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JESUS IS COMING BACK AGAIN, AND THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS
CHRIST IS NECESSARY TO FULFILL THE PURPOSE OF GOD. THE
INCARNATION WITHOUT THE CORONATION WOULD BE LIKE HEIGHT
WITHOUT DEPTH AND EAST WITHOUT WEST. UH, IT TAKES IT ALL TO
MAKE IT HAPPEN. AND OUR SALVATION WITHOUT OUR
GLORIFICATION IS NO SALVATION AT ALL. HIS RESURRECTION IS THE
PLEDGE OF OUR RESURRECTION. NOW THAT'S THE FIRST PROOF THAT ALL
OF THIS HAPPENS. JESUS HAS ALREADY COME OUT OF THAT GRAVE.
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS, PASTOR, TEACHER AND AUTHOR ADRIAN ROGERS
PREACHED TO AUDIENCES AND TOUCHED LIVES ALL OVER THE WORLD
WITH HIS UNIQUE BRAND OF SOLID BIBLICAL TEACHING. TODAY HE'LL
BE BRINGING THAT UNIQUENESS TO THIS SERIES OF PROPHETIC
MESSAGES THAT WE'RE CALLING, THE EDGE OF ETERNITY. HAVE YOUR
BIBLES READY AND JOIN US FOR TODAY'S MESSAGE. AND AS ALWAYS
YOU CAN STREAM THIS MESSAGE AGAIN, AND DOWNLOAD MANY OTHER
RESOURCES RELATED TO TODAY'S MESSAGE ALL AT LWF.ORG. NOW,
LET'S JOIN ADRIAN ROGERS.
WOULD YOU TAKE GOD'S WORD AND TURN TO FIRST THESSALONIANS
CHAPTER FOUR, AND IN A MOMENT WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN READING A
VERY FAMILIAR PASSAGE, IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE SECOND
COMING OF JESUS CHRIST. WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN IN VERSE 13. NOW,
THE CHRISTIANS IN THESSALONICA WERE CONCERNED BECAUSE JESUS WAS
HERE, HE LIVED AND TALKED, HE ASCENDED, AND HE SAID, I'M
COMING AGAIN. AND THEY WERE EXPECTING HIM IN THEIR DAY AT
ANY MOMENT. BUT IN THE MEANWHILE, SOME OF THE CHURCH
MEMBERS, SOME OF THEIR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST AND FAMILY
MEMBERS, HAD DIED AND WERE BURIED, AND THEY WERE SAYING,
ARE THEY GOING TO MISS THE KINGDOM? WELL WHERE WILL THEY BE
WHEN JESUS COMES AGAIN? BECAUSE THEY WERE EXPECTING JESUS IN
THEIR LIFETIME. AND SO THE APOSTLE PAUL IS WRITING TO THE
CHURCH AT THESSALONICA TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION, AND HERE'S WHAT
HE SAYS NOW, LOOK AT IT, CHAPTER FOUR BEGINNING IN VERSE 13, BUT
I WOULD NOT HAVE YOU TO BE IGNORANT, UNDERSCORE THE WORD
IGNORANT, BRETHREN, CONCERNING THEM WHICH ARE ASLEEP, THAT YE
SORROW NOT, UNDERSCORE THE WORD SORROW, EVEN AS OTHERS THAT HAVE
NO HOPE, UNDERSCORE NO HOPE. UH, THREE GREAT ENEMIES THERE:
IGNORANCE, SORROW, AND HOPELESSNESS. THAT'S WHAT
HAPPENS TO THE PERSON WHO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M
GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS MORNING. THEY ARE LIVING IN
IGNORANCE, THEY'RE FILLED WITH SORROW, AND THEY ARE LIVING
LIVES OF DESPAIR AND THEY HAVE NO HOPE. AND SO PAUL IS WRITING,
UH, TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION, WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO OUR DEAD
WHO DIED AND, UH, THEY WERE NOT HERE WHEN JESUS, AH, OR THEY
WILL NOT BE HERE PERHAPS WHEN JESUS COMES AGAIN? WELL, PAUL IS
TALKING HERE ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE
RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH. AND THE RAPTURE'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE IN
THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE. BUT, UH, WHOEVER MAKES THESE
STATISTICS, I DON'T KNOW, BUT ONE PERSON SAID THAT THE AVERAGE
PERSON BLINKS HIS EYES 20,000 TIMES A DAY. SO 20,000 EPISODES
IN A DAY, JESUS MAY COME; IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE. NOW, I WANT
YOU TO GET SOME THINGS DOWN AS, UH, WE TRY TO ANSWER THESE
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RAPTURE. AND WE'RE GOING TO ASK SOME
QUESTIONS AND THEN ANSWER THEM, AND WE'RE GOING TO ASK ALL OF
THE QUESTIONS UNDER THE HEADING OF W'S. FIRST OF ALL, LET'S
THINK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT, WHAT. AH, WHAT IS THE SACRED
MYSTERY OF RESURRECTION AND RAPTURE? NOW LOOK IF YOU WILL IN
VERSE 16 AGAIN OF THIS SAME CHAPTER HERE IN VERSE 16, FOR
THE LORD HIMSELF SHALL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN. SO THAT TELLS US
RIGHT AWAY THAT THE CENTRAL FIGURE IS THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
HIMSELF. JESUS IS GOING TO STEP, UH, FROM HIS THRONE IN THE GLORY
AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER AND FROM THE LOFTY HEIGHTS OF
HEAVEN, JESUS IS GOING TO DESCEND, HE'S GOING TO MAKE HIS
WAY BACK TO THIS EARTH. AND WHEN HE COMES BACK TO THIS EARTH, THE
BIBLE SAYS HERE THAT HE IS COMING WITH A SHOUT. DO YOU SEE
THAT? FOR THE LORD HIMSELF SHALL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN WITH A
SHOUT. NOW, UH, THAT'S VERY INTERESTING, VERSE 16, BECAUSE
THERE'S GOING TO BE A SHOUT THAT WILL RAISE THE DEAD. AT HIS
COMMAND THEY'RE GOING TO COME FORTH, UH, FROM THE SEA AND FROM
THE LAND, UH, THOSE WHO HAVE, UH, DIED AND ARE BURIED ARE
GOING TO BE RAISED AND, UH, THE OCEANS ARE GOING TO HEAVE AND
GIVE UP THE DEAD THAT ARE IN THEM AND THE WINDING, UH, SHEETS
OF DESERT SAND WILL GIVE UP THE DEAD THAT ARE IN THEM AND
BATTLEFIELDS WILL GIVE UP THE DEAD THAT, AH, HAVE BEEN BURIED
THERE, AND GRAVEYARDS MAY LOOK LIKE PLOWED FIELDS AS JESUS
GIVES A SHOUT AND, UH, THOSE WHO ARE DEAD ARE GOING TO BE RAISED.
AND WHAT A GLORIOUS DAY THAT WILL BE. AND THEN LIVING SAINTS
ARE GOING TO BE TRANSFORMED IN A MOMENT, IN THE TWINKLING OF AN
EYE. LOOK AGAIN IN VERSE 17 IF YOU WILL OF THIS SAME CHAPTER.
AND THE BIBLE SAYS, THEN WE WHICH ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN SHALL
BE CAUGHT UP TOGETHER WITH THEM. THAT TELLS US THAT THE APOSTLE
PAUL WAS EXPECTING TO BE ALIVE WHEN JESUS CHRIST CAME, UH,
COMES AGAIN BECAUSE HE INCLUDED HIMSELF. NOW THIS WORD CAUGHT UP
WE CALL THE RAPTURE. UH, THE WORD RAPTURE COMES FROM THE
LATIN WORD RAPTO, UH, THE GREEK WORD HERPASO, BOTH MEAN THE SAME
THING. IT MEANS A CATCHING AWAY. WE'RE GOING TO BE CAUGHT UP TO
MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR. CHANGED, UH, AND TRANSFORMED AND
THEN CAUGHT UP TO MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR. SOME PEOPLE SAY THE
WORD RAPTURE IS NOT FOUND IN THE BIBLE. WELL, THAT'S TRUE, THE
ENGLISH WORD RAPTURE IS NOT FOUND IN THE BIBLE. THE ENGLISH
WORD TRINITY IS NOT FOUND IN THE BIBLE. THE ENGLISH WORD MISSIONS
IS NOT FOUND IN THE BIBLE, BUT I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THE TRINITY,
MISSIONS, AND THE RAPTURE IS TAUGHT IN THE BIBLE. UH, THE
HERPASO IS THE, UH, GREEK WORD. LET ME GIVE YOU FOUR INSTANCES,
AND THIS, FOR YOU BIBLE STUDENTS, I WANT YOU TO WRITE
THIS DOWN, NOW. FOUR INSTANCES WHERE THIS WORD IS USED, AH, IN
OTHER PLACES, AND THAT WILL HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE CALL
IT, UH, THE RAPTURE. FOR EXAMPLE, IN ACTS CHAPTER EIGHT
AND VERSE 39. AND PHILLIP HAD, HAD, HAS JUST BAPTIZED THE
ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH. AND THE BIBLE SAYS, AND WHEN THEY WERE COME UP
OUT OF THE WATER, THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD CAUGHT AWAY PHILLIP,
THAT THE EUNUCH SAW HIM NO MORE AND HE WENT ON HIS WAY
REJOICING. HE CAUGHT HIM AWAY. WHAT HAPPENED TO PHILLIP? HE'S
JUST GONE. UH, HE, HE JUST IS SUDDENLY VACANT FROM THAT PLACE.
AND SO THE WORD RAPTURE AS IS USED HERE, IT, IT MEANS TO CATCH
AWAY SPEEDILY. ONE OF THESE DAYS WE'RE GOING TO BE LEAVING HERE
IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE. HERE'S ANOTHER S, PLACE WHERE
THIS WORD IS USED. IN JOHN CHAPTER SIX AND VERSE 15, WHEN
JESUS THEREFORE PERCEIVED THAT THEY WOULD TAKE HIM BY FORCE TO
MAKE HIM A KING, HE DEPARTED AGAIN INTO A MOUNTAIN HIMSELF
ALONE. NOW HERE IT SAYS THEY WERE COMING TO JESUS, THEY'RE
GOING TO SEIZE HIM AND TAKE HIM BY FORCE AND MAKE HIM A KING.
AND THE WORD TO SEIZE AND TAKE BY FORCE, OR TO TAKE BY FORCE IS
THE SAME WORD THAT IS TRANSLATED CAUGHT UP IN OTHER PLACES. AND
SO ONE OF THESE DAYS, UH, NOT ONLY ARE WE GOING TO BE CAUGHT
AWAY SPEEDILY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE SEIZED BY FORCE AND TAKEN
AWAY. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS THE GRAVE NOR GRAVITY WILL
BE ABLE TO HOLD US. UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE CAUGHT AWAY. AH,
NOTHING CAN KEEP THAT FROM HAPPENING. NOW HERE'S THE THIRD
PLACE WHERE THAT WORD IS USED. FIRST CORINTHIANS 12, UH, VERSE
ONE, NOW CONCERNING SPIRITUAL GIFTS, BRETHREN, I WOULD NOT
HAVE YOU IGNORANT. YE KNOW THAT YE WERE GENTILES CARRIED AWAY BY
THESE DUMB IDOLS. AND THERE HE USES THE SAME WORD WHICH MEANS
TO CARRY AWAY. SO, UH, WHAT IS HAPPENING IS THIS, THAT WE ARE
GOING TO BE CAUGHT AWAY SPEEDILY, WE'RE GOING TO BE
CAUGHT AWAY BY FORCE, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE CARRIED AWAY, THAT
IS, TRANSPORTED FROM ONE PLACE AND MOVED TO A NEW PLACE. THIS
WORLD IS NOT OUR HOME. WE'RE GOING TO BE CARRIED AWAY. AND
THEN HERE'S ANOTHER PLACE WHERE THIS SAME WORD IS USED, IN ACTS
CHAPTER 23 AND VERSE 10. UH, THE BIBLE TELLS ABOUT PAUL WHO WAS
IN DANGER. UH, THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO ASSASSINATE
PAUL AND, UH, ACTS 20 VER, 23, VERSE 10, AND WHEN THERE AROSE A
GREAT DISSENSION, THE CHIEF CAPTAIN, FEARING PAUL SHOULD'VE
BEEN PULLED IN PIECES OF THEM, COMMANDED THE SOLDIERS TO GO
DOWN AND TO TAKE HIM BY FORCE FROM AMONG THEM AND BRING HIM
INTO THE CASTLE. THE PHRASE THERE TAKE HIM BY FORCE IS THE
SAME WORD THAT WE ARE TRANSLATING, AH, OR CALLING THE
RAPTURE AND IT MEANS TO RESCUE FROM DANGER. PAUL WAS IN GREAT
DANGER AND, UH, THEY CAME AND TOOK HIM BY FORCE AND DELIVERED
HIM. AND WHEN THE RAPTURE COMES, WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKEN BY
FORCE, RAPTURED, MOVED TO A NEW PLACE, TO BE DELIVERED FROM
DANGER. NOW, PAUL CALLS THIS A MYSTERY, AND HERE'S WHERE WE GET
THE, UH, S, TITLE SERMON FROM, FIRST CORINTHIANS 15. PUT THIS
IN YOUR MARGIN, VERSE 51 AND 52. PAUL SAYS, BEHOLD, I SHOW YOU A
MYSTERY. WE SHALL NOT ALL SLEEP, BUT WE SHALL ALL BE CHANGED IN A
MOMENT. AND THE WORD MOMENT IS THE WORD THAT WE GET OUR WORD
ATOM FROM, BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE DID, UH, CALLED AN ATOM THE MOST
INDIVISIBLE PIECE THAT THEY KNEW OF. NOW, THEY, THEY HAD NO
KNOWLEDGE OF, UH, AH, NUCLEAR PHYSICS, BUT THEY WERE SAYING
THIS IS THE MOST INDIVISIBLE THING THAT OUR LANGUAGE CAN
DESCRIBE, IN A MOMENT, IN AN ATOM, IN THE TWINKLING OF AN
EYE, UH, THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN. THE DEAD IN CHRIST ARE
GOING TO RISE FIRST, AND THEN WE WHICH REMAIN ARE GOING TO BE
SEIZED, WE'RE GOING TO BE CAUGHT UP BY FORCE, WE'RE GOING TO BE
MOVED TO A NEW PLACE, AND IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN [CLAP] QUICKLY,
IN A MOMENT, IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE. JUST AS QUICKLY AS YOU
CAN BAT YOUR EYELASH, IT'S GOING TO BE OVER, WE'RE GOING TO BE
LEAVING HERE, WE ARE GOING UP AND WE ARE GOING TO GLORY. WHEN
I WAS A LITTLE BOY, UH, NEAR OUR HOUSE THERE USED TO BE A SCRAP
YARD, AND THERE WERE ALL KINDS OF METAL IN THAT SCRAP YARD,
AND, UH, THERE WOULD BE A, A GREAT MAGNET ON A CRANE, AN
ELECTRO-MAGNET THAT WOULD MOVE THAT STEEL AND THAT IRON FROM
ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER. IF YOU WERE TO TAKE ONE OF THOSE GREAT
MAGNETS AND, AND SWEEP IT ACROSS THE GROUND, AND LET'S SAY
THERE'S ALL KIND OF METAL THERE IN THE GROUND, THERE'S LEAD AND
ZINC AND IRON AND SILVER AND ALUMINUM AND STEEL, ALL OF THESE
THINGS ARE THERE IN THE GROUND, SOME UNDER THE GROUND AND SOME
ON TOP OF THE GROUND, IF YOU WERE TO PASS THAT GREAT MAGNET
OVER ALL OF THAT, NOT EVERY PIECE OF METAL WOULD RISE. ONLY
THAT WHICH WAS MADE OF IRON WOULD RISE. WHY IS THAT? BECAUSE
THE IRON HAS THE SAME NATURE AS THE MAGNET, AND WITH, IF YOU
HAVE THE SAME NATURE AS JESUS CHRIST WHEN HE COMES AGAIN,
YOU'RE THE ONE GOING UP, WHETHER YOU'RE BENEATH THE GROUND OR
WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOP OF THE GROUND. YOU'RE THE ONE GOING UP.
IF YOU'VE BEEN HEAVEN-BORN, YOU WILL BE HEAVEN-BOUND IF YOU
SHARE THE NATURE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. NOW,
PASTOR, THAT SOUNDS SO FANTASTIC, IT SOUNDS SO
OTHER-WORLDLY, IT SOUNDS SO SUPERSTITIOUS. WHAT IS YOUR
ASSURANCE OF THESE THINGS? WELL HERE'S MY ASSURANCE. LOOK IF YOU
WILL IN VERSES 14 AND 15. PAUL REALIZED THAT THERE WERE SOME
WHO WOULD HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, SO HE SAYS, NOW LOOK, LOOK IN
VERSE 14, FOR IF WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED AND ROSE AGAIN, DO
YOU BELIEVE THAT? HEY, IF YOU BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED AND ROSE
AGAIN, FOLKS, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY TROUBLE WITH THE SUPERNATURAL.
NOW, IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE WITH THE, EH, WITH THE RAPTURE, WHY
WOULD YOU NOT HAVE TROUBLE WITH THE RESURRECTION? SEE, IF WE
BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED AND ROSE AGAIN, EVEN SO, IN LIKE MANNER,
THEM ALSO WHICH SLEEP IN JESUS WILL GOD BRING WITH HIM. SO HOW
ARE WE ASSURED? FIRST OF ALL, BY THE SAVING WORK OF OUR LORD.
JESUS DIED AND ROSE AGAIN. THE GOSPEL ITSELF IS SUPERNATURAL
AND, UH, GOD IS NOT FINISHED. I, IF GOD RAISED JESUS FROM THE
DEAD, THEN HE'S GOING TO RAISE US FROM THE DEAD. YOU SEE, IT
ALL HANGS TOGETHER. JESUS CHRIST, THIS SAME JESUS WHO CAME
THE FIRST TIME LITERALLY AND ROSE FROM THE DEAD, IS COMING
BACK THE SECOND TIME LITERALLY; THE SAME JESUS THAT WAS BORN OF
A VIRGIN, THE SAME JESUS THAT WALKED ON THE WATER, THE SAME
JESUS THAT FED THE FIVE THOUSAND. JESUS IS COMING BACK
AGAIN, AND THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS CHRIST IS NECESSARY TO
FULFILL THE PURPOSE OF GOD. THE INCARNATION WITHOUT THE
CORONATION WOULD BE LIKE HEIGHT WITHOUT DEPTH AND EAST WITHOUT
WEST. UH, IT TAKES IT ALL TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. AND OUR
SALVATION WITHOUT OUR GLORIFICATION IS NO SALVATION AT
ALL. HIS RESURRECTION IS THE PLEDGE OF OUR RESURRECTION. NOW
THAT'S THE FIRST PROOF THAT ALL OF THIS HAPPENS. JESUS HAS
ALREADY COME OUT OF THAT GRAVE. NOW, NOT ONLY THE SAVING WORK OF
OUR LORD, BUT THE SURE WORD OF OUR LORD. LOOK IF YOU WILL IN
VERSE 15, FOR THIS WE SAY UNTO YOU BY THE WORD OF THE LORD. NOW
THAT'S WHAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE. WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF
SOOTHSAYERS, PROGNOSTICATORS, NEW AGE ASTROLOGERS. WE HAVE ALL
KINDS OF SELF-STYLED PROPHETS AND MEDIUMS AND SEERS AND, UH,
PEOPLE WHO ARE, ARE, ARE SAYING WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE
FUTURE, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW. NOT A ONE OF THEM KNOWS. THE DEVIL
HIMSELF DOESN'T KNOW. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE DEVIL'S A
KNUCKLEHEAD. [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER] HE REALLY IS, I MEAN, IF HE EV,
EVER THOUGHT THAT HIS PLANS COULD SUCCEED. HE DOESN'T KNOW
THE FUTURE. ONLY GOD KNOWS THE FUTURE, AND THAT'S THE REASON
THE APOSTLE PAUL SAYS, THIS WE SAY UNTO YOU BY THE WORD OF THE
LORD. ONE THIRD OF THE BIBLE IS ABOUT THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS
CHRIST. THE FIRST AND LAST PROMISE IN BOTH THE OLD
TESTAMENT AND THE NEW TESTAMENT DEALS WITH THE SECOND COMING OF
JESUS CHRIST. SO THE SAVING WORK OF OUR LORD AND THE SURE WORD OF
OUR LORD TELLS US THIS IS TRUE. SO THAT'S THE WHAT. NOW, THE
WHO. LET'S MOVE TO THE SECOND THING. WHO IS GOING TO BE IN
THIS? WELL, THERE IS A SELECT MULTITUDE OF THE SAVIOR AND THE
SAINTS. LOOK AGAIN IN VERSE 16 AND 17, FOR THE LORD HIMSELF
SHALL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN WITH A SHOUT AND THE VOICE OF THE
ARCHANGEL AND THE TRUMP OF GOD, NOW WATCH THIS, AND THE DEAD IN
CHRIST SHALL RISE FIRST. THEN WE, WHICH ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN,
SHALL BE CAUGHT UP. NOW, THIS IS A SELECT MULTITUDE OF, OF THE
SAVIOR AND THE SAINTS. DON'T GET THE IDEA THAT THERE IS A GENERAL
RESURRECTION. NO, THERE'S A FIRST AND SECOND RESURRECTION.
IT IS ONLY THE DEAD IN CHRIST WHO WILL BE RAISED AT THE
RAPTURE. PUT IN YOUR MARGIN REVELATION CHAPTER 20 VERSES
FIVE AND SIX, BUT THE REST OF THE DEAD LIVE NOT AGAIN UNTIL
THE THOUSAND YEARS WERE FINISHED. THIS IS THE FIRST
RESURRECTION. BLESSED AND HOLY IS HE THAT HATH PART IN THE
FIRST RESURRECTION. ON SUCH THE SECOND DEATH HATH NO POWER, BUT
THEY SHALL BE PRIESTS OF GOD AND OF CHRIST AND SHALL REIGN WITH
HIM A THOUSAND YEARS. NOW THESE VERSES MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT
IT IS THE DEAD IN CHRIST WHO ARE GOING TO BE RAISED, THOSE IN THE
FIRST RESURRECTION. BY THE WAY, THERE'RE ONLY TWO WAYS TO DIE.
EITHER YOU DIE IN CHRIST OR YOU DIE OUT OF CHRIST. THE DEAD IN
CHRIST ARE GONNA BE RAISED. NOW, AH, IF, IF YOU ARE BORN TWICE
YOU CAN ONLY DIE ONCE. IF YOU'RE BORN ONLY ONCE, YOU'RE GONNA DIE
TWICE, AND IF YOU DIE TWICE THE TIME WILL COME WHEN YOU WISH YOU
HADN'T BEEN BORN AT ALL. NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DEAD IN
CHRIST. AND JUST AS THERE IS NOT A GENERAL RESURRECTION, UH,
THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE A GENERAL RAPTURE. NOT EVERYBODY'S
GOING TO BE CAUGHT UP. NOT ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE FACE OF THE
EARTH ARE GOING TO BE CAUGHT UP TO MEET THE LORD. ONLY WE WHICH
REMAIN, TALKING TO THE CHURCH WHEN HE SAID WE, HE'S INCLUDING
THE SAINTS AT THESSALONICA. HE SAID, HE SAYS, WE WHICH REMAIN
ARE GOING TO BE TRANSFORMED AND CAUGHT UP, UH, TO MEET THE LORD
IN THE AIR, IF WE ARE LIVING. PUT THESE VERSES IN YOUR MARGIN.
LUKE CHAPTER 17 VERSES 34 AND FOLLOWING, I TELL YOU,' JE, NOW
THIS IS JESUS, I TELL YOU, IN THAT NIGHT THERE SHALL BE TWO
MEN IN ONE BED. THE ONE SHALL BE TAKEN, THE OTHER LEFT. TWO WOMEN
SHALL BE GRINDING TOGETHER. THE ONE SHALL BE TAKEN, THE OTHER
LEFT. TWO MEN SHALL BE IN THE FIELD. THE ONE SHALL BE TAKEN
AND THE OTHER LEFT.' AND THEY ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HIM,
WHERE, LORD?' AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, WHERESOEVER THE BODY IS,
THITHER WILL THE EAGLES BE GATHERED TOGETHER.' AND SO, UH,
HE, IF JESUS COMES ON ONE SIDE OF THE WORLD, IT'S MIDNIGHT AND
IT MAY BE AT MIDNIGHT. THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE BED, ONE HERE AND
ONE HERE. ONE'S GONE, ONE'S LEFT. OR IT MAY BE ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE WORLD AT DAYLIGHT. TWO PEOPLE ARE IN THE FIELD, ONE
TAKEN, THE OTHER LEFT. UH, THE OTHER AIRPLANE PILOT MAY GO. UH,
THE STAR QUARTERBACK UNDER THE BALL MAY GO. UH, WHO KNOWS WHERE
YOU WILL BE AT THAT MOMENT, WHE, WHETHER YOU WILL GO OR BE LEFT,
BUT THERE IS A SELECT MULTITUDE. NOT EVERYBODY IS GOING AND, UH,
YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL THAT YOU ARE NOT LEFT BEHIND. NOW HERE'S
THE THIRD THING: WHEN. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WHAT, WE'VE TALKED
ABOUT WHO, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHEN. UH, WHEN IS A SUDDEN
MOMENT THAT IS CLOSE AND CERTAIN. NOW I SAY IT IS A
SUDDEN MOMENT, A SUDDEN MOMENT, IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE. YOU
DON'T KNOW AND I DON'T KNOW. I DO KNOW IT IS CLOSE. YOU SAY,
PASTOR, HOW CAN YOU TELL THAT IT IS CLOSE? IT MAY BE FIFTY YEARS.
IT IS STILL CLOSE. IT MAY BE A THOUSAND YEARS. IT IS STILL
CLOSE. WE'RE ALWAYS LIVING ON THE EDGE OF ETERNITY. THE BIBLE
SAYS, THE TIME IS AT HAND. THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS IS ALWAYS
CLOSE AND IT IS ALWAYS CERTAIN. PAUL WAS EXPECTING CHRIST IN HIS
DAY. WAS HE WRONG? NO, HE WAS RIGHT. LET ME GIVE YOU SOME
SCRIPTURES, JOT EM DOWN, DON'T TRY TO TURN TO THEM. MATTHEW 24
VERSE 36. JESUS SAID, BUT OF THAT DAY AND HOUR KNOWETH NO
MAN, NO, NOT THE ANGELS IN, IN HEAVEN, BUT MY FATHER ONLY. AND
IF ANYBODY GIVES YOU A DATE AS TO WHEN JESUS CHRIST IS COMING
AGAIN, HE'S A LIAR. [AUDIENCE: AMEN] HE DOESN'T KNOW. UH, YOU
CAN'T SET A DATE. IF I WERE GOD AND SOME MAN HAPPENED TO GUESS
THE RIGHT DATE, I'D CHANGE IT. [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER] THAT DAY AND
THAT HOUR NO, NO MAN KNOWS. PUT THIS SCRIPTURE DOWN, MATTHEW 24
VERSE 38, FOR AS THE DAYS THAT WERE BEFORE THE FLOOD, THEY WERE
EATING AND DRINKING, MARRYING AND GIVING IN MARRIAGE UNTIL THE
DAY THAT NOAH ENTERED INTO THE ARK. EVEN SO THE COMING OF THE
SON OF MAN SHALL BE. NOW, THAT'S VERY INTERESTING. I, HE SAYS
JUST LIKE THE DAYS OF NOAH. SOME PEOPLE HAVE THE IDEA THE CHURCH
IS GOING TO BE IN THE GREAT TRIBULATION WHEN THE RAPTURE
COMES OR HAVE GONE THROUGH THE GREAT TRIBULATION. NO! THAT'S
NOT WHAT THIS SCRIPTURE SAYS. THEY'RE EATING, THEY'RE
DRINKING, THEY'RE MARRYING, THEY'RE GIVING IN MARRIAGE, THE
DAILY ROUND OF LIFE IS GOING AND THEN [CLAP] SUDDENLY, JUST LIKE
THAT, JESUS COMES. THAT'S THE REASON HE SAYS IN, IN MATTHEW
24, UH, VERSE 42, WATCH, THEREFORE, FOR YE KNOW NOT WHAT
HOUR YOUR LORD DOTH COME. MATTHEW 24 VERSE 44, THEREFORE,
BE YE ALSO READY, FOR IN SUCH AN HOUR AS YE THINK NOT, THE SON OF
MAN COMETH. NOT IN THE TIME THAT YOU FIGURED IT OUT, BUT IN THE
TIME WHEN YOU HAVEN'T FIGURED HIM OUT. I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT
HE'D COME ON MONDAY. I CAN'T THINK AT ALL ON MONDAY.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHTER] IN SUCH AN HOUR AS YE THINK NOT THE SON OF
MAN COMETH. FIRST CORINTHIANS 15 VERSES 51 AND 52, WE'VE ALREADY
GIVEN YOU THIS, BEHOLD, I WILL SHOW YOU A MYSTERY. WE SHALL NOT
ALL SLEEP, THAT IS, NOT EVERYBODY'S GOING TO DIE, THAT'S
A METAPHOR, OR A EUPHEMISM FOR, AH, A CHRISTIAN WHO HAS DIED.
EH, THE BIBLE DOESN'T CALL IT DEATH, IT CALLS IT SLEEP. WE
SHALL NOT ALL SLEEP, BUT WE SHALL ALL BE CHANGED IN A
MOMENT, IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE, AT THE LAST TRUMP. NOW,
REMEMBER, UH, THAT YOU BAT YOUR EYES 20,000 TIMES A DAY AND SO
TODAY YOU'VE GOT 20,000 EPISODES WHEN JESUS MAY COME. AH,
SOMEBODY SAYS, WELL, PASTOR, WHAT ABOUT THE SIGNS OF THE
TIMES? DON'T THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES PROVE THAT JESUS IS
COMING? NO, NO. FRIEND, WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE SIGNS. DON'T
GET THE IDEA THAT THERE'S SOMETHING WE'RE WAITING FOR.
WELL, DO THE SIGNS OF THE TIME TELL US THAT WE MAY BE NEARER TO
THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS? YES. WELL, IS THERE A CONTRADICTION?
NOT REALLY. YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? PRETTY SOON
YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO THE STORES, YOU GO TO THE MALL AND
YOU'RE GONNA FIND OUT IN THE MALL THEY'RE GONNA START PUTTING
UP CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. NOW WHEN THEY START PUTTING UP
CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS IN THE MALL, DOES THAT MEAN CHRISTMAS
IS COMING? NO, MEANS THANKSGIVING IS COMING.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHTER] HA, HA, HA, HA. IT MAY MEAN HALLOWEEN IS
COMING. BUT WHAT I MEAN IS, THAT THESE THINGS THAT ARE, THAT
REALLY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE POINTING, AH, TOWARD, UH,
CHRISTMAS, EH, THEY CAN TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT SOME OTHER TIMES
ALSO. UH, AND, AND WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS, THAT THERE ARE
SIGNS, BUT THEY DON'T PROVE TO US THAT, UH, JESUS IS COMING
TODAY OR TOMORROW. YOU SHOULD ALWAYS BE READY FOR THE SECOND
COMING OF JESUS CHRIST. THE SIGNS MAY GIVE YOU SOME EXTRA
SPECIAL ENCOURAGEMENT. BUT NOT ONLY ARE THERE GONNA BE SOME
SIGNS, THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME SOUNDS. LOOK IN VERSE 16,
FOR THE LORD HIMSELF SHALL DESCEND WITH A SHOUT, THE VOICE
OF THE ARCHANGEL AND WITH THE TRUMP OF GOD. NOW FIRST OF ALL
THE SHOUT IS THE LORD'S VOICE HIMSELF. JESUS COMES WITH A
SHOUT. AND, UH, WE REMEMBER JESUS IN JOHN 11 STANDING BEFORE
THE GRAVE OF LAZARUS AND SAYING, LAZARUS, COME FORTH. AND LAZARUS
CAME FORTH. WHEN JESUS DESCENDS FROM HIS LOFTY, UH, HEIGHTS IN
THE GLORY AND HE IS THERE IN THE CLOUDS, HE'LL GIVE A SHOUT, AND
THE WHOLE CHURCH WILL COME FORTH. THE DEAD IN CHRIST WILL
RISE FIRST. AND SO THE SHOUT, EH, IS POINTED PRIMARILY TO THE
CHURCH. AND THEN THERE'S THE VOICE OF THE ARCHANGEL. WHO IS
THE ARCHANGEL? THAT'S THE CHIEF ANGEL. HE'S IN CHARGE OF
HEAVEN'S ARMIES, AND WHY DOES HE SPEAK? EH, HE'S NOT SPEAKING
PRIMARILY TO THE CHURCH, BUT HE'S SPEAKING TO ISRAEL BECAUSE,
GOD HAS CALLED TIME-OUT FOR ISRAEL, AND AFTER THE CHURCH IS
TAKEN OUT, THEN GOD BEGINS TO MOVE AGAIN WITH THE NATION
ISRAEL. HE'S MOVING WITH INDIVIDUAL JEWS, BUT HE'LL BEGIN
TO MOVE WITH THE NATION ISRAEL AND, UH, SO, UH, THE ARCHANGEL,
NOW, IS, IS SPEAKING TO MARTIAL THE ANGELS OF THE WORLD FOR THE
GREAT TRIBULATION THAT IS GOING TO COME ON THE EARTH THAT BOTH
JEW AND GENTILE WILL ENDURE. SO WHILE, WHILE THE LORD SPEAKS TO
THE CHURCH, THE ARCHANGEL IS SPEAKING PRIMARILY TO THE ANGELS
THAT WILL BE DEALING IN THE WORLD, AND THEN THE TRUMP OF GOD
WHICH DEALS PRIMARILY WITH ISRAEL, HE AGAIN BEGINS TO
ASSEMBLE ISRAEL FOR THESE LAST DAYS. AND NUMBERS 10, VERSES
NINE AND 10, AND IF YE GO TO WAR IN YOUR LAND AGAINST THE ENEMY
THAT OPPRESSETH YOU, THEN SHALL YE BLOW AN ALARM WITH THE
TRUMPETS. AND SO HERE OUR LORD IS COMING WITH THE VOICE OF THE
ARCHANGEL, WITH, WITH A SHOUT, WITH THE VOICE OF THE ARCHANGEL
AND THE TRUMP OF GOD. NOW LET'S MOVE, UH, TO THE NEXT AND THE
FOURTH, UH, QUESTION, EH: WHY, WHY? WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WHO AND,
AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WHEN AND, AND, UH, LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT WHY. WELL, THE WHY, IT IS A STRATEGIC MOTIVE OF RESCUE, OF
REUNION, AND RECEPTION. LOOK AGAIN IN VERSE 17 IF YOU WILL OF
THIS SAME CHAPTER, THEN WE WHICH ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN SHALL BE
CAUGHT UP TOGETHER WITH THEM IN THE CLOUDS TO MEET THE LORD IN
THE AIR AND SO SHALL WE EVER BE WITH THE LORD. RESCUE, REUNION,
AND RECEPTION. YOU SEE, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S, IT'S RESCUE. THE
GREAT TRIBULATION IS READY TO BEGIN, BUT BEFORE GOD ALLOWS THE
GREAT TRIBULATION HERE UPON THIS EARTH, HE TAKES THE CHURCH OUT.
BUT LET ME GIVE YOU SOME VERSES. YOU'RE IN FIRST THESSALONIANS,
LOOK IN CHAPTER ONE VERSES NINE AND 10, FOR THEY THEMSELVES SHOW
US THAT WHAT, UH, MANNER OF ENTERING IN WE HAD UNTO YOU, AND
HOW YE TURNED TO GOD FROM IDOLS TO SERVE THE TRUE AND LIVING GOD
AND TO WAIT FOR HIS SON FROM HEAVEN WHOM HE RAISED FROM THE
DEAD, EVEN JESUS, WHICH DELIVERED US FROM THE WRATH TO
COME. JESUS HAS DELIVERED US FROM THE WRATH TO COME. THERE IS
WRATH COMING, BUT HE HAS DELIVERED US. AND THEN GO OVER
IN CHAPTER FIVE, FIRST THESS, FIRST THESSALONIANS CHAPTER FIVE
AND VERSE NINE, FOR GOD HATH NOT APPOINTED US TO WRATH, BUT TO
OBTAIN SALVATION THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. THE CHURCH IS
NOT APPOINTED TO WRATH, AND SO WHEN, WHEN GOD DECLARES WAR ON
THIS WORLD, HE'S GOING TO CALL HIS NATIONALS HOME BEFORE HE
DECLARES WAR. SO THE WHY, FIRST OF ALL, IS RESCUE. AND THEN
REUNION. VERSE 17 SAYS WE'RE GOING TO BE CAUGHT UP TOGETHER.
THESE PEOPLE WERE WONDERING ABOUT THE DEAD WHO HAD DIED, AND
HAD THEY LOST THEM FOREVER? AND PAUL SAYS, OH, NO, OH, NO. WE'RE
GOING TO BE CAUGHT UP TOGETHER TO MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR. AND
THE SONGWRITER SAYS, WE'LL SING AND SHOUT AND DANCE ABOUT; THE
LAMB WILL DRY OUR TEARS. WE'LL HAVE A GRAND HOMECOMING WEEK THE
FIRST TEN THOUSAND YEARS. AND THEN IT WILL BE RECEPTION. UH,
JESUS IS COMING TO RECEIVE US TO HIMSELF. REMEMBER JOHN 14? AND
IF I GO AWAY AND PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU, I WILL COME AGAIN AND
RECEIVE YOU UNTO MYSELF. AND I LOVE THE CALL TO WORSHIP THIS
MORNING, AH, IT WILL BE WORTH IT ALL WHEN WE SEE JESUS. NOW,
FIFTHLY: THE WHERE. WHERE IS THIS GOING TO BE? WELL, EH, IT'S
GOING TO BE IN THE AIR. LOOK AT IT AGAIN, THEN WE WHICH ARE
ALIVE AND REMAIN SHALL BE CAUGHT UP TOGETHER TO MEET THEM IN THE
CLOUDS, EH, IN THE CLOUDS TO MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR. UH,
THIS IS NOT TRULY THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS, THIS IS THE
RAPTURE. UH, AT THE SECOND COMING HIS FEET ARE GOING TO
TOUCH UPON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES. THAT'S WHEN HE COMES TO REVEAL
HIMSELF IN GLORY. BUT THIS IS SECRET, THIS IS SECLUDED. IT IS,
FRIEND, IT IS A SECLUDED MEETING OF THE BRIDEGROOM AND THE BRIDE.
WHAT DO A BRIDEGROOM AND BRIDE WANT? THEY WANT SECLUSION; THEY
WANT TO BE, UH, LEFT ALONE FOR A PERIOD TO CONSUMMATE THE
MARRIAGE. AND IN A, IN AN ORIENTAL WEDDING, UH, THE GROOM
WOULD TAKE THE INITIATIVE, HE WOULD GO TO THE FATHER'S HOUSE,
NEGOTIATE FOR THE BRIDE, PAY A PRICE FOR THE BRIDE. THERE WOULD
CU, THEY WOULD CALL THAT THE BETROTHAL. THEY WOULD HAVE A CUP
OF WINE OVER WHICH A BETROTHAL BLESSING HAD BEEN, UH, GIVEN,
AND THEY WOULD DRINK FROM THAT CUP TOGETHER. AND THEN HE WOULD
GO AWAY BACK TO HIS FATHER'S HOUSE TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR
HER, AND SHE WOULD STAY THERE AND BEGIN TO PREPARE HER
TROUSSEAU AND HER WEDDING GOWN, AND THEN AT A PARTICULAR TIME,
AH, KNOWN TO HIM, NOT KNOWN TO HER. SHE DIDN'T HAVE THE JOY AND
THE PLU, THE PLEASURE OF SETTING THE DATE. THE GROOM SET THE DATE
IN CONJUNCTION WITH HIS FATHER. AND HE WOULD COME, HE WOULD COME
WITH A TORCHLIGHT PARADE MANY TIMES, AND THERE WOULD BE ONE
WHO WOULD GO BEFORE HIM, UH, AND WOULD SHOUT, BEHOLD, THE
BRIDEGROOM COMES! AND SHE WOULD GATHER HER THINGS AND BE READY.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE EXCITING. I THINK MODERN LADIES WOULD LIKE
A LITTLE MORE TIME IN THE BEAUTY SHOP, BUT, UH, [AUDIENCE
LAUGHTER] THIS IS, THIS IS THE WAY IT WAS. AND THEY WOULD COME
WITH TORCH LIGHTS IF IT WERE AT NIGHTTIME, AND SOMETIMES IT
WOULD BE AT MIDNIGHT, AND TAKE HER AWAY, AND THEN SHE WOULD BE
CAUGHT UP IN HIS ARMS, AND THEY WOULD GO AWAY TO A HONEYMOON
SUITE FOR THE CONSUMMATION OF THE MARRIAGE. AND THAT'S WHAT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN. WE'RE THE BRIDE OF CHRIST, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE
IN A SECLUDED PLACE WITH OUR LORD. I LOVE THE SONG OF SOLOMON
CHAPTER TWO AND VERSE 10. IT JUST REMINDS ME OF THIS TIME, MY
BELOVED SPAKE AND SAID UNTO ME, RISE UP, MY LOVE, MY FAIR ONE,
AND COME AWAY.' WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN
THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE. NOW I HAVE FOUND MYSELF SO RUSHING
THROUGH THIS MATERIAL THAT VERY FRANKLY I WISH I HAD ABOUT
ANOTHER HOUR TO TALK ON EACH OF THESE POINTS. BUT LET ME JUST
SAY THIS, FOLKS. SUDDENLY, PERHAPS BEFORE WE HAVE THE FINAL
BENEDICTION, UH, THERE WILL BE THE SHOUT. UH, THERE WILL BE THE
VOICE OF THE ARCHANGEL AND THERE WILL BE THE TRUMP OF GOD.
THERE'S A MAN NAMED STEVEN COVEY WHO'S WRITTEN A BOOK, AND I
CERTAINLY DON'T BUY INTO HIS THEOLOGY, BUT HE HAS A GREAT
ILLUSTRATION IN THAT BOOK I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU. AND, UH, I
MAY NOT HAVE ALL THE DETAILS RIGHT, BUT I KNOW I HAVE THE
THOUGHT RIGHT. HE SAID A CERTAIN PROFESSOR HAD HIS STUDENTS IN
COLLEGE, AND HE HAD A GREAT BIG, UH, WIDE-MOUTH JAR. AND IN THAT
JAR HE HAD SOME LARGE ROCKS. AND HE ASKED HIS STUDENTS THIS
QUESTION, BECAUSE THE ROCKS CAME ALL THE WAY UP TO THE TOP. IS
THIS JAR FILLED? WELL, ONE OR TWO STUDENTS LIFTED THEIR HAND
AND SAID, YES, THE JAR IS FILLED. HE SAID, NO, THE JAR IS
NOT FILLED. AND THEN HE TOOK SOME GRAVEL AND PUT GRAVEL IN,
IN TOP OF THAT JAR, AND THE GRAVEL BEGAN TO FILL IN ALL THE
PLACES AROUND WHERE ALL THOSE BIG ROCKS ARE. HE SHOOK IT DOWN
GOOD LIKE THAT, SMOOTHED IT OFF. HE SAID, NOW, NOW IS THE JAR
FILLED? THEY SAID, YES, PROFESSOR, NOW IT'S FILLED. HE
SAID, NO, IT'S NOT. AND HE TOOK SOME FINE SAND AND BEGAN TO PUT
IT ON TOP OF THE GRAVEL AND SHAKE IT DOWN, AND IT FILLED
EVERY LITTLE PLACE THERE, AND HE SAID, NOW IS THE JAR FILLED?
THEY WERE AFRAID TO ANSWER NOW. AND, HUH, HUH, A FEW, A FEW OF
THEM SAID, YES, NOW IT IS FILLED. HE SAID, NO, IT'S NOT
FILLED YET. AND THEN HE TOOK SOME WATER AND POURED THE WATER
IN THE FINE SAND, AND THE WATER BEGAN TO SEEP INTO EVERY LITTLE
CREVICE AND SO FORTH AND FLOATED ON THE TOP. AND HE SAID, NOW
[CLAP] IS THE JAR FILLED? THEY SAID, YOU TELL US, PROFESSOR.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHTER] HE SAID, YES, THE JAR IS FILLED. HE SAID,
WHAT IS THE LESSON? AND THEY SAID, WELL, PROFESSOR, THE
LESSON IS THIS. THAT THERE'LL COME A TIME IN YOUR LIFE WHEN IT
WILL BECOME SO FILLED AND SO SATURATED YOU CAN'T PUT ANYTHING
ELSE IN. HE SAID, NO, THAT'S NOT THE LESSON. HERE'S THE LESSON.
IF I HAD NOT PUT THE BIG ROCKS IN FIRST, I WOULD NEVER BE ABLE
TO PUT THEM IN. THAT'S THE LESSON. IF I HAD NOT PUT THE BIG
ROCKS IN FIRST. NOW LISTEN TO ME. THERE'S SOME OF YOU WHO'VE
ALLOWED YOUR LIFE TO BE FILLED WITH GRAVEL AND SAND AND WATER.
YOU KNOW WHAT THE BIG ROCKS ARE? SALVATION; BEING RIGHT WITH GOD;
READY FOR JESUS TO COME AGAIN. HAVE YOU BEEN SO BUSY WITH ALL
OF THESE OTHER THINGS? SEE, WE NEED TO LEARN OF HIS COMING.
[AUDIENCE: THAT'S RIGHT] WE NEED TO LIVE FOR HIS COMING. WE NEED
TO LONG FOR THE COMING OF JESUS CHRIST. WOULD YOU BOW YOUR HEADS
IN PRAYER? HEADS ARE BOWED AND EYES ARE CLOSED. NOW IF YOUR
LIFE IS FILLED WITH GRAVEL AND SAND AND WATER, BUT YOU'VE LEFT
OUT THE ROCK OF AGES, WHY DON'T YOU GIVE JESUS RIGHT NOW, JUST
EMPTY THAT JAR RIGHT NOW, RIGHT NOW, AND PUT JESUS IN? WOULD YOU
PRAY A PRAYER LIKE THIS? LORD JESUS, THANK YOU FOR DYING FOR
ME. I BELIEVE YOU'RE THE SON OF GOD. I BELIEVE YOU PAID FOR MY
SIN WITH YOUR BLOOD ON THE CROSS. I BELIEVE THAT GOD RAISED
YOU FROM THE DEAD, AND NOW LIKE A LITTLE CHILD, ONCE AND FOR
ALL, I TRUST YOU AS MY LORD AND SAVIOR. COME INTO MY LIFE,
FORGIVE MY SIN, SAVE ME, JESUS. FRIEND, PRAY THAT FROM YOUR
HEART. YOUNG MAN, YOUNG LADY, LITTLE BOY, LITTLE GIRL, PRAY
THAT. LORD JESUS, COME INTO MY LIFE. COME IN NOW. FORGIVE MY
SIN, CLEANSE ME, SAVE ME. I TRUST YOU ONLY AND YOU ALWAYS TO
DO IT. AND LORD JESUS, HELP ME NEVER TO BE ASHAMED OF YOU. GIVE
ME THE COURAGE TO MAKE IT PUBLIC. IN YOUR NAME I PRAY.
AMEN.
FRIEND, INDEED WE ARE WAITING FOR JESUS; WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR
SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, WE'RE WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO COME AND
HIS NAME IS JESUS. FOR THOSE WHO KNOW HIM, WHAT A DAY THAT WILL
BE. BUT THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW HIM WILL FACE CERTAIN JUDGMENT.
DO YOU KNOW HIM? ARE YOU SAVED? CAN YOU SAY I KNOW THAT I KNOW
THAT MY SIN IS FORGIVEN, THAT CHRIST IS IN MY HEART; I AM
HEAVEN-BORN AND HEAVEN-BOUND? WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW HIM?
WELL, PRAY A PRAYER LIKE THIS, LORD JESUS, SPEAK TO HIM, THAT'S
RIGHT, LORD JESUS, I NEED YOU, I WANT YOU. LORD JESUS, YOU PAID
FOR MY SIN WITH YOUR BLOOD ON THE CROSS, THANK YOU FOR DOING
THAT. NOW COME INTO MY LIFE, CLEANSE ME, FORGIVE ME, SAVE ME,
LORD JESUS. I YIELD MY LIFE TO YOU. PRAY IT AND MEAN IT. AND IF
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