The Joy of Maturity
September 29, 2020
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In this message discover four things that keeps us motivated as we press on to maturity in Christ.
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- Now, here is Dr. Jeremiahwith his message,
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- "The Joy of Maturity."
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- Dr. David Jeremiah: Here,in Philippians chapter 3,
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- in verses 15 through 21,Paul is going to give us
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- four motivations and reasonsand helpful ideas
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- about how growth happensand how we should cooperate
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- with it.
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- He begins in verses 15 and 16with what I call
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- great encouragement within us.
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- Here's what those verses say:"Therefore let us,
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- as many as are mature,have this mind;
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- and if anythingyou think otherwise,
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- God will revealeven this to you.
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- Nevertheless, to the degreethat we have already attained,
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- let us walk by the same rule,let us be of the same mind."
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- Paul lovedthe Philippian church.
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- As you remember, I told you,he's writing this letter to them
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- while he's under house arrestin Rome.
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- This little church thathe was a part of starting,
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- that started in the unique waythat it did,
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- was really heavy on his heartand he loved them so much that
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- when he saw something happeningthat could deter their growth
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- and keep them from maturity,
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- he wrote about itvery seriously.
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- He wanted them to knowthat growth was paramount
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- and anything that gotin the way of that
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- from any outside sourceshould be called out
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- and dealt with.
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- In this little paragraph he hastwo different expressions.
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- He calls the responsesto his words,
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- "this mind," and,"think otherwise."
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- The people of this mindare those who have decided
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- that growth and maturity areimportant goals for believers.
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- They acknowledge with Paulthat they need to keep pressing
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- toward the markof spiritual maturity.
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- They have left behind the ideaof becoming mature
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- through obeying the lawor doing works in the flesh.
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- They are going on to seekmaturity in Jesus Christ.
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- They've come to the conclusionthat we must come to
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- as we come to faiththat our salvation is not
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- of works lest any manshould boast.
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- And then Paul said, "But thereare some who think otherwise,
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- probably they assumethat they've already arrived
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- at maturity, they don't needany help.
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- Maybe they wanted to growbut they won't pay the price
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- that was necessary for themto take forward steps.
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- Whatever the situation,Paul is reminding
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- these believers thattheir spiritual progress
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- up to this point had comefrom following the standards
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- set down in God's Wordand he encourages them
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- to go forward in the same way.
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- If they were saved by gracethrough faith and not
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- by their own works,they're to mature and progress
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- according to the same standards.
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- They're to continue to grow,knowing that faith
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- in Jesus Christ and walkingwith him daily is the routine
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- that is set up for them.
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- Occasionally, during basketballor football playoffs,
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- you will hear a sports announcertalking about a star player
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- who's having a bad day.
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- As the sportscaster explains whythis athlete has been allowed
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- to continue, even thoughhe is playing very badly,
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- he may say something like this:"The coach has decided to stay
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- with the man who brought himhere."
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- Or often, they will say,"We're gonna stay with the guy
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- who brought us to the dance.
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- In other words,since this athlete was
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- very responsible for his team'squalifying for the playoffs,
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- it does not make sense toremove him from the game now,
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- even though he's notperforming well.
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- That was Paul's message.
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- What these believershad attained spiritually
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- had come through certainprinciples and procedures.
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- They were not to letthe legalists change
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- the way they approachedthe Christian life.
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- Paul's words to the churchesin Galatia carried
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- a similar challenge.
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- Here's what he said:"Are you so foolish?
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- Having begun in the Spirit,are you now being made perfect
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- by the flesh?"
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- In other words, however,we start out in the faith,
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- that's how we go forwardin the faith.
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- Paul's encouragementwas straightforward.
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- The Philippians were to keepon walking the same walk and
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- thinking the same thoughts andthe language here is military.
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- In other words, get behind theleader and stay in your lane.
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- They were to walktoward maturity.
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- Let me just tell you something,friends.
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- God has, as his goalfor each one of us,
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- that we become mature believers.
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- I mean, not that we justbecome Christians.
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- That's good.
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- That's the starting place.
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- But God wants us to grow up.
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- He wants us to be Christianswho are maturing
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- so that we look backon our lives
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- at the end of one yearand we can see that
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- we have grown some in our faithover the year before.
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- You know, one of the thingsI love about Paul?
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- He reminds me of somethingthat my father said to me
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- when I was getting readyto go into the ministry.
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- He said, "David, let mejust tell you something
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- I've learned."
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- He said, "If you preachto discouraged people
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- and you bring the encouragementof the Bible,
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- you will always havea congregation."
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- In other words, if you cometo your people every week
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- with the encouragementof the Scriptures.
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- One of my friends says,"If you nourish them up
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- in the Word of the Lord theywill come because all of us,
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- we live a life that is filledwith reasons to be discouraged
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- and we need every hope we can."
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- Perhaps the greatest exampleof that kind of ministry
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- was the Apostle Paul.
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- I never realizeduntil I set out to study it
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- what an incrediblyencouraging teacher he was.
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- He was always encouragingothers.
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- And even thoughit sometimes looked like
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- there was nothing to encourage,he found a way.
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- Listen to these words from Paul.
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- He said,"May our Lord Jesus Christ
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- himself and God our Father,who loved us
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- and by his grace gave useternal encouragement
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- and good hope,encourage your heart
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- and strengthen you inevery good deed and word."
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- Paul understood the importanceof encouragement
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- and did you know thatin the book of Hebrews
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- it says when we come to churchevery Sunday
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- we're to bring with us a wordof encouragement that
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- we can share with someone thatwe might meet along the way.
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- One of the "one anothers"in the Bible is,
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- "encourage one another."
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- And in the church today,we need to follow
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- the example of Jesus Christand the Apostle Paul
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- and be ambassadorsof encouragement.
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- You say, "Well, I can't findanything in that person
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- that I can encourage."
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- Find a way to say somethinggood and encourage them.
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- Encouragement goesso much farther than criticism
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- in helping us to grow.
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- And Paul emphasizesthat in these verses.
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- Great encouragement within us.
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- And then, he adds in verse 17godly examples around us:
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- "Brethren, join in followingmy example,
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- and note those who so walk,as you have us for a pattern."
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- Paul invited the Philippians tojoin in following his example.
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- Actually, the phrasecould be translated,
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- "become fellow imitators of me."
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- And the word is related toour English word "mimic."
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- Just as Paul was mimickingChrist,
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- he asked his followersto mimic him.
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- This has always beena hard thing for me
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- to comprehend,and I can't imagine having
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- the spiritual courageand confidence to say
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- to other people, "I want youto follow me whatever I do."
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- But the fact of the matter is,that's what happens
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- whether we ask peopleto do it or not.
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- And the last phrasein this verse is a phrase
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- that has the word "tupos" in it.
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- That's a Greek wordwhich is translated by our word,
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- "pattern."
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- And Paul is asking thoseto follow him.
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- He said, "You have usfor a pattern."
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- And I know that this isa heavy item for most of us.
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- We would like to say,"I do not want to be
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- a role model for anybody."
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- You get to a place of successor a place of influence,
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- you're gonna influenceother people,
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- and if you don't understandthat,
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- you're going to just befrustrated your whole life.
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- Paul said, "There's examplesand you follow me."
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- We may not wanna say thatout loud to anybody,
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- but we need to recognizethey're doing it,
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- whether we like it or not.
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- Let's ask God to help us to liveour lives in totality,
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- live our lives for Christ.
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- Not just sometime,but all the time.
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- And you never have to lookover your shoulder
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- for somebody misunderstanding.
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- Then he adds a third motivation:great encouragement within us,
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- great examples around us.
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- And this is godless enemiesaway from us.
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- Once again, Paul is goingto sound a warning.
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- He says, "There aremany who walk,
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- of whom I have told you often,and now I tell you even weeping,
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- that they are the enemiesof the cross of Christ:
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- whose end is destruction,whose god is their belly,
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- and whose glory is their shame--
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- and who set their mindon earthly things."
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- You wanna know what Paul thinksabout the teachers who have come
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- into the church in Philippi withall of their false doctrine?
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- Just look at the word"whose and who" and you will see
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- the four things that he saysabout 'em.
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- First of all, their goal.
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- "Whose end is destruction."
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- The word for destructionis perdition.
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- It's the word that is usedfor Judas who was called
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- the son of perdition.
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- The true child of God gloriesin the cross
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- but the enemies of the cross,according to Paul,
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- are headed towardthe lake of fire.
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- People who bring false doctrineand try to use it
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- to corrupt people in the churchdon't have a very good future.
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- Their goal is, "whose endis destruction."
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- Their god is, "whose godis their belly."
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- Their appetite is their god.
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- I'm not just talking about food,but that's probably part of it.
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- They're not in controlof their appetites;
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- their appetites arein control of them.
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- Paul had no confidencein the flesh
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- and he did not believehe had already arrived.
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- But these enemies of the crosstook as their god
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- whatever felt good.
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- Romans 16:18 says:"For those who are such
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- do not serveour Lord Jesus Christ,
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- but their own belly,
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- and by smooth words andflattering speech deceive
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- the hearts of the simple."
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- Their goal is destruction.
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- Their god is their own belly,their appetites.
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- Their glory,this is unbelievable.
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- Their glory is in their shame.
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- First, they give themselvesto indulgence, and then,
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- they begin to justifytheir behavior
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- and then they beginto proclaim it
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- as if it was somethingto brag about.
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- It reminds meof what Isaiah said.
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- He said, "Woe to those who callevil good, and good evil;
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- who put darkness for light,and light for darkness;
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- who put bitter for sweet,and sweet for bitter!"
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- Just turn on your televisionthis afternoon,
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- and you will see that.
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- You will see iton the news shows.
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- Nothing is wrong anymore.
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- In fact,the worst part of it is,
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- people are bragging about thingswhich are blatantly wrong.
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- And anybody who's got a headon their shoulders knows
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- they're wrong.
- 00:13:39.557 --> 00:13:42.360
- What a world we live in.
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- Please note these enemiesweren't out somewhere
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- outside of the church.
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- They were in the church.
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- They had wormed their wayinto the Philippian congregation
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- and they were having littleSmall Group discussions
- 00:13:55.006 --> 00:13:57.408
- with the believers,trying to get them off the path
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- of righteousness andback onto the path of works.
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- And I love Paul becausehe stands at the gateway
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- to that church and he says,"Not here, not now,
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- not while I'm involved."
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- And he calls them out.
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- So, we have great encouragementwithin us to keep going.
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- We have great examplesaround us to keep going.
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- We have to watch out 'causewe got some enemies around us
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- who will keep us from growing.
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- But here's the great thingat the end of this passage:
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- great expectation before us.
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- Philippians 3:20-21,some of my favorite verses
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- in this book:
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- "For our citizenshipis in heaven,
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- from which we alsoeagerly wait for the Savior,
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- the Lord Jesus Christ,who will transform
- 00:14:40.818 --> 00:14:43.288
- our lowly body that it may beconformed to His glorious body,
- 00:14:43.321 --> 00:14:47.258
- according to the working bywhich He is able even to subdue
- 00:14:47.292 --> 00:14:50.461
- all things to Himself."
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- Paul says if you wanna stayon course and keep growing
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- and keep moving toward the goal,
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- don't lose sightof what the goal is.
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- We're going to heaven someday,we're gonna be
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- with the Lord someday.
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- Our anticipation is glory.
- 00:15:04.909 --> 00:15:06.544
- It's not this earth.
- 00:15:06.577 --> 00:15:07.879
- It's something heavenly.
- 00:15:07.912 --> 00:15:09.213
- It's really worth whateversacrifice we have to make
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- to stay on track and keepgoing in the right direction.
- 00:15:11.616 --> 00:15:15.553
- Paul always set this beforehis followers,
- 00:15:15.586 --> 00:15:18.656
- always reminded themheaven is our goal.
- 00:15:18.690 --> 00:15:22.560
- I remember readingyears ago something,
- 00:15:22.593 --> 00:15:24.595
- I think it was C.S. Lewis,who said,
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- "If you get heaven right,
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- you get everything on this earthwhile you're on your way.
- 00:15:27.932 --> 00:15:30.335
- If you get heaven wrong,not only do you miss heaven,
- 00:15:30.368 --> 00:15:32.303
- you miss everythingon this earth,"
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- because heaven isthe goal and eternity
- 00:15:34.472 --> 00:15:37.408
- with the Lord Jesus Christis the promise
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- when we put our trust in him.
- 00:15:40.478 --> 00:15:43.348
- Now, the one part aboutthis passage of Scripture
- 00:15:43.381 --> 00:15:45.249
- that all of us love is,we love this truth.
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- We love the truthof the return of Christ.
- 00:15:48.853 --> 00:15:50.755
- How many of you believe itcould happen at any moment?
- 00:15:50.788 --> 00:15:52.623
- There's nothing left to takeplace before Jesus comes back.
- 00:15:52.657 --> 00:15:56.194
- And while we're all wrapped upin our daily experiences
- 00:15:56.227 --> 00:15:59.864
- and we love life and we havesome great goals,
- 00:15:59.897 --> 00:16:03.001
- I'll be honest with you,I remember when Donna and I
- 00:16:03.034 --> 00:16:04.736
- got engaged,I prayed that the Lord
- 00:16:04.769 --> 00:16:06.971
- wouldn't come back'til we got married.
- 00:16:07.005 --> 00:16:09.173
- I guess that's all rightto do but--
- 00:16:11.609 --> 00:16:15.380
- So, here's what Paul was saying:Never lose sight of the goal.
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- Stephen Covey who isfrom a different mentality
- 00:16:20.985 --> 00:16:26.024
- than most of us,had some good things to say
- 00:16:26.057 --> 00:16:28.359
- in his book that wassuch a bestseller.
- 00:16:28.393 --> 00:16:31.229
- He said, "Always live your lifewith the end in view."
- 00:16:31.262 --> 00:16:35.466
- Live your lifewith the end in view.
- 00:16:35.500 --> 00:16:37.168
- Paul is saying, "Listen, one dayJesus is gonna come back.
- 00:16:37.201 --> 00:16:39.904
- You're gonna be so glad that youstayed on this growth pattern,
- 00:16:39.937 --> 00:16:43.074
- that you didn't drop outalong the way.
- 00:16:43.107 --> 00:16:45.376
- And one of these daysyou're gonna stand
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- with the Lord in heaven.
- 00:16:46.844 --> 00:16:48.613
- Make sure that you don't forgetwhat is waiting for you
- 00:16:48.646 --> 00:16:53.084
- as a follower of Christ."
- 00:16:53.117 --> 00:16:55.520
- And then he said, when thathappens he's going to change
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- our lowly body into a bodylike his resurrection body.
- 00:16:59.557 --> 00:17:05.430
- Now, if I didn't say anythingelse in this service encouraging
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- to you, move around just enoughto feel the pains you have
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- in your body this morningand remember that one day
- 00:17:10.668 --> 00:17:13.204
- God's gonna take your lowly bodyand he's gonna change it
- 00:17:13.237 --> 00:17:16.240
- into a body, a resurrection bodylike his own.
- 00:17:16.274 --> 00:17:19.977
- That's gonna happen someday.
- 00:17:20.011 --> 00:17:22.313
- If you wanna know what it'sgonna be like when that happens,
- 00:17:22.346 --> 00:17:25.016
- just go back and read everythingafter the resurrection
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- of Jesus Christ and watchwhat he did.
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- He went places without havingto take the journey.
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- He moved inside placeswithout going through the door.
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- He ate.That's good news.
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- It was an amazing,the glorious resurrection body
- 00:17:41.966 --> 00:17:45.069
- of the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 00:17:45.103 --> 00:17:47.071
- And Paul holds that out as ahigh and glorious goal for us
- 00:17:47.105 --> 00:17:52.076
- never to forget as we go throughthe discipline of walking
- 00:17:52.110 --> 00:17:55.680
- with him and growing with himin a world which more
- 00:17:55.713 --> 00:17:58.649
- and more doesn't want anythingto do with Jesus Christ.
- 00:17:58.683 --> 00:18:02.720
- While we don't know exactlyhow our bodies are going to be
- 00:18:02.753 --> 00:18:05.490
- changed on that glorious day,we do know that pain
- 00:18:05.523 --> 00:18:09.160
- and suffering and deathwill be forever gone.
- 00:18:09.193 --> 00:18:13.898
- To the Corinthians,Paul said that our bodies
- 00:18:13.931 --> 00:18:15.867
- will be buried in decayand raised without decay.
- 00:18:15.900 --> 00:18:19.704
- They will be sown in humiliationand raised in splendor.
- 00:18:19.737 --> 00:18:23.474
- They will be sown in weaknessand raised in strength.
- 00:18:23.508 --> 00:18:26.711
- They will be sowna physical body
- 00:18:26.744 --> 00:18:28.579
- and raised a spiritual body.
- 00:18:28.613 --> 00:18:31.883
- Our new bodies will be likethe glorious body
- 00:18:31.916 --> 00:18:34.285
- of our Lord Jesus Christ,and we have the opportunity
- 00:18:34.318 --> 00:18:40.057
- of being involvedin that promise because
- 00:18:40.091 --> 00:18:42.360
- Jesus said, "I amthe resurrection and the life."
- 00:18:42.393 --> 00:18:47.765
- If we believe in Jesus Christ,he promises us that one day
- 00:18:47.798 --> 00:18:50.968
- when the resurrection comes,our human bodies
- 00:18:51.002 --> 00:18:55.940
- that have decayed on usand stopped working for us
- 00:18:55.973 --> 00:18:58.976
- in this life will betotally renovated
- 00:18:59.010 --> 00:19:01.812
- so that we will have bodieslike the Lord Jesus,
- 00:19:01.846 --> 00:19:04.815
- perfected bodies, never againto have pain or sorrow
- 00:19:04.849 --> 00:19:08.486
- or weakness, and I just thoughtabout it this week:
- 00:19:08.519 --> 00:19:11.422
- gyms will be out of business.
- 00:19:11.455 --> 00:19:13.457
- Some of you wanna clap on that.
- 00:19:15.660 --> 00:19:16.961
- I don't know if that's--yeah, right.
- 00:19:16.994 --> 00:19:19.497
- So, we have a lotto look forward to
- 00:19:22.333 --> 00:19:24.969
- and we have a lotto be thankful for,
- 00:19:25.002 --> 00:19:27.572
- and the Bible tells usthat when this happens,
- 00:19:27.605 --> 00:19:30.208
- the Lord God is gonna subdueall things to himself
- 00:19:30.241 --> 00:19:33.611
- and we're going to bein heaven with him forever.
- 00:19:33.644 --> 00:19:37.148
- Paul looks back over thesemoments that he has shared
- 00:19:38.015 --> 00:19:40.851
- with his followersand he sort of,
- 00:19:40.885 --> 00:19:43.221
- in his mind at least,makes this comparison:
- 00:19:43.254 --> 00:19:46.657
- the enemies of the crossare heading for destruction;
- 00:19:46.691 --> 00:19:49.927
- the champions of the crossare waiting for a Savior
- 00:19:49.961 --> 00:19:52.496
- from heaven.
- 00:19:52.530 --> 00:19:54.065
- The enemies of the crossworship their earthly bodies;
- 00:19:54.098 --> 00:19:56.467
- the champions of the crosslook for transformed bodies.
- 00:19:56.500 --> 00:20:00.071
- The enemies of the cross haveperverted values and glory
- 00:20:00.104 --> 00:20:03.007
- in their shame; the championsof the cross have true values
- 00:20:03.040 --> 00:20:06.377
- and look forwardto the glory of the future.
- 00:20:06.410 --> 00:20:10.281
- Whenever we compare thebelief systems of two groups,
- 00:20:10.314 --> 00:20:14.051
- it's always important to lookat the end of the story.
- 00:20:14.085 --> 00:20:18.456
- How does this story end?
- 00:20:18.489 --> 00:20:19.957
- So, let me do thatas we close today.
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- Back in the year 1899,two famous men
- 00:20:22.994 --> 00:20:26.597
- died in America.
- 00:20:26.631 --> 00:20:29.133
- One of them was an unbelieverwho had made a career
- 00:20:29.166 --> 00:20:31.802
- of debunking the Bible,arguing against
- 00:20:31.836 --> 00:20:34.405
- the Christian doctrines,and the other was a Christian.
- 00:20:34.438 --> 00:20:37.408
- Colonel Ingersoll,after whom the famous
- 00:20:37.441 --> 00:20:40.945
- Ingersoll Lectureson Immortality
- 00:20:40.978 --> 00:20:42.847
- at Harvard University are named,was an unbeliever.
- 00:20:42.880 --> 00:20:47.952
- His death was sudden and it cameas an unmitigated shock
- 00:20:47.985 --> 00:20:52.990
- to his family.
- 00:20:53.024 --> 00:20:55.493
- His body was kept in the homefor several days because
- 00:20:55.526 --> 00:20:58.996
- Ingersoll's wife could notbear to part with it.
- 00:20:59.030 --> 00:21:02.433
- It was finally removedonly because the corpse
- 00:21:02.466 --> 00:21:04.201
- was decaying and the healthof the family required it.
- 00:21:04.235 --> 00:21:08.039
- At length, the remainswere cremated and the display
- 00:21:08.072 --> 00:21:11.075
- at the crematorium was so dismalthat some of the scene
- 00:21:11.108 --> 00:21:13.911
- was even picked upby the newspapers
- 00:21:13.944 --> 00:21:16.147
- and communicatedto the nation at large.
- 00:21:16.180 --> 00:21:19.050
- Ingersoll had usedhis great intellect to deny
- 00:21:19.083 --> 00:21:22.286
- the resurrection and when deathcame there was no hope
- 00:21:22.320 --> 00:21:25.589
- and the departure was receivedby his friends and his family
- 00:21:25.623 --> 00:21:29.160
- as an uncompensated tragedy.
- 00:21:29.193 --> 00:21:34.198
- In the same year, the evangelistDwight L. Moody died
- 00:21:34.231 --> 00:21:38.769
- and his death was triumphantfor himself and his family.
- 00:21:38.803 --> 00:21:42.740
- Moody had been decliningfor some time and his family
- 00:21:42.773 --> 00:21:45.509
- had taken turns being with him.
- 00:21:45.543 --> 00:21:47.545
- On the morning of his death,his son who was standing
- 00:21:47.578 --> 00:21:49.847
- by the bedside heard himexclaim, "Earth is receding.
- 00:21:49.880 --> 00:21:53.484
- Heaven is opening.God is calling."
- 00:21:53.517 --> 00:21:56.187
- "You're dreaming,Father," his son said.
- 00:21:56.220 --> 00:21:58.255
- Moody answered, "No, well,this is no dream.
- 00:21:58.289 --> 00:22:00.391
- I have been within the gates.
- 00:22:00.424 --> 00:22:02.059
- I have seenthe children's faces."
- 00:22:02.093 --> 00:22:04.729
- For a while it seemedas if Moody was reviving
- 00:22:04.762 --> 00:22:07.131
- but he began to slip away again.
- 00:22:07.164 --> 00:22:09.667
- He said, "Is this death?
- 00:22:09.700 --> 00:22:11.702
- This is not bad.
- 00:22:11.736 --> 00:22:13.337
- There is no valley.
- 00:22:13.371 --> 00:22:14.939
- There's just bliss.This is glorious."
- 00:22:14.972 --> 00:22:17.408
- By this time,his daughter was present
- 00:22:17.441 --> 00:22:19.043
- and she began to prayfor his recovery.
- 00:22:19.076 --> 00:22:20.911
- He said, "No, no.Emma, do not pray for that."
- 00:22:20.945 --> 00:22:24.949
- He said, "God is calling.This is my coronation day.
- 00:22:24.982 --> 00:22:27.985
- I've been looking forwardto it."
- 00:22:28.018 --> 00:22:30.054
- And shortly after that,Moody was received into heaven.
- 00:22:30.087 --> 00:22:33.090
- At the funeral,his family and friends
- 00:22:33.124 --> 00:22:34.658
- joined in the joyful service.
- 00:22:34.692 --> 00:22:36.861
- They spoke and sang hymns.
- 00:22:36.894 --> 00:22:38.496
- They heard the words proclaimed,
- 00:22:38.529 --> 00:22:39.897
- "Where, O death,is your victory?
- 00:22:39.930 --> 00:22:41.665
- Where, O death, is your sting?
- 00:22:41.699 --> 00:22:43.801
- The sting of death is sin,and the power of sin is the law.
- 00:22:43.834 --> 00:22:47.471
- But thanks be to God.
- 00:22:47.505 --> 00:22:49.407
- He gives us the victorythrough our Lord Jesus Christ."
- 00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:52.643
- Moody's death was partof that victory.
- 00:22:52.676 --> 00:22:56.981
- I'm a pastor.
- 00:22:57.014 --> 00:22:58.349
- I have watched over thecongregation here in San Diego
- 00:22:58.382 --> 00:23:02.186
- and in Fort Wayne, seen many,many people exit life.
- 00:23:02.219 --> 00:23:07.525
- And those who know Christare totally different
- 00:23:07.558 --> 00:23:10.361
- than those who don't.
- 00:23:10.394 --> 00:23:12.029
- If you know Christ,you have an anticipation.
- 00:23:12.062 --> 00:23:13.697
- Death is sadness, not as otherswho have no hope.
- 00:23:13.731 --> 00:23:17.435
- We still sorrow but notin the same way.
- 00:23:17.468 --> 00:23:19.537
- It's different.
- 00:23:19.570 --> 00:23:21.071
- It's sorrowwith an ultimate hope.
- 00:23:21.105 --> 00:23:22.640
- It's not despair.
- 00:23:22.673 --> 00:23:24.809
- And so, what happens to usat the beginning of this journey
- 00:23:24.842 --> 00:23:28.012
- is what determines to usat the end of the journey.
- 00:23:28.045 --> 00:23:30.848
- If you put your trustin Jesus Christ,
- 00:23:30.881 --> 00:23:32.616
- what is the gift?
- 00:23:32.650 --> 00:23:33.951
- The gift of God is what?
- 00:23:33.984 --> 00:23:35.352
- Eternal life throughJesus Christ our Lord.
- 00:23:35.386 --> 00:23:37.988
- And that life begins the momentyou believe,
- 00:23:38.022 --> 00:23:40.391
- but it extends after you die.
- 00:23:40.424 --> 00:23:42.960
- If you don't acceptJesus Christ,
- 00:23:42.993 --> 00:23:44.562
- you don't have eternal life andyou mess up the life you have,
- 00:23:44.595 --> 00:23:48.265
- and you get to the end,like Ingersoll,
- 00:23:48.299 --> 00:23:51.368
- with no hope, only despair.
- 00:23:51.402 --> 00:23:55.906
- You wonder why I stand up hereevery week and sometimes
- 00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:58.642
- get excited and go offon a tangent
- 00:23:58.676 --> 00:24:02.313
- about becoming a Christian?
- 00:24:02.346 --> 00:24:03.881
- It's because I know for a factthe only way you can ever have
- 00:24:03.914 --> 00:24:07.418
- eternal life isthrough Jesus Christ
- 00:24:07.451 --> 00:24:09.320
- and the only wayyou can ever make sense
- 00:24:09.353 --> 00:24:11.422
- out of this life isthrough Jesus Christ.
- 00:24:11.455 --> 00:24:14.725
- So why wouldn't I stand up hereand preach with all my heart,
- 00:24:14.758 --> 00:24:17.261
- "Come to Jesus.
- 00:24:17.294 --> 00:24:18.963
- Let him have your heart.
- 00:24:18.996 --> 00:24:20.331
- Let him have your life.
- 00:24:20.364 --> 00:24:21.732
- Get rid of the old way.
- 00:24:21.765 --> 00:24:23.200
- Don't make foolsout of yourselves by believing
- 00:24:23.234 --> 00:24:26.470
- the lie that somehowyou're gonna make it
- 00:24:26.504 --> 00:24:29.907
- when the Bible saysno one can without God."
- 00:24:29.940 --> 00:24:33.611
- Jesus said, "I am the way,the truth, and the life.
- 00:24:33.644 --> 00:24:38.449
- And no one comes to the Fatherexcept through me."
- 00:24:38.482 --> 00:24:41.785
- How many get to the Fatherexcept through Christ?
- 00:24:41.819 --> 00:24:44.121
- None.
- 00:24:44.154 --> 00:24:45.523
- You can't go to heavenwithout Jesus.
- 00:24:45.556 --> 00:24:47.525
- "Well," you say, "I'll worryabout that later."
- 00:24:47.558 --> 00:24:49.226
- No, you won't.No, you won't.
- 00:24:49.260 --> 00:24:52.029
- You won't have timeto worry about it.
- 00:24:52.062 --> 00:24:54.331
- You take care of that nowwhile you have the opportunity.
- 00:24:54.365 --> 00:24:56.967
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- to believe in Jesus Christas your Lord and Savior,
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- you can do that today.
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- And if you will allow us,Dr. Jeremiah would like
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- to send you two resourcesthat will help you.
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- The first is a booklet called,"Your Greatest Turning Point,"
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- which will help you as you beginyour relationship with Christ.
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- And the second is our monthlydevotional magazine,
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- "Turning Points,"to give you encouragement
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- and inspirationthroughout the year.
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- These resources are yourscompletely free
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- when you contact"Turning Point" today.
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- male announcer: In additionto these free study resources,
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- nothing is as profoundas the Word of God.
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- And now, Dr. Jeremiahhas a Bible
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- for every member of the family.
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- There are numerous versionsof the Jeremiah Study Bible,
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- perfect for adults and teens,
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- and the Airship GenesisKids Study Bible
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- will bring the truthof God's Word
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- to the young ones in your life.
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- Contact "Turning Point" for moreinformation or to order today.
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- announcer: Next time on,"Turning Point."
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- Dr. Jeremiah: When Jesus isin my life,
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- when I'm honoring himwith what I do,
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- when I'm living the lifeof Christ the best
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- that I am able to in the powerof the Holy Spirit,
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- when that's going onand Jesus is in my life
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- and the flag of joy is flyingover my heart,
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- I can go through anything,no matter what it is
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- and I will be sad, I will cry,I will have tears,
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- but it can't touch the joythat's down deep in my heart.
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- announcer: Thank youfor being with us today.
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- Join us next time forDr. Jeremiah's message,
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- "The Joy of Harmony,"here on "Turning Point."
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- ♪♪♪
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