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Understanding the End Times 0:00 Those of you who don't know me, my name is Joel, and every once in a while I come by here, I sit on the board of directors of Patriot Church, and I'm always so privileged and take really seriously the0:11 responsibility of opening up the word to you. And especially tonight, because as we're continuing our study through Mark, it lands us in Mark 13 where Jesus talks about the end times, and he0:23 teaches on the end times. Now I know how some of you all responding to that because you're going, wow, really? I mean, I've got miracles that I need. I need a job tomorrow. Some of you here and you've got0:35 despair or you've got broken relationships, and you're going, the last thing I want or need is a teaching about something I am so removed from. But that's why0:47 Jesus gave the teaching. Right. Because he doesn't want us so removed from. Because I've noticed with a lot of people, there are a few of you, and you're really into when somebody's really into the end times,0:58 I mean, they're really into it. They are sold out. They're at seminars. They're reading books, and good for them. But for most of us, it just seems like a blur. It seems1:10 like so removed and so hard to understand, and pictures and ideas that we just you know, I'll stay in Philippians. Don't take me to Revelation. That's where I can1:22 live. Can you believe that tonight, as we look at Jesus' teaching on the end times, 1 of the reasons why he gave it was he wants to1:33 plant in you a truth for today that will transform you tonight, that you'll wake up with tomorrow morning, ready to have it as a tool, as1:45 a resource that will carry you forward. It's not just about a knowledge of a distant future. It's about a revelation and a truth for you today that can give you the faith and the hope and the courage that1:57 you need as you navigate this life. So I'm gonna start us out by praying, and I'm gonna ask that you will pray. Jesus, deposit something in me through a teaching I normally don't read or2:09 really understand very well that will actually help me tomorrow morning when I wake up. Lord, we are grateful. We are so grateful, Lord God, that you know what we need2:22 and that you didn't leave us alone to figure stuff out, but you taught us. And as we open up your word now, Lord, spirit of God, would you teach us with clarity2:34 and with simplicity. May we grab a hold of something deep in our heart, in our mind, in our soul that literally will change how we live out with you tomorrow,2:46 our day. I thank you for each person here. I I thank you for their life. You know their needs. You know their questions, Lord God. May tonight be part of your answer to them. We pray this in the name of Christ.2:58 Amen. Amen. Alright. So open your bibles to Mark chapter 13, and we're gonna study this passage. Now before we get into it thoroughly, there are 2 truths that you've really gotta get a hold of that are the most3:09 important. There are 2 truths that kinda lay the foundation for this entire study of Mark 13. The first 1 comes in chapter 13 verse 32. Here's what Jesus said.3:21 But about that day or hour, no 1 knows. Not even angels in heaven nor the son, but only the father. So here's the first truth. Nobody really knows the specificity of3:33 November 26 2027. Nobody really knows this. The question we have to ask is why keep it a secret? Why wouldn't you just tell people? I mean, at the very3:45 least, scare them into salvation. There is a reason why God in his infinite wisdom keeps this a secret. Because he knows in our humanity, if we were to3:56 know 5 years from now, 20 years from now, depending upon the date was, it would affect how we would live out our faith. If if it's far enough down the road, we're all a bit of procrastinators, aren't we?4:08 If it's really close immediate, we wouldn't take our eyes off of Jesus. Some of us wouldn't be present now. We'd just be thinking about that date. So God, in his infinite wisdom, says, I'm not gonna tell you. I4:20 want you to live by faith, but I'm not gonna leave you blind either. I'm gonna give you some ideas. So the first truth is no 1 knows. Here's the second truth. It's in verse 26 of Mark 13.4:32 At that time, people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory, and he will send his angels and gather his elect from the 4 winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heaven. Here's4:44 the second truth. It will happen. Nobody knows, but it will happen. We may not know when. We may all agree on how, but you can take it to the4:56 bank. He says, this will happen. This truth that the Lord is returning, that there is another world, a new heaven, and a new earth, man, this is5:07 central to our Christianity. This is eternity. This is where we wanna go. Have you ever felt like you just don't fit in here? Like you don't belong on this earth? Like you always feel like you're a little out of place?5:19 Do you know why you feel like you don't fit in here? Because you don't fit in here. As a Christ follower, as a new believer, as a born again believer, you were made for another kingdom. You5:31 were made for another world, and the 2 truths that Jesus lays down as kind of a foundation, which are most important to get a hold of, is we're not quite sure when it's gonna be, but we5:43 know it is going to be, and that's where we ultimately wanna land. That's where we wanna get to. The Bible describes the early church as every day they eagerly awaited the return of the5:55 savior. I wanna start a practice where I wake up in the morning, my first prayer to Jesus is, today, Lord? Today? Amen.6:07 How would it affect how I work, how I relate to people, how I handle my time if I said, today, Lord? Today, that's where I wanna go? So we're gonna look at 36:18 questions that Mark 13, Jesus' teaching answers. Why he taught it, what will happen, and how do we prepare ourselves for that. Why he taught it, what will happen, how do we prepare6:30 ourselves for that? So first, why did he teach this? Look at the first 6 verses of Mark chapter 13. As Jesus was leaving the temple, 1 of his disciples said to him, look, teacher, what massive stones, what magnificentThe Signs and Preparation 6:42 buildings. He says, wow, look at this temple, Lord. Isn't it amazing? Verse 2. Do you see all these great buildings? Replied Jesus. Not 1 stone here will be left on another. Everyone will be thrown down.6:54 As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, and John, and Andrew asked him privately, tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be a sign that they're about to be7:05 fulfilled? And Jesus said to them, watch out that no 1 deceives you. Many will come in my name claiming I am him and will deceive7:17 many. Jesus says, I'm gonna teach you about this to protect you from being deceived, And the possibility of deception is there. It will happen. It is currently happening,7:29 where if you're not aware of what's going on, you can be distracted. You can be deceived in many different ways. You can find yourself as a Christian having the wrong focus, where you begin to look everywhere else7:41 than just to Jesus, and you're looking at what's happening in the political realm. We're in an election year. You look at what's happening in the world. You look at what's happening in your life, and you get your eyes7:51 off a sense of eternity, and you get so consumed with the world today, and all of a sudden now you are open for deception that will shift you away from the focus Jesus wants you to have. He says8:03 don't be deceived. You could be lulled to sleep where you limit your faith and your identity as a Christian to this world. Do you eagerly await?8:17 Does that sense of eternity really drive you today? Your values and your time and your money? Jesus says,8:29 listen, disciples, I don't want you to be unprepared. You'll be saved, but are you active? So that you are ready for this and you are participating in the events that8:41 are gonna take place in a way that brings redemption to people in your neighborhood and in your country and brings the glory to God? You go, oh, I came to a Wednesday night8:53 service. Jesus said, you gotta know this stuff because it will protect you. Don't avoid it. Don't misunderstand it. Be aware of it. That's why he9:04 teaches us. So we go, okay, Lord. You said it. We'll listen to it. And he answers these 2 questions. What will happen? And how do I prepare myself? So I'm gonna read you a fairly long set of verses because it's9:16 important. As we read these verses, look for the traits of kinda what does this look like? What are we gonna be looking for? And see how he describes it, not so9:28 much in detail, but overall, starting in verse 7. When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise9:40 against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes. Oh, you know that, don't you? Well, there will be earthquakes in various places and famines. These are the beginning of birth9:52 pains. This is the first metaphor he uses. He uses 2. 1 is birth pains. So he says just like a woman, a mom who's gonna give birth, this is a metaphor to understand and be able to be aware.10:03 This is the beginning of birth pains. Verse 9. You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to local councils and flogged in the synagogues. On account of me, you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses10:14 to them, and the gospel must first be preached to all the nations Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given to you at the time, for it10:26 is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit. Something divine is going to be taking place in this process, where the presence of the Holy Spirit being able to work through you in ways you may not have experienced before,10:37 filling your mouth with the words that God wants you to speak. Verse 12, brother will betray brother to death. Family conflict, community conflict, and his father,10:49 father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death. Everyone will hate you because of me, but the 1 who stands firm to the end will be saved. When you see the abomination that causes11:01 desolation standing where it does not belong. This is a funky phrase. It comes from a prophecy in Daniel, where it happened before Jesus said this, it even happened after Jesus said this, where opposing nations11:13 desecrated the temple of God, the presence of God, by putting like pigs on the altar and stuff. So Jesus is referring to that. He goes, you know what? The house of God, it's gonna look in some places like it's been11:24 devastated. There are some pictures you're gonna hear about about the house of God where there's just been an abomination. And it may confuse you, but don't let it.11:36 That's right. It may overwhelm you, but don't let it. Let the reader understand. Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Verse 15. Let no 1 on the house top go down or enter the house to take anything out.11:47 Let no 1 in the field go back to get their cloak. How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers. Pray this will not take place in winter because those will be days of distress, unequaled11:58 from the beginning when God created the world until now and never to be equaled again. Verse 20, if the Lord had not cut short those days, no 1 would survive, but for the sake of the elect whom he has chosen, he has12:09 shortened them. At that time, if anyone says to you, look, here is the Messiah, or look, there he is, do not believe it. For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if12:20 possible, even the elect, so be on your guard. I have told you everything ahead of time. But in those days following that distress, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the12:31 sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken. At that time, people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory, and he will send his angels and gather his elect from the 4 winds, from the ends of12:42 the earth to the ends of the heaven. Now learn this lesson from the fig tree. There's the second metaphor. Look at the fig tree and understand. As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that the12:54 summer is near. Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that it is near right at the door. Truly, I tell you, this generation will not pass away certainly until all these things have happened. Heaven and13:06 earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. But about the day and hour no 1 knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the son, but only the father. Be on guard. Be alert. You do not know when that time13:18 will come. What will happen? Now we're not gonna unpack every little detail of this, but I wanna use those 2 metaphors that Jesus uses. Birth and then a fig13:30 tree. My youngest daughter just gave birth 2 weeks ago, so I've kinda walked through the whole thing. Yeah, it was really cool. She lives in Oregon. We were up there. God was really good through it. But I was watching13:40 and walking through her 9 months of pregnancy, And she was and her husband were so looking forward with great expectation. And Jesus says, you know all this stuff about the end times?13:53 It's like birth. It's scary on 1 hand, but you are looking forward with great expectation to this great life. And if you look at all14:05 these characteristics, there are some common traits through them. 1 thing we discover, it's going to get worse before it gets better. Now, I have never been a pregnant mother, so I can only give14:16 this second hand. But most pregnant mothers I have met understand that when you are giving birth, it's going to get worse before it gets better. And he says, listen, when he describes this, he14:28 does not say, listen, everything's gonna get really much better. Society's gonna improve. There's going to be all these blessings. The world's going to come together in unity and harmony.14:40 We're going to be ecologically sound. And I say that to say, society who doesn't know Christ is working hard to make us all better. Everybody agrees14:52 the world is broken. Everybody disagrees on how to fix it. And everybody has this idea, we can fix it. And Jesus is saying, you can't fix it. You cannot fix this thing.15:04 So there's going to be this sense of it's going to get worse. Now when you're a believer, you know that doesn't affect me. That doesn't shake my faith. That doesn't shake my firm foundation. If15:16 anything, I'm in a place in a blessed life where I will help others as we see this take place. And if you look at these traits, it says every aspect of existence is affected by it.15:27 Nature is affected by it. The new testament says the earth cries out because it longs for this salvation. Even the earth, the created earth knows we're not functioning15:40 the way God designed us to function. Society is affected by it. There's disunity in families and in communities and in nations that's there. Spiritually,15:51 it is affected by it. There is this antichrist spirit that is against, and there's defamation that takes place. All every aspect is affected by it. Nothing goes untouched16:05 with what transpires in the descriptions of Jesus. And he tells us this because he wants us to be aware. Do not think you can live in an isolated cocoon16:19 and not be affected by this. Don't be afraid of it. Don't avoid it, but be aware of it like birth pains that are there. Because you know on16:31 the other side of this is new life. Be aware of that process because there's a new heaven and a new earth that is coming. And as hard as giving baby birth may be, you know,16:42 there's something great that's coming. There is a gloriousness that's coming. When we're standing there singing that worship song about how great is the Lord, I'm imagining around the throne of God,16:55 Every tongue, every tribe, every nation. No more tears, no more sorrow, nothing. I'm going, that's my position when I look at this. I can navigate this and my role through it. He17:06 says, be aware of this. There is work to be done when there are birth pains. You do not just sit back. My daughter had to get to work.17:20 My son-in-law had to get to work next to her. And Jesus uses this metaphor to say, you are part of giving birth to something that no17:31 eye has ever seen, no ear has ever heard of, and you are gonna be a part of that. Are you prepared? The gospel's gotta preach everywhere, and there's this fulfillment that comes place. And you and I,17:45 we are invited to be a part of it. We are not called to run off and hide somewhere. We are not called to stick our head in the sand and say, I just don't wanna think about it. We17:56 are not called to live lives of just today, but we are invited to be a part of God's process of bringing life permanently to this earth. This is the doorstep to life. Now I'll tell you something,18:08 a lot all these characteristics, they've already happened. They happened in the time of Christ. They have happened for 2000 years. He doesn't actually much speak of anything that has really yet to happen.Living with Eternal Perspective 18:21 I've had the privilege of traveling all over this world, and I have traveled and worked with pastors and churches in countries that they have faced death because of their faith. We live in a country where we are18:32 well protected and we have some freedoms that are there for us, but you go to some other countries and they have faced this. They understand this. And yet here's the amazing part. When I'm there, when I'm in, you18:44 know, Afghanistan, when I'm in China, when I'm in even Iraq, when I'm in places where the church is so persecuted you cannot even begin to imagine it,18:57 when I talk to Christians who have lost everything, their social security, their health benefits, their job, everything, because they refuse to reject Jesus, and this is happening19:08 today, and I sit down with them, I have never met people with greater faith and greater joy and greater strength.19:21 And I'm thinking, wow, maybe as we look at this, our reaction shouldn't be, this is horrible. How do we avoid it? But through this, God is gonna purify us, and he's gonna make us stronger,19:33 and we're gonna grow, and we're gonna have the faith that our brothers and sisters have. In a way, he says, this is what birth pains is about. But then he talks, there's a fig tree, and he uses the fig tree to say, you19:44 may not know the days, but you can know the season. Right. And you gotta know the season and what the season is so you can be aware of that. And he says, pay attention19:57 to the spiritual seasons. What season gets your attention? The fig tree metaphor says there's this identity that we carry. When he20:09 says this generation will not pass, he's not specifically just talking about those people in that time because you're going, well, they all died. That was 2000 years ago. He's talking about the identity of a generation20:19 that says we are here for an eternity. The identity of a generation that will not fade away, but will have an identity and a voice to the world where we go, we don't belong here. You know, the20:31 church is like a homeless person, because this is not our home. And there's a season that comes up where you go, we're getting closer and closer to home, and there's an awareness of that. And these20:42 signs that become visible if you're watching for them, but you don't get consumed with the signs, it just draws you closer and closer to Jesus. And you go,20:54 Joel, what do I do with this information? I mean, what do I do with this? I understand some of these characteristics, and they've been around, and I21:06 understand how I feel about that. Why would Jesus teach us? What do I do? And Jesus in this passage gives us really clear coaching. Here's what I want you to21:18 do with this information. Here's how I want you to be prepared with this information. And he gives 4 very specific directives to us that enable us to stand in a21:30 place of faith. First thing he says is do not worry. You're going, well, I don't know. Flogged Agmono would be a little worried. Do not worry, and he's21:41 precise. Do not worry beforehand. Do not wait for the moment when you face a certain level of persecution in your workplace because of your faith.21:54 Prepare yourself beforehand so you will not worry about you gotta start now saying, I will not worry about some of the things that may be coming down the pipeline. Right now, I will not do that. I will not22:06 rely on knowing about it. I'm gonna rely on building faith. If there was ever a season where the Christian church should stand up and say, now is the time for us to build our faith. So we will not worry, because22:18 it seems like there's other powers than mine that are controlling this planet. So I've gotta have this, I'm not gonna have stress, I'm not gonna have fear, because otherwise I will avoid it. I've gotta make sure I don't22:29 have the wrong focus. I'm not gonna worry. I have friends who are Republicans. And some of them, if their candidate loses the election, man, they're gonna ramp up the heat on the22:41 end times. And I have friends who are Democrats. And some of them, if their candidate loses the election, they're gonna ramp up the heat on the end times. And Jesus says, no, this is not how you approach this.22:53 This is not how you approach this. You do not worry. You have a position of faith that is there. And when you have that position of faith, then you can be23:05 aware. You don't have to close your eyes and be ignorant. You can see some of these characteristics. You go, you know what? God's in control. I'm trusting him. He's in control of my life, and he's in control of23:17 my eternal destiny. Jesus says this, do not worry. Do not allow fear to dictate how you see what is transpiring in the23:28 cosmic reality because it will remove you from the invitation of Jesus saying, I want you to join me in bringing new life to this planet. Secondly, he says this, do not be alarmed.23:40 Don't be surprised. Don't be shocked. He says these things must happen. He says do not be alarmed by any of this. Don't let it shock you. Do not let it blindside you.23:53 Do not live so much in the present that your Christianity and faith is defined by an easy, convenient life. God is a God of blessing. God knows your needs. God knows24:05 your issues, and God wants to meet your needs. There's no doubt about that. But as a Christian, Jesus said, clearly, you're gonna have hard times. That difficulty is going to be there. And if you define your faith24:17 simply by the ability of ease and convenience, then you're gonna be alarmed. Because sometimes things may happen. And he says, listen, don't be24:29 alarmed at all. These things, they have to happen. Yeah. There's this great promise. He says, you know what? He's gonna come and he's gonna rescue us for that, but as you're beginning to see some of this stuff, it should24:38 not alarm you. He says this third thing, be on your guard. He literally gives this directive, you must. It's a warning to the disciples. And the warning is24:49 this, if you're not on your guard, don't think it won't affect you. He literally said at the beginning, people are gonna be deceived. So he says this, be seriously on your25:01 guard. Do not let the enemy fool you into ignorance. Now if you're like me, I'm not an end times expert. I'm not an end times theologian.25:13 I am aware of it. I've studied the scriptures in it, but I don't divest myself into being that kind of an expert. But at the same time, I'm not gonna be so removed from it that I'm gonna go, you know what? I'll25:25 just live over here. We are living in a season where God is actively moving towards where we've always wanted to go and we've always wanted to be. And25:37 Jesus says, listen, don't worry. Don't be alarmed. But you've got to guard yourself. Now, what is it that you need to guard? Your heart and your25:49 mind. You have got to guard your heart. I sometimes am surprised, and you know, you know me well enough and you know my heart. I'm surprised that Christians are getting so angry at26:01 this world. The world doesn't know Christ. They're in darkness. Why we should have an expectation that the world should live as Christians, and when they don't, we get angry.26:13 Right. Right. We gotta guard our heart that we realize the gospel's gotta be preached to everybody. And we are here on the invitation of Jesus to bring his grace, his26:24 love, his truth, his compassion to people, and to invite them into this. And if you don't guard your heart, and you see the temperature rising on discrimination, you see the temperature rising26:36 on difficulty, you see these temperatures rising, if your heart's not guarded, you will get bitter and angry. And then you remove yourself, and all of a sudden you're nobody. He goes, listen, guard your heart, but guard26:48 your mind as well. Think biblically about these things. Think Christianly about these things, and do not let others distract you because there's in a flurry of chaos,27:00 there's always deception. Yeah. And he says, listen, you gotta really know this stuff. Guard your heart and mind. Don't waste your energy27:11 on anything that is outside that center circle of who Jesus is and your life in following him. I was pulling into a driveway of27:23 Starbucks, and the car in front of me was 1 of the good pull in, but there was another route, and another car was gonna pull in, and they're kind of jockeying for position, and 1 guy kind of pulls in, and the other guy27:32 gets mad, and he honks on his horn, and he kind of puts in his nose of his car, so the other guy can't. This is just a driveway to get a coffee. And then 1 guy rolls his window down and flips the guy off, and then the27:43 guy flips the guy off, then down the horn, and they're doing this for like 10 minutes. I just wanted a coffee. And I'm looking at these people, and I'm going, what wasted energy?27:56 They've just wasted so much energy over something as trivial as who gets in the Starbucks lane first. Where are you wasting28:09 your Christian energy? Where are you wasting it over stuff that is so trivial and you go, wait a minute. I am not gonna allow gossip to waste my28:21 energy anymore. I am not gonna allow what's happening in some other churches that doesn't look very good to waste my energy anymore. My energy is going to be applied to being a part of what Jesus is doing in bringing a28:32 new heaven and a new earth to this place, and he gives a fourth command. He says, stand firm. Don't worry.28:44 Don't be alarmed. Be on your guard. It's like a birth. It's a season, and here's what this season looks like. And we see those traits, but stand firm28:59 Because some of you may face some persecution. And as the church in America, wow, we need to take a position of humility, gang.29:11 Because we look at this and go, nah. Every month, I think the number now is about 506 hundred. Christians die, are29:23 killed because of their faith. Churches are burned. Right now, there are thousands and thousands of Christians who are in prisons.29:35 What Jesus taught, in our Rancho Cucamonga, we may not see it, but the body of Christ is seeing it. Every day, I pray for 1 of the nations that29:47 has a persecuted church in it, And it has been such a good habit for me to recognize the season that we are in and to realize that when I stand firm, I may not be the guy29:59 going to jail, but I surely can pray for the guy who's being put into jail. I can pray for that pastor. I can pray for that Christian. Here's our application. I want to be a part30:11 of what God is doing. Yeah. Amen. I may not fully understand it, and legitimately, some of it may freak me out a little bit, but I don't wanna miss30:24 how God's gonna work through this. I don't wanna be isolated from it. I don't wanna be fearful of it. Jesus says, here's what, disciples, you gotta know. It's birth pains. New life is coming. It's a fig tree.30:35 There's a season. Be aware of it. Read the signs. But don't worry. Don't be alarmed. Be on your garden. Stand firm. So tomorrow morning, when you wake30:47 up, you go, Lord, today? And you eagerly await the return of your savior. You say, Holy Spirit,30:59 help me today on Thursday, September twelfth, to live out a teaching from Mark 13. I know how to live out Philippians 4, but help me to31:11 live out a teaching from Mark 13. He gives this teaching to his followers because he says, you were not made for this world. The good news is there is another31:23 world that is coming. That's where we're going. That's where we want to go. Here's the journey to get there. Be ready for it. And know that through what looks like some difficult times, there will be amazing,31:35 glorious times. And wouldn't it be amazing to be a Christ follower who wakes up, and the circumstances of your world, they don't shake you anymore? You may lose your job.31:47 It doesn't shake you anymore. You may be discriminated against. It doesn't upset you in that way anymore. To be able to know your identity as a Christian and31:59 not hide it from other people, to be able to stand and go, this is who I am. I am a Christian. And that takes place when your identity is rooted in eternity, not32:11 just in the present. And Jesus gives this teaching in Mark 13 to say, root your identity there. And you root your identity there, you're gonna be just fine today, and you're gonna be just fine tomorrow. Would you bowThe Call to Salvation 32:23 your heads with me, please? As a Christian, many of you have gotta ask the Holy Spirit, Lord, what's my takeaway from this? What are32:35 you speaking to me about? But in an auditorium like this, there are some of you who may not know where you stand with God. And the Bible's really clear, something that we need to talk very32:47 honestly about just for a minute, and that it's at that point in human history, when this world we're in comes to that climax, there will be what32:58 the Bible says is a day of judgment. God will justifiably, perfectly, and in a33:10 holy way judge. And God in his love, knowing that that is coming, made a way so that when he33:22 looks at you, he won't see you. He'll see Jesus. When the son of God came to earth and died and resurrected, what he did was make a way so that the33:34 father, when he looks at you, would see Jesus, and he would know that the price and the penalty of the judgment that you rightfully deserve has been paid.33:46 And that is a free gift of his grace. And tonight if you are here, and as you listen to my words, you feel that tugging in your heart. That33:57 is not me. That is the spirit of God saying, this is a moment for you to give your life to Jesus. It's the great exchange. He died for you so you could have34:09 life, but you give him your life and he gives you his life. And at that day of judgment, which will be, when God looks at you,34:22 he'll see Jesus And you will enter into an eternity with him. With every head bowed and with every eye closed, just in this 1 moment, I would consider it a privilege if you would let me34:34 pray for you. You'd say, Joel, right now, I don't know where I would stand at that moment of judgment, but with this 1 prayer, if you believe in your heart, if you confess with your mouth, then you will34:46 be saved with this 1 prayer. You know for sure at that moment, at that time, God will see Jesus when he looks at you. You're forgiven, you're cleansed, you are born again,34:59 and you are free from the wrath of God. All I'm gonna ask you to do is 1 thing just so I can make a contact with you before I lead us in prayer. Would you just lift your hand? You say, Joel, would you pray for me? I35:09 wanna give my life to Christ. Thank you. Just lift your hand all over. Thank you. When it comes to the judgment, I want to be free of that. You are not lifting your hand to me, you are lifting your hand to the Lord, and35:19 you're saying, Jesus, I receive you. As my Lord, as my savior, I receive you and I give you my life and I receive your life. And you know whether it's 10 years from now or 135:31 month from now or whatever it is, at that day of judgment, you are free. Christians, we look forward to that future because we35:43 know we have the grace of God. Church, altogether, would you repeat this prayer after me and let's join with those who lifted their hands. Can we all together just repeat this prayer after me? Dear Lord,35:55 I love you. Thank you for loving me first. I confess that I am a sinner, that I have walked away from you, But today, I come back36:07 to you. I receive you as my Lord and savior. I receive you as my Lord and savior. I give you my life and I receive your life. Thank you Jesus for saving36:19 me. Holy Spirit, fill me. Holy Spirit, fill me. Teach me as I follow you. Teach me as I follow you. Jesus, I love you. Jesus, I love you. And I36:30 look forward to an eternity with you. I pray this in the name of Christ. Lord, I thank you for each person who raised their hand. I36:42 pray you would protect them, that you would shield them. I pray immediately they would be surrounded by Christian brothers and sisters who would walk with them. And as a36:54 church, Lord, we thank you for Mark 13. We thank you Jesus that you had the wisdom and the foresight to teach us about the end times. May we be37:06 Christians who wake up every morning eagerly awaiting the return of our Lord. Instill in us a faith and a hope and a conviction37:19 that these are just birth pains for a new life that is coming. I pray Holy Spirit, you would deposit in each person here that truth, that takeaway that tomorrow morning37:32 as we live out our routine of our days, we would realize how significant Mark 13 is for our faith today. Lord, continue to grow Patriot Church37:44 into this place, lord god, this lighthouse of your gospel and your grace and your compassion. We praise you and we love you. We pray this in Christ's name. Amen and37:56 amen. God bless you all. All.In this video 0:00 Understanding the End Times6:35 The Signs and Preparation18:11 Living with Eternal Perspective32:17 The Call to Salvation1:02:32
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