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00:20 Hello, friends, welcome to our 3ABN Worship Center.
00:23 Welcome to A Sharper Focus. 00:26 It's time to get in your Bibles 00:27 and we're gonna thank you for tuning in 00:30 and taking the time to spend with us 00:33 on a very important topic, 00:36 it is entitled "It's Coming." 00:37 We're talking about the forecast 00:39 of the end of the world, a Second Coming of Jesus. 00:42 And in just a moment I'll tell you 00:44 where to get a copy of the lesson, 00:45 but all you need really is your Bible, 00:47 some time to sit down, and just ask for the Lord 00:49 to guide and speak to your heart 00:51 and so take the time and join us. 00:54 It's gonna be a very informative 00:56 but I also pray, transformative Bible study. 01:00 We'd like to welcome you with a hearty amen. 01:01 Can we all say amen? Amen. 01:03 And we have joined you, 01:05 where ever you're joining us from, 01:07 in just a moment we'll ask you and let you know 01:09 where you can find a copy of the lesson 01:11 but right now, 01:13 I'd like you to bow your heads with me 01:14 before we give you any more information. 01:17 Loving Father, thank You so much 01:20 for this opportunity to open Your Word 01:22 and find in Your Word, 01:24 not only instruction, but power. 01:28 We pray that You will speak to our hearts 01:30 and we pray that Your Holy Spirit 01:32 will be our teacher this evening. 01:34 In Jesus' name we pray, amen. 01:37 Now, if you'd like to get a copy of our lesson, 01:40 go to the following website asf.3abn.org 01:46 and download lesson number 44. 01:48 What number did I say? 01:49 Number 44. 01:51 Download that lesson and you can follow along. 01:54 And just starting on the next study, 01:57 for those of you who have joined us 01:59 in our series that we did here locally, 02:04 what we're gonna do is upload to the website, 02:06 a special lesson that goes along with this. 02:09 And that lesson is entitled "It's Coming." 02:12 And it is a fold out style, color, 02:16 and it has some wonderful information 02:19 that I think you'll be blessed by, 02:20 so don't look for it right now, 02:23 but we'll let you know that after this broadcast, 02:26 we will upload that lesson and you will have access to it. 02:30 But before we go any further, we're gonna sing our theme song 02:32 and our theme song is, "Victory in Jesus." 02:35 Let's sing that song together. 02:45 I heard an old, old story 02:48 How the Savior came from glory 02:52 How He gave His life on Calvary 02:56 To save a wretch like me 03:00 I heard about His groaning 03:04 Of His precious blood's atoning 03:07 Then I repented of my sin 03:11 And won the victory 03:15 O victory in Jesus 03:19 My Savior forever 03:22 He sought me and bought me 03:26 With His redeeming blood 03:30 He loved me ere I knew Him 03:34 And all my love is due Him 03:38 He plunged me to victory 03:41 Beneath the cleansing flood 03:45 I heard about a mansion 03:49 He has built for me in glory 03:53 And I heard about the streets of gold 03:56 Beyond the crystal sea 04:00 About the angels singing 04:04 And the old redemption story 04:08 And some sweet day I'll sing up there 04:12 The song of victory 04:14 Key change. 04:15 O victory in Jesus 04:19 My Savior forever 04:23 He sought me and bought me 04:27 With His redeeming blood 04:31 He loved me ere I knew Him 04:34 And all my love is due Him 04:38 He plunged me to victory 04:42 Beneath the cleansing flood 04:46 He plunged me to victory 04:49 Beneath the cleansing flood 04:56 Amen? 04:57 Amen. 04:58 Now just for the benefit of those that are tuning in 05:01 and we're starting this new lesson 05:02 for our audience that's viewing. 05:04 And if you're listening then you also knew, 05:07 but we have not, 05:08 for many years covered the topic 05:10 on the Second Coming of Jesus. 05:12 So bear with me as I tell a story to those 05:15 who are watching the program. 05:17 This is a story about a man named Hesitant Harry, 05:20 remember him? 05:21 And his name was Harry Truman, not our 33rd president. 05:25 But a man that lived in the shadow of Spirit Lake 05:29 in the shadow of Mount St. Helen 05:31 there in Spirit Lake in Washington State. 05:34 Well, Hesitant Harry, 05:36 reason why they call him hesitant 05:37 is because he had received a number of warnings 05:39 from the US Geological Survey, 05:42 that there was an earthquake possible 05:44 and a volcanic eruption. 05:46 But Harry loved Spirit Lake so much he said, 05:48 "I'm one with Spirit Lake. 05:50 Spirit Lake is one with me. 05:52 This is my home. I'm not going anywhere. 05:54 I've survived all of the warnings in the past, 05:57 and this is not gonna be any different." 05:58 Well, when 1980 came 06:03 and the eruption of Mount St. Helen 06:04 caught the attention of the world, 06:06 Hesitant Harry was one of the first victims 06:08 of that tragic day. 06:11 And what was the incident? 06:12 The incident was the eruption of Mount St. Helens. 06:16 But the tragedy could have been averted 06:18 if he had simply paid attention to the signs. 06:22 The signs were there. 06:23 If he had only paid attention to the signs, 06:26 Hesitant Harry may have been still alive today, 06:30 even though he was up there in years. 06:33 Well, tonight, friends, 06:34 you don't have to have the same ending to your story. 06:36 Tonight, we're gonna walk through a topic entitled, 06:40 The Truth About It's Coming and it's on what topic? 06:43 Jesus' return, the return of Jesus. 06:47 Doesn't really make sense 06:50 to miss out on the most glorious event 06:52 of all of human history. 06:54 And so tonight we're gonna walk through 06:55 some wonderful questions. 06:57 And for those of you that downloaded the lesson, 07:00 you have the benefit of just responding, 07:02 putting the answers in the way 07:03 that you see them, 07:04 but if any of you have your lesson 07:07 from when we did it live, 07:10 then you'll be able to fill in the missing words. 07:13 But still, we're gonna be looking 07:14 at the very same scriptures 07:15 so that everybody will be on the same page. 07:17 So tonight, let's dive into the very first question. 07:20 And the very first question is, 07:22 what promise did Jesus make concerning His return? 07:26 Let's turn to John Chapter 14 07:28 and let us look at that together. 07:31 John 14:1-3. 07:37 Let's look at that together. 07:39 John 14:1-3. 07:43 And for the benefit of those of you here it is, 07:45 let's read this first one together, 07:47 it's on the screen, together, 07:48 "Let not your heart be troubled, 07:51 you believe in God, believe also," where? 07:54 "In Me. 07:55 In my Father's house are many mansions, 07:58 if it were not so, I would have told you, 08:01 I go to prepare a place for you. 08:05 And if I go and prepare a place for you, 08:08 I will," what? 08:09 "Come again and receive you to Myself 08:11 that where I am, there you may be also." 08:16 So what is the promise that Jesus made? 08:19 Summarize it, say it again. 08:21 I will come again. 08:24 And when He makes a promise, one thing about God's word is, 08:27 let me ask you, 08:28 can we rely on the promises of God? 08:31 Of course, we can. 08:32 When He makes a promise, He will fulfill that promise. 08:35 And so when He says, I will come again, 08:38 one of the things that we have to also pay attention to, 08:41 is He's not coming to be where we are, 08:43 He's coming back 08:44 so that we could be where He is. 08:47 He went to do what? 08:49 Prepare a place. 08:51 And somebody once asked me, 08:53 they said, Oh, well, what's gonna be there? 08:55 You know what? 08:57 You know what's gonna be there? 08:58 I'm gonna be there. 09:01 If there's, if it's a beautiful field 09:03 of just green trees and flowers 09:07 and no sin, I'll be happy. 09:09 What about you? 09:10 So don't worry about what's going to be there, 09:12 the beautiful thing about salvation is, 09:16 it's not just where the Lord is, 09:18 but what is going to actually happen. 09:20 And in order for us to be able to benefit from that, 09:23 there are some promises the Lord makes. 09:25 Go with me to Hebrews Chapter 10. 09:28 A lot of people sometimes think, 09:30 well, seems like for centuries, 09:34 people have been saying that Jesus is coming again, 09:38 but, I'm not sure. 09:44 And we've had some great famous evangelist pastors 09:46 of varying walks of life. 09:50 Hebrews Chapter 10, 09:52 and let us look at verse 37. 09:57 All right, Hebrews 10:37. 10:02 Okay, the Bible says, I'm gonna read, 10:08 actually verse 30, yeah, verse 37. 10:11 Very short, it says, "For yet a," what? 10:15 "Little while, and He who is coming," 10:19 what's the next two words? 10:20 "Will come and will not tarry." 10:24 What's another word for the word tarry? 10:25 Somebody tell me. 10:27 Delay. 10:28 So what we think is a delay is really not a delay 10:31 because one of the statements that Jesus made, 10:33 He said, when people asked, well, when are You gonna come? 10:38 He said to those in His day, 10:39 "No man knows the day nor the hour." 10:43 No one knows. 10:44 But we can know like in every other case, 10:47 we can know when it is near. 10:49 But is He delaying, yes or no? 10:51 There's not a delay. 10:53 It appears to be a delay, 10:54 because we are not the ones in charge of the timetable. 10:57 But the timetable is clear. 10:59 And if you look at the Bible in a beautiful light, 11:00 the Bible has a number of examples. 11:03 For example, you have a... 11:05 You have a period, that if you look 11:07 at the broad picture of the Bible, 11:09 there seems to be a tapestry 11:10 of a period of thousand year increments. 11:14 And then how long, how long? 11:17 This is a rhetorical question. 11:18 How long is the millennium? 11:22 Say it again. 11:23 Okay, millennium, thousand years. 11:26 So you had these increments in the Bible 11:29 where there are pictures being drawn continuously. 11:33 And if you follow the cadence of Scripture, 11:35 you'll begin to see that those things 11:38 that may be hidden are really gems 11:41 that need to be searched for, they're really not hidden. 11:43 But the thing that we can rely on 11:45 is the promise He made is, 11:47 I will, say it together, I will come again. 11:52 Go to question number two, I will come again. 11:58 Let's see question number two. 12:02 And by the way, go to Matthew Chapter 24 12:03 if you have your Bibles on, go to Matthew. 12:05 How can we know 12:06 that the return of Jesus is near? 12:10 How can we know that the return of Jesus is near? 12:14 Number of examples when my wife and I 12:16 were driving to California years ago, 12:18 before GPS, anybody remember that? 12:22 Before the GPS, before the cell phone, 12:25 we had to actually look for a phone booth. 12:30 Hannah doesn't even know what that means. 12:33 She was born in the digital age. 12:35 I forgot who it was, one day was saying, 12:36 we were watching a news broadcast 12:38 or show on television. 12:39 They said, "This generation was born with, 12:44 when they look at television, 12:45 three or four things are happening 12:47 at the same time. 12:48 You're watching the program. 12:50 They're advertising the upcoming program, 12:51 there's a ticker tape telling you about the, 12:52 you know, the incidents that happened. 12:54 When you watch the news, you have to have 12:55 like four different sets of eyes, 12:57 the ticker tape going across, the upcoming news, 13:00 the news that they are telling you, 13:01 it's just, we're living in that kind of generation. 13:04 And some young people don't know 13:06 what it's like to be in a non digital generation. 13:10 If you know what it's like, say amen. 13:12 Amen. 13:13 Yeah, digital, you guys are blessed. 13:15 But there's an upside and a downside to that. 13:19 That's right. 13:20 Some kids, I took a picture of a phone booth one day 13:22 and put it on Facebook 13:23 and I titled it, I found a dinosaur. 13:27 Kids say, what is that? 13:29 It has holes in a round circle. 13:32 What do you do with that? 13:33 You dial it. 13:35 But the Lord is not delaying. 13:38 Let me show you why. 13:40 Let's go to Daniel. 13:41 I like to add other components. 13:45 Yeah when we were gonna California, 13:46 you turn to Daniel 12 by the way. 13:48 When we were going to California 13:50 and we have that before GPS... 13:58 before the GPS existed. 14:02 We had a Rand McNally map and we photocopied 13 pages. 14:06 So when we left Orlando 14:09 and got through Southern Georgia, 14:11 we threw that page in the backseat, 14:13 got through Southern Georgia and Alabama, 14:16 threw that page in the backseat. 14:17 We had 11 pages left. 14:19 We had two pages for Texas 14:20 'cause we didn't know how big it was. 14:22 When we got through that we had, 14:25 you following me? 14:26 Nine pages left, 10 pages left. 14:29 And every page that we completed 14:32 in our journey, 14:33 we had that many more pages left. 14:35 When you use that same example and you talk about the Bible 14:38 and Bible prophecy, we're on the last page. 14:43 Did you hear what I said? 14:44 We're on the last page. 14:47 There are four nations we talked about. 14:49 We're gonna do this on one of our upcoming lessons. 14:50 There are four great nations the Bible talks about. 14:53 We're living under the fourth great empire, 14:55 the Bible talks about, 14:56 the last great empire before Jesus comes. 14:59 There are seven churches talked about 15:00 in the Book of Revelation, seven of them. 15:03 We're living under the seventh one. 15:05 And the signs that were talked about in Scripture 15:07 are all being fulfilled around us. 15:09 So we're living down there. 15:10 If you could use Daniel 2 as an example, 15:12 we're living down in the toes of the image, 15:16 and we know that the coming of the Lord is near. 15:19 So let's look at Daniel Chapter. 15:21 Did I say Daniel Chapter 12? 15:23 Yes. 15:24 Okay, Daniel Chapter 12. 15:27 And let's see which one. 15:35 I'll just go and look at verse 13, 15:41 yeah verse 13. 15:43 Here's the first I want to bring out, 15:46 "But you go your way, till the," what? 15:51 "End, for you shall rest and will arise 15:55 to your inheritance at the end of the days." 15:59 What the Lord was saying to Daniel, 16:01 He was saying that the vision I've given to you, 16:04 it's gonna happen and when that does happen, 16:06 you will arise to see it. 16:08 But look at verse 4. 16:10 Look at verse 4, 16:14 "But you Daniel, shut up the," what? 16:17 "The words and sealed the book until the time of the end. 16:23 Many shall run to and fro," and what's gonna happen? 16:27 "Knowledge is going to increase." 16:29 Has knowledge increased? 16:31 Yeah, my wife just got the brand new iPhone, 16:34 and I have an android. 16:36 And for the first time I felt threatened. 16:40 Okay, you don't know about phones, 16:41 you don't understand what that means. 16:43 Honey, you know what I'm talking about? 16:44 Yeah, she has an iPhone, and for the first time, 16:46 my android felt kind of little shy. 16:49 What I'm saying is, 16:50 if you have anything that's electronic 16:52 in about a year and a half or less than that, it's out. 16:55 Right? 16:57 Knowledge is increasing rapidly. 16:58 Things are being made, 17:00 so you wait for vehicle 17:01 and then it finally comes out and you say, 17:03 "Well, does it have that feature? 17:04 Does it have that feature?" 17:05 And it doesn't. 17:07 And then you say, 17:08 "What's coming out of the next one?" 17:10 In 11 more months, 17:11 that next one is out what doesn't have that? 17:13 It's coming out of the next one. 17:15 Knowledge is increasing at such a rapid pace. 17:17 But it's not just technological knowledge. 17:21 But the knowledge that we need 17:24 pertaining to the coming of the Lord 17:26 is best understood and revealed, 17:29 the closer we get to the end. 17:32 So what we didn't understand 17:35 what was not understood 100 years ago, 17:36 or 300 years ago, 17:38 is understood today, 17:39 because in the end, what will increase? 17:42 Knowledge will increase. 17:45 But what else do you need if you have knowledge? 17:47 What else do you need? 17:48 Say it again, Pastor. Wisdom. 17:50 You need wisdom to know what to do with the knowledge, 17:53 because many people have the knowledge, 17:56 but they're not wise enough to know what to do with it. 17:59 As a matter of fact, 18:02 in the Book of Daniel, 18:07 let's look at a... 18:10 There's a passage here 18:12 that he talks about in Daniel... 18:15 Daniel... 18:18 12:9? 18:19 No, not Daniel 12:9. 18:23 It comes to me at the appointed time. 18:27 Let's look at Daniel Chapter 11. 18:41 Okay, and this is why it's important to have wisdom. 18:46 And it says, "And those of the people," 18:48 Daniel 11:33, 18:50 "And those of the people who," do what? 18:54 "Who understand," shall do what? 18:57 "Instruct many." 18:58 So when you understand what's the responsibility? 19:02 To instruct. 19:03 When God gives you knowledge, and you understand it, 19:07 it's your responsibility now to do what? 19:09 Instruct, tell somebody about it. 19:12 And we find clearly 19:14 that everything that the Lord points out 19:17 is for a particular time. 19:18 At that time, it's gonna speak, it will not lie. 19:21 Let's go to question number three. 19:24 Question number three. 19:27 Did we answer number two? No. 19:29 Okay, let's read it. Here it is. 19:31 Matthew 24:32-33, here it is, 19:36 "Now learn the parable from the," what kind of tree? 19:39 "Fig tree: When its branch has already become tender 19:45 and put forth leaves, you know that," what is near? 19:49 "Summer is near. 19:50 So you also, 19:52 when you see all these things, know that," it is what? 19:56 "Near at the doors." 20:01 The seasons change, seasons are loud. 20:07 When autumn comes, 20:09 how do we know that autumn comes? 20:15 All kinds of signs, leaves change, 20:18 what else happens? 20:20 It gets cooler. 20:22 What else happens? 20:23 Gets darker earlier. 20:25 All these signs if somebody visited from Australia 20:29 like our pastors here, 20:30 and it's becoming summer in Australia 20:34 right about now, right? 20:35 We're looking forward to that. 20:37 Yeah, it's like, 20:38 it's becoming summer in Australia. 20:39 It's like in the 80s and 90s already in Australia. 20:42 That's where Hannah wants to go. 20:44 I can see it on her face. 20:45 But in America, we live there 20:48 on the other side of the planet. 20:51 So when it's getting cool here, it's getting warm there. 20:52 When it's getting warm here, it's getting cool there. 20:56 For him to come to America 20:58 and see the leaves falling he'll say, 20:59 this is the definitely not summer. 21:01 And how does he know it? 21:03 By the signs, by all the signs. 21:08 So Lord says, "Pay attention to the signs." 21:11 That's really what these two verses are, 21:12 pay attention to the signs, 21:14 and you'll know when it is near. 21:17 All right. Let's look at this one. 21:20 Question number three. Question number three. 21:22 What was the first sign connected to Jesus' return? 21:27 We're gonna spend a lot of time in Matthew Chapter 24. 21:30 We're actually in the Book of Matthew. 21:34 Matthew gets preference, 21:36 Mark and Luke says some of the similar things, 21:39 but Matthew gets a lot of preference, 21:41 because it's the first of the gospels. 21:44 Okay. 21:47 The question is, 21:48 what was the first sign connected to Jesus' return? 21:52 And we're gonna go to Matthew Chapter 24, 21:55 and we are going to look at verse 4 and 5 together. 21:59 Matthew 24:4-5, 22:01 I'm gonna lead into it by reading verse 3 22:02 and then we'll bring up verse 4 and 5 on the screen. 22:06 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, 22:09 that is, as Jesus did, the disciples came to him how? 22:13 Privately. 22:15 Now I want to get, I want to make a point here. 22:17 Did he tell the crowd the specific signs 22:22 or did he just tell them to the disciples? 22:25 He just told the disciples. 22:27 They came to him how? 22:29 Privately. 22:31 He was talking about the coming, 22:33 the end of the world, but He, 22:34 but He didn't tell everybody else the signs, 22:36 He told it to the disciples. 22:38 Now there's a reason I asked that question 22:40 because we read in Daniel 11:33, 22:42 that those who understand, what should they do? 22:47 They should instruct others. 22:48 So He was equipping His disciples 22:50 with the information that they needed 22:52 to let the rest of the world know. 22:53 He was about to send them out, 22:55 commission them to go to the world 22:56 and teach what they learned to the rest of the world. 22:59 He told them privately. 23:01 And look at what happened when they came to Him saying, 23:05 "Tell us, when will these things be? 23:09 And what will be the sign of Your coming 23:13 and of the end of the age." 23:15 So now let's look at the screen. 23:17 Matthew 24:4-5, "And Jesus answered and said to them," 23:22 what's the two words? 23:23 "Take heed," that means beware, watch out. 23:27 "Take heed that no one deceive you. 23:30 For many will come in My name, saying I am," what? 23:35 "The Christ and will deceive many." 23:38 It's sad but today, 23:39 we're living in that generation. 23:41 We're not just living in the generation 23:43 where many people have come in the name of the Lord. 23:46 I was listening to a statistic just yesterday. 23:50 They said in the world, 23:52 a new cult is born every day. 23:57 Isn't that's sick? 23:59 In the world, a new cult... 24:00 Somebody comes up with some new idea every day 24:05 and starts a new movement. 24:09 So will deception be rampant? 24:12 It'll be rampant for a number of reasons. 24:14 Go with me to the Book of Thessalonians. 24:17 Actually, actually, yeah, 2 Thessalonians. 24:22 So you want to put that down? 24:23 What was one of the first signs connected to Jesus' return? 24:28 Don't let anyone deceive you. Don't let anyone deceive you. 24:31 Let's go now to 2 Thessalonians. 24:36 Okay. 24:40 Okay. 24:42 And... 24:47 Oh, I'm in 1 Thessalonians. 24:48 No wonder I didn't see what I was looking for. 24:51 Okay. 24:52 Let's go to 2 Thessalonians Chapter 2, 24:56 and then we're gonna look at verse 3. 24:57 Now I want to... 24:59 There's a reason I'm bringing this out 25:00 is because did Jesus tell the multitude 25:03 about the signs, who did He tell? 25:07 He told the disciples, 25:09 and what were they supposed to do? 25:12 Tell everybody else. 25:14 So as the disciples now commissioned 25:17 to become apostles, 25:19 they carry the epistles, 25:21 they're telling the gospel, they're sharing it everywhere. 25:24 Now, Jesus said, one of the very first signs is, 25:25 don't let anyone deceive you. 25:27 Now we're gonna go to the Book of 2 Thessalonians, 25:30 and we're gonna read similar language 25:34 by the Apostle Paul after his conversion. 25:37 Look at what he says in verse 3. 25:40 Well, actually, let me start with verse 1. 25:42 "Now, brethren, concerning the," what? 25:46 "Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ 25:49 and our gathering together to him, 25:51 we ask you, not to be soon shaken in mind, 25:57 or troubled either by spirit or by word, or by letter, 26:02 as if from us as though the day of Christ had come." 26:05 And the reason why he's saying that 26:06 is because those are the methods 26:07 that were being used to lead people astray. 26:10 He said, "Be careful, 26:11 if any one approaches you in these manners. 26:14 It didn't come from us." 26:15 And the very next thing he says 26:17 fits into what Christ said earlier. 26:20 Look at verse 3. 26:24 "Let no one deceive you by any means. 26:27 For that day will not come unless," 26:29 what happens? 26:31 "The falling away comes first." 26:33 So I'm gonna ask you to chime in on this. 26:36 "And the man of sin is revealed, 26:38 the son of perdition." 26:40 We'll go down in a few moments here, 26:42 but what are some of the ways 26:44 you see the falling away happening? 26:46 Let's pull the world. Let's pull the world. 26:48 Let's zoom out on the world in a collective sense. 26:51 What are some of the ways you see the world, 26:53 the falling away coming? 26:55 What some of the ways. 26:58 Okay, people spending more time on their devices, 27:00 on their phones, okay. 27:04 Rampant immorality, okay. 27:07 Okay, fixation with video games, 27:10 all right, what else? 27:14 Turning away from the truth of the Scripture 27:16 because there was a time 27:18 when the Bible was highly prized, 27:19 but nowadays, 27:20 religion is popular and truth is not. 27:24 Because remember, one of the... 27:26 I forgot who it was, 27:28 the question was asked, what is truth? 27:30 And today that question is being asked to do, 27:32 what is truth? 27:33 When you say to somebody, 27:34 well, let's search out the truth. 27:36 I don't want to talk about, that guy got a phone call yet, 27:38 but when you say what is truth, 27:40 people often tend to not really be concerned. 27:44 They say, well, this is my way of doing things. 27:47 That's your way of doing things, 27:49 and as long as it works for you, 27:52 mine works for me. 27:53 What are some of the other ways 27:55 you see the falling away coming? 28:00 Right, entertainment taking the place of spirituality, 28:03 entertainment taking the place of spirituality, 28:06 and there's something that I copy the other day. 28:09 I don't think I have it on here. 28:11 But, yeah, I copied it on my wife's iPad. 28:16 Give me your iPad for a moment, Honey. 28:18 I'll find it real quickly. I'm gonna share this. 28:20 Just pass it to me. 28:21 Thank you, Honey. 28:23 That's what's so nice about television. 28:25 Have all the resources at my hand right here. 28:27 My wife has a lot of stuff. 28:30 Okay, 2019, 28:33 yeah, this was interesting. I saw this article 28:35 that I'm gonna bring out in a moment here, 28:37 all photos, okay, great, there it is. 28:39 It is going down 28:40 as the most recent is going down, right? 28:44 Going up, okay, well, great. 28:46 I'm only going through 12,645 photos. 28:50 Oh, no, it's going down this, okay. 28:53 I am in 2015. 28:54 I'm almost there. Don't worry about it. 28:56 You'll still be here when I arrive. 28:58 Okay, here we are. This is amazing. 29:01 I'm dedicated to do a message on this 29:03 because I thought this was so insightful. 29:06 One of the other way that the world is falling away 29:08 is there is a false teaching about Jesus gripping the world. 29:15 And right now, 29:17 there is this push that people are claiming to be converted 29:24 and because they claim to be converted 29:26 and they're in a realm of popularity, 29:29 they gain an immediate following 29:32 and people are more concerned, 29:33 people are more led astray by their enthusiasm 29:37 in what they do, 29:39 because they already have a platform. 29:41 So we were reading this article, actually, 29:43 Angie, led me to it. 29:45 And the article was entitled, "Which Jesus Do You Follow?" 29:49 Which Jesus Do You Follow? 29:50 And, Iris, I'm working on a sermon to do this. 29:53 And we're gonna go through this in specifics 29:54 and one was the biblical Jesus and the modern Jesus. 29:59 Because this is false Christ centeredness 30:02 happening nowadays. 30:04 And the modern Jesus, let me, 30:06 I'll just go through it very quickly 30:07 and we'll deal with the issues. 30:09 We will let you know when I'm gonna preach a sermon. 30:10 But listen to this. 30:12 This is the biblical Jesus, 30:14 born as God Almighty in the flesh, 30:17 loves us enough to speak the truth, 30:19 points us toward eternal treasures, 30:22 warns of sin, judgment and hell, 30:25 commands repentance of sin, 30:27 gives you salvation, hope, peace and joy, 30:30 hatred and despised by the world. 30:33 That was the real Jesus, 30:35 hates sin and exposes the truth about sin, 30:40 commands with divine authority, 30:42 says to expect persecution in his name, 30:46 brings division when necessary, 30:49 exalts God and the Father's will, 30:53 warns of false signs and wonders, 30:55 but magnifies His Word, 30:58 demands that emotion, experience, 31:00 and opinion conform to sound teaching. 31:03 I love that. 31:04 And the last one, commands us to deny ourselves 31:08 and be willing to lay down our lives for God. 31:12 That's the scriptural Jesus, but look at the modern Jesus. 31:16 This is the modern Jesus. 31:18 The teaching is, 31:19 he was a good teacher and a man. 31:21 Waters down words to avoid offense. 31:24 Promises us earthly riches, sends all to heaven, 31:28 dismisses hell, 31:30 minimizes the need for repentance of sins, 31:33 gives you health, wealth, and happiness. 31:36 This modern Jesus loves and accepts the world as it is. 31:41 Overlooks sin and never corrects us. 31:44 Gives suggestions, not commandments, 31:47 promises you the best life now, 31:51 promotes unity and tolerance at all costs, 31:54 doesn't matter what you believe, 31:56 serves your will above God's will, 32:00 exalt signs, wonders 32:02 and mysticism above God's word. 32:04 Exalts emotion, experience, 32:07 and opinion above sound teaching 32:09 and lastly, encourages you to love yourself first, 32:13 and gratify all your fleshy desires. 32:16 That's the modern Jesus. 32:18 So not only is the falling away first coming, 32:22 but this is false Christ centeredness being taught, 32:25 that doesn't reflect who Jesus really is. 32:27 So when Jesus says, 32:29 "Don't let anybody deceive you." 32:30 We have to make sure that 32:32 we are following the right Jesus, 32:35 not just the Jesus that's comfortable to us. 32:38 Because didn't Jesus say, 32:39 if anyone would desire to be My disciple, 32:41 let him do what to himself, deny himself, 32:45 but nowadays, there is no denial. 32:48 Everybody dies and goes to heaven. 32:50 That's what the world teaches. 32:51 Live however you want, 32:53 at the end we'll pray you into heaven, 32:55 that's what the world teaches. 32:56 But it doesn't really matter how you live, 32:58 but it does matter. 33:00 So let no one deceive you. 33:01 And let's continue in 2 Thessalonians. 33:03 I want you to see this. 33:06 I want you to see this. 33:08 And I'm gonna start with... 33:10 We read verse 3. There's a lot of reading here. 33:12 I'll let you read it on your own, 33:14 but I want you to see something in verse 10. 33:18 And it says, "And with all unrighteous," 33:21 what's the next word? 33:22 "Deception among those who perish," 33:25 And here's the reason why people will be lost, 33:28 "Because they did not receive the love of the truth, 33:35 that they might be," what? 33:36 "Saved." 33:37 So is it enough to have the truth? 33:40 What is it, what is necessary? 33:43 Say it again. 33:45 You have to love the truth, 33:47 not just know the truth, 33:49 love the truth and also what else? 33:52 And follow the truth. 33:57 What happens when they don't love the truth? 34:00 And it makes verse 11 34:01 sound like God is into deception, 34:02 but we will make it very clear, I'll tell you in a moment. 34:05 And for this reason God will send them what? 34:07 Strong delusion that they should believe the lie. 34:12 We will talk about that lie at a different time, 34:14 that they all may be condemned, 34:16 who did not believe the truth, 34:19 but had pleasure in what? 34:21 Unrighteousness. 34:22 And there's a lie that had continually been told. 34:25 The very first lie told on earth was, 34:29 the very first lie told by the adversary was, 34:31 "You shall not what? 34:32 Surely die." 34:34 And that's the lie 34:36 that revealed in the beginning the man of sin, 34:39 and that lie is still being told today. 34:40 People die, but they don't really die. 34:43 But we're gonna go on. 34:45 So be careful. 34:46 Make sure that what you believe is grounded in God's Word. 34:49 Amen? 34:50 Let's find out some of those things. 34:52 Question number four. 34:54 How does the Bible portray the manner 34:57 and method of the return of Jesus? 35:01 Revelation 1:7. 35:03 Revelation 1:7. 35:09 Okay. 35:18 And this is such a short passage, 35:20 we can read this together. 35:23 "Behold, he is coming with," what? 35:25 "Clouds and every eye will see Him, 35:29 even those who," did what? 35:31 "Pierced him," and then what else? 35:35 "And all the tribes of the earth will mourn 35:38 because of Him. 35:39 Even so, Amen." 35:42 Now when the Bible says, 35:44 "Behold, He is coming with clouds, 35:46 and every eye will see him, even those that pierced Him." 35:50 What is being talked about is when Jesus was being crucified, 35:54 actually when Jesus was being tried, 35:56 the chief priest, 35:59 the rabbis, the leaders. 36:02 They said to Him, 36:05 "Tell us are you the Christ? 36:07 And He wouldn't answer. 36:08 And they said, "We adjure You. 36:10 They pulled authority that we adjure you, 36:13 are you the Christ?" 36:15 And he said, "I am 36:17 and you'll see Me coming in the clouds of heaven 36:19 with power and great glory." 36:22 So that's why it says even those who pierced him, 36:25 there's gonna be, when Jesus comes back, 36:26 there's gonna be as the Bible refers to, 36:29 a special resurrection for those who pierced Him. 36:33 But many people don't see that. 36:36 Even they who pierced Him 36:39 because generally the wicked 36:40 don't come out on the first resurrection. 36:42 But those who denied his divinity 36:44 will be raised to see Jesus triumph, 36:48 even those who pierced Him. 36:51 And, so, when He comes back, 36:54 how many eyes are gonna see Him? 36:56 Every eye is going to see Him. 36:59 Every eye is going to see Him. 37:07 That was quite an event, 37:08 we could talk quite a bit more about that event, 37:10 every eye will see Him. 37:12 It was after the crucifixion of Jesus 37:14 that even some of those 37:15 that were participators in His crucifixion. 37:18 They proclaimed truly, He is the Son of God. 37:22 So there was, it was not a hopeless situation 37:24 but for those who persecuted Him, 37:26 and refused to acknowledge Him. 37:29 He said, "You'll see Me coming 37:31 in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory." 37:34 Okay, question number which? 37:36 Number five? Okay, number five. 37:38 What details does the Bible associate to Jesus' return? 37:45 We're going to now, Matthew 16. 37:49 Okay, Matthew 16. 37:55 And okay, 38:03 Matthew 16:27. 38:07 What details? 38:09 Okay, there you go, here it is, 38:15 "For the Son of Man will come 38:18 in the glory of His father with His," 38:22 together, "angels, 38:24 and then He will reward 38:27 each according to his," what? 38:31 So what detail does the Bible associate to Jesus' return? 38:39 Say it again, reward. 38:42 Now why is that important? 38:43 Because we are not rewarded at death. 38:46 We are rewarded when Jesus return. 38:49 We're not rewarded when we die. 38:52 He says, "I'm coming back, 38:54 and everybody's gonna receive their reward. 38:57 And let's reiterate that, 38:58 let's go to Revelation Chapter 22. 39:13 It's important to let the Bible confirm itself 39:17 and when you compare scripture with scripture, 39:19 you'll find that that point 39:21 that was made is often strengthened 39:23 or reiterated somewhere else. 39:26 Revelation 22:12, 39:30 "And behold, I am coming quickly 39:32 and my reward is with Me to give to how, 39:36 everyone according to his work." 39:40 It's almost paralleled in a very significant way 39:44 outside of talking about the angels, 39:46 and then He will reward each according to his works. 39:50 Matter of fact, 39:51 go with me now to the Book of Ecclesiastes. 39:57 Okay. 40:05 Okay, here it is. 40:07 Ecclesiastes. 40:12 Okay. 40:14 And He's gonna reward everyone according to what? 40:18 According to his works, all right? 40:20 Look at Ecclesiastes 12:13-14. 40:31 It says, "Let us hear the conclusion 40:33 of the whole matter, 40:35 fear God and keep His commandments, 40:38 for this is the whole duty of man." 40:41 And look at this, 40:43 Ecclesiastes 12:14, 40:46 "For God will bring every work 40:52 into judgment, 40:54 including every secret thing, 40:57 whether it is," what? 40:58 "Good or whether it is," what? "Evil." 41:01 So the things that are not repented of 41:04 are gonna come out. 41:09 Somebody said to me once, one of the reasons 41:11 I want to be saved, 41:13 is I don't want anybody to know what I did. 41:16 I won't tell you who said that. 41:18 But isn't that beautiful? 41:20 Because if we're not saved, everything you've ever done, 41:23 as the Bible says, what's hidden in the dark 41:26 shall be brought to light. 41:28 What's done in secret shall be shouted from the mountaintop. 41:31 And here He is saying, 41:33 "He will bring every work into judgment 41:37 including every secret thing, 41:39 whether it is good or whether it is evil." 41:42 I need to give you some encouragement after that one. 41:44 Let's go to 1 John Chapter 1. 41:47 Let's go to 1 John Chapter 1. 41:56 Okay. 42:03 And I think you all know where I'm going. 42:06 Right? 42:10 Okay, here it is. 42:12 Verse 9, 42:14 "If we," together, "confess our sins, 42:18 He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins 42:22 and to cleanse us from," what? 42:25 "All unrighteousness." 42:28 So if the car goes through the car wash 42:33 and comes out on the other side pristine. 42:37 You won't remember what it looked like 42:39 when it went in. 42:40 Said, man, you washed your car, 42:44 and they're trying to figure out 42:45 what it looked like before, 42:47 and you say, I bet you can't find that spot. 42:51 Isn't it good news that when the Lord cleanses us, 42:54 we don't have to be fearful of the judgment. 42:56 Amen? 42:58 That we could have boldness in the Day of Judgment. 43:01 Oh, man, I tell you, I wish I had time 43:02 to just go off on that topic right away. 43:05 That's right. He cleanses us from how much? 43:08 All unrighteousness. 43:10 But verse 10 is a caution, because look at verse 10. 43:12 So for those who don't think they need verse 9, 43:14 He says, "If we say that we have not sinned, 43:16 we make him a liar, and His word is not in us." 43:19 In other words, He says, "I see you," 43:21 and by the way, okay, 43:23 Revelation, let's go to Revelation. 43:26 This is interesting. Look at this, Revelation. 43:29 This is interesting. 43:31 I thought, this is very interesting, 43:33 start at Revelation Chapter 2. 43:39 And I want you to see something, 43:40 can we be saved by our works? 43:42 Tell me, yes or no. 43:44 We cannot be saved by our works. 43:45 But it's amazing how over and over and over, 43:49 you know where I'm going, Honey? 43:51 My wife knows where I'm going. 43:54 But look at now, Revelation 2. 43:56 Let's start with verse 2. 43:59 I'm just gonna take the beginning of these verses 44:01 'cause I want to reiterate a point. 44:02 Revelation 2:2, 44:04 what's the first four words that we see? 44:08 "I know your," what? 44:10 "Works." Okay. Did you get it? 44:12 Okay. Revelation 2:9. 44:17 Look at it again. 44:19 What did He say? 44:20 "I know your works." 44:22 Verse 13. 44:23 What did He say again? 44:26 "I know your works." 44:28 Look at verse 19. 44:30 What does he say? 44:31 "I know your works." 44:34 Isn't that amazing, the repetition of that. 44:37 Look at 3:1, 44:41 in the middle of the verse, what does he say, 44:43 look for it, "I know your works." 44:46 2:8, what does he say? 44:49 "I know your works." 44:52 And then verse 15, what does he say? 44:57 "I know your," what? "Works." 44:59 So we got to put this in context now. 45:01 Because works, works, works, works, works continually. 45:04 Now go to James, go to James. 45:06 Go to James. 45:08 All of you saved by grace people. 45:11 Go with me to James. 45:13 Okay. 45:15 Okay. 45:18 James Chapter 2, 45:20 and by the way, you may not think 45:23 this is on the topic of the Second Coming, 45:24 but it will be good to have assurance 45:26 when Jesus comes back. 45:27 All right? 45:28 Now let's look at, we talked about works, 45:30 works, works, works, works. 45:31 Can we be saved by our works? No. 45:33 Okay, I just want to get that clear. 45:36 James 2:14, 45:38 "What does it profit my brethren 45:41 if someone says he has faith, but does not have," what? 45:45 "Works." So here's the point. 45:47 Should your faith be without works? 45:51 Why does your faith need works? 46:00 Show that is real, yes, what else? 46:02 Evidence. 46:04 So somebody says, "Hey, you know, 46:05 I built really great houses." 46:07 Hey, could you show me how we should build? 46:09 Well, actually, I haven't built one yet. 46:11 But I'm a great builder. 46:13 I plan on building and... 46:17 I just saw this terrible news report recently, 46:20 Lady, was on the news, she said she claimed to... 46:23 She put a $10,000 scheme together to raise money. 46:26 And she said she had cancer 46:28 and she even shaved her hair off 46:33 and took a picture of herself getting an intravenous feed 46:35 when in fact it was a... 46:37 She was getting something for a low iron deficiency 46:39 and she said it was chemotherapy. 46:42 And her husband turned her in. 46:46 He said, "I couldn't take it. 46:48 It was not true." 46:51 And now she's been recently arrested for lying to people. 46:56 Her works were opposite to her. 47:00 She got $10,000 so far. 47:03 So they're saying they're making her return 47:05 all that money 47:07 and she's gonna do jail time. 47:10 And there was another couple that not too long ago, 47:13 you may remember, this is on the news. 47:15 There was a transient guy on the street. 47:18 And this couple took him in and they said, 47:20 they want to raise money 47:21 and they raised like hundreds of thousands of dollars, 47:23 remember that? 47:25 Lot of money, but they took the money for themselves. 47:28 And the guy that they used, how about, how much? 47:33 They had a new car, they bought a new house, 47:36 they started buying expensive clothing 47:38 and people started noticing 47:40 where they're getting all this money from, 47:41 and they followed up and they discovered 47:44 that they used this guy on the street, 47:47 and then the guy turned them in 47:49 when he heard about it 47:50 and he said, they didn't give me a penny. 47:53 You know what happened? 47:55 They couldn't give all that back. 47:56 They went to jail. 47:58 Here's the point I'm making. 48:00 Let's get it real quickly. 48:03 Here's the key. 48:05 Is it enough to believe that Jesus is coming again? 48:08 Okay, look at verse 19 48:12 of James 2, 2:19, 48:16 "You believe that there is one God, 48:18 you do well," what does it say? 48:22 "Even the demons believe and tremble." 48:25 So is it enough to believe? 48:27 No, they believe. 48:30 So look at this, 48:31 look at this jostling that was brought out 48:33 by the writing of James. 48:36 He says, "But do you want to know O foolish man 48:39 that faith without works is dead." 48:42 And then he goes all the way down, 48:44 verse 24, 48:45 "You see then that a man is justified by works 48:50 and not by faith only." 48:52 So in other words, when the Lord says, 48:54 He's coming back to reward everyone 48:55 according to our faith, 48:58 I just want to see if you listening, 49:00 Rodger is awake, according to our what? 49:03 Works. 49:05 He's saying, "It's not enough to have faith, 49:07 the demons have faith, 49:08 but they're not gonna be saved." 49:10 The demons believe, but they're not gonna be saved. 49:14 I had a sermon called the Faith of Demons. 49:18 Got it anyway. 49:22 The demons believe, but they're not gonna be saved. 49:24 He's in essence saying to us, 49:26 "What you say should be substantiated 49:30 by what you do." 49:33 Say it again. 49:34 He's looking for a faith that works. 49:36 He's looking for a faith that works. 49:39 And that's why it says in verse 26, 49:41 "For as the body without the spirit is dead, 49:45 so also faith without works is," what? 49:48 "Dead also." 49:51 By the way, if you want to have fun, 49:53 Hebrews Chapter 11 is the faith chapter. 49:57 The entire book of James is the faith book. 50:02 The whole book of James is about faith. 50:05 All right, 50:06 let's go to the next question. 50:08 So we have a little bit of time. 50:09 Question number six. 50:11 So and we spent a lot of time on that. 50:14 It's amazing what you get out of the word works. 50:16 Our works should be in proportion to our faith. 50:21 We should not just say what we believe, 50:23 but it should be evidence in our lives. 50:25 Okay, number six. 50:27 How else do we know 50:29 that the Second Coming of Jesus 50:31 will be visible to the world? 50:34 How else do we know 50:36 that the Second Coming of Jesus 50:38 will be visible to the world? 50:41 All right, Matthew 24, 50:43 a book we're spending a lot of time in tonight. 50:46 Matthew 24. 50:50 Okay, 50:56 it's Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21. 50:58 Those are the chapters 51:00 that talk about the Second Coming of Jesus. 51:01 There's some very interesting passages in Luke, 51:04 that give us indicators of the Second Coming of Jesus. 51:07 But how else do we know that the Second Coming of Jesus 51:09 will be visible to the world? 51:11 All right, verse 26-27. 51:14 Here it is. 51:16 "Therefore, if they say to you," what? 51:20 "Look, He is in the desert," what are we told? 51:24 "Do not go out. 51:26 Look, He is in the inner room," what are we told? 51:29 "Do not believe it. 51:32 For as the lightning comes from the east 51:35 and flashes to the west, 51:38 so also will the coming of the Son of Man be." 51:42 So, how else do we know that the Second Coming of Jesus 51:45 will be visible to the world? 51:47 How else do we know, somebody tell me. 51:51 Like lightning. 51:53 No secret. 51:55 How many of you like lightning? 51:59 That's a kind of strange question, 52:00 but I like to ask that. 52:02 If from a distance. 52:04 You know what I like about lightning? 52:06 When the storm just begins. 52:09 Not after the third clap, 52:12 but the first clap when you get that, 52:13 when the storm just arrived, 52:15 and when you get that really bright one 52:17 and it's quiet, then all of a sudden, 52:20 boom and the house reverberates. 52:25 Well, the reason I said that is because the coming of Jesus 52:27 is not just going to be a flash of light. 52:31 But that flash of light is gonna be precede, 52:34 that flash of light is gonna precede an earthquake. 52:41 The Bible says, "So mighty and so great." 52:44 So that flash of light is saying, "I'm here." 52:49 And we're gonna find out as we continue in the story. 52:51 Matter of fact, let's go to question number seven. 52:54 So it's gonna be visible, All right, 52:56 it's gonna be visible, 52:58 visible but that flash of light is going to be followed, 53:03 proceeded by a clap of thunder. 53:07 There was noises, and lightning, and thunder, 53:09 and a great earthquake. 53:11 You will find that in Revelation 53:12 on two separate pages, on two separate texts. 53:16 Okay, question seven. 53:17 What other component does the Bible connect 53:20 to the return of Jesus? 53:23 Psalm 50:3. 53:33 Yes, okay. 53:37 All right. 53:40 We know it's not gonna be secret how? 53:42 Okay, want to read that one together? 53:45 All right. 53:46 It says, "Our God shall come and shall not," what? 53:50 "Keep silent. 53:52 A fire shall devour before Him, and it shall be very," what? 53:58 "Tempestuous all around Him." 54:02 You know what the word tempestuous mean? 54:07 Another word for tempestuous is a lot of commotion 54:14 like when the oceans are tempestuous, 54:16 what would they, what condition would they be in? 54:21 Okay, pastor knows that. 54:23 Boy, I'll tell you, 54:25 you guys won't be able to benefit from this 54:26 but afterwards we have a wonderful story coming, 54:29 but very tempestuous all around him, 54:32 the fiery, the fire that's devoured 54:36 that shall devour before him, 54:38 and there's so much here I'd like to, 54:42 I'd like to bring out, but let's just go ahead 54:44 and add that component. 54:46 When he comes, 54:48 what we just find out will not be the case. 54:50 What did we just find out, Iris? 54:52 It's not gonna be quiet. 54:56 So if it's not gonna be quiet, what's another word for... 55:00 What's another word for quiet? 55:05 Don't tell anyone. 55:06 Secret. 55:08 Okay, it's not gonna be a secret, is it? 55:09 No, it's not gonna be a secret. 55:11 Let's go on further, we answered the question, 55:14 but let's look at the verses after that. 55:16 Verse 4, 55:17 "He shall call to the heavens from above 55:21 and to the earth, that He may judge His people." 55:26 Verse 5, "Gather My saints together to Me. 55:31 Those who have made a covenant with Me by," what? 55:35 "Sacrifice. 55:37 Let the heavens declare his righteousness, 55:40 for God Himself is," what? 55:43 "Is judge." 55:44 And so you see, that's gonna be quite a day, 55:46 a glorious day. 55:48 It's hard to think of it now because, you know, 55:51 the best representation we get in the Midwest is, 55:53 you know, a tornado was coming 55:56 or it's very bad thunderstorms, 55:58 but we don't, I don't really... 56:01 Can I be very open with you? 56:03 I don't really want any tempestuous signs 56:06 right now 'cause in the Midwest, 56:08 we might get a tornado warning, or we might get a tornado. 56:11 But when Jesus comes 56:13 that'll be the only tempestuous sign I want, 56:15 because that one will indicate 56:17 Jesus is coming to take us home. 56:18 Amen? 56:20 Can we get one more in? 56:21 Jeremiah 4:26, see if we can go there quickly. 56:24 Here's the question. Here's the question. 56:26 How will Jesus' return affect the earth, 56:28 the cities of the earth? 56:30 How will the return of Jesus affect the cities of the earth? 56:34 Okay, Jeremiah 4:23. 56:40 We are reading the Bible together. 56:42 We just got into the Book of Job. 56:44 Honey, now we're getting into these long books. 56:47 We're gonna be in the Book of Job 56:48 for a while. 56:50 Okay, here it is, verse 23, 56:54 "I beheld the earth." 56:56 Jeremiah 4. 56:58 Oh I said 23, I actually meant 26. 57:02 Sorry, sorry. 57:04 First, it starts from verse 23 going all the way down, 57:06 but I'll just go to verse 26 directly, okay? 57:11 It says, "I beheld, and indeed, 57:14 the fruitful land was a," what? 57:16 "Wilderness and all its cities were broken down 57:20 at the presence of the Lord and by his," what? 57:24 "By his fierce anger." 57:27 Jeremiah, Isaiah, 57:30 Zephaniah, Haggai, 57:32 they all put together this ominous picture 57:35 of the coming of the Lord. 57:36 And when we look at the picture as it's formed, 57:38 we all want to be on the right side 57:40 when Jesus comes back. 57:43 That was a perfect place for a hearty amen. 57:45 Amen. 57:47 We all want to be on the right side. 57:48 Amen. Amen. 57:49 We don't want to be on that side. 57:51 So, friends, we want to encourage you 57:52 to keep studying God's Word, 57:54 'cause our prayer is that it makes sense. 57:56 So if you keep studying, we know that one day, 57:58 it's gonna come into A Sharper Focus, 58:01 God bless you. |
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