Participants: Ivor & Atonte Myers
Series Code: BOF
Program Code: BOF000055
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00:15 Welcome to battles of faith.
00:16 We're your host Ivor and Atonte Myers. 00:19 And we're with power of the lamb ministries. 00:22 Today we're talking about Gods Judgment. 00:26 And you know, I know from many of you 00:28 as from myself there-- in years past 00:32 I was always a little afraid of the judgment 00:35 I mean because it just sounds scary, 00:37 I mean God is judging. 00:39 We know that there are angels that record 00:41 all of our actions, all of our things 00:44 that we have done and sad and of course 00:47 because Jesus came and died on the cross, 00:50 we can ask for forgiveness for those things. 00:52 And he forgives us. 00:54 But still because there are so many things 00:57 that you doing say throughout your lifetime. 01:00 I think, Satan still tends to tempt us to 01:02 fear the judgment of God and so we're going to 01:06 take a look at the judgment at during this program 01:10 and it is our prayer that by the end 01:12 you will not be fearful of the judgment any longer 01:15 but you will have a better understanding 01:17 of God's character and the love 01:18 that he has for each and everyone of us. 01:20 That's right, the book of Revelation 01:21 Chapter 14, verse 6 and 7 speaks of 01:25 what we call the first angels message 01:27 and the message is basically saying 01:29 fear God and give go to him. 01:30 The word fear there doesn't mean 01:33 to be afraid of it means to honor and reverence. 01:36 So it says fear God and give go to him 01:38 for the hour of His Judgment is come. 01:41 We believe we're living in that 01:42 judgment time right now and we want to understand, 01:46 we want to be able to know, 01:47 how can we make it through that judgment, 01:50 how can we pass the judgment scene 01:52 and the be found not having our own righteousness 01:54 but be found having His righteousness. 01:58 So that's what we are going to do, 01:59 we're going to study God's Judicial System. 02:03 How the judgment works so that we can 02:05 better understand and be prepared 02:08 to pass that judgment. 02:09 So we invite you to open your Bibles, 02:11 to the book of Daniel Chapter 7 02:13 as we begin our study, Daniel Chapter 7 02:17 and we are going to begin reading from verse 9 02:21 and I want to give a little bit of context here. 02:24 If you read the verses preceding verse 9, 02:28 you see that Daniel is having a vision 02:30 of earthly powers coming into play. 02:33 And after he sees a line of powers 02:36 different nations or kingdoms rising into power. 02:39 His view is suddenly moved from things on earth 02:45 to something happening in heaven. 02:47 So this lets us now that this, you know, 02:50 this scene is not the second coming of Christ 02:52 this happens before the second coming of Christ. 02:55 Daniel is looking at things happening on earth 02:58 and then suddenly he sees something happening in heaven. 03:01 And this, what we are about is read is a judgment scene. 03:04 So notice with me Chapter 7 verse 9. 03:08 "I beheld till the thrones were cast down, 03:11 and the Ancient of days did sit, 03:13 whose garment was white as snow, 03:15 and the hair of his head like the pure wool, 03:18 his throne was like the fiery flame, 03:20 and his wheels as burning fire. 03:23 A fiery stream issued and came forth 03:25 from before him thousands ministered unto him, 03:29 and ten thousand times ten thousand 03:31 stood before him the judgment was set, 03:33 and the books were opened. 03:35 Alright, so the Bible is here 03:37 clearly describing a judgment scene, 03:40 the ancient of days that would be God 03:43 himself is seen taking his seat 03:46 and thousands upon thousands are surrounding him. 03:50 Now these thousands represents angels, 03:53 because remember Daniel is seeing 03:55 this happen while at the same time 03:57 earthly kingdoms are rising and falling in power. 04:00 Daniel's vision is then taken upward 04:02 and he sees this judgment scene, 04:05 God surrounded by a red new of angels 04:08 and then the Bible says the books were opened, 04:11 the judgment was set or the judgment began. 04:14 Yeah, that's the part that always sounds scary. 04:16 Right, you know, oh God, God is about to 04:19 review the books and what's in those books 04:21 while we know what's in those books, 04:23 you know, the record of our lives. 04:26 That's what the judgment is all over 04:28 it's about the record of our lives 04:30 and so we begin them on the, 04:31 oh, boy what's in the books? What's in the books? 04:34 Everything we were done is in the books. 04:37 The book of Ecclesiastes Chapter 12 verse 13 and 14 04:40 says fear God and keep his commandments 04:42 for this is the whole duty of man. 04:44 For God will bring every work 04:46 into judgment with every secret thing, 04:49 whether it be good or whether it be evil. 04:52 So here these books are they are opened up 04:55 and you know, the question is asked 04:58 why does God need books? 05:00 Doesn't God know everything I mean, 05:01 books are for recording. 05:03 So doesn't God know everything, 05:05 why does H e need books? 05:06 Well, here something interesting 05:07 lets go to the book of Jeremiah, 05:10 Jeremiah Chapter 17 and we're going to 05:13 take a look at verse 9 and 10. 05:16 Jeremiah 17, verse 9 and verse 10. 05:21 The Bible tells us, Jeremiah 17 verse 9 and 10 05:26 if you have that Atonte, you can read it. 05:28 Okay it says, "The heart is deceitful 05:30 above all things, and desperately wicked, 05:33 who can know it?" 05:34 Okay, pause right there. Who can know it? 05:36 That's the question been asked, 05:38 the answer is obvious. 05:39 Nobody can know the heart. That's right. 05:42 No created being can know the heart 05:45 or the people can know your heart, 05:48 not even angels can know the heart. 05:52 Only God can know the heart. 05:54 Okay, go ahead and read on. 05:56 "I the Lord search the heart, 05:57 I try the reins, even to give 05:59 every man according to his ways, 06:01 and according to the fruit of his doings". 06:03 Okay, so the Bible clearly tells us 06:05 here that God is the only one 06:08 that knows the heart. 06:10 Now this is very important to understand 06:13 because sometimes you know people think what-- 06:16 And that's why we should not judge. 06:17 That's right, that's why we shouldn't judge 06:19 because only God can judge, only God knows the heart. 06:22 But this tells us something very powerful, 06:26 you see not even the angels in heaven 06:30 know the heart, okay. 06:33 So angels in heaven have to trust God 06:38 when he says the thief on the cross, 06:41 he is gonna be in heaven. Right. 06:43 When he says that person who lived-- 06:45 a life of just pure crookedness 06:48 and then on their deathbed, 06:50 in their heart will nobody could hear. 06:52 That person said in their heart Lord, 06:55 forgive me, I've lived at life of 06:57 total wickedness and I see, 06:59 I see what I've done, forgive me. 07:02 Those silent confessions angels can't read that. 07:04 So just imagine when God is saying to the angels, 07:06 write his name in the book of life. 07:08 Angels are going, well, what we seeing, 07:13 tells us something different but God we trust you. 07:16 And God says trust me because one day 07:20 I'm going to open the books. 07:22 Which will prove to you. 07:24 Which will show you and now that the angels are doubting. 07:27 But God is such a fear God that he is not 07:30 going to say, hey, I'm God and just you know that's it. 07:33 He opens the book and he allows the angels 07:36 to see every decision that he made and why he made it. 07:41 There is a very important reason 07:42 why God is doing it. 07:44 We are gonna find that out a little bit later 07:46 but what we see here is that God 07:48 keeps a record of the books because he wants 07:53 the angels in heaven that the scene 07:55 that was see here in Daniel 7 the angels in the heaven 07:58 are gathered around and they are going over the books why? 08:02 God is basically sense of the angels, angels. 08:06 I would like to invite, humanity into 08:10 your society, into our society. 08:12 Not just imagine that you have a, you know, 08:15 maximum security prison where you live 08:17 and a decision that is made that 08:19 there are gonna let up all the, all the in made of the prison. 08:23 like how would you feel about that? 08:25 Yes, I would be afraid, I hated that. 08:28 Right, well, think about it God is saying to the angles, 08:32 I'm inviting humanity up into our atmosphere and, 08:37 or up into our environment into our society 08:41 and so what this judgment does is God open the book 08:43 and He allows the angles to see His decisions. 08:48 And at the end of that judgment. 08:49 That judgment He's all ready made. 08:50 That's right, the angles you know, 08:53 they say just in true or that ways of God 08:56 in another words, yeah, we were, 08:57 we're told in the same page of you not that we went 08:59 before but now we can see it with our own eyes 09:03 the decisions of the heart that we could not read 09:07 because we're not who, we're not God. 09:09 We're not God they basically see 09:11 what God has always known 09:13 because He can judge the heart 09:14 and they've never been able to see 09:18 the heart or the motive or the. 09:20 Everything the God I'm already knows 09:22 and really God doing this is just assigned of 09:27 how much He loves all of His created beings, 09:30 how he loves for them to feel comfortable 09:34 and you know, He is God, He doesn't have to do that 09:37 but this is a characteristic of God that, 09:40 He is not, He is not a dictator, 09:43 He is a loving kind God and it's just 09:45 a characteristic that, I pay for myself 09:47 I want to have, I want to be like God 09:49 and that we all should pray to be more like God 09:51 and his different characteristic that he on this dose. 09:55 That's right, well, now we want to find 09:57 ask another question and this is one is 10:01 often confused among people it's you know 10:04 how is the prosecution in this courtroom scenario? 10:10 I want to you notice with me Revelation Chapter 12 10:12 verse 9 and 10, the Bible says there. 10:17 "And the great dragon was cast out 10:19 that all serpent called the Devil and Satan, 10:21 which deceive with the whole world. 10:23 He was cast out on to the earth 10:24 and His angels were cast out with him. 10:26 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, 10:28 now is come salvation, and strength, 10:30 and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ 10:33 for the accuser of our brethren is cast down 10:38 which accused them before our God day and night. 10:41 Very powerful verse here, Satan is the prosecutor, 10:46 not God, not God, not now I think 10:50 that's you know, there is gonna be 10:51 a shuffle something because most people 10:53 think when God is opening the books 10:55 He's looking to see who can I prosecute, 10:58 who can I get lost, who can I find that will be lost. 11:01 That's not the reason the God is opening 11:03 the books, God is not the one bringing our 11:07 sins up in our face, it is Satan, 11:11 He is the one that is basically saying 11:13 and not Satan is right there in the judgment scene. 11:15 But Satan is basically saying to God you can 11:20 save this person and this is why? 11:22 You can save that person and this is why? 11:25 This person has done this, this, this, 11:27 I mean Satan is the prosecution. 11:30 And many people look at God 11:32 is though he is the prosecution. 11:34 Or the prosecutor. Or the prosecutor, 11:37 you know, they've got a totally backwards 11:39 and this actually you know, 11:43 messes of the way the view of God. 11:45 Well, I was gonna say that it's you know, 11:47 Satan has been very clever and just 11:51 presenting God with this characteristic, 11:54 which is not his characteristic at Satan, 11:57 this is the way God is always portrait move, 11:59 this is the way he's portrait, 12:00 in television program I mean there is 12:02 so many people who look at the fear God 12:04 I've like trembling fear you know, 12:06 he is like, you know, this God who just wants to 12:09 you know, zap us out is to he gets a chance, 12:13 and this is not, through God is. 12:15 Yeah, Satan is the, is the accuser 12:18 and we find example of that in the book of 12:20 Zechariah Chapter 3 where the Bible says in verse 1. 12:23 "He showed me Joshua the high priest 12:26 standing before the angel of the Lord 12:28 and Satan standing at his right hand 12:31 to resist him or to accuse him. 12:35 This is the work of Satan, he is the accuser, 12:38 he is the one that's trying to get us lost. 12:41 So if Satan is the accuser then the question is 12:45 what role does God play, I want to you notice with me 12:47 Psalm 94, Psalm 94 and verse 22 12:51 go ahead and read that Atonte you have that. 12:53 And the Bible says, But the Lord is my defense 12:55 and my God is the rock of my refuge. 12:58 Okay, very powerful verse, the Bible tells us 13:01 that God is our defense, He is trying to save us, 13:06 He is not willing that any should parish 13:08 but that all should come to repentance. 13:10 So very important point here 13:12 God is not trying to find ways 13:14 to get us lost that's the devils drop. 13:17 God is trying to find ways. The save us. The save us. 13:21 Psalms 51 verse 1 reads this, "Have mercy upon me, O God, 13:25 according to thy loving kindness, 13:27 according on to the multitude of thy tender mercies 13:30 blot out my transgressions. 13:33 That's what God wants to do, 13:34 God wants to blot out our transgressions 13:37 he wants survive pardon next our name 13:40 and next our sins, so get this when the devil comes to God 13:44 and is like he did this and he did that 13:46 and he did that, God opens His books 13:49 and He says according to my books 13:52 pardon is written next to his name. 13:55 He is been forgiven in another words 13:56 but it says though, the books contained evidence 14:01 not so much against us but for us, 14:06 at least that what God wants. 14:08 The devils wants the books to contain 14:10 evidence against us and see you know, 14:14 ultimately was gonna happen with many people 14:16 is God is gonna have to say you know what? 14:19 Satan is right on this one you know, 14:21 he is accusing you, there is no forgiveness 14:23 or pardon written next your name, 14:26 there is nothing I can do to save you and still be just. 14:30 Right, and only because God will only say that 14:33 if we don't repent our sins and accept 14:37 the blood of Jesus to cover our sins 14:40 and to change us and turn us away from those sins. 14:44 Which is really the first article of furniture. 14:46 That's right, that's right well, you know, 14:48 let's talk about this process of you know, 14:50 being acquitted of the crime or of sin or being cleansed. 14:53 What needs to happen in order of God 14:57 to forgive us not for us to be cleanse. 14:59 Very simple, number one, the sinner needs to repent. 15:07 1st John 1:9, if you confess our sins 15:09 He's faithful and just to give us our sins 15:12 and the cleanse us from all in righteousness. 15:14 But I've there something else 15:16 that needs to happen not only to sinners 15:18 need to repent but those who have been sinned 15:21 who have been offended you know, 15:24 there is usually, this usually happens in 15:26 pairs of two someone has offended someone 15:29 because of their sin. 15:30 Not only must the sinner ask for forgiveness 15:32 but the one who has been 15:33 offended must offer forgiveness. 15:38 They must offer forgiveness 15:40 and this is why, this is so important. 15:41 Now I want to focus on this offering forgiveness 15:43 in order to make it through the judgment because listen, 15:46 if you do not forgive someone 15:50 then what are you doing. 15:52 You are holding it against them. 15:53 You are holding it against them, 15:55 and if you're holding it against them 15:57 you become part of the prosecution. 16:03 You actually joined the team of the prosecution 16:07 you are not saying I don't forgive this person 16:10 this person is wrong because of this, this, this 16:13 and what happens is the devil 16:14 can now use you as a star witness 16:16 as to why somebody else shouldn't be saved. 16:20 Have mercy. 16:21 This is why Jesus said, the best through out 16:24 to take with your enemies is to forgive them. 16:27 Let's look at Matthew 5 very quickly, 16:29 Matthew Chapter 5 and verse 14. 16:33 And you know, as we're turning there, 16:35 when you're struggling with forgiveness your, 16:37 you know, you feel so justified, 16:40 you feel so this person did this I don't have you know, 16:44 you technically know you're suppose to forgive 16:48 but emotionally you feel like you have the right. 16:51 The right told in adult, we're actually 16:53 going to Matthew 6 I'm sorry, 16:55 Matthew 6 verse 14 and Matthew 6 verse 14 says this. 16:59 "For if you forgive men their trespasses 17:02 your heavenly father will also forgive you. 17:07 But if you forgive not men their trespasses 17:11 neither will your father forgive your trespasses." 17:15 Very powerful point if we feel to forgive 17:18 we are accusing and if we are accusing 17:20 we have joined the team of the prosecution. 17:24 And when you're not forgiving I know, 17:25 for myself when I've struggles with this issues 17:27 I don't look at myself is been on the team of Satan. 17:32 Like again you feel like 17:33 you have the right to feel this way. 17:35 And especially you think about 17:36 this if God puts forgiveness next to some ones name 17:40 but you refuse extent forgiveness 17:42 what you are saying is God your judgment 17:45 about this person is wrong it is unjust, 17:49 it is unfair and you are now 17:51 in direct contradiction or comfort if you will with God, 17:57 you're saying I don't agree with your judgment, 17:59 I don't agree with the way that you view things 18:02 and so this is why God says, this is why the Bible tells us, 18:05 forgive your enemy, forgive your enemy. 18:10 Because by not doing that, you by default 18:13 join the team of the prosecution. 18:15 And he saying it for you because you can't be, 18:18 saved with an unforgiving heart 18:20 and an unforgiving spirit no matter how bad it hurts 18:23 or no matter what the person has done to you. 18:27 That's right, The safest route, Matthew 5 verse 43. 18:30 The safest route to take, 18:32 the safest route to take is found in verse 43, 18:35 "You have heard that it hath been said, 18:36 Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thy enemy. 18:39 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, 18:42 and bless them that curse you, 18:44 do good to them that hate you, 18:45 and pray for them which despitefully use you 18:48 and persecute you, that you may be 18:50 the children of your father, which is in heaven." 18:54 So God tells us, this is how you pass the judgment. 18:58 Number one, you confess your own sins, 19:01 Lord forgive me, have mercy one me, 19:03 a sinner, please write part in next to my name. 19:06 But then that also that passing the judgment 19:09 means that you must also extend forgiveness 19:13 as forgiveness has been extended to you. 19:16 Basically, this is what it is. 19:17 You've been given mercy, now offer mercy. 19:22 You've been given mercy, offer mercy. 19:25 Mercy is the one avenue where by we're saved. 19:29 We're saved by the mercy of God. 19:31 So here's the thing, you can have a sinner 19:34 as for forgiveness but the offended person 19:37 not extend for forgiveness that offended person joins 19:41 the team of the prosecution or you can flip it. 19:44 The offended person may offer forgiveness, 19:45 Lord forgive them they know not what they do, 19:47 but the sinner might say I haven't done any wrong. 19:50 And I don't need mercy and when you 19:52 cut yourself of from mercy you cut yourself of 19:57 from the only having you where by you can do saved. 20:01 And we don't extend mercy because people deserve it, 20:04 because God doesn't extend mercy because before it 20:06 deserve it it's because He is a merciful God 20:09 and so when we're following His example 20:13 we just have to say because God has forgiving me 20:17 of my many sins in transgressions I know, 20:19 you forgive you. That's right. 20:20 Even if they don't ask for forgiveness 20:22 that's a hard one. That's right. 20:24 So what you have here is God is simply saying, 20:27 I've extended mercy to you 20:30 because you ask for it, now forgive others. 20:32 And when we see that pattern, 20:34 this reveals to the angels, yep, 20:38 this person is safe for the atmosphere of heaven, 20:42 because they are following the will of God. 20:47 They are following the will of God. 20:49 And so you maybe out there struggling right now 20:50 with forgiving someone and you just realized, 20:54 well, in not forgiving this person, 20:57 I'm actually teaming up with Satan like, 20:59 look, you know, you don't need 21:02 to assist Satan in getting somebody lost. 21:04 If somebody is gonna to be lost, 21:05 they can be lost without you saying, 21:07 and here's another reason why they should be lost. 21:10 God says, don't assist, 21:11 do not help Satan, don't be his star witness. 21:14 Don't say, I'll testify, Satan, against this person. 21:19 Don't. Forgive, forgive, forgive 21:22 because when you do that you show 21:25 that you are a child of your Father in heaven. 21:29 And our job is to pray for those 21:32 who have heard us and God will do the rest. 21:36 So, Atonte, the judgment then we might say, 21:39 is actually based upon the blueprint. 21:42 We've been talking about the blueprint, 21:43 God's sanctuary message and the articles of furniture 21:46 in that sanctuary basically 21:48 show us how we pass the judgment. 21:52 Maybe we could put our chart up. 21:53 Yeah, let's put our chart up again very quickly 21:56 and what we'll see here 21:57 in the chart that you're looking at, 21:59 this is the view of the sanctuary, 22:00 the blueprint we've been discussing. 22:02 There you have the Altar of Sacrifice 22:04 representing the sacrifice of Christ. 22:06 There you have the Laver, item number two, 22:09 which represented the baptism or the washing. 22:12 Item number three, found in the Holy Place 22:14 is the Table of Showbread, 22:16 that represents the word of God. 22:18 Altar of Incense in the middle, 22:19 representing prayer and intercession. 22:22 And the Seven-Branched Candlestick representing light. 22:25 And then you have the Most Holy Place 22:27 which contain the Ark of the Covenant, 22:30 which represented the law of God. 22:33 So basically when God extends forgiveness to us, 22:39 He is literally taking us through this pattern. 22:43 I died for you, Christ died for you, 22:46 that's a sign of forgiveness, 22:48 that's how we're forgiven, by the sacrifice of Christ. 22:51 I'm gonna wash you and cleanse you, why? 22:54 Because I've forgiven you. That's a sign. 22:57 When God is opening up His books, 23:00 He's gonna show that all those who have been forgiven, 23:03 they have accepted the sacrifice of Christ. 23:05 They are forgiven. 23:06 They have been washed and cleansed, 23:09 evidence that they've been forgiven. 23:11 They have accepted His word as a part of their life, 23:14 evidence that they've been forgiven 23:16 and transformed, then converted. 23:18 They have accepted Christ intercession on their behalf. 23:22 This is all evidence showing, look, here is the evidence. 23:25 These are they which followed the lamb 23:29 with us wherever he goes. 23:31 God is gonna show, look, 23:32 they walked right through the pattern, they followed, 23:35 they allowed the light to come to their life, 23:37 they kept my law, that's right there 23:38 in Ark of the Covenant. 23:40 And not only did they do that 23:42 but they extended this very thing to their enemies. 23:46 They instead of cursing their enemies 23:48 they tried to get their enemies 23:49 to accept Christ's sacrifices. 23:51 They tried to get their enemies 23:53 to be washed and cleansed. 23:54 When they ate of the word of God, 23:56 they tried to feed their enemies too. 23:58 "When your enemy hungers, feed him." 24:01 They prayed for their enemies, Altar of Incense. 24:04 They did good to their enemies, 24:05 letting their light shine, 24:06 Seven-Branched Candlestick. 24:08 They tried to lead their enemies to repent to confess 24:11 and to keep the commandments of God. 24:13 This shows evidence that this person 24:15 is safe for heaven because not only 24:17 were they looking out for themselves, 24:19 they even were looking out for their enemies. 24:23 At the end of this judgment, God says 24:25 "Just and True." I'm sorry, the angels say, 24:29 "Just and true are thy ways." 24:30 Now we're gonna try to cover this 24:32 in the four minutes that we have remaining, 24:34 because there are two more judgments 24:35 spoken of in the Bible. 24:38 After this judgment occurs, Jesus comes, 24:41 returns to Earth and He gathers 24:43 all those who have been found worthy 24:45 to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24:47 The Book of Revelation 20 verse 4 tells us, 24:51 that the redeemed are going to be given judgment. 24:56 What does that mean? 24:57 Well, during the millennium, 24:59 that is the one thousand years 25:01 that the saints will spend with Christ in heaven. 25:03 Read Revelation Chapter 20, 25:05 in particular verses 1 through 5. 25:08 The Bible says, "judgment was given unto the saints." 25:10 Now why do the saints now get their turn 25:13 to go through the books, because before God 25:16 destroys the wicked, the saints are going 25:18 to want to know, why isn't my brother here? 25:20 Why isn't my sister here? 25:21 Why isn't my pastor or my elder here? 25:23 And they're gonna go through the very same process 25:26 that angels in heaven went through. 25:28 They're gonna see the books and they too are gonna say 25:31 at the end of that judgment 25:33 "Just and true are thy ways, O God." 25:37 So now that righteous angels in heaven-- 25:38 Wipes all the tears. 25:39 And now the redeemed humanity, 25:42 redeemed humanity, they all agree, 25:43 "Just and true are thy ways." 25:45 Now here is the thing, at the end of that judgment, 25:48 the end of the one thousand years, 25:49 read Revelation 20, you'll find that God 25:53 and all the angels and all the righteous humans 25:56 are descending to earth 25:58 and the wicked dead are now raised. 26:00 And we see that once again, Revelation 20 verse 11 on, 26:05 says, there is a great white throne judgment 26:07 and the books are opened one more time. Why? 26:11 Because now the wicked get to look. 26:14 And what the wicked are going to see, 26:16 they're gonna see just how often God 26:19 reached out to try to save them. 26:22 How many people He sent knocking on their doors. 26:25 How many times He made providence to just 26:29 lead them to the church and how they rejected it. 26:33 And when they see those books, 26:34 Lucifer included and the angels, 26:37 they too are going to say, 26:40 "Just and true are thy ways, O God." 26:43 The entire Universe, there will be 26:45 a unanimous decision in the entire Universe 26:48 for the destruction of the wicked 26:50 including the wicked themselves. 26:53 So that when God does that final work of destruction, 26:57 no one in the future will ever be able to say, 27:00 well, I wonder if, no, they're gonna remember, 27:02 the wicked themselves confessed and said, 27:05 "just and true are thy ways." 27:08 And Satan's original accusation against 27:11 the character of God will be clearly answered. 27:13 That's right. 27:14 Because Satan himself will say "Just and True." 27:18 Every tongue, every knee will bow 27:21 and every tongue confessed. 27:25 So you now know how God's judicial system works. 27:32 It's very fair, very just. 27:34 It's very fair, very just. God is good. 27:38 I get caught up in this topic 27:40 because like I said so many times, 27:43 I just feared the judgment or misunderstood it. 27:47 But understanding in this way really 27:50 helps me to see how much God is really trying to 27:52 -- what to do to save us. 27:54 But I still have to surrender to His will 27:59 and to His yearning and to the things 28:02 that He's trying to tell me to do in my life. 28:04 But it's wonderful to serve our loving God. 28:06 Thank you for joining us. Until next time, God bless. |
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