What Actually Happens When You Die? - Heaven Part 3

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You know, it's amazing.
These last few weeks we've been

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talking about heaven, and every
time we talk about heaven, it

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seems like people come to Jesus.
It's pretty amazing actually.

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And we talked about you're made
for a person and you're made for

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a place, and the person is Jesus
and the place is heaven, Amen.

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You can't have heaven without
Jesus.

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And some of you guys said yes to
Jesus last week, which means you

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also have heaven.
And so we had four people come

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to Christ last Sunday.
Amen.

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Can you guys go for those guys?
Come on, it's amazing.

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You know, you don't hear a lot
of messages on heaven, a lot of

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thoughts on heaven.
If you do, it's just kind of in

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passing and we kind of make our
own theology up and not about

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you.
These last few weeks, have you

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guys been more excited about
heaven than ever after hearing

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some of the scriptures?
Amen you know we're either

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heaven found or heaven bound,
right?

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If you know Jesus, right, We
have friends and family and

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people in heaven.
I think about these messages and

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what we learned about this.
It should be very exciting, very

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appealing.
It should just put our faith so

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strong.
We song sung today like man,

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even I have a firm foundation of
Christ.

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No matter what happens, man, I I
know where I'm going.

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Amen.
I know what it's going to be

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like and the goal of this series
are not ignorant things of

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heaven, but by the end of the
series, like no, I know what

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exactly it's like as best I can
and it is so, so good.

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I would encourage you guys.
We're doing something very

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special this week and this next
10 days we're doing something

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called 10 days of heavenly
vision and what it is.

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We're taking heaven outside of
our four walls, taking heaven

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online and helping you guys
really dive into some different

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aspects of putting heaven 1st
and different areas.

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So having first in your
finances, heaven first in your

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marriage and just do a little
video clip of just sharing what

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happens life from scripture
encourage you guys and there's a

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little devo.
So you'll see us on Facebook,

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Instagram, all the places.
But it's going to be really

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encouraging if you read through
there and really think about

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what how does heaven change my
marriage?

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And often times thing about
marriage or finances or pieces

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about marriage specifically, we
think about that our life

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fulfilled their marriage, but
actually it's a picture of

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Christ in the church in heaven,
Amen.

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It's a picture of what God did
for us.

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And so if we think our life's
going to be all perfect on

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earth, we might have the wrong
vision of our marriage because

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actually pictures grace,
forgiveness, mercy, and your

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marriage is actually a picture
of heaven on earth of eternity

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for people who don't know Jesus,
Amen.

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So it's a totally different way
of seeing things.

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So I want to encourage you guys,
you know, on social media, if

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you, if you're comfortable and
love you guys, like, share and

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comment, Amen.
Like, share and comment because

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this can be amazing.
I just know as people hear about

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heaven, they're going to find
Jesus.

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They're searching people who are
lost.

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They have no idea what this is
true like.

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And so today we're going to dive
in to a really, I mean, it's

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going to go, but we're answer
some questions you guys asked

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last week and then we're talking
about what do we know about

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heaven, about our lives now?
It's to be very, very practical.

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So I just want to dive in.
I'm going to answer a question I

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had four people asked me this
last Sunday and throughout the

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week, what happens to our bodies
if they're not still in a casket

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and buried there?
We talk about glorified bodies

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taught First Thessalonians
chapter 4, and how we're raised

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in Christ.
And we talk about the casket

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facing east and our feet facing
east and our face faces east so

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that we raise up and we see
Jesus as he raised from the

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grave.
And then of course, the question

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is like, what happens if we
don't have an actual body in the

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tomb?
And what's really cool about

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this question?
You're actually not the first

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people to ask this question.
It's actually pretty cool.

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It's found in First Corinthians
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It says this and this is between
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It's all together, it says, but
someone will ask how are the

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dead raised?
Sounds familiar.

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It says with what kind of body
will they come?

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That's pretty amazing.
Amen.

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I get some reassurance knowing
that I'm asking the same

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question that people are asking
for all time that 2000 years ago

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somebody asked this question,
what kind of body will we have?

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How in the world is this going
to work out?

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And I find some some actual
peace and recognition that I'm

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not the one struggling with
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Amen.
Like what exactly is going to

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happen?
Says this.

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What you sow does not come to
life unless it what dies?

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The seed, in order seed to bear
fruit must die.

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Listen to this.
When you sow, you do not plant

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the body that will be, but just
a seed.

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So, so your body.
You probably never heard before,

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your body being buried,
cremated, whatever is just a

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seed being planted.
That's pretty good news.

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Amen.
If you stare into a casket or

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hold an urn, this is the best
news you could ever hear that

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this is not the end.
And when you're going to be

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raised to life, look what it
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So it'll be with the
resurrection of the dead just

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says Jesus resurrected will
resurrect.

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It says the body that is sown is
what perishable, It's material

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and it says it is raised.
How imperishable, dude, this is

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exciting.
It raised, it raised eternal.

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It is so natural body is raised
a spiritual body.

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I'm so thankful we don't
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We don't resurrect the diabetes
and dementia, Amen.

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You don't you don't resurrect
with disease and brokenness.

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You know, you're coming back to
the full faculty as God has

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actually made you to be, Amen.
This is great news because

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you're thinking, well, what
happens if you're cremated?

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It's like what happens if you
have dementia?

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Like are you coming back the way
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No, you're coming back
spiritual, Amen.

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Immaterial all together,
imperishable.

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You know, you might think about
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What Paul's really saying is
you're not coming back as a as a

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reassembled corpse of yourself.
You're not coming back as just

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some modulated, upgraded
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You're coming back to a brand
new glorified body in Christ,

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transformed and glorified by
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You know, some people get really
wound up, like, man, we know

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what these bodies are going to
look like.

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Oh, man.
And you know, we don't know

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exactly, but we do know.
We recognize Jesus, OK?

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Like he had a body.
Wasn't like, what's that?

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Is that a human, you know, that
sometimes disguise itself?

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They saw Elijah, they saw Moses
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So we know what a body likes.
You know what a body's like,

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Amen.
You've had one your entire life,

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Amen.
You kind of know.

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And so the Bible doesn't go to
Scripture like we we, we just

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assume like, yes, we're going to
recognize these people.

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You can see that in Scripture.
You might think the question,

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does dust really limit God?
Well, Adam was created from from

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dust.
You know the Bible says you die

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from dust to dust, we return
back to dust.

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No matter how you get to dust,
you're turning back to dust.

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But this is what it says in
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We eagerly await a Savior who by
the power that enabled him to

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bring everything in his control,
will transform our what lowly

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bodies?
Is that the best definition of

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being a human or what are lowly
bodies like when I want to show

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up, it can't show up, you know,
I can't hold the weight, I can't

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have the stamina.
I can't go for days on end.

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Like the body is just broken,
this lowly body.

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So there will be like who?
His glorious body will be like

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Jesus body, Amen.
We saw the resurrected Christ.

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He's needs no repair.
He's not recycled, He's

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transformed.
You might ask the question, what

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happens if your body's
destroyed?

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So in John 219 says this Jesus
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This is Jesus talking.
He says destroy this temple.

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He was talking by himself.
He destroyed my body and I'll

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raise it up again in three days.
But the temple he had spoken of

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was his.
What?

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No matter what they did
physically to Jesus, he was

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going to resurrect perfectly.
Amen.

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And his death was brutal,
absolutely brutal.

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Well, there's nothing left.
You know, if you want those like

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found destination people like
you sicko freaks that watch that

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stuff.
OK, somebody said it's good,

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there's nothing left.
Like you're completely

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vaporized, right?
And you see this, you've seen it

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all throughout history,
different places, right?

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Like this is what it says.
Revelation 2013, The sea gave up

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the dead that were in it.
Isn't it crazy to think about?

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Like if you put a bite in the
sea, they, they ain't nothing

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left, man.
I mean, there's fish food,

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you're destroyed, you're gone.
It is.

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It's just nothing there.
But God actually takes a body

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out of the sea.
Is that good news?

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Amen.
I mean, no matter what, like

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scattered ashes are not a
problem, Amen, not a problem for

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God.
And you think about these Saints

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that people have been killed in
the faith, right?

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There's a guy named Polycarp.
He's one of the like premier,

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like just the one of the biggest
disciples that John, the

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disciple that Jesus loved made
his Polycarp and he wouldn't

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recount his faith and they burn
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It's an incredible story.
He actually wouldn't burn.

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They're trying to burn him.
He won't burn and history

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records him just crying out in
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It's like 4 paragraphs of
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He's just crying out in prayer
and they have to get a sword out

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and actually Pierce him to kill
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And then they burn his body.
It's amazing.

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And to think that his body is
not going to be in heaven, it's

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kind of crazy to me.
Amen.

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You think of like William
Tyndall who took the Bible and

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translated English so he could
have it.

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And the religious people are so
offended that the common person

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could have the Bible that they
burned when he turned out the

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stake.
To think he's not going to be in

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heaven with the glorified body
is absolutely crazy to me.

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Amen.
So bodies, even though we're not

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recovered or cremated, it, it
doesn't matter.

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They're not a problem for God.
It's location, condition or all

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irrelevant in the resurrection
power of God.

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Amen.
So this is a little bit of good

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news.
So that was that was a freebie

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that just you just motivated me
with that one because like I

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just got to the Bible doesn't
want to be ignorant, Amen.

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Because you got this fear like,
oh man, what holding on to if

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you know what happens, like you
are no longer going to hold on

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to Earth.
Amen.

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You're like, I'm just passing
through.

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I'm going to make my difference.
But I know where my eternity is

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set.
And you're going to see it

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today.
We're going through some

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scriptures.
What is heaven actually like for

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us?
When you take your last breath,

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what exactly happens And what
what state am I in?

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All these questions?
We're going to learn through two

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places. 1 is going to be the
rich man Lazarus.

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We'll be in Luke 16 and we're
going to read through this

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story.
So it's verse 19 through 31.

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And this is about ourselves to
take our last breath.

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Check this out.
It says this.

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Verse 19, Luke 1619, you've
fallen.

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It says there's a rich man who
is dressed in purple and fine

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linen and lived in luxury every
day.

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Sounds like the American dream.
Amen.

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This is what I want, luxury.
Purple's expensive, fine linen

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expensive, and this man was very
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Verse 20, at his gate was laid a
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First thing you got to notice is
he was laid.

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He didn't walk there.
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rich man's house and said, man,
this guy could potentially take

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care of him.
He says covered in sores and

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what longing to eat, what fell?
I don't know why my mind for the

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longest time I thought he
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But this is says he longed to
eat.

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When you study this, he's
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give him the scraps from his

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table.
He longed to have just what fell

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from the plate.
If you scrape your plate next to

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me, I'd be so happy.
It says from the rich man's

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table.
It says even the dogs came and

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licked his sores.
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He's destitute, he's sick, he's
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calloused.

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He's in proximity, but doesn't
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He he has the ability to care,
but lacks compassion.

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And see this contrast between a
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actually has a name named
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The time came when the beggar,
what he died, and the angels

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carried him to Abraham's side.
Now later you're going to see

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the rich man dies and he's
buried.

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But this man was not buried
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buried.
And he dies most likely laying

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right outside the rich man's
gate waiting to be fed.

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This is where he dies, and it's
so amazing to me because you

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contrast to your stories.
He dies, the same thing was

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bodied and buried.
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The angels pick up his soul and
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It's pretty cool.
It's pretty cool.

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And I'm not saying this is a a
theology across all people, all

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times, but this might be the
greatest picture you have of

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what actually happens to your
soul the moment you take your

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last breath as if you know
Jesus, angels come and they take

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your soul and spirit directly to
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Is that good?
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It's pretty good to think about.
Like the rich man, he, he didn't

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have this happen at all.
Now I want to stop here and says

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Abraham's side.
If if you got your KJV or I

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don't know what it says in KJV,
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Now this is a little confusing
because you're like, what in the

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world is Abraham's side?
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there's not like an exhaustive
teaching on heaven and hell.

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Like it's not as clear as New
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Now they, they, you're going to
see Abraham's side would talk

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about the place of comfort and
then you're going to see later

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we'll talk about Hades, which we
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It's an Old Testament.
They believe there's two sides

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to eternity.
They didn't really know all the

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details, but you see it here.
You have a place of eternal

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torment, a place of agony, a
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And then you place of comfort,
which is called Abraham's side

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of the righteous dead.
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and the righteous dead.
Now there's debate if the people

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in Abraham's bosom or Abraham's
side, when Jesus dies, that he

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actually goes into captivity,
steals the keys of death, hell

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and the grave.
You'll see that in Revelation,

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and then goes into Abraham's
side of the holding place and

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leads captivity captive and
brings them into the present

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heaven.
Do I blow your mind right now?

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OK, there's debate on that.
It doesn't really matter either

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way.
They're in the present heaven

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now.
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So whether everybody besides the
present heaven then, or they're

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issued in by Jesus in the
present heaven, now that's where

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they are.
And so this is the context of

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the story.
So the rich man also died.

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Was what buried?
No, no mention of angels.

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No, no mention of going to
heaven.

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It says in Hades, which is no
word for hell.

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You see, the Hades Shoal and
Gehenna are three words used in

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the Bible for hell.
Where he was what in torment.

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He looked up and he saw Abraham
afar off with Lazarus by his

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side.
So Lazarus has company and this

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man probably doesn't have
anybody.

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Verse 24 So he called to him
father Abraham in amazing says

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father Ham, he knew him father.
So this man must be Jewish at

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least recognize who he is.
He says that in your lifetime,

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sorry, have pity on me, have
compassion and send Lazarus to

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dip the tip of his finger in
water and cool my tongue because

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I'm in agony in this fire.
This is like the greatest wake

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up call verse in all scripture.
Like this is one of those verses

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that should never settle well
with you.

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It's just not you go there and
you're like, oh, Lord, help me

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to tell as many people that came
about Jesus, thank you for life.

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Thank you for what you've done.
Got to understand there's sin,

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there's punishment of sin, but
Lord, I want to see people come

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to Christ, Amen.
You see this virtually.

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Wow.
And you might question God's

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goodness, but if you know God's
number one attribute is

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holiness, it's righteousness,
Amen.

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And love falls under that.
And so it's amazing how God has

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these eternal places, but this
Scripture, it just it gets you

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motivated.
Verse 25 says, but Abraham

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replied son, so he's probably
Jewish.

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Remember that in your lifetime
you received good things while

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Lazarus received bad things, but
now he is comforted here and you

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are in agony.
You see the paradox?

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First I'll be last, last I'll be
first.

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The things are like your faith
actually should have some works,

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Amen?
Like if the rich man truly knew

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God, he should have fed the poor
person, not because you're

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trying to earn God, because he
had God's love to share, Amen.

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He should have had some works
and some change in his life, but

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he didn't.
And besides, all this between us

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is a great chasm has been set in
place that those who want to go

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from here cannot or anyone can
cross over there to us.

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It's pretty amazing to me that
like what happens on this earth

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and our physical life now
actually effects all of

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eternity.
And pretty, pretty amazing.

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Like you get this time to make a
decision of what you believe

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about faith and whether you
spend eternity in heaven or

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hell.
Verse 27 The answer then I beg

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you father, if I can't go send
Lazarus to my family 55 brothers

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and let him warn them so they
will not also come to this place

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to torment.
Verse 29 Abraham replied they

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have Moses and the prophets time
of the Bible so, so let them let

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them listen to them.
Verse 30 he said no father,

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ahem.
He said, but if someone from the

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dead goes to them, they will
repent.

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And he said to him, if they do
not listen to Moses and the

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prophets, they will not be
convinced even of someone what

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rises from the dead.
Kind of a nod to Jesus, Amen.

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If they're not going to listen
to Moses, the prophets, they're

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not even going to listen to
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If you're not going to look at
Scripture and put your heart on

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God, you might not even follow
Jesus.

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No one from the dead can go back
and be more convincing than the

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Bible itself.
Amen.

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This is a way he's saying they
have a witness in the witnesses

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Scripture.
Now here's the thing.

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Some people are going to argue
this entire parable is 100%

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figure of language.
Some some people preach that.

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Some people maybe even believe
that.

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Now to me, I look at this,
there's way too much detail.

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It's so concise and so precise
of what heaven and hell it looks

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like.
That would make no sense that

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this is a totally made-up figure
of speech.

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One of the things you see in
this parable that's really

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interesting, of all the parables
you just give over 40 parables

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is the only time he actually
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He uses the name Lazarus.
Why would Jesus use the name

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Lazarus?
It actually wouldn't make very

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much sense because it's actually
kind of confusing because

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already Lazarus in the Bible is
a good friend of Jesus.

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He's the one already raised from
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So very confusing.
And so you look at this story.

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I don't think it's 100%
figurative language.

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I don't think it's a made-up
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I think it's a real man with a
real name, with a real heaven

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and a real hell and a real
place.

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Amen.
So we see in the scripture.

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So let's go look through some of
these components of the story.

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When Lazarus died, the angels
carried him to paradise.

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Rich man went to torment.
Lazarus is with Abraham.

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And you see that right there in
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We read that earlier.
But the rich man, you don't see

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anybody mentioned with him a
place of loneliness, of

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isolation.
Both the rich man and Abraham

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look at us.
They reasoned and communicated.

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They had their full faculties,
didn't slip into some like

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disembodied member and we all
became 1 like, you know, power,

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force and whatever people think,
right?

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They maintained the distinct
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That's good news, Amen.
Like when we die, it's just a

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continuation of our life on
earth, our personality, our

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heart, we're all, we are the
same person.

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Amen.
Like we slip into eternity is

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like I went in and I'm just
recreated, reformed,

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reincarnated to something else.
Like we kept our the continuity

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was direct from earth to heaven
and our after lives even into

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hell.
So some insights.

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You see them in physical forms.
That's pretty interesting.

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There's a tongue, the finger
there, There was water.

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Some apparently there's water at
least.

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There's a tempter trying to find
water in heaven.

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There's a finger on him.
There's a tongue on the rich

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man.
The the rich man remembers and

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possibly sees his brothers.
That's pretty interesting to

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think about it, isn't it?
Like like like in hell according

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to scripture.
There's this pain of regret and

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sorrow for what is and what it
should be.

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And you remember these things be
haunted by that would be

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impossible to imagine.
They possibly see his brothers.

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The thing about you actually
have deep concern for the

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welfare of those on earth is
actually amazing to think about.

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You still care about what is
happening in this world.

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That's pretty interesting, isn't
it?

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It's a new thought for many
people.

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The bottom line this whole
parable is this is that Jesus

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truly intended us to believe
there is a real heaven and a

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real hell with a real earth that
we're on today with real bodies

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that actually end up in real
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Amen.
Sometimes you're like, oh, it's

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just all good.
It's a big part like we don't

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fully grasp.
So this is kind of the backdrop.

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So we have this story, but
there's even the better story we

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find in Revelation chapter 6 and
we're going to dive through this

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Revelation chapter 6, verse 9.
It says when he opened the what?

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The 5th seal.
This is interesting.

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These seals are actually
judgments.

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OK, so if you read part, you
read through the scripture of

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the seals.
It's it's kind of fun.

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I mean, tell Jackson, what's
this seal like all you're going

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to see it, God's going to move
his power and presence.

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He's going to let humanity kind
of be on their own.

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He's going to just let humanity
be at their worst, which is

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terrible.
There's a thing in the Bible

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called common grace.
The Holy Spirit's the restrainer

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is the name of the Holy Spirit
and he restrains sin.

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But as he seals are open.
So think of like a.

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A signet ring and you go back to
three Musketeers, you know, and

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only Jesus can open the seals,
right?

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And so Jesus opened the seals
and each seals a different, the

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first four are different horses,
OK?

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Feels like a White Horse, a red
horse, a Black Horse and a pale

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horse.
And they're all different

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judgments that are happening on
the earth.

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Most of it is God just letting
humans become humans.

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And he's taking away his
presence.

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And this 5th seal happens and
this is what it says.

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He says the salt under the
altar, the souls of those had

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been slain.
So these are the martyrs we

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talked about last week, because
the word of God and the

454
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testimony they had maintained
says they called out in a loud

455
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voice.
This is a quote, How long

456
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sovereign Lord, holy and true.
So you solve the attributes

457
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until you judge the inhabitants
of the earth and avenge our

458
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blood.
Then each of them was given a

459
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white robe and they were told to
wait a little longer until the

460
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full number of their fellow
servants, their brothers and

461
00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:14,800
sisters, are killed just as they
had.

462
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Now this is amazing scripture.
There is 3 verses, and we're

463
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going to dive through these 3
verses.

464
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I just want to see how much you
can learn about heaven in just

465
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these 3 verses.
Now, I've been reading a book by

466
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Randy Alcorn called Heaven.
So I'm going to take his

467
00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:31,760
thoughts from this because
there's no reason to add to

468
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something already great.
Amen.

469
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And I'm just going to read
through this and I want you to

470
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see how exciting it is of heaven
for us today.

471
00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:42,240
So look at this.
So #1 when these people died on

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earth, they were relocated to
heaven.

473
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Good news, Amen.
A lot of the world tell you

474
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like, we don't know where we go.
We, we just float around.

475
00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:52,240
We cease to exist.
We go into oblivion.

476
00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:55,160
Like there's no idea.
You'll never know.

477
00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:57,000
We slip back into the primordial
sludge.

478
00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:00,520
We, we just all these things.
But here you see exactly these

479
00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:02,800
martyrs that were killed.
We talked about last week.

480
00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:05,520
We talked about Abel being
killed and being moved straight

481
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to heaven.
Maybe the angels picked them up

482
00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:10,040
like Lazarus and brought them
straight to heaven.

483
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Verse 2 it says the OR verse 2
second point, verse 2.

484
00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:14,840
I'm sorry, I'm the pastor.
Come on, somebody.

485
00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:21,480
It's always a verse.
These people in heaven were the

486
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same ones killed for Christ on
earth.

487
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So here's amazing.
It demonstrates direct

488
00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:29,320
continuity between our identity
and earth and our identity in

489
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heaven.
You don't cease to exist.

490
00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:35,320
Amen.
It's like you are Sean and now

491
00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:37,560
you're Sean and I had the same.
I had to say memories.

492
00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:40,720
It's actually, I would argue a
perfect memory because you

493
00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:42,560
actually have to go to a
judgement in front of it's

494
00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:45,200
called the judgement of works.
It's not getting into heaven,

495
00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:48,440
but based on your works, you
get, you basically get blessings

496
00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:51,720
of God, you get crowns, you get
jewels, you get inheritance of

497
00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:54,520
God based on your works.
Well, you have to be able to

498
00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:56,040
judge your works.
You have to have perfect memory

499
00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:59,640
of the works you had, Amen.
Like you had dementia in your

500
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last part of your life.
How would you know, right?

501
00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:04,720
How do you hold account?
You have to be able to judge

502
00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:06,240
your works.
And so you have perfect memory

503
00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:07,440
of your life.
You remember back to your

504
00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:09,000
family, friends, the things that
happened.

505
00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:12,280
These martyrs had personal
history that extends directly

506
00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:16,120
back to lives on earth.
How long will you wait to cast

507
00:23:16,120 --> 00:23:19,920
judgement on the sins and the
brokenness of humanity, those

508
00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:22,840
that had taken their lives?
So those in present heaven are

509
00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:26,560
not different people.
They're the same people just

510
00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:29,320
relocated.
The Bible says in Hebrews 12/23

511
00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:32,960
righteous men made perfect.
I love the fact that we're just

512
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relocated.
Amen.

513
00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:37,600
I love they're not recreated or
re transformed and we kind of

514
00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:40,000
slip into some people think
you'd get your Angel wings.

515
00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:41,800
You see those videos, you get
your Angel wings.

516
00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:43,960
You had no Angel wings.
I hate to disappoint.

517
00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:46,320
Amen.
You ain't even flowing around.

518
00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:49,080
You're getting your Angel wings.
You know, why would you want to

519
00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:50,640
do that anyway?
That'd be weird, wouldn't it?

520
00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:52,640
Like I was human, but now I'm an
Angel.

521
00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:58,800
This is dumb.
Just gonna say it.

522
00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:02,440
This makes no sense.
Like just make it whatever you

523
00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:06,280
want up to feel good, OK?
People in heaven will be

524
00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:08,720
remembered for lives on earth.
So, so think about this.

525
00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:13,040
Other people knew them by their
reputation and testimony of what

526
00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:15,560
they live like on earth.
Makes you wonder what people are

527
00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:18,280
going to think of us, right?
Look as they were known and

528
00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:21,760
identified as the one slain
because the testimony they had

529
00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:23,440
maintained.
So like, what?

530
00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:25,640
What in the world are they going
to know you by in heaven?

531
00:24:26,360 --> 00:24:28,720
Oh, you're the one, you're that
guy.

532
00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:31,800
You brought heaven to earth,
which is the prayer by way,

533
00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:34,080
right?
For your will be done as in

534
00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:38,560
heaven on heaven as on heaven on
earth as in heaven, Amen.

535
00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:42,600
And so like you're known by your
walk with God now at least you

536
00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:44,280
can be, which is absolutely
amazing.

537
00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:46,720
It just reminds you we should be
really bold, Amen.

538
00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:51,000
Like Christians like this.
I love Jesus.

539
00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:54,920
Does that.
Does that bother people?

540
00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:56,840
I don't, I don't know.
Maybe it does, maybe it should.

541
00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:58,480
I don't know.
But the bottom line is we have

542
00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:00,280
the greatest news ever given,
Amen.

543
00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:04,840
And we know our eternity and
what we do now matters more than

544
00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:07,560
really ever because it sets the
pace for eternity.

545
00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:10,880
There's no thought.
They called out, which is pretty

546
00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:14,640
amazing, which means they have
the ability to express

547
00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:18,680
themselves audibly.
They have vocal cords, Amen.

548
00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:21,320
They can speak.
That's good news.

549
00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:22,200
Some of you thought to go to
heaven.

550
00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:24,720
He was like, we just, we're just
like a little drone.

551
00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:26,800
No, you can actually say things
and have opinions.

552
00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:27,960
Isn't that amazing to think
about?

553
00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:30,560
I'm not going to say you keep
fighting with your spouse, but

554
00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:34,760
there won't be a spouse there.
Just Jesus, come on, they will

555
00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:36,200
be in heaven.
You won't be married.

556
00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:37,680
Let me qualify that a little
bit.

557
00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:40,120
They won't be there.
That was a little strong.

558
00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:44,280
That was a little strong.
Julian Dobry's like I told you

559
00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:48,320
so I did.
I made that up.

560
00:25:48,360 --> 00:25:52,400
I'm sorry, but they express
themselves oddly.

561
00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:55,120
So it would suggest that
Vilcourts, we talk about them

562
00:25:55,120 --> 00:25:57,360
being physical on a physical
earth.

563
00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:00,120
We talk about the new heaven,
new earth, when the new heaven,

564
00:26:00,120 --> 00:26:02,800
earth created that actually
heaven comes down to earth, the

565
00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:05,480
city of Jerusalem and heaven and
earth are actually one that's

566
00:26:06,120 --> 00:26:08,720
pretty amazing to think about.
If you put in our time period,

567
00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:11,840
Heaven and earth are on right
here together now.

568
00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:16,280
Like your eternity doesn't start
when you die, your eternity

569
00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:18,800
start when you're born and you
just made decisions to follow

570
00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:21,440
Jesus and the eternity is set
and you're promised through the

571
00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:24,080
Holy Spirit that he sealed you.
The Holy Spirit promise you're

572
00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:27,120
going to go to heaven, but
you're already eternal, Amen,

573
00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,560
Amen.
So when you're living your life,

574
00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:32,760
you're not looking at like, oh,
what's my how much money can I

575
00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:34,040
make?
What kind of manshine can I live

576
00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:35,600
in?
How many fathers going to have,

577
00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:37,960
you know, all these things We
try settle all the temporary

578
00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:39,360
goals that's on earth.
I'm not saying you shouldn't

579
00:26:39,360 --> 00:26:41,960
have some goals, Amen, but you
better not lose them to distract

580
00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:44,000
by where you're really going
because you're just a sis in the

581
00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:45,680
heaven and you're a sojourned on
earth.

582
00:26:46,360 --> 00:26:47,360
You're just passing through,
Amen?

583
00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:52,040
Like we need to be more bold and
step out because we know exactly

584
00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:55,760
where we spend eternity.
So they raise their voices,

585
00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:57,720
which indicates they're
rational.

586
00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:02,160
The people are commutative, they
have emotion, and based on what

587
00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:06,360
they said, they even have very
passionate emotion, Amen.

588
00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:09,240
Do do you guys like having
passionate emotion?

589
00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:14,080
I mean, some of y'all do, right?
Some of y'all watched the Bills

590
00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:17,320
and the Broncos last night and
had some passionate emotion.

591
00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:21,440
That was not the response I was
thinking.

592
00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:26,200
I'm still bitter from the 90s.
So it's all right, right?

593
00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:29,440
It's all good.
But passionate, right?

594
00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:32,800
Passionate beings, just like we
are on earth.

595
00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:34,960
I mean, I just love the fact we
have passion.

596
00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:38,120
Look at this, we crowd out a
loud voice, not loud voices,

597
00:27:38,120 --> 00:27:40,520
there was just one voice.
We're like unified together.

598
00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:43,040
They're individuals that are
speaking as one.

599
00:27:43,360 --> 00:27:47,720
So any case, heaven is a place
of unity and shared perspective.

600
00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:50,800
It's pretty amazing that we
together are watching the

601
00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:53,560
injustice of earth.
These martyrs, at least they're

602
00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:56,560
seeing what's happening.
They're crying out how long Lord

603
00:27:56,720 --> 00:28:03,000
will we have to wait?
So the martyrs are conscious,

604
00:28:03,360 --> 00:28:07,360
rational, aware of each other,
which is good news.

605
00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:11,640
And the situation on earth.
Can Can you imagine your loved

606
00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:15,120
one in heaven knowing what's
happening on earth?

607
00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:18,720
Like we, we think about Jesus
and like, oh, Jesus knows

608
00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:20,760
everything.
But what about the Saints in the

609
00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:23,200
forests?
Like, what if they actually know

610
00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:25,400
what you're struggling with?
Will they actually know what

611
00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:27,680
your habits are?
Will they actually know the

612
00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:30,680
conversations and the demons and
the temptations and the road you

613
00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:32,440
choose?
Will they actually know that

614
00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:35,080
about your life?
Would that change how you live?

615
00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:38,640
My hair stands up.
I think about it because these

616
00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:40,600
guys know what's happening on
earth.

617
00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:43,920
They ask God to intervene.
Thank you, Jesus.

618
00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:46,800
Amen.
You're going to pray more in

619
00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:49,880
heaven than you pray on earth.
I guarantee it.

620
00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:54,160
And they ask God to intervene on
earth to act on their behalf.

621
00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:56,920
How long until you judge the
habits of the earth and avenge

622
00:28:57,160 --> 00:29:00,120
our blood?
I love to have full access to

623
00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:00,880
Jesus.
Amen.

624
00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:06,480
I love to ask Jesus questions.
They have an audience with God

625
00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:09,480
and they also to ask the
question would mean you have to

626
00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:13,200
have the ability to learn.
You know so many people teach

627
00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:20,360
this when you get to heaven.
He's going to play keys in

628
00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:23,280
heaven.
This is way better in horrible

629
00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:29,720
church, but you think about
heaven that you have the

630
00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:32,640
abilities to discover the
ability to learn.

631
00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:35,720
They suddenly people think you
get downloaded everything like

632
00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:37,760
you die.
We won't know until we get to

633
00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:39,960
heaven.
You still might not know when

634
00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:43,680
you get to heaven right, because
there's still things to

635
00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:44,720
discover.
There's things to learn.

636
00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:46,520
I'm thinking about people go
ahead of me and they there

637
00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:49,440
whatever place that are in the
on the the new earth that would

638
00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:50,600
be there right or present
heaven.

639
00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:52,400
They're going to walk around the
corner and go what's around

640
00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:54,800
here?
What's this taste like?

641
00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:57,600
There's food, there's eating,
there's trees, there's camels

642
00:29:57,600 --> 00:30:00,040
that have you solved that in
Isaiah chapter 60, who now you

643
00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:01,280
know for sure there's camels in
heaven.

644
00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:03,840
I said it Amen.
We know at least there's camels,

645
00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:06,000
right and we go around.
We're like man, what's we have

646
00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:08,520
ability to go.
I can learn something.

647
00:30:08,520 --> 00:30:10,240
I have adventure still.
Amen.

648
00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:12,880
I started thinking like,
brother, I'm probably not

649
00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:14,400
getting a chance.
I'm much too old to have no lung

650
00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:16,320
capacity.
My wife would kill me to climb

651
00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:19,600
Mount Everest.
But I'm telling you, man, since

652
00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:23,240
the new Earth is actually our
earth resurrected, we'll get

653
00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:26,440
into this next week.
I'm going to climb Everest in

654
00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:29,920
heaven.
Come on, somebody imperishable.

655
00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:32,560
I'm going to bury my to pull me
down, but I'm not going to die.

656
00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:35,240
Hey, man, no deal.
Bile, oxygen.

657
00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:38,680
We're going for it, baby.
Just a different perspective,

658
00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:43,200
right, of how real heaven is
now.

659
00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:44,640
I've lost my place.
I don't know where I'm at.

660
00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:53,320
So they desire understanding and
pursue justice and truth.

661
00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:57,560
They, they, they finally are
fighting for the right things.

662
00:30:57,880 --> 00:30:59,320
Sometimes we fight for the wrong
things on earth.

663
00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:03,040
You know, you get so bitter at
people, so mad at stuff and you

664
00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:04,560
get to heaven and like, all
makes sense.

665
00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:06,920
You're like, dude, I'm going to
fight for things of God.

666
00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:09,520
What was I thinking building my
life on myself?

667
00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:11,120
That's the rock.
Amen.

668
00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:15,640
And we built our lives sometimes
on same because it's so in front

669
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:18,080
of us.
Just makes so much sense.

670
00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:22,640
People in the present heaven
know what's happened on earth.

671
00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:26,360
The martyrs know enough to
realize that those who killed

672
00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:31,640
them are not yet being judged.
They know it's not happened yet.

673
00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:36,200
They understand there's time.
Heaven dwellers have a deep

674
00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:39,640
concern for justice in
retribution.

675
00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:43,600
When you go to heaven, we won't
adopt A passive disinterest,

676
00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:45,680
disinterest and what happens on
earth.

677
00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:50,080
On the contrary, our concern
will be more passionate and our

678
00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:53,720
thirst for justice even greater.
It's pretty amazing.

679
00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:55,560
Amen.
Like you thought, you go up

680
00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:57,040
there and be like, oh, we're
going to have fun.

681
00:31:57,040 --> 00:32:01,720
It's going to go great, there's
a present heaven and your tears

682
00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:05,040
are not wiped away until the new
heaven, new earth.

683
00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:08,920
And so the present heaven is
about God's patience as he's

684
00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:12,760
patiently waiting for all people
to come to repentance to him.

685
00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:16,120
Amen.
That's the only reason we're

686
00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:19,320
here, and that's the only reason
that's the present heaven, is

687
00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:22,760
that the present heaven is still
cheering on things of earth for

688
00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:27,800
people to come to Christ.
Neither God nor we will be

689
00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:31,160
satisfied until his enemies are
judged, our buys are raised, and

690
00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:34,440
sin and Satan are defeated.
Earth are restored and Christ is

691
00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:36,760
exalted over all.
This is what you're going to be

692
00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:39,200
praying for when you die.
This is going to be on your

693
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:43,560
heart when you die.
Justice for God to do what He's

694
00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:46,640
called to do.
The martyrs clearly remember

695
00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:48,280
their lives on earth.
They even remember that they

696
00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:51,640
were murdered.
That's pretty crazy thing about

697
00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:54,320
it, isn't it?
Like you, you die in your faith

698
00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:57,760
and you, the angels take you to
eternity and you're like, Lord,

699
00:32:57,760 --> 00:33:02,000
go get them, Amen.
It's amazing because there's so

700
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,720
much things on earth that don't
like the system's broken, right?

701
00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:07,960
There's injustice, there's pain,
there's lost, and we can lose

702
00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:09,680
faith in all of humanity and
God.

703
00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:13,360
But God has a final word, Amen.
There's murders unsolved,

704
00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:16,000
there's injustice all the time.
There's corruption and greed.

705
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:18,120
Everything's twisted.
It's about power and money and

706
00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:20,840
eternity.
All gets straightened up by God

707
00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:23,880
and we remember.
Think about this, If you didn't

708
00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:26,280
have memory, how could you give
true worship?

709
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:30,480
Let the redeemed of the Saints
say so.

710
00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:33,400
Amen.
If you don't remember your

711
00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:36,640
redemption and the pain and the
cost, how can you give true

712
00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:40,360
worship to God?
And so in heaven we see it

713
00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:41,840
perfectly.
We understand with God's

714
00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:44,320
patience and his timing and the
injustice and the affliction,

715
00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:47,600
and we're crying out and give
worship to God for all eternity

716
00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:51,240
for the for his mercy and grace
that He's given us.

717
00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:57,960
This is pretty cool.
The martyrs in heaven pray for

718
00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:02,200
judgment on the persecutors who
are still working hurt on

719
00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:07,560
others, and they're acting in
solidarity with and in effect

720
00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:10,800
interceding for the suffering
Saints on earth.

721
00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:14,440
This suggests that the Saints in
heaven are both seeing and

722
00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:19,800
praying for the Saints on earth.
These martyrs prayed how long

723
00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:23,719
and they're praying for justice
on earth to think about this

724
00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:26,880
that a loved one has passed
before somebody in Jesus and it

725
00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:30,280
really all time.
All the Saints are looking at us

726
00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:34,159
and they're praying for us.
Does that blow your mind or what

727
00:34:34,159 --> 00:34:39,920
to think about Paul and Moses
and grandma, uncle, friends,

728
00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:45,080
brother, dad, spouse and heaven
know Jesus and they're looking

729
00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:49,080
to you and they're saying go get
them boy, God, use them, protect

730
00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:51,280
them, get some justice, bring
some righteousness.

731
00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:54,840
Can you can you can you just
imagine this and we're the ones

732
00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:57,720
sad at the funeral gun, don't
you think?

733
00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:01,280
And you're like, brother, they,
they are more alive than ever

734
00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:02,760
and they want something from
your life.

735
00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:04,520
They never quit on you.
They know exactly what's

736
00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:06,280
happening.
Will this change every funeral

737
00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:11,480
in history, Amen.
Got to get aware of what God is

738
00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:14,800
really doing.
The Saints are praying for us.

739
00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:19,560
Amen.
That's an Amen.

740
00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:20,200
Amen.
Amen.

741
00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:25,000
Because you're because you're
like one with the Saints.

742
00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:28,840
It's not you by yourself in your
bedroom or nobody understands

743
00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:30,480
you.
Nobody can figure it out.

744
00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:31,840
Oh, it's so hard.
Oh, man.

745
00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:34,400
Tipped over the scale.
I can't figure out what to do.

746
00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:36,760
I can't make decisions.
All these things like, dude,

747
00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:39,560
heaven has a plan and they're
praying for you.

748
00:35:39,720 --> 00:35:40,880
You're not alone.
Amen.

749
00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:46,320
Those in heaven see God's
attributes.

750
00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:48,720
We saw that earlier, right?
The sovereign Lord, holy and

751
00:35:48,720 --> 00:35:51,200
true.
That's pretty cool.

752
00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:56,120
What we see face to face, the
actual attributes of God that

753
00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:58,760
the key thing of heaven is
actually the presence of Jesus.

754
00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:03,000
We're in his presence.
We are distinct individuals.

755
00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:05,720
We're all given individual robes
by that last week.

756
00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:10,720
I love there were not one merged
just uniqueness.

757
00:36:10,720 --> 00:36:13,920
You know, they all slip into
this energy field at the

758
00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:16,480
forehead.
Like, I love that.

759
00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:22,200
We're unique individuals, Amen.
We continue on the martyrs wear

760
00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:24,320
right rubs which suggest a
physical form.

761
00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:26,440
We talk about last.
We've got disembodied spirits.

762
00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:28,600
It does something, put a robe
on.

763
00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:32,880
God answers questions.
That's pretty good right?

764
00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:35,080
Now we ask questions and we have
to search Scripture and Holy

765
00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:36,960
Spirit gives confirmation, all
these things.

766
00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:40,080
But in heaven, you're like
Jesus, how long He's like, wait,

767
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:43,600
OK, that's amazing.
Amen.

768
00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:45,720
Like we can have our questions
answered.

769
00:36:45,720 --> 00:36:47,040
He's like, oh, what what are you
doing right now?

770
00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:50,240
Hey, we're waiting until the
last person is martyred for

771
00:36:50,240 --> 00:36:52,840
their faith.
Then I'm going back down there.

772
00:36:54,360 --> 00:36:56,800
OK, We're praying for that.
That's pretty cool.

773
00:36:56,800 --> 00:36:58,880
Amen.
So you just know, like when

774
00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:01,120
people are killed for faith,
it's just maybe the last one,

775
00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:05,040
maybe the last one, because you
know, we're just going to go out

776
00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:07,720
like a ball of fire, right?
Because we're going to people

777
00:37:07,720 --> 00:37:11,000
like Polycarp are going to be
like, Hey, renounce Jesus.

778
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:12,760
You're like, I'm not you ever
read the book?

779
00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:15,920
She said, yes, the story.
I called on high school and the

780
00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:17,800
guy put the gun to her head and
said, do you believe in Jesus?

781
00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:19,440
You know, tell people you don't
he's I believe in Jesus.

782
00:37:19,720 --> 00:37:21,440
And she said, yes, I do.
And they shot her back in the

783
00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:24,840
head could have been the last
one right like that, that that's

784
00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:27,200
what how it goes.
So when you get persecuted, like

785
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:30,160
you might be that last martyr.
That'd be cool.

786
00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:34,240
They took Mike home.
We're going like I'm just

787
00:37:34,240 --> 00:37:38,240
saying, you know, we get so just
disrupted by this world.

788
00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:42,200
God's promises to fulfill the
martyr's request.

789
00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:45,480
He says he actually says I'll
wait a little longer.

790
00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:49,960
Those in present have been
living into anticipation of a

791
00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:51,600
future filament of God's
promises.

792
00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:55,440
Still sometimes you think, oh,
the work is done though the work

793
00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:58,560
is not done, guys still in
working redemption.

794
00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:00,440
And this is amazing because if
you think about, you wait a

795
00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:03,320
little longer, think about this,
there's time in the present

796
00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:05,920
heaven.
The White Rd. martyrs asked God

797
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:08,600
a time dependent question, How
long Sovereign Lord?

798
00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:13,800
And the answer was that time is
passing and they're eager for

799
00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:15,280
the coming day of the Lord's
judgement.

800
00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:18,280
God answers they must wait a
little longer until certain

801
00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:21,680
events to inspire on earth and
waiting requires the passing of

802
00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:22,920
time.
How did you guys do?

803
00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:24,360
There was actually time in
heaven.

804
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:28,120
Y'all thought like we're just
going to not know anything.

805
00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:30,480
So this every time you read the
scripture, you start seeing

806
00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:32,680
more.
It's material, it's physical,

807
00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:36,640
there's time, matter and space
and Jesus comes into our world

808
00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:39,200
of his creation and dwells with
us.

809
00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:42,400
Amen.
We're not slipping into some

810
00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:44,680
other world that we don't we're
not familiar with at all.

811
00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:48,640
And I'll argue next week, I'll
show you that actually we just

812
00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:51,520
return to the present earth, but
it's resurrected.

813
00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:53,840
That'll blow your mind.
Maybe blow my mind.

814
00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:55,040
I'll be the only person.
It'll be great.

815
00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:03,080
The people of God in heaven have
a strong familiar or family

816
00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:06,840
connection with those on earth
who are called their fellow

817
00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:09,960
servants and brothers.
It's pretty cool thing about the

818
00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:13,240
Saints in heaven are calling us
brothers and sisters in Christ.

819
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:18,280
Isn't that amazing?
Like we're all one even though

820
00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:20,800
we're not in the same place.
There's not a wall that

821
00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:24,440
separates the body of Christ or
one family with those who've

822
00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:26,800
gone ahead of us.
And after we go to heaven, we'll

823
00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:29,520
still be one family with those
still on earth.

824
00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:32,280
We don't cease to be connected
to each other.

825
00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:35,120
Amen.
The body of Christ all united.

826
00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:36,480
Even though we're still in
heaven and earth right now,

827
00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:40,040
we're all as one.
Last thing is, this is pretty

828
00:39:40,040 --> 00:39:42,200
cool.
God knows down to the last

829
00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:45,560
detail of all that's happening
and will happen on earth,

830
00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:49,640
including every drop of blood
that is shed and every bit of

831
00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:51,840
suffering undergone by His
children.

832
00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:54,680
There are thousands, perhaps 10s
of thousands who will die for

833
00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:57,360
Christ every single year.
And God knows each and every one

834
00:39:57,360 --> 00:40:00,240
of their names and every story
of each of them is exactly how

835
00:40:00,240 --> 00:40:03,120
many martyrs they will be.
He's prepared to return and set

836
00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:05,960
up his Kingdom when the final
martyr dies.

837
00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:10,080
It's pretty incredible, Amen.
Sometimes they God just absent,

838
00:40:10,080 --> 00:40:13,320
like you spin a top and he just
let things go and like, hey,

839
00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:14,960
here's evolution and just
happened.

840
00:40:14,960 --> 00:40:17,240
We don't need God anymore, so
we're just left to ourselves.

841
00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:19,000
There could not be farther from
the truth.

842
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:21,480
Amen.
And He knows exactly every

843
00:40:21,480 --> 00:40:23,080
detail, every injustice, every
pain.

844
00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:25,320
And so in your life, if it
doesn't look the way you think

845
00:40:25,320 --> 00:40:28,240
it should be and you've been
mistreated or abused or taken

846
00:40:28,240 --> 00:40:30,800
advantage over or under
corruption or all these

847
00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:32,800
different situations you get to
that bother us, guess what?

848
00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:35,480
God knows, and God knows the
whole story.

849
00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:38,200
And His justice is firm, His
right on his strong, and He'll

850
00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:39,560
do exactly what He needs to do
Amen.

851
00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:43,440
I think is this time period we
have this little dash of life

852
00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:46,080
between the dates like we need
to get really emboldened for

853
00:40:46,080 --> 00:40:48,880
Christ, like we need to take the
world by storm, Amen.

854
00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:51,040
Like we need to lift up our
banner.

855
00:40:51,240 --> 00:40:54,320
We need to share Jesus and share
heaven, but don't be worried

856
00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:56,240
about trying to fit into this
world.

857
00:40:56,840 --> 00:41:00,880
Now this is only three verses
the Bible, Amen, 3 verses, Amen.

858
00:41:01,720 --> 00:41:04,520
Gave you 3 pretty good three.
Now if you look at this, you can

859
00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:07,840
say, well that's just true.
The martyrs that are in heaven,

860
00:41:08,320 --> 00:41:10,720
but it would make no sense.
This would not be true for every

861
00:41:10,720 --> 00:41:13,480
single person in heaven.
This is the only argument you

862
00:41:13,480 --> 00:41:16,160
could ever make.
I want to say this also on earth

863
00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:20,560
now, we were unaware of the
things happening in heaven.

864
00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:24,600
But those people in heaven, the
Saints before us, they are not

865
00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:26,560
unaware of what's happening on
earth.

866
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:29,160
They know exactly what's
happening.

867
00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:32,320
We question, we doubt, we worry,
We're looking through the Bible.

868
00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:33,400
We're trying to figure things
out.

869
00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:34,560
We're trying to figure God's
will.

870
00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:37,760
And you get to heaven, all of a
sudden unite as one of these

871
00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:40,160
Saints of old.
You're crying out to God.

872
00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:41,760
How long?
Lord, we're waiting for this

873
00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:44,040
justice to happen.
We know you work in redemption.

874
00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:46,760
I see that, but we see the
things happen on earth.

875
00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:49,120
Can you imagine your family and
friends and you stand at a

876
00:41:49,120 --> 00:41:50,120
casket?
You're like, oh, they're

877
00:41:50,120 --> 00:41:55,080
watching me right now.
Just I know you're watching that

878
00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:58,480
great comfort to know they're
watching feels pretty good.

879
00:41:58,480 --> 00:42:04,240
I'll tell you what looks like
last April, Easter, my daughter

880
00:42:04,240 --> 00:42:06,720
want to get baptized.
Emory and I, I see her in the

881
00:42:06,720 --> 00:42:10,200
front and it's, it's kind of
chaotic as a pastor when you're

882
00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:13,280
having Sundays in general, but
just big Sundays.

883
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:16,360
And so Dine's on stage, she's
singing, I'm next to the

884
00:42:16,360 --> 00:42:19,120
baptistery getting ready.
Emery's stand next to me.

885
00:42:19,120 --> 00:42:24,640
She's six years old.
And I'm going to climb in and

886
00:42:24,640 --> 00:42:26,760
leave her by herself because
I've got to go in and, and start

887
00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:30,280
yapping.
Come on, somebody start telling

888
00:42:30,280 --> 00:42:32,840
everybody about all this stuff.
And so she's by herself and she

889
00:42:32,840 --> 00:42:36,120
gets really, really nervous
because mommy's on stage and

890
00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:39,080
daddy's in this big pool of
water and there's nobody with

891
00:42:39,080 --> 00:42:42,200
her and she gets really nervous
and she doesn't get baptized.

892
00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:45,800
I totally sat the way men like
it was a real deal like this.

893
00:42:45,800 --> 00:42:47,560
OK, no big deal.
Like I didn't know she wouldn't

894
00:42:47,560 --> 00:42:48,960
get baptized until she didn't go
in the pool.

895
00:42:48,960 --> 00:42:52,040
I was like, OK, what happened?
And she just wanted mom next to

896
00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:52,720
her.
Amen.

897
00:42:53,400 --> 00:42:55,160
Like just Jesus where she's at,
even write it out.

898
00:42:55,200 --> 00:42:58,800
My mom, mom, mom and Emery
together in Thailand, right with

899
00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:01,960
some other they're going to go.
But she said this, she said

900
00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:05,560
later.
So Fast forward not much 6-8

901
00:43:05,560 --> 00:43:09,160
weeks not that far.
She wanted there's a there's a

902
00:43:09,640 --> 00:43:13,760
great man of God named Bill that
taught in elementary class and

903
00:43:13,760 --> 00:43:17,320
she wanted Bill to see her get
baptized and she was really

904
00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:20,560
disappointed when he passed away
that she wouldn't that he

905
00:43:20,560 --> 00:43:22,120
wouldn't get to see her get
baptized.

906
00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:26,200
Although Bill going out with the
blazing glory like he is, he

907
00:43:26,200 --> 00:43:27,440
taught the kids over and over
again.

908
00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:29,600
Now he had no idea he was dying,
but he taught the kids all the

909
00:43:29,600 --> 00:43:31,520
time.
Don't worry about me because now

910
00:43:31,520 --> 00:43:34,040
I died.
I'm going to jump into a big

911
00:43:34,360 --> 00:43:38,200
pool of chocolate pudding and
I'll be swimming around.

912
00:43:38,720 --> 00:43:40,920
I mean, he he had this vision of
heaven, man.

913
00:43:41,160 --> 00:43:42,240
And it was like the greatest
place.

914
00:43:42,320 --> 00:43:44,720
So he's brought down the kids.
It's even this amazing place.

915
00:43:44,720 --> 00:43:46,160
Don't worry about me.
And so we're like, how we can

916
00:43:46,160 --> 00:43:48,880
tell the kids Bill passed away.
So he pulled the kids aside on a

917
00:43:48,880 --> 00:43:51,560
Sunday morning and they said,
hey, you know, Bill teaches.

918
00:43:51,560 --> 00:43:53,880
He passed away.
And the first day of the mouth

919
00:43:53,880 --> 00:43:57,880
was, oh, man, he's swimming in
the chocolate pudding pool.

920
00:43:58,280 --> 00:44:00,400
They were so excited for Bill,
right?

921
00:44:00,880 --> 00:44:05,440
I mean, only Bill can line up an
applause on the way out the door

922
00:44:05,440 --> 00:44:07,840
for heaven.
Most people are like, oh, so

923
00:44:07,840 --> 00:44:09,200
sorry to hear that.
Bless you, brother.

924
00:44:09,360 --> 00:44:13,000
Oh, he's swimming in chocolate
pudding like Bill.

925
00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:14,680
But you know, he's watching,
right?

926
00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:18,640
He's up there like this.
He's got that face, right?

927
00:44:18,640 --> 00:44:22,800
You know what I'm talking about.
So Emery, she gets gets to the

928
00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:24,760
end of the year, we baptized,
but she want to do it in

929
00:44:24,760 --> 00:44:27,120
September.
And then she's like, hey,

930
00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:30,160
because the way it worked out in
the 20, the 28th, it was like a

931
00:44:30,160 --> 00:44:32,720
social right.
So like dying could be down and

932
00:44:32,720 --> 00:44:35,120
out on stage doing all these
things and mom's in with her.

933
00:44:35,320 --> 00:44:36,760
And so she's like, oh, I'll get
baptized.

934
00:44:36,920 --> 00:44:39,160
So he gets baptized and I pull
her side.

935
00:44:39,160 --> 00:44:40,400
I say, you know what, you're
really cool in Marine.

936
00:44:40,640 --> 00:44:42,040
You probably don't know this
yet.

937
00:44:42,720 --> 00:44:44,960
I'm going to let you know that
even though you didn't have Bill

938
00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:48,800
physically here to watch you get
baptized, Bill's in heaven and

939
00:44:48,800 --> 00:44:51,280
today he actually watched you
get baptized.

940
00:44:52,440 --> 00:44:54,560
Is that cool?
That's cool.

941
00:44:55,280 --> 00:44:56,600
That's the glory of God.
Amen.

942
00:44:57,160 --> 00:44:59,320
If you start thinking about
eternity now in terms of life

943
00:44:59,320 --> 00:45:03,080
and death, but life and life
like it starts now and lasts

944
00:45:03,080 --> 00:45:06,360
forever, and you start living in
heaven now and you have been

945
00:45:06,360 --> 00:45:07,560
bound.
And one day you're going to

946
00:45:07,560 --> 00:45:09,520
heaven found and you start
chaining yourself to the thing

947
00:45:09,520 --> 00:45:11,480
in the next World and you bring
it to this world.

948
00:45:11,480 --> 00:45:14,280
And you stop acting like this
all matters and start focusing

949
00:45:14,280 --> 00:45:16,760
on people and souls and stop
looking down and start looking

950
00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:17,960
up.
I promise you your world's going

951
00:45:17,960 --> 00:45:19,680
to be totally different and
you're going to bring people

952
00:45:19,680 --> 00:45:20,280
with you.
Amen.

953
00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:22,200
That was the series is all
about.

954
00:45:22,200 --> 00:45:24,360
You'd be so moved by heaven that
it changed the way you walk on

955
00:45:24,360 --> 00:45:27,000
earth.
The death is an enemy that's

956
00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:29,160
defeated by God, and we continue
on.

957
00:45:29,320 --> 00:45:32,000
The same personality, the same
every the same, the same

958
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:33,960
identity, different body.
Hallelujah.

959
00:45:33,960 --> 00:45:37,400
Praise God, the same passion for
Jesus, the same promise of God.

960
00:45:37,520 --> 00:45:38,960
It's still all true and all
there.

961
00:45:39,080 --> 00:45:41,880
And we have to change our lives
now for eternity.

962
00:45:44,480 --> 00:45:47,040
Come on, brother.
How many guys learned something

963
00:45:47,040 --> 00:45:49,200
today?
Show of hands, you guys learn

964
00:45:49,200 --> 00:45:50,320
someday.
This is amazing.

965
00:45:50,320 --> 00:45:52,520
It's all there in the Bible and
the world needs.

966
00:45:52,520 --> 00:45:55,760
I would encourage you this week,
10 days heavenly vision, heaven

967
00:45:55,760 --> 00:45:57,760
first.
Let's give the world heaven.

968
00:45:58,520 --> 00:45:59,440
Give them heaven.
Amen.

969
00:46:00,360 --> 00:46:03,640
Give them heaven.
And amazing how you live.

970
00:46:03,680 --> 00:46:05,560
It may be the greatest picture
of heaven somebody ever have.

971
00:46:05,560 --> 00:46:08,400
And we can teach them to show
them by our attitude and our

972
00:46:08,400 --> 00:46:09,840
faith.
They wake up.

973
00:46:09,840 --> 00:46:11,960
We're not like, oh man, there's
less life ahead of me.

974
00:46:11,960 --> 00:46:13,560
You know what?
There's eternity ahead of me,

975
00:46:13,560 --> 00:46:16,080
brother.
So the worst you do, you should

976
00:46:16,080 --> 00:46:19,000
kill me now and I go, but the
worst you do is I live till 99

977
00:46:20,720 --> 00:46:23,360
or 105, right?
That's the worst that happens.

978
00:46:23,360 --> 00:46:26,480
So I'll encourage you guys, be
bold in your faith and share

979
00:46:26,480 --> 00:46:29,680
Jesus and don't be afraid of
what happens in this world.

980
00:46:30,240 --> 00:46:32,520
So Father, come before you.
God, we thank you so much for

981
00:46:32,520 --> 00:46:34,840
eternity.
God, we thank you for the Saints

982
00:46:35,600 --> 00:46:38,560
that are watching oh so
curiously every Sunday.

983
00:46:38,560 --> 00:46:40,800
What's happening in the church,
Bodies are being together.

984
00:46:41,360 --> 00:46:43,000
God, thank you for those who are
gone before us, God, that

985
00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:46,280
they're praying for us so we
have a glimpse into eternal

986
00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:48,920
premier scripture.
I pray you embolden our faith.

987
00:46:49,240 --> 00:46:52,560
You give us knowledge and God
over all today you just fill our

988
00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:56,720
hearts with eternity.
You set our mind and our faith.

989
00:46:56,720 --> 00:46:59,800
God, we would not question or
worry or be full anxiety or

990
00:46:59,800 --> 00:47:02,440
fear, but we know exactly where
we're going.

991
00:47:03,400 --> 00:47:07,360
Embolden us, God, to share your
gospel and to tell the world

992
00:47:07,560 --> 00:47:11,240
that heaven is watching.
I'll pray for one group of

993
00:47:11,240 --> 00:47:12,880
people in the house.
That's those you'd say you know

994
00:47:12,880 --> 00:47:16,200
what, today I need heaven.
It'd be a bummer to hear all

995
00:47:16,200 --> 00:47:18,960
these messages on heaven and
actually not go there.

996
00:47:19,560 --> 00:47:21,760
So I would encourage you today
there's only one way to heaven.

997
00:47:21,760 --> 00:47:24,680
It's through the name of Jesus.
Else there's no other name under

998
00:47:24,680 --> 00:47:26,520
heaven which men are saved by
the name of Jesus.

999
00:47:26,640 --> 00:47:28,800
He's the way truth and life.
No man come to the Father but

1000
00:47:28,800 --> 00:47:31,320
through him that if you're going
to go to the Father comes with

1001
00:47:31,320 --> 00:47:33,000
the Son.
The only way to heaven is

1002
00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:34,920
through Jesus.
It's what do you believe about

1003
00:47:34,920 --> 00:47:36,720
Jesus?
Do you believe that died on the

1004
00:47:36,720 --> 00:47:40,640
cross for your sins and made
away he took all of your wrongs,

1005
00:47:40,640 --> 00:47:45,200
changed all his rights.
What will you do with Jesus

1006
00:47:45,200 --> 00:47:48,400
since day if you need Jesus and
you call to Christ when you have

1007
00:47:48,400 --> 00:47:51,000
Jesus, you also get heaven.
It's a package deal.

1008
00:47:51,720 --> 00:47:53,960
And so if you need Christ today,
you need to extend your life and

1009
00:47:53,960 --> 00:47:55,520
you've met you're a Sinner
needed Savior.

1010
00:47:55,760 --> 00:47:57,680
If that's you, we just raise
your hand high this place I need

1011
00:47:57,680 --> 00:47:59,640
Jesus today.
I need heaven today.

1012
00:48:00,120 --> 00:48:03,760
I must see your hand must leave
heaven and see your hand see

1013
00:48:03,760 --> 00:48:07,320
your hand, your hand.
It's amazing to talk about

1014
00:48:07,320 --> 00:48:09,280
heaven.
It's so good.

1015
00:48:09,280 --> 00:48:11,320
Amen.
And for those of you who need

1016
00:48:11,320 --> 00:48:13,240
having the day, this prayer I'm
gonna lead you through does not

1017
00:48:13,240 --> 00:48:15,240
save you, but just your heart
towards him.

1018
00:48:16,240 --> 00:48:19,840
Heart of humility, heart of
servanthood, heart of obedience.

1019
00:48:19,840 --> 00:48:23,120
Just crowd to God to say this.
Thank you Father, for making a

1020
00:48:23,120 --> 00:48:26,400
way for me to go to heaven
through your son, Jesus.

1021
00:48:26,960 --> 00:48:28,680
God, I'm a Sinner and need of a
savior.

1022
00:48:29,200 --> 00:48:31,800
I'm a broken vessel.
God, I've built my life on sand

1023
00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:36,960
and it's been shaken before but
today I build my life on Jesus.

1024
00:48:37,480 --> 00:48:38,880
I'll call to you as my Lord and
Savior.

1025
00:48:38,880 --> 00:48:41,480
God changed my life.
God give me heaven.

1026
00:48:41,480 --> 00:48:44,280
God give me your spirit.
God forgive me.

1027
00:48:45,000 --> 00:48:47,280
I trust you.
You died for my sins.

1028
00:48:47,880 --> 00:48:52,960
I prayed in Jesus name and the
church said Amen and heaven is

1029
00:48:52,960 --> 00:48:54,560
cheering right now.
Amen.

1030
00:48:55,240 --> 00:49:00,600
Come on.
Man, what a word today.

1031
00:49:00,680 --> 00:49:04,280
I, I think I say this every
week, but my mind just blown man

1032
00:49:04,280 --> 00:49:07,520
today, just even thinking about
what got to me in the message is

1033
00:49:07,520 --> 00:49:11,560
just that how aware heaven is of
what's going on here on earth

1034
00:49:11,560 --> 00:49:13,280
and that they are actually
praying for us.

1035
00:49:13,280 --> 00:49:16,200
Man, that just so good.
I mean, some of you recognize

1036
00:49:16,200 --> 00:49:19,360
today that the heaven is real,
that Jesus is looking for you,

1037
00:49:19,360 --> 00:49:21,960
that he's searching for you and
you found him today.

1038
00:49:21,960 --> 00:49:24,400
He found you.
You ultimately found heaven this

1039
00:49:24,400 --> 00:49:25,840
morning.
And if that's you and you raised

1040
00:49:25,840 --> 00:49:27,640
your hand and you prayed that
prayer this morning.

1041
00:49:27,640 --> 00:49:31,320
I mean, we are so excited for
you as you are walking out this

1042
00:49:31,320 --> 00:49:34,200
journey with Jesus and we would
love to know that decision just

1043
00:49:34,200 --> 00:49:35,480
to help you on your walk with
him.

1044
00:49:35,480 --> 00:49:37,280
So if you would grab that
connection card that's at your

1045
00:49:37,280 --> 00:49:39,640
seat, you can fill out the
information there in that top

1046
00:49:39,640 --> 00:49:41,440
section.
Just make sure and check that

1047
00:49:41,440 --> 00:49:44,360
box that says I committed my
life to Jesus.

1048
00:49:44,360 --> 00:49:47,040
And you can drop that in the
giving buckets as they pass here

1049
00:49:47,040 --> 00:49:49,960
in just a few minutes.
And just by doing that allows us

1050
00:49:49,960 --> 00:49:51,720
to get you some resources this
week.

1051
00:49:51,720 --> 00:49:53,960
The first one is a free book.
It's called begin.

1052
00:49:54,320 --> 00:49:56,560
It's a short little book, but
man, it is powerful.

1053
00:49:56,560 --> 00:49:58,480
It truly is packed with a lot of
good things.

1054
00:49:58,720 --> 00:50:01,040
We'll help you know and follow
Jesus this week.

1055
00:50:01,040 --> 00:50:03,640
As you're walking that out and
as you leave the worship center,

1056
00:50:03,640 --> 00:50:05,280
there is a table with some red
bags.

1057
00:50:05,640 --> 00:50:06,840
Please grab one of those as
well.

1058
00:50:06,840 --> 00:50:09,160
There's a free Bible in there
and a few other resources as

1059
00:50:09,160 --> 00:50:10,800
well.
That truly will be just a

1060
00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:12,520
blessing to you.
We would love to get to that to

1061
00:50:12,520 --> 00:50:15,080
you this week.
And hey, if you are newer in the

1062
00:50:15,080 --> 00:50:17,960
house with us today, if this is
your first time here, thank you

1063
00:50:17,960 --> 00:50:19,920
so much for coming.
We're so glad that you came

1064
00:50:19,920 --> 00:50:21,920
today.
I know that you heard something

1065
00:50:21,920 --> 00:50:24,160
from God this morning.
And so we're so glad that you're

1066
00:50:24,160 --> 00:50:26,240
here.
We really don't want anything

1067
00:50:26,240 --> 00:50:28,640
from you today except just to
introduce yourself to us.

1068
00:50:28,880 --> 00:50:31,480
You can do that simply by
grabbing that same connection

1069
00:50:31,480 --> 00:50:32,920
card.
Fill out your information there

1070
00:50:32,920 --> 00:50:35,560
and check first time here on
that as well.

1071
00:50:35,880 --> 00:50:37,560
You can drop that in the giving
buckets too.

1072
00:50:37,560 --> 00:50:40,360
Or also as you exit the worship
center, just to your right,

1073
00:50:40,560 --> 00:50:41,920
there is a new here booth as
well.

1074
00:50:41,920 --> 00:50:43,800
Somebody would be out there
would love to take that card

1075
00:50:43,800 --> 00:50:46,120
from you, introduce them
themselves to you and get you a

1076
00:50:46,120 --> 00:50:48,440
free gift as well.
And we would just love to see

1077
00:50:48,440 --> 00:50:50,720
you back here with us next week
as well.

1078
00:50:51,440 --> 00:50:54,760
Man, talking about this Heaven
series, it has been so cool just

1079
00:50:54,760 --> 00:50:57,120
to hear all the questions that
come out of this from all of you

1080
00:50:57,120 --> 00:50:59,080
guys.
And just to see people leaning

1081
00:50:59,080 --> 00:51:01,960
in, grabbing their Bible, like,
man, I got to go home and check

1082
00:51:01,960 --> 00:51:03,440
this out.
It's been so cool, man.

1083
00:51:03,440 --> 00:51:06,800
Sean shared that four people
accepted Jesus last year or last

1084
00:51:06,800 --> 00:51:11,480
year, last week, and we've had
nine people so far in 2026 start

1085
00:51:11,480 --> 00:51:13,920
a relationship with Jesus, which
is so awesome.

1086
00:51:14,440 --> 00:51:17,800
I mean, when you think about it,
truly the best part of church is

1087
00:51:17,840 --> 00:51:20,120
the people.
I mean, it's the people who know

1088
00:51:20,120 --> 00:51:24,400
you, who support you, who show
up with you, who walk with you.

1089
00:51:24,480 --> 00:51:25,680
That's truly what it's all
about.

1090
00:51:25,680 --> 00:51:28,120
And what's really cool if you
think about the relationships

1091
00:51:28,120 --> 00:51:31,400
that you have here on earth, the
relationships with the people

1092
00:51:31,400 --> 00:51:34,200
you have here in the church,
those who know Christ, I mean,

1093
00:51:34,200 --> 00:51:37,080
those aren't just relationships
for right now, but those truly

1094
00:51:37,080 --> 00:51:40,000
are heavenly relationships.
Those are relationships for

1095
00:51:40,000 --> 00:51:42,640
eternity.
Man, that fires me up to know

1096
00:51:42,640 --> 00:51:45,840
that and to get behind that.
And so man, don't wait to make

1097
00:51:45,840 --> 00:51:49,320
some heavenly relationships and
relationships and friendships

1098
00:51:49,320 --> 00:51:51,560
that last into eternity.
And we have some ways for you to

1099
00:51:51,560 --> 00:51:53,360
do that.
And that's through life groups.

1100
00:51:53,360 --> 00:51:55,920
They really are a place where
you can intentionally grow and

1101
00:51:55,920 --> 00:51:58,080
deepen your faith, where you can
make some heavenly

1102
00:51:58,400 --> 00:52:00,400
relationships.
And what's cool, this semester

1103
00:52:00,400 --> 00:52:01,960
we're doing something new as
well.

1104
00:52:01,960 --> 00:52:04,240
That's the way life groups.
So if you're intentionally

1105
00:52:04,240 --> 00:52:07,480
looking to grow deeper in your
faith to, to grow deeper in your

1106
00:52:07,480 --> 00:52:10,320
walk with God, we used to have
some just amazing leaders who

1107
00:52:10,320 --> 00:52:13,840
are ready who are excited to
walk with you to help you grow

1108
00:52:13,840 --> 00:52:16,200
in your faith.
So whether you're new, maybe

1109
00:52:16,200 --> 00:52:18,480
you're just feeling disconnected
in this season, or hey, maybe

1110
00:52:18,480 --> 00:52:20,920
you're just looking to do
something more to dive in a

1111
00:52:20,920 --> 00:52:24,240
little deeper.
We have a group for you and they

1112
00:52:24,240 --> 00:52:27,600
are going to launch in person
Sunday, February 1st, but they

1113
00:52:27,600 --> 00:52:31,440
are live for signups right now.
So you can scan that QR code,

1114
00:52:31,440 --> 00:52:33,080
It'll take you over to our
website.

1115
00:52:33,360 --> 00:52:35,680
Also out in the hub, you can
check out our life groups wall.

1116
00:52:35,680 --> 00:52:37,520
You'll see all of our life
groups there as well.

1117
00:52:37,800 --> 00:52:38,880
I mean, this is my
encouragement.

1118
00:52:38,880 --> 00:52:41,720
Don't wait, don't wait to make
some heavenly relationships,

1119
00:52:41,720 --> 00:52:46,040
some friendship to help you know
God even deeper this spring.

1120
00:52:46,800 --> 00:52:48,080
I'm talking about the people,
man.

1121
00:52:48,080 --> 00:52:49,160
Yeah.
The best part of church has

1122
00:52:49,160 --> 00:52:50,920
always been the people.
And for those of us who are here

1123
00:52:50,920 --> 00:52:52,880
and who know Jesus, man, that is
exciting.

1124
00:52:53,240 --> 00:52:54,760
That is exciting.
That pumps me up.

1125
00:52:54,760 --> 00:52:57,840
But think about the the
community we're in, the city

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00:52:57,840 --> 00:53:01,000
we're in, the world, the other
people that need to know Jesus.

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They need the good news of what
we have.

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And so we would love for you
guys just to partner with us.

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Together.
We can see more souls saved and

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sent out to know Jesus.
We would love for you to partner

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with us to see more people know
Jesus.

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And so if you call real life
home, there are a lot of ways

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that you can do that.
You can scan that QR code that's

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going to be up on the screen
there.

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You can also head on over to our
website,

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reallifechurchkc.com/give.
The giving buckets are going to

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pass here as well.
You can drop cash or check in

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there.
Also.

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There's a giving box in the
back.

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You can drop cash or check in
that as well if that is more

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convenient for you.
And as always, as these buckets

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pass here in just a minute, if
you or your family find yourself

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in any kind of immediate need
today, maybe it's food or

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clothing or shelter as they
pass, please reach in and grab

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any loose cash that you see.
We really do want to bless you

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and help you this week.
Let's pray, Father, thank you

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God, just for how good you are.
And God, I just pray that you

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would help us to have eternity
in my Father, to focus on things

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above, on heavenly
relationships.

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Father, I'm bringing more people
in to know you so that they can

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too know about heaven and that
you are for them.

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So God, I just pray you bless
what's given today.

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God, would you use it?
Would you multiply it to see

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more people come to know you?
God, we love you, we praise you.

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It's in your holy name that we
pray.

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Amen.
Amen.

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What a what a morning, right?
What a sermon.

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I have a challenge for you guys.
Now's the part where we actually

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go out and apply everything
we've been talking about.

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And now is the part where we
really think, how can I make

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this more than just a cool
message that I heard on Sunday?

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You could really start to think
about what you're going to do

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with this.
And that's why I'd encourage you

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to follow along with us on the
social media campaign, the

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social media campaign, 10 Days
of Heaven.

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And through this campaign, we're
going to be looking about how we

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can actually integrate this
thinking of heaven into our

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lives.
You're going to be challenged to

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to look.
When your marriage doesn't feel

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as as strong as it should, look
to heaven.

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When your kids aren't listening
to the degree you think they

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should be listening, look to
heaven.

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When your family feels like it's
just falling apart, look to

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heaven.
This idea that that heaven is a

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response to our earthly
struggles is deeply biblical in

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my opinion.
I'm getting ready after church

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today.
I'm having a Bible study with

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some of my friends and one of my
friends chose Ecclesiastes to go

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through.
And in Ecclesiastes you see this

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mode that one of the most
vulnerable and honest struggles

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of somebody just talking and
working his way through the

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issues of earth.
But the only hope in my opinion

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that we need is found in
Ecclesiastes 3, where it says

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that in the hearts of man God
has placed eternity.

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And when you understand, you
understand the gospel.

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And when you understand the
gospel, the good news gets a lot

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better.
So I'd encourage you all to tell

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everyone about this.
Follow along on the social media

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00:55:39,280 --> 00:55:43,280
campaign, follow us on on
Instagram, Facebook, at Real

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00:55:43,280 --> 00:55:46,120
Life Church KC Follow along with
us and tell somebody about

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heaven and give them the gospel
to its fullest extent.

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If you need somebody to talk to,
we're going to have somebody

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down here with you to pray.
Otherwise, I'll let you all get

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here next week at 9:00 or 10:45.
And remember, whoever finds

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Jesus discovers real life and
purpose.

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See you guys next week.