I've been told that I'm 28,835 days old. Yay. Seems like a lot. I've got to take my shoes off, don't I? Let's begin our worship show with the hymn number 52.

Majestic, sweet, it sits enthroned upon my savory brow. His head with radiant glory strong, His lips with grace so full, His lips with grace so full. The Lord again with Him cometh, Among the sons of men. To fill the heavenly drain. To fill the heavenly drain. He shall be plunged in deep distress, And who do I begin? For me, for the shameful cross, and carried all my grief and carried all my grief. With Him I owe my life and bread and all the joys I have. He brings me triumph over death and saves me from the grave. and saves me from the grave.

After scripture reading and prayer, we'll sing hymn number 475. Every Bible is driven through the revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ, chapter 20. Beginning in verse 11 and through verse 15. And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God. And the books were opened, and another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged out of those things written in the books according to the works. And the sea gave up the dead. And death and hell delivered up the dead, which were in them. And we judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found booked, found written in the book of life, was cast into the lake of fire.

That is prayer. Our Father, we're thankful for your word, which is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path, the entrance of which gives understanding to the sinner. We pray, Father, that you would, by your grace, according to your mercy, by your spirit, meet with us today in the presence of your spirit to take the things of Christ and reveal them unto us.

We thank you for saving faith. We know we didn't work it up. We couldn't make it happen. According to your word, which is truth, it was a gift of God, not born of We thank you for grace, sufficient, full, and free, to save the poor, wretched sinners who could do nothing for themselves. We thank you for mercy that are new every day.

Father, we praise you that you are who you are. You are God, and there is none beside you, none like unto you. done, you bring it to pass. You purpose it and it shall stand. You speak and it shall come to pass. Cause us in our hearts to bow down before you and worship this hour. To honor and glorify your name.

We pray for those who are sick, going through trials and tribulation. Thou knows every case, especially for Rain as he's recovering from This addiction, Lord, we pray that you would help him, strengthen him. We have those doctors that are ministering to him now. Pray for Randy Perlin as he's going into hospice. We ask Lord you'd be with his family. His wife Cheryl, she ministers to him and pray that you and the doctors would be able to calm him down and give him some peace in these last hours of his life.

Help us, Lord, to remember each other in prayer and call each other's names out to heaven. Help us now to worship you. You're worthy, more than worthy of worship, honor, and praise. And let us offer the gift of thanksgiving, praising you. For we know, had you left us to ourselves, we would have been of all men without hope.

Help us now, we pray in Christ's name. Amen.

And number 475. Dean, how I love the way you walk. Redeem, how I look to proclaim it! Redeem, my love of the Lamb! Redeem through His infinite mercy, His child and forever I am! Redeem, redeem! Redeem, my love of the Lamb! Redeem! Redeem! His child and forever I am! Redeem me shall I be in Jesus! No language my rapture can tell! I know not the light of His presence! With me that continually dwells! Redeem! Redeem! Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb! Redeem! Redeem! His child and forever I am!

I think of my blessed Redeemer! I think of Him all the day long! I sing for I am a Messiah! His blood is the theme of my song! Revealed! Revealed! Revealed by the blood of the Lamb! Revealed! Revealed! It shall be forever I am!

I will watch the Spirit's beauty, the King in whose glow I delight! O come, O come, O come, O come, O come, O come, O come, to Bethlehem! O come, O come, O come, O come, O come, to Bethlehem! O come, O come, O come, O come, O come, to Bethlehem! O come, O come, O come, O come, O come, to Bethlehem! O come, O come, O come, O come, O come, to Bethlehem! O come, O come, O come, O come, O come, to Bethlehem! O come, O come, O come, O come, to Bethlehem! O come, O come, O come, O come, to Bethlehem! O come, O come, O come, O come, to Bethlehem! O come, O come, O come, O come, to Bethlehem! O come, O come, O come, O come, to Beth Repeat, repeat, His child and forever I am. Let us pray. Father again we approach in the name of Jesus Christ our great Savior. reigns supreme, sovereign over all this world, who is creator, sustainer, and conservator of all things, who is the supreme and unspeakable gift that you've given to your children, and with him you've freely given us all things. Help us to realize that we have nothing this side of hell save you, mercy and grace, and that our giving reflect our appreciation of what you've done for us.

So, you you The Book of Revelation is a revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ, the final revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ. This accounts seven visions of John on the Isle of Patmos when he was in exile. And these seven visions were written to the seven churches of Asia at the time. And they had to do with what was going on in the churches at the time and what they could expect from future events. And all of them together relate to the gospel age. And this passage speaks of a great white throne where men will be judged by God Almighty.

Now this passage of scripture that I just read to you is one of the very blunt instruments that religion propagates to strike fear and terror in the hearts of religious men and women. It usually follows you use to scare people or to entice them. First is heavenly rewards, which they speak of crowns and mansions and accolades. That's kind of a carrot on a stick, supposedly enticing men to work for righteousness. Then the judgment on the other hand is the looming threat that is hung over men's heads to make them toe the line and keep them trying to make some kind of atonement for their sins.

There are many questions that arise concerning the judgment. Who will stand before the judgment? Will men and women, both believers and unbelievers, be judged? Will only unbelievers be judged? If believers are judged, upon what basis will they be judged? If believers are judged for their works, what is the basis for it? And will it be for all the works which God has ordained for them?

If you're judged as a believer of the Lord Jesus Christ, as one whom God has chosen from the foundation of the world, if you are a believer according to the Word of God, Ephesians chapter 2 verse 10, you are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God has foreordained. And when He foreordains something, that's what takes place. Which God has foreordained that you should walk in them. You say, what are my works? If you can name them, they're probably suspect. Your works involve living. Living. You don't do things that the child of God says, this is a good work. If you do, it's suspect. Suspect.

So we, first off, we realize that before the great white throne, the believer is not going to be judged for the works, because his works were ordained to God. And God has ordained them to good. Are there two judgments, or is it just one? And like most of religion, true believers are not afraid of the judgment. We're not afraid of the judgment. The child of God's not. According to the Word of God in 1 John chapter 4 and verse 17, it says, Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment. Because as He is, that is, as Christ is, so are we in the world. Can you imagine standing before the holy, thrice holy God boldly? You do if you have been redeemed by the beloved Jesus Christ, and He has been made to be your righteousness, wisdom, sanctification, and redemption.

One thing is clearly stated in this passage of Scripture, this is a final thing. This great white judgment, throne judgment, is a final thing. The description of the throne before which it takes place speaks of the character of the person who occupies it. It is great because Jesus Christ is great. That's what they said in Luke chapter 1. This was the promise when He came in His incarnation. He shall be great. He shall be great. It is white because it speaks of His purity. He's undefiled, without sin, holy in all His ways and everything He does. It is a throne because He sits upon it as King of kings and Lord of lords. These three attributes describe the nature of the judgment itself. The judgment will be according to truth and according to righteousness. In chapter 19, verse 2 it says, For true and righteous are his judgments. For he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and avenged the blood of her servants as it had. Truth and righteousness are his judgments. That's the basis of his judgments.

Another thing about this judgment is that though wicked men are warned of it and stand in terror of it, there's no place, and you can check this out, no place in the New Testament where believers have any fear of the judgment. You won't find it. In fact, for the believer, it's a source of praise and a source of thanksgiving and a thing anticipated with joy. In chapter 19 again, verses 1 through 6, it says, After these things I heard a great voice, a bunch of people in heaven saying, Hallelujah, salvation and glory and honor and power unto the Lord our God.

For true and righteous are his judgments, for he hath judged the great whore which did disrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants after her hand. And again they said, Hallelujah! And her smoke rose up forever. And the four and twenty elders of the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat upon the throne saying, Amen and Hallelujah. And a voice came out of the throne saying, Praise our God, all ye servants. and ye that fear him, both small and great. And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the voice of many waters, as the voice of almighty thunder, saying, Hallelujah for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth."

Now, what are they praising? If you have relatives and friends, I do, who don't know Christ, we'll praise God when He puts them in hell. That doesn't sound like to us, does it? But we will. Because true and righteous are His judgments. True and righteous are His judgments. They look at this judgment with joy.

In 2 Peter chapter 3, listen to the language. The promise is that God is going to save His people. In verse 9 it says, The Lord is not slack concerning His promise. This means in some men count slackness. Now what He is referring to is those mockers who say, Well, the Lord hasn't come back yet, so He's not coming back. Of course, he said, well, they said that during the time of Noah and God killed everybody but eight people on the face of the earth. God is not slack concerning his promises. Some men count slackness, but his long suffering to us were not willing. God is not willing that any of us should perish, but that all of us should come to repentance.

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night. into which the heavens shall pass away with the great noise, and the elements shall melt with the fervent heat, and the earth and all therein shall be burned up, seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved. What manner of persons ought ye to be in holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens shall be on fire, and being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with the fervent heat, looking for that with anticipation for that day.

Why would the believer look forward to the judgment in such a way? Because they had part in the first resurrection. What is the first resurrection? It's regeneration, faith, and conversion by and through the gospel by the Spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, the second death, the result of this judgment, has no power over them. In chapter 20, verse 6, it says, Blessed and holy is he that hath pardoned 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. And that is literally thousands of years. Thousands of years. Then in verse 14, it says this. And whosoever was not found in the book of life was cast, excuse me, and death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the second death.

Those rejoiced because they didn't, they're not gonna have part in the second death because they've been redeemed by the blood of the lamb. They look forward to this day as a vindication of Christ. They have loved and the gospel they have believed. And in Revelation chapter six, In verse 10, we have that cry of the children of God. It says, And they cried out in a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord? Holy and true dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? How long, O Lord? They're longing for that day. They are redeemed by the blood of the Lamb. Their sins have been judged and punished in Jesus Christ on Calvary's tree when He was made to be sin for them, and they were made to be the very righteousness of God in Him. Justice has been satisfied, and where justice is satisfied, nothing else takes place. The death of Jesus Christ has secured their eternal standing with God. Their eternal standing. His death. His death. Not your will, not your vote, not your decision. His death. has secured it. His death has secured it.

Over in Matthew chapter 25. Our Lord speaks of gathering the nations together and separating them on the right hand and the left hand. On His right hand and His left hand. In verse 31 of Matthew 25 it says, When the Son of Man shall come in His glory, and all the holy angels with him. Then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory. Before him shall be gathered all nations, and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on his left. Then shall the king say unto them on his right hand, Come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. from the foundation of the world.

The believer waits, as it were, with great anticipation for the great and terrible day. Religion's tactics are to frighten men by telling them that they will be judged for their works and pay for their sins. And they tell Christians this, that they have committed since they believed.

No. Jesus Christ paid for all my sins, past, present, and future, or he didn't pay for any of them. The sin debt was death. That's what I owe God. I owe God a death. Shakespeare said that we all owe God one death. And that debt was paid when Jesus Christ died in my room instead on Calvary Street. In place of all his people, his church, his pride, his elect, he died. And God accepted that payment. He will never require payment of you. for anything if Jesus Christ was judged on your behalf and paid your sin debt.

The old poet wrote, justice cannot twice demand payment at my bleeding surety's hand and then again at mine. The debt has been paid.

They wait with great anticipation. Religion makes men think they're going about these people who believe they understood the law, bring the believer back under the law. He said they don't understand what to do. What they're saying is Jesus Christ's death, they're saying he paid our debt, but we're gonna have to pay it too. And he said what they're actually doing is the whore that's been forgiven for whoredoms. And when they're brought back under the law, they're a whore again, and they're guilty again. That's what he said. And that doesn't happen. Because Jesus Christ has paid our sin debt.

Men use that in religion to keep people in line. To keep people in line. They have regulations in churches, and rules in churches, and rights in churches, and all these things to control men. I say unto you, and I've said this for 47 years, Because if you love Jesus Christ, you're going to want to please Him. But do as He pleases. No rules, no regulations, save what God restricts in Scripture. And what God restricts, it's restricted. But churches are not to be in the business of trying to control men's lives. But they do it with this idea, there's a great white throne coming, and you're going to be judged for your works. No, my sins have been purged. That's the true purgatory. The Roman purgatory, don't cut it. But the true purgatory, our Lord said, when he had purged our sins, Hebrews chapter 1 and verse 3. When he had purged our sins, what does that mean? When? That means they've been purged. The word when qualifies that something has happened and something has taken place at a certain period of time, at a certain day on Calvary. 2,000 years ago, when he had purged our sins, he sat down. on the right hand of the majesty on high. Why did he sit down? Hebrews chapter 10. Because he had finished the work.

In the Old Testament tabernacle and temple, there were no chairs and no furniture. Nobody ever sat down. The priest run in shifts. And they kept that thing going 24 hours a day. They kept those candlesticks lit. They kept that table of showbread filled. They made sure there was coals on the golden altar. They made sure the water in the goda, the brazen labor, was always pure and clean. They kept coals on the brazen altar. Twenty fires a day, they'd never sit down because in all of their efforts, in all of the lambs slain, all of the blood spilled, all of the blood sprinkled, not one sin was ever remitted. after he had offered one sacrifice for sins, sat down. Because he had by that one sacrifice perfected forever them that are sanctified. And they are sanctified according to verse 10 by the will of God.

The child of God doesn't fear the judgment. Another thing is that when the Lord returns, there'll be a general resurrection to all. This first and second resurrection, a lot of people say, well, this is what happens in the future. First resurrection's already happened. And we rose with Him, and He rose from the dead. When He arose, we arose with Him. When He was on that cross, we were in Him. When He died, we were in Him. When He went to the grave, we were in Him. When He rose, we were in Him. And when He ascended, we are in Him now. According to Ephesians 2, we now sit in heavenly places in Jesus Christ.

Those who have died in faith will be resurrected first, it says. That's what it says in Thessalonians. And they will go out to meet the Lord in the air to ever be with Him. The same language is used when Paul came into Antioch. The believers went out to meet Him and came into Antioch with Him. That's the same language used. What that means is those who are in Christ will meet Him in the air. And they will come back with Him, all in one place. They are all one in Him. They are His body. They are His body. As they are caught up, those believers who are alive in His coming will be changed and caught up to join those resurrected ones in their ascent into the arms of the Savior.

Immediately following, those who have died without Christ will be resurrected to stand before the great white throne. Because this cataclysmic event is seen in a single vision, Many things revealed here seem to bleed from other parts of this event and have been previously revealed in the Revelation. This kind of language is used over and over again in the Revelation. Remembering that this book is full of metaphorical language.

I know men try to figure out this beast is this country and this beast is that country. Don't do that. Don't do that. Just look at it like it is. It says in the very first verse of this book that these things were signs. And the word is to signify or to signify. So much of the language is metaphorical.

I've never seen Jesus Christ, have you? Yet I've seen him by faith. We look on things that are not seen. Strange language, but that's what the Bible says. You see, what rules this world is not the visible. These great nations and great countries, kings and presidents and all those things, these things are temporal, they will pass off the seen. But behind this great world that we live in, this beautiful globe here, is the will and purpose and power of Almighty God, which cannot be seen.

I heard a fellow today explain, trying to explain the use of the altar call. He said, well, it may be not so good in many ways. It may be used for psychology. But he says, you can see when the spirit moves on somebody. I said, whoa, wait a minute. You can't see that. You can't see that I have faith. I can say I have faith. And you may believe that I have faith. But you can't see my faith. And I can't see yours either. You know who can? You and the one who gave you faith. That's who can see it. That's who can see it.

Signs and wonders. Metaphorical language. For instance, the reaction of the lost men at the sight of Christ on His throne. Look at verse 11. And I saw a great white throne, and Him that sat upon it, whose face The earth and the heaven fled away and there was found no place in them.

In another place it says, they saw the face of the lamb. And everybody looks at the lamb while it's sweetened with a fine fruit. They saw the face of the lamb and they cried, let the mountains fall upon us. Let the mountains fall upon us.

In chapter five, verse 13, language again. And every creature which is in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I say, in blessing, and honor, and glory, and power be unto him that sitteth on the throne, and upon the Lamb forever and ever." The Lamb sitting on the throne. Men are terrified by Him. The children of God rejoice in Him.

Chapter 6 and verse 15. It says, is therefore they before the throne, and serve him day and night in his temple, and that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them? They shall hunger no more, neither shall they thirst. That's chapter seven, excuse me, chapter six. And the kings of the earth, and great men, and rich men, and chief captains, and mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens of the rocks of the mountains, and said to the mountains, fall on us, and hide our face from them that sitteth on the throne. From the wrath? of the Lamb. For the great day of His wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand?"

This seems to imply that there will be men alive at the judgment, as well as others who have been resurrected from the judgment. We know that all who oppose Christ will be destroyed at the brightness of His coming, which would suggest that among those who are resurrected are those who have died seemingly moments before them at Armageddon. The events described take place with Christ on a white throne. Whatever happens now, this is it. Nothing going on after this, except a new heaven and a new earth. The old one's gonna pass away.

Chapter 14, verse 14 and 15. And I looked, and behold, a white cloud. Before it was a white throne, now it's a white cloud. A white cloud upon the clouds, one sat like unto the sun, a man having on his head a golden crown and a tan, a sharp sickle. Another angel came out of the temple crying with a loud voice unto him and said, Thrust in thy sickle and reap, for the time has come for thee to reap, for the harvest of the earth is ripe, is ripe.

Again, similar description is given to the events surrounding Christ as he sits on a white horse. White throne, white cloud, white horse. Chapter 6, verse 2. And I saw and behold a white horse, and he that sat on him had a bow and a crown, and was given unto him, and he went forth conquering and to conquer. This is the Christ of God.

We go to the first chapter, we find a similar description of Him coming. Back in the very first chapter, the revelation of Jesus Christ. Verse 7 says, Behold, he cometh with clouds, and every eye shall see him, and also which pierced him, and all the curl of the earth shall wail because of him. That's how this thing starts, and that's how it is. That's how it is. Christ dealing with humanity. Does this mean that His coming, conquering, reaping, and judging are all the same again? That's how they're described. See Him coming in a cloud. See Him coming on a white horse. See Him sitting on a cloud. See Him sitting on a throne. All of these have the same language that ties them together.

This is important to understand. I know men like to put a sign out front, we're going to talk about revelation. You don't know and I don't know. Our Lord said no man knows. But the Father, what's going to bring this about? I know when it's going to happen. I know the day and the time. When God saves his last of eight, this thing's going to wind up. Why is it still standing? Because it's still some of God's sheep out in this world he's looking for. And when he finds them, he'll wind this thing up.

A religion makes these things and tries to figure out what time he's coming and try to figure out the date. We need not to over-exercise ourselves in these matters. In my own life, I've seen at least five or six times The last one that I remember was the Grace Radio broadcaster. He had the date down. People were gathered together. They were thinking about selling their houses and selling their belongings. I don't know what the money was going to do, if you think about it. But anyway, he had figured it out. And lo and behold, it didn't happen. You know why? Because no man knows. You can rest assured of this. If a person comes up with a date, it's not going to be that. Not going to be that, you can rest assured of that fact.

What is clear for us is that when He comes, when He comes, everything will be settled. And one fell swoop, these events will occur when He comes again to be glorified in His saints. We're going to do it all. And know this also, the last days began when Jesus Christ came to this world. The last days of what we call the Gospel Age.

In 2 Thessalonians chapter 1, verse 6, seeing it as a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you, and to you who are troubled, rest with us when the Lord Jesus shall in flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not God, that obey not the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power, when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and be admired in all them that believe. Because our testimony on you was believed in that day.

And also it is clear that men will be judged at the return of the Lord. They will be judged. The Great White Throne is a throne of judgment. They will stand before the Great White Throne and be judged in righteousness and truth by the one whom God has raised from the dead. Those who will be judged are those who will wind up in the lake of fire. That's important to understand. If you're judged at the Great White Throne, you will perish forever. If you're judged there.

They were judged according to the works out of what it says is books, plural. And we open. The dead are judged out of those books. Verses 12 and 13 says, and I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God, and the books were opened, and another book was opened, which is the book of life. The deads were judged out of those things which are written in the books according to the works. And the sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and hell delivered up the dead that were in them. They were just every man according to his worship." Judged out of books.

Being dead in trespasses and sin, the letter mentions the book of life. If you're dead in trespasses and sin, I don't think you have anything to do with the book of life. Because their names were not in that book, they were judged out of other books. Books and scripture symbolically often represent God's absolute omniscience or knowledge of all things and understanding of all things. Here it represents the fact that no evil work done of these judged is unknown. Evidently, even if it is metaphorical language, in God's mind there is a record kept, a record kept.

You will all be disclosed in the brilliant light of him who sits on the throne. The second death has no power over them. And they, or the second death has power over them, and they're catching a lake of fire along with the death and hell. Again, strange language. But it means it's the end. It's over.

And here's the rub. And the very thing that enrages the enemies of Christ and the date in which we live. That which distinguishes between those who are judged according to their works and those who are present with the Lord is this. Their names were written in the book. That's it. Our Lord says that in this very book.

The difference is this. Their names, well when were they written? When did God do anything? In the beginning when he did everything. God doesn't react, God acts. God acts. What is it being written in the book of life? Well, Hebrews talks about the will and testament of God. Hebrews chapter 10 was ratified by the blood of Christ. Who's in the will and testament? Whoever the testator puts in the will and testament.

I have a will. Had a lawyer make it out. Cost me 800 bucks. Make out a wheel for us. In that wheel, I named who's going to get whatever I leave to them. I pray they'll use it wisely. It won't matter if I come back 10 minutes later, they wouldn't give it back to me. But I named them. And when the wheel is ready, those names will be caught. And I specifically named them instead of saying, what I got goes to everybody. Because then everybody would be fighting with each other.

In God's will and testament, the names written in the Lamb's Book of Life and according to Hebrew Revelation 13 and 18 are written in the Lamb's Book of Life before the foundation of the world. But it's prior to the conception of the universe. Those are the names, those names in the Lamb's Book of Life. That's His will and testament. If you're not written in that book, you're going into the lake of fire. Can't go no more clear than that. It's just that simple. Just that plain. The Lamb's Book of Life. Those who are chosen of God, predestinated to be adopted by Jesus Christ unto Himself. Predestinated, glorified, sanctified. those who have been recipients of the great substitutionary work of the Lord Jesus Christ. Where God pointed his gun at us, and Jesus Christ stood between us and the bullets, and took all of God's wrath for his people. The wrath is due us. Christ didn't offend God. He was perfect in all His ways. Good, kind, gentle, selfish. We're just the opposite of all those things. We're bad, unkind, selfish. That's us. We deserve God's wrath. And God poured His wrath out. He poured it on His Son. Because in that hour of darkness, in that great hour of victory for Jesus Christ, In that great hour, God had made to meet on Him, the iniquity of us all. He bore our sins, He was wounded for our transgressions, and with His stripes we are healed, He says.

Who's coming back with Christ? All His people. The dead are going to rise first. You know that a lot of them are going up to meet Him in there and they're all coming back together. They're all coming back together. And they're going to stand around this throne. This great white throne. Their names are in another book. And the books will be opened. And they'll all be with Jesus Christ, just as they are now.

Where's your life? Colossians chapter 3. Where's your life? I know people like to say, won't you invite Jesus into your life? You don't have a life. And if you really have an eternal life, you don't know where it's at. You can't see it. You can't manipulate it. You can't do anything with it. According to this, it says, if, and that word is chi in the original, since ye be risen with Christ, chapter three of Colossians, seek those things which are above. Where Christ sitteth, at the right hand of God, set your affection on things above, not on things of the earth, for you're dead. You're dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall we also appear with him in God.

There is a throne of judgment coming for all who despise the gospel of Jesus Christ, all those who hate Him. But the child of God will not be part of that judgment. Or their book will be opened, I guess. Lamb's Book of Life. And therein the names of those that God has put in His last will and testament. And your name will be called. You will. But you won't tremble, you won't shake, and you won't smell like sulfur. You'll stay present here in my Savior.

Father, bless us to understand and pray Christ's name. Amen. All right. God bless you.