07/15/26 Pastor Doug Daniels

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GOOD EVENING, LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH.

ARE YOU READY TO WORSHIP THE KING OF KINGS

AND THE LORD OF LORDS?

I HAVE TO SAY THIS REAL QUICK.

MY OLDEST DAUGHTER SAID, "YOU KNOW, PRAISE AND WORSHIP

IS JUST PRACTICE FOR WHEN WE'RE PRAISING

AND WORSHIPING HIM IN HEAVEN."

SO ARE YOU READY TO PRACTICE FOR ETERNITY?

LET'S GO.

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OH, HE'S NEVER LOST A BATTLE, AND HE NEVER WILL.

LET'S DO THAT AGAIN.

HOW GREAT AND MIGHTY YOU ARE.

HOW GREAT AND MIGHTY YOU ARE, LORD.

WE WORSHIP YOU.

HALLELUJAH. PRAISE GOD.

THANK YOU, JESUS.

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OH, HALLELUJAH.

WE WORSHIP YOU, FATHER, IN THIS PLACE.

YOU'RE UNSHAKABLE.

YOU'RE MIRACULOUS.

YOU'RE WONDERFUL. YOU'RE AWESOME.

WE CAN'T EVEN DESCRIBE WITH OUR HUMAN INTELLIGENCE

AND HUMAN WORDS

THE WONDER OF YOUR BEAUTY, THE SIGNIFICANCE

OF WHO YOU ARE TO US.

O MIGHTY CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, WE WORSHIP YOU TONIGHT.

THANK YOU, LORD, FOR YOUR PRESENCE IS SO STRONG

IN THIS PLACE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU, LORD, THAT YOU INHABIT

THE PRAISES OF YOUR PEOPLE.

AND WE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRAISE AND WORSHIP

YOU TONIGHT FOR YOUR MAGNIFICENCE IN OUR LIVES.

HALLELUJAH. GLORY TO YOUR NAME.

WE WORSHIP YOU, LORD.

HALLELUJAH, WE THANK YOU, LORD, FOR YOUR GOODNESS.

THANK YOU, LORD.

YOU GIVE US BREATH AND YOU GIVE US LIFE.

WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU.

HALLELUJAH. WE WOULDN'T GET OUT OF BED

IN THE MORNING IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU.

WE COULDN'T EARN ANY MONEY.

WE COULDN'T STEWARD ALL THE POSSESSIONS THAT YOU GIVE US.

IF YOU DIDN'T GIVE US BREATH.

WE COULDN'T WIN SOULS FOR YOU.

IF YOU DIDN'T GIVE US BREATH.

WE COULDN'T BE YOUR LIGHT ON THIS EARTH WITHOUT WHAT YOU

HAVE DONE FOR US AND THROUGH US.

OH, THANK YOU JESUS FOR THE GREAT COVENANT THAT WE HAVE.

BECAUSE OF YOU, WE CAN DO SUPERNATURAL THINGS AND

HAVE SUPERNATURAL POWER, NOT IN OUR OWN SELVES,

BUT BECAUSE OF WHAT JESUS HAS DONE.

HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS.

THANK YOU, LORD.

THE LORD SPOKE TO ME THAT THERE'S SOMEONE HERE TONIGHT,

MAYBE SEVERAL, AND THE BEST WAY I CAN DESCRIBE IT IS

YOU'RE UNDER SOME TYPE OF FINANCIAL DISTRESS.

YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL ISSUES CAN COME FROM MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.

SOMETIMES IT CAN COME FROM OUR OWN NATURAL MISTAKES

OR WRONG DECISIONS OR

WE GET OURSELVES IN A JAM, IN OTHER WORDS, BECAUSE

OF DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE.

BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT GOD HAS A PLAN FOR YOU, AND

EVEN IF YOU MADE A MISTAKE, HE'LL PULL YOU THROUGH.

THE OTHER THING THAT CAN SOMETIMES HAPPEN

IS JUST A DIRECT SPIRITUAL ATTACK FROM SATAN,

BECAUSE HE KNOWS IF HE CAN ATTACK YOUR FINANCES,

HE CAN SLOW DOWN YOUR GIVING, WHICH

SLOWS DOWN YOUR PROSPERITY.

HE CAN KEEP YOU BACK FROM MAYBE INVESTMENTS

THAT WOULD PROSPER YOU.

THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT COULD BE INVOLVED THERE.

SO EITHER WAY, IF IT'S-- YOU KNOW, SOMEONE SAID, USE YOUR

FAITH, NOT YOUR CREDIT CARD.

SO IF YOU MADE A DUMB MISTAKE, OR YOU'VE INVESTED WRONG,

OR YOU'VE USED TOO MUCH ON YOUR CREDIT CARD,

OR YOU'VE GOTTEN YOURSELF IN A PINCH,

OR MAYBE YOU'VE LOST YOUR JOB, OR MAYBE YOU'VE GOT A DEMOTION,

I DON'T KNOW.

WHATEVER IT IS, IF THAT'S HAPPENED IN THE NATURAL,

AND YOU NEED PRAYER TONIGHT, I WANT

YOU TO RUN UP HERE RIGHT NOW.

OR IF YOU SAY, PASTOR DOUG, I KNOW THAT I'VE, I KNOW

IN MY HEART THERE'S BEEN A SPIRITUAL ATTACK AGAINST

ME FINANCIALLY.

AND I WANT YOU TO REBUKE THAT SATAN OFF

MY LIFE SO THAT I CAN GET FREE FROM THAT ATTACK AND

MOVE FORWARD.

BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE AN ATTACK IN

YOUR FINANCES, IT CAN AFFECT

SO MANY THINGS.

IT CAN AFFECT SO MANY THINGS.

BOB, WOULD YOU RUN UP HERE FOR A MOMENT?

I'M GONNA HAVE YOU PRAY FOR OUR

ONLINE AUDIENCE THAT MIGHT BE UNDER FINANCIAL ATTACK,

WHILE EILEEN AND I PRAY FOR THESE DOWN HERE.

FOR ALL OF YOU ONLINE, LIFT UP YOUR VOICE WITH ME.

HEAVENLY FATHER, AS ONE BODY, WE COME TO YOU IN YOUR

THRONE. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR OPENING YOUR THRONE TO US

SO THAT WE CAN MAKE OUR PETITIONS KNOWN.

GOD, I LIFT UP EVERY SINGLE SOUL ONLINE,

EVERY PERSON THAT'S PLUGGED INTO THIS MINISTRY, LORD,

THAT'S FEELING THE WEIGHT OF FINANCIAL ISSUES IN THEIR LIVES.

LORD, YOU ARE THE PRINCE OF PEACE,

AND WE COMMAND THAT PEACE.

WE DECLARE THAT PEACE OVER EVERY PERSON RIGHT NOW

THAT'S LISTENING, OVER EVERY PERSON THAT'S WATCHING,

WHETHER IT'S A MISTAKE, WHETHER IT'S AN ATTACK,

WE REBUKE IT RIGHT NOW.

WE CANCEL IT BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS.

WE LET THE ANOINTING DESTROY EVERY YOKE

THAT COULD PUT ANYBODY INTO FINANCIAL BONDAGE

RIGHT NOW IN JESUS' NAME.

AND WE LIFT UP THE NAME THAT'S ABOVE EVERY OTHER NAME,

THE NAME OF JESUS.

JESUS, YOU'RE THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF OUR FAITH.

AND WE COME TO YOU RIGHT NOW IN FAITH, LORD,

THAT YOU ARE MOVING ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THESE PEOPLE

RIGHT NOW IN JESUS' NAME TO BRING PEACE,

TO BRING FINANCIAL SECURITY, LORD,

FOR MIRACULOUS DOLLARS TO COME INTO THEIR LIVES.

LORD, UNLOCK THE GATES OF HEAVEN,

THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN, EXCUSE ME,

AND POUR OUT A BLESSING IN THESE PEOPLE, LORD.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE AND YOUR MERCY, GOD,

THAT WE DON'T DESERVE, BUT THAT YOU GIVE TO US FREELY.

WE ACKNOWLEDGE YOU, JESUS, IN ALL WE SAY AND DO.

THANK YOU, LORD, FOR YOUR MIRACULOUS POWER

THAT CAN COME UPON THESE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW IN JESUS' NAME.

HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU, JESUS.

THANK YOU, LORD.

WE WORSHIP YOU IN THIS PLACE, LORD.

IS THERE SOMEONE HERE AND YOU'RE DEALING WITH A LEFT HIP

PAIN IN YOUR LEFT HIP AND IT TENDS TO RUN DOWN YOUR LEG,

YOUR LEFT HIP IS BOTHERING YOU.

RUN UP HERE, MAYBE IT'S JUST SOMEONE ONLINE.

IS THERE SOMEONE HERE AND THAT'S YOU?

YOU'VE HAD A PAIN IN YOUR LEFT HIP.

THANK YOU, JESUS.

DR. BEN, I WANT YOU TO COME UP HERE

AND PRAY WITH ME OVER THESE.

BECAUSE DR. BEN KNOWS IN THE NATURAL

WHAT CAN CAUSE THOSE THINGS, BUT HE HAS AN ADVANTAGE OVER

THE AVERAGE CHIROPRACTOR BECAUSE HE ALSO KNOWS THAT

GOD IS A HEALER AND HE BELIEVES AND HE HAS FAITH.

SO WE'RE GOING TO COMBINE THAT.

AND WITH THAT SPIRITUAL FORCE TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO BELIEVE

THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE FREE FROM THAT PAIN IN

THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS.

IN JESUS NAME, TOUCH HER LORD, IN JESUS NAME.

YOUR MIRACULOUS POWER TOUCHING HER.

LORD, TOUCHING IN JESUS NAME, YOUR MIRACULOUS HEALING POWER.

THANK YOU LORD.

IN JESUS NAME, THANK YOU LORD.

TOUCH HER, SAVE HER.

YOUR HEALING POWER, LORD.

IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.

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PRAISE GOD, HALLELUJAH.

THANK YOU, JESUS.

MAN, THE ANOINTING IS SO STRONG IN THIS PLACE TONIGHT.

I COULD JUST KEEP GOING, BUT I'M FEELING LIKE--

I FEEL LIKE WE'RE DONE.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO MOVE ON INTO THIS SERVICE AND DO THIS.

SHAKE HANDS WITH A COUPLE OF PEOPLE TONIGHT.

AND IF THERE'S SOMEONE YOU DON'T KNOW THEIR NAME,

FIND OUT THEIR NAME.

AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIENDLY CHURCH.

THANK YOU, ONLINE AUDIENCE, FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

STAY TUNED, AND WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

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WELL, GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING.

HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO BE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD, AMEN?

HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS.

IT DOESN'T STOP HERE, YOU GET TO TAKE 'EM WITH YOU.

HOW MANY KNOW IT'S OFFERING TIME RIGHT NOW?

WE HAD A FEW PEOPLE THAT WERE ENTHUSED.

THANK YOU, MISS EILEEN.

HOPEFULLY YOU ONLINE JUMPED OUT OF YOUR SEAT

WHEN I SAID IT'S OFFERING TIME, BUT IF YOU DIDN'T, YOU WILL BE

WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH THIS QUICK WORD.

IF WE COULD PUT UP ROMANS 8:17.

Romans 8:17

TONIGHT, JUST BRIEFLY BEFORE PASTOR DOUG ROCKS US

WITH HIS REVELATION ON ETERNITY,

I WANNA KIND OF PRELUDE INTO THAT.

WE ALL KNOW ABOUT TITHING, GIVING, SOWING.

THAT'S NOTHING NEW.

BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING COME OUT OF IT,

OR PERHAPS IF YOU'RE IN A SEASON OF WAITING,

WONDERING, DOES THIS REALLY WORK?

IT'S NOT ABOUT THE SYSTEM.

IT'S ABOUT YOUR PERSPECTIVE.

ROMANS 8:17, AND SINCE WE ARE HIS CHILDREN.

Romans 8:17

NOTICE HOW IT SAID, AND.

THAT'S A CONJUNCTION.

IF YOU WEREN'T VERY GOOD AT GRAMMAR,

THAT MEANS THAT THIS IS PART OF SOMETHING

THAT ALREADY EXISTS.

AND SINCE WE ARE HIS CHILDREN, WE ARE HIS HEIRS.

IN FACT, TOGETHER WITH CHRIST, WE ARE HEIRS OF GOD'S GLORY.

BUT IF WE ARE TO SHARE HIS GLORY,

WE MUST ALSO SHARE HIS SUFFERING.

NOW DON'T IMMEDIATELY GO, OH, TITHING AND OFFERING,

THAT'S SUFFERING.

NO, NO, IT'S NOT WHAT HE'S REFERRING TO.

BUT HE IS TALKING ABOUT YOUR FAITHFULNESS

IN BEING OBEDIENT TO WHAT HE'S ALREADY SAID.

NOW, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT PERSPECTIVE.

IF I SAID, DO YOU REPLAY IT BACK IN YOUR MIND

WHAT YOUR REACTION WAS WHEN I SAID, IT'S OFFERING TIME.

IF INSIDE OF YOUR HEART OF HEARTS YOU SAID,

OH MAN, THAT IS THE WRONG PERSPECTIVE.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT PERSPECTIVE THAT IS?

A SLAVE, OPPRESSION.

THEY'RE ASKING FOR MY MONEY AGAIN.

WHY THEY KEEP DOING THAT?

THAT'S VICTIMHOOD.

THAT IS NOT AN HEIR.

IF YOU HAD THE, OKAY, WELL, HOPEFULLY SOMETHING

WILL WORK THIS TIME.

IF THAT WAS YOUR REACTION, THAT IS THE PERSPECTIVE

OF A SERVANT.

NOW, BEFORE YOU GO, BUT PASTOR ANTHONY, AREN'T WE SERVANTS?

NO, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A SERVANT'S HEART.

WHEN JESUS DIED FOR YOU AND ROSE AGAIN, YOU BECAME A?

[CONGREGATION] HEIR.

HERE'S THE FINAL PERSPECTIVE WHERE YOU WILL

REAP THAT 100 FOLD.

THE NEXT TIME SOMEONE SAYS, "IT'S OFFERING TIME,"

YOUR REACTION JUST WON'T BE EXTERNAL,

BUT INTERNALLY YOU WILL SAY, "I AM A SON,"

OR "I AM A DAUGHTER OF THE KING, "THEREFORE ANYTHING

I DO ACCORDING TO HIS WILL WILL PRODUCE."

THAT IS OFFERING TIME.

IF YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND PUT THE GIVING INFORMATION

UP ON THE SCREEN.

I JUST WANT TO IMPLORE YOU.

THIS IS A PERSPECTIVE THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT SHOWED

ME THAT IS NOT JUST FORGIVING, BUT IT IS IN ALL

THINGS. WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES, CHALLENGES, AFFLICTIONS

COME UP, BECAUSE THEY WILL, WHAT IS YOUR PERSPECTIVE?

IF YOU'RE SAYING, "OH, HERE WE GO AGAIN," THAT IS THE

PERSPECTIVE OF A SLAVE.

IF SOMETHING COMES UP AND YOU GO, "WELL, HOPEFULLY

IT WORKS OUT THIS TIME," THAT IS THE PERSPECTIVE

OF A SERVANT.

BUT IF THAT THING HAPPENS AND YOU SAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT?

I AM CLAIMING MY HEAVENLY TREASURY

BENEFITS, AND THEREFORE, NO MATTER WHAT COMES MY

WAY, GOD IS MY PROVIDER," YOU HAVE THE RIGHT

PERSPECTIVE AND YOU WILL FINISH YOUR RACE, AMEN?

IF THE USHERS CAN GO AHEAD AND SERVE THE PEOPLE.

GUYS, IT'S TIME.

AS PASTOR GENE BAILEY SAID, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU,

BUT I'M KINDA DONE PLAYING CHURCH.

THIS WHOLE EXTERNAL, LIKE I'M HERE TO GIVE SACRIFICES

AND OFFERINGS, BUT MY HEART'S NOT REALLY IN IT

OR I HAVE THE WRONG PERSPECTIVE, IT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING.

THERE COMES A POINT WHERE WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION

AND A CHOICE.

DO WE REALLY BELIEVE WHAT GOD HAS SAID?

AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, DO WE BELIEVE

WHO GOD SAYS THAT WE ARE?

THERE COMES A POINT WHERE YOU START TO REALIZE

THAT THE SOURCE OF YOUR AFFLICTION IS

JUST YOUR OWN MINDSET.

SO TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA GIVE, SOW,

AND THEN LEAVE OUT OF THIS PLACE SET FREE, AMEN.

AMEN. IS EVERYONE DONE WRITING ALL

THE EXTRA ZEROS ON THEIR CHECKS?

I'M TELLING YOU, SOME OF YOU ARE COMING INTO THAT SEASON.

I PROCLAIM IT, I DECLARE IT, SO RECEIVE IT RIGHT NOW

IN THE NAME OF JESUS.

GO AHEAD AND STAND UP ON YOUR FEET.

PASTOR DOUG HAS A POWERFUL WORD TONIGHT.

HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOODNESS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CHARACTER, YOUR HEART, AND YOUR NATURE.

FOR YOUR DESIRE IS TO BRING US BACK

INTO FULL RESTORATION AND WHOLENESS.

THERE IS NO OTHER GOD LIKE YOU THAT YOU WOULD BE

SO MINDFUL OF US, TO MAKE US AWARE OF THE

CONDITION OF OUR HEARTS AND OUR NEED FOR YOU.

BUT YOU WOULDN'T JUST LEAVE US IN THAT CONDITION,

YOU WOULD BRING US BACK INTO THE PERFECTION IN CHRIST.

SO I PROCLAIM THAT PERFECTION IN CHRIST

BEGINS TO RISE UP OUT OF EACH AND EVERY SINGLE

PERSON IN THIS ROOM.

LET EVERY PERSON TAKE POSSESSION AND LAY HOLD OF THE PROMISE

OF THE FINISHED WORK AND LET IT COME INTO

ITS FULL MANIFESTATION, NOT LATER, NOT SOON, BUT NOW

IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS.

WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, HERE'S PASTOR DOUG.

AND THANK YOU, PASTOR ANTHONY.

HALLELUJAH. YOU MAY BE SEATED IN THE

PRESENCE OF THE LORD.

PRAISE GOD.

LET ME MENTION ROBIN AND AURORA, BOTH WATCHING ONLINE

TONIGHT, THAT WANTED TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT PRAYER.

AND I SAY, YES, GOD HEARD YOU, AND YOU WERE

INCLUDED IN THAT PRAYER.

AND WHEN YOU RECEIVE THAT DIVINE TOUCH IN YOUR LIFE,

THEN YOU JUST LET US KNOW, AND WE'LL REJOICE WITH

YOU IN THAT TESTIMONY.

AND MICHELLE, I KNOW YOU'RE ON ASSIGNMENT IN TUCSON, AND

WE'RE BELIEVING FOR YOU TO RETURN SAFELY, AND THAT YOU'LL

BE GRACED WITH WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO WHILE YOU'RE THERE.

AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING ONLINE TONIGHT.

PRAISE GOD, WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR OUR ONLINE AUDIENCE

AND VIEWERS THAT ARE ALWAYS WITH US.

WELL, WE GOT A LOT TO COVER TONIGHT,

AND SO WE'RE JUST GONNA GET RIGHT ON INTO IT

IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU GUYS.

AND I FEEL LIKE, MAN, IT'S JUST LIKE HARD

TO GET OFF THAT WORSHIP.

IT WAS JUST LIKE A WONDERFUL TIME OF WORSHIP TONIGHT.

AND THANK YOU, WORSHIP TEAM.

GIVE THEM A HAND BECAUSE I GUESS THEY'RE ALL GONE,

BUT THEY'LL HEAR YOU.

AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB LEADING US TO THE THRONE.

SO WE NEED TO APPRECIATE THEM MORE, I THINK.

SOMETIMES WE DON'T REALIZE WHAT WE HAVE.

I'LL GIVE YOU GRACE, AND PASTOR HANK WOULD TOO.

GO VISIT ANOTHER CHURCH SOME SUNDAY.

FOR WHAT, SOMEONE SAID?

GO VISIT ANOTHER CHURCH.

AND I'M NOT BEING PROUD OR PRIDEFUL OR WHATEVER,

BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, YOU'RE

GOING TO BE GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

SO AND SOMETIMES WE CAN JUST GET COMPLACENT

BECAUSE WE FORGET WHAT IT'S LIKE AND THAT WE DON'T HAVE

THIS TYPE OF WORSHIP EVERYWHERE.

WE DON'T HAVE THE TYPE OF MINISTRY THAT WE SEE.

WE DON'T HAVE THE PROPHETIC ALL OVER.

AND SO WE NEED TO APPRECIATE WHAT WE HAVE.

AMEN? AMEN.

WELL, LET'S DO A QUICK REVIEW OF OUR REVELATION TIMELINE THAT

I SHOW YOU EVERY TIME, JUST SO THAT EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME

PAGE WITH WHERE WE'RE AT AND CAN FOLLOW ALONG WITH US TONIGHT.

SO WE STARTED, OF COURSE, IN THE CHURCH AGE, WHICH IS

REVELATION CHAPTERS 1 THROUGH 3, TALKING ABOUT THE SEVEN LETTERS

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TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES AND HOW THAT RELATES TO OUR LIFE

ON EARTH DURING THIS CHURCH AGE TODAY.

AND THEN AS WE MOVED INTO REVELATION 4 AND 5,

WE TALKED ABOUT THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH.

THAT'S WHEN IT'S DESCRIBED IN 1 THESSALONIANS 4,

1 Thessalonians 4:16

VERSES 16 AND 17, THAT THE DEAD IN CHRIST SHALL RISE FIRST,

THOSE THAT ARE ALIVE ON EARTH AND REMAIN

SHALL BE CAUGHT UP TOGETHER WITH HIM

TO DWELL WITH THE LORD FOREVER.

SO THAT'S THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH

DESCRIBED IN REVELATION CHAPTERS 4 AND 5.

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YOU CAN GO BACK AND GET THE FULL MESSAGE ON THAT AT SOME

POINT IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THE ARCHIVES.

AND THEN WE MOVED INTO THE TRIBULATION PERIOD,

REVELATION 6 THROUGH 18.

THE MAJORITY OF REVELATION COVERS THAT TRIBULATION PERIOD.

THE TRIBULATION PERIOD, AS YOU WILL REMEMBER, IS BROKEN DOWN

INTO TWO THREE AND A HALF YEAR PERIODS.

AND THE FIRST THREE AND A HALF YEARS ARE RELATIVELY

PEACEFUL AND PROSPEROUS.

AND THEN THE ANTICHRIST COMES ON THE SCENE AND THINGS

START TO GO FROM BAD TO WORSE.

AND THE LAST HALF OF THE TRIBULATION IS WHEN WE SEE THE

VARIOUS JUDGMENTS INTENSIFYING, THE BOWLS JUDGMENTS AND

THE TRUMPET JUDGMENTS.

IT GETS BAD THERE, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS,

REVELATION 19, THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS.

AND THAT'S WHEN JESUS COMES BACK.

WE WILL BE IN HEAVEN AT THAT POINT IN TIME

AND WE'LL ACCOMPANY CHRIST ON OUR WHITE HORSES.

AND AT THAT POINT, THERE'LL BE THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON

AND AT THE VALLEY OF MEGIDDO.

AND THAT WILL BE A TRIUMPHANT TIME

WHEN JESUS COMES BACK TO RULE ON EARTH.

AND THEN LAST WEEK, WE TALKED ABOUT MOVING

INTO REVELATION 20, THE 1,000-YEAR MILLENNIAL REIGN.

AND WE'LL JUST REVIEW THAT FOR A MOMENT TONIGHT.

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THE LAST FIVE VERSES

OF THE REVELATION 20 CONCERNING THE GREAT WHITE THRONE

JUDGMENT AND THE LAKE OF FIRE.

AND THEN THE NEXT TIME THAT WE TALK ABOUT REVELATION,

WE'LL BE GETTING INTO, WE'RE KIND OF FLIPPING THE COIN

AND GOING INTO THE NEW HEAVEN AND THE NEW EARTH,

WHICH WILL BE HEAVEN FOR ETERNITY.

AND THAT'S REVELATIONS BASICALLY 21 AND 22.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE TIMELINE WHERE WE'RE AT.

I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO DO THAT QUICK REVIEW.

AND AS WE LOOK AT REVELATION 20 TONIGHT,

WE'LL SEE THAT IT'S ONLY GOT 15 VERSES.

AND THE FIRST 10 VERSES WE DEALT WITH LAST WEEK

CONCERNING THAT MILLENNIAL KINGDOM.

WE LOOKED IN DETAIL AT VERSES ONE THROUGH 10.

IF YOU MISSED THAT, YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE JULY 8TH ARCHIVE

AND THAT WILL GIVE YOU A LOT OF DETAIL ON THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM

AND WHAT THAT KINGDOM IS LIKE ON EARTH.

LET'S JUST DO A QUICK REVIEW OF THAT, THOUGH,

IF YOU CAN PUT THAT SLIDE UP ABOUT THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM.

WE'LL JUST COVER THOSE FEW POINTS THAT WE

TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK.

WE TALKED ABOUT SATAN BEING BOUND FOR A THOUSAND YEARS.

IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT COMES OUT OF REVELATION 20.

SATAN'S BOUND AND CHAINED UP IN THE BOTTOMLESS PIT

FOR A THOUSAND YEAR PERIOD.

AND THEN JESUS WILL RULE FROM JERUSALEM DURING THAT TIME.

THE CHRISTIANS ARE RULING AND REIGNING WITH

JESUS DURING THAT TIME.

REMEMBER, WE'RE BACK ON EARTH WITH HIM DURING THIS TIME.

THERE'LL BE A JUDGMENT OF TRIBULATION SURVIVORS.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE'LL BE SOME PEOPLE

THAT COME THROUGH THE TRIBULATION PERIOD

AND THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY SAVED.

FOR SOME REASON, THEY MAKE IT THROUGH ALL THE JUDGMENT

THERE, THEY'RE ALIVE, BUT THEY'RE NOT SAVED.

AND THAT'S WHEN THE TRIBULATION JUDGMENT OF SURVIVORS HAPPENS.

IT'S ACCORDING TO MATTHEW 25, VERSES 31 THROUGH 41.

Matthew 25:31–41

AND THAT'S THE SEPARATION OF THE SHEEP AND THE GOATS.

AND THEN THERE'LL BE A TIME OF PEACE AND JOY

DURING THIS THOUSAND-YEAR MILLENNIAL REIGN,

A TIME OF LONGEVITY.

WE READ THAT PEOPLE WOULD LIVE TO 100 YEARS OF AGE

AT THAT POINT IN TIME, AND THAT WON'T EVEN

BE CONSIDERED OLD.

IF PEOPLE DON'T MAKE IT TO 100, IT WOULD BE VERY RARE

DURING THAT TIME.

WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT ANIMALS WILL BE TAME.

THE LION WOULD LAY DOWN WITH THE LAMB.

KIDS WILL BE PLAYING WITH SNAKES.

AND MY WIFE DIDN'T LIKE THAT POINT

'CAUSE SHE DOESN'T LIKE SNAKES, BUT IT'S STILL IN

THE WORD, EILEEN.

SO WE HAD TO TALK ABOUT IT.

SO THAT'S MILLENNIAL KINGDOM JUST IN QUICK REVIEW,

AND YOU CAN GO BACK AGAIN AND WATCH JULY 8TH.

BUT THE NEXT EVENT AFTER THE CONCLUSION

OF THE 1,000-YEAR MILLENNIAL KINGDOM

IS THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT PERIOD.

IT'S THE FINAL JUDGMENT OF THOSE THAT HAVE DIED WITHOUT CHRIST.

THE UNBELIEVERS ARE JUDGED AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

IT'S A JUDGMENT OF UNBELIEVERS.

THOSE WHO HAVE DIED SINCE THE TIME OF CREATION,

WITHOUT CHRIST, WILL BE JUDGED FINALLY AT THAT POINT.

AND ANY UNBELIEVERS THAT MIGHT POSSIBLY STILL BE

ALIVE AT THE END OF THE THOUSAND-YEAR MILLENNIAL REIGN

WOULD ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THAT JUDGMENT.

AND IT WILL DETERMINE THE FINAL DESTINY OF THOSE UNBELIEVERS.

THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT WILL BE LIKE AN

EARTHLY COURTROOM, BUT WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS.

AND HERE'S THE DIFFERENCES WE WANT TO LOOK AT.

I'VE GOT A SLIDE FOR THAT TONIGHT TOO, IF

YOU WANT TO PUT THAT UP.

HERE'S THE DIFFERENCES.

IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO AN EARTHLY COURT, BUT THERE ARE

SOME SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES.

FIRST OF ALL, THERE'LL BE NO DEBATE ABOUT GUILT OR INNOCENCE.

NO DEBATE ABOUT GUILT OR INNOCENCE.

THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE ARE GUILTY.

NUMBER TWO, THERE WILL BE A PROSECUTOR,

BUT THERE'S NO DEFENSE.

THESE PEOPLE WILL NOT HAVE A DEFENSE ATTORNEY

ON THEIR BEHALF.

NUMBER THREE, THERE'LL BE A JUDGE, JESUS CHRIST,

BUT THERE'LL BE NO JURY.

HE IS THE FINAL AND ULTIMATE AUTHORITY.

NUMBER FOUR, THERE'LL BE SENTENCING,

BUT THERE'LL BE NO APPEAL.

NO APPEAL TIME ALLOWED AT THIS JUDGMENT.

AND THEN NUMBER FIVE, THERE'S PUNISHMENT,

BUT THERE'LL NEVER BE PAROLE FROM THE LAKE OF FIRE.

IT'S A VERY SOBERING, SOBERING THING.

LET'S READ THESE FINAL FIVE VERSES OF REVELATION 20.

REVELATION 20, VERSES 11 THROUGH 15.

Revelation 20:11–15

I'M GOING TO READ TONIGHT OUT OF THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION.

IT SAYS, "THEN I SAW A GREAT WHITE THRONE AND HIM

WHO SAT ON IT, FROM WHOSE FACE THE EARTH AND THE HEAVEN

FLED AWAY.

AND THERE WAS FOUND NO PLACE FOR THEM.

AND I SAW THE DEAD, SMALL AND GREAT, STANDING BEFORE GOD.

AND BOOKS WERE OPENED.

AND ANOTHER BOOK WAS OPENED, WHICH IS THE BOOK OF LIFE.

AND THE DEAD WERE JUDGED ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS

BY THE THINGS WHICH WERE WRITTEN IN THESE BOOKS.

THE SEA GAVE UP THE DEAD WHO WERE IN IT,

AND DEATH AND HADES DELIVERED UP THE DEAD WHO WERE IN THEM.

AND THEY WERE JUDGED, EACH ONE ACCORDING TO HIS WORKS.

THEN DEATH AND HADES WERE CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE.

THIS IS THE SECOND DEATH.

"AND ANYONE NOT FOUND WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE

"WERE CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE."

WELL, NONE OF US HERE TONIGHT, OR ANY OF YOU VIEWING

ONLINE, I'M SURE, TAKE ANY PLEASURE

WHATSOEVER IN EVEN THINKING ABOUT ANYONE BEING THROWN

INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE FOR ALL ETERNITY.

UNDERSTAND THAT GOD TAKES NO PLEASURE IN THE FACT

THAT MANY WILL END UP IN THE LAKE OF FIRE.

I MEAN, WE ONLY HAVE TO LOOK AT SCRIPTURE

TO SEE THE WORDS THAT WIDE IS THE GATE TO DESTRUCTION

AND MANY WILL GO THAT WAY, AND NARROW IS THE WAY TO LIFE,

AND FEW BE THERE THAT FIND IT.

SO WE KNOW MANY, PROBABLY THE MAJORITY

OF PEOPLE EVER BORN IN THE EARTH WILL UNFORTUNATELY

END UP IN THIS PLACE.

A VERY SOBERING THOUGHT.

GOD NEVER MADE HELL OR THE LAKE OF FIRE FOR PEOPLE.

HELL WAS CREATED FOR THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS,

AND THE PEOPLE THAT END UP IN HELL

WILL BE THOSE THAT REJECT GOD'S WAY OF ESCAPE.

THEY HAVE REJECTED GOD'S PLAN OF ESCAPE,

AND THEY NEVER HAVE GOTTEN SAVED.

GOD DOESN'T SEND PEOPLE TO HELL.

SIN AND OUR REJECTION OF JESUS IS WHAT SENDS US TO HELL.

GOD IS LOVE AND HE LOVES US SO MUCH

THAT HE TOOK HELL FOR US.

AND IF WE'LL REPENT OF THOSE SINS THAT HE DIED FOR

AND RECEIVE HIS PAYMENT OF SIN, HIS BLOOD THAT WAS SHED FOR US,

THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT HE'LL SAVE US.

SO WHAT WE'RE VIEWING TONIGHT WILL BE THE DARKEST HOUR

OF HUMAN HISTORY FOR UNREPENTANT MAN.

IT'S THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNIVERSE.

ALL THE LOST WILL BE JUDGED.

AND AFTER THE VERDICT IS READ, LIKE WE SAW ON THE SCREEN THERE,

IT'S A FINAL VERDICT.

THERE'S NO APPEALS.

THE SOBERING FACT IS THAT THE SENTENCE TO THE LAKE OF FIRE

ISSUED AT THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT IS REALLY A

COMBINATION OF TWO THINGS.

IT'S DEATH ROW AND A TORTURE CHAMBER

COMBINED, ALL WRAPPED UP IN ONE.

NOW LET ME ADDRESS SOMETHING WITH YOU.

AFTER READING THAT PORTION OF SCRIPTURE, YOU MIGHT

ASK, "PASTOR DOUG, WHY ARE YOU TEACHING ABOUT THE GREAT WHITE

THRONE JUDGMENT?"

EVERYONE HERE KNOWS THAT BELIEVERS IN CHRIST

ARE NOT GOING TO BE FACING THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT.

EVERYONE HERE PROBABLY KNOWS THAT SCRIPTURE

THAT IF YOUR NAME'S WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE,

YOU'LL BE IN HEAVEN.

AND THE TRUTH IS NO ONE LIKES TO HEAR ABOUT JUDGMENT.

IT WOULD JUST BE MUCH EASIER TO SKIP OVER

REVELATIONS 11 THROUGH 15 AND MOVE RIGHT INTO--

RIGHT FROM THE AWESOME MILLENNIAL REIGN

RIGHT INTO THE NEW HEAVEN AND THE NEW EARTH.

THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE.

AND I WAS WHINING A LITTLE BIT YESTERDAY TO GOD.

I SAID, "GOD, WHY DID YOU LAY IT ON MY HEART

TO TEACH THROUGH REVELATION?"

I HAD TO TALK ABOUT THE TRIBULATION, WHICH IS NOT FUN.

EVEN THOUGH THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT THE TRIBULATION

IS THERE'S SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES THAT GOD GIVES.

I'VE SHOWN YOU THAT FOR PEOPLE TO BE SAVED.

SO THAT WAS GOOD FROM THAT SIDE OF IT.

BUT I WAS WHINING TO GOD A LITTLE BIT,

"CAN I JUST MOVE RIGHT ON IN TO THE NEW HEAVEN

AND THE NEW EARTH?"

"AND MAYBE MOST PEOPLE WON'T EVEN KNOW THAT I

SKIPPED THOSE SCRIPTURES."

BUT I CAN'T DO THAT.

THEY'RE IN THERE FOR A REASON.

AND THEN LAST NIGHT, I GOT A LITTLE...

I BELIEVE IT WAS THE HOLY SPIRIT.

I TURNED ON FLASHPOINT.

DID ANY OF YOU WATCH FLASHPOINT LAST NIGHT?

OKAY, A FEW OF YOU DID HERE, THANK YOU.

AND IF YOU SAW DUTCH SHEETS ON THERE,

HE SAID SOMETHING LAST NIGHT ON FLASHPOINT

THAT REALLY SPOKE TO MY SPIRIT.

THEY SHOWED SOME HORRIFIC REPORTS ABOUT SEX TRAFFICKING

AND SOME OTHER EVIL THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON IN OUR NATION

WITH SOCIALISM AND THINGS, AND NONE OF US

ENJOY HEARING NEWS THAT'S NOT ENCOURAGING

OR UPLIFTING.

AND DUTCH REMINDED US OF SOMETHING,

AND IT REALLY SPOKE TO ME.

HE TALKED ABOUT THE PROPHET NEHEMIAH.

AND ONCE NEHEMIAH HAD HEARD OF THE CONDITION OF JERUSALEM

AND THE DEVASTATION THAT WAS HAPPENING

AT THE CITY OF JERUSALEM AND IN THE WALLS BEING IN RUINS

AND THE PEOPLE OF JERUSALEM BEING IN SUCH DISTRESS,

IT CAUSED NEHEMIAH TO DO ONE THING.

THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT NEHEMIAH SPENT DAYS WEEPING OVER

THE CONDITION OF JERUSALEM.

NEHEMIAH TOOK TIME TO MOURN AND GRIEVE, AND REALLY WHAT

HE WAS DOING, AND DUTCH BROUGHT THIS OUT SO WELL,

WAS HE WAS RECEIVING GOD'S HEART OF COMPASSION

AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

AND THEN ONCE HE ALIGNED HIS HEART WITH GOD'S HEART

AND HAD THAT COMPASSION FOR THESE PEOPLE,

HE WAS ABLE TO TRANSFORM THAT GRIEF

INTO A PLAN OF ACTION THAT GOD GAVE HIM

TO REBUILD JERUSALEM.

AND SO ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GRIEF,

GOD OPENED UP AN ACTION PLAN FOR NEHEMIAH TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO THE HOLY SPIRIT REALLY USED THAT SECTION OF FLASHPOINT

TO REMIND ME THAT THERE IS A REASON FOR THE GREAT WHITE

THRONE JUDGMENT BEING IN THE BOOK, IN THE BIBLE,

AND A REASON THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT.

GOD'S HEART ACHES FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL THAT WILL EVER

BE ASSIGNED TO THE LAKE OF FIRE.

WE NEED TO BE ACHING FOR THEM.

WE NEED TO BE GRIEVING AND WEEPING

OVER THE CITY OF OMAHA, OVER THE STATE OF NEBRASKA,

THE STATE OF IOWA, OVER THIS NATION, THE LOST PEOPLE.

WE NEED TO BE INTERCEDING FOR THEM.

WE NEED TO SAY, GOD, SHOW ME THE PEOPLE

IN MY CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE THAT I CAN TOUCH IN SOME WAY,

PLANT A SEED, OR BRING THEM THE GOSPEL,

OR BE A LIGHT TO THEM SO THAT THEY WON'T HAVE

TO GO TO THE LAKE OF FIRE.

SO WHEN I GOT THAT PERSPECTIVE, THAT HELPED ME.

AND I WANT YOU TO HAVE THAT PERSPECTIVE TONIGHT

AS WE LOOK AT THESE THINGS, BECAUSE IT'S NOT

FUN TO READ ABOUT THIS KIND OF JUDGMENT.

BUT WHEN WE UNDERSTAND THE HEART OF GOD AND HIS COMPASSION FOR

MANKIND, THEN IT WILL MOTIVATE US TO DO WHAT WE CAN IN THE

SHORT TIME THAT WE HAVE ON THIS EARTH TO REALLY SAY TO GOD,

"JUST SHOW ME, GOD, WHAT CAN I DO TO FOLLOW YOUR PLAN?"

YOU KNOW, YOU AND I INDIVIDUALLY CAN'T SAVE THE WORLD

FROM ETERNAL DEATH, THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN DO THAT.

BUT WE CAN DO WHAT WE'RE CALLED TO DO.

MAYBE A SMALL THING, MAYBE IT'S JUST A FEW PEOPLE

THAT YOU KNOW, THAT YOU CAN TALK TO, YOUR NEIGHBORS,

SOMEONE THAT DOES YOUR HAIR, A MECHANIC.

MAYBE IT'S SOMEONE THAT YOU RUN INTO BY CHANCE

AT A RESTAURANT OR IN A LINE AT A GROCERY STORE OR WHATEVER,

BUT YOU CAN BE AN ENCOURAGEMENT AND A LIGHT WHEREVER YOU GO

IF YOU JUST KEEP THAT PERSPECTIVE.

AND I KNOW THIS MESSAGE IS NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT.

MOST PASTORS WILL NEVER MENTION THE LAKE OF FIRE

FROM THEIR PULPITS.

THEIR CONGREGATIONS WOULD BE OFFENDED

AND POSSIBLY LEAVE THE CHURCH.

AND OTHERS THAT MIGHT HEAR THIS MESSAGE

WOULD JUST SIMPLY REFUSE TO BELIEVE THE TRUTH OF GOD'S WORD

IF IT GOES AGAINST WHAT THEY DESIRE.

THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR TRUTH BECAUSE THEY DON'T

WANT TO BE DISCOURAGED IN THAT WAY.

HOWEVER, TRUE PASTORS AND TRUE SHEPHERDS ARE COMMISSIONED

TO PRESENT THE WHOLE GOSPEL, THE WHOLE COUNSEL OF GOD.

PRESENTING THE WHOLE COUNSEL OF GOD MEANS FAITHFULLY PROCLAIMING

THE ENTIRETY OF GOD'S REVEALED TRUTH WITHOUT

OMISSION, WITHOUT ALTERATION, WITHOUT PERSONAL BIAS.

AND I BELIEVE AT LORD OF HOSTS WE DO OUR VERY BEST TO PRESENT

GOD'S WORD IN TRUTH THE BEST THAT WE KNOW HOW.

ARE WE GOING TO MAKE MISTAKES?

YES. NONE OF US ARE PERFECT.

NONE OF US ARE ERROR-FREE.

I KNOW I PREACHED THINGS 10, 15 YEARS AGO,

AND I LOOK BACK AT IT NOW, I THINK I'VE HEARD PASTOR

BRENDA SAY THAT TOO, AND SAY, "WHY DID

I PREACH THAT?"

SO WE'RE ALL GROWING, AREN'T WE?

WE'RE ALL BEING PERFECTED.

SO WE BELIEVE WE'RE BACKING UP WHAT WE'RE PREACHING

THROUGH THE WORD.

AND IN ACTS CHAPTER 20, PAUL IS SPEAKING OF THIS VERY ISSUE

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ABOUT THE WHOLE COUNSEL OF GOD.

I'M GOING TO READ A PASSAGE FROM ACTS CHAPETER 20 VERSES 26-28

HE SAYS, "AND ANYONE NOT FOUND WRITTEN

IN THE BOOK OF LIFE WAS CAST," OH, I'M SORRY, THAT'S

THE WRONG SCRIPTURE.

WE'RE NOT GOING THERE YET.

(LAUGHS)

ACTS 20, VERSES 26 THROUGH, HE WAS JUST JUMPING AHEAD THERE

Acts 20:26

ABOUT THE LAKE OF THE FIRE.

IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET.

ACTS 20:26, "THEREFORE I TESTIFY TO YOU THIS DAY

Acts 20:26

THAT I AM INNOCENT OF THE BLOOD OF ALL MEN,

FOR I HAVE NOT SHUNNED TO DECLARE TO YOU

THE WHOLE COUNSEL OF GOD.

THEREFORE, TAKE HEED TO YOURSELVES AND TO ALL THE FLOCK

AMONG WHICH THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS MADE YOU OVERSEERS

TO SHEPHERD THE CHURCH OF GOD, WHICH HE HAS PURCHASED

WITH HIS OWN BLOOD.

PAUL IS ASSURING THE EPHESIANS THAT HE'S PREACHED TO THEM

THE WHOLE COUNSEL OF GOD.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE WHOLE MIND OF GOD.

NO FINITE MAN COULD PREACH THE WHOLE MIND OF GOD.

THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

BUT WHAT HE IS STATING IS, "I'VE TOLD YOU THE IMPORTANT

THINGS THAT GOD HAS REVEALED TO US THAT YOU MUST KNOW FOR YOUR

SALVATION AND FOR YOUR SERVICE TO HIM."

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO MOVE BACK INTO MY

SUBJECT TONIGHT AND TAKE A MOMENT HERE TO TALK ABOUT TWO

TERMS THAT SOMETIMES ARE USED INTERCHANGEABLY BUT CAN BE

CONFUSING TO PEOPLE.

ONE OF THEM IS HELL AND THE OTHER ONE IS THE LAKE OF FIRE.

ARE THEY THE SAME?

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HELL AND THE LAKE OF FIRE?

LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE.

IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, THE GREEK WORD HELL IS HADES,

AND IT'S A TEMPORARY ABODE OF THE WICKED DEAD.

HELL REFERS TO THE TEMPORARY INTERMEDIATE HOLDING PLACE

FOR THE DEAD AWAITING JUDGMENT.

AND I HAVE A SLIDE FOR THAT IF YOU GUYS WANNA PUT

THAT UP AGAIN TOO, JUST TO KINDA CLARIFY

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HELL AND LAKE OF FIRE.

THERE WE GO.

HELL IS THE TEMPORARY, INTERMEDIATE HOLDING PLACE

FOR THE DEAD AWAITING JUDGMENT.

SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF SOMEONE DIES TODAY,

THEY'RE NOT SAVED, WE COULD CORRECTLY SAY,

ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE, THEY'RE IN HELL.

IT'S A WAITING PLACE FOR THIS JUDGMENT

THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

THE LAKE OF FIRE, HOWEVER, IS THE FINAL PERMANENT DESTINATION

OF ETERNAL PUNISHMENT FOR SATAN, DEMONS.

WE SAW THAT THE ANTICHRIST IS IN THE LAKE OF FIRE.

THE UNRIGHTEOUS, AFTER THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT

TAKES PLACE, WILL BE IN THE ETERNAL LAKE OF FIRE.

SO HELL IS A TEMPORARY HOLDING PLACE

WHERE PEOPLE ARE AT NOW THAT ARE UNSAVED.

AND WE'LL SEE THE LAKE OF FIRE COME INTO EFFECT.

IT'S ONLY SPOKEN ABOUT IN REVELATION, BASICALLY.

SO IN REVELATION 20, WE'LL SEE THAT TERM USED.

SO NO ONE IS CURRENTLY IN THE LAKE OF FIRE.

THE FIRST TIME IT'S USED IS REVELATION 19:20,

Revelation 19:20

WHERE WE SEE IT'S THE FINAL DESTINATION OF THE BEAST

AND THE FALSE PROPHET.

AND OF COURSE, WE'RE NOT TO REVELATION 19:20 YET.

Revelation 19:20

THE TRIBULATION PERIOD HASN'T HAPPENED.

THE MILLENNIUM HASN'T HAPPENED YET.

BUT REVELATION 19.20, THE BEAST AND THE FALSE PROPHET ARE

THROWN INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE.

THAT'S THE FIRST TIME IT'S REALLY USED AFTER THEIR DEFEAT

AT THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON.

THROUGHOUT ETERNITY, AFTER THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT,

THERE WILL ACTUALLY BE NO MORE RESIDENTS IN HELL.

ALL THOSE CURRENTLY RESIDING IN HELL WILL EVENTUALLY BE

CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE.

FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT NEED TO STUDY THIS OUT IN MORE DETAIL,

I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO INTO TOO MUCH MORE DETAIL ON THAT

TONIGHT, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU A FEW PASSAGES THAT CONFIRMS

WHAT I'M TELLING YOU ABOUT REBELLIOUS SPIRITS AND

UNBELIEVERS OF ALL AGES BEING CONFINED TO THE LAKE OF FIRE.

AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE A NOTEBOOK AND ARE

WRITING THINGS DOWN, MATTHEW 25 VERSES 41 AND 46.

Matthew 25:41

MATTHEW 25:41 AND 46.

Matthew 25:41

REVELATION 14 VERSES 9 THROUGH 11.

Revelation 14:9–11

YOU'LL SEE WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT REVELATION 20 VERSES

Revelation 20:10–15

10 THROUGH 15 TONIGHT.

THAT'S THE VERSES WE'RE STUDYING, REVELATION

Revelation 20:10–15

20:10 THROUGH 15.

AND THEN FINALLY, ISAIAH 66 VERSES 22 THROUGH 24.

Isaiah 66:22–24

I'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE SPIRITS BEING CONFINED FOR ETERNITY IN

THE LAKE OF FIRE OR REFER TO IT.

BUT I WANT TO LOOK AT SEVERAL ASPECTS OF THE GREAT WHITE

THRONE JUDGMENT TONIGHT.

FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE COURTROOM.

NUMBER TWO, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE JUDGE.

AND NUMBER THREE, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE ACCUSED

AND THE EVIDENCE.

REGARDING THE COURTROOM, VERSE 11 OF REVELATION 20 SAYS,

"THEN I SAW A GREAT WHITE THRONE."

THEN I SAW A GREAT WHITE THRONE."

LET'S JUST STOP RIGHT THERE.

"GREAT WHITE THRONE."

LET'S CONCENTRATE ON THOSE THREE WORDS.

FIRST, THE WORD GREAT.

THAT SPEAKS OF POWER.

THE UNSAVED INDIVIDUALS STANDING BEFORE THIS THRONE

WILL BE OVERCOME BY THE INCREDIBLE SENSE

OF POWER, AWE, AND FEAR.

SOME PEOPLE TALK FLIPPANTLY ABOUT

WHAT THEY'RE GONNA TELL GOD WHEN THEY SEE HIM FACE TO FACE.

NO, THEY WON'T.

THE PERSON WHO NEVER GOT SAVED WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO

ANYTHING BUT WEEP AND TREMBLE.

THEIR MIND MAY GO BACK TO EACH TIME THEY TOOK HIS NAME IN VAIN,

BUT THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE IT IN VAIN ON THAT DAY.

THEY MAY THINK OF JOKES THAT THEY TOLD

OTHERS CONCERNING HELL, BUT THERE'LL BE NO

JOKING THIS DAY.

I ACTUALLY HAVE HEARD PEOPLE LAUGHINGLY SAY,

"I WANT TO GO TO HELL BECAUSE I WANT TO BE

WHERE MY FRIENDS WILL BE."

IT WON'T BE THAT WAY.

THEY WON'T SEE THEIR FRIENDS BECAUSE IT'LL BE ISOLATION.

THEY'RE STANDING INDEPENDENTLY IN FRONT OF THE THRONE OF GOD.

NOTHING FUNNY ABOUT THIS COURTROOM.

HEBREWS 10:31 CONTAINS A WARNING.

Hebrews 10:31

IT'S A FEARFUL THING TO FALL INTO THE HANDS OF A LIVING GOD.

THOSE UNBELIEVERS THAT STAND BEFORE GOD ON THIS DAY

WILL REALIZE THAT EVERYTHING THAT THEY PUT BEFORE GOD

IS GONE.

ALL THEIR POSSESSIONS, ALL THEIR PLEASURES,

ALL THEIR POPULARITY, THEIR PRESTIGE,

IT'S ALL GONE, IT'S ALL DISPOSED OF.

THEY'RE LEFT STANDING ALONE BEFORE THE GREAT WHITE THRONE.

NO WONDER JESUS SAID IN MARK 8:36,

Mark 8:36

"FOR WHAT SHALL IT PROFIT A MAN IF HE SHALL GAIN THE WHOLE

WORLD AND LOSE HIS OWN SOUL?"

THE GREAT WHITE THRONE.

WHAT DOES THAT WORD WHITE MEAN?

GREAT STANDS FOR POWER.

THE SECOND WORD, WHITE, SPEAKS OF PURITY.

THIS REFERS TO THE UNAPPROACHABLE PURITY

OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.

WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?

BECAUSE MANY ON THAT DAY WILL STAND BEFORE GOD

AND WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY A GOOD PERSON.

I NEVER ROBBED A BANK.

I NEVER KILLED ANYONE.

BUT THAT WILL MEAN NOTHING COMPARED

TO THE UNAPPROACHABLE PURITY OF GOD.

THE ONLY WAY YOU OR I CAN BE PURE ENOUGH TO STAND BEFORE GOD

IS TO BE WASHED BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS.

AMEN.

ISAIAH 1:18 SAYS, "COME NOW, LET'S SETTLE

Isaiah 1:18

THIS," SAYS THE LORD.

"THOUGH YOUR SINS ARE LIKE SCARLET,

I WILL MAKE THEM WHITE AS SNOW.

THOUGH THEY ARE RED LIKE CRIMSON,

I WILL MAKE THEM WHITE AS WOOL."

THE GREAT WHITE THRONE.

THIRD WORD, THRONE.

LET'S LOOK AT THAT.

THRONE SPEAKS OF THE SOVEREIGN GOD HIMSELF

WHO WILL BE IN CHARGE OF THIS DAY.

HE'LL CALL THE SHOTS.

HE'S THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS.

JOHN 1:3 IN THE NEW KING JAMES SAYS,

John 1:3

ALL THINGS WERE MADE THROUGH HIM,

AND WITHOUT HIM NOTHING WAS MADE THAT WAS MADE.

WE ALL KNOW THE WORLD HAS LITTLE RESPECT FOR GOD,

AND SOMETIMES THEY EVEN MOCK US CHRISTIANS,

BUT ON THAT DAY, STANDING BEFORE GOD WHO SITS ON THE THRONE,

THE POWERFUL ONE, THE PURE ONE, THE SOVEREIGN CREATOR WHO

ALLOWED THEM EVERY BREATH THAT THEY TOOK, THE SAVIOR THAT DIED

IN THEIR PLACE, THE SPIRIT THAT CONVICTED THEIR HEARTS TIME

AFTER TIME, URGING THEM TO REPENT AND BE SAVED.

HE'S ALLOWED THEM A FREE WILL DURING THEIR

ENTIRE LIFE TO CHOOSE.

SOME FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, THEY HAD THAT FREE WILL AVAILABLE.

HOWEVER, ON THIS DAY, GOD SITS ON THE THRONE

AS THE MIGHTY POTENTATE.

THAT'S WHAT PAUL SAID IN 1 TIMOTHY 6:15.

1 Timothy 6:15

LET'S READ THAT.

1 TIMOTHY 6:15, WHICH HE WILL MANIFEST IN HIS OWN TIME,

1 Timothy 6:15

HE WHO IS THE BLESSED AND ONLY POTENTATE,

THE KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

I WANT TO REVIEW VERSE 11 AGAIN OF CHAPTER 20,

REVELATION CHAPTER 20.

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I'M GOING TO READ IT IN THE NEW LIVING TRANSLATION, PASTOR

ANTHONY'S FAVORITE TRANSLATION.

REVELATION 20 VERSE 11, "AND I SAW A GREAT WHITE THRONE

Revelation 20:11

AND THE ONE SITTING ON IT, THE EARTH AND THE SKY FLED FROM

HIS PRESENCE, BUT THEY FOUND NO PLACE TO HIDE."

IN OTHER WORDS, THOSE STANDING IN THIS

COURTROOM, THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT, WILL HAVE NO

PLACE TO RUN TO.

JUST LIKE ADAM IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN.

ADAM SINNED AND TRIED TO HIDE BEHIND

A TREE.

THERE'LL BE NO TREES ON THAT DAY.

WHEN JONAH SINNED, HE TRIED TO TAKE A BOAT

RIDE AWAY FROM IT ALL.

BUT ON THAT DAY, THERE'LL BE NO UBER

SERVICE. THERE'LL BE NO AIRLINE FLIGHTS.

THERE'S NO TRANSPORTATION OUT OF THE

GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT.

NUMBER TWO, THE JUDGE.

VERSE 11 ALSO MENTIONED THE ONE SITTING ON IT.

WHO IS THE JUDGE OF THE UNIVERSE?

WHO IS THE JUDGE OF THE UNIVERSE?

GOOD QUESTION.

DID YOU KNOW IT'S NOT THE FATHER?

HOW DO I KNOW THAT?

LET'S LOOK AT JOHN 5:22.

John 5:22

JOHN 5:22, AGAIN IN THE NEW LIVING TRANSLATION,

John 5:22

PASTOR ANTHONY'S FAVORITE TRANSLATION.

"IN ADDITION, THE FATHER JUDGES NO ONE.

INSTEAD, HE HAS GIVEN THE SON ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY TO JUDGE."

HOW MANY OF YOU KNEW THAT?

THOUGHT IT WAS GOD THE FATHER ON THE THRONE, SOME OF YOU.

IT'S ACTUALLY JESUS.

HE'S BEEN GIVEN ALL AUTHORITY TO JUDGE THIS EARTH.

KING JESUS.

YOU MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE STORY OF THE MAN THAT WAS

DROWNING IN A LAKE AND HE WAS SAVED BY A FISHERMAN IN A BOAT.

AND ONE YEAR LATER, THIS SAME MAN THAT ALMOST DROWNED

GOT INTO LEGAL TROUBLE FOR SPEEDING 20 MILES AN HOUR

ABOVE THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT.

HE HAD TO GO TO COURT, OFFICER, FOR THAT.

IT WAS 20 MILES AN HOUR OVER.

AND THE GUILTY MAN SAT IN THE COURTROOM,

WAITING FOR THE JUDGE TO APPEAR.

AND WHEN THE JUDGE ENTERED THE COURTROOM,

THE ACCUSED MAN RECOGNIZED THE JUDGE.

THE JUDGE WAS ACTUALLY THE FISHERMAN

THAT HAD SAVED HIM A YEAR BEFORE WHILE HE WAS ON THE LAKE.

AND THIS GUILTY MAN SAYS, "BOY, I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU, JUDGE."

AND THE JUDGE REPLIED, "IT DOESN'T MATTER

"THAT I SAVED YOU FROM DROWNING LAST YEAR.

"TODAY, I'M YOUR JUDGE."

UNDERSTAND THIS, THE SAME JESUS WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR MANKIND

WILL ONE DAY BE THE JUDGE OF THOSE THAT HAVE REJECTED

HIS GRACE AND HIS PLAN OF ETERNAL SALVATION.

WE MOVE ON TO NUMBER THREE, THE ACCUSED.

THE ACCUSED ARE MENTIONED IN THE FIRST PORTION

OF REVELATION, VERSE 12.

LET'S LOOK AT REVELATION 20:12 AGAIN.

Revelation 20:12

"AND I SAW THE DEAD, SMALL AND GREAT, STANDING BEFORE GOD,

AND BOOKS WERE OPENED.

AND ANOTHER BOOK WAS OPENED, WHICH IS THE BOOK OF LIFE.

AND THE DEAD WERE JUDGED ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS

BY THE THINGS WHICH WERE WRITTEN IN THE BOOKS."

SO THAT FIRST PART SAYS, "AND I SAW THE DEAD, SMALL AND GREAT,

STANDING BEFORE GOD."

THAT DESCRIBES WHO'S GOING TO BE THERE THAT DAY.

THE BIG SHOTS WILL BE THERE, AND THE NOBODIES WILL BE THERE.

THE UP-AND-COMERS WILL BE THERE, AND THE DOWN-AND-OUTERS

WILL BE THERE.

THE CEOS OF AMERICA'S CORPORATIONS AND CORPORATIONS

AROUND THE WORLD WILL BE THERE, AND THE LOWEST-LEVEL EMPLOYEES

WILL BE THERE.

THE PROFESSORS WILL BE THERE, AND THE UNEDUCATED

WILL BE THERE.

THE KINGS WILL BE THERE, AND THE HOMELESS WILL BE THERE.

THEY'RE ALL ACCUSED ON THAT DAY IF THEY DIE LOST.

VERSE 13 TELLS US, "THE SEA GAVE UP THE DEAD WHO WERE IN IT,

AND DEATH AND HADES DELIVERED UP THE DEAD WHO WERE IN THEM.

AND THEY WERE JUDGED, EACH ONE ACCORDING TO HIS WORKS."

NOW, THIS IS THE SECOND RESURRECTION,

THE RESURRECTION OF THE WICKED DEAD.

IN OTHER WORDS, THOSE WHO HAVE REJECTED CHRIST

DURING THEIR LIFE ON EARTH.

THEY'VE BEEN IN HELL WAITING FOR THIS TIME,

AND NOW THEY ARE RESURRECTED TO THE GREAT WHITE THRONE

JUDGMENT SO THAT THEY CAN HEAR AN EXPLANATION OF WHY THEY'RE

GOING TO SPEND ETERNITY IN THE LAKE OF FIRE.

THE FIRST RESURRECTION WAS OF SAINTS.

THAT WAS THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH,

WHICH TOOK PLACE MORE THAN 1,000 YEARS

BEFORE THIS GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT,

IF YOU REMEMBER OUR TIMELINE.

SO IN OTHER WORDS, EVERY INDIVIDUAL THAT'S INCLUDED IN

THIS GROUP ARE UNBELIEVERS.

THIS ISN'T ABOUT WHETHER THEY'RE GUILTY OR INNOCENT.

IT'S ALREADY CLEAR THAT THEY'RE ALL GUILTY.

THIS IS NOT A TRIAL TO SEE WHETHER THEY GO FREE OR NOT.

THE PURPOSE OF THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT IS TO MAKE IT

CLEAR WHY EVERY UNGODLY PERSON WHO EVER LIVED SO THAT THEY

CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THEY ARE GOING TO THE LAKE OF FIRE FOR

ETERNITY. REMEMBER, AS I SAID, THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN IN HELL

AWAITING THIS JUDGMENT.

AND THEN NUMBER FOUR, THE EVIDENCE.

LET'S LOOK AT VERSE 12 AGAIN.

AND I SAW THE DEAD SMALL AND GREAT STANDING BEFORE GOD.

THE BOOKS WERE OPEN.

ANOTHER BOOK WAS OPEN, WHICH IS THE

BOOK OF LIFE.

AND THE DEAD WERE JUDGED ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS

BY THE THINGS WHICH WERE WRITTEN IN THE BOOKS.

SO IT SAYS THE BOOKS WERE OPENED.

SEE THAT WORD PEARL.

FIRST OF ALL, IT TALKS ABOUT THE BOOK OF LIFE.

WELL, IT SAYS THAT SECOND SENTENCE THERE,

AND THE BOOKS WERE OPENED, AND THEN ANOTHER BOOK WAS

OPENED, THE BOOK OF LIFE, AND THEN THE DEAD WERE JUDGED

ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS BY THE THINGS WHICH WERE

WRITTEN IN THE BOOKS.

SO THERE IS A PLURAL BOOKS.

SO WE KNOW THAT IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE BOOK OF LIFE

THAT'S OPENED AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

GOD MUST HAVE SOME BOOKS THAT HE'S GOING TO USE AS EVIDENCE

TO PROVIDE TO THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE STANDING BEFORE HIM.

WHAT ARE THESE BOOKS?

GOD'S GOT SOME BOOKS THAT'LL BE OPENED.

WHAT BOOKS IS JOHN REFERRING TO AT THIS POINT?

ONE OF THE BOOKS THAT'S GOING TO BE OPENED IS THE BIBLE.

THE BIBLE'S GOING TO BE OPENED THAT DAY

ACCORDING TO JOHN 12:48.

John 12:48

JOHN 12:48.

John 12:48

"HE WHO REJECTS ME AND DOES NOT RECEIVE MY WORDS

HAS THAT WHICH JUDGES HIM.

THE WORD THAT I HAVE SPOKEN WILL JUDGE HIM IN THE LAST DAY."

SO THE BIBLE WE KNOW IS GOING TO BE OPEN ON THAT DAY.

THOSE ARE THE WORDS THAT JUDGE HIM.

I WANT YOU TO PICTURE THE LORD WITH POSSIBLY A BIG

TABLE IN FRONT OF HIM, AND HE'S GOING TO HAVE

A BIBLE OPEN THERE.

AND THAT BIBLE IS GOING TO TESTIFY AGAINST THE UNSAVED

THAT ARE STANDING AT THIS JUDGMENT.

SO WHAT ELSE MIGHT BE AMONG THOSE BOOKS?

THE BIBLE MENTIONS A BOOK OF RECORDS IN PSALM 139, VERSE 16.

Psalms 139:16

PSALM 139:16, "YOU SAW ME BEFORE I WAS BORN.

Psalms 139:16

EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE WAS RECORDED IN YOUR BOOK.

EVERY MOMENT WAS LAID OUT BEFORE A SINGLE DAY HAD PASSED."

SO GOD SAW EVERY PERSON THAT WAS EVER BORN ON THIS EARTH,

AND HE SAW THEIR LIFE.

IT WAS RECORDED IN THAT BOOK.

HE KNEW WHAT THEY WOULD DO BEFORE THEY EVEN

CHOSE BY FREE WILL TO DO IT.

THAT'S AMAZING.

I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

BUT HE DID IT.

AND I BELIEVE IT.

SO THAT BOOK IS WHAT I'M CALLING GOD'S RECORDING BOOK.

HE'S GOT A RECORD BOOK.

WHEN YOU'RE BORN AND WHEN YOU DIE,

THAT'S GOD'S RECORDING BOOK.

THE BIBLE SAYS ALL THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES

WERE WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK BEFORE THEY EVER CAME TO PASS.

THERE'S ALSO A BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE.

THE BIBLE SPEAKS ABOUT IN PSALM 56 VERSE EIGHT,

THIS IS A VERY TOUCHING VERSE, PSALMS 56:8, AGAIN, IN

Psalms 56:8

THE NEW LIVING TRANSLATION.

IT SAYS, "YOU KEEP TRACK OF ALL MY SORROWS.

"YOU HAVE COLLECTED ALL MY TEARS IN YOUR BOTTLE.

YOU HAVE RECORDED EACH ONE IN YOUR BOOK."

IN OTHER WORDS, THIS VERSE EXPLAINS

THAT GOD RECORDS OUR TEARS.

THE CHALLENGES OR THE TOUGH TIMES

THAT WE FACE ON THIS EARTH DO NOT GO UNNOTICED BY GOD.

HE TAKES NOTE OF YOUR HEARTACHE.

HE TAKES NOTE OF YOUR GRIEF.

HE TAKES NOTE OF YOUR TEARS.

AND HE RECORDS THEM IN A BOOK.

WHAT AN AWESOME REFLECTION ON THE COMPASSION AND CARE

OF FATHER GOD.

AND YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE HONEST, THERE'S TIMES THAT

SOME OF US HAVE FELT LIKE, "DOES GOD REALLY SEE

WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH?

DOES HE REALLY NOTICE AND CARE ABOUT THE GRIEF IN MY LIFE

OR WHAT I'M DISTRESSED ABOUT TODAY?"

THE BIBLE SAYS THAT HE STORES YOUR TEARS IN A BOTTLE

AND HE RECORDS THOSE INCIDENCES IN A BOOK,

THE BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE.

HE REMEMBERS.

AND HE NOT ONLY REMEMBERS, BUT AS WE TRUST HIS PROMISES OF

HEALING, HELP, AND PROVISION, HE'LL MOVE US TOWARDS

VICTORY IN OUR LIVES.

IN FACT, IN MALACHI 3.16, IT SAYS,

"THEN THOSE WHO FEARED THE LORD SPOKE WITH EACH OTHER,

AND THE LORD LISTENED TO WHAT THEY HAD SAID.

IN HIS PRESENCE, A SCROLL OF REMEMBRANCE

WAS WRITTEN TO RECORD THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO FEARED HIM

AND ALWAYS THOUGHT ABOUT THE HONOR OF HIS NAME."

SO THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE HONORING GOD,

THINKING ABOUT GOD, REMEMBERING GOD,

YOUR NAME IS LISTED IN THE BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE.

GOD TAKES NOTE OF THAT.

IT'S COMFORTING TO KNOW THAT GOD KEEPS A SPECIAL BOOK

OF REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO SERVE HIM.

ANCIENT PERSIAN KINGS KEPT CHRONICLES

OF THOSE THAT SERVED THEM SO THAT HE COULD ENSURE

THEY WERE EVENTUALLY REWARDED.

AND IN THE SAME WAY, GOD KEEPS A PERFECT RECORD

OF THE THOUGHTS, THE WORDS, AND THE DEEDS

OF THOSE THAT HONOR HIM.

THEN IN MALACHI 3:17, THERE'S A ESPECIALLY SIGNIFICANT VERSE

Malachi 3:17

CONCERNING THIS DISCUSSION WE'RE HAVING

ON THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT.

MALACHI 3.17 SAYS, "THEY WILL BE MY PEOPLE,"

SAYS THE LORD OF HEAVEN'S ARMIES.

"ON THE DAY WHEN I ACT IN JUDGMENT,"

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT DAY, THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT,

ON THE DAY WHEN I ACT IN JUDGMENT,

HE'S TALKING ABOUT CHRISTIANS NOW,

THOSE THAT HAVE HONORED HIM, HE SAYS, "THEY WILL BE

MY OWN SPECIAL TREASURE.

"I WILL SPARE THEM AS A FATHER SPARES AN OBEDIENT CHILD."

SO IF YOU'RE HONORING GOD, IF YOU'VE ACCEPTED JESUS

CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR, YOU'RE SPARED FROM THE

GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT, I THINK YOU UNDERSTAND THAT,

BUT IT'S JUST ANOTHER ASSURING VERSE THAT DESCRIBES THAT.

WE'RE REMINDED IN THE VERSE THAT,

"ALTHOUGH THE WICKED MAY APPEAR TO TEMPORARILY PROSPER,

GOD DISTINGUISHES BETWEEN THE RIGHTEOUS

AND THOSE THAT DO NOT SERVE HIM,

AND IN THE END, THOSE THAT SERVE HIM ARE SPARED JUDGMENT."

AND THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE MENTIONED HERE IN VERSE 12,

"A BOOK OF WORKS."

LET'S LOOK AT VERSE 12 AGAIN, REVELATION 20:12.

Revelation 20:12

"AND I SAW THE DEAD, SMALL AND GREAT, STANDING BEFORE GOD,

AND THE BOOKS WERE OPENED, AND ANOTHER BOOK WAS OPENED,

WHICH IS THE BOOK OF LIFE.

AND THE DEAD WERE JUDGED ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS

BY THE THINGS WHICH WERE WRITTEN IN THE BOOKS."

SO HERE WE HAVE MENTION OF THE BOOK OF LIFE,

AND WE HAVE A MENTION OF A BOOK OF WORKS.

SO GOD'S TAKING A RECORD OF OUR WORKS.

AND THAT LAST PART, "AND THE DEAD WERE JUDGED

ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS "BY THE THINGS WHICH WERE

WRITTEN IN THE BOOKS."

AND I'M REFERRING TO THAT TOO AS A BOOK OF WORKS.

THE BIBLE TELLS US THESE UNBELIEVERS

ARE GONNA BE SHOWN THE EVIL WORKS

THAT THEY WERE INVOLVED IN.

THEY WILL BE SHOWN THE SINS THAT THEY COMMITTED.

THEY'LL CLEARLY SEE THAT THEY REFUSED TO ACCEPT

GOD'S PLAN FOR THEIR LIVES.

THERE'LL BE NO DOUBT.

VERSE 12 ALSO REFERS TO ANOTHER BOOK WHICH WILL BE OPENED.

IT'S CALLED THE BOOK OF LIFE.

THE TERM BOOK OF LIFE APPEARS NINE TIMES IN THE BIBLE.

IN PHILIPPIANS 4:3, PAUL WROTE TO THE CHURCH AT PHILIPPI.

Philippians 4:3

HE SAID, "AND I URGE YOU ALSO, TRUE COMPANION,

HELP THESE WOMEN WHO LABOR WITH ME IN THE GOSPEL,

WITH CLEMENT ALSO, AND WITH THE REST OF MY FELLOW WORKERS,

WHOSE NAMES ARE WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE."

THEN IF WE LOOK AT PSALM 69, VERSES 27 AND 28,

Psalms 69:27

DAVID WRITES ABOUT THE BOOK OF LIFE.

HE'S ANGRY AT SOME PEOPLE AT THIS POINT.

HE SAYS, "PILE THEIR SINS UP HIGH, GOD,

AND DON'T LET THEM GO FREE.

SO DAVID'S VERY ANGRY WITH SOME PEOPLE,

AND HE'S PRAYING, FELLAS, THAT THEY HAVE THEIR NAMES

BLOTTED OUT OF THE BOOK OF LIFE.

I DON'T KNOW IF HE EVER REPENTED OF THAT

AND ASKED GOD TO SAVE HIM OR NOT, BUT...

OTHER THAN THOSE TWO REFERENCES, THE ONLY OTHER TIME WE

READ ABOUT THE BOOK OF LIFE IS RIGHT HERE IN THE

BOOK OF REVELATION.

IT'S MENTIONED SEVEN TIMES IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION.

THE FIRST ONE IS REVELATION 3:5.

Revelation 3:5

IT SAYS, "ALL WHO ARE VICTORIOUS WILL BE CLOTHED IN WHITE,

AND I WILL NEVER ERASE THEIR NAMES FROM THE BOOK OF LIFE.

BUT I WILL ANNOUNCE BEFORE MY FATHER AND HIS ANGELS

THAT THEY ARE MINE."

AMEN. SO AS WE CONSIDER

THE BOOK OF LIFE, THE QUESTION IS, AT WHAT

POINT IS A PERSON'S NAME WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE?

WHEN DOES GOD WRITE YOUR NAME, BRANDON, IN THE BOOK OF LIFE?

WHEN WAS IT WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE?

THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

OH, DAN WANTS TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

HE SAID THE MOMENT YOU ACCEPT CHRIST.

WELL, THAT'S WHAT MOST PEOPLE WOULD THINK.

I'M GOING TO DIFFER WITH THAT TONIGHT,

BUT I CAN'T MAKE A DOCTRINE OUT OF THIS.

PAUL, MY RESIDENT THEOLOGIAN, I'M NOT

MAKING A DOCTRINE OUT OF THIS.

BUT THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE.

AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY I BELIEVE THIS, DAN.

THAT'S A VERY GOOD ANSWER, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT MOST PEOPLE

WOULD HAVE SAID, PROBABLY.

WHEN I RECEIVED JESUS, MY NAME'S WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE.

I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU WHY I DIFFER WITH THAT.

IT SEEMS THAT SCRIPTURE INDICATES

THAT AN INDIVIDUAL'S NAME IS WRITTEN IN

FROM THE BEGINNING OF THEIR LIFE.

AND THAT IT'S ONLY BLOTTED OUT IF YOU DON'T RECEIVE

JESUS CHRIST AS SAVIOR.

THOSE THAT DENY HIM AS LORD AND SAVIOR

WILL HAVE THEIR NAMES BLOTTED OUT OF THE BOOK OF LIFE.

LET'S LOOK AT REVELATION 3:5 AGAIN,

Revelation 3:5

BUT I WANT TO READ IT IN THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION

THIS TIME.

I'M SO SORRY, PASTOR ANTHONY, I'M NOT USING THE

NEW LIVING ON THIS ONE.

NEW KING JAMES.

HE WHO OVERCOMES SHALL BE CLOTHED IN WHITE GARMENTS, AND

I WILL NOT BLOT OUT HIS NAME FROM THE BOOK OF LIFE, BUT I

WILL CONFESS HIS NAME BEFORE MY FATHER AND BEFORE HIS ANGELS.

IT DOESN'T SAY, "I WILL ENTER HIS NAME INTO THE BOOK OF LIFE."

IT SAYS, "I WILL NOT BLOT OUT HIS NAME."

THAT'S THE SAME THING THAT DAVID PRAYED IN THE VERSE

THAT I QUOTED A LITTLE WHILE AGO.

REMEMBER, PHYLLIS, WHEN HE WAS ANGRY WITH HIS ENEMIES,

DAVID WAS PRAYING AND SAYING, "LORD, I JUST PRAY

YOU'D BLOT THEIR NAMES OUT."

AND THAT WAS HIS ENEMIES.

WE CANNOT MAKE AN ABSOLUTE DOCTRINE OF THIS,

BUT THERE'S A STRONG INDICATION FROM SCRIPTURE,

AND I COULD GIVE YOU OTHER VERSES, BUT I CAN'T

SPEND THE TIME TONIGHT.

BUT THE ENTRY OF OUR NAMES IS AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR

LIVES IN THE BOOK OF LIFE, BUT IT CAN BE BLOTTED OUT.

AND THEN I COULD GO THROUGH, I COULD DO A WHOLE SERMON

ON HOW YOUR NAME COULD BE BLOTTED OUT OF THE BOOK OF LIFE.

AND I COULD DO A SERMON ON ETERNAL SECURITY,

AND THERE IS AN ETERNAL SECURITY IN MANY WAYS,

BUT IT'S ALSO POSSIBLE THAT PEOPLE CAN GET TO THE POINT

IN THEIR LIVES THAT THEY REJECT CHRIST,

SAY I NO LONGER BELIEVE THAT THE BLOOD OF JESUS

IS ANY MORE THAN RED INK, AND THEY CAN HAVE

THEIR NAME BLOTTED OUT.

I BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GIVEN FREE WILL TO CHOOSE.

BUT THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER SERMON.

SO IF WE CHOOSE NOT TO REPENT OF SIN AND REJECT CHRIST,

THEIR NAMES CAN BE BLOTTED OUT.

AND THERE'S GONNA BE A DAY WHEN THESE PEOPLE

ARE STANDING BEFORE THE LORD AND THE BOOKS ARE OPEN,

AND AMONG THE BOOKS, PRIMARILY THE BOOK OF LIFE,

IF THEIR NAME IS NOT FOUND WRITTEN IN THAT BOOK,

IF THEIR NAME'S BEEN BLOTTED OUT OF THE BOOK,

IT'S NOT THERE, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE

ALLOWED ENTRY INTO HEAVEN.

AND THEN FINALLY IN REVELATION 20, VERSES 14 AND 15,

Revelation 20:14

IT SAYS, "THEN DEATH AND HADES WERE CAST

INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE."

THIS IS THE SECOND DEATH.

THE SECOND THING WE NOTICE IN VERSE 14 AND 15

IS THE LAKE OF FIRE IS THE SECOND DEATH.

THAT MEANS IT'S ETERNAL DEATH.

IT MEANS SEPARATION FROM GOD.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE INDIVIDUAL CEASED TO EXIST.

IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE EASIER ON THOSE PEOPLE

IF THEY CEASED TO EXIST, BUT THEY DON'T.

THEY'RE IN ETERNAL TORMENT.

THEY'RE ALIVE IN THE LAKE OF FIRE.

IT MEANS SEPARATION FROM GOD ETERNALLY.

AT THIS TIME, THE DISOBEDIENT OF ALL AGES WILL JOIN SATAN AND

THE FALSE PROPHET AND THE ANTICHRIST IN THE LAKE OF FIRE.

THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS TO MAKE

GRACIOUS PROVISION FOR PEOPLE SO THAT NOBODY HAS TO GO THERE.

AND SO FOR THE PEOPLE THAT END UP THERE, THEY REALLY END UP

THERE BY THEIR CHOICE.

THIS BREAKS THE HEART OF GOD BECAUSE HE

LOVES US, HIS CREATION.

AND THAT'S WHY HE SENT CHRIST TO DIE FOR US,

SO THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO SUFFER

THE CONSEQUENCES OF OUR SINS.

EILEEN, WOULD YOU COME UP AT THIS POINT IN TIME

AND GET READY?

I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU CLOSE WITH A PRAYER TONIGHT.

EDDIE, YOU CAN COME.

NEXT TIME WE MOVE INTO CHAPTER 21,

AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW HEAVEN,

THE NEW EARTH, AND THAT'S REALLY FLIPPING THE COIN

FROM TONIGHT'S MESSAGE.

WE DON'T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT JUDGMENT ANYMORE.

IT'S OVER.

IT'S PAST.

THOSE PEOPLE HAVE A TERRIBLE FATE.

BUT THEN WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEW HEAVEN,

THE NEW JERUSALEM.

THE EARTH WILL BE REFINED BY FIRE.

THERE'S AN EXCITING, EXCITING EVENT COMING

AFTER THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT.

AND OF COURSE, REVELATION GAVE US A PICTURE

OF GOD'S CONTINUAL EFFORT TO RESCUE MANKIND FROM SIN

AND OFFER HIS PLAN OF SALVATION THROUGH THE BLOOD.

AND LET ME JUST, BEFORE EILEEN COMES,

REFER BACK TO THE DISCUSSION OF NEHEMIAH.

THE BIBLE SAYS WHAT NEHEMIAH SAW BROKE HIS HEART.

AND SOMETIMES THE AMERICAN CHURCH IS SO DISTRACTED

BY OUR WORK OR OUR PROFESSIONAL SPORTS THAT

WE'RE INVOLVED IN OR VACATIONS OR JUST MONEY AND PLEASURE THAT

WE'VE FORGOTTEN HOW TO WEEP FOR THE LOST.

NEHEMIAH WEPT OVER THE PEOPLE OF HIS DAY.

HOW OFTEN DO WE WEEP OVER SOULS?

THE THING THAT BREAKS THE HEART OF ALMIGHTY GOD

OUGHT TO BREAK OUR HEARTS.

SOMEBODY HAS DESCRIBED THE CHURCH TODAY AS A DRY-EYED

CHURCH IN A HELL-BENT WORLD.

THE CITY OF OMAHA IS WORTH WEEPING OVER.

OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN ARE WORTH WEEPING OVER.

OUR DISTANT RELATIVES ARE WORTH WEEPING OVER.

YOUR NEIGHBOR IS WORTH WEEPING OVER.

THIS NATION IS WORTH WEEPING OVER.

GOD HAS PLACED EACH ONE OF US IN A UNIQUE POSITION,

LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER.

AND MY PLEA TO YOU TONIGHT IS THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER,

AM I DOING WHAT I CAN TO FOLLOW GOD'S PLAN

FOR ME TO REACH PEOPLE?

THAT'S ALL HE ASKS.

JUST FOLLOW HIS PLAN FOR YOU.

IT'S NOT THE SAME FOR EVERY ONE OF US.

EILEEN, DO YOU HAVE A MIC?

OKAY. I'M GONNA ASK EILEEN TO COME UP

AND CLOSE TONIGHT IN PRAYER.

WHY DON'T WE DO THIS?

I'D JUST LIKE EVERYONE TO GET UP OUT OF YOUR SEATS

AND JUST FILTER UP TO THE FRONT AND STAND UP HERE

AS WE PRAY JUST AS AN ACT OF HONOR TO GOD.

WELL WOW, WHAT A SOBERING MESSAGE AND YET GOOD NEWS.

AND I LOVE THE PART ABOUT WHAT OUR, WHY WE NEED TO KNOW THIS

SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE HEART OF COMPASSION FOR PEOPLE SO

WE CAN PRAY AND INTERCEDE.

YOU KNOW, 1 TIMOTHY 2, PAUL TELLS

US THAT IT'S GOD'S DESIRE, AND PASTOR DOUG COVERED A LOT OF

THIS. IT'S HIS DESIRE ABOVE ALL THINGS.

NO, THAT'S IN PETER, BUT IN TIMOTHY IT SAYS THAT

HIS DESIRE THAT ALL MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN, EVERYONE,

COMES TO THE SAVING KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS CHRIST.

HE ALSO SAYS IN TIMOTHY, HE INSTRUCTS US TO PRAY

FOR ALL PEOPLE TO MAKE PETITIONS AND PRAYERS

AND INTERCESSIONS ON BEHALF OF ALL.

WHY? SO THAT THEY DON'T

HAVE TO EXPERIENCE THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT.

SO WE WANT GOD'S HEART IN THAT.

HIS ETERNAL DESTINY FOR EVERYONE IS HEAVEN WITH HIM.

THAT'S HIS PLAN.

THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS.

AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT FOR PEOPLE.

I KNOW THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT AS WELL.

SO LET'S PRAY INTO THAT.

HALLELUJAH. FATHER, I JUST THANK YOU

NOW THAT, FIRST OF ALL, YOU MADE THE PLAN OF THE

MIRACULOUS SALVATION, MIRACULOUS HOPE

THAT YOU GIVE US,

JESUS, TO MAKE PROVISION AND TO TAKE OUR SIN.

YOU PROVIDED A WAY OF ESCAPE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE

TO EXPERIENCE THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT, FATHER.

NOW WE TAKE THE AUTHORITY THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US

THROUGH THE BLOOD OF JESUS.

AND WE APPLY THAT NOW.

WE SAY, WE TAKE THAT AUTHORITY OVER

THE POWER OF THE ENEMY.

SATAN IN YOUR DISTRACTING LYING TONGUE THAT WOULD

TRY TO CONVINCE PEOPLE THEY DON'T NEED JESUS

WE TAKE AUTHORITY OVER YOU IN THE NAME OF JESUS AND I

BIND YOU FROM DECEIVING PEOPLE I DEMAND THAT YOU LOOSE

PEOPLE AND LET THEM GO WE RELEASE YOU FROM YOUR

ASSIGNMENT TO DECEIVE AND TO HARM PEOPLE AND TO

DRAW THEM INTO AN ETERNITY SEPARATED FROM GOD.

I THANK YOU, FATHER.

WE PRAY THAT YOU OPEN THE

EYES OF PEOPLE, THAT THEY WOULD TURN FROM DARKNESS

TO YOUR MARVELOUS LIGHT.

I THANK YOU, FATHER.

YOU ARE THE LORD OF THE HARVEST.

SEND FORTH LABORS INTO THE HARVEST FIELD.

SEND US, FATHER.

FATHER, I THANK YOU THAT WE HAVE SENSITIVE EARS TO HEAR.

WE HAVE HEARTS THAT ARE FULL OF YOUR COMPASSION FOR PEOPLE.

WE CALL UPON YOU, HOLY SPIRIT, TO PREPARE THE PEOPLE'S HEARTS

TO TURN TOWARDS YOU AND TO RECEIVE THE WORD

THAT WE SPEAK TO THEM.

FATHER, I ASK THAT YOU GRANT US A HOLY BOLDNESS.

I ASK THAT YOU GRANT US BOLDNESS.

I THANK YOU, FATHER.

I THINK OF STEPHEN.

YOU SAID THAT IN THE WORD IT SAYS THAT NO ONE COULD RESIST

THE WISDOM, THE INTELLIGENCE, OR THE SPIRIT WITH WHICH HE SPOKE.

NOW, FATHER, I'M ASKING YOU FOR THE SAME, THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE

SAME HOLY SPIRIT LIVES IN US.

NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO RESIST THE WISDOM OR THE INTELLIGENCE

OR THE SPIRIT WITH WHICH WE SPEAK AS YOU GRANT THAT TO US.

I THANK YOU FOR THAT, FATHER.

I PRAY THAT WE WOULD CONVEY TO EVERY PERSON, EVERY MAN, WOMAN

AND CHILD WHO CROSSES OUR PATH, THAT WE WOULD CONVEY YOUR

LOVE TO THEM, THAT WE WOULD HAVE EYES TO SEE THEM

THE WAY THAT YOU SEE THEM, THAT WE WOULD HAVE YOUR

HEART OF LOVE AND COMPASSION RESCUING THEM OUT OF

THE SNARE OF THE ENEMY.

I THANK YOU, FATHER, THAT WE COULD OFFER TO THEM

A WAY OF ESCAPE FROM SATAN.

I THANK YOU, FATHER, THAT YOU MADE THIS POSSIBLE

THROUGH THE SACRIFICE OF JESUS.

OH, FATHER, I PRAY THAT YOU PREPARE THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE

THAT THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RESIST YOU.

I THANK YOU.

FATHER, I THINK ABOUT THE SCRIPTURE

THAT TALKS ABOUT THE POWER OF THE RAYS OF LIGHT THAT

BURST OUT OF YOUR HANDS.

MAY THAT LIGHT SHINE ON ALL PEOPLE EVERYWHERE.

OH, FATHER, NOW WE JUST COMMIT,

LET'S JUST PRAY IN TONGUES.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

FATHER, I THANK YOU THAT YOU'VE GIVEN EACH OF US

AN ASSIGNMENT, YOU HAVE PLACED PEOPLE ON OUR HEARTS.

MAY WE BE FAITHFUL IN HAVING YOUR HEART TOWARDS THEM,

IN HEARING YOUR VOICE, AND IN SPEAKING UP

I THANK YOU FOR IT, FATHER.

OH, I PRAISE YOU FOR IT, LORD.

MAY THIS BURDEN FOR THE LOST CONTINUE IN US,

BECAUSE THE PEOPLE ARE YOUR HEART.

AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO TAKE AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN

TO HEAVEN TO LIVE ETERNALLY WITH YOU.

THANK YOU FOR IT, FATHER.

NOW, IT JUST OCCURS TO ME THAT I BELIEVE EVERYONE

HERE IS BORN AGAIN.

BUT THERE MAY BE PEOPLE WATCHING ONLINE WHO'VE NEVER

PRAYED TO RECEIVE JESUS, OR MAYBE YOU HAVEN'T HERE.

I'M GOING TO JUST PHRASE A PRAYER, AND I WANT EVERYONE

TO REPEAT IT AFTER ME, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE

THIS, YOUR RESIDENCE IN HEAVEN AND JESUS RESIDING

IN YOU, A SURE THING.

AND YOU KNOW THAT JESUS SAYS, "IF YOU COME TO ME,

"I WILL IN NO WAYS CAST YOU OUT."

SO LET'S JUST PRAY AFTER ME.

REPEAT AFTER ME.

JESUS, I THANK YOU THAT YOU CAME TO THE EARTH,

THAT YOU DIED, YOU TOOK MY SIN UPON YOURSELF,

AND YOUR WORD SAYS THAT IF I REPENT AND ASK YOU

TO COME LIVE IN MY HEART,

YOU WILL DO THAT FOR ALL ETERNITY.

THANK YOU, FATHER.

THANK YOU, JESUS.

I RECEIVE YOU NOW AND

I PROMISE TO LIVE A NEW LIFE FOR YOU.

HALLELUJAH. IF YOU WOULD, AMEN, IF YOU WOULD PUT THE

PHONE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN FOR THE ONLINE AUDIENCE, IF

YOU'D PRAY TO RECEIVE THAT, RECEIVE JESUS FOR THE FIRST

TIME, PLEASE CALL THAT NUMBER AND SPEAK WITH A

PRAYER COUNSELOR AND LET THEM KNOW AND RECEIVE FURTHER

PRAYER IF YOU WOULD LIKE.

THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE.

I GUESS WE'RE GOOD TO GO.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT

AND THANK YOU ONLINE AUDIENCE.

WE LOVE YOU.

JUST REMEMBER TO BE IN THE HOUSE ON SUNDAY.

DR. ROBERT, RICHARD ROBERTS IS GOING TO BE HERE.

SORRY, I'M STILL HALF PRAYING.

DR. RICHARD ROBERTS WILL BE HERE TO MINISTER.

GO AND BE BLESSED.