WEBVTT - Billy Lambert - Oct 16 - 10:00 am 0:00:15.130 --> 0:00:18.320 This is Getting to Know Your Bible, a program dedicated 0:00:18.360 --> 0:00:21.000 to the proclaiming of the good news of Jesus Christ. 0:00:26.840 --> 0:00:27.960 Here's Billy Lambert. 0:00:29.040 --> 0:00:31.600 It is a genuine pleasure to be with you today 0:00:31.780 --> 0:00:35.580 on Getting to Know Your Bible. And I appreciate those 0:00:35.620 --> 0:00:40.050 that are watching the telecast today or may be listening 0:00:40.270 --> 0:00:43.710 by way of radio. I want to thank you for 0:00:44.750 --> 0:00:48.930 taking the opportunity to be with us today. I'm Billy Lambert. 0:00:48.990 --> 0:00:51.580 I'm the regular speaker on Getting to Know Your Bible. 0:00:52.780 --> 0:00:54.940 And I would urge you to stay tuned as we 0:00:54.980 --> 0:01:02.320 discuss the theme, Remembering Jesus. 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And 0:03:23.919 --> 0:03:26.600 he took the cup and gave thanks and said, Take 0:03:26.680 --> 0:03:30.679 this and divide it among yourselves. For I say unto you, 0:03:30.700 --> 0:03:32.899 I will not drink of the fruit of the vine 0:03:33.440 --> 0:03:37.990 until the kingdom of God shall come. And he took 0:03:38.090 --> 0:03:40.230 bread and he gave thanks and break it and gave 0:03:40.250 --> 0:03:45.210 it to them saying, This is my body which is 0:03:45.250 --> 0:03:52.120 given for you. This do in remembrance of me. Likewise 0:03:52.200 --> 0:03:57.340 also the cup after supper saying, this cup is the 0:03:57.380 --> 0:04:02.170 New Testament in my blood which is shed for you. 0:04:04.360 --> 0:04:10.220 Jesus was instituting what is commonly known today as the 0:04:10.300 --> 0:04:14.380 supper of the Lord or the Lord's Supper. And Christians 0:04:14.500 --> 0:04:18.770 observe the Lord's Supper all over the world. And the 0:04:18.830 --> 0:04:24.160 reason they do that is to remember Jesus. The New 0:04:24.200 --> 0:04:29.260 Testament church remembered Jesus every Lord's Day. Upon the first 0:04:29.300 --> 0:04:32.000 day of the week when the disciples were come together 0:04:32.040 --> 0:04:34.400 to break bread, that is to observe the supper of 0:04:34.420 --> 0:04:37.590 the Lord, Paul took the opportunity to preach to them. 0:04:38.930 --> 0:04:41.770 And so I want us to take the words of 0:04:41.890 --> 0:04:46.810 Jesus in verse 19 and think about those words today. 0:04:46.930 --> 0:04:52.640 He said this do in remembrance of Jesus. And so 0:04:52.680 --> 0:04:57.570 we want to remember Jesus. You know, the ability to 0:04:57.630 --> 0:05:02.370 remember is a tremendous blessing. Suppose you did not have 0:05:02.390 --> 0:05:06.420 the ability to remember. You would not know who you are. 0:05:06.440 --> 0:05:09.780 You would not know where you are. You would not 0:05:09.820 --> 0:05:14.359 know where to go. It would be rather tragic indeed. 0:05:15.620 --> 0:05:19.520 But Jesus wants us to take our ability to remember 0:05:20.650 --> 0:05:25.140 and to remember him When we partake of the Lord's Supper, 0:05:25.200 --> 0:05:30.990 we do that as a memorial feast, really, and we're 0:05:31.029 --> 0:05:36.190 remembering Jesus. Jesus did not want to be forgotten. No 0:05:36.310 --> 0:05:39.789 one wants to be forgotten. But it is so easy 0:05:39.830 --> 0:05:44.550 for us to forget things that are important. Actually, it's 0:05:44.630 --> 0:05:48.750 easy to forget God. Solomon said, Remember now thy Creator 0:05:48.770 --> 0:05:53.860 in the days of thy youth, Ecclesiastes 12.1. And so 0:05:53.940 --> 0:05:59.250 it's easy to forget. In Jeremiah chapter 2 and verse 12, 0:05:59.250 --> 0:06:02.070 Jeremiah asked the question, can a maid forget her ornaments 0:06:02.150 --> 0:06:05.130 or bride or attire? Then he said, yet my people 0:06:05.170 --> 0:06:10.990 have forgotten me days without number. In 2 Peter chapter 1, 0:06:10.990 --> 0:06:16.610 verses 11 and 12, this is what Peter said. Well, 0:06:16.650 --> 0:06:19.780 starting in verse 10, wherefore the rather brethren give diligence 0:06:19.820 --> 0:06:22.890 to make your calling election sure, For if you do 0:06:22.930 --> 0:06:25.849 these things, you shall never fall. For so an inheritance 0:06:26.810 --> 0:06:32.489 shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom 0:06:33.370 --> 0:06:36.550 of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Wherefore, I will 0:06:36.589 --> 0:06:42.450 not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of 0:06:42.529 --> 0:06:45.630 these things. Peter said, I'm going to continue to cause 0:06:45.680 --> 0:06:50.000 you to remember these things. And the reason is because 0:06:50.140 --> 0:06:54.110 it is easy to forget. And so Jesus said when 0:06:54.170 --> 0:06:58.070 he was instituting the Lord's Supper, you do this in 0:06:58.430 --> 0:07:02.500 remembrance of me. Now there's some things I want us 0:07:02.560 --> 0:07:07.180 to consider today as we remember Jesus. First of all, 0:07:07.420 --> 0:07:11.220 I want us to remember what Jesus has already done 0:07:11.780 --> 0:07:16.690 in ages past. First of all, Jesus created the world. 0:07:16.730 --> 0:07:19.870 He In the beginning was the Word, and the Word 0:07:19.930 --> 0:07:22.190 was with God, and the Word was God. The same 0:07:22.230 --> 0:07:25.920 was in the beginning with God. And there was nothing 0:07:26.020 --> 0:07:29.780 made that hath been made. Jesus Christ was involved in 0:07:29.820 --> 0:07:35.040 the creation. Hebrews chapter 1, verse 2, Colossians 1, verses 0:07:35.040 --> 0:07:38.560 16 and 17. Jesus Christ is the one who painted 0:07:38.730 --> 0:07:42.030 all of the flowers of the divine brush, and all 0:07:42.070 --> 0:07:47.030 their gorgeous colors. He created the mountains with his hand, 0:07:47.570 --> 0:07:50.590 And he created the sun, the moon, and the stars, 0:07:50.650 --> 0:07:53.590 and all the planets and their places in the heavens. 0:07:54.250 --> 0:07:57.890 Jesus created the world. But he came down from heaven. 0:07:57.940 --> 0:08:03.460 He existed in eternity. Colossians chapter 1 says he is 0:08:03.540 --> 0:08:10.140 before all things. By him all things consist, Colossians 1, 17. 0:08:10.140 --> 0:08:13.250 And he existed in eternity. He was before all things. 0:08:14.300 --> 0:08:18.080 There's a prophecy made about Jesus' birthplace in Micah chapter 0:08:18.080 --> 0:08:22.260 5 and in verse 2. But thou Bethlehem Ephratah, though 0:08:22.280 --> 0:08:25.610 thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out 0:08:25.640 --> 0:08:28.590 of thee shall he come forth that is to be 0:08:28.710 --> 0:08:32.569 ruler in Israel. Listen to it now. Whose goings forth 0:08:33.170 --> 0:08:38.630 have been from of old, from everlasting. Jesus Christ existed 0:08:39.110 --> 0:08:42.890 in eternity. In John chapter 8 and verse 58, Jesus said, 0:08:42.929 --> 0:08:48.490 Before Abraham was, I am. He existed before Abraham. He 0:08:48.550 --> 0:08:53.890 existed with God the Father in eternity. But Jesus came 0:08:53.980 --> 0:08:56.660 down from heaven, and that was according to the divine 0:08:56.740 --> 0:08:59.940 purpose and plan of God. When the fullness of the 0:08:59.980 --> 0:09:03.920 time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of 0:09:03.980 --> 0:09:06.800 a woman, made unto the law to redeem them that 0:09:06.840 --> 0:09:11.520 were unto the law, Galatians chapter 4, verses 4 and 5. 0:09:11.520 --> 0:09:14.020 Jesus said, my meat is to do the will of 0:09:14.080 --> 0:09:19.230 him that sent me. John 4, 34. Jesus was sent 0:09:19.809 --> 0:09:23.390 down from heaven. In John 6, 38, Jesus said, my 0:09:23.470 --> 0:09:26.430 will is to do the will of him that sent me. 0:09:26.550 --> 0:09:30.550 He was sent. In 2 Corinthians chapter 8 and verse 9, 0:09:30.550 --> 0:09:33.829 you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, though 0:09:33.870 --> 0:09:37.610 he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor. 0:09:38.210 --> 0:09:42.429 that ye through his poverty might be rich. In Philippians 2, 0:09:42.429 --> 0:09:45.590 Paul said, Have this mind in you, which was also 0:09:45.670 --> 0:09:48.250 in Christ Jesus, who counted not the being on any 0:09:48.730 --> 0:09:52.890 quality with God, a thing to be grasped, but emptied 0:09:52.929 --> 0:09:55.270 himself in the form of a serpent, being found in 0:09:55.330 --> 0:09:58.810 fashion as a man. He humbled himself unto death, yea, 0:09:58.870 --> 0:10:01.819 the death of the cross. he came down from heaven 0:10:02.240 --> 0:10:05.760 born of a virgin Isaiah 7 and verse 14 and 0:10:05.840 --> 0:10:10.400 in 1st Timothy 3 16 we're told without controversy great 0:10:10.640 --> 0:10:15.810 is the mystery of godliness God was manifest in the 0:10:15.850 --> 0:10:19.030 flesh God was manifest in the flesh in the person 0:10:19.070 --> 0:10:22.119 of his blessed son. So what has he done in 0:10:22.200 --> 0:10:24.980 ages past? He created the world. He came down from heaven. 0:10:25.020 --> 0:10:27.940 He died on the cross. He died on the cross 0:10:28.000 --> 0:10:31.240 for sin. Hebrews 2 and verse 9 says that he 0:10:31.320 --> 0:10:35.559 tasted death for every man. First John 4, 14 says 0:10:35.580 --> 0:10:38.339 that he became, was sent into the world for a 0:10:38.420 --> 0:10:43.400 specific reason, to be the savior of the world. It 0:10:43.460 --> 0:10:45.460 is said of him in Luke 19 and 10, he 0:10:45.480 --> 0:10:48.880 came to seek and to save that which is lost. 0:10:49.700 --> 0:10:52.219 And it was in John 3, 16 that we learn, 0:10:52.260 --> 0:10:55.240 For God so loved the world that he gave his 0:10:55.580 --> 0:10:59.569 only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not 0:10:59.640 --> 0:11:05.110 perish but have everlasting life. Remember what Jesus has done 0:11:05.650 --> 0:11:08.910 in the past. He created the world. He came down 0:11:08.970 --> 0:11:12.500 from heaven and he died on the cross. And he 0:11:12.559 --> 0:11:16.280 built the church. And when Jesus came into the region 0:11:16.840 --> 0:11:21.050 of Caesarea Philippi, He said to the disciples, whom do 0:11:21.070 --> 0:11:24.510 men say that I, the Son of Man, am? And 0:11:24.530 --> 0:11:28.220 they had all kinds of ideas about who Jesus really was. 0:11:28.260 --> 0:11:31.500 They said, well, some think you're Elijah. Some think you're 0:11:31.540 --> 0:11:37.400 John the Baptist. Some, maybe even Jeremiah the prophet. But 0:11:37.500 --> 0:11:39.920 Jesus asked the question, but whom do you say that 0:11:40.080 --> 0:11:43.180 I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, this is 0:11:43.260 --> 0:11:47.770 in the 16th verse of Matthew 16, thou art the Christ. 0:11:49.160 --> 0:11:54.700 the Son of the living God. And then Jesus said, 0:11:54.760 --> 0:11:59.080 Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jonah, meaning son of Jonah, for 0:11:59.220 --> 0:12:02.140 flesh and blood has not revealed it unto you, but 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:06.300 my Father which is in heaven. God revealed that to Peter. 0:12:07.200 --> 0:12:10.120 And then he said, I say also unto thee that 0:12:10.160 --> 0:12:13.929 thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build 0:12:13.970 --> 0:12:18.110 my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail 0:12:18.150 --> 0:12:21.280 against it, But I will give unto you the keys 0:12:21.330 --> 0:12:23.429 of the kingdom of heaven, and whatsoever you shall bind 0:12:23.490 --> 0:12:26.330 on earth shall be bound in heaven. Whatsoever you shall 0:12:26.370 --> 0:12:30.390 loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Jesus said, 0:12:30.410 --> 0:12:36.100 I will build my church. And he did. That's what 0:12:36.120 --> 0:12:40.340 he did in ages past. And it was established on 0:12:40.380 --> 0:12:44.900 the first Pentecost after the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. 0:12:45.860 --> 0:12:49.130 And there are 47 verses there. In the second chapter 0:12:49.170 --> 0:12:53.110 of Acts it explains the events that took place. On 0:12:53.130 --> 0:12:56.350 the occasion when the church was built. That's what the 0:12:56.390 --> 0:13:00.059 Lord has done in ages past. But we need to 0:13:00.100 --> 0:13:03.280 remember that Jesus also has been raised from the dead. 0:13:04.140 --> 0:13:07.300 He is raised from the dead by God's divine power. 0:13:07.340 --> 0:13:11.400 Ephesians 1.19. Romans 1 and 4 says declared to be 0:13:11.470 --> 0:13:14.849 the son of God with power. According to the spirit 0:13:14.910 --> 0:13:19.469 of holiness. by the resurrection from the dead. Jesus has 0:13:19.510 --> 0:13:24.609 been raised from the dead. In 1976, I went to 0:13:24.650 --> 0:13:28.400 the Bible lands. And at the city of Jerusalem, we 0:13:28.440 --> 0:13:32.320 were carried by our tour guide to the traditional site 0:13:32.360 --> 0:13:36.099 of where Jesus was buried. And it may be where 0:13:36.160 --> 0:13:39.300 Jesus was buried. There are several sites you'll be shown, 0:13:39.340 --> 0:13:42.620 but this one was just an open tomb. And I 0:13:42.660 --> 0:13:46.160 took out my New Testament. And I read from Matthew 0:13:46.160 --> 0:13:48.390 28 and 6, these words, he is not here, he 0:13:48.890 --> 0:13:52.910 is risen. That's the important thing about it. Jesus Christ 0:13:52.950 --> 0:13:56.030 was raised from the dead, and he was raised from 0:13:56.070 --> 0:14:00.790 the dead by God's almighty power. The miracle of miracles 0:14:01.250 --> 0:14:05.090 was Jesus being raised from the dead. Let us never 0:14:05.150 --> 0:14:10.410 forget what Jesus has done in the past. Let us 0:14:10.490 --> 0:14:14.030 not forget what Jesus is doing at the present time. 0:14:14.130 --> 0:14:17.410 What is he doing? Well, he's still in the business 0:14:18.100 --> 0:14:22.060 of saving people that are lost. He's saving sinners. And 0:14:22.120 --> 0:14:25.660 he is able to save to the uttermost all of 0:14:25.700 --> 0:14:29.560 them that come unto God by him, Hebrews 7 and 25. 0:14:29.560 --> 0:14:34.360 He can save the vilest of sinners. In Luke chapter 5, 0:14:34.360 --> 0:14:38.240 verses 31 and 32, Jesus said, They that are whole 0:14:38.300 --> 0:14:40.940 need not a physician, but they that are sick. He said, 0:14:41.000 --> 0:14:44.680 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. 0:14:45.320 --> 0:14:47.820 And the reason Jesus came into the world was to 0:14:47.880 --> 0:14:52.000 save sinners. And he is still in the business of 0:14:52.110 --> 0:14:58.750 saving sinners. And we're saved by the cross of our Lord. 0:14:59.790 --> 0:15:02.050 By the blood that he shed upon that cross is 0:15:02.090 --> 0:15:07.660 that which washes away our sins. Revelation 1.5 says unto 0:15:07.720 --> 0:15:10.960 him who loved us and washed us from our sins 0:15:11.340 --> 0:15:16.440 in his own blood. And that blood is applied when 0:15:16.460 --> 0:15:18.950 we're baptized into death of Christ. Know you not that 0:15:18.970 --> 0:15:21.710 so many of us, as we're baptized into Christ, we're 0:15:21.750 --> 0:15:25.870 baptized into his death. We're baptized into the death of Christ, 0:15:25.910 --> 0:15:29.810 Romans 6, verses 3 and 4. In Acts 22, 16, 0:15:29.810 --> 0:15:35.980 Saul of Tarsus said, Arise and be baptized and wash 0:15:36.030 --> 0:15:39.080 away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. 0:15:39.760 --> 0:15:43.540 What's he doing? What's Jesus doing right now? Jesus is 0:15:43.620 --> 0:15:50.220 still saving sinners. He's still adding the saved to the church. 0:15:51.280 --> 0:15:55.180 He is the Savior of the body, Ephesians 5, 23. 0:15:55.180 --> 0:15:58.520 But the body is the church. So Jesus is the 0:15:58.560 --> 0:16:00.760 Savior of the church, and he adds the saved to 0:16:00.800 --> 0:16:06.780 the church. Acts 2, verse 47. Praising God, having favor 0:16:06.800 --> 0:16:09.110 with all the people, and the Lord added unto the 0:16:09.260 --> 0:16:13.240 church daily, such as should be saved. And the church 0:16:13.320 --> 0:16:17.560 is people, people that have been redeemed by the blood 0:16:17.600 --> 0:16:21.400 of the Lamb. And so he's still doing that today. 0:16:22.390 --> 0:16:24.650 And people are not added to the church by the 0:16:24.710 --> 0:16:28.270 raising of hands, voting them into the church. That's not 0:16:28.290 --> 0:16:32.750 the way the Bible teaches. The Bible teaches that God 0:16:32.810 --> 0:16:36.060 takes a sinner and the sins are forgiven in the 0:16:36.100 --> 0:16:39.490 blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. And he's delivered from 0:16:39.610 --> 0:16:43.510 darkness and translated into the kingdom. That is the church 0:16:44.030 --> 0:16:49.740 of God dear son, Colossians 1, 13, 14. But still today, 0:16:49.800 --> 0:16:52.620 he's still meeting with people when we gather to worship. 0:16:53.540 --> 0:16:58.420 Matthew 18 and 20 says that where two or three 0:16:58.460 --> 0:17:00.540 are gathered together in my name, there am I in 0:17:00.560 --> 0:17:03.620 the midst of them. And that might apply to the, 0:17:04.060 --> 0:17:07.870 in the context might apply To another situation. But it's 0:17:07.930 --> 0:17:11.100 still the case. It is still the case. That when 0:17:11.190 --> 0:17:15.160 God's people come together. That God is in their midst. 0:17:15.880 --> 0:17:20.419 And he's still walking daily with us. As a daily companion. 0:17:21.040 --> 0:17:24.810 He said. This is a promise now. This is a 0:17:24.869 --> 0:17:28.330 promise from God. I will never leave you. And I 0:17:28.350 --> 0:17:31.649 will never forsake you. And that's what he's doing. At 0:17:31.710 --> 0:17:35.510 the present time. So let us never forget what God has. 0:17:36.070 --> 0:17:39.969 jesus has done let us never forget what jesus is 0:17:40.109 --> 0:17:43.890 doing right now but may we never forget what he's 0:17:43.910 --> 0:17:48.580 going to do in the future the lord in the 0:17:48.680 --> 0:17:51.900 future someday is going to come again you say well 0:17:51.920 --> 0:17:55.010 how do you know that because jesus said so he 0:17:55.050 --> 0:17:57.490 said i go to prepare a place for you And 0:17:57.570 --> 0:17:59.750 if I go to prepare a place for you, I 0:17:59.830 --> 0:18:03.750 will come again and receive you unto myself that where 0:18:04.050 --> 0:18:06.719 I am, there you may be also. He said, I'm 0:18:06.760 --> 0:18:08.359 going to come back and get you and take you 0:18:08.400 --> 0:18:11.139 where I am. And he was going to appear the 0:18:11.200 --> 0:18:16.780 second time without sin unto salvation, Hebrews 9 and verse 28. 0:18:16.780 --> 0:18:18.400 And the day of the Lord is going to come 0:18:18.420 --> 0:18:20.699 as a thief in the night in the which the 0:18:20.740 --> 0:18:23.139 heavens will pass away with a great noise and the 0:18:23.650 --> 0:18:26.830 elements shall melt with fervent heat. The earth also and 0:18:26.869 --> 0:18:30.870 the works of therein shall be burned up, 2 Peter 3.10. 0:18:30.869 --> 0:18:35.369 He's coming again. He's going to come back someday. And 0:18:35.410 --> 0:18:39.450 he's coming back for his own. He's coming back for 0:18:39.510 --> 0:18:44.070 his followers. He's coming back for his disciples to take 0:18:44.170 --> 0:18:49.670 them where he is. When he comes back in the future, 0:18:50.280 --> 0:18:54.300 he's going to raise the dead. Listen to Jesus in 0:18:54.340 --> 0:18:58.420 John the 5th chapter, verse 28 and 29. Marvel not 0:18:58.460 --> 0:19:02.590 at this, for the hour is coming in the which 0:19:02.869 --> 0:19:04.930 all that are in the grave shall hear his voice 0:19:05.010 --> 0:19:07.869 and shall come forth. They that have done good to 0:19:07.890 --> 0:19:11.629 the resurrection of life and they that have done evil 0:19:11.670 --> 0:19:15.500 to the resurrection of damnation. And so there's going to 0:19:15.520 --> 0:19:19.420 be a great resurrection day. Someone says, well, don't you believe, 0:19:19.460 --> 0:19:23.510 Brother Lambert, there's going to be a seven-year tribulation? Between 0:19:23.550 --> 0:19:27.210 the resurrection of the evil and the resurrection of the righteous, 0:19:27.770 --> 0:19:30.930 John 5, 28 and 29 will not allow for such 0:19:30.970 --> 0:19:35.470 an interpretation. Listen to it again. The hour is coming 0:19:36.210 --> 0:19:40.350 in the which all that are in the graves shall 0:19:40.390 --> 0:19:43.790 hear his voice. Who will hear his voice? All that 0:19:43.810 --> 0:19:46.190 are in the graves will hear his voice. When will 0:19:46.210 --> 0:19:48.990 they hear his voice? It's going to be a specific 0:19:49.070 --> 0:19:53.060 point in time. The hour is coming. The time is coming. 0:19:53.540 --> 0:19:57.980 There will be an hour in some day when God 0:19:58.040 --> 0:20:01.199 is going to send Jesus back to raise the dead. 0:20:01.840 --> 0:20:03.960 And they will be, all the dead are going to 0:20:04.000 --> 0:20:07.770 be raised. And those that are righteous will be raised 0:20:07.790 --> 0:20:11.869 to everlasting life. and those that are evil to everlasting 0:20:11.970 --> 0:20:15.030 shame and contempt. That's what he's going to do in 0:20:15.050 --> 0:20:17.670 the future. He's going to raise the dead. But he's 0:20:17.690 --> 0:20:21.469 going to be our final judge someday. In 2 Timothy 0:20:21.490 --> 0:20:25.909 chapter 4 and verse 1, The apostle said, I charge 0:20:25.930 --> 0:20:29.710 thee therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who 0:20:29.750 --> 0:20:33.369 shall judge the quick and the dead, the living and 0:20:33.410 --> 0:20:37.790 the dead, at his appearing and his kingdom. Jesus is 0:20:37.830 --> 0:20:41.910 going to be our judge one day. In Matthew chapter 25, 0:20:41.910 --> 0:20:45.960 beginning in verse 31, Jesus said, When the Son of 0:20:46.040 --> 0:20:47.859 Man shall come in his glory and all of his 0:20:47.900 --> 0:20:51.340 holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the 0:20:51.380 --> 0:20:53.859 throne of his glory and before him shall be gathered 0:20:54.040 --> 0:21:01.630 all nations and shall separate them as a shepherd divided 0:21:01.670 --> 0:21:04.690 the sheep from the goats. He'll set the sheep on 0:21:04.730 --> 0:21:09.560 his right hand but the goats on the left. Jesus 0:21:09.640 --> 0:21:13.959 Christ will be our final judge. But Jesus Christ in 0:21:13.980 --> 0:21:17.909 the future is going to punish the wicked. Look at 0:21:17.990 --> 0:21:24.290 Matthew chapter 25 and verse 41. Then shall he say 0:21:24.490 --> 0:21:28.530 unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, you cursed, 0:21:29.290 --> 0:21:34.910 into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. 0:21:35.869 --> 0:21:38.110 So there's going to be the punishment of the wicked, 0:21:39.130 --> 0:21:41.949 and then there will be the reward of those that 0:21:41.990 --> 0:21:47.229 are faithful. Turn to Matthew chapter 25 and verse number 21, 0:21:47.230 --> 0:21:53.770 where Jesus said, Well done, thou good and faithful servant. 0:21:54.609 --> 0:21:58.010 Thou hast been faithful over a few things. I'll make 0:21:58.030 --> 0:22:02.949 thee rule over many things. Enter thou into the joy 0:22:02.970 --> 0:22:07.710 of thy Lord. Then in verse 23, well done, good 0:22:08.390 --> 0:22:13.150 and faithful servant. So you see Jesus coming back someday 0:22:13.170 --> 0:22:20.420 to reward those that are faithful. We cannot afford to 0:22:20.480 --> 0:22:25.140 forget Jesus. Remember, we started in Luke 22, 19, where 0:22:25.220 --> 0:22:32.980 Jesus said, this do in remembrance of me. We remembered Jesus. 0:22:33.330 --> 0:22:39.210 what Jesus has done. We remember what Jesus is doing. 0:22:40.410 --> 0:22:43.729 And we need to continue to remember what Jesus will 0:22:43.810 --> 0:22:47.790 do in the future. And that you can make no 0:22:47.830 --> 0:22:53.510 mistake about it. Jesus will not be forgotten. There is 0:22:53.570 --> 0:22:58.310 a day coming when every knee will bow and every 0:22:58.369 --> 0:23:03.419 tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the 0:23:03.440 --> 0:23:06.800 glory of God the Father. A little boy was asked 0:23:06.880 --> 0:23:10.340 by his parents what he learned in Sunday school. He said, 0:23:10.420 --> 0:23:14.459 I learned John 3, 16. They said, would you repeat 0:23:14.510 --> 0:23:17.920 it for us, please? He said, for God so loved 0:23:17.960 --> 0:23:23.770 the world that he gave his only forgotten son. No, no, 0:23:23.810 --> 0:23:28.630 he's not the forgotten son. The begotten son. Vast difference. 0:23:29.320 --> 0:23:33.160 But that describes what's happened to Jesus in modern society. 0:23:34.060 --> 0:23:39.780 Jesus has been forgotten. We had better remember Jesus. It's 0:23:39.859 --> 0:23:43.950 best for us now. It's best for us in the future. 0:23:44.510 --> 0:23:48.810 It will be best for us in eternity to remember Jesus. 0:23:49.430 --> 0:23:54.270 You cannot run away from some things in life. You 0:23:54.310 --> 0:23:58.130 cannot run away from your shadow. You cannot run away 0:23:58.680 --> 0:24:02.220 from the things you do because you'll reap as you've sown. 0:24:02.770 --> 0:24:07.710 And I will suggest to you, you cannot run away 0:24:08.350 --> 0:24:13.490 from Jesus. You cannot avoid Jesus. You cannot reject Jesus 0:24:13.570 --> 0:24:17.940 and get away with it because one day Jesus Christ 0:24:18.660 --> 0:24:20.699 is going to judge you. He's going to be the 0:24:20.780 --> 0:24:23.859 judge of all the earth. The times of this ignorance 0:24:23.900 --> 0:24:26.510 God winked at, but now commandeth all men everywhere to 0:24:26.570 --> 0:24:30.379 repent because he appointed a man and with which he 0:24:30.400 --> 0:24:34.939 will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom 0:24:34.960 --> 0:24:37.600 he hath ordained, in that he hath raised him from 0:24:37.660 --> 0:24:43.120 the dead. Jesus Christ is our Savior now, but one 0:24:43.180 --> 0:24:46.620 day he will no longer be your Savior. He will 0:24:46.640 --> 0:24:49.740 then be your judge. Now it would be in the 0:24:49.920 --> 0:24:53.980 interest of wisdom to give your life to Christ today 0:24:54.700 --> 0:25:01.260 by believing in Jesus. by repenting of your sins, by willing, 0:25:01.300 --> 0:25:03.780 be willing to confess your faith in Jesus Christ as 0:25:03.840 --> 0:25:07.100 being the Son of the living God and allow some 0:25:07.180 --> 0:25:11.159 servant of God to immerse you in water in the 0:25:11.200 --> 0:25:13.790 name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit 0:25:14.619 --> 0:25:17.950 for the remission of your sins. Have you done that? 0:25:18.109 --> 0:25:21.010 If not, why not to do it today? Let me 0:25:21.130 --> 0:25:25.470 encourage you to give your life to Christ. In all 0:25:25.510 --> 0:25:27.670 the years that I've been preaching the gospel and there 0:25:27.690 --> 0:25:32.480 for Quite a few. I've never heard any individual who 0:25:32.520 --> 0:25:35.840 came to their deathbed, who gave their life to Christ, 0:25:35.880 --> 0:25:39.899 who ever said to me, Billy, giving my life to 0:25:39.960 --> 0:25:42.700 Jesus is the worst mistake ever made in my life. 0:25:43.520 --> 0:25:46.899 But I have known of many who would cling to 0:25:46.940 --> 0:25:51.140 their hope in Jesus until their eyelids were closed down 0:25:51.180 --> 0:25:54.699 to sleep for the last time in this world. Oh, 0:25:54.820 --> 0:25:58.580 our hope is in Christ. Christ in you. the hope 0:25:58.619 --> 0:26:01.800 of glory Paul wrote in the Colossian letter. Will you 0:26:01.840 --> 0:26:03.720 give your life to him today? I want to thank 0:26:03.760 --> 0:26:08.080 you for watching, getting to know your Bible today. And 0:26:08.180 --> 0:26:10.660 I want to urge you, if you've been thinking about 0:26:10.720 --> 0:26:14.400 giving your life to Christ and being baptized into Christ, 0:26:14.869 --> 0:26:17.590 there are so many people that are beginning to realize 0:26:17.910 --> 0:26:20.290 that that's what the Bible teaches. I'm not telling you 0:26:20.330 --> 0:26:23.750 what Brother Lambert teaches. It's what the Bible teaches. As 0:26:23.810 --> 0:26:27.570 a penitent, confessing believer, let someone baptize you into Christ. 0:26:28.030 --> 0:26:30.290 If you'd like to do that, contact us. We'll have 0:26:30.369 --> 0:26:33.030 someone to get in touch with you and assist you 0:26:33.070 --> 0:26:36.119 in that way. Also, you have a personal invitation to 0:26:36.150 --> 0:26:40.220 visit the Church of Christ in your community. Right now, also, 0:26:40.700 --> 0:26:45.780 pick up the telephone, call for the free Bible correspondence course. 0:26:46.240 --> 0:26:48.720 I want to thank you for watching today, and until 0:26:48.760 --> 0:26:52.150