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- The Son of Man is Coming - Luke 21:27-28; 36
"I know from coming home to my kids after long trips on the road, the joy that was in my home when daddy came home. Y'all, I would bring them treats, I bring them surprises."
Family Discussion:- Do you have fear or do you have joy about the end times and the second coming of Christ?
- What do you need to do today?
Transcription:00:13 You know what? It is amazing for me to take Time Magazine in one hand or USA today in one hand and take scripture in the other hand and see the two saying exactly the same thing. And the writer of Time and Newsweek and USA today has no clue that all they're doing is writing about what scripture says over and over again. It's the favorite subject in scripture. I understand it's been talked about in scripture more than anything else on earth. And it's the coming of the Son of Man. The second coming of Jesus. Listen to Luke chapter 21 verse 27 and 28 and then down to verse 36 and Jesus said this "Then" and he's talking about after all these things that I'm going to share with you in a minute, "then they will see the son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. But when these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up your heads because your redemption is drawing near." And then he says in verse 36, "but keep on the alert at all times praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are about to take place and stand before the Son of Man."01:21 You know what? It takes hours to talk through the second coming of Christ and all the prophecies that predict His coming. But I'll tell you folks, I wouldn't be surprised if he comes back today. Would not be surprised at all. You know, he talks about an earth that's going to be full of earthquakes. He talks about an earth that's going to be shattered by Wars and rumors of Wars. He talks about the day when the gospel of the kingdom of Jesus is going to be preached to the whole world. He talks about a day when people are going to be falling away from the faith because of sorcery and witchcraft and seances and Satan worshiping, palm reading and works of darkness. He talks about a day when the airways will be filled with music about supernatural things and there's about 35 or 40 other prophecies that he talks about. But it all boils down to the day that he says, you know what? I came once. I was crucified. I was resurrected. But lift up your heads because I'm coming back again.02:27 And I know from coming home to my kids after long trips on the road, the joy that was in my home when daddy came home. Y'all, I would bring them treats, I bring them surprises. When I travel for a week or two, man, between my professional life, I'd go shopping, you know. I'd go buy stuff. I go buy stuff for Debbie Jo. And I bought stuff for the kids. Because when I came home and I want it be a party. I want it to be a celebration. And I believe Jesus wants the exact same thing. And so he says you know in 1 Thessalonians chapter 40, he says, "for the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout." And I believe that shout is going to be a personal invitation. If you're a true believer, it's going to be an invitation to you. With a trumpet of God, he said, the dead in Christ will rise first and we who are alive and remain will be caught up, raptured, caught up together to meet them in the clouds. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.03:26 And then he says in that passage, therefore comfort one another with these words, daddy's coming home. Daddy's coming home. It may be today, it may be tomorrow. It may be a hundred years, but daddy's coming home. So lift up your heads because your redemption is drawing near. Here's my question for you today. Do you have fear or do you have joy about the end times and the second coming of Christ? And then the last question to take it home is this, what do you need to do? What do you need to do today? So that if you're positive, he's coming back today, you'll have nothing but fear. I mean nothing but joy, your life, and you'll be looking for him. Just, you know, like the best dad that could possibly ever think of. He's coming home to bring you all, but all the young surprising gifts that you can ever imagine.5 min - Measured in Small Iccraments - Luke 21:1-4
"You wanna know who the toughest man I ever met is? And you wanna know who the richest woman on earth is? "
Family Discussion:- Why do you think Jesus was so impressed by the widow's gift of two small copper coins?
- What are just a couple of ways that you can give everything you've got today?
- What do you think the results will do?
Transcription:00:13 You wanna know who the toughest man I ever met is? And you wanna know who the richest woman on earth is? Well, I'm gonna tell you today, it's in Luke chapter twenty-one verse one through four and scriptures says this, it says, "and Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury and he saw a poor widow putting in two small copper coins. And he said, truly, I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all of them for they out of their surplus, put in an offering, but she, out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on."00:45 To Jesus. On that day, she was the richest woman on earth. The toughest man I ever met. His name is Lyle Snike. You know what? He's been the best in America and his sport more than once. He makes his living on the back of a snorting beast. He goes to work in old, worn out jeans and he steps in piles of manure at his office place. He's eats his lunch with the back of spitting Cowboys. He digs deep in a Brown paper bag every day. He pulls out, bologna on a piece of Texas toast. He grins, he takes a bite. He pays his entry fees with the money he's earned shoeing horses. He gets on, he rides, he falls, he lands on his head. The next time he rides, he's wearing a knee, knee brace. The next time he stays on, sometimes he works all night and he comes home poor, dirty, but his wife Kathy, she adores him. Sasha, his little girl, she loves to feel the bump of the broken collarbone. Lyle loves Jesus. Lyle lives life eight seconds at a time and Lyle gives everything he has every time he gets back on one of those premium bulls and Lyle Snike has probably led more men to Christ in his profession probably than any men I know on earth.02:01 You know what? Sometimes success is measured in small increments. Why do you think Jesus was so impressed by the widow's gift of two small copper coins? And the second question today is this man giving your all comes in many different forms, doesn't it? Name a couple. You know what are just a couple of ways that you can give everything you've got today? And then, and then when you do, what do you think the results will do? And here's the lifeline. You know what if in your family, what if in your home you gave 100% to the other people in your hands? What do you think your family would look like?3 min - Render to Ceasar What Belongs to Ceasar - Luke 20:21-25
"You ever wonder why they put pictures of presidents on our coins? Well, I'm not sure but it didn't start with the United States of America. And when I look at one, I think of a picture of Caesar because of this parable that's been told thousands of times."
Family Discussion:- What was Jesus's attitude towards authority?
- What's your attitude toward authority?
- What does it mean to bear the image of God?
- What does it mean to render to Caesar what Caesar's in your life today?
- What does it mean to render to God what belongs to God?
Transcription:00:14 You ever wonder why they put pictures of presidents on our coins? Well, I'm not sure but it didn't start with the United States of America. And when I look at one, I think of a picture of Caesar because of this parable that's been told thousands of times. We're in Luke chapter 20, verse 21 and on. And it says this, "the question Jesus saying, teacher, we know that you speak and teach correctly and you're not partial to any but teach the way of God in truth. Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not? But he detected their trickery and he said to them, show me a denarius. Whose likeness and whose inscription does it have? They said, Caesars. And he said to them, then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's and render to God the things that are God's."01:09 You know what I think about when I think about that passage? I think about playing under a coach and I think if Jesus was on the football field or basketball quartered, or dance team, or in the French club you're in or whatever it is that you're in, in school. I believe he would say, give that coach everything you got. I think he would say in the classroom, give that teacher everything you've got. I'd say he would say to you in the home, you know, give your parents your allegiance, give them your obedience. I would think he would say to you in the marketplace, he would say to you, man, give that boss an honest day's work and then give him some more. I think he would say to you as a church member, I think he would say, man, your pastor deserves your loyalty. Give him your loyalty. But then I think he would say to you and me as followers of Christ, you know, give God your heart. Give him everything you have.02:06 And you know, what's awesome? You know, what's awesome? Every great athlete I've ever seen, and every great scholar student I've ever seen. And certainly every great Patriot that I've ever seen. You know, they understand Jesus' principle. You know, first thing, give it all to God. Give it all to God. Give him everything you got. But then to the coach, to the pastor, to the, to the professor, to the boss, and the job giving everything you've got. And you know what, to me, it spells greatness in everything you do. So render under Caesar what is Caesar's, but render under God what is God's. You know, the questions I'd ask you today is this, what was Jesus's attitude towards authority? And what's your attitude toward authority? What does it mean to bear the image of God? And what does it mean to render to Caesar what Caesar's in your life today? And what does it mean to render to God what belongs to God?4 min - Daddy's Coming Home - Revelation 22:20-21
"I was on a long trip. I'd been away from home for a week or two. My four kids were asleep in their beds at 3:00 AM and they knew I was coming home that night. And so they put up a poster that to me testifies of the last chapter of the last poster in the Bible. Daddy's home, Yippee."
Family Discussion:- Are you gonna be ready to meet Him?
Transcription:00:13 Today, you get to see the last picture of the last word of the book, and it is the most beautiful picture in the world. And I want to tell you something. I've seen it. I know what it looks like in Revelation 22:20-21. It's going to look like this! I was on a long trip. I'd been away from home for a week or two. My four kids were asleep in their beds at 3:00 AM and they knew I was coming home that night. And so they put up a poster that to me testifies of the last chapter of the last poster in the Bible. Daddy's home, Yippee. One of my kids wrote. Another one wrote, "we missed you daddy, welcome home." And then another one wrote, "I love you my daddy." There's no more affectionate words in the world. I'm so glad you're here. The next morning, my littlest boy Cooper came up and he said, "Hey dad, what'd you bring me?"01:09 And I said, "I brought you me." And he said, "I know, but what'd you bring me?" He wanted some stuff. Well, when your daddy comes home, I've got these, these pile of, you know, gold coins in front of me. Your daddy's going to have a Satchel full of gold coins. The only gold that we'll spend eternity and that gold is eternity with Christ. Daddy's coming home. Revelation 22 verses 20 and 21 "he who testifies to these things says this. Yes I am coming quickly." And John said, "Amen. Come Lord Jesus, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all."01:50 Daddy is coming home. And the only thing, the question that matters. The only question that matters at the end is are you gonna be ready to meet Him? Cause when you love your daddy, you can't wait for your daddy to come home. Amen. Come Lord Jesus.3 min - The Godl is in the Riverbed - Revelation 22:7;12
"The story goes of three riders who were riding through a desert. And when they had come to the end of themselves and had run out of food and run out of water, they encountered three other riders who were riding in the opposite direction on their camels. And the three riders who were coming to encounter these three men said, "well, what's it like on the other side of the desert?"
Family Discussion:- How much are you putting in your backpack and will you be happy or will you be sad when you reach the oasis of Eternal Life with Christ?
Transcription:00:13 The story goes of three riders who were riding through a desert. And when they had come to the end of themselves and had run out of food and run out of water, they encountered three other riders who were riding in the opposite direction on their camels. And the three riders who were coming to encounter these three men said, "well, what's it like on the other side of the desert?" And the three riders said "between here and the oasis that you'll find in a two day ride, there is a dry river bed. And in that dry riverbed, there are stones take the stones. And when you get to the oasis, you'll be happy and sad." And then the three riders rode away. Well, sure enough, about a day's journey, the three riders in the desert came to the river bed and there were stones just as they had been told. And one of them took some of the stones and put them in his backpack. One of the riders took as many stones he could, and he filled his lap even though he was tired and wary. And their stones were heavy. He filled everything he had in his saddlebags that were beside him. And one writer said, "you know what? I don't have the energy to pick up any stones." Well, in one more day, just as they had been told, they came to the oasis and they were happy and they were sad because when they came to the oasis, they looked down and saw that the stones were rich gold nuggets. They were happy because they had some. But they were sad because they didn't have more. And so it is with the book of Revelation. When you read it, you're happy and you're sad. You're happy because of the love of Jesus that's in your heart and that you get to win it at the Great Victory Party. But there are those who are sad because they didn't pick up the gold along the way.02:00 Chapters 22, verse seven says this, "And behold, I'm coming quickly. Blessed is he, his backpack is full of gold. Blessed is he who heeds the words of the prophecy of this book." And then verse 12 says, "For behold, I'm coming quickly and my reward is with me to render to every man according to what he has done." The story goes, and I believe it's historical of Augustine, you know, now, one of the most, you know, noted and famous, you know, writers and followers of Christ that ever lived. But one time, Augustine was a womanizer. At one time, Augustine had elicit relationships with women. But Augustine went to England where he received Christ at a crusade and then Augustine went home a new man. And he went back to one of his old, you know, stomping grounds.02:53 And as Augustine was walking down the road, one of his old girlfriends came up behind him and she tapped him on the shoulder and he turned around to see one of his old girlfriends. And she said, "Augustine Augustine, it is me." And Augustine simply turned around and looking at her eyes. And he says, "but it is not me." He had literally become a brand new man in Christ. He had picked up the gold. He had filled his backpack in his heart with the gold of Christ. And even though this person made herself available to him, and she said, "it is I." He said, "it is not I. I have a brand new heart." And so 2 Corinthians 5:17 concludes today when it says, "if any man is in Christ, he's a brand new creation. All things have gone. Behold, the new has come." My question to you today is this, the gold is in the river bed. How much are you putting in your backpack and will you be happy or will you be sad when you reach the oasis of Eternal Life with Christ?5 min - Judged at the End - Revelation 21:8
"I have a friend who is a fired up Christian businessman in Dallas, Texas, and he was in a head on collision and his in his car began to burn, but he couldn't get out of the car. And he said, Joe, he said, I felt like I was living in hell. He said, I was trapped and I couldn't get out. And he said, I was, I was being consumed with fire."
Family Discussion:- What is your prayer need to look like before God?
Transcription:00:14 If you've ever wondered what the final judgment of God is going to look like, here is the description and if you've ever wondered who will be judged at the end and what will happen to those that are condemned. Here is the final judgment. Revelation chapter 21 verse eight and it says this, "but for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and adulterers and all liars, their part will be in the lake that Burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death." We learned yesterday that heaven is going to be unbelievably beautiful and hell is going to be indescribably sad and destructive. I have a friend who is a fired up Christian businessman in Dallas, Texas, and he was in a head on collision and his in his car began to burn, but he couldn't get out of the car.01:05 And he said, Joe, he said, I felt like I was living in hell. He said, I was trapped and I couldn't get out. And he said, I was, I was being consumed with fire. Well, fortunately there were some rescuers on the scene that yanked him out of that car before the flames actually got to his face and began to burn his body. But he said it changed my life. And he was already the most fired up Christian Guy that, you know, you can imagine. But living in a picture of hell, being trapped, you know, in fire and having nobody with him alone in that fire he saw literally a picture of hell. And this verse describes, you know, who falls in the judgment and it talks about people in all sorts of walks with sin. But I think there's a distinction that you and I've got to understand today.01:55 You know, Romans 3:23 says all have sinned. You know, we all slip and fall. But it says we don't practice that sin. There's a difference between slipping. There's a difference between, you know, accidentally sinning and continuing to live in sin. And scripture is clear, men and women, that when someone gives their heart to Christ, that they have a heart that wants to get out of that sin. Like the student at the University of Alabama at the college event that we did. As he came to the cross with hundreds of other students around him. Weeping at the cross. And he gave his heart to Christ and I threw my arms around and gave him a big victory hug.02:46 But he knew when Christ gave him a new heart that he wouldn't practice that sin anymore. And I called him two years later and I said, Ben, are, are you clean? He said, absolutely. He wasn't going to be one who's going to be judged for practicing sin because the heart of Christ gave him the freedom to get out of that sin and to never go back again. So the great verse in Romans is in Romans 5:8 and it says, even though we were yet sinners, even though we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. So you and I've got to get on our knees today and say, Jesus, show me. Do I have a new heart? You know, do I have a heart that wants to practice sin or do I want to have a heart that wants to confess my sin and to receive your grace and to receive your forgiveness so that that judgment will not be a judgment for me? By the grace of God. He will pass you through judgment into eternal life. And so my question for you today is this. When you get on your knees tonight before bed, you know, what is your prayer need to look like before God? And maybe you need to do that prayer right now.4 min - Wed to Christ - Revelation 21:1-3
"The most beautiful picture for me is a bride walking down the aisle. And I will never forget as long as I live the beauty of my two daughters walking down the aisle. As I sort of gave them away to their husbands for marriage, for life. I wept like a baby."
Family Discussion:- What did Jesus do to allow you and I to get to heaven?
- What are we going to do with the life that he gave us and the spirit of Christ that he puts in our heart when we receive him by faith and when we follow him and give our lives to him?
Transcription:00:14 If you could paint any picture of any scene on the earth and that was going to be the most beautiful scene you can imagine, what would you paint? Well, I want to tell you the day the painting that I have seen painted before my eyes. The most beautiful painting of my life and it is a small picture. That painting is only a snapshot about the painting that God is going to paint in this passage today. Listen to this believers. Revelation chapter 21 verse one through three. Here's the painting that John saw in this vision from God. "Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. For the first heaven and the first earth passed away and there is no longer any sea. And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem coming down out of heaven as a bride made ready, adorn for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, behold, the Tabernacle of God is among men and he will dwell among them and they shall be his people and God himself will be among them."01:15 The most beautiful picture for me is a bride walking down the aisle. And I will never forget as long as I live the beauty of my two daughters walking down the aisle. As I sort of gave them away to their husbands for marriage, for life. I wept like a baby. I just cried like a baby. There was just no sight more beautiful than seeing your daughter adorn in a wedding dress. And you know what? That is only a teeny sliver of the beauty of the picture of heaven. But God uses the picture of a bride adorn for husband as a picture of what it will be like when we are wed to Christ for eternity in the new heaven, the new heaven, the heaven that will live with God forever and ever comes down out of the sky.02:05 We've got to ask ourselves, you know, where we going to be when the new heaven comes? And how is it that we're going to get there? Somebody asks a wise man one time, how long has eternity? And the wise man said, you see that little bird and the man said yes. And he said, picture that bird taking a drink out of that lake every 10,000 years and that bird flies away. And then 10,000 years later, that bird comes down to the lake and takes another sip. And then 10,000 years later, the bird comes down to that lake and takes another little sip. And the wise man said, when the lake is dry, then eternity is over. And so it is with eternity and God. One bird will never dry up the lake and eternity never ends.02:50 And you and I either get to spend our eternity in heaven with God in the new heaven as a bride adorned for her husband, or we get to spend our eternity in hell a place that was built for Satan and his angels. But you've got to walk around the cross to get the hell because God in 2 Peter 3:9 says that God is patient, slow to anger, not wanting any to perish, but for all to come to repentance. So the new heaven is coming and the bride is adorn for her husband today. My question to you is what did Jesus do to allow you and I to get there? And what are we going to do with the life that he gave us and the spirit of Christ that he puts in our heart when we receive him by faith and when we follow him and give our lives to him?4 min - The Faithful - Revelation 20:4
" I was just in Chicago with a high school student, a 17 year old boy named Jacob, who's faithful. That boy had a vision for a thousand of his friends to come to this event and to come to Christ. And because of Jacob's faithfulness that little theater we were in was packed because one boy was faithful and he wanted everybody he knew to come to Christ. He's a hero to me. "
Family Discussion:- Don't you want to be one of the faithful?
- What are you doing today to become one of the faithful?
- Who are you leading to the throne of grace today?
Transcription:00:14 Who are your heroes? You know my heroes are students that I get to work with that are faithful. My heroes are men and women that I get to work with that are faithful. My hero is my wife Debbie Jo because she's faithful. My hero was my dad because he was faithful. My hero still is my mom who's faithful. Revelation 20 verse four talks about the Faithful. Listen to this. This is so incredibly inspirational and motivating to me. Verse four he says, "and then I saw Thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the Word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast are his image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years."01:12 There are those at the end who are faithful. I was just in Chicago with a high school student, a 17 year old boy named Jacob, who's faithful. That boy had a vision for a thousand of his friends to come to this event and to come to Christ. And because of Jacob's faithfulness that little theater we were in was packed because one boy was faithful and he wanted everybody he knew to come to Christ. He's a hero to me. And then down in Florida, a boy named Connor, his daddy said, you can take a senior trip. You can go anywhere you want to go. And he said, only places I want to goes to heaven and I want to take all my friends with me. And he literally got 6,000 Orlando kids together for this event. And I was able to build a cross and just see over a thousand kids give their hearts to Christ because Connor was faithful.02:05 Just recently I was at the Air Force Academy where the Christian students are getting persecuted and Christianity is getting put down. And through the influence, the ACLU and the agnostics and the cynics and, and even, uh, some, some people are into Wicca. These Christian students are faithful in three students brought 20% of the student body to the event before the cross. And hundreds of those students came to the cross that night because Scott and because of the faithfulness of Jack and before the faithfulness of Matt Rotor. We were at Virginia Tech and 2000 students followed one girl and one guy into this event to come to the cross. 2000 kids because one guy and one girl were faithful. Do you know that people are following you? And do you know that you can be a Jacob? You could be a Jordan? Or like my friends, Beau and Cooper up in Kansas City who had Saturday night parties that were free of alcohol that sometimes over a hundred students would come to because Beau and Cooper were faithful.03:13 Do you know that you can be one of those people? And certainly at the end, you're going to want to be one of those people because the faithful who don't get into the work of Satan, who don't follow the anti-Christ, even though the antichrist, the beast is not yet appeared as he will to the degree he does a Revelation. He's everywhere today, but the faithful will celebrate with Christ forever. Don't you want to be one of the faithful? My question for you today is this, whether you're a student or whether you're, you know, in the workplace or you know, husband or wife or father, what are you doing today to become one of the faithful and who are you leading to the throne of grace today? At the end, the ones that follow you will call you faithful.5 min - The Final Battle - Revelation 19:11-16
"There's one thing worse than hell and the same thing is worse is better than heaven. You know what it is? It's influence. It's going to either place and taking somebody with you. On that day when Christ reigns and rules, on that day, those that love him will be thankful to those that lead them there like you can't believe. And those that, that follow the enemy, Satan, into everlasting judgment are going to be sadness beyond sadness."
Family Discussion:- Who are you influencing today and how are you influencing them?
- Where are you going to be?
- How are you going to get there?
- What are you going to do to influence the people in your family and in your school and in your place of business?
- What are you going to do to influence people to be on that victory ride with you?
Transcription:00:13 Do you know there's one thing that's worse than hell and the same thing is better than heaven? What is that? It's worse than hell. It is better than heaven and it's the same thing. Do you know what it is? Revelation chapter nine verses 11 through 16, "and I saw heaven open and behold a white horse and he who sat on it is called faithful and true and in righteousness he judges and wages war. His eyes are a flame of fire and on his head are many diadems and he has a name written on him which no one knows except himself. He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood and his name is called the word of God and the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean were following him on white horses and from his mouth comes a sharp sword so that with it he may strike down the nations and he will rule them with a rod of iron and he treads on the wine press of the fierce wrath of God the Almighty and on his robe. And on his thigh, he has a name written. He is king of kings and Lord of Lords."01:24 This men and women is the final and greatest victory of all time as Jesus rides in with his saints, with those who follow him. And he ends the final battle, the final battle of Armageddon, the final battle on earth, the final battle of all time. And you know what? We get to come in with him and we get to ride and we get to reign and we get to rule with him, as true sincere followers of Christ. There's one thing worse than hell and the same thing is worse is better than heaven. You know what it is? It's influence. It's going to either place and taking somebody with you. On that day when Christ reigns and rules, on that day, those that love him will be thankful to those that lead them there like you can't believe. And those that, that follow the enemy, Satan, into everlasting judgment are going to be sadness beyond sadness.02:24 So my question for you today is this, who are you influencing today and how are you influencing them? And you know what? You can't escape it. You and I are an influence every day of our life. We're either influencing people to heaven or we're influencing people to hell. And not so much by words, but by the way we live our lives and the way we act. And so as you visualize the victory and you visualize the one that reigns and rules and you visualize the greatest victory celebration of all time. One, where are you going to be? Two, how are you going to get there? And then three, what are you going to do to influence the people in your family and in your school and in your place of business? What are you going to do to influence people to be on that victory ride with you? Is there anything more motivating to live a life pleasing to Christ than that on this earth?4 min - Put on Your Track Shoes - Revelation 18:1-4
"when I'm in locker rooms, they're either the happiest place in the world, I mean the celebrations that go on inside of a locker room of a college team or an NFL team if they win. It's just unbelievable how happy it is. But the locker rooms of the losing team, especially in the playoffs are the saddest places in the world."
Family Discussion:- What are the tracks shoes that you and I could put on?
- Wat is it that gives us the power?
- Who is it that gives us the ability to leave the black hole and go to the locker room of victory?
- Wat do you need to do to put on your track shoes today?
Transcription:00:14 Hey, today I'm going to take you to a locker room. And when I'm in locker rooms, they're either the happiest place in the world, I mean the celebrations that go on inside of a locker room of a college team or an NFL team if they win. It's just unbelievable how happy it is. But the locker rooms of the losing team, especially in the playoffs are the saddest places in the world. Scripture in chapter 18 of Revelation takes us to a locker room and one side is incredibly happy and one side is incredibly sad and defeated. Chapter 18 verse one it says this, "after these things, I saw another angel coming down from heaven having great authority and the earth was illuminated with his glory and he cried out with a mighty voice saying, 'fallen, fallen is Babylon the great. She has become a dwelling place of demons and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird for all the nations have drunk of the wine, of her passion, of her immorality and the kings of the earth have committed acts of immorality with her. And the merchants of the earth had become rich by the wealth of her sensuality.' I heard another voice from heaven saying, 'come out from her my people so that you will not participate in our sins and receive her plagues.'"01:40 I think this passage of scripture is saying, put on your trek shoes and run from your life. I have a friend named Roy Libby who invented the Chandra telescope and the Chandra telescope was the first to look inside of black holes. And Roy said, inside of a black hole he's seen winds blowing a million miles an hour. A black hole, a place where star collapses, and the force of gravity inside that blackhole is literally off the charts of description and you and I as this passage describes living a black hole of immorality. And the gravity of inside of a black hole is almost unrelenting. But with the spirit of Christ in our hearts, we can get out of that black hole. We can run. But you got to have your track shoes on. In 2 Timothy Chapter two, it says to flee from youthful eyes. It says, when the black hole, when you find yourself on one he said, run for your life.02:42 Get on your track shoes and run. As scripture says, come out of her. And those that come out of her, those that come out of the immorality represented here by the city of Babylon in this passage. Those that come out of her will go to the locker room and there'll be incredible victory. You know, first Peter Chapter four says to you, and to me, the time passed is sufficient for you to have carried out the desire of the gentiles. Hey pursuit, of course, of lust, and insensuality and drunk and carousals and sexual parties and abominable idolatries. And it says in all of this, your former friends will laugh at you and scoff at you because you did not join with them in the same access of dissipation. But it says they must give account to him who judges the living and the dead. They've got their locker room, but you've got your locker room. So put on your track shoes and come out today. My question for you today is, what are the tracks shoes that you and I could put on? You know, what is it that gives us the power? Who is it that gives us the ability to leave the black hole and go to the locker room of victory? And then lastly, what do you need to do to put on your track shoes today?5 min
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