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January 27, 2017 7:08 pm
Harvest messages are brought to you by harvest partners receive free email daily devotions or to become a harvest partner, please visit us online@harvest.org the night were welcoming back to harvest a man I like to call Yoda and God, also known as Don Stewart now gone gone through.
It is the author of 70 books and I've just some of the books that Don is written here is one of his newest books, the life and ministry of Jesus Christ. The greatest story ever told, is another new one did Jesus exist are the records about Jim, reliable, and here's resurrection and judgment are what awaits those who have died.
Here's the book really appealing title. Hell on the final destination probably was but a topic we need to know about will talk about it tonight. What happens one second after we die. The final Antichrist is a new in the document I'm done steward and you're not not getting it done as a prolific writer of course you term pretty much every day on the pastor's perspective radio broadcast on Gateway and so we like to get them out here on a pretty regular basis and just talk about important things.
So let's welcome consort as he comes back. On 12 things are coming back. You know, think of how many things that happened since we last talked about 374 exactly and I knew that the whole the world and the nation and the will of course we have a new president yes almost yeah almost is going to be sworn in tomorrow. Yeah, I'd like like to mention a couple of things I've been given the privilege of being asked to participate in the prayer service for our president of the Washington Cathedral this coming Saturday so I'm. Pray for time. I'm one of many that will be doing that. But on the plateau. Washington DC tomorrow and that this is to me a great honor and you know sometimes we will see will want why you doing that is not partisan is not political and you know don't Don the way I look at it is if Sec. Clinton won the presidency and I was asked by Kurt to come and pray I would have happily done it. I think when the president of the United States asked us to do something as a citizen is much as possible. We want to do that you do right, I'm happy to do it in honor I've been asked to pray for those who aren't nervous.
Those that rule over us are those who service in the military and you know actually we are commanded in Scripture to do that to pray for those of those who are in authority and I've also been asked to be a part of what is called an evangelical advisory board to the president and so there's some number of really wonderful people. I'm not even sure how I ended up on it but they probably disable. We have the one token ball guy from California so up with any Dr. James Dobson will serve on this record, Jack Graham also Ronnie Floyd.David Jeremiah of people that are good friends and in many others. So I mean I think it's great Don that we have a president that is seeking the counsel of pastors and wanting him and I would've done this for anyone who was president.
Frankly, I've not been asked by any Pres. before to do this but but I would've been happy to do this and you know in Scripture we see that God would raise up Daniel. To Nebuchadnezzar, and later to Darius send even to Belshazzar you didn't listen to. Well not really what and then of course Joseph spoke to the Pharaoh. So I'm not quitting myself one of those people. But I'm just saying God raises up a people of God to speak to people in power and so we pray that we'll have some good influence in our president. We pray that God will guide your steps and that God will bless America into prairies. So let's dive into some hot button issues. No manager what's going on in the world right now know a president Obama.
I did not have a very close relationship with the nation of Israel, that sort of I don't know what motivated him on this, but we've always been a staunch ally of Israel. Going back to her beginning as a nation in 1948, but this last administration now was not as friendly toward Israel. There was a lot of tension between prime minister net now Netanyahu in our president but now our new president president Trump has said that he wants to move the American Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Yes, now when people read this so would be critical of anything that's a bad idea because to the point a lot of other nations have their embassies in Tel Aviv, but strange is the capital of Israel is not Tel Aviv, it's Jerusalem. So let me ask you this. Do you think it's a good thing that we would move the American Embassy to Jerusalem, and if so, why you I think you go.you got so I get mine I will December 23 United Nations Security Council basically voted with the United States abstaining to say that Israel is an occupier in the city of Jerusalem. In other words, the old city of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount does not belong to them there. There, in an occupation and the need to leave by moving that the embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv is making a statement that this is the eternal capital of the Jews as God promised Abraham else that land some 4000 years ago and I think is a tremendous statement to make an and I hope he doesn't act today he had another story on to suggest. Can't wait to hear my latest announcement. He's gonna move it there and it's never been done but it's gonna be a response to what happened on December 23, when the Obama administration basically for the first time in the history of this country voted against Israel and the mayor and the United States and UN Security Council against Israel and siding with other countries and basically saying Israel doesn't belong in the land that God promised that he did to treat this like a banana republic. Here's the only democracy in the Middle East and here now you know you don't belong there. The reason there. There is because they were attacked and took the territory and 67. That's the reason they're not part of Jerusalem.so not a great idea in what is unique as they were attacked and not only did they lose ground when they were attacked not lose ground to gain ground and King, God originally given to them. Really yeah basically they just liberated territory that needed to be liberated. Ask Jan and the 1967 we took over the Temple Mount Mount of olives and such like the Glenn Heights yeah and so it's there. It should be and it's the defensible borders that they have now and so it's good to be very interesting to see Greg what happens if prompt does this because the Arab world, and a lot of the European say no you don't do that is conformant towards. So here about a two state solution address that like what is going on. The tension between the Palestinian state in the nation of Israel.
What is the two state solution will it ever work and in you think about that out of it'll never work. What happened was when Israel became a modern state.
May 14, 1948, 12:01. The Arab states attacked them.
They won that war, the war of independence in 1967, three armies attacked them. The Iraqi Air Force attacked them. United Nations peacekeepers moved out of the way so Israel would be destroyed and they get any gain ground again and the maps of the Middle East. The court of the Palestinians has no Israel there's no such thing as risk Israel. Israel doesn't exist, as is one country Palestine, there can never be a two state solution won't be in fact the Bible talks about, you know, those that would divide the land of God is going to judge them.
So what were seeing Greg a sort of a fulfillment of the prophecy, the beginning of of Zechariah 12 three where the Lord says the whole world will be against Israel.
This last Sunday, some 70 countries got together in Paris, and basically decided that the two state solution, the only's solution to work. The problem is the other side doesn't want to two state solution they want their only status this well they I mean they won't even acknowledge the right of Israel to exist, not at all.
How can I see Donna want to have a relationship with your friendship and yes it will. I don't acknowledge your right to exist on earth that's a very good place to start.
Another great beginning as it will lead to much, much know and that's exactly what's going on there. Somehow, some way the people think that we can get the solution to get them to be friends Greg and understands the spiritual problem not happening because the Lord said a pedometer.
Bless those that lesser people curse those that curse but it's a spiritual hatred that's there for Israel is not rational.
It's not logical.
Nevertheless, it's there and we seen it manifested that during World War II during the Holocaust and big time Hitler so called final solution we can go back even further look at the days of the Queen Esther. When Mordechai wanted to eradicate the Jewish people came and Mordechai was the uncle that strike gives me the human don't ever mess up in front of a Bible scholar and I knew that and then you know he was just testing me to see I wasn't eating a very, very well course and then the Pharaoh to wanted a salad Jewish be annoyed so this is that anti-Semitism goes back a long ways will you doesn't. As we took in these issues. You say it's a spiritual issue so obviously written all these books on the end times. We believe were living in the last days but other people to believe they were living in the last days to some during World War II to the point that all may be Hitler is the antichrist right whatever. So nowadays were say no. We are living in the last days. Why do you believe that maybe give me four or five reasons can like bullet point here is why. Of course, number one, the modern state of Israel was reborn in 1948.
It all revolves around that once Israel became a modern state. Everything fell into place. Number two preparation preparations to build 1/3 temple on the Temple Mount. That is a part and parcel of the last days.
In fact, Israel is the God's clock. It's the hour hand.
Jerusalem is the minute hand the Temple mounts the secondhand because of your third temple built their stuff that's very good to say that is it for if I do that when we think that he got to me with those three things about the hour yeah okay okay that nation Israel is the hour hand and this is because his goddess.
He said that they would be regathered so the hour hand them with the minute hand the minute hand is the city of Jerusalem. Why is Jerusalem so significant. That's the city God has placed his name and the Bible says book of Deuteronomy and in the Temple Mount was the exact place for God had his temple be built first and sewing on the altar there that David built and sought sacred ground to court on the God of the Bible. So in the reason the temple significant is the Bible tells us antichrist agenda rebuild the temple exactly to be 1/3 temple built. He walked there will be sacrifices offered. He will stop the sacrifices for open season on the Jews. But something abominable in the holy real nomination of desolation to so are you a number three number three number three is the coalition against Israel. Ezekiel 38 and 38 and 39 Bible talks about this great group nation seven or eight depending on how your item up the Skynyrd attack Israel in the last days, Israel. Ezekiel 38, eight says it's gonna be at the very last times the latter times of these nations come down Israel will survive, but the nations are listed fourth grade right there in Ezekiel 38 with their ancient names. We put the ancient names on the map in the modern countries end up being Russia, Turkey, northern Sudan would be. We got some of the Soviet republics, some of the those countries thereto. We've got also basically saying when this event happens in the world will know that he is God.
These can supernaturally wipe out these Army so the coalition is finally there was also something interesting number for the people that are conspicuous by their absence. If you look at a map of the nations attacking none of the nations and border Israel are mentioned there's no sir, there's no heaven on the snow. Jordan because they can't or will not be able to but the nations that are mentioned are all is Islamic terrorist nation right, you've got a rented main supporter of terrorism you got northern Sudan. You've got Libya, you've got also just given them billions of $hundred 40 billion at the last count seems endurable and I think that's can it change Yaya yes for money back that be great without plus interest. Yes, so the Bible does. People often ask about this Ezekiel, the Ezekiel scenario where we have Gog and Magog are coming down to the land of unwalled villages as well and safety and so forth and first we have an Israel regathering together in Ezekiel 37 the Valley of dry bone dry connecting together flesh coming on them got very clear that this is the nation Israel exactly right. Yahoo will be Scattered and gathered again.
There's no mystery here that what we don't know was certain he is who. Gog and Magog are, but you've already alluded to the fact because of the proximity to the north of Israel. It's a very, very good case that it is modern-day Russia yet. Gog is the name of the leaders, Pharaoh, Caesar, ground Pool bar site like that that's the purses can lead to Coley on down there. Magog is probably central Russia for items from yeah it's these nations that surround Israel north, south, east and west literally millions of square miles. You and little tiny Israel has something on what they want something that they need and they can attack it from four different directions from the God of the Bible steps in and wipes them out and then the people will know that there is a God of heaven and them. Israel, that will start to turn to God in faith. So what do you think the next event is on the prophetic calendar boy okay the next event. There doesn't have to be an anchor for the rapture the future for the kitchen. We believe are certain things could happen. People ask about Damascus would be destroyed in the day. Isaiah 71 says that that's very possible that everything is pretty much set. In other words, the staged being sent.
That's with such an exciting time. The lithograph 100 years ago we were talking about the subject by whatever microphones we are talking from an audience of this subject.
Not one thing would be in place today. There's tons of things in place, simply because the Lord setting the stage for the last two lightning rounds.
Peter love that when we just picked up a truly say a word or ask a question you give me a definition of what it is. So your to use the word. Once rapture what is the rapture the rapture is the catching away of believers living believers on earth will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air when they're caught up at that time they will be changed transform from mortal to immortal, correctable, incorruptible. First Thessalonians 413 through 18 in first Corinthians 1551 to 58 talks about it to get that for the day.
Now, the tribulation. Okay tribulation.
Call the 70th week of Daniel is in final seven-year period were God's wrath will be poured out on the earth. It's a time that Jesus said in Matthew 24, 21 of the days were shortened, no one would be safe and he will intervene. So that's it.
Still coming, still future.
Okay, we hear about the abomination of desolation mentioned in Matthew 24 and it's interesting because sometimes people think don't study Bible prophecy but yet what is Jesus say when you see the abomination of desolation.
Let the reader understand exactly there's a little hint pay.
You need to know about this and so that's why we look at these things. So let's help the reader to understand the abomination of desolation is what you okay in Matthew 24, 1 to 2 disciples asked Jesus what is the sign of your coming and the end of the age and the sign is Matthew 2415, the abomination that causes desolate just spoken of by Daniel the prophet right. It's the stopping of sacrifices putting something abominable in the holy of the Temple yet in the temple and also been declaring open season on the Jewish people.
The temples rebuild it. So there is a temple in Jerusalem that is the whole point and I think about a great all the things that have to be in place. There have to be Jews in the last days. Check after be back in the nation of Israel checked have to be in the city of Jerusalem check they have to have the temple mount under their control check that enhances the 1960s after they have to be in unbelief of Jesus to offer sacrifice Jack and for the sacrifices to stop after start the first place right are waiting for the temple to be read correct correct and that would be initiated most likely by antichrist very much start before, perhaps probably you probably so anytime, but that's God's timing. Okay antichrist person, a belief in both what in place of her instead of Christ.
First John 218 says many antichrist are on the scene, but there's a final singular antichrist is coming, told the man of sin told a lot of different Tiny the beast right. The Assyrian is called a lot of things first beast and that yeah he's coming on the scene. He'll be a world ruler who be a Gentile, not a Jew from Western Europe and he will be forced. The world will be forced by his cohort, the false prophet to worship him to take his famous mark the 666 on the right hand of the four head.
Could he be alive right now. There I cried very well. He could be the final yes that is going to cite one thing that you know in writing the book. One thing that that hit me. I should've known this and this is like a book promotion. Don't know what you know, I know. Okay well you mention RC talk about in this book.
The final and I class you coming Caesar and coming. Caesar yelled like Caesar ruled the world. That's what I call it that. What's interesting.
Think about it this way, great, every generation had to have an antichrist waiting in the wings is only God knows the time when these things can happen. Satan doesn't know interest is always had to have somebody ready and waiting. So there's always an antichrist or many living, but the final one only the Lord knows who that is. And the person probably himself as even know what the time is to be like what happened with Jesus, Jesus, reject member all the kings of the on-site Savior worship me in a this this fools can accept any skin up in a world world for 3 1/2 years out and then you mentioned false prophet key so these are two separate people correct to be what is like the primary role of antichrist compared to the false prophet. The antichrist is a political leader. The past beast. The second one is like is John the Baptist sees a religious leader, he can cause the world to worship the beast can force them to take the mark of his first beast 6660 kind of a Guru religious leader working alongside a political leader correct okay hundred and 44,000 Jehovah's Witness correct� I don't know that they say they are. They say they are know that they're wrong.
Revelation 712 talks about 12,000 from the 12 tribes of Israel that equals 144,012�12 rent they're going to be final to be in the end times. These Jewish people who come to faith in Christ are to be like milligrams or better Gregorius right now they go and preach the gospel literally around the world. So they're going to testify to the Lord as a messianic Jew messianic Jews to come to faith in Christ after the church is going after were out of here and God is going to use them. Along with these two witnesses that we that we read about in Revelation chapter 11 along with an angel preaching the everlasting gospel.
Revelation 14 60. Here's the thing. Nobody can be ignorant entire what everybody's gonna know what's going on. So people are going to choose the Lord reject just that simple sets very important distinction because sometimes people think, or during the tribulation. People come to Christ. But the reality is millions of millions Christ.
Yes, and will actually see a spiritual awakening and that ties I sometimes people think will is of the Holy Spirit can be taken from the earth during the tribulation with the Bible doesn't really teach that. No, not at all to begin with. No believers there, but I would be convicting the world of sin. John 16 says that is always particular close center I and so will be a huge revival at that particular time huge I countless number. The Bible says are seen and have people maybe that we share our faith with the bluest soft read that one day they call it some were no longer here and so a lot of them would believe but this is important because during the tribulation. It starts peacefully correct. But then at the halfway point. Really, at the abomination of desolation. Yes, antichrist effectively shows his true colors but then God is raising up all these witnesses you mentioned the two witnesses so we don't know who they are and we don't. Some think it's Moses and Elijah had very good. Yet we don't know, but they have the power to shut up. They haven't so doesn't rain. Call fire from heaven. Those are unique miracles to correct Moses and Elijah wrecked but we don't over the ark, but they'll preach and they'll be killed in the streets of Jerusalem and God will resurrect them right the listener.
They haven't will be pretty mild here. It's interesting to done.
It says all the world will watch exactly what would that have been possible until right now never possible to mount even with satellite technology that's been with us a long time you have to go to your TV set. Now we have it on our phone, exactly, and you could literally be streaming it, watching it, and see this event happened yet. It assumes that technology is in place of the whole world will be able to view something that's only something that were sitting in our day and age also submittals greatest ark of the beast how the world could you monitor that without modern technology.
I couldn't so assumes modern technology that's and so thanks to Steve Jobs and others. We have the possibility right now.
And then there's an angel flying to the heaven so bright I like to call that an angelic mop up operation so you know, for those we always hear the question, what about the person is never heard the gospel in the middle of the jungle, but always in the middle of a jungle. I don't know why or in the middle of a desert, but so the ones that are reach for the hundred 44,000 messianic Jews or the two witnesses. You'll have these this angel flying between the everlasting nobody is ignorant everyone will understand what's going make a decision about this.
What was the best record ever recorded by the Beatles. Hey Jude, that's a song I'm asking wrecked a record you email economically so he choose your favorite song yes what the best record was you that's my favorite song of two different questions he Jude the song, not exactly a so we really sing and write notes to look him; if he would sing with me the best album that Everett was Sgt. peppers lonely hearts very good choice. But it's a wrong answer. There was revolver I was in mentioned revolvers and that's just an opinion. Okay with you what is happening this people here and I'll tell you who's asking what's happening anyone under the age of 50. Like who the Beatles incense. What are they talking about exactly and other people who are older probably asleep or disagree. Okay so okay the millennium so that he so where were talking with where tenant going in the chronology the rapture. We got antichrist who initiates the tribulation.
The last seven years. In the middle of it is the abomination of desolation right we got the witnesses. Two of them. We've got the angelic mop up operation in in the hundred and 44,000, and so forth. But then we have Armageddon. What is that we hear the word thrown around a lot with you root of the word. What is the way Armageddon means that the mountain in the ghetto. The Valley of Megiddo. Basically it's a campaign it's a capital campaign not just one war, but a campaign at the end times of the antichrist and all these armies of the world are going to gather the valley, Megiddo. There, in Israel and at the end of this sorry this is separate from Magog entire Loretto correct this is this is laces at the end of a particular area resurrect him because at that time is when the Lord Jesus comes back with us.
I think the believers at that particular time with the sort of fist out of his mouth the destroy the armies. This antichrist throw them in the lake of fire and not know the devil and into the abuse of the abyss for a thousand years and that will begin the millennium millennium is a Latin word meaning thousand Revelation 22 seven times speaking about a literal event. We believe that take place in future write the word millennium is not in the Bible what is in Latin applicant again after the Latin Bible is like the word rapture is in latitude for just only hope you don't have hotspot so I thought doing great riparian okay so no second coming. Sometimes people get confused because they read about Jesus coming like a thief in the night right and then they read about Jesus coming in every eye will see him as the lightning sense in the east of the West. So were really looking at two separate events write both the coming of the Lord distinguished bird. Note the differences between the rapture and the second coming. Okay. Whenever the rapture is mentioned in Scripture is always a joyous event. It's always something blessed for the believers called the blessed hope you know were to be forever with the Lord.
The second coming is the time of judgment when it comes to judge the unbeliever towards two distinct comments once for the saints once with the saints when he comes with the saints, that is to judge the unbeliever so the rapture leads to the second coming via seven years. What about this. Who let the dogs out. Well, that's a good question song let them out.
Probably someone I wasn't very careful. I imagine right that maybe the Beatles love them out over the piano either stuck in only I like to fill random questions and for EDD people. Okay so I think is one of them takes one to know when you think anyway. Now we talked about the end times. It's a fascinating subject with how should it affect SME.
I think some people it scares them with a gun at the end of the world. The End of Days should it scare us when we talk about the end times. As Christians, no not at all.
In fact, something to be excited about our blessed hope that's right, because look, here's the thing, someday working to see the Lord face-to-face prevention 21, 1 to 5 sis after the millennium, the new Jerusalem the holy city's gonna come down to earth to he will be our God. We will be our people. We will be with him for ever and ever.
It's the land of fadeless data be no more night. No more crying no more suffering no more. That's what we have to look forward, John. That's the exciting best is yet the cost is yet to come. Yeah, okay, if you're not a believer in Jesus Christ. Should the last days scare you scare the hell out of you really should. Yeah, why should it scare the hell out of you and I to nothing more me know Bill this a little like a fire out of you will say that I get out of the house and because there is a place for unbelievers to go. We wait for eternity not to just disappear were not ceased to exist. This life is not all that the risk death leads to a destination that destination is either in the presence of the Lord or it's not as simple and so people ought to be concerned about that because Helms prepared according to Jesus, for the devil and his angels, Jesus took the penalty of the sins of the world upon himself so nobody has to go there.
That's the great message of the gospel men.
Now I when we did this last time we put it on a radio broadcast a new beginning and so at the beginning of year. We always play the top 10 programs that people responded to in the number-one program was our last interview. Really I think it's because you are a rockstar as you like to say to me in the back room number 25. I think it's because we talked about subjects that endlessly fascinate people. Yes, I think there's an endless fascination with the topic of anything to do with eschatology, exactly, which is explains the outstanding times last days stuff which we been talking about and then the afterlife that correction area exactly when and talk to my Facebook page and Instagram Mike that he what are your questions. I have a few of these. It will actually get to some really fascinating ones, but so many of them are related either to the end times or to what happens after we die. We've written about this in your book, resurrection and judgment right and then what happens.
One second after we die right at the great question what happens. One second after we get for a believer were ushered immediately into the presence of the Lord Jesus. We are conscious we are there forever more. And so there's no sleep. There's no pain there's no suffering were in a blissful situation and first Thessalonians 418 says comfort one another with these words.
That means anyone that you know that scone before us, it's a believer in Jesus Christ there in comfort. Now there in place there in heaven, and will all join them someday and that's the great reunion.
It's a wonderful truth of Scripture K. That's that is a great hope.
Now what happens to the nonbeliever when they die of the nonbelievers, like in a holding cell. Looks Eckstein talks about that waiting for a final judgment where they'll stand before the Lord. Revelation 2010 to 15 the great white throne judgment. Yeah, it's you know it's an awesome you know seen great because you know here, the people, the debtor raised their names are in the book of life and their son away from the banished from the presence of the Lord forever. Lisa people from day one of you living on planet Earth. And so there's two groups of people save in the loss. There's no third group and on none whatsoever in hell is as eternal as heaven's interests and that's yeah and it's it is okay so let's ask the obvious question how can a God of love. Send someone to help. What he doesn't resend ourselves there because he's done everything to keep us from going to hell.
He took the penalty of the sins of the world upon himself. He offers eternal life. He says you have to reject me. You know to go to hell after jump over the love of Christ, the death of Christ and all that is done for you so it's a personal choice.
People my God won't force people kicking the door. Did you know to go to heaven and that sort of refutes the idea of your good people go to heaven that people go to hell back to the matter is heaven is not for good people.
It's for forgiving people that anyone can go to heaven it exactly giving you if if you're watching tonight or you're here tonight. You haven't crossed over the threshold. If you want to become a believer in Christ. You can he's not looking for good people is looking for sinners who needed unsaved and that's just it, no matter how good we are were not good enough sinner, and that's the great message of the gospel because I forgiven and to the point Jesus spoke more about hell than all the other preachers of the Bible put together a shirted knows what he's talking about. So you alluded to Luke, there 16 were Jesus kind of pulls back the curtain says check it out. This is the afterlife exactly you and it's not pretty.
For the nonbeliever know it it it because if you read Luke 16. There's so many things we draw from that the nonbeliever knew who he was. He knew his name.
He knew where he was. He knew why he was there he was in torment and he wished he weren't there, but he couldn't cross over to the other side know what to cross over to see him mortal okay so when a Christian dies. The body doesn't go to heaven. Their bodies placed in the ground. Their soul goes into the presence of God.
What what what what about the body is the body done for know the bodies in the ground, but someday the body of the spirit come together at the resurrection of the dead resurrection always leads to judgment were promised new body someday. I got one that my mind soon you join a club you very soon and will get it soon, but that's the promise and another word still be a reunion putting together God put Humpty Dumpty back together again that were were at and will have a resurrected body like a bad joke. By the way sinner Joe I was. I did a little time because you sit home to Joe don't care joke.
I'm sorry I don't think Leon okay because I'm just forget it cannot that's okay these over your head if there are a few fields to freeze and up okay just to have. Here's a question I'm asked a lot. I don't know where this one is that so often, but will we know one another and have yes working to know first Corinthians 13 says, even as we are known in general probably the story of the great preacher G. Campbell Morgan was asked that question will I know my loved ones in heaven, and his answer to the lady was this man, I don't expect to be a bigger fool in heaven that I am here on the earth, and I certainly know my loved ones are right on the earthly. Of course we will. So we'll know more in heaven and one wonders.
I mean if you want to heaven and you all of a sudden knew everything in me like one of those bobble head Jack had been a little tiny body so it almost seems to me that this revelation will, in full through eternity. And what a wonderful thing to spend our life doing learning. That's one of the great things. Ephesians 2 talks about in the ages to come regarding the height, the depth of length and width of of of God's blessings and so working to constantly be learning will be static. There we will our heads will continue to grow because were using so much little doubt we got right now is true in art would be perfect. It will be in all and none of us can really grasp this grade will be able to understand perfectly and know things we can't know now enjoy what again a great promise of the Lord is not to be born.
Yeah, absolutely. So the question I'm often asked, do all dogs go to heaven. Some depends on the type of dog, really.
Yes, what kind of dog you will and what kind of dog won't I know Pomeranian's will because that's what I got no I don't think small dogs will be allowed in heaven if I was as if the dog pushed around in the stroller. They're not getting in. That's the fault of the owner, my dog might fly pom-pom ring bushes around the great Danes and boxers. She think she's she can understand easily by pound so you think small dogs. I think certain ones will you Will they be in heaven most of them while I disagree. I think the Ambien help not you have a really cool cat. I like your time joke for you People are just writing therefore rollover them I'm doing right now and any you a little like you have the know. In fact, vanilla sleeps on Greg's book sometimes you have some so much of what we have for the first person the sleep of my book on people sleep when they read my no comment not know how to know your books are great they really are. In fact, I gather, there are space he's got it with when you read great sports. Can't you hear him speaking at the same time you hear him talking to you and not boring. Let's face it, he's a lot of think you're not bored a lot of things, but I'm not going that you need anything actually I met, it is a client running on your offensive, but to not boring your none of those okay, one more likely round pick some questions in his social media when I see lightning I will just woods to the clip do these things all right.
We talked about the Bible we quote the Bible we use the Bible as our authority of source, why should we trust the Bible because Jesus trusted it number one and God gives us evidence why we should believe in another words were not assessing our brains to be a Christian.
The Bible gives internal testimony that is true fulfill prophecy. The miracle seen by witnesses, the resurrection of Christ from the dead. The fact that the Bible's been accurately transmitted to us. This is a big point to it says the same thing as one originally written and what it says matches up to known reality hear something over 100,000 separate artifacts have verified events, people, places in the Bible that includes coins, manuscripts, monuments, archaeological discoveries, names, dates, places, events have been verified by secular history on over 100,000 separate occasions. Things had been discovered because what you with reality when we deal with this is not fantasy great this is. This is truth. This is these people actually in and that's where were not assassinating our brains to be a Christian work were you know using our minds and evaluating the evidence as the Lord said to love the Lord your God with all our heart or soul or mind rights right okay what about the purses as well. You know the Bible so full of contradictions, such as well. Usually they don't help him do that, you know that's why yes have you ever found someone that said that actually had barely lit you limited question or is it just kind of a you know defense mechanism like stop talking to me by the fully contradict yeah not usually once in a while you people have read a little bit on an Alaska question hurt someone's day. But there's always an answer good logical answer the question or solution and that's that's the whole thing people are willing to look at it together, not willing to look at the evidence.
Okay. Do you know a nonbeliever. And they say when you know what I believe in evolution, what would your response of the white well I think the reason why is not because they study the evolution of excited because they don't want to believe in a God that has values of God that has an eternity, a God that will hold them accountable for their actions. They don't want that they want to live their life the way they want to limit so they will say I believe in evolution, but I don't even look into it no know I used to say that to when I was a non-Christians. I want to live my own cruddy life my lousy existence and do whatever I want to do. I did want to be responsible to anybody, but I didn't have any evidence that I didn't bother to look at it because of the free what I might find that there is a God who is gonna call me on on these things. I think it takes more faith to believe in evolution the divine creator much more you know, between our brains is a 2.2 triggers a 2.2 kg brain about 4 pounds with something like twist probably weighs more well out of range running. When ready, pound 30 I've seen you fall your head hit the ground from the weight of your brain before. That's not the way to the brain.
Why that happens. That's the weight of other things. So when away and start trying to lose this weight here but anyway you don't put it in this brain between our ears or something like 2 trillion separate connections to make it work. Imagine that, and then believing it all happen by chance. I don't have that much faith. I'm sorry I this is designed as a great design we have. We all have that that mind of God is given us so again evidence that there is a creator. I know these are questions from people on social media. These are Instagram questions is when we often hear asked is it possible to lose your salvation. No great answer.
Okay, elaborate, or you can say said no no I when you come to Christ you got eternal life was sort eternal me never writes out three weeks of everlasting. So, here's a person. Her name is Marissa. She says ever since I was really little.
I was told that God loves us, but when we sin, he forgives us, but is waiting to punish us. I was told I wasn't righteous enough to go to heaven and the people in the Bible were I was told they were almost perfect and I would never compare now I can study the Bible for myself.
I brought my relationship with the Lord. But I still feel this in adequacy how I get rid of this healing and what Bible verse, could I reference you first John 512 and 13. This is very important in the Bible says the one who has the son has life right that's us if you believe in the name of the only begotten son you have a life.
It's just that simple when he says these things I've written that you might know that you have eternal life.
It's our hope, sort, I think so so great.
It's taking God at his word, it's trusting him. See, we not only can have salvation. We can have the assurance of salvation.
First John 35 13th. We can know that we have eternal life, and also coming back to this question. This person thing I'd really just waiting to punish us. I mean listen when Jesus died on the cross.
The Bible specifically says Isaiah 53.
The punishment for our peace was upon him pregnant waiting to punish us exactly he really is waiting to forgive a simple turn from our sin, yes exactly, he took the punishment upon himself to you, and I don't have to suffer. That's the wonderful truth exactly, and then when she says she was told the people in the Bible were almost perfect.
That's laughable was filled with the most notorious sinners well just like us to effectively exactly fact, the first unbelievers of the resurrection story. According to Luke 2411 or Jesus own disciples, they believe it when the women came from the tomb on Easter Sunday morning cities risen at said angels toes and that they said literally the center nuts are your delirious joke that through his little girl seven-year-old daughter want to know to be reunited with our pets and the kids love a lot of people love animals. Animals are so wonderful really given to us by God. But what about seeing your pets again will will there be a reunion with Pat. You know, here's the thing we we don't know. But you know God has surprises for us in great things that are above and beyond anything we can ask or think. And here's the one thing I hope if we do get reunited with our pets. I hope they're able to talk to someone or what they been thinking a lot and I really want to know so yeah I and animals did talk they did. Donkey thought. Yet God given ability to Regina. That's interesting.
So we don't know but you know the other surprises and if we don't have that reunion with her pets will be something way better and I know this in the millennium.
You know the look, the Lamb will lie with the lying area. The little child will eat them. You know so well of this great relationship with the animal kingdom. Here's a very sad story. I'm really struggling with the topic of healing. My four-year-old son died last year after a diagnosis of leukemia just 2 1/2 months prior leukemia has a 94% cure rate in this and so the child died and that she prayed for the child. She said did this for-year-old not have enough faith to be healed, or did I not have enough faith I can't wrap my right mind around this and I know it has nothing to do with our faith or lack of it. It's we live in a fallen world, and these things happen you know and and that's why Jesus wept at the tomb of Lazarus littermates as he burst into tears because that is what sin has caused death, dying in horrible things. The good thing is Revelation 21 five someday all things be made known that Woodruff orioles could be reunited x-ray parents in heaven someday this is not an issue of faith and not a lot has not have faith in me. I like that one guy's Percocet. Lord, I believe, help my unbelief and I meant okay here's some pleas for questions from Veronica. I'm a Christian, but I never feel like going to church.
I love church once I'm there, but I don't like getting ready and going. I went twice in 2016. What's wrong with me. I see here stand up know she wouldn't be until you basically went twice faster and this is one is that when the two times are you we go by what we know not how we feel. We know were supposed to go to church.
We know were supposed to read the Bible we do what we not how we feel from that seat of our pants when we go the Lord blesses us.
He teaches us right and wrong with happy. We went our way to educating the church tonight. I how many of you. How many of you feel the ping-pong game was a waste of time.
Raise your hand. You was for me because I live not by one okay but that so the issue is. Forget about your feelings. You do with right correct correct you got it was right. Here's a really interesting post, Seth writes me.
I'm a 23-year-old who was raised Mormon but I left the church when I was 17. Growing up in a strict religious household and being the rebellious teen I was, I grew to hate religion know I'm agnostic but he says I love listening to your show, which is great while I'm in the tractor. I guess what I'm saying is I believe religion is a man-made invention searching for God. I'm not sure if there is a God. Listen to this. He says I want to believe in God but I'm not sure. Please if you have anything to submit my belief help.
I want to believe, but I'm not sure Foley had said that maybe we should distinguish between Mormonism you and biblical Christianity. Mormonism is a non-Christian called Mormons worship. Actually there to choke on the word call okay� So it's an insult whom you know it it's a technical code is a group of people gathered around a different interpretation of the Bible and what historically is been believe that's the way we use the term is not mean determining like that. Mormons worship God was once a man who lived a righteous life died was resurrected. Now is the God of the people of this planet and out of the Bible was not a human being out a man he's been gone for all eternity. Mormon males can become God. Someday that's the doctrine of exaltation abutment teeth that were never to be God you have eternal life and be immortal, but when I can be God someday.
Now we probably all know people who are Mormons and their wonderful people vandalizing people wonderful families and so forth and so it's not a personal thing would just say look your theology is wrong and someone sentences lima Mormon, but I'm a Christian that really can't be. If you only believe you understand the teachings of the Mormon church in your other books that are equal in their estimation with Scripture.
We we believe it's the Bible is above all other books and we interpret those books in light of Scripture yeah yeah exactly.
Here's the key verse is one we all are. Note Jude 3, it says the faith has been once and for all delivered to the saints.
In other words, God is the need to say anything else. He said it all in the Scriptures so we go. I was positive. The Corinthians not beyond that which is written so Seth says he wants to believe in God help him to cement his beliefs so first we would say that that said you were raised in a religion that is falsely about knowing thing and I'm agnostic but then he says I want to believe in God. So let's just move from set this to people in general there someone here are watching this right now that this you know I really want to believe in God but I'm agnostic. Help me to believe what would you say that such a person I would say the first step is to ask God you know.
Asked if he asked God if you're there, make yourself real to me. He will you have to read the Bible and find out what it's all about and start like with the gospel of John. And at that particular time, God will gotta show you got to speak to you. Look, you came to Christ a different way that I came to Christ if we had testimonies are welcome differently. Greyhound is the spirit of God taken the word of God, you know, and the message of Jesus Christ dying on the cross in a penetrated our heart assures our need for God. Now we want talk about evidence. The evidence is certainly there, but usually that's really not an issue with most people know the evidence is there there something keeping them from belief and in his background, it's just a bad experience with religion but Christianity is not a religion is a personal relationship with God. Summarize the difference� I hear working on land this plane and just a couple of moments, is couple more questions. I like this one summoning alliance rights of Romans 623 was the first verse. They memorize the wages of sin.
The wages of sin is that the free gift of God is eternal life. The first verse you memorized yet. Was the old John 316. Yeah, I think that was my first first two here's an interesting one. While sad, Patricia right I'm in hospice home hospice. I and I know I'm dying but I'm terrified where I'm going. I done some terrible things in my life. I'm very ashamed of her as a person Don who is dying there in hospice there only have days, maybe weeks to live. The done some horrible things. What you say to a person like that you say to read Luke chapter 23 where man was dying next to Jesus Christ on the cross for being probably a murderer and insurrectionist and always said his Lord, remember me. What are the Lord's sake today to be with me in paradise.
That's the great news the gospel. So what you're saying is, there can be deathbed conversion totally totally once a person still alive in the criminal next to Jesus on the cross and is is an example of that.
So no matter what you've done, how bad you been yet. If you're still alive and you still have breath and start turn to Christ. Nice. Here's a lady named Gina that wrote on Facebook how do I live with the loss of my daughter. She was 34 my heart and trust are broken, you know life is tough. Life is difficult, and you know you've experience a greatly don't know what can you say we have to wait someday to get to the Lord to get the answer to something like this.
It is painful. It's hurtful and decide to have in their certain questions. We just don't know why the "why" questions are beyond our capability of answering yeah I was talking to Dr. Dobson the other day and by the way coming back to the inauguration of the president tomorrow on a radio broadcast in the beginning we have about a 20 minute conversation between Dr. Dobson and myself that we talked about the future of America. So you may want to tune in to that or you can just go to harvest.org you will be posted there, but I was talking to the good doctor. He's such a wonderful mentor 80 years old now dial but he's sharp as a tack is just a joy to talk to but you know he said to me you know it's okay to ask why, as long as you don't expect an answer you in no event yet.
It's not wrong to ask God why, but you're probably not going to get an answer because you need to remember God knows what it's like to lose a son assured us he knows the pain and that's what the Bible says he's the God of all comfort and he comforts us in our sorrow. So there's no answer that will ever satisfy you logically, but what you do is you just hang on to the Lord you lean into the Lord and you trust in the Lord and I believe it will help you grow stronger in your faith and know that Kathy and I and Jonathan our son.
We've all grown closer in our faith and our love for each other as we've instilled struggle, you know, of course, it's still hard but God will get this lady through it and our heart goes out to her. Okay so I'm in as tumor questions are Ethan, I was level and contest questionnaire to Ethan, age 11.
How do you know when God is speaking to you Goodwin that's great question we know is speaking to us in his Word the Bible, and he speaks to us when we talk to him in prayer. You know he speaks to her spirit.
He answers back mostly to the word of God is the word of God. For we know were he speaking to us. That's why it's important to know what to love it to learn to memorize site. I member Pastor Chuck often told the story about his grandson and he would be talking to his mom and he said mom God never speaks to me.
I never hear from God and she said well honey is probably Cheryl's daughter telling the story, but as she said will you know when you feel bad and you feel sorry for what you did you know it was wrong and you hear from your conscience.
He says yes. He said that can be God speaking to you is a moment of silence and then her little boy said mom God speaks to me all the time and day. Yes. So God speaks to us through our conscience course but he primarily speaks to Scripture and he can speak to other people check-in leaders at all think you will be speaking to someone right now through us. Especially as were quoting from Scripture and the and we compare everything to Scripture. Don't because God will not contradict his work. Mary does not okay. Last question we use the word gospel a lot. We throw it around. There's gospel music and we call something the gospel truth. The what is the gospel. The gospel means good news and here's the good news you have an identity.
You have a purpose and you have a destiny you been made in the image of God you're here to know God and your you can live forever with them.
If you trust Jesus Christ as your Savior because you were born a sinner separated from God. The gospel says Jesus Christ came down and took upon himself.
Your sin and my sin so we can have that relationship with them so we don't have to suffer for our own sins, and that's very, very good news. Besides that, according to John 17 three we enter an internal relationship with God.
Jesus said this is eternal life that you may know, the one true God and Jesus Christ whom he has sent the moment you become a Christian you beginning eternal relationship with the living God through Jesus Christ and life now has meaning. We know who we are. Why were here when what's gonna happen to us when we die, not dumb, and you use that expression. Trust in Jesus.
What is it mean to trust in Jesus, just believe in him at his word that he is who he claimed to be that he can forgive our sins that he died on the cross came back from the dead and kick and and gives us know the reason to live. Gives us life and that's why we trust we trust.
We acknowledge him that we believe in him and at that point the Bible talks about us being born again having a spiritual rebirth. We could know and the Holy Spirit comes comes in our heart and it confirms to us that where new new people and cry out as a great message. The gospel yeah I mean we think of Jesus as a historical figure, and clearly he was there was a man named Jesus who walked this earth 2000 years ago. He died in a Roman cross.
He resurrected again from the dead three days later but were also talking about Jesus Christ to his chair with correct now and though we don't see him. He is not here in physical form.
He is here and Jesus himself use this expression to tell us what he wants to do is this. I stand at the door and I knock it if you hear my voice, and open the door to come in exactly and that's what he offers people right now. People watching people here eternal life can be theirs anytime, at this very moment, so you know Don and I've had this little conversation in a really bad ping-pong game here tonight and we talked about a lot of important things we talked about the last days we talked about the afterlife. We talked about heaven, we talked about hell we've talked about hope and we talked about judgment and so maybe is your hearing all this you're thinking will not so sure if I would go to heaven when I die. I've done a lot of bad things will here's the good news. When Jesus died on the cross he paid for all of your sin and if you will see the God you're sorry for your sin and turn from it. Christ himself can come and live inside of you and you will have that eternal relationship. Don was talking about and then you will have the absolute certainty that when you die you will go to heaven.
Actually, there's nothing more important than that, but if all was being a Christian. Donna if the Christian at the gospel was if you accept Christ to live the most miserable life possible but when you die, you go to heaven.
That would still be worth believing in Jesus or software that actually isn't because of the stuff they got enough a life worth mean a life with meaning. A life with purpose, a life worth living. In fact, if there wasn't even a heaven father was what is what Christ does in this life that would be worth it alone but David said, my cup runs over. That's in this life, not to mention what's coming next. Great news so there is that as well. So many want to talk about the ultimate offer and if a person ends up in hell and that final day, listen friend you love no one to blame but your self you have to practically climb over Jesus to get into hell. He's in everything to keep you out of there. He's laid his life down. He was beaten and bloodied and murdered in cold blood, but he did that because he loves you and he can forgive you and thought Donna thought that we would close tonight by extending an invitation to people who are with us or are watching us who have never asked Jesus to come into their life.
So listen if you would like your sin forgiven if you would like to know that when you die you will go to heaven if you would like to be sure you'll be ready to meet the Lord when he comes back again. I want to give you an opportunity to ask him to come in your life. As we close now in prayer. So let's all bow our heads everybody praying father I pray that your Holy Spirit will speak now to those here that do not yet know you, Lord. There's nothing I or Don could say to convince them but your Holy Spirit can convince them and convict them of their sin help them to see their need for Jesus and help them to come to you right now we pray now I heads up in our eyes are closed and were praying together. How many of you would say tonight Greg I want Jesus Christ to come in the my life.
I want him to forgive me of my sin. I want to know that when I die I will go to heaven.
I want to be ready for the Lord's return. Pray for me at that your desire. If you want Jesus to come in your life if you want him to forgive you of your sin if you want to go to heaven when you die but you raise your hand up right now or if you are not, pray for you, bless you, bless you. God bless you and you and you many cancer going up. I hope yours is one of them got bless you to there in the very back of bless you as well. Anybody else just lift your hand up Iraq and see it now pray for you right now.
Got bless you and you there in the back of bless each one got bless all of you.
Anybody else you will you want to be ready for the Lord's return. You're not sure if you would be ready but you want to be. Raise your hand up, let me pray for you tonight. God bless you. God bless all of you father, I think you know for each one of these and I pray you give them the strength to stand up and follow you, for we ask all of this in Jesus name Amen amen