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well good morning everybody good morning
to every person who is in the building
today man was so excited that you’re
here and everybody watching on
transformation nation man it means so
much that you are a part of our church
today we are starting week six of a
series called help me grace like a flood
and Men this series has been just
transforming lives all over starting
with mine and before we get into it this
week man I just want to thank every
person that was here last week I know a
lot of y’all was at the lake but we had
our own pool party last week we saw 251
people get baptized and come alive Oh
y’all can do better than that glory to
God this is why our church exists and I
want to say thank you to every I serve
leader every volunteer every person who
sacrificed and came this is why we exist
and I believe that God is doing
something special here it is my honor
and pleasure to lead this church so
let’s get in the word today are you all
ready for the word today so let’s start
this thing out and today I want to I
want to talk about a topic that a lot of
people get caught up on when it comes to
this message of grace like like like
they hear the first for sermon series of
this message and they’re like okay I’m
saved by grace not by works and and once
I put my faith in Jesus Christ like I’m
secure I’m saved I’m redeemed like like
okay so can I live any kind of way and
and and a lot of people like me when I
was trying to manipulate and thinking
and try to make everything that I did
okay we we try to twist the Word of God
to make it fit our opinions and our
wants and our desires and as I answer
this question today through the Word of
God I want all of us to see and hear
that our works do matter somebody just
say that my works matter
and so today I had to go back in my
repertoire and I went to the middle
school locker room where I first heard
this song by a prophet named Tupac
Shakur and prophet to pot he had a song
in 1996 called only god can judge me and
it’s now become a cultural phrase that
people usually say when they’re doing
something wrong and somebody tries to
tell them about it or give them better
advice and leave me alone only god can
judge me and how many people in the room
have ever said only god can judge me or
thought it or felt it okay and that’s
most people in the room because somehow
we don’t want to be held accountable for
our works here on earth we want to put
it off like only god can judge me and
he’s not really gonna do that and I
really came to let everybody know that
that the statement shouldn’t say only
guy can judge me it really should say
God will judge me and that’s for every
person believer and unbeliever that’s
after we accept the grace of God and so
today the title of the message is only
god can judge me and the subtitle is
works after grace I want you to open up
your heart and really dig deep today
because the question that you have to
ask yourself is does the way I live even
matter because a lot of us we have ways
that we act infront of certain people
y’all know if your boss comes in some of
y’all did a different accent you’re like
hello hi my name is and then your
friends coming like what up foe how you
doing and like where does we act
different for different people we try to
put on but the crazy thing about it is
God sees how you really are and so he
sees the motive of the thing he sees the
heart intention of the thing and so this
is the thing that you have to understand
it is not I didn’t say does the way I
act or what I put on does that matter is
is what I do my works do they matter in
the long run and I want you to hear this
very clearly I’m gonna give you the
answer to that question yes they matter
because after grace after we receive
this amazing thing about grace and if
this is your first week in the series
please do me a favor go back and watch
every other one that we’ve done but I’m
gonna read a summary of how good grace
is and it’s found in Romans five and
we’re gonna start at verse 20 and I want
you to know if you just want to know how
amazing God is just period read Romans
that mug will just mess you up but look
at Romans 5:20 it says God’s have always
given so that all people could see how
sinful they were but as people sinned
more and more God’s wonderful grace
became more and more abundant that is
good news for every single one of us so
just as sin ruled over all people and
brought them to death now God’s
wonderful grace everybody shot at me
grace his wonderful grace rules instead
like I want you to see there’s been a
trade like you you used to have the law
and that kept you down and now God said
will you please trade me will you please
trade me the law for grace will you
treat please trade me the yoke the thing
that makes you heavy burden I want to
give you mine cuz it’s easy and light
and that’s what this says right here
give it to me instead and this is giving
us right standing or righteousness with
God and resulting in eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord so when we
ask the question does my works or the
way that I live matter after I receive
grace I want you to find the answer in
Romans 6 Romans 6 verse 1 look what it
says it says well then and I like the
the thing well then because they’re
talking to Paul right here and he’s
being sarcastic
cuz the church had the same questions
that we have like like this is not a new
topic like man grace is amazing so we
can just do whatever and Paul’s like man
not to answer this before so now I’m
gonna be a little sarcastic with you and
look what he says in the Bible he says
well then should we keep on sinning so
that God can show us more and more of
his wonderful grace and there’s people
like you in this room they’re like
please say yes please
say yes but look what he says of course
not like like we’re not about to play
God like we’re not about to allow him to
shed His grace and and and send His only
Son to the cross for us to try to
manipulate him to still do what we want
to do and serve Him wholeheartedly he
said we can’t use grace as a way to
cheat the system and not surrender and
give our lifes to God he said of course
not
he says since we have died to sin how
can we continue to live in it this is
the real question have you died to your
sin because because many of us are
saying we died to our sin but we still
living in it every day
how are you dead analyzed like like how
how have you gone down and given and
identified as many of us did last week
through baptism remember it was a symbol
of our own nature going down and being
and buried with Christ and coming alive
anew and afresh you can’t be a both dead
and alive in the same thing so I can’t
be dead to lust but alive in it I can’t
be dead to gossip analyzing oh come on
y’all I need you to help me in this
place you cannot be dead to comparison
but yet be alive in it and God is saying
that His grace has been extended so you
can die to the old way of doing it and
you can become alive and empowered by
the Holy Spirit and a brand new way of
doing and this is what I really come
down to and I think of this because I’m
talking to you about my struggles like
like this is not a message that Pastor
Mike is coming at you I have had to deal
with this message in my own life for the
past three years because cuz God will
come to me and I’ll get angry about
something he said you still alive in
anger you you you you didn’t die to that
yet you got to bring that back to me and
we got to crucify this thing we got it
we got to kill this thing but a lot of
us
we’re good but we’re okay and and and
and what we think is we can be Christian
zombies The Walking Dead that’s an
oxymoron you you can’t be alive and dead
that’s why zombies actually are
fictional they’re not real because you
can’t walk and be dead and what we have
in church is a lot of The Walking Dead
we have a lot of people who say they are
all come on I feel this thing we have a
lot of people that are saying they’re
dead to us in but they’re still walking
in it and God says can we please can we
please put to rest
can we please heal those thing can you
please really identify with me and what
I did on crossing the salvation and the
healing and the blessing and the
forgiveness that I’ve provided for you
and could you please start living in me
so this is what I’m saying the grace of
God is not not a way for us to keep
living in our old life it is a brand-new
life in Christ and so when we look at
this we have to understand and we have
to acknowledge honestly who’s our master
like that’s that’s really the telltale
sign of are we really walking and
Grayson being empowered
are we still a slave to our sin nature
Romans 6:16 says you are slaves of the
one you obey now I want you to hear me
because a lot of people say but that’s
my kind slaves to nothing I ain’t slave
to but you’re a slave to food cuz it can
get you out of bed at 2:00 a.m. in the
morning and have no come on y’all don’t
act like that and get you a bed at 2:00
a.m. in the morning and have you at a
24-hour restaurant buying something you
know you don’t need is gonna give you
gas tomorrow and robbed you of sleeping
you got to get up at 6:00 a.m. you’re
still a slave to whoever you obey so my
question is not what are you a slave to
my question is who are you obeying see
cuz when you ask yourself that question
you reverse-engineer it and you find out
what you’re a slave to some of us are a
slave to social media
because we obey it some of us come on
y’all some of us are a slave to our job
because we will do whatever will get us
and further in the job but we’ll lose
our family over it we want we all come
on y’all
we we’re obeying things that do not have
our best interest in God said that’s why
I sent grace so you no longer had to be
bound or slaves or in Chains to things
that don’t have your best interest at
heart so what he’s saying to you is
who’s your master so just go ahead and
ask your neighbor right now who’s your
master come on just ask him ask one more
neighbors say who’s your master yeah and
and this is the thing that you have to
understand is that your works and the
way you live matters and that’s why it
matters who your master is because the
only master you should have is the Lord
and when the Lord is your master when he
tells you to do certain things you know
that there’s no ulterior motives in it
he’s already got skin in the game
literally his son died for you do you
understand what I’m saying I’ve been
with these jokes the past few weeks tops
anyway but what I’m saying is I want you
to go to Romans 6:12 because because
more than me just telling you what are
your a slaves to let me give you some
instructions of how to live because I
think that will help you understand that
your works matter do not let sin control
the way you live do not give in to
sinful desires do not let any part of
your body this always convicts me do not
let any part of your body become an
instrument of evil to serve sin instead
everybody say instead give yourselves
completely to God for you were dead but
now you have new life so use your whole
body as an instrument to do what is
right everybody say what is right do
what is right for the glory of God sin
is no longer your master I came to tell
you that if you believe in Jesus Christ
see
is no longer your master somebody should
get excited about that right now
because you used to have to do what your
flesh told you you used to have to give
in the fear and shame and insecurities
but I’m here to tell you to the power of
Jesus Christ that sin is no longer your
master I dare you to give God some
praise for that hallelujah
sin is no longer your master for you no
longer live under the requirements of
the law instead everybody say instead I
love that we serve and instead God like
like like I remember one time in high
school that our school lunch wasn’t that
good and so we made a petition and they
started bringing in Mazzio’s pizza and
they said you can have this lunch or
instead you can have mozzie we were
shouting in the lunchroom because we had
a better option available to us what I’m
trying to tell you is no matter what
you’re living in no matter what’s going
on in your heart you have an instead God
and he’s saying if you’re insane right
now instead of shame
I’ll give you joy instead of heat pain
I’ll give you healing instead of hurt
I’ll give you hope and this is what God
is saying
and he’s summing it up in the word where
he says instead of the law I’m giving
you the freedom of grace that this is
why you have to understand it’s so
powerful for us to get this message of
grace like a flood because it’s not more
chains it’s finally freedom most people
think about this Christian walk as I go
I can’t do this and I can’t do that and
I can’t do that all that you were doing
was leading you to a place that was
hurting you when you receive the grace
of God for the first time in your life
you can really know what it means to be
free I used to lie all the time
do you know how stressful it is to keep
up with your own lies do you know how
many mental Jim that some of y’all in
here line right now and you know you
just stretch it like my god I’m telling
you right now it’s
hard to do that when I started telling
the truth I got free for the first time
I didn’t have to remember what I told
you compared to what I told them so
compared to what I text you and like I
was free like yeah I was there I was
like I told the truth and that’s what
grace does for you it allows you to be
free from the things that tried to
control you and that’s good news look at
Ephesians 2 an 8 I told you today is
gonna be a lot of Scripture it says for
by grace we have been saved that’s past
tense remember that we have been saved
through faith and that not of ourselves
it is the gift of God not of works lest
anyone should boast
for we are his workmanship created in
Christ Jesus did this why was I created
in Christ Jesus what was I put here
check it out for good works which God
prepared beforehand that we should walk
in them so there are good works that God
has prepared for you already before you
even accepted him he was just hoping and
praying that one day you would receive
the message of grace because he has a
whole plan for your life of good works
that he wants you to do he wants you to
touch the educational system he wants
you to go into the governmental system
he wants you to help special-needs
children he wants you to touch those he
has good works prepared for you after
you come into the knowing of His grace
so you don’t get saved just so that you
can make it out of hell you get saved by
grace for good works you need to write
that down right now somebody just needs
to say we are saved by grace for good
work that’s why God is trying to chase
you down not to punish you to get you
into purpose because when you accept the
grace of God then you get to do what you
were created to do you were saved by
grace for good works and when you learn
that then you stop being concerned about
heaven and hell because you know that
your
Weston II and your eternity is settled
now it’s what do I do on this earth how
do I make a different how do I bring
heaven to earth and God said that’s my
plan for every one of my children is
that you would be saved by grace
everybody say for good works
that’s the prep the prepositions there
by and for and once you realize that it
changes you
that’s why the scripture says in 2nd
Corinthians 5:17 If any one is in Christ
he is a new creature see the reason that
God says he’s a new creature is because
when as a new creature you get new sets
of orders like like God there’s certain
things God can’t even tell you right now
when you’re outside of his will and you
don’t receive His grace because you
don’t even know how to process them
you’re still worried is this sin is this
not and god said will you please stop
living on the first level of
relationship with me knowing where your
eternity has spent is literally the
entry level of a relationship with God
what God is saying is I want to take you
to other levels I’ve made you new so now
you can get new assignments and they are
all good works and that’s why you say
pass the mic do my works matter yes
because all God wants you to do after
you receive and you believe is carry out
the good works look what it said that he
already has prepared for you and the sad
truth about this church and this breaks
my heart as most people never get to one
good work that God called them to do
we’re trying to make money we’re trying
to get this paper we want to have all
this other and God said listen if you
seek first my kingdom and right standing
with me every all rest of you talking
about but I’m just trying to get you to
get in the place where I can use you to
do my good works everybody say good
works
it’s time and I’m gonna make a very
simple statement but a profound
statement good works are good the reason
they’re called good works it’s because
God meant for them to be good it’s good
to do good works like I want everybody
to see that and and once you receive
that you are saved by grace for good
works it changes why I wake up in the
morning I don’t wake up trying to prove
to God that I’m good enough to make it
to heaven I wake up with a new
assignment oh here’s today and I have
been called by God redeemed saved I am
right I am forgiven and now it’s time to
go do good work that’s why I get up
that’s why I love my wife that’s why I
help the homeless person that do you
understand what I’m saying it’s because
that’s what I have been given as a
believer after I receive the message of
grace so your works do matter somebody
just say that my works do matter
so okay passing like my works matter I’m
saved by grace for good works is that it
well I feel like it’s my responsibility
as your leader and your pastor to let
you know that that your works will be
judged and see this is the stuff nobody
likes to talk about and this is the
place where you like now you got to use
the bathroom and you want to leave well
no stay here what I’m saying to you is
if I don’t tell you this a lot of times
you you live with a certain notion that
like as long as I do enough good works
everything should be fine but every one
of your works will be judged and so when
we go back to that statement only god
can judge me Pastor Mike I’m gonna do me
you do you and only god can judge me can
I can I amend that statement for you
it’s not only god can judge you god will
judge you like and i want everybody to
know that change it like not just God
can but he would matter of fact he’s
going to and that’s for every believer
and every unbeliever I want you to see
this in the word
because a lot of people they get it
mixed up and they don’t they don’t
understand the difference between two
words they don’t understand the
difference between behavior and belief
see if you get the understanding between
these two words it changes everything in
your life your and let me just go ahead
and say it to you how how it’s supposed
to be said because I don’t want nobody
to miss this okay
your behavior determines how you will
spend eternity but your belief
determines where you will spend your
eternity hear me
so so when you believe in Jesus then
there’s only two options you either are
going to heaven or hell so so when you
believe people do not go to hell because
of sin they go to hell because of
unbelief I’ve said it every sermon in
this series so when you believe now you
know where you’re gonna spend eternity
but how you will spend eternity eternity
is determined by how you behave so your
works determine how you will spend the
rest of your life and some of y’all like
I don’t even really believe that okay
let’s go to the word and I want
everybody to look at scripture because
you hear those people are on can’t judge
me okay let’s talk about it Ecclesiastes
12 14 for God will bring every sum every
he said every work into judgment
including every secret thing I’ll shoot
some of y’all just got found out he said
every secret thing whether it’s good or
evil look at revelations 2013 and this
is two lost people because because I
want to talk to people who have not
believed yet and let me tell you what
the Bible says about this it says the
sea gave up the dead who were in it and
the death and Hades delivered up the
dead who were in them and they were
judged each one according to his what
works okay let me talk to the same
people because you feel good cuz I’ll
talk to the lost people let me talk to
you right now
believers first Peter 1:17 and if you
call on the father how many people in
this room by show of hands call on the
father okay okay
if you call on the father who without
partiality judges according to each
one’s work conduct yourselves throughout
the time of your stay here in fear I
love how it says your stay here like
like like like we’re not from this world
like this is a temporary passing through
like this is practice for something
better God is saying how you live now it
is in your time here it is it’s going to
be judged for what’s going to happen in
eternity can I help you this is dress
rehearsal this is not even the show and
people are living life like this is dum
da da da we are in practice right now
and God’s saying did it right in
practice because you you you will
perform how you practice what you do
here on earth will affect how you will
spend eternity and you have to know that
your works matter and it’s not only god
can judge you god will judge you i just
told you that for lost people and found
people so we’re back at even playing
field nobody nobody gets out of this
it’s my prayer for you it’s that you
would believe and i want to go to
another one go to Matthew 16:27
it says for the Son of man will come in
the glory of his father with his angels
and then he will reward each according
to his works revelation 22:12 it says
and behold I am coming quickly and my
reward is wit me he got a fanny pack of
rewards y’all to give to every one
according to his y’all your works man
how you treat people matters how you
care about people matters how you carry
out what God has called you to do
matters how you text people matters how
you treat customer service people on the
phone matters something y’all so ugly
when can I talk to you our manager baby
that matter God’s saying just because
they can’t see your face God sees your
works
just just because you can’t be
identified God saying I’m seeing your
heart intent what if I meant for you to
get on this phone call and be a seed or
a waterer
to something I’m trying to do in their
life God is saying your works matter and
again that’s the difference between
belief and behavior and God wants you to
believe in him so that you can be in
heaven but he wants you to behave like
him so you can represent or represent
him here on earth like that’s why our
church exists that’s why we let anybody
from any walks of life and any lifestyle
coming here and you can be long before
you behave because that’s what Jesus did
they were always mad at him because he
was always with the people he wasn’t
supposed to be with but he knew he was
on assignment he was doing good works
that kids would have never been saved
cuz nobody was going to eat at his house
and he comes into town and he looks up
in the tree and says that kids I’m
coming to eat at your house that’s what
he does and by the end of that story
that key is spending time in
relationship with somebody who was
knowing what their purpose was not to
just see what sin was but to do good
works extended the grace of God to
Zacchaeus and by the end of dinner he
repented of his sin gave his life to
Christ and said he would pay everybody
back that he stole from what I’m telling
you is that is who we are called to be
as believers as one who are saved by
grace for good works I don’t want you to
ever miss this how you live matters how
we spend our time matters who we invest
in to matters yes you’ve been saved by
grace but now it’s time to saddle up to
do good works and when you receive this
it changes everything in your life why
do I get up why – I pray why do I give
not because I’m scared of hail it’s cuz
I know what I’m purposed to do I’m
purposed to do good works somebody have
been asking like what’s God’s will for
my life ah to do good works like he like
you’re saved by grace to do good works
and I’m telling you all of your works
will be judged and and some of you’re
like okay why are these these two big
tears on the platform this whole time
because this is an f.y.i moment for you
okay cuz I start to study the word you
know them places in the Bible you just
skip cuz you don’t understand like like
you start reading they get too many big
words and be like yeah let’s go back to
Matthew 1 like like like there was some
some stuff in the Bible that I skipped
cuz I didn’t understand it but I’ve
studied it out and my job is to try to
deliver to you in a way that you can
understand it there are gonna be two
judgment Thrones for every believer and
every person that doesn’t believe after
we die there’s two there’s the judgment
seat of Christ and then there’s the
great white throne of judgment and let
me help you every person who believes in
Jesus Christ will have their works
judged the the throne of Jesus Christ
okay everybody who does not believe will
have a judgment as well and it will
happen at the great white throne
judgment and this is important to know
that you cannot determine which judgment
you go to after you die the only time
you can determine which throne or
judgment you will go to is by what you
believe while you’re here on earth you
don’t get to die and be like hold on I
need to believe now and like no no like
what you believe and remember I just
want I don’t want anybody to twist my
words we are saved by grace that’s our
belief so if you believe in Jesus Christ
you’re going to this judgment this is
the judgment you’re gonna go to if you
do not believe in Jesus Christ you are
going to this judgment the great white
throne judgment there are judgments for
everybody and everybody’s going but the
thing that determines how you will be
judged are your works
and I want everybody to see this let’s
talk about the judgement seat of Christ
and second Corinthians 5:10 it says for
we must all appear before the judgment
seat of Christ that each one of how it
keeps saying each because there are
couples and boyfriends and girlfriends
and besties that feel like their good
works together will make some really
good works and that God is gonna bring
them in together but Michael has to go
before God by him so like me and Natalie
don’t get to go to God together we don’t
get to come to this throne and say God
look at all the great things we did he
said Michael I have all your stuff on a
real could you start that up and then
I’ll be sitting there like Oh God Oh
oh my god did I buy myself
everybody say each it says each one may
receive the things done in the body
while we are here according to what he
has done whether good or bad so I want
you to see that you’re going to heaven
if you believe but all of your works
will be judged no matter what you do
good or bad see this is stuff we don’t
get taught Romans 14:10 but why do you
judge your brother so it’s saying like
you need to stop really worrying about
anybody else or why do you show contempt
for your brother for we shall all stand
before the judgment seat of Christ that
this is what will happen at the judgment
seat of Christ 1st Corinthians 3 10
according to the grace of God which has
been given to me as a wise masterbuilder
I have laid the foundation this is Paul
talking and another builds on it and
that’s talking about all of us so the
message of Jesus Christ is the
foundation and everybody else we believe
on it okay it says but let each one take
heed to how he builds on it like like
you believed in Jesus but what are the
good works or the bad works you do how
are you building on this tag or this
badge of being a Christ follower look
what it says it says for no other
foundation can any way lay it can anyone
lay than that which is laid which is
Jesus Christ they’re building on Jesus
Christ they are believers okay
now if anyone builds on the foundation
of Jesus with gold silver or precious
stones now watch these next three okay
or wood hay and straw why is that
important because wood hay and straw are
flammable and judgment happens where God
is going to test all of our works by
fire and what is eternal will last
what is temporal and not of God will
burn up look verse 13 each one’s work
will become clear for the day will
declare it because it will be revealed
by fire and the fire will test each
one’s work of what sort it is if anyone
works if anyone’s work which he has
built on it endures he will receive
rewards if anyone’s work is burned he
will suffer loss so he will lose his
reward but not his salvation look I want
everybody say it’s very clear but he
himself will be saved yet so as through
fire this is what I’m trying to tell you
because we are saved by grace but we’re
saved for good works when we are saved
but we don’t do good works those things
make us or they get burnt up at this
judgment see and we lose that this is
what I’m telling you all the time you
spend on things that aren’t building
people when you stand before God you’ll
lose it anyway and so you lose your
reward with it and God said you’re not
going to hell you shall be saved you’re
there but you won’t have any rewards in
this next life and the only way you can
determine your rewards is how you live
here on earth why are you saying this
Pastor Mike because how you treat your
cousin matters how you treat your boss
Matt there will be rewards in heaven for
you being one who does good works and
it’s not your salvation that’s at stake
but it’s your rank your reward your
responsibility in heaven and I don’t
think people understand this
they think that that when we go to
heaven it’s just us floating on clouds
singing holy holy holy all the time the
Bible tells us it’s a new heaven and a
new earth it’s this but perfect without
sin and so somebody’s gonna have
responsibility in heaven somebody’s
going to be able to help people move
from place to place and we act like this
is like we just here now and God’s
saying no store up for yourselves
treasure and y’all don’t read the wire
store up for yourself he’s saying how
you store up treasure is by the works
you do here on earth and that’s why your
works matter somebody say my works
matter this is the thing you got to earn
understand the difference between
eternal works and temporal works a lot
of things that I’ve spent most of my
life doing have been temporal works
things that won’t last I mean I’ve spent
hours confession on an Instagram post
before and it’s gone in 24 hours if I
put it on instance Tory gone just by
like like and as you think about it in
the light of eternity like what would
those five hours been spent better
investing into somebody and speaking
life into somebody or helping somebody
else or or or the likes that somebody
gives me like you hear what I’m saying
all I’m asking you to do is is what
you’re doing eternal or is what you’re
doing temporal because if you do eternal
things that that right there becomes
good works that turn into treasure in
heaven if you’re doing temporal you will
stand before this throne if you’re a
believer and you’ll see them go up in
flames just think about how much money
we spend on things that aren’t eternal
you get no credit for being fly in
heaven none like like like you don’t get
to come be like but God look at your
boat none of that like it literally
burns up but for every dollar you sin to
a missions organization or your tithing
and your spreading the gospel of Jesus
Christ are you helping
a single mother in need who’s a wit like
those things your money turns into
treasure and adding and church until we
get this we keep living with this I can
live any kind of way I’m saved I’m gonna
make it to heaven and God said it’s
gonna be real disappointing when you get
there and you you you think like
somebody should have told me
so somebody somebody should have should
have told me that I could have I could
have gone further I could have done more
I could have helped more people I could
and so this is why I told you this is an
f.y.i message I’m not I’m not trying to
condemn anybody or give anything out
what I’m trying to say is because God’s
grace has been extended so beautifully
that your works now become what God uses
to bless other people on this earth and
if you didn’t think that your works
matter after today I want you to know
that not just only god can judge you god
will judge you but you hadn’t have
nothing to be afraid of when you stand
and know that I was saved by grace for
good works now I have to do this because
I have to talk to people who who who
aren’t abiding and that’s what John 2:28
tells us to abide it says and now little
children abide in him that when he
appears we may have confidence and not
be ashamed before him at his coming what
like why would a believer be ashamed
when Jesus comes back Oh simple we
wasted our time here not doing good
works you you you understand like we
never took the step to start serving we
never took the challenge to tithe we
never ever shared we didn’t come to
church consistently we never took the
challenge to read our word we never
loved our kids with the love of God we
just punished them because that’s what
happened to us we never started moving
into good works and then it’s like
time’s up and they were like oh no I’m
ashamed because I had this life and I
didn’t use it for good works
and I don’t want any believer here in
this message right here to ever be
afraid that Jesus is coming back you
should be excited because you’re using
every day that you have to help advance
the kingdom of God and you are here for
good works I have to tell this little
story and I remember being in elementary
school and every year they would have
this awards assembly at the end of the
year and I love the awards assembly when
it started but I hated it midway through
because I didn’t get nothing and I
always remember thinking like why they
tell us at the beginning of the year
that they were gonna do this awards
assembly because I would’ve acted better
I wouldn’t have goofed off so much I
wouldn’t have I would actually turn my
homework in on time but I’m sitting
there just and they always call in some
foreign student Munira bluesberry and
ying man yeah and they keep going up to
the front and they get all the awards
and I’m sitting there my family in the
back and my dad record and I’m like turn
it off daddy they not calling me like
nothing’s gonna happen and I’m sitting
there and we get to the end now watch I
went to the next grade but I had no
reward
there are many believers that are going
to make it to heaven but because of the
way they live their life they will have
no reward and we will stand and clap and
cheer for everybody else but God said I
want you to have reward so during this
time of life I don’t want you to just
use your time energy effort and treasure
to do frivolous things I want you to do
eternal things I want you to help serve
somebody I want you to share somebody
the love of Christ with somebody I want
you to be my hands and feet and I want
you to do good works cuz your good works
matter so I have to do it I have to talk
about the great white throne judgment
because there may be some people in here
that aren’t believers and if you’re here
we’re so glad you’re here and again this
is the fYI moment so I’m just letting
you know if you do not believe in Jesus
Christ you’re gonna get a judgment too
but it’s gonna be at the great white
judge me and this is for every
unbeliever and I’m gonna tell you where
theologians get this from look at
revelations 2011 and then I saw a great
white throne so that’s where they got it
from uh and it says and in him who sat
on it from whose face the earth and the
heaven fled away and there was found no
place for him and I saw the dead small
and great standing before God watch this
and books were opened and another book
was opened which is the book of life so
I want you to see this right here
this is the difference between belief
and behavior there were books open and
there was a book open the book was the
Lamb’s Book of Life so if you believe
your name is written in the Lamb’s Book
of Life but there are other books that
are recording our works and this is how
we will be judged it says and the dead
were judged according to their works by
the things which were written in the
books the sea gave up the dead who were
in it and the death and Hades which is
Greek for hail delivered up the dead who
were in them and they were judged each
one according to his works then death
and Hades were cast into the lake of
fire this is the second death and anyone
not found written in the book of life
was cast into the lake of fire I don’t
know if you know this but just like
there are degrees of rewards in heaven
there are degrees of punishment in hell
like God’s a just God he’s not doing
this thing to make somebody who’s done
their works and done a lot worse works
and good works and all it’s not on the
same level and I just want you to hear
this the same way that there’s rewards
for our good works that there are
punishments for our bad works if we
don’t believe look at Matthew 11:20
and it says then he began to rebuke the
cities in which most of his mighty works
have been done because they did not
repent what are you crazy
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 South
Saud clan sack cloth and ashes and these
cities were known for tormenting
prophets and an idol worship and he’s
telling these people but I say to you it
will be more tolerable and the Greek
word means less suffering for tyre and
sidon in the day of judgment than for
you this is Jesus talking and he knows
what he’s talking about he said and you
come purnam who are excited and exalted
to heaven will be brought down to Hades
for if the mighty works which were done
in you had been done in Sodom y’all
remember Sodom and Gomorrah like God had
to start over again because there was so
much perversion going on right there he
said it would have remained until today
he’s saying that if they would have seen
the miracles and heard the word that you
heard it would have not even been
destroyed it says but I say to you that
it shall be more tolerable for the land
of Sodom on the day of judgment than for
you let me help you understand this if
you look at a map because I had to go
study it out there’s a triangle between
korazin camper gnam and Bethsaida and
theologians they call it the Evangelic
rock of triangle because that’s where
Jesus did most of his ministry and he
said basically in in paraphrase y’all
seen God work miracles y’all y’all live
in the buckle of the Bible Belt you some
of the greatest ministries have been
raised right here there’s an evangelical
church on every corner if not two of
them on every corner where we live and
he said and if people who are in third
world countries and persecuted churches
and underground churches if they would
have seen the miracles that you’ve seen
if they would have had the access to the
things that you had they would have
repented and turned to God by now but
woe to you because you’ve seen God
you’ve had an encounter with him you’ve
had ability to look up five different
messages on whatever you wanted to at
the drop of a dime and you still don’t
believe he said it will be more
tolerable for these people who don’t
have
in water and don’t believe that it will
be for you why are you telling us that
Pastor Mike because I feel like you just
need to know that there’s levels to this
thing and what God wants you to do is
not manipulate the system because I see
what some of you were thinking okay cool
so I’m gonna believe but I’m just gonna
live however I want to live like like
I’m just gonna believe but remember God
searches the heart so you can’t
manipulate him that means you really
aren’t saved done cuz you haven’t
believed if you’re still the one
controlling your life you have not given
lordship and taking it out of your
account and giving it to him if you
still have to party every weekend when
God told you to stop he’s not Lord you
are and until he is Lord and Savior you
have not truly received grace like a
flood church I just want you to get this
and I don’t want us to live in deception
another day every person will be judged
both people sitting next to you and the
people behind you everybody getting
judged the question is which judgment
are you RSVP’ing to are you are you
going to believe and are you gonna be at
the judgment seat of Christ we’re all
believers will be are you going to RSVP
to the white throne judgment we’re all
unbelievers will be and then maybe a
further question is what type of rewards
and responsibilities and treasures will
you have stored up when you get there
because your works do matter and so when
people say only god can judge me now i
say yeah it’s the truth and he will
that’s for believers and non-believers
so my admonishment my prayer what I
would what I would literally give
anything for is that every person
hearing my voice would never go to the
great white throne judgment and would
put their faith in Jesus Christ and from
that moment coins like a flood comes in
your life but then you take it up a
notch and you
say you know what I’m gonna do from here
on it’s good work I’m gonna serve I’m
gonna give I’m gonna love I’m gonna help
I’m gonna change I’m a dial back my
attitude and I’m gonna say stuff like
this less of me and more when we get
that understanding everything changes
and can I tell you a little secret that
I wasn’t happy to share that there are
some believers they’ll even be a
stricter judgment for it and many of you
don’t know this but it’s gonna be a
stricter judgment for people like me
people who teach the Word of God that’s
why I don’t come up here and just say
whatever like I’m doing my best up here
today these are huge theological
principles that I’m teaching you to you
right now and I’m asking the Lord to
guard my mouth and it because I get
judged on what I tell you to do look
what it says in James 3:1 my brother and
let not many of you become teachers
knowing that we shall receive a stricter
judgment that’s why when I stand up here
this is not about me this is about me
doing good works I am doing what God has
called me to do to inspire you to do
what God has called you to do and if we
could ever start doing what God has
called all of us to do then we get to
see heaven come to earth so past might
what what’s the end of this I don’t want
you to ever forget that you have been
saved by grace for good works if you’re
in this room right now and you’re saying
Pastor Mike I I want to receive the
grace of God I wanna I’m gonna go to
another level of my relationship and
I’ve been the Lord of my life right now
you can receive the grace of God all you
have to do is believe in your heart and
confess with your mouth that Jesus lived
and died for you and yes you are
RSVP’ing
to this throne of Christ and right now
just bow your head and close your eyes
I want us to pray together if that’s you
and you’re saying Pastor Mike I
want to make that declaration I want to
be saved
I want grace like a flood to come into
my life I just want you to do me a favor
right now and slip your hand in the air
yeah yeah just slip your hand in the air
right now there’s a leaders that are
looking right now and I know there’s
people that are doing it right now and I
just want you you can put your hand down
now
cuz that’s this is a faith moment and
we’re a family we don’t pray alone so
we’re all gonna pray this prayer
together but I want you to mean it
knowing that your eternity is secure as
you come into a real relationship with
Jesus Christ
everybody just say God I need you come
into my life and transform me
I believe you lived and you died just
for me and today I give over control and
make you Lord of my life change me renew
me and transform me I’m yours in Jesus
name Amen
come on can we give God praise all over
this place we’re so excited
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