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Speaker 2: continuing our look at the Book of Revelation today and

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Speaker 2: today we're going to be in the second half of

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Speaker 2: Revelation chapter eleven. So if you would take your Bibles

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Speaker 2: and turn there with me. We're in Revelation eleven and

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Speaker 2: we're going to pick up at verse fifteen and we're

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Speaker 2: going to see a description here of the seventh trumpet

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Speaker 2: and what took place related to that seventh trumpet. So

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Speaker 2: Revelation chapter eleven, starting with verse fifteen, and this is

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Speaker 2: what the passage says to us, says, then the seventh

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Speaker 2: Angel blew his trumpet. There were loud voices in heaven saying,

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Speaker 2: the kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of

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Speaker 2: our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign

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Speaker 2: forever and ever. And the twenty four elders who sit

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Speaker 2: on their thrones before God fell on their faces and

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Speaker 2: worshiped God, saying, we give thanks to you, Lord, God Almighty.

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Speaker 1: Who is and who was?

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Speaker 2: For you have taken your great power and begun to reign.

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Speaker 2: The nations raged, but your wrath came, and the time

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Speaker 2: for the dead to be judged, and for rewarding your servants,

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Speaker 2: the prophets and saints, and those who fear your name,

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Speaker 2: both small and great, and for destroying the destroyers of

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Speaker 2: the earth. And then the final verse of the passage

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Speaker 2: says this, then God's temple in heaven was opened, and

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Speaker 2: the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple.

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Speaker 2: There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake,

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Speaker 2: and heavy hail. Let's pray together, Lord, thank you so

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Speaker 2: much for your word. Thank you for the privilege to

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Speaker 2: be able to look at it together today. And we

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Speaker 2: pray Lord that you would give us wisdom and insight

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Speaker 2: as we look at your word right now. We're so

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Speaker 2: grateful for it. We're grateful for the fact that you

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Speaker 2: reveal future things to us through your word. You make

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Speaker 2: known to us things that we would not naturally know,

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Speaker 2: nor would we figure these things out on our own.

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Speaker 1: And so Lord, we're.

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Speaker 2: Grateful that we can read your word and we can

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Speaker 2: learn more about who you are and what you do

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Speaker 2: in our lives, and what you have planned for the future.

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Speaker 2: And we pray Lord that as we look at this

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Speaker 2: seventh trumpet. As we look at the things that take

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Speaker 2: place related to it. We pray Lord that you'd prepare

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Speaker 2: our minds and our hearts to receive this truth. We

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Speaker 2: pray that you'd speak to us now by the power

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Speaker 2: of your Holy Spirit. We pray this all in Jesus' name.

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Speaker 1: Amen.

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Speaker 2: Now, yesterday here at the church was quite an interesting experience,

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Speaker 2: quite a fun experience.

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Speaker 1: We haven't done this in a little while.

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Speaker 2: Six years ago, we held a indoor winter carnival, and

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Speaker 2: I remember it was freezing cold that day that we

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Speaker 2: had it, because I worked the door yesterday. I worked

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Speaker 2: the door six years ago, and we did it yesterday.

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Speaker 2: Thankfully it was a little bit warmer. But I want

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Speaker 2: to show you a couple of pictures here because in

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Speaker 2: the space that you are currently sitting, just a few

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Speaker 2: short hours ago, there were many many people jumping in

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Speaker 2: bounce houses, which is hard to imagine when you look

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Speaker 1: You're like, I came one day too late. Yes you

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Speaker 2: If you came, this sanctuary was filled with bounce houses,

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Speaker 2: and then if you went downstairs, it was filled with

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Speaker 2: all sorts of games and all sorts of people, and

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Speaker 2: It looks chaotic, right doesn't like you know, that looks

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Speaker 1: But look at these happy faces. Look at everybody here.

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Speaker 2: Also several of you have noticed this mark on my hand?

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Speaker 2: Where's Anna Anna Razer hand over here? Anna said, So

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Speaker 2: they're working here. And they said, hey, Pastor John, would

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Speaker 2: I was like, no, I went to the carnival here

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Speaker 2: there for us to just be thinking about this. I

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Speaker 2: think that there are times in life where we feel like.

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Speaker 2: I think there are times in life where it actually

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Speaker 2: Back to our day to day life and you look

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Speaker 2: can be days when we start to wonder, like, is

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Speaker 2: anyone in charge here? So anyone in charge? And then

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Speaker 2: you come to a portion of scripture that we're looking

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Speaker 2: at right now, Revelation chapter eleven, and we only looked

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Speaker 2: at verses fifteen through nineteen, but it answers that question,

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Speaker 2: and it doesn't just answer it a little bit. It

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Speaker 2: answers it with thunder. Do you notice what was said there?

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Speaker 2: Revelation eleven fifteen said this. It says, then the seventh

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Speaker 2: he shall reign forever and ever. Now, this passage that

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Speaker 2: as having symbolic language. Well, Personally speaking, I don't believe

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Speaker 2: the Church gradually over time, influencing culture. Now I am

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Speaker 2: grateful for the influence of Christians in every era of history.

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Speaker 1: But what I do.

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Speaker 2: Believe this passage is giving isn't symbolism. I think it's

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Speaker 2: actually giving us a prophetic announcement. Well, what's that prophetic announcement?

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Speaker 2: the earth is about to be established. We're going to

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Speaker 2: see that as the Book of Revelation continues to develop.

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Speaker 1: Now trumpet that's.

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Speaker 2: Being blown here, it doesn't describe the eternal final state yet,

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Speaker 2: don't say that they're negotiating terms. They say, the kingdom

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Speaker 1: You know what I love about that portion of scripture?

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Speaker 2: Actually, the truth is, there are many things I love

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Speaker 2: me that the Word of God is true is fulfilled prophecy.

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Speaker 2: And what we're seeing in this portion of scripture is

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Speaker 2: But that's not the only place in scripture that prophetically

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Speaker 2: the thunderous announcement that Psalm II wasn't just poetic exaggeration,

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Speaker 2: It's not just all symbolism. It's prophecy. It's prophecy that's

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Speaker 2: being fulfilled. We see the fulfillment here in Revelation eleven Jesus,

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Speaker 2: to reign openly. And that's what this passage just talking about.

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Speaker 2: And I get delighted when I read it. There are

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Speaker 2: over every throne. Now, when you watch the news, which

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Speaker 2: you should only do in limited amounts, Okay, you're allowed

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Speaker 2: to do it a little bit, but not too much.

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Speaker 1: All right.

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Speaker 2: This is me talking to myself actually, because I'm gonna

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna have to listen to myself say that. You're

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Speaker 2: allowed to watch the news, John, but not too much,

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Speaker 2: all right. Everybody else, You're allowed to listen to the news,

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Speaker 2: I'm not going to stand there to be condemned. I'm

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Speaker 2: going I'm going to stand there to be welcome because

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Speaker 2: my judgment fell on Jesus.

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Speaker 1: Well, I know I don't that, and I'm super.

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Speaker 2: Grateful for it. I bet you know this verse Romans

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Speaker 2: eight one. For many people, this is one we come

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Speaker 2: back to over and over again. What does it say

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Speaker 2: there is therefore now no condemnation for those who are

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Speaker 2: in Christ Jesus? Well, why is there no condemnation for us?

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Speaker 2: Why will we not experience that wrath? Because it's already

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Speaker 2: been experienced for us. Jesus took it upon himself so

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Speaker 2: that we could become, instead of objects of wrath, children

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Speaker 2: of God's mercy, objects of his mercy. Well that's a

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Speaker 2: delightful thing, and that fills my heart with gratitude. And

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Speaker 2: so when the trumpet sounds in revelation, eleven believers aren't

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Speaker 2: trembling in fear. We're secure in Christ. We're rejoicing over

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Speaker 2: what He's done for us. It doesn't make the wrath

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Speaker 2: not real. It just means the wrath was absorbed by

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Speaker 2: Jesus so that we could receive the mercy. But then

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Speaker 2: the second part is this, the other emotion it should

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Speaker 2: stir up within us, is urgency.

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Speaker 1: People we love are.

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Speaker 2: Still living outside that same kind of security, that security

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Speaker 2: the you and I enjoy knowing that that wrath has

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Speaker 2: been absorbed for us, there are people still living outside

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Speaker 2: of that. Willfully, they're choosing to live outside of that.

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Speaker 2: This coming Kingdom isn't a vague hope. It's a scheduled reality.

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Speaker 2: It's something the Lord's been telling us about for a

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Speaker 2: very long time. And so I look at that and

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Speaker 2: I think, you know what, that should move us to

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Speaker 2: share the gospel while there's still time.

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Speaker 1: Now.

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Speaker 2: I'm super grateful for every opportunity that the Lord gives

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Speaker 2: us to share the gospel. And I noticed over the

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Speaker 2: past few months, and I keep bringing this up to

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Speaker 2: my wife. I said, boy, the Lord's given me a

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Speaker 2: few opportunities that feel really unique to share the Gospel

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Speaker 2: with people, and he keeps handing them to me on

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Speaker 2: a plate, like just handing it to me on a plate,

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Speaker 2: and what do I mean by that? Keeps putting me

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Speaker 2: into context where people actually want.

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Speaker 1: To talk about these things. So we talk about it.

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Speaker 2: Had the opportunity to pray with several people in the

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Speaker 2: past few months that they would know Jesus. I had

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Speaker 2: the Lord hand me an opportunity like that. Just yesterday,

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Speaker 2: I was talking to a gentleman and this is part

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Speaker 2: of the conversation he said to me. He's like, I

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Speaker 2: have to tell you, I think about stuff like this

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Speaker 2: all the time, and I just want to know, like,

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Speaker 2: am I going to experience eternal life? Well, if somebody

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Speaker 2: couldn't start a conversation more direct and clear than that.

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Speaker 2: So I look at this and I think, you know

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Speaker 2: what two emotions I want to feel when I read this.

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Speaker 2: Gratitude because I know I don't deserve this mercy that

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Speaker 2: I've been given in Jesus, but also urgency. I have

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Speaker 2: no idea how much time we have to tell other people.

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Speaker 2: But when the Lord gives you the opportunity, take the opportunity.

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Speaker 2: Somebody needs to hear, and the way He's ordained for

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Speaker 2: people to hear is through your lips. It's not somebody else,

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Speaker 2: it's through you. When he gives you the opportunity. Even

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Speaker 2: if you feel like you don't know a million things,

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Speaker 2: people are always afraid to share the gospel because they think,

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Speaker 2: what if somebody says, what if they ask me something

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Speaker 2: and I don't know the answer. I have the perfect

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Speaker 2: response for that. Remember this, Okay, I might quiz you

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Speaker 2: on this at some point. This is the perfect response.

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Speaker 2: Somebody asks you something and you don't know the answer.

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Speaker 2: This is what you say, don't know the answer. I

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Speaker 2: can tell you what I do know, but I don't

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Speaker 2: know that part. So that means I got to do

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Speaker 2: some more studying. But I'll come back to you with

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Speaker 2: the answer. I just haven't thought of that question yet.

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Speaker 2: You gave me a question I haven't thought about yet,

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Speaker 2: So I'm gonna find out and then I'm.

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Speaker 1: Gonna come back and we'll both learn.

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Speaker 2: You know what, that demonstrates humility a teachable spirit, and

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Speaker 2: I think that that's helpful if you're trying to teach

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Speaker 2: somebody something, and you show a teachable spirit yourself. That

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Speaker 2: doesn't disqualify you.

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Speaker 1: I think that.

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Speaker 2: Validates you as a learner in the same exact boat

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Speaker 2: as the person that you're trying to teach. And so

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Speaker 2: I love what Jesus tells us in his word. I

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Speaker 2: love that there's no condemnation for those who are in

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Speaker 2: Christ Jesus, and I love every opportunity he gives you

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Speaker 2: and me to share his gospel with others. But I

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Speaker 2: told you were going to come back to the second

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Speaker 2: half of verse eighteen in Revelation eleven, and it says this,

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Speaker 2: And I hope this one really sticks in our minds

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Speaker 2: because it says, and for rewarding your servants, the prophets

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Speaker 2: and saints, that's us right there, and those who fear

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Speaker 2: your name, both small and great. Now, I have to say,

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Speaker 2: even before I elaborate on what that says, just look

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Speaker 2: at it for a second.

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Speaker 1: Isn't that encouraging? What's it saying?

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Speaker 2: God sees, he knows, and he remembers. We live in

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Speaker 2: a world that often overlooks faithfulness, sometimes on purpose, sometimes

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Speaker 2: very much accidental. But we're told here that Heaven doesn't

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Speaker 2: overlook faithfulness. Jesus actually promised in Matthew chapter sixteen, verse

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Speaker 2: twenty seven that the son of Man will come with

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Speaker 2: his angels in the glory of his father, and then

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Speaker 2: he will repay each person.

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Speaker 1: According to what he has done.

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Speaker 2: Now that's an interesting portion of scripture because salvation is

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Speaker 2: very clearly by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. So

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Speaker 2: the only way to heaven is by trusting in Jesus Christ.

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Speaker 2: It's not through work that you do or work through

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Speaker 2: I do. So the way to heaven is through trusting

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Speaker 2: in Jesus period. There's nothing else that gets added to that.

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Speaker 2: But also understand this, If you're grateful for what Jesus

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Speaker 2: has done, doesn't that motivate you to serve him with

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Speaker 2: your life. Well, what he's saying is among my children,

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Speaker 2: among my among believers, among those who are saved. The

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Speaker 2: Lord looks at us and he says, I notice your faithfulness.

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Speaker 2: I notice it, And there's this bonus gift I have

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Speaker 2: for you. As if salvation wasn't good enough, right, I mean,

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Speaker 2: that's good enough. He talks about this bonus, this idea

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Speaker 2: of rewarding people for actually what they do with the

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Speaker 2: faith that he.

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Speaker 1: Entrusts to them.

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Speaker 2: And again, this isn't about earning salvation. Salvation is by

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Speaker 2: grace through faith. But rewards for faithful service are a

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Speaker 2: real thing. It's a real thing. Scripture brings it up

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Speaker 2: multiple times. Was actually just discussing this with with one

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Speaker 2: of my with several of my students the other day

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Speaker 2: in one of my theology classes, this idea of reward,

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Speaker 2: right reward for faithful service. What does it say in

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Speaker 2: First Corinthians, chapter three, First Corinthians three fourteen, it says this,

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Speaker 2: if the work anyone is built on the foundation.

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Speaker 1: Survives, he will receive a reward.

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Speaker 2: And it's talking to Christians there, people who are already

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Speaker 2: going to heaven, And it says, if the work anyone

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Speaker 2: has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward. Well,

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Speaker 2: what's this reward for Christians who are already going to heaven. Well,

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Speaker 2: I think it's reasonable to believe that these rewards are

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Speaker 2: connected to participation in Christ's millennial reign. Well what do

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Speaker 2: I mean by that? Well, Revelation chapter twenty verse six,

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Speaker 2: which we'll get to when we get to it, but

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Speaker 2: it tells us that believers are going to reign with

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Speaker 2: him for a thousand years. They're going to reign with

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Speaker 2: him for a thousand years.

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Speaker 1: So what's that mean.

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Speaker 2: Well, I look at that and I think, you know what,

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Speaker 2: don't grow weary, and don't assume that your quiet obedience

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Speaker 2: is unnoticed, because God absolutely notices every second of it.

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Speaker 2: And the King who's coming keeps perfect records, and he

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Speaker 2: can't wait to reward you for your obedience. He can't

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Speaker 2: wait to reward you for your faithfulness. And I have

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Speaker 2: no idea how all the details related to those rewards

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Speaker 2: are going to work, but I do know that the

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Speaker 2: Lord reveals them to us multiple times in scripture, and

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Speaker 2: since he took the time to tell us about it,

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Speaker 2: I guess I should get excited about it now. I

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Speaker 2: was already excited about the fact that I was going

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Speaker 2: to be in heaven with them, But then there's these rewards.

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Speaker 2: He delights to reward those who fear his name, both

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Speaker 2: small and great. That phrase levels the field right, both

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Speaker 2: small and great. You don't need a global platform, you

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Speaker 2: don't need to be well known, just need to be

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Speaker 2: faithful in the midst of the generation that the Lord's

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Speaker 2: placed you be faithful well. Revelation eleven nineteen. The last

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Speaker 2: verse of the chapter says this, then God's temple in

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Speaker 2: Heaven was opened, and the arc of his covenant was

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Speaker 2: seen within his temple. Now that image is worth taking

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Speaker 2: a closer look at, because the arc represented God's faithfulness.

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Speaker 2: I've been reading through Exodus and Leviticus and looking at

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Speaker 2: some of the things that are referenced related to that arc.

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Speaker 2: In the Old Covenant, that arc symbolized the throne of

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Speaker 2: God being among his people, his mercy seat, that lid

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Speaker 2: that was on top of it, it was referenced as.

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Speaker 1: The mercy seat.

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Speaker 2: This whole thing was all about God's presence being among

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Speaker 2: his people.

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Speaker 1: And in the Old Testament, when you.

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Speaker 2: Look back at Leviticus sixteen in particular, only the high

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Speaker 2: priest could approach it, and he can only do it

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Speaker 2: one day a year, on the day of Atonement.

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Speaker 1: That's it.

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Speaker 2: And now the scripture saying what in Revelation eleven nineteen,

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Speaker 2: Heaven's temple is opened, the ark is visible. Well, what

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Speaker 2: does that tell us? Well, it tells us that God

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Speaker 2: has not forgotten his covenants, the Abrahamic covenant in Genesis twelve,

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Speaker 2: the Davidic Covenant in two Samuel seven, the new covenant

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Speaker 2: that's promised in Jeremiah thirty one. All of them, what

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Speaker 2: do they do? They all converge in Jesus. They all

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Speaker 2: converge in Christ. Jesus is the fulfillment of every covenant promise.

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Speaker 2: He's the true mercy seat. So that lid that was

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Speaker 2: on the ark of the covenant, Jesus is the true

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Speaker 2: mercy seat that lid.

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Speaker 1: What did it do?

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Speaker 2: It protected people from the presence of a holy God.

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Speaker 2: Sinful people being protected from the presence of a holy God.

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Speaker 2: What does Jesus do. He's the go between, He's the mediator.

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Speaker 2: He comes between us. He allows us to access the

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Speaker 2: throne of God because he's absorbed the wrath we deserve.

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Speaker 2: So now we can confidently access the throne. Why Because

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Speaker 2: Jesus is that mercy seed.

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Speaker 1: He's that go between.

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Speaker 2: Romans three twenty five says it this way, says that

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Speaker 2: God put him forward as a propitiation. You know what

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Speaker 2: that word propitiation means. It's like he's a wrath satisfying sacrifice,

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Speaker 2: the go between. He's satisfied the wrath of God through

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Speaker 2: his blood. Access is granted into the presence of God.

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Speaker 2: And when the temple opens here in Revelation eleven. It's

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Speaker 2: basically a declaration that God's promises are all intact. The

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Speaker 2: coming Kingdom isn't just like an improv like an improvisation.

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Speaker 2: It's the fulfillment of everything that he said he would do.

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Speaker 1: So have you ever wondered if God would keep his

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Speaker 1: word to you? Look at the arc.

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Speaker 2: In heaven in Revelation eleven nineteen. What he's saying is

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Speaker 2: he always does. He always keeps his word. He's giving

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Speaker 2: us access to His presence ultimately through Jesus Christ. And

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Speaker 2: then the verse you know what does it say? Verse eleven?

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Speaker 2: It concludes this way. It says there were flashes of lightning, rumblings,

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Speaker 2: peals of thunder, and earthquake and heavy hail, heavy hail, earthquake,

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Speaker 2: a lot of natural disasters. Anyone watching the news? I

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Speaker 2: asked earlier, if you will watching the news, watching the

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Speaker 2: weather report? Who here's sick of snow? I'm sorry? Did

653
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Speaker 2: I just raise one hand? Let me just get the

654
00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:58,240
Speaker 2: second one up there as well. Sick of snow? Sick

655
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Speaker 2: of snow? I don't want it. Yes, I know your

656
00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:04,720
Speaker 2: school is going to be canceled. Nobody cares. You don't

657
00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:09,040
Speaker 2: have to shovel as much as we do. Sick of it,

658
00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:15,800
Speaker 2: foot of snow. Come on, can't it just like pass?

659
00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:18,680
Speaker 2: Let New Jersey get it. It's fine, Sorry, I know

660
00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:19,760
Speaker 2: something You from New Jersey.

661
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Speaker 1: Never mind.

662
00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:25,200
Speaker 2: But here it talks about an earthquake, heavy hail. There's

663
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Speaker 2: gonna be weather patterns happening here. Weather's significance. By the way,

664
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Speaker 2: that image that's being spoken of here echoes what we

665
00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:34,960
Speaker 2: see in Exodus chapter nineteen, the imagery that we see

666
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Speaker 2: of what took place at Mount Sinai when God descended

667
00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:41,080
Speaker 2: on the mountain. He descends with thunder, he descends with lightning.

668
00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:45,800
Speaker 2: It's actually meant to communicate his majesty, his holiness, his power.

669
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Speaker 2: God's reign isn't a timid thing. It's an overwhelming thing.

670
00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:53,960
Speaker 2: Now again, for believers, this isn't a threat. It's actually comfort.

671
00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:57,120
Speaker 2: It reminds us of the power of God. So the

672
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Speaker 2: same power that shakes the earth is the power that's

673
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Speaker 2: secure your very future. And God's demonstrating his power here.

674
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Speaker 2: I think about that personally who silences rebellious nations, right,

675
00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:15,520
Speaker 2: he silences the rebellion. He's also the same one who

676
00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:18,080
Speaker 2: calls me by name, it's also the one who calls

677
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Speaker 2: you by name. The king who will rule the earth

678
00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:24,279
Speaker 2: is the savior who bore your sin. That steadies my

679
00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:27,840
Speaker 2: heart in a very real way. It steadies my heart. Now,

680
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Speaker 2: a couple quick thoughts before we wrap up, and I

681
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Speaker 2: hope you'll hear me as I try to tie this

682
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Speaker 2: together in a particular way. This portion of scripture, like

683
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Speaker 2: I've said with some of the other passages that we've

684
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Speaker 2: looked at, Yes, it's talking about future things, but there's

685
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Speaker 2: a reason we've been given it right now. There's something

686
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Speaker 2: about it that we're supposed to apply to our lives

687
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Speaker 2: right now. It's not just for people who will live

688
00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:50,680
Speaker 2: during a future time, it's also for us right now.

689
00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:53,560
Speaker 2: So what does it mean for us right now? Even

690
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Speaker 2: though some of these things haven't yet been fulfilled, what

691
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Speaker 2: does it mean for us today? Well, I think first

692
00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:00,760
Speaker 2: it's calling us to worship. Well, why am I saying that? Well,

693
00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:05,399
Speaker 2: here we're told that heaven erupts ingratitude because God has

694
00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:09,080
Speaker 2: taken his great power and he's begun to reign. And

695
00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:11,560
Speaker 2: if that's our future, then worship is something that should

696
00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:13,480
Speaker 2: never be forced from us.

697
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:15,759
Speaker 1: If that's something we have to look forward to.

698
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:18,640
Speaker 2: Well, I'm gonna worship God right now, and I think

699
00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:21,600
Speaker 2: my worship and your worship can be fueled by anticipation.

700
00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:24,279
Speaker 2: We're worshiping the Lord who keeps his promises, and he's

701
00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:26,000
Speaker 2: given us something good to look forward to.

702
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Speaker 1: So I think it.

703
00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:29,880
Speaker 2: Calls us to worship. Second application, I think is very real.

704
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Speaker 2: I think it calls us to perseverance. Now, why am

705
00:35:33,239 --> 00:35:37,160
Speaker 2: I saying that, Well, again, the nations may rage right now,

706
00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:40,520
Speaker 2: or your circumstances may feel like even just the microcosm

707
00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:43,040
Speaker 2: of the world that you live in rages now. Culture

708
00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:45,240
Speaker 2: as we observe it, it may drift further and further

709
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:49,239
Speaker 2: from Biblical truth. But the story doesn't end in chaos.

710
00:35:50,239 --> 00:35:53,120
Speaker 2: It ends in a coronation Christ ruling and reigning over

711
00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:56,440
Speaker 2: this earth. So I think that calls us for perseverance.

712
00:35:56,440 --> 00:35:58,799
Speaker 2: It calls us to perseverance because as we look at

713
00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:01,240
Speaker 2: those things unfolding around, we look at it and we say,

714
00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:03,880
Speaker 2: it's not always going to be like this. The Lord's

715
00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:06,160
Speaker 2: going to right the wrongs that are troubling me at present.

716
00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:08,799
Speaker 2: I also think a third thing is a calling on

717
00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:10,799
Speaker 2: our lives that we should take seriously. As we look

718
00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:13,520
Speaker 2: at this passage, and I think it's this mission the

719
00:36:13,560 --> 00:36:17,480
Speaker 2: Lord's called us to mission. The trumpet that announces Christ's

720
00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:21,040
Speaker 2: reign hasn't sounded yet, so that means there is still time.

721
00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:24,520
Speaker 2: There's time to speak, there's time to love the unlovable

722
00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:27,279
Speaker 2: and the difficult. There's time to invite others to experience

723
00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:30,360
Speaker 2: the joy and the security of the Gospel that you

724
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Speaker 2: and I get.

725
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Speaker 1: To walk in day in and day out.

726
00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:36,760
Speaker 2: I'll add a fourth thing to this too, and that's

727
00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:40,200
Speaker 2: it calls us to hope. And when Scripture talks about hope,

728
00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:42,279
Speaker 2: it's not just talking about wishes. It's talking about your

729
00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:44,839
Speaker 2: heart being anchored in a reality that you have yet

730
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Speaker 2: to see with your eyes. I am convinced that Christ

731
00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:50,600
Speaker 2: is going to physically return to this earth after that

732
00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:55,080
Speaker 2: tribulation period is complete, and as he does so, he's

733
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Speaker 2: going to defeat his enemies. He's going to establish, I believe,

734
00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:03,040
Speaker 2: a literal thought year reign from Jerusalem. The promises that

735
00:37:03,080 --> 00:37:04,960
Speaker 2: he made to Israel, He's going to fulfill them. The

736
00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:07,960
Speaker 2: nations are going to see his glory, and then after that,

737
00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:10,399
Speaker 2: the eternal state is going to unfold with an even

738
00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:13,160
Speaker 2: greater splendor than anything he's allowed us to see even

739
00:37:13,239 --> 00:37:15,520
Speaker 2: up to that point. So it's like good thing upon

740
00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:17,560
Speaker 2: good thing upon good thing, and he gives us all

741
00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:20,680
Speaker 2: information about that so that we can anticipate it, so

742
00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:22,040
Speaker 2: that we can look forward to it, so that we

743
00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:25,960
Speaker 2: could walk in hope. So that also means history is

744
00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:29,760
Speaker 2: not spiraling out of control. It's actually moving directly toward

745
00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:32,680
Speaker 2: a throne, one inch at a time, one day at.

746
00:37:32,520 --> 00:37:34,000
Speaker 1: A time, one segment at a time.

747
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Speaker 2: So when you feel small, remember this, you belong to

748
00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:43,560
Speaker 2: the king whose kingdom will never end. When you feel discouraged,

749
00:37:44,160 --> 00:37:47,880
Speaker 2: remember this. The rage of the nations that we experience

750
00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:50,680
Speaker 2: right now is temporary. It will not go on forever.

751
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:56,400
Speaker 2: And if you've ever fell overlooked, remember this. The scripture

752
00:37:56,440 --> 00:38:00,440
Speaker 2: reveals in Revelation eleven that rewards are coming, and that

753
00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:02,560
Speaker 2: the Lord notices what's going on in your life. He

754
00:38:02,640 --> 00:38:06,080
Speaker 2: sees your faithfulness wherewards are coming. And if you ever

755
00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:09,720
Speaker 2: were tempted to doubt whether or not Jesus truly wins,

756
00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:14,760
Speaker 2: hear the loud voices in this passage declaring in advance

757
00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:17,719
Speaker 2: the victory of Jesus Christ.

758
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:18,680
Speaker 1: Again, what did it say? It was?

759
00:38:18,680 --> 00:38:21,440
Speaker 2: In verse fifteen, It says the kingdom of the world

760
00:38:21,480 --> 00:38:23,959
Speaker 2: has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ,

761
00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:28,640
Speaker 2: and he shall reign for how long, forever and ever.

762
00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:32,239
Speaker 2: That isn't wishful thinking. It's a settled reality. It's not

763
00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:34,680
Speaker 2: something we're just hoping for in the sense of a wish.

764
00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:37,240
Speaker 2: We're hoping for in the biblical sense, where we anchor

765
00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:43,560
Speaker 2: our whole perspective of future. In that reality, we get

766
00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:45,400
Speaker 2: to live like it's true, and we get to worship

767
00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:46,080
Speaker 2: like it's certain.

768
00:38:46,120 --> 00:38:47,600
Speaker 1: We get to serve like it matters.

769
00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:51,080
Speaker 2: Because Jesus reveals all of this in his world in

770
00:38:51,160 --> 00:38:54,799
Speaker 2: his word. The trumpet's going to sound, the king's going

771
00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:58,279
Speaker 2: to reign, And if you're in Christ, that day will

772
00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:00,680
Speaker 2: not be the end of your store. It will be

773
00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:04,720
Speaker 2: the beginning of the rain you were created to share

774
00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:07,480
Speaker 2: with him. And so in the meantime, what do we

775
00:39:07,520 --> 00:39:12,239
Speaker 2: do again? We live like it's true, we worship like

776
00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:19,839
Speaker 2: it's certain, and we serve like it matters. Let's pray, Lord,

777
00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:22,319
Speaker 2: thank you so much for your word, and thank you

778
00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:26,640
Speaker 2: for the fact that you reveal things to us. That Lord,

779
00:39:26,719 --> 00:39:28,600
Speaker 2: when I read these things, I can't help but get

780
00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:31,640
Speaker 2: a little bit fired up about it, because I've already seen.

781
00:39:31,719 --> 00:39:34,560
Speaker 2: We've already seen the fulfillment of the things that you

782
00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:38,120
Speaker 2: have revealed to believers living under the Old Covenant.

783
00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:40,239
Speaker 1: We've seen so many things that you've already fulfilled. There.

784
00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:42,759
Speaker 2: Yes, we know that there are additional things to be fulfilled.

785
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:45,680
Speaker 2: There's so many things you've already fulfilled that when we

786
00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:48,360
Speaker 2: look at those fulfillments, we should have great confidence that

787
00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:50,680
Speaker 2: the rest of the story happens too.

788
00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:55,240
Speaker 1: So, Lord, we do so.

789
00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:56,520
Speaker 2: As we look at Revelation eleven, we look at this

790
00:39:56,640 --> 00:39:59,280
Speaker 2: not just as a portion of scripture that talks about wrath,

791
00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:03,120
Speaker 2: but a portion of scripture that also illustrates your mercy. Father,

792
00:40:03,160 --> 00:40:06,160
Speaker 2: We recognize that we were very much under your wrath.

793
00:40:06,239 --> 00:40:11,000
Speaker 2: We were very much deserving of your judgment and your condemnation.

794
00:40:12,560 --> 00:40:15,040
Speaker 2: And for that reason, because there was no other option

795
00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:19,879
Speaker 2: to solve that issue, your son one with you, your

796
00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:24,279
Speaker 2: son Jesus Christ, was sent into this earth, and he

797
00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:28,080
Speaker 2: took on flesh, and he walked among us, and he

798
00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:34,400
Speaker 2: was well acquainted with our sorrows. He experienced scorn, he

799
00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:38,920
Speaker 2: experienced rejection. People looked at him, and instead of attributing

800
00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:41,160
Speaker 2: the work that he was doing, the miracles he was

801
00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:45,680
Speaker 2: accomplishing instead of attributing them to your divine power. They

802
00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:48,680
Speaker 2: claimed that he was filled with a demon. They claimed

803
00:40:48,680 --> 00:40:52,799
Speaker 2: that the devil was operating in him. Their hearts were

804
00:40:52,840 --> 00:40:55,640
Speaker 2: so hard that they could see God take on flesh,

805
00:40:55,680 --> 00:40:59,640
Speaker 2: walk among them, do miracles, heal people, bless people, raise

806
00:40:59,680 --> 00:41:04,319
Speaker 2: the death to life, and still reject that because we,

807
00:41:04,360 --> 00:41:07,920
Speaker 2: as human beings, are great at rebellion. We are great

808
00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:11,239
Speaker 2: at hardening our hearts against you. We do that so instinctively,

809
00:41:11,320 --> 00:41:13,400
Speaker 2: and it takes a work of your spirit to soften

810
00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:16,760
Speaker 2: our hearts and open up our eyes. Father, we're grateful

811
00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:20,240
Speaker 2: that as your son observed the wrath that we deserved,

812
00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:23,399
Speaker 2: your wrath, it was aimed toward us. The aim went

813
00:41:23,480 --> 00:41:27,840
Speaker 2: right toward him. He took it upon himself. Then on

814
00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:31,520
Speaker 2: the third day rose from the grave, defeating sin, Satan,

815
00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:34,440
Speaker 2: and death, sharing that victory with us. Father, we're so

816
00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:37,279
Speaker 2: grateful for that. We're grateful that we could look at

817
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:39,960
Speaker 2: a portion of scripture like Romans chapter eight, verse one,

818
00:41:41,120 --> 00:41:44,440
Speaker 2: reminding us that you don't have condemnation in store for

819
00:41:44,600 --> 00:41:48,280
Speaker 2: us when we come before you. That condemnation was already

820
00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:50,759
Speaker 2: experienced by Jesus. It doesn't have to be experienced a

821
00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:55,040
Speaker 2: second time for those who are united to Jesus by faith.

822
00:41:55,360 --> 00:41:57,200
Speaker 2: So when we come before you, we come before you

823
00:41:57,239 --> 00:42:00,000
Speaker 2: as men and women who are no longer condemned but welcome,

824
00:42:00,520 --> 00:42:03,680
Speaker 2: Men and women who are not under your wrath, but

825
00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:08,320
Speaker 2: who are under your mercy. We are recipients of your mercy.

826
00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:08,840
Speaker 1: Father.

827
00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:12,279
Speaker 2: That makes me so grateful, because I know there's not

828
00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:14,880
Speaker 2: a single thing I've done that's ever deserved that. And

829
00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:16,600
Speaker 2: then to look at a portion of scripture like this

830
00:42:16,640 --> 00:42:20,040
Speaker 2: where you tell us that in addition to eternal life

831
00:42:20,040 --> 00:42:23,360
Speaker 2: in your presence given to us as an undeserved, unearned gift,

832
00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:28,440
Speaker 2: you also tell us you've got some special additional rewards

833
00:42:28,440 --> 00:42:31,160
Speaker 2: in store for us. Because you're noticing how we live

834
00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:34,759
Speaker 2: out the Christian walk right now. You notice it. It

835
00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:37,880
Speaker 2: catches your attention. Sometimes we feel so unseen in this world,

836
00:42:38,160 --> 00:42:40,760
Speaker 2: and you see everything. You see the intention of our hearts,

837
00:42:41,080 --> 00:42:42,920
Speaker 2: you see the actions of our hands, you see the

838
00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:44,560
Speaker 2: words that we speak for your glory.

839
00:42:44,840 --> 00:42:45,600
Speaker 1: You see it all.

840
00:42:46,719 --> 00:42:48,839
Speaker 2: So you have these additional gifts in store for us. Lord,

841
00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:50,680
Speaker 2: We don't deserve any of it, but thank you for

842
00:42:50,719 --> 00:42:52,200
Speaker 2: telling us about this ahead of time.

843
00:42:52,520 --> 00:42:56,600
Speaker 1: It is encouraging and we're grateful for it.

844
00:42:57,160 --> 00:42:59,960
Speaker 2: Father, I lift up each of my brothers and sisters

845
00:43:00,239 --> 00:43:04,640
Speaker 2: that I'm present here with, and anyone who takes the

846
00:43:04,680 --> 00:43:09,160
Speaker 2: opportunity Lord to maybe even access the recording of our

847
00:43:09,200 --> 00:43:11,520
Speaker 2: time together today. I just pray for us all that

848
00:43:11,520 --> 00:43:13,719
Speaker 2: you would encourage our hearts with the truths that you've

849
00:43:13,719 --> 00:43:16,160
Speaker 2: revealed to us in your word, and help us to

850
00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:18,600
Speaker 2: be men and women who follow you, who walk with you,

851
00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:20,600
Speaker 2: and who serve you faithfully.

852
00:43:21,520 --> 00:43:22,160
Speaker 1: Help us to be.

853
00:43:22,120 --> 00:43:25,640
Speaker 2: People who, in anticipation of the fact that you absolutely

854
00:43:25,719 --> 00:43:27,759
Speaker 2: will do all these things that you've revealed that you're

855
00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:31,239
Speaker 2: going to do, help us in anticipation to worship you

856
00:43:31,320 --> 00:43:36,800
Speaker 2: with sincerity, not only when we gather together for corporate

857
00:43:36,840 --> 00:43:38,919
Speaker 2: worship like this, but also in our day to day

858
00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:42,200
Speaker 2: moments at work, in our car, among our family members,

859
00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:46,319
Speaker 2: even when we're just alone. Pray that our lives will

860
00:43:46,360 --> 00:43:49,400
Speaker 2: be poured out in worship toward you, because you are

861
00:43:49,440 --> 00:43:50,680
Speaker 2: that good Father.

862
00:43:50,760 --> 00:43:51,760
Speaker 1: Thank you for these things.

863
00:43:51,800 --> 00:43:53,960
Speaker 2: Thank you for what you've accomplished on our behalf through

864
00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:56,719
Speaker 2: the ministry and work of your son Jesus Christ. Thank

865
00:43:56,760 --> 00:43:58,840
Speaker 2: you for ministering to us right now by the present

866
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Speaker 2: work of your Holy Spirit. We commit ourselves to you

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Speaker 2: now in Jesus' name.

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Speaker 1: Amen,