"The Final Judgements" | Pastor Steve Gaines

if you're not already there please turn to revelation chapter 20. beginning at verse 11 we'll be there momentarily every day i pray for people that don't know jesus i have a long list for some of them i've been praying for more than four decades for them to be saved i've had people ask me what do you pray for lost people i pray scripture and one of the scriptures that i pray for them is for conviction you don't hear much about that anymore but the conviction of the holy spirit and i pray john 16 verse 8 for them it's a verse that comes from the night before jesus died on the cross look at it there on the screen and he the holy spirit when he comes will convict the world that's lost people concerning three things sin and righteousness and what say it out loud judgment did you hear those words sin righteousness and judgment now why does the holy spirit have to be the one to convict us of that why don't we just think about our sin our righteousness our lack thereof why don't we think about the fact that one of these days we're going to stand before god in judgment why because we don't we're sinful we're self-focused and it takes conviction it takes holy spirit conviction people don't naturally think about these things people are not naturally convicted it takes the holy spirit to show us and to convict us concerning our sin we don't really think we're that bad it takes the holy spirit to show us that our righteousness the very best we can do is not good enough to get into heaven and people rarely think about the fact the biblical teaching that everybody including me and you are going to stand one-on-one with god and be judged and give an account for how you lived your life many people if they do think about that they say well if there's a god i know he's a loving god and he will let everybody go into heaven oh he is a loving god but he's not going to let everybody go into heaven some say well if i do more good things than bad things there's a scale up there somewhere and if i'll just do more good than bad i'll get in that is not the way it works somebody says well i know i i don't know i don't know if i believe in heaven or not but i sure don't believe in hell a loving god would never send anybody to hell well there's a problem with all of that there is a heaven and there is a hell i'll be finishing preaching through revelation this month there are four sundays in october today we're going to talk about the final judgment next week i'm going to take a whole sermon and preach from revelation 20 verse 15 about the doctrine of hell did you know if i've counted correctly if not i'll correct it this week that gehenna the lake of fire hell is referred to 11 times in the new testament and jesus mentioned it 10 of those 11 times did you know that jesus talked more about hell than any other person in the bible you think about that this week there is a heaven there is a hell and everyone in the world will spend eternity in either heaven or hell based on their relationship with jesus christ that's why the holy spirit has to convict us of sin and righteousness and judgment because without that you'll never even desire to get saved in the bible there are actually three judgments whenever i preach on this somebody might say well you got a typo there it says judgments plural that's because there are three it's not just one there's three i'm going to walk through those today with you systematically and the last one is where we will go verse by verse through the text of revelation 20 verses 11 through 15. i told you at the get-go and if you don't know what that means it means at the beginning that i was going to walk through and preach through every verse of revelation and i will do that i promise you first thing i want you to see is the judgment of saints now what is a saint a saint is a christian somebody who has trusted jesus in the old testament the saints were those who looked forward to the messiah they repented of their sins they believed in the messiah and they looked toward jesus even though they know it was jesus they looked toward the messiah and then when jesus came those who repented of their sins believed in jesus while he was on this earth and everybody since then is a saint what does it say a saint is not something the church can't make you a saint no no no god makes you a saint the moment he's the moment he saves you what it means is he sanctifies you and that means he separates you from the world unto himself you belong to him now you don't belong to yourself you don't belong this world you are a saint by god sanctifying you so that's what a saint is and the saints are going to be judged at the rapture the saints will be taken up into heaven and upon their arrival they will immediately stand before jesus at the judgment seat of christ the bama is the greek word and we will be judged now some of you don't believe that i know but it's going to happen and when you get there even if you didn't believe in it i just want you to remember that i told you so all right it is going to happen paul wrote to christians instead you said you're going to stand before the judgment seat of christ let me give you the two verses that say that and then we'll go in a minute to the verse that actually describes christians standing before at the bama of christ paul said in romans 14 10 to the roman christians that's who he was speaking to don't forget it but you why do you judge your brother they had brothers in christ are you again why do you regard your brother with contempt why do you constantly judge your fellow christian that's what he's saying for we paul even puts himself in there with him we will all stand before the judgment seat of god we means paul is with him he says we all will all christians will stand before the judgment seat of god now how many of that that's in your bible anybody out there okay some of you didn't get your hands up you got a bad bible all right second corinthians 5 10 same thing for we must all everybody say all appear before the judgment seat of christ and he said again weep he includes himself with them so that each one may be recompensed that you may be rewarded for your deeds in the body according to what you've done whether good or bad you're going to be rewarded good or bad doesn't mean you're going to go to hell doesn't mean if you're christian you're going to lose your salvation but it does mean you're going to be judged your works are going to be judged at the bama of christ it's crystal clear he's talking to christians in these two verses there's no doubt christians will not be judged regarding their salvation that's secure but we will be judged for our works what does that mean our words we'll get to that momentarily our deeds our thoughts our motives our attitudes everything like that after you got saved you're going to be judged for it now when is the time of this judgment immediately after the rapture immediately after the rapture we're gonna get caught up in the air meet the lord in the air and we're gonna be judged regarding our works who are the persons in this judgment saved people of all time the saints and what's the results of this judgment rewards or loss of rewards and we read about the bema we read about the judgment seat of christ it is a vivid picture and i want you to follow with me please follow with me as i read to you from the screen first corinthians 3 verses 10 through 15. according paul says to the grace of god which was given to me like a wise master builder i laid a foundation now what he's saying there is when i came to corinth i laid the foundation i'm the one that led you to christ go read about this in the book of acts paul went to corinth nobody was saved he led them to christ he said i laid the foundation i'm the one that came i'm the missionary god sent to karen like a wise master builder i laid a foundation now another is building on it now i've left pastors have come in elders have come in people have come in teachers have come in and they're building on my foundation another is building on it but each man must be careful how he builds on it for no one can lay a foundation other than the one which is already laid which is christ jesus now here it is if any man builds on the foundation and notice these elements the first three will pass through fire the second three will not because it is to be revealed with fire it says no one now if anyone man builds on the foundation with gold silver precious stones and then notice the last three that are perishable are wood hay and straw let me just tell you what this is it says in the next verse each man's work will become evident when you get saved god starts classifying all of your works all of your words all of your motives all of your thoughts as gold silver precious stones things that honor god things that seek first the kingdom of god things that are done for the glory of god or would hay and stubble things that are not for the word of god not for the will of god things that are sinful things that are not honoring to christ everything you do is in one of those two categories after you get saved each man verse 13's work will become evident for the day that's the day of judgment the day of standing before the judgment seat of christ will show it because it is revealed with fire now where does that fire come from do you remember the eyes of the resurrected lord jesus what are they they're eyes of what fire jesus is going to look at all of the works all of your words all of your deeds all of your attitudes all of that he's going to look at it with eyes of fire if it's for the glory of god if it's seeking first the kingdom and by the way you can work at your job and seek first the kingdom of god i'm not just saying that there's you know only the things like going to church i'm not saying that look you can live for the glory of god at work you if you work at a grocery store you can work at a grocery store for the glory of god if you work on the railroad you can work on the railroad as for the glory of god if you're a janitor you can work as a janitor you can clean things for the glory of god all work that we call secular can become sacred if you do it for the word of god for the will of god and for the glory of god each man's work will become evident for the day will show it because it is revealed with fire and the fire itself will test the quality of each man's work if any man's work which he has built on it that is on the foundation of jesus remains he'll receive a what say it out loud now christians choke on this word but say it out loud reward if any man's work is burned up it didn't it wasn't done for the glory of god what you did wasn't for the glory of god and we've all got some of that it's burned up he will suffer lost won't go to hell but somehow he's going to suffer loss but he himself will be saved yet as through fire now what is this saying and what does it mean it means what it says christian you're going to stand before jesus christ oh praise god you'll be robed in the righteousness of christ praise god you'll be in the blood of christ praise god the name of jesus will be upon you but your works will be reviewed not to determine eternal destiny but to determine rewards and i'm going to say it right here everybody is not going to be rewarded the same not fair not fair that's not how we play sports nowadays everybody gets to play everybody ought to be treated the same god's not going to treat everybody the same he's no respecter of persons but if you get saved and you're not seeking first the kingdom of god you're not reading your bible on a regular basis these works look at me these works don't save you but they are the fruit that show you're saved works are not the root of salvation but they are the fruit of salvation and if you don't have any fruit it's because you don't have any root i'll talk to some people sometimes it just amazes me they'll say well my son and i'm not trying to be ugly but i'm just going to go on and say it well my son hadn't been to church in 45 years but way back yonder he asked jesus come into his heart so i know he's saved he's not saved he's not saved you can't miss church 45 years and be saved you can't do it there was a flop at the first if there's not a finish line all right and just because you went through something or whatever it was you did you can walk an aisle or you want to and i'm all for walking aisles but if you don't truly repent of your sins and truly believe in jesus christ and truly let him change you listen if there's no change there's no jesus if there's no change there's no jesus i'm coming and your works are going to be judged and whatever you did for the glory of god is going to be gold and silver and precious stone and god will look at it let me tell you something it's not just you it's me every sermon i preach if it's not for the glory of god if i'm standing right here right now and it's not for the glory of god it's going to be burned up at the judgment if i sing a song or if you sing a song and we don't truly engage in it it's going to be burned up at the judgment if i give a tithe and it's not for the glory of god it will be burned up at the judgment if i don't seek first the kingdom of god is going to be burned up at the judgment do you understand how serious this is do you understand this is god's not playing games guys well that's not what my bible i'm not interested in your bible your fabricated bible i'm talking about what the bible says not something you have made up well that's not what my spiritual advisor your spiritual advisor is wrong it's appointed unto all men to die and after that the judgment i have people come to me and they'll say now brother steve that's just not biblical and they'll say romans 8 1. therefore there's no condemnation for those who are in christ jesus over in the psalms he's stern our sins as far as east is from the west look i'm not saying that you're going to lose your salvation there's nothing incompatible with what i'm saying in those verses but what i am saying to you is sometimes people take those verses and say well i'm saved i'll just live however i want to because i am in christ and i can sin do whatever else all my sins will be washed away i've got news for you brother you're going to face those sins again and you're going to be rewarded or not rewarded based on how you lived after jesus christ saved you and if anybody tells you any different they're not telling you the truth no there's no condemnation you're going to get into heaven but you're going to smell like smoke amen you're going to pass through the fire romans 14 12 says it so then each one of us will give an account of himself to god look at me i'm not going to give an account for you and you're not going to give an account for me your spouse is not going to give an account for you you're not going to give an account for your spouse i'm going to give an account for steve gaines and you're going to give an account for you paul wrote that to christians as well the judgment of saints you said can you go on to the next one sure here we go number two the judgment of satan i really like this one revelation 20 verse 10 and the devil who deceived them he is a deceiver is he not if you're supposed to go right he'll tell you to go left if you're supposed to go left he'll tell you to go right if you're supposed to go up he'll tell you to go down if you're supposed to go down he'll tell you to go up he is a deceiver and the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone can i have an amen in the house of god praise the living god where the beast and the false prophet are also that's the antichrist the false prophet are also and they will be tormented day and night forever the time the end of the millennium we read about that last week at the very end of that thousand year reign of jesus christ the devil will come out get a bunch of people on the field god's going to just take him and throw him i started to say chunk him [Laughter] he's going to just throw him into the pit of hell who are the persons satan and all the fallen angels how many of you believe in angels do you believe in angels the bible teaches about angels fallen angels are demons and i'm telling you demons and angels are real you need to believe in the spirit world it is more real than the physical world even though we can't see it i'm not talking about ghosts i'm talking about demons i'm talking about angels these are this is satan and the fallen angels are going to be thrown into the lake of fire and the results cast into the lake of fire god promised the demise and the destruction of satan way back in genesis 3 after the very first sin god promised that the devil who tempted his children adam and eve to sin god promised that he was going to destroy them in genesis 3 15. god said to the devil and i will put enmity between you and the woman that is eve and between your seed and her seed what do you mean i know there are children here women don't have seed i get it that's i believe and most conservative theologians believe that is the first reference to the christ and to his virgin birth in the bible because it goes on to say between you're a seed the devil's seed and her seed jesus and then it's not an accident that h is capitalized he jesus shall bruise you on the head jesus bruised satan on the head when he died on the cross and when he rose from the dead and you shall bruise him on the heel now look if if somebody said to you you got a choice i'm either going to hit you in the head or i'm going to hit you on the hill i hope you would choose the heel now you know when you get a little older your heels start hurting now if that you don't know what that is just keep breathing it'll come with it'll come to you just keep on breathing but i'd hold out rather somebody and what he was saying is you're the serpent and you're gonna strike my son on the heel he's gonna die on the cross but i tell you what in three days i'm going to raise him up and he's going to crush your head that's what god's saying it's exactly what he's saying you're going to be judged how many of you know that the devil constantly accuses us of our sin does anybody know that you can for ask god to forgive you something years ago and he will but then the devil will come along and not only remind you of it but torture you with it so you know a real christian never would have done that you you're not saved look at you what do you who do you think you are i got news for you friend next time satan reminds you of your sinful past remind him of his future he's going to hell satanists wiccans witches warlocks voodoo is spiritus all follow a doomed leader satan may have convinced them that he's going to win in the end but that is a lie the devil is a liar satan is a liar and he's the father of lies jesus said in john 8 44 that's the judgment of satan so we've seen the judgment of saints after the rapture the judgment of satan after the millennial reign now let's look at our text the judgment of sinners go there now to revelation 20 verse 11 and follow a look at the great white throne judgment this is not the bama this is not the judgment seat of christ that takes place after the rapture this is the great white throne judgment that takes place after the millennial reign and this is not christians standing before this no no christians will be at the great white throne judgment only people who don't know jesus then i saw a great white throne and him who set upon it from whose presence earth and heaven fled away and no place was found for them and i saw the dead the great and the small standing before the throne and books were opened by the way the great and the small death is the great equalizer you may be a big shot here you're not going to be a big shot up there i'll tell you that books were opened another book was open which is the book of life and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books according to their deeds and the sea gave up the dead which were in it and death and hades gave up the dead which were in them and they were judged every one of them according to their deeds then death and hades were thrown into the lake of fire this is the second death the lake of fire and if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life i'm going to do a whole sermon on this next week he was thrown into the lake of fire when is the time of this judgment the end of the millennium jesus will return with the saints at the rapture or at the second coming reign for a thousand years and then he will have the great white throne judgment who are these persons being judged lost people of all time everybody that rejected the messiah jesus christ and what are the results of this judgment you're going to be cast into the lake of fire with the devil the antichrist and the false prophet let's just walk through the text i told you again we're going through every verse every word of revelation here we go god will judge sinners sovereignly that is he's going to do it as a king as a reigning judge he's the sovereign judge he's the sovereign king and he is in charge jesus christ will judge them look at verse 11. then i saw a great white throne in him who set up on it from whose presence earth and heaven fled away and no place was found for them it's a great white throne because the one on it is magnificent and great it is a white throne because the one sitting on it is totally sinless and 100 percent undefiled by any iniquity he set up on the great white throne he was sitting because he's large and in charge i've got news for you god's not up in heaven ringing his hands saying what am i going to do about covet god's not up in heaven wringing his hands saying what am i going to do about this election man that debate was a disaster what am i going to do what are we going to do about the economy oh i don't know god doesn't ring his hands like that god's not afraid god is sitting on his throne and he is large and he is in charge he is a sovereign god and the one sitting on that throne is none other than the lord jesus christ what about god the father he gave all judgment to jesus jesus said so in john chapter 5 verses 22 and 23 for naughty jesus said for not even the father judges anyone but he has given all judgment all to the son so that all will honor the son even as they honor the father he who does not honor the son does not honor the father who sent him look at me if you don't honor jesus you don't honor god if you don't come to jesus you don't come to god if you don't know jesus as lord and savior god is not your father jesus is the judge paul said the same thing in acts 17 when he was preaching at athens i've stood on mars hill where he preached these words i've stood there twice he said therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance god is now declaring to men that all people everywhere should repent because he god the father has fixed today in which he god the father will judge the world in righteousness how through a man he's going to judge through a man that's jesus capital m whom he god the father has appointed having furnished proof to all men by raising him jesus from the dead god has appointed jesus to be the judge and when jesus is appointed by god jesus is going to be the judge you're going to stand before jesus lost people are going to stand before jesus who died for their sin so they could be saved but they're not going to be saved because they rejected the cross the one who desired to save them is now going to be their judge the one who wanted to be their savior is now going to be their judge the one who invited them to come to heaven is now going to sentence them to hell the grandeur and glory of jesus as divine judge is seen in that phrase that says from whose presence earth and heaven fled away nobody's going to be arrogant nobody's going to be popping off when they see jesus nobody's going to be cocky and speaking vain things no it's an area where presence whose presence earth and heaven fled away from whose presence the great white throne is going to be sobering if we could see it we'd hit the deck we would hit the deck and no place was found for them no place in heaven they're not going to heaven heaven has walls heaven has borders you can't just get in nobody not all people get into heaven to enter heaven you've got to go through the gate that god said go through and that gate is the lord jesus christ jesus said in matthew 7 13-14 enter through the narrow gate talking about himself for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction there's a broad road that leads to destruction oh you'll have a bunch of buddies that'll go along and say oh it's going to be okay everything's okay all the way to hell the broad road that leads to destruction and there are many who enter through it that gate for the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life that is heaven and there are a few who find it comparatively there are going to be millions that get saved but there are going to be billions that go to hell millions are going to get saved but billions are going to go to hell some are going to try to enter through their own doors but to no avail jesus said in luke 13 24 and following strive to enter through the narrow door for many i tell you will seek to enter and will not be able once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door that's jesus and you begin to stand outside and knock on door these are people trying to get into heaven saying lord open up to us then he will answer and say to thee to you these horrible words i don't know where you are from then they will begin to say we ate we drank in your presence you taught in our streets in other words we went to church we heard the sermon and we were around you and he will say i tell you i don't know where you're from depart from me all you evil doers in that place there will be weeping gnashing of teeth when you see abraham when you look into heaven you can't get in you see abraham and isaac jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of god but you yourselves being thrown out there aren't many doors to heaven i've talked to people and i've heard this many times well god i believe god is sitting on a mountain and there are a lot of different ways to climb the mountain there are a lot of different ways to god look at me god's not on a mountain and there are not many ways to god god is on a throne and there's one way to god and that is through jesus christ and if i said anything else to you i'd be telling a lie that i have to give an account for and i don't want your blood on my hands i'm going to tell you what the bible says god's not on a mountain that's the goofiest thing you can say goofy is a hebrew word all right jesus said in john 10 7-9 so jesus said to them again truly truly the greek amen amen i say to you i'm the door not a door i'm the door of the sheep all who come before me are thieves and robbers but the sheep did not hear them i am the door if anyone enters through me he will be saved and will go in and out and find pastor god is going to judge sinners sovereignly you will not enter heaven your way you will enter heaven god's way or you won't enter there's only one way through jesus christ he's going to judge sinners sovereign and then he's going to judge us not us but sinners systematically systematically look very quickly in verses 12 and 13 and i saw the dead you don't want to be in that group the great and the small is talking about people that are not only physically dead but spiritually dead standing before the throne these are those who have not repented of their sins or believed savingly in jesus they're soberly referred to as the dead physically dead spiritually dead and about to die for eternity they'll die but they'll never die they'll just keep on living in death they're about to suffer eternity in hell verse 12 said and the books were open what books verse 13 and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books according to their deeds what in the world is all that just as christians will be judged for our works to determine our rewards or lost thereof lost people are going to be judged by books in heaven that god keeps where everything you think everything you say every act you perform and every attitude you have is all recorded in heaven those are your earthly works and listen to me when you if you're lost and you stand before god you won't be able to say you can't send me to hell i deserve to go to heaven you won't be able to say that because once you see all your works you're going to know that the judge of all the earth is doing right and not letting you go to heaven nobody is going to be able to contest it nobody king solomon said in ecclesiastes 12 14 for god will bring every act of judgment every act to judgment everything which is hidden you may say well nobody saw it yes they did god did whether it's good or bad jesus said in matthew 12 36 but i tell you that every careless word you know what that means words you shouldn't have said how many of you ever said words you shouldn't say anybody i have every careless word every thoughtless word every word you shouldn't have spoken that people speak they'll give an accounting for it in the day of judgment the brother of jesus jude said this in jude chapter 1 verses 14 and 15. listen the lord is coming with countless thousands of his holy ones that's the angels and the saints to execute judgment on the people of the world lost people he will convict every person of all the ungodly things they have done that's their deeds and for all the insults that ungodly sinners have spoken that's their speech hey look at me look at me god keeps the books god knows what you've done what you've said what you've thought god keeps the books you don't i don't god does jesus said in luke 8 17 for nothing is hidden that will not become evident all your secrets if you're lost are going to be exposed to all of heaven at the judgment seat nor anything secret that will not be known and come to light you can hide it in the dark on this earth but it's going to be before everybody and before jesus at the judgment but that's not the only book the book of all your sins god's got a record of it every bit of it but there's another book and it's even more important verse 12 and another book was open which is the book of life jesus in luke 10 had sent out his disciples to witness and all they came back oh man the demons are subject to us in your name and jesus said to them in luke 10 20. nevertheless don't rejoice in this that the spirits that is the demons are subject to you but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven every morning when i get up and i pray one of the things i do is say lord i thank you for food to eat clothes to wear a roof over my head and i want to thank you today lord that my name is written in the lamb's book of life that's the most important thing in your life the book of life if you don't know that today why in the world would you leave twenty two thousand appleing without knowing that your name is in the book of life verse 13 and the sea gave up the dead which were in it that is everyone who had died at sea and did not receive a proper burial will rise and now stand their their their remains will be brought back together their body will come back together and be resurrected and their soul and spirit their lost soul and spirit will stand before god death and hades gave up the dead which were in them death gave up the dead bodies and hades gave up the dead souls and spirits and they were joined together to stand before god and they were judged every one of them according to their deeds again no one can deny the facts of their sinfulness no one can say that god's judgment is unfair the judge of the earth will do right this is the great white throne of judgment jesus talked about paul talked about it in acts 17 31 because he's fixed today god has to in which he will judge the world in righteousness through a man that's jesus whom he has appointed having furnished proof to all men by raising him jesus from the dead hebrews 9 27 says inasmuch as it is appointed for all men to die once and after that not in reincarnation forget that that's a lie out of hell not cessation of spirit no not temporary punishment then you get in no after this comes judgment god will judge systematically he keeps the books he'll judge sovereignly he'll judge sinners systematically and he will judge severely and i don't have time to elaborate on this i'll preach a whole sermon on it next week but let's just look at it very quickly verse 14 then death and hades were thrown into the lake of fire this is the second death death the opposite of life is going to be thrown into hell hades the opposite of paradise is going to be thrown into hell that's the second death the lake of fire verse 15. most sobering verse in the bible and if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life he's going to be thrown into the lake of fire and i want to say this to you they're going to be a lot of religious people at the white throne of judgment they're going to be preachers who go to hell jesus said so in the sermon on the mount matthew 7 21-23 not everyone who says to me lord lord will enter the kingdom of heaven but he who does the will of my father is in heaven again works don't save you but if you don't have any works it's because if you don't have any fruit if you don't have any works just because you don't have any root you don't have jesus if you have jesus as your root you will have some fruit if there's no fruit there's no root not everyone who says to me lord will enter the kingdom of heaven but he who does the will of my father who is in heaven he who proves his salvation by his good works many not just some but many will say to me on that day lord lord did we not prophesy in your name did we not cast out demons in your name did we not perform many miracles in your name think about that and i will declare to them i never knew you look it's not so much do you know jesus that's not the primary question the question is does jesus know you i never knew you and you don't want to hear these words depart from me you practice lawlessness oh but we prophesied in your name i went to seminary i preached and i pastored churches and i was a preacher and i even gave words of prophecy that doesn't get you into heaven being a preacher doesn't get you into heaven jesus gets you into heaven oh but i cast out demons that just means that the name of jesus when you invoked the name of jesus over that demon it came out it wasn't bowing to you it was bowing to the name of jesus that just means the name of jesus is strong doesn't mean that you're saved i saw miracles take place jesus said an evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a miracle a sign just because miracles take just because you pray for somebody they get healed doesn't mean you're saved they're going to be people that think they're saved that set in church pretty regularly gave money they're gonna be preachers out of pulpits and i'm not look i'm not trying to make you doubt your salvation but i'm telling you this you'd better know that you know that you know jesus christ because if it's not real it won't stand at the judgment are you ready to stand one on one before god i'll ask you one more time don't answer out loud but deep in your soul ask yourself ask yourself don't think about anybody else ask yourself am i ready to stand before god one on one am i ready to stand eyeball to fiery eyeball with jesus christ am i ready for him to look at me with those irons of eyes of fire and we'll see through all the things that my friends couldn't see that my family couldn't see he knows it all am i ready because look at me you may not like me after this sermon but i'm not here with all due respect i'm not here to make you mad but i'm not here for you to like me i'm here and i'm not trying to grandstand even saying this i'm here to tell you what that book says and that book says you're going to stand before god and he's going to look at you with eyes of fire jesus is and you're going to give an account to god are you ready for that you ready for that let's bow our heads i want us to do something different we don't need any music right now i just want to see a show of hands on something if you're a christian here today you know that you're saved and you say pastor god has spoken to me today and i've got some things in my life right now now look i'm not going to trick you i'm not going to say okay now if you raise your hand i'm not going to do that if you say i've got some things in my life that to be frank with you don't need to be there some attitudes some words some deeds some thoughts and i want to repent right now i don't want that between me and god is there anybody like that here today just lift up your hand i'm all around all around all around let's just take a moment confess it to the lord and repent of it and ask him to forgive you all the guilt will be gone all the guilt will be gone to say lord jesus i confess to you and then you name what it is i repent of it i don't want it god i'm asking in the name of jesus that you cleanse me from that sin now is there anybody in this room that you don't know when you stand before god if you're going to stand at the bema to give an account of your works as a christian or at the white seat at the judgment seat of the white throne as a lost person you say i don't know if i'm saved or lost if there's anybody like that if you're truly broken over your sin if you are truly wanting to repent i don't want to give you the problem without giving you the solution so pray with me let jesus save you right now but listen it's not mouth and words it's more than that it's laying your heart out before god pray something like this if you don't want to pray these exact words that's fine but you pray what god tells you to pray just say something like this king jesus i bow before you now and i want to tell you that i am sorry for my sins and i turn from my sin with your help lord i repent and lord i acknowledge and i believe today that jesus you died and paid the sin debt for me on the cross and i believe in my heart that you rose from the dead and i ask you right now as humbly as i can lord please lord and by the way if you don't know that you're saved pray this with me say please lord jesus save me right now i call on your name o god in heaven i want to live for you so that when i stand before you all will be well in jesus name amen

Channel: Bellevue Baptist Church

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Keywords: the final judgments, book of revelation, end times sermons, Pastor Steve Gaines, Steve Gains, Bellevue Baptist Church, Bellevue Memphis, Bellevue Sermons, Steve Gaines sermons, Bellevue Church, Bellvue, Bellview

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Length: 52min 50sec (3170 seconds)

Published: Mon Oct 05 2020