. Side note hell, eternal fire was never created for humans. It was created for the devil and his demons. But because sin came into the world and death by sin, this is where God is forced to send people.

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It’s not what he wants, it’s what we have decided.

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I was hungry and you didn’t feed me. I was thirsty, a stranger, I was naked, I was sick, I was in prison. You didn’t do anything, they’ll say. But Lord, when did we ever see you hungry or thirsty? And he said, man, when. When you did it to the least. When you refused to do it to the least of my brothers and sisters, you were refusing to help me.

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And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous will go on to eternal life. These these aren’t my words. These are the words of Pastor Love, pastor, pastor Jesus.

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The goats didn’t have the same nature as the sheep. That’s really what’s being stated here.

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The great tragedy about hell is that no one has to go there. It’s a terrifying thought to know that real people will choose to spend eternity in such suffering.

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Jesus said it, and I would imagine with great pain, the truth is, so many men and women will prefer will choose darkness over the light. It’s about choice. Love has choice, choices have consequences. And a loving father instructs, warns, and ultimately will be forced to judge the great divide. Let’s talk a little bit more about judge judging and judgment.

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That’s a word that got a bad rap.

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Don’t judge me. You’re judging me. One of the most quoted verse in the last 25 years, according to a poll by think, was Josh McDowell. Used to be John 316 was the most quoted verse in America. Now it’s Matthew seven one don’t judge lest you be judged.

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As a as a culture, we’re obsessed with judgment. We always want to judge somebody else. But don’t you dare judge me.

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The word judge means to form an opinion or conclusion about something, to decide the results of the Greek defines the word is to distinguish, to decide, to esteem, determine and conclude something negative about any of those. It means to separate, to emphasize the qualitative aspect that can either go to a positive verdict righteousness or negative verdict, which condemns the nature of the sin that brings it on.

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Judgment, basically in simple terms, is neutral.

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It’s not negative. It’s not positive. It’s unbiased. It should be. That’s the judgment that God gives. Neutral, unbiased. We get what we deserve, okay? We sinned. We deserve death. But Jesus came and paid the price for our debt of sin. And when we accept his debt, paid on our behalf, then we are free from the sin. We made that choice.

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We get the result of that choice life in life everlasting.

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The word judgment when referring to God, means to pass or pronounce a decision or sentence for or against. In the case of the Lord, he always carries out every sentence in total righteousness and justice. Other synonym is assessment and discernment.

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Due to the misunderstanding of the word judgment, many people struggle with the view of God. Is he a loving God or is he a judging God? And the answer is I be yes. He’s both a loving God and a judging God because judging is a part of love. There’s love because there’s choice. There’s choice because there’s consequence. There’s just consequence because there is judgment by a just God.

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We just come through two weeks of Winter Olympics. Anybody watching Winter Olympics, Olympics then? Yeah. What kind of Olympics would we have if there were no judges?

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Even those races where that’s mainly a stopwatch. If they don’t stay in the boundaries of that race, they’re disqualified. Or the slalom. It’s the first guy the fastest down the hill, right? You gotta hit all the gates. There’s somebody judging you. Get those competitive with those four guys or four gals going down together, and they have photo finish because it’s it’s too close for the naked eye to figure out.

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So they have to have a photo. There’s a judge involved to bring judgment so you can have winners, victors, gold medals, silver medals, bronze medals.

00:39:20:23 – 00:39:47:22
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Judging is not bad. It’s neutral. It’s unbiased, and there is short term judgment. That was the main thing that Pastor David was talking about. Judgment that we can learn from and use to the next situation, like one of those races, I think they called it the snowboard cross. It’s like a motocross or snowboard. There’s four guys or four gals and they’re there ready to go.

00:39:47:22 – 00:40:15:11
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And right, this one guy was 17 and the guy next to him was 44. Right. Hang on a second. Tells me I’m late. Okay, let me stop it. Come on. Here we go. The 17 year old, whatever he does on that race, he’s going to learn from it and use it at the next Olympics. Right. What about the 44 year old?

00:40:15:13 – 00:40:21:19
Unknown
Make it count, dude, because this is your last shot.

00:40:21:21 – 00:40:32:03
Unknown
Short term judgment and long term judgment. Eternal judgment.

00:40:32:05 – 00:40:51:11
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Like that 18 year old you can learn. But that 44 year old. This is your last shot. In the end, when we go into eternity, there’s no place in the Bible that I have found that says we get another shot at it.

00:40:51:13 – 00:41:14:09
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We will be judged by the things we did on this side of eternity. I’ve read a lot of editorials and doctrinal positions of people who think they’re Christians and think they’re following the Bible. I’ve never found a place that says that if you baptize yourself a couple more times, that your great granddaddy is going to be sprung from purgatory, it’s it.

00:41:14:12 – 00:41:20:07
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I just can’t find that in the Bible.

00:41:20:10 – 00:41:43:22
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We will stand before the judgment seat of Christ and be judged. We will each receive whatever we deserve for the good and the evil that we have done in our earthly body. But that’s not for salvation. That’s not to send you to hell.

00:41:43:25 – 00:42:07:29
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I mentioned a moment ago about the principles of the doctrine of Christ, that that has been a foundational doctrinal DNA of this church. And the last one mentioned is eternal judgment, the last to resurrection from the dead and eternal judgment in those teachings. Amen. We have a lot of written notes and materials for that. There’s some real specialists in this church.

00:42:08:07 – 00:42:13:03
Unknown
You want to know more detail on that? Where’s Brian Whitmer?

00:42:13:06 – 00:42:18:25
Unknown
Brian, you hear he left it.

00:42:18:28 – 00:42:52:28
Unknown
But oh, he’s teaching junior high. And you know, it’s hard to be serious when you talk about Brian Whitmer because he’s such a funny guy. But with all sincerity, that guy has got the teaching on eternal judgment down. He understands it. He has taught it. He tutors it. You want to know more about what the Bible teaches about this long term judgment issue, and how it’s about God’s love and faithfulness, because God in his love and faithfulness is warning about it.

00:42:53:03 – 00:43:21:18
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So we don’t have to suffer that you can. If you go and talk to Brian at fellowship, you’re going to have a very interesting time and he will nail it down for you. But it’s not just Brian. Nancy, Sydney was one of my first teachers on the eternal judgment. Peggy. Whoa! She’s the bomb. Cathy. The imitate. You better have your seatbelts on because she will teach it and teach it right.

00:43:21:20 – 00:43:53:10
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This is well taught, scripturally supported doctrine. There’s going to be two resurrections. There’s going to be the resurrection of the righteous and a resurrection of the unrighteous. Those who are saved, those who believed in the lamb that was to come, and those of us who believed in the lamb that came. We are going to be raised at the beginning, and a thousand years later there’ll be a second resurrection of those who did not choose Jesus.

00:43:53:12 – 00:44:18:22
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They will be raised and go before the judgment, the great white throne, and be cast into fire. This is what the Bible says. If you stick your head in the sand, it’s going to be a bad afternoon for you. Don’t ignore what the Bible says, but this first resurrection will be for those who have accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior.

00:44:18:25 – 00:44:46:06
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Their sin got dealt with on the cross that judgment will not be for sin. It’ll be for rewards. That judgment will be the awards ceremony. It’s going to be you getting awards for what you did right. If you didn’t do right, you don’t get the reward. Paul said. It.

00:44:46:08 – 00:45:22:10
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In first Corinthians three, verse nine through 15, let me read that to you. You are God’s building. Because of God’s grace to me, I have laid the foundation like an expert builder. Others are building now on it, but whoever is building on this foundation must be careful what’s our instructions? Be careful as you build on this foundation, for no one can lay any foundation other than the one we have already laid, Jesus Christ.

00:45:22:17 – 00:45:42:26
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The foundation is that salvation that we receive by grace, by love, by faith, not of our own works. But now there were saved. Now that we’re on this foundation, we have a job to do to build on that foundation.

00:45:42:28 – 00:46:20:14
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Anyone who builds on that foundation may use a variety of materials. Choice. There’s gold, silver, and jewels, wood, hay and stubble. Six different types of material, really. Two categories of material wood, hay and stubble. Not very expensive. Easy to work with. Gold, silver and precious stone. Very expensive. Miserable to work with. It says that fire will test and prove it.

00:46:20:17 – 00:46:54:15
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On that judgment day. Fire will reveal what kind of work each builder has done. The fire will show if a person’s work has any value. Now listen and listen real carefully. If the work survives, that builder will receive a reward. But if the work is not surviving, if it’s burned up, it’s gone. The builder will suffer great loss, but the builder will be saved.

00:46:54:17 – 00:47:21:16
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The builder doesn’t lose his salvation. He didn’t build right. It got burned up. There’ll be no rewards for him. But he’s going to be saved. He’s not going to hell. He’s not tossed into the lake of fire. He will be saved. But like someone barely escaping through the wall of flames. This is going to be an award ceremony, folks.

00:47:21:18 – 00:47:52:13
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And those who decide to build well, to use the right material, they’re going to receive a reward choice. Consequence. Salvation is a settled deal. You did it and you got it by grace through mercy. It was free. You didn’t earn it. You can’t lose it. But now, what sort of rewards do you want in eternity?

00:47:52:15 – 00:48:08:14
Unknown
As I mentioned earlier, it’s as simple as a parent not allowing their three year old to go out and play on the street. The three year old just sees the strict mean parent. They won’t let them do what they want to do.

00:48:08:16 – 00:48:25:15
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The parent loves the kid. The parents been on the street, got the scars to prove it, knows the dangers, and simply loves the kid and wants to save the kid from injury, from loss, from death.

00:48:25:18 – 00:49:00:22
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The kid hasn’t figured it out yet. It’s only three. Give him a break. And the kid hasn’t figured it out yet. But the parent knows more than the kid. The parent knows what’s best for the kid. The kid in his ignorance, just thinks a parent is on a power trip. Just thinks the parent is filling their lives with endless, mindless, meaningless list of do’s and don’ts.

00:49:00:24 – 00:49:06:05
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Father knows best.

00:49:06:08 – 00:49:15:03
Unknown
I know quite a few 50 year old three year olds. I know a few 75 year old three year olds.

00:49:15:06 – 00:49:18:23
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What should our response be?

00:49:18:25 – 00:49:21:23
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Repentance.

00:49:21:25 – 00:49:43:03
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Not just to get saved from going to hell. That’s a good idea, though. In fact, let me take a moment. If there’s anybody here today who doesn’t know Jesus, who’s never asked Jesus to be your Lord and your Savior, please do not let this day pass. We’re going to. When we’re done here, we’re going to go over cross the parking lot of fellowship for a couple hours.

00:49:43:05 – 00:49:58:24
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We’re going I’m going to be right over there if you want to talk. If you want to know Jesus, come talk to me. I’ll be the guy with the suit and the tie on. In fact, I’ll tell you what. I’ll linger around here while everybody else is leaving. If you want to know. Jesus, please come and talk to me.

00:49:58:26 – 00:50:26:24
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It’s real simple, and it’s really good. But our response should be repentance, not just repenting so we don’t have to go to hell. And not just so we miss a huge pile of bad consequences. Frankly, I want to repent so that I can live the best life here and the best life there. It’s not all about eternity. It’s also about tomorrow and today.

00:50:26:24 – 00:50:57:16
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Here. But how many years do we have here? You don’t know, maybe 70 or 80, maybe 90. How much time you got on the other side? Which choices should we be making? The thief comes to kill, steal and destroy. But I’ve come that you might have life.

00:50:57:19 – 00:51:24:16
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Second Peter, chapter three, verse nine. The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise to come the end of the world. The end of the age. He’s not slow like some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed. Did you just hear that? God does not want anyone to be destroyed.

00:51:24:19 – 00:51:58:24
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God does not anyone to suffer pain, to suffer punishment. He gave his life so that everybody is as simple as believing and receiving him, so that everyone can be free from an eternity of punishment. He wants everyone to have an eternity of rewards and pleasure and blessing. An inheritance. That’s his idea. That’s his love for you. He doesn’t want anyone to be destroyed.

00:51:58:26 – 00:52:19:11
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He wants everyone to repent. This is not a message of condemnation. It’s not a message for condemnation, for our failures. It’s not a message of condemnation to drive us to more striving, a more achievement.

00:52:19:13 – 00:53:02:07
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It’s a message of encouragement to turn from our striving, to turn from our sins, to love him and to do what he asks, to simply make good choices. Second, Peter chapter one, verse ten. Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and your election, for if you practice these qualities, you’ll never fall. For in this way they will be richly provided for you.

00:53:02:10 – 00:53:38:04
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An entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior. Little flock. Don’t be afraid. He wants to give you his kingdom. I don’t care where you come from. I don’t care what you’re done. I don’t care who you are. I don’t care whether you’re 5 or 95, if you’re breathing, if you’re alive, you can have this. When is it too late?

00:53:38:07 – 00:53:41:09
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When you stop breathing.

00:53:41:11 – 00:53:45:28
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But even for Bob work, that wasn’t enough.

00:53:46:00 – 00:53:53:13
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Jesus.

00:53:53:15 – 00:54:20:23
Unknown
We don’t have to suffer this stuff. We can have the fullness of life. We can have it now. But what I’m really excited about, what I really am looking forward to, is that voice that says on Judgment Day. Well done, my good servant, my good and faithful servant, enter into your rest. Enter into your inheritance. Enter into all that I gave my life to give you.

00:54:20:25 – 00:54:36:15
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That is what he’s promising you. So let’s make good choices. Thank you everybody.

00:54:36:17 – 00:54:57:21
Unknown
So they made a good turn. And let’s pray. Thank you, Lord, for your word. Lord, we thank you for the challenge that you always bring us to. Lord, we thank you first and foremost for your love that brings us and draws us into those places of repentance. To walk close with you, to walk in the fullness of what you have for us.

00:54:57:24 – 00:55:16:14
Unknown
We pray for this, this group here today. I pray your blessing today that you would richly bless them with your presence, your anointing as we go about our week that we would bring you with us, wouldn’t leave here, just wouldn’t stay here, would leave with us. And Lord, we thank you for what you are doing and we give you praise.

00:55:16:18 – 00:55:30:27
Unknown
Amen, Amen. We want to invite you. If you’re new here, come over and fellowship with us. We have some food across the parking lot. We love to do life together and eat together and enjoy each other’s company with that. Otherwise, we’ll see you next week.