Notes: The Greatest Thing
October 5, 2014
Pastor Jeff Lesseigne
Harvest OC
Matthew 22
Tonight is Harvest America in Dallas.
Pastor Jeff put an ad on the screen about a man hiring someone to back in time with him. The ad says you will get paid at return.
If you could accomplish one great thing in your life what would it be?
Pastor Jeff gives many answers that he thinks people would have. He is asking what you as a Christian's great achievement would be?
He is talking about the movie City Slickers. How the actor tells Billy Crystal there is just one thing that is the most important thing in life and he has to figure that one thing out.
Jeff is talking about how the Pharisees and then the Sadducees were trying to trick Jesus Christ, and they couldn't do it.
Matthew 22:34-38 NKJV
[34] But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. [35] Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, [36] "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?" [37] Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' [38] This is the first and great commandment.
Jeff says on the surface it doesn't appear to be a trick question. But they were trying to complicate it on Jesus because, Jeff says there are 613 laws that the Jews have got out of the Old Testament. They call it the Mitzvah.
Jesus Christ says the greatest thing we can do in our lives, supremely, is to love God with our heart, souls and mind.
Many people ask the "what ifs" but Jesus Christ does not change his answer. No matter what the other important things are, loving God comes first, it helps with all other things.
Acts 1:3 NKJV
[3] to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.
Peter made the biggest mistakes prior to seeing Jesus Christ before he saw him resurrected. Peter denied the Lord. Yet Jesus Christ only brought it up one time after.
John 21:15-17 NKJV
[15] So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these?" He said to Him, "Yes, Lord; You know that I love You." He said to him, "Feed My lambs." [16] He said to him again a second time, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me?" He said to Him, "Yes, Lord; You know that I love You." He said to him, "Tend My sheep." [17] He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me?" Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, "Do you love Me?" And he said to Him, "Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You." Jesus said to him, "Feed My sheep.
The key to understand that passage is to know the love that Jesus Christ had said. Jesus Christ said agape love and Peter responded with a love of a lesser sort, that is not unconditional as Jesus Christ had asked.
Jeff says it sticks out to him all the questions that Jesus Christ could of but didn't ask Peter. He didn't ask him about his actions. He asked him the same question three times, Jesus Christ never brought up Peters failures again after that.
1. Even when we fail.
Jesus Christ still loves us even when we fail, no matter how great the failure.
Jeff is talking about as kids how we would use the term "no take backs" as with God there is no take backs. God's love has no take backs.
God can take the place of anything but nothing can take the place of God!
1 Corinthians 13:1-3 NKJV
[1] Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. [2] And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. [3] And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.
The key phrase in all these statements is "but have not love" the real issue was doing things without love.
Speech without love. (v. 1)
Spirituality without love (v. 2)
Sacrifices without love (v. 3)
There will be plenty of opportunities to do any thing, but it all needs love.
2. Even as we serve and sacrifice
The one who has been forgiven much, loves much.
1 Corinthians 13:13 NKJV
[13] And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
How is love greater than faith and hope?
Jeff says when Jesus takes us home will we need faith and hope.
Yet we will always love Jesus Christ.
Augustine said, love God and then do what you like.
1 John 2:2-6 NKJV
[2] And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world. [3] Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. [4] He who says, "I know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. [5] But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him. [6] He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.
If we are living according to the Word of God then we will be perfected in God.
We can't love God and not obey His word.
3. Even as we obey
In Revelation Jesus Christ is addressing 7 churches.
Speaking to Ephesus:
Revelation 2:2-5 NKJV
[2] "I know your works, your labor, your patience, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars; [3] and you have persevered and have patience, and have labored for My name's sake and have not become weary. [4] Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. [5] Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place-unless you repent.
Jesus Christ had many great things to say about that church, nevertheless He says they have left their first love.
God will not let anything be a substitute for loving Him.
You can like the good old days, but love God today.
It's been said the good old days is a combination of a bad memory and a vivid imagination.
Time for a self check up. We don't want this all to be just an old routine.
The easiest person to deceive is yourself.
Jeff has given us a list of questions to ask ourselves if we have left our first love. He said to examine ourselves and not try to note the questions. They were good questions.
He says there is all kinds of great things that we can do. But loving God is the key to living for God and longing for his return.
Who initiated the love between you and God? 100% of the time, it is God who initiated this relationship.
Romans 5:8 NKJV
[8] But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
God's love is the greatest gift you will ever receive.
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Essentials: Signs of the Times
Notes: Essentials: Signs of the Times
September 18, 2014
Pastor Jeff Lasseigne
Harvest OC
Ezekiel 37
Pastor Jeff is here talking about how great worship was tonight. How that is just a small taste if to what is to come when we are in Heaven in front of God.
Jeff is talking about a story of timing and when others are on the same page with you.
Eschatology is the study of the last days in Bible times. Studying the future.
Jeff believes we are living in the last part of the last days.
The count down started at Pentecost in Acts 2.
He is speaking about the rapture of the church and what follows after that.
2 Thessalonians 2:3 NKJV
[3] Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition,
Jeff is talking about how he flew into Denver and was following the signs to get around. That the Bible has lots of signs if you can carefully follow them.
When the Bible talks about the signs of the times, it is in general speaking about the signs indicating the second coming of Christ.
There are over 300 references in the New Testament talking about the second coming. The Old Testament has over 1500 references.
5 Signs we are in the last days.
1. The Regathering of Israel
Israel was reestablished in May 14, 1948.
Ezekiel 37:1-14 NKJV
[1] The hand of the LORD came upon me and brought me out in the Spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones. [2] Then He caused me to pass by them all around, and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and indeed they were very dry. [3] And He said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" So I answered, "O Lord GOD, You know." [4] Again He said to me, "Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, 'O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD! [5] Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones: "Surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live. [6] I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you, cover you with skin and put breath in you; and you shall live. Then you shall know that I am the LORD."'" [7] So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and suddenly a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to bone. [8] Indeed, as I looked, the sinews and the flesh came upon them, and the skin covered them over; but there was no breath in them. [9] Also He said to me, "Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live."'" [10] So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army. [11] Then He said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They indeed say, 'Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off!' [12] Therefore prophesy and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, O My people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up from your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. [13] Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O My people, and brought you up from your graves. [14] I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I, the LORD, have spoken it and performed it," says the LORD.'"
Like Daniel, Ezekiel was a captive of Nebuchadnezzar.
When Israel was reestablished that was the biggest event and most prophesied event in all the Bible.
Over 40% of all Jews in the world live in Israel now.
Mark Hitchcock wrote that we are the generation that has a front row seat that sees this prophecy happen.
The Bible says that the Jewish people would not recognize Jesus as the Messiah.
Zechariah 12:10 NKJV
[10] "And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn.
The Bible says that when the tribulation begins there will be 144,000 Jews that will be saved at that point and will go into the world and proclaim the word of God.
Revelation 7:3-4 NKJV
[3] saying, "Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads." [4] And I heard the number of those who were sealed. One hundred and forty-four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel were sealed:
Ephesians 1:13 NKJV
[13] In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
More Jews will be saved then 144,000 according to Revelation.
Revelation 7:8 NKJV
[8] of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand were sealed.
Revelation 12:7-9 NKJV
[7] And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, [8] but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. [9] So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Revelation 12:13-17 NKJV
[13] Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male Child. [14] But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. [15] So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. [16] But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. [17] And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
That passage speaks of satan attacking the Jewish people.
During the Great Tribulation, the rest of the Jews will recognize Jesus as the Messiah.
Jeff says this conversion was probably accurately described as Saul was converted to Paul.
Acts 9:3-9 NKJV
[3] As he journeyed he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven. [4] Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?" [5] And he said, "Who are You, Lord?" Then the Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goads." [6] So he, trembling and astonished, said, "Lord, what do You want me to do?" Then the Lord said to him, "Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do." [7] And the men who journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice but seeing no one. [8] Then Saul arose from the ground, and when his eyes were opened he saw no one. But they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus. [9] And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank.
Jeff says it is no coincidence that Israel
Is in the news almost everyday.
2. The Growing Apostasy
1 Timothy 4:1-3 NKJV
[1] Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, [2] speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron, [3] forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
Paul is warning us about these things. That in the last days many people will be turning from their faith.
1 Thessalonians 2:1-2 NKJV
[1] For you yourselves know, brethren, that our coming to you was not in vain. [2] But even after we had suffered before and were spitefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God in much conflict.
Apostasy is the walking away of "professing believers" from the church. These are people walking away from their religion, these are not true believers.
1 John 2:19 NKJV
[19] They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.
The opposite of belief is is not just unbelief, it's false belief!
Many people today claim to follow Christ, but many only hope that God is following them.
3. Middle East Peace
We don't have peace there yet. Many nations are engaged in trying to get peace there.
Their will be a false pseudo peace that will come from the devil.
4. The Reunited Roman Empire
Daniel 2 and Daniel 7 speak of this.
Babylon, Meto-Persia, Greece and The Roman Empire.
Revelation 13:1 NKJV
[1] Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name.
These ten horns will be ten nations.
Revelation 17:15-16 NKJV
[15] Then he said to me, "The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues. [16] And the ten horns which you saw on the beast, these will hate the harlot, make her desolate and naked, eat her flesh and burn her with fire.
Daniel 9:26 NKJV
[26] "And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself; And the people of the prince who is to come Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a flood, And till the end of the war desolations are determined.
The Anti-Christ will be from the new Roman Empire.
Jeff says all of the big groups of countries like the G8 or NATO will form the G10 for the antichrist.
5. Growing Globalization
All the systems that are linking the world together. Internet, travel, and how the world is shrinking through technology.
The things we take for granted today are not all bad things.
Jeff said he read that only 20% of transactions are done in cash now.
Jeff is saying that globalist tell us that if we are all interconnected as economies then we will have less ripple effects in a down turned economy.
The antichrist will use globalization as his tool to unite and take over the world.
All of this information should be turned into applications.
Jeff is giving 5 take always,
1. Stay biblical.
Be balanced in the word and watch what is going on.
2. Pay attention
Jeff believes most of us, the current generation, are going to experience the rapture of the church.
3. Live obediently
The Bible says to live expectantly and obediently.
Live for this day and that day of return.
4. Reject worldliness
The world is passing away.
There is plenty of us to love in this world. Our family and friends to love. It is the things of the world for us to reject.
5. Share Faithfully
The gospel is still our commission and no time has been as important as now.
Don't forget that someone shared the Gospel with me, and I am thankful for that.
God's clock is ticking away. It never speeds up or slows down, just keeps ticking closer to the end.
We are past the looking for the signs part, we should be listening for the trumpets!
Are you ready for the return of Christ?
September 18, 2014
Pastor Jeff Lasseigne
Harvest OC
Ezekiel 37
[3] Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition,
[1] The hand of the LORD came upon me and brought me out in the Spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones. [2] Then He caused me to pass by them all around, and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and indeed they were very dry. [3] And He said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" So I answered, "O Lord GOD, You know." [4] Again He said to me, "Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, 'O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD! [5] Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones: "Surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live. [6] I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you, cover you with skin and put breath in you; and you shall live. Then you shall know that I am the LORD."'" [7] So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and suddenly a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to bone. [8] Indeed, as I looked, the sinews and the flesh came upon them, and the skin covered them over; but there was no breath in them. [9] Also He said to me, "Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live."'" [10] So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army. [11] Then He said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They indeed say, 'Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off!' [12] Therefore prophesy and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, O My people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up from your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. [13] Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O My people, and brought you up from your graves. [14] I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I, the LORD, have spoken it and performed it," says the LORD.'"
[10] "And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn.
[3] saying, "Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads." [4] And I heard the number of those who were sealed. One hundred and forty-four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel were sealed:
[13] In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
[8] of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand were sealed.
[7] And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, [8] but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. [9] So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
[13] Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male Child. [14] But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. [15] So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. [16] But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. [17] And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
[3] As he journeyed he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven. [4] Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?" [5] And he said, "Who are You, Lord?" Then the Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goads." [6] So he, trembling and astonished, said, "Lord, what do You want me to do?" Then the Lord said to him, "Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do." [7] And the men who journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice but seeing no one. [8] Then Saul arose from the ground, and when his eyes were opened he saw no one. But they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus. [9] And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank.
Is in the news almost everyday.
[1] Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, [2] speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron, [3] forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
[1] For you yourselves know, brethren, that our coming to you was not in vain. [2] But even after we had suffered before and were spitefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God in much conflict.
[19] They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.
[1] Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name.
[15] Then he said to me, "The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues. [16] And the ten horns which you saw on the beast, these will hate the harlot, make her desolate and naked, eat her flesh and burn her with fire.
[26] "And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself; And the people of the prince who is to come Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a flood, And till the end of the war desolations are determined.
Are you ready for the return of Christ?
Sunday, August 24, 2014
The Best is Yet to Come
August 24, 2014
Pastor Jeff Lasseigne
Revelation 20
Pastor Jeff was telling a joke
about a lady and her atheist neighbor.
Speaking about how many different
churches participated in the Crusade: It's not about the name above the church
door, it's all about the name above all names!
Jeff is talking about the message
title and how Sinatra sang a song by the same name.
Jeff is now talking about the
back drop of Revelation 20 mad the reign of Jesus on earth.
Revelation 20:10 NKJV
[10] The devil, who deceived
them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the
false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
1. The first future blessing is
that the devil will be gone forever.
The devil isn't in the first two
chapters of the Bible and he is kicked out before the last two chapters.
The devil becomes a conquered
enemy, a defeated foe that we will never hear of again.
Many people today don't believe
in God or that the devil exist.
D.L. Moody says he knows the
devil exist because the bible says so and that he has done business with him,
When the devil brings up your
past, you can bring up his future.
Another promise is that there is
going to be a new heaven and earth.
Revelation 21:1 NKJV
[1] Now I saw a new heaven and a
new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there
was no more sea.
2. This tells us that there will
be significant changes in eternity.
Isaiah 65:17 NKJV
[17] "For behold, I create
new heavens and a new earth; And the former shall not be remembered or come to
mind.
2 Peter 3:10 NKJV
[10] But the day of the Lord will
come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great
noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the
works that are in it will be burned up.
God is going to make it all new
because satan has polluted heaven and earth.
Revelation 12:10 NKJV
[10] Then I heard a loud voice
saying in heaven, "Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our
God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren,
who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.
Devil means accuser; Satan means
slanderer.
Jeff says he reads the newspaper
everyday after reading his Bible.
Revelation 21:4 NKJV
[4] And God will wipe away every
tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying.
There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away."
3. No more sorrow.
Someone said, we were born
crying, we live crying and we die crying.
The day will come when all that
ends, no more crying or causes to cry.
Heaven is the land of living and
earth is the land of dying.
Revelation 21:5 NKJV
[5] Then He who sat on the throne
said, "Behold, I make all things new." And He said to me,
"Write, for these words are true and faithful."
Never put a question mark where
God puts an exclamation point.
Isaiah 65:17 NKJV
[17] "For behold, I create
new heavens and a new earth; And the former shall not be remembered or come to
mind.
Revelation 21:22-27 NKJV
[22] But I saw no temple in it,
for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. [23] The city had no
need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated
it. The Lamb is its light. [24] And the nations of those who are saved shall
walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into
it. [25] Its gates shall not be shut at all by day (there shall be no night
there). [26] And they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into
it. [27] But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes
an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb's Book of
Life.
4. There will be no more sin.
The wages of sin is death, so
there is no more death or sorrow.
Revelation 21:8 NKJV
[8] But the cowardly,
unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and
all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone,
which is the second death."
There is not a sin that God can't
forgive if the sinner truly repents.
Sorcerers are those who do witch
craft and drug users.
Revelation 21:24 NKJV
[24] And the nations of those who
are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory
and honor into it.
What language will we speak in
Heaven? Currently there are about 6,500 languages on earth. Jeff believes there
will be only one language in Heaven.
Jeff is talking about the Tower
of Babel.
Genesis 11:9 NKJV
[9] Therefore its name is called
Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth; and from
there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.
Zephaniah 3:9 NKJV
[9] "For then I will restore
to the peoples a pure language, That they all may call on the name of the LORD,
To serve Him with one accord.
We don't know what that one
language will be.
Revelation 22:3 NKJV
[3] And there shall be no more
curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants
shall serve Him.
5. There will be no more curse.
That is no curse of sin.
One curse is hard labor.
Thorns were the curse of man and
Jesus wore that Crown of thorns on the cross.
We will also be serving God in
Heaven.
If people think Heaven will be
boring then they probably have a very fragile view of The Lord.
Joy will be the very serious
business of Heaven.
There is joy in serving The Lord.
What will we be serving him
doing?
Paul says we will be judging
angles, we will be taking care of all of Gods creatures.
Revelation 22:4 NKJV
[4] They shall see His face, and
His name shall be on their foreheads.
6. We will see His face
Exodus 33:18-20 NKJV
[18] And he said, "Please,
show me Your glory." [19] Then He said, "I will make all My goodness
pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before you. I will be
gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will
have compassion." [20] But He said, "You cannot see My face; for no
man shall see Me, and live."
God is in Heaven and we get to
see Him and be with Him.
The greatest punishment in
eternity is not being with God.
2 Thessalonians 1:9 NKJV
[9] These shall be punished with
everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His
power,
Revelation 22:17-19 NKJV
[17] And the Spirit and the bride
say, "Come!" And let him who hears say, "Come!" And let him
who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely. [18]
For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If
anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written
in this book; [19] and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this
prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy
city, and from the things which are written in this book.
John 14:6 NKJV
[6] Jesus said to him, "I am
the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Believing that Jesus is the only
way to Heaven is not being narrow minded, it is the narrow road we must travel
to get there.
What is this world offering to
you that is better then traveling that road to get to Heaven?
Thursday, July 31, 2014
Hell is for Real
Pastor Jeff Lasseigne
July 31, 2014
Matthew 25
Genesis 12:3 NIV
[3] I will bless those who bless
you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be
blessed through you. ”
The good news is heaven is for
real, the bad news is that hell is for real.
10 Realities About Hell:
Matthew 25:31-34,41,46 NIV
[31] “When the Son of Man comes
in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.
[32] All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the
people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. [33]
He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. [34] “Then the
King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father;
take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the
world. [41] “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who
are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. [46]
“Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal
life. ”
1. He'll is not a myth.
People deny that hell exist so
that they can live without feeling accountable to it.
Jesus referred to hell several
times.
We live in a society where it is
wrong to say anything is wrong.
Many people today say they
believe in Heaven but not in hell.
That is not what Jesus says in
the Bible.
2. Hell was created by God.
It was a place if punishment.
Matthew 10:28 NIV
[28] Do not be afraid of those
who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who
can destroy both soul and body in hell.
3. Hell was not created for
people.
We hear people say, how can a
living God create hell?
Matthew 25:41 NIV
[41] “Then he will say to those
on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire
prepared for the devil and his angels.
Revelation 12:4 NIV
[4] Its tail swept a third of the
stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of
the woman who was about to give birth, so that it might devour her child the
moment he was born.
In Genesis 3, the devil was
already a fallen angel.
God sent His Son to die for our
sin, if we reject that remedy then we are a sending ourselves to hell.
Heaven reminds us that God is
living and kind; hell reminds us that God is holy and just.
Luke 16:23-31 NIV
[23] In Hades, where he was in
torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. [24]
So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip
the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in
this fire.’ [25] “But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you
received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is
comforted here and you are in agony. [26] And besides all this, between us and
you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here
to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.’ [27] “He answered,
‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family, [28] for I have five
brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of
torment.’ [29] “Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them
listen to them.’ [30] “ ‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the
dead goes to them, they will repent.’ [31] “He said to him, ‘If they do not
listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone
rises from the dead.’ ”
4. Hell is a place of awareness
and torment.
Lazarus was aware of his own
torment.
Better to beg bread on earth,
then water in hell.
When people are suffering in
hell, they are thinking about their family in friends that will join them. That
is one of the torments of hell.
There is no such thing as soul
sleep.
There are no more chances after
death.
5. Hell's location is unknown
Many say it is in the center of
the earth.
Revelation 9:1-3 NKJV
[1] Then the fifth angel sounded:
And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to
the bottomless pit. [2] And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out
of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace. So the sun and the air were
darkened because of the smoke of the pit. [3] Then out of the smoke locusts
came upon the earth. And to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth
have power.
Others say, maybe it is in a
black hole in the universe.
But the Bible does not say for
certain where it is.
It does say it is a place of
flames and torment.
In hell there is no hope, not
even the hope of dying.
6. Hell has degrees of
punishment.
Matthew 11:21-24 NKJV
[21] "Woe to you, Chorazin!
Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been
done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and
ashes. [22] But I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in
the day of judgment than for you. [23] And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to
heaven, will be brought down to Hades; for if the mighty works which were done
in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. [24] But
I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day
of judgment than for you."
Revelation 20:12 NKJV
[12] And I saw the dead, small
and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was
opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their
works, by the things which were written in the books.
There is a comfort in knowing
that someone evil like Hitler will suffer more than the person that rejects God
and does not do other bad things. But there will be torment.
7. Hell gladly accepts anyone.
They will all have in common,
rejection of God.
8. Satan is not the ruler of
hell.
The day will come where he is the
prisoner of hell. Right now Satan is roaming free in earth.
Revelation 1:18 NKJV
[18] I am He who lives, and was
dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and
of Death.
9. Hell is eternal.
We hear a lot of non-biblical
things that say hell does not exist. There are people who call themselves
Christians that deny an eternal hell.
2 Thessalonians 1:9 NKJV
[9] These shall be punished with
everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His
power,
Revelation 20:10 NKJV
[10] The devil, who deceived
them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the
false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
We should be moved to pray for
people who are lost. We should want to share our faith. We should give thanks
to God for saving us.
We do not deserve this love of
God.
10. Hell is one of two destinies.
There is no third option.
We can be on a road to
destruction and not even realize it.
Ezekiel 33:11 NKJV
[11] Say to them: 'As I live,'
says the Lord GOD, 'I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the
wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why
should you die, O house of Israel?'
The Lord does not want to see us
go to hell. That is why He sent His Son.
John 3:16 NKJV
[16] For God so loved the world
that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not
perish but have everlasting life.
People will go to hell unsaved,
but they will not go unloved.
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