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 seat, find a seat, grab a hymnal, turn if you would to our first song, number 210, Wonderful

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 Grace of Jesus, number 210, 210, Wonderful Grace of Jesus, 210, sing it out there, starting

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 on the f***ing grace of Jesus, grace, grace of Jesus, heavenly father, we thank you again

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 for another opportunity to gather together this evening, Lord we just thank you for your

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 hand of protection, I know we pray a lot for you to deliver us, for you to guide us in

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 the right way, and Lord I just pray, or thank you, I want to thank you rather, for delivering

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 us this afternoon from those that would have the gospel be stopped, I know we ask a lot

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 for things that we want and sometimes we forget to thank you, so I just want to thank you

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 Lord for that, I want to thank you for our church and for all the salvations that we've

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 had this weekend and just for the opportunity to serve you, just thank you for our church,

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 the ability to come together to sing praises and to hear from your word that we wouldn't

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 just take that for granted, Lord I pray that you'd be with us for the service that everything's

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 done decently and in order, and these things we pray in Jesus name, amen.

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 For our next hymn, number 227, Saved by the Blood, 227-227, Saved by the Blood, 227 there

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 on the 1st, SAVED BY THE BLOOD.

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 The week there, 2nd Timothy chapter 1c, our service times listed there, Sunday morning

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 at 1030, Sunday evening at 430, and our Wednesday Bible study through Ecclesiastes at 7 o'clock.

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 We do have guys holding up a hand over here for a bulletin, Theodore, if you could bring

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 that over, thank you.

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 Then we have our soul winning times listed below there, and man, we need like a sign

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 that says zero days since police called.

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 It's just like reset that sucker every Sunday.

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 I don't know what it is about apartment complex managers, hell hath no fury like an apartment

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 manager Karen scorned.

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 But I personally thrive off those phone calls, it just tells us we're doing the right thing.

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 So I'll never be mad at soul winners that are going out and preaching the gospel, as

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 long as they're going out and preaching the truth, doing what's right.

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 I'll always have your back on that.

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 We do have our salvations and baptisms listed there for the year, 326 for the US, 580 for

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 the Philippines, 913 for the year.

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 There's also some online like Omi TV soul winning that isn't reflected there, but that's

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 included in the grand total.

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 We do have our visitor card and online giving information there as well as our prayer list.

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 Make sure you please keep those requests in prayer throughout the week and if you have

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 any additions make sure to email the church.

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 On the back we have our upcoming events, this upcoming Saturday is the ladies tea here at

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 the church.

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 I think it's at 1pm.

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 All the information is on the sign up sheet in the back.

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 Make sure you sign up for that and participate.

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 May 17th is the men's preaching night for the evening service followed by a potluck

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 and just fellowship game night afterward.

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 Please join us for that.

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 May 20th through the 24th anti-Israel conference at Steadfast Baptist Church.

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 Really looking forward to that conference and it just seems like our country is really

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 hungry for the truth on this issue unlike any time I've ever seen before.

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 And so I'm really thankful that we're living in the times that we do and we got to just

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 keep preaching the truth and reaching more people.

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 June 14th, Brother Ben Naim will be coming up preaching both services for us on that

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 Sunday and then June 17th to the 20th, I'll be in Germany in Frankfurt and also be with

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 Pastor Shelley that whole week as well.

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 Me and him are both preaching at that conference.

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 So I'm looking forward to it for multiple reasons.

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 I love Germany.

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 I love the German language, German food, the conference, the soul winning and also just

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 getting to hang out with my old pastor is going to be great.

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 So keep us in prayer for that week, if you would, and that's going to be it for announcements

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 this evening.

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 We'll go ahead and go to our third song together.

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 All right, for our third song this evening, number 248, turn if you would to 248, hymn

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 number 248, "Belong to Jesus," 248, 248 there on the first.

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 This time, as the plates are being passed, turn if you would to Exodus 20, Exodus chapter

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 20.

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 Exodus chapter number 20, "And God spake all these words, saying, I am the Lord thy

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 God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

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 Thou shalt have no other gods before me; thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image,

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 or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or

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 that is in the water under the earth.

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 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them.

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 For I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon

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 the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, and showing mercy unto

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 thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

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 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him

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 guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

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 Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.

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 Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the

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 Lord thy God.

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 In it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man servant,

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 nor thy maid servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates.

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 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested

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 the seventh day. Wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. Honor thy

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 father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God

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 giveth thee. Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not steal,

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 thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's

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 house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man servant, nor his maid servant,

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 nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor's. In all the people saw

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 the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking;

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 and when the people saw it, they were moved and stood afar off. And they said unto Moses,

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 Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die. And

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 Moses said unto the people, Fear not, for God has come to prove you, and that his fear

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 may be before your faces, that ye sin not. And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew

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 near unto the thick darkness where God was. And the Lord said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt

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 say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven; ye

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 shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall you make unto you gods of gold. An altar

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 of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and

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 thy peace offerings, and thy sheep, and thy noxen. In all places where I record my name,

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 I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee. And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone,

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 thou shalt not build it of hewn stone, for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast

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 polluted it. Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not

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 discovered thereon. Let's bow our head for a word of prayer.

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 [Praying in the background]

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 Man Exodus chapter 20, let's read in verse number 13, Exodus 20 verse 13, the Bible says,

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 "Thou shalt not kill." And the title of my sermon is "Medically Assisted Suicide." Medically

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 Assisted Suicide. Who's heard of this? Medically Assisted Suicide. This is becoming more and

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 more of a prominent thing in the United States and Canada and Western nations. So I think

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 we need some biblical preaching on this topic so we don't develop the mindset that the world

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 has on this because I want to read a couple articles to you before we get started on this

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 so you can kind of get an idea of where our world is at mentally when it comes to this

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 idea of medically assisted suicide. If you don't know what that is, medically assisted

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 suicide is basically a doctor writes a prescription to a patient for a poison, hands them a poison,

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 the patient goes home, takes the poison and kills themself. That is what medically assisted

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 suicide is. And so it's very similar to euthanasia except euthanasia, the doctor is just literally

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 killing you himself. And you know, the world will call this healthcare, the world will

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 call this dying with dignity, the Bible calls it killing. Okay, it's murder and it's suicide

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 and it's a wicked thing. But this is what a Gallup poll article found. It says this

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 is in 2024. Americans current views on the legality of euthanasia, a procedure in which

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 a physician intentionally acts to end the life of a patient are similar to what they

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 have been during the past decade. Just over seven in 10 Americans, 71% believe that doctors

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 should be allowed by law to end the patient's life by some painless means. If the patient

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 and his or her family request it. Before reading this, I would not have guessed that to be

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 the case. That 71% of Americans think that it's totally fine that if patient and family

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 agrees, "Hey doc, will you just kill me," that that should be legal in America for the

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 doctor to say, "Yep, let's just kill this person." You know, it's funny how we have

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 such a hard time in America killing pedophiles, putting adulterers to death, putting rapists

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 to death, but 71 percent of Americans think that if a patient says, "Doc, kill me," legally

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 you should be able to be killed by the doctor. I couldn't believe that. Yeah, that's the

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 reality. At the same time, doctor-assisted suicide, a term used to describe patients

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 ending their own life with the aid of a physician, garners slightly less, but still majority

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 support. Sixty-six percent of Americans believe doctors should be allowed by law to assist

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 the patient to commit suicide for terminal patients living in severe pain who requested.

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 I don't understand how there's any discrepancy between these two. It seems like if you're

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 for euthanasia, logically being consistent, wouldn't you also be for medically-assisted

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 suicide? But I would submit to you that these are both wrong. These are both unchristian.

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 These are both non-biblical attitudes. Now, here's another article from the National

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 Institute of Health. It says, "An estimated 74 million people in the United States live

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 in a jurisdiction that currently allows medical aid in dying." 74 million Americans. It's

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 called MADE. Medical Aid in Dying. And another 87 million reside in 14 states where MADE

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 is on the legislative agenda. That was as of 2022. "Most research on patients pursuing

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 MADE in the United States has focused exclusively on data from the Pacific Northwest because

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 it was first legalized in America in Oregon and Washington." Of course, these, you know,

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 that liberal satanic hellholes are the first people to embrace this wonderful new liberal

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 loving ideology of medically assisted suicide. And of course, it says they're not representative

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 of the entire United States. Yeah, we know that. "Over 23 years, 5,329 patients died

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 by MADE, while 8,451 received a prescription." So notice, a lot of people are going to a

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 doctor asking for the death pill, getting home, and what? Regretting it, and deciding

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 not to follow through on it. People getting the euthanasia method don't get that second

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 chance. They're just being put down like a dog. Here's some more statistics. "More men

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 than women died by MADE, and non-Hispanic white individuals died by MADE more than other

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 racial and ethnic groups. The median age of MADE deaths was 74. Most had at least some

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 college education and most had a cancer diagnosis." That's for the U.S. Let's talk about Canada.

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 Here is an article from Dort University in Iowa, and this article is called "The Cautionary

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 Tale of Euthanasia in Canada." Let's read some of this for you. "The Canadian approach

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 to euthanasia and assisted suicide, euphemistically known as MADE, has expanded in recent years

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 and has sparked significant debate about its ethical and societal implications. Euthanasia

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 was first intended only for those nearing the end of their lives. Now Canada has one

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 of the most permissive euthanasia policies in the world, revealing a rapidly increasing

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 culture of not just accepting death, but actively promoting it." Pay attention to this. "Veterans

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 have called the Ministry of Veteran Affairs in Canada, looking for help, and have been

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 offered euthanasia instead." Think about that. You got combat veterans that are messed up,

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 or lost limbs, or they're just mentally messed up from combat, and it's like, "Hey, doctor,

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 I've got depression. I've got PTSD." And in Canada, oh, the so enlightened country. They're

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 way beyond barbaric Christianity, right? So enlightened, they say, "Oh, you've got PTSD.

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 Have you considered euthanasia? Have you considered a doctor putting you down like an animal?"

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 Think about it. These are real human beings that are being told this. Don't come at me

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 about love, okay? You know what? The Bible is loving. This is wicked. Those with suicidal

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 ideation have gone to the hospital for help only to be encouraged to consider euthanasia.

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 One woman was even asked if she was aware of the option of euthanasia before going into

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 cancer removing surgery. "Hey, I need a cancer surgery. Have you thought about death instead?

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 I mean, why would we sit here and do surgery on you? We could just put you down. We could

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 just kill you." This is legal in places in America and all over Canada. It says Canada

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 is increasingly standing as a warning to other countries about the consequences of legalizing

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 euthanasia and assisted suicide. The slippery slope made was first legalized in 2016 for

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 Canadians, listen to this, whose death was reasonably foreseeable. So at first in 2016,

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 it was only legal saying, "Hey, I think your death is reasonably foreseeable," whatever

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 that means. At the time, a person had to have a grievous and irremediable medical condition

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 which caused enduring physical or psychological suffering to qualify for euthanasia. Let me

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 help you. There's literally people in this room that could qualify for this. There's

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 literally people in this room that could qualify for legal euthanasia in Canada because they

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 have some sort of, you know, impeding lifelong issue. How insane. So this would be like people

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 with cancer or other things. Okay. In 2021, just five years after legalization, Maid was

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 expanded to include those whose death is not reasonably foreseeable. With this expansion,

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 people with disabilities or non-terminal illnesses could choose to have a doctor end their lives.

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 This is like someone who's in a wheelchair. So think about it. You can just have someone

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 with a physical disability, some sort of maiming, depression, anxiety, something that's

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 just detrimental to your life, but it doesn't have to be, "Hey, you're about to die. Your

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 death is foreseeable." That is now legal in Canada saying, "Oh, depression, have you thought

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 about letting us just kill you? Oh, you're in a wheelchair now after this car accident?

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 Well, have you thought about letting us kill you? Oh, you know, your child has Down syndrome.

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 Have you thought about letting us just kill your child?" This is happening in the so-called

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 Western enlightened societies today. Okay, it makes me think of this. The Bible says

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 in Proverbs 836, "But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul. All they that hate

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 me love death." What kind of society is this where we're going to say it's legal to just

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 kill people just because they have a disease, just because they have an illness, just because

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 they have a physical ailment. It's a society that hates God. And you look at Canada today

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 and it's a country that hates God. It's a wicked country. You know, it's so funny these

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 Canadians, you know, want to talk crap on America. Look, Canada sucks. Let's just be honest.

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 Canada sucks. And you know what? The Pacific Northwest is a super wicked area of our country

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 and it's no mistake that you find places that are super atheist, super God-hating, super

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 leftist, and they also love death. Let's keep reading. The next expansion has already been

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 passed into law, but implementation has been delayed until 2027. So this is law. It's passed,

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 but it's not going to be implemented until 2027. This would allow Canadians suffering

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 solely from a mental illness to be eligible for euthanasia, which what does the world

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 define mental illness? I mean, the world defines ADHD as a mental illness. So we're going to

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 put people with ADHD down, depression, anxiety. They'll be eligible legally for medically

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 assisted suicide or euthanasia in Canada. Folks, this is so wicked. Since legalization,

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 the number of euthanasia deaths in Canada has steadily grown every year and showed little

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 sign of slowing down. So remember in the U.S. it's been about like 5,000. Between 2016 and

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 2025 in Canada, over 70,000 Canadians have been euthanized. 70,000. Euthanasia now accounts

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 for 4.7% of all deaths in Canada, a rate second only to the Netherlands. Euthanasia

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 is now the fifth most common cause of death in Canada. Compare these numbers with Oregon,

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 the first American state to legalize assisted suicide in 1997. I didn't know that a long

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 time ago. In 2023, 367 people died by assisted suicide in Oregon, or just 0.8% of all deaths

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 in the state. So 0.8% deaths in Oregon, 4.7% in Canada. It's just like a huge deal that's

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 happening over there. You're there in Exodus chapter number 20. Obviously, you know, when

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 I heard about this and started doing some research, I just thought like, wow, things

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 are getting crazy in this world. We probably need a biblical perspective on this topic

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 because it's kind of a shame. It's definitely a shame that over 70% of Americans read this

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 and say, I agree, that should be legal. That should be good. Look, that's a scary society

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 to live in where 71% of people think, hey, you should be able to put down people with

00:36:01.540 --> 00:36:06.980
 depression and wheelchair-bound people or people whose death is not foreseeable or even

00:36:06.980 --> 00:36:10.790
 people whose death is foreseeable. All of that is wicked, okay? So I want to give you

00:36:10.790 --> 00:36:16.390
 seven reasons why we should be against this as Christians. Number one, suicide of any

00:36:16.390 --> 00:36:25.300
 kind is a sin. Suicide of any kind is a sin. Why is that? Look at Exodus 20, verse 13.

00:36:25.300 --> 00:36:32.760
 The Bible says, thou shalt not kill. Okay? Very clear. Killing is a sin in the sight

00:36:32.760 --> 00:36:37.350
 of God. It's one of the Ten Commandments, but here's what people will do. To get your

00:36:37.350 --> 00:36:41.380
 support for this idea of medically assisted suicide, they're going to try to play on your

00:36:41.380 --> 00:36:45.450
 emotions. And what they're going to do is they're going to show you an example of one

00:36:45.450 --> 00:36:50.300
 of the most horrific, extreme cases you could possibly imagine to try to get you to say,

00:36:50.300 --> 00:36:53.630
 like, oh, well then we should be in support of this. You know, it's kind of like when

00:36:53.630 --> 00:37:00.040
 it comes to abortion. It's like, well, what if the mom was raped by her brother and her

00:37:00.040 --> 00:37:04.460
 life was at risk? It's like, let me tell you, this situation just doesn't exist. Let's

00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:08.670
 be, let's be real. Women aborting their babies. You know what happened is that usually they're

00:37:08.670 --> 00:37:14.570
 out being whores, they're out being harlots, they're being fornicators and they regret

00:37:14.570 --> 00:37:18.810
 it and want to murder their baby. Or they're out being adulterers cheating on their husband

00:37:18.810 --> 00:37:22.210
 and they want to, they regret it and want to murder their baby. They want to show you

00:37:22.210 --> 00:37:26.890
 this weird exception. It's like, let me show you this combat veteran who's a quadriplegic.

00:37:26.890 --> 00:37:31.720
 He has no arms, no legs. He can't see. He can't smell. He can't hear. He's got this

00:37:31.720 --> 00:37:36.900
 horrible quality of life. Oh, don't you think we should, here's the thing. That example,

00:37:36.900 --> 00:37:41.340
 trying to override God's commandment of thou shalt not kill is not going to work on me.

00:37:41.340 --> 00:37:45.310
 We need to not look at things in this world through an emotional lens. We have to ask

00:37:45.310 --> 00:37:51.180
 ourselves, what does the Bible say? And if you tell me, well, because they're in a hardship,

00:37:51.180 --> 00:37:56.570
 it's okay to sin, then I ask you, where does that logic get to stop? Right? Now, go if

00:37:56.570 --> 00:38:03.750
 you would to Matthew chapter number 19, Matthew chapter number 19, because Jesus quotes Exodus

00:38:03.750 --> 00:38:08.570
 20. And he defines to us what he means by thou shall not kill, because the act of killing

00:38:08.570 --> 00:38:12.980
 in and of itself is not completely banned in the scripture. There is things like capital

00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:18.950
 punishment that God endorses. There is self-defense using lethal force that God endorses. What

00:38:18.950 --> 00:38:23.130
 does it mean here when it says thou shall not kill? It's talking about murder. Okay.

00:38:23.130 --> 00:38:27.660
 Notice how we know this. Matthew 19 verse 18. Notice this is the young rich man that

00:38:27.660 --> 00:38:34.470
 says this. He saith unto him, which Jesus said thou shalt do no murder. Thou shalt not

00:38:34.470 --> 00:38:39.890
 commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness. So Jesus is

00:38:39.890 --> 00:38:43.100
 quoting the Ten Commandments here and when he gets to thou shalt not kill, he says thou

00:38:43.100 --> 00:38:47.450
 shalt do no murder. Why? Because that's what this commandment is talking about. It's not

00:38:47.450 --> 00:38:51.520
 saying you can never kill someone in self-defense. It's not saying you can never kill in a righteous

00:38:51.520 --> 00:38:56.220
 war or that you can never have capital punishment. But you know what? Murder is wrong. Murder

00:38:56.220 --> 00:39:01.660
 is a sin. And just because someone is suffering does not give you the right to murder that

00:39:01.660 --> 00:39:07.130
 person. And let me help you out. If a doctor is giving someone a pill that is intentionally

00:39:07.130 --> 00:39:12.250
 known this is going to kill you, that doctor is a murderer. There are two people sinning

00:39:12.250 --> 00:39:18.170
 in this situation. The person taking the pill and committing suicide. That is self-murder.

00:39:18.170 --> 00:39:23.900
 And the person giving that medication is also sinning by committing murder. It is different

00:39:23.900 --> 00:39:28.030
 than just normal suicide because no one else is involved. It is kind of similar to suicide

00:39:28.030 --> 00:39:32.470
 by cop. I wouldn't say that the cop is sinning in that situation. But sometimes people just

00:39:32.470 --> 00:39:35.660
 want to die and so they will pull out a gun on a police officer. They won't even shoot

00:39:35.660 --> 00:39:39.720
 the cop. They will just wait for the cop to kill them. You are literally going to a doctor

00:39:39.720 --> 00:39:43.910
 and committing suicide by doctor. You are saying hey doc kill me and the doc is killing

00:39:43.910 --> 00:39:49.430
 you or the doc is giving you some sort of pill. Now here is the thing. Would hardship

00:39:49.430 --> 00:39:54.210
 be an excuse for committing any other sin? People say hey this person is living a bad

00:39:54.210 --> 00:39:58.570
 life. This person has a low quality of life therefore they should be allowed to commit

00:39:58.570 --> 00:40:03.370
 the sin of self-murder. Or this person has a really bad quality of life therefore doctors

00:40:03.370 --> 00:40:07.330
 should be allowed to murder them. Where does that logic end? Do you want that logic to

00:40:07.330 --> 00:40:12.560
 exist in marriage? Where it's like hey my spouse is withholding the physical relationship

00:40:12.560 --> 00:40:17.190
 from me. I'm in a hardship. You don't understand. I have a hard situation therefore I'm justified

00:40:17.190 --> 00:40:21.900
 in committing adultery. That doesn't work. That does not work today. Or how about hey

00:40:21.900 --> 00:40:28.050
 I have a need. I need a bicycle. So I stole your bicycle. Boy oh boy that doesn't work

00:40:28.050 --> 00:40:34.410
 folks. That is not a legitimate excuse to sin. Just saying hey I have a hardship therefore

00:40:34.410 --> 00:40:41.220
 I get to sin. How about this? I was in a dangerous situation so I lied. Oh my life was at risk

00:40:41.220 --> 00:40:45.660
 therefore I lied. You are still wrong. It is still a sin. Oh I am in a bad situation

00:40:45.660 --> 00:40:50.210
 so I killed myself. Still a sin. Oh I am in a bad situation so I murdered. Still wrong.

00:40:50.210 --> 00:40:54.170
 Still a sin. Right? How about this? Oh well you don't understand I can't afford to take

00:40:54.170 --> 00:40:59.980
 care of this baby. My baby daddy left me so I am going to murder the child. Still a sin.

00:40:59.980 --> 00:41:06.080
 Still wicked. This is such a worldly philosophy to say because things are hard I get to sin.

00:41:06.080 --> 00:41:11.030
 That is not what the Bible teaches. The Bible demands holiness from us. The Bible demands

00:41:11.030 --> 00:41:15.730
 that we keep God's commandments in all cases whatsoever. You know what? You ought to just

00:41:15.730 --> 00:41:20.030
 when you sin you ought to just stop making excuses for it and just say like hey I suck.

00:41:20.030 --> 00:41:25.870
 I messed up. And stop constantly making excuses saying like well this situation it was justified.

00:41:25.870 --> 00:41:31.350
 It is never okay to sin. I can't believe I have to say such a simple statement in this

00:41:31.350 --> 00:41:37.880
 world but apparently 71% of Americans need to be realized thou shalt not kill. Still

00:41:37.880 --> 00:41:45.500
 applies here. It is wicked. Suicide of any kind is a sin. Go if you would to Hebrews

00:41:45.500 --> 00:41:55.070
 chapter number 11. Number 2. If someone is unsaved and does medically assisted suicide

00:41:55.070 --> 00:42:01.010
 they will go straight to hell. Folks heaven and hell are real. And just because someone

00:42:01.010 --> 00:42:06.660
 is suffering and in a bad situation and they kill themselves that does not mean that all

00:42:06.660 --> 00:42:10.630
 of a sudden they're going to get out of the pain that they're in. Because if they're unsaved

00:42:10.630 --> 00:42:14.860
 and they commit suicide they will wake up in hell and it'll be way worse than anything

00:42:14.860 --> 00:42:20.510
 they ever did. Now here's the thing I'm not saying that if someone commits suicide they

00:42:20.510 --> 00:42:23.720
 automatically will go to hell right because there are religions in this world like the

00:42:23.720 --> 00:42:29.240
 Catholic Church that teaches suicide is a deadly sin and anyone who commits suicide

00:42:29.240 --> 00:42:33.960
 will go to hell. The Bible describes a couple different situations of people who committed

00:42:33.960 --> 00:42:39.210
 suicide who are saved and in heaven today. But what I'm saying is that if someone is

00:42:39.210 --> 00:42:44.260
 unsaved and they commit suicide there's no redo. You're now going to hell and you'll

00:42:44.260 --> 00:42:49.460
 be there for all of eternity. All right you're going to Hebrews 11. Let me read for you in

00:42:49.460 --> 00:42:54.410
 Judges Chapter 16 verse 28 the Bible says "And Samson called unto the Lord and said

00:42:54.410 --> 00:43:00.170
 O Lord God remember me I pray thee and strengthen me I pray thee only this once O God that

00:43:00.170 --> 00:43:04.930
 I might be avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes and Samson took hold of the two

00:43:04.930 --> 00:43:10.270
 middle pillars upon which the house stood and on which it was born up one of one with

00:43:10.270 --> 00:43:14.840
 his right hand and of the other with his left and Samson said let me die with the Philistines

00:43:14.840 --> 00:43:18.780
 and he bowed himself with all his might and the house fell upon the Lord's and upon the

00:43:18.780 --> 00:43:24.370
 people that were therein so the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which

00:43:24.370 --> 00:43:30.650
 he slew in his life so how did Samson end his life he committed suicide right he he

00:43:30.650 --> 00:43:34.530
 lost his strength but he asked God to strengthen him once more he had his hands tied to the

00:43:34.530 --> 00:43:38.770
 pillars you know the foundation and he does like a 9/11 he does like a controlled demolition

00:43:38.770 --> 00:43:42.740
 of the building falls on him and look you know obviously it's wrong that he committed

00:43:42.740 --> 00:43:47.960
 suicide suicide is a sin but I believe that Samson is in heaven right now Samson is safe

00:43:47.960 --> 00:43:53.960
 why do I say that you're there in Hebrews look at Hebrews 11 verse 1 it says now faith

00:43:53.960 --> 00:43:59.790
 is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen notice this for by it by

00:43:59.790 --> 00:44:05.760
 what faith the elders obtained a good report so he's saying hey all the people that I'm

00:44:05.760 --> 00:44:09.410
 about to list for you in Hebrews chapter 11 they were these they were these people that

00:44:09.410 --> 00:44:14.400
 had what faith and what does it mean when someone has faith it means that they're saved

00:44:14.400 --> 00:44:19.660
 right and by faith these elders obtained a good report notice what it says in verse 32

00:44:19.660 --> 00:44:25.380
 it says and what shall I say more for the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and of

00:44:25.380 --> 00:44:30.170
 Barak and of Samson and of Jephthah and of David also and Samuel and of the prophet so

00:44:30.170 --> 00:44:35.420
 notice that Samson is lifted that listed there in the hall of faith meaning what he was someone

00:44:35.420 --> 00:44:41.440
 that had faith that believed in God and was saved but he committed suicide of course the

00:44:41.440 --> 00:44:49.530
 other example is Saul King Saul committed suicide after being mortally wounded still wrong still a

00:44:49.530 --> 00:44:55.280
 sin but Samuel made it clear hey tomorrow you and your sons will be with me Samuel was already

00:44:55.280 --> 00:45:00.550
 dead he was already in heaven with God Saul is safe Samuel is safe but here's the situation

00:45:00.550 --> 00:45:06.000
 people that are not saved and commit suicide will be going to hell go to Mark chapter number nine

00:45:06.000 --> 00:45:15.330
 mark chapter number nine let me tell you there's no suffering that exists on this earth that every

00:45:15.330 --> 00:45:20.500
 single person in hell would not immediately want to trade for i mean the the person on this earth

00:45:20.500 --> 00:45:27.040
 who is the quadriplegic and can't see and can't hear and is just living a horrible human existence

00:45:27.040 --> 00:45:32.490
 has it so much better than any person in hell why because look at mark chapter nine verse 43

00:45:32.490 --> 00:45:39.780
 the bible says and if thy right hand or sorry and if thy hand offend thee cut it off it is better

00:45:39.780 --> 00:45:47.190
 for thee to enter into life maimed than having two hands to go into hell into the fire that

00:45:47.190 --> 00:45:53.530
 shall never be quenched imagine what it would take for you to pull out a knife to pull out a meat

00:45:53.530 --> 00:45:59.870
 cleaver to pull out a sword and put your hand down and cut it off folks that's that's unimaginable

00:45:59.870 --> 00:46:05.080
 like we have this mechanism inside of us to not harm ourselves right but here's the thing you

00:46:05.080 --> 00:46:09.660
 know if they if you could see a lake of fire and it's like cut off your hand or go to the lake of

00:46:09.660 --> 00:46:12.510
 of fire, go to hell, you know what?

00:46:12.510 --> 00:46:15.370
 It's so much better to just cut off your hand, right?

00:46:15.370 --> 00:46:17.720
 And what's the truth that's being illustrated here?

00:46:17.720 --> 00:46:20.450
 Hey, anything is better than going to hell.

00:46:20.450 --> 00:46:21.780
 Anything is better than going to hell.

00:46:21.780 --> 00:46:24.190
 Hell is the worst possible thing.

00:46:24.190 --> 00:46:25.910
 It's the worst physical torment.

00:46:25.910 --> 00:46:27.800
 It's the worst mental torment.

00:46:27.800 --> 00:46:30.090
 Oh, you know, you think you have mental problems?

00:46:30.090 --> 00:46:31.790
 You think you have anxiety?

00:46:31.790 --> 00:46:33.540
 You think you have depression?

00:46:33.540 --> 00:46:35.440
 You think things are dark in your world?

00:46:35.440 --> 00:46:37.680
 How about being in everlasting darkness,

00:46:37.680 --> 00:46:40.290
 listening to people scream in agony and torment

00:46:40.290 --> 00:46:42.010
 for all of eternity?

00:46:42.010 --> 00:46:44.650
 Boy, talk about mental anguish.

00:46:44.650 --> 00:46:46.160
 I mean, that's horrific.

00:46:46.160 --> 00:46:46.980
 It's hell, folks.

00:46:46.980 --> 00:46:48.860
 It's the worst thing that could possibly exist.

00:46:48.860 --> 00:46:50.250
 Look at verse 44.

00:46:50.250 --> 00:46:54.200
 "Where there worm, dieth not, and the fire is not quenched."

00:46:54.200 --> 00:46:55.180
 You know what that means?

00:46:55.180 --> 00:46:57.180
 You never cease to exist in hell.

00:46:57.180 --> 00:46:58.360
 You never burn up.

00:46:58.360 --> 00:47:00.200
 You will be alive.

00:47:00.200 --> 00:47:03.900
 You will have conscious torment in hell forever.

00:47:03.900 --> 00:47:06.620
 And the fire will never be quenched.

00:47:06.620 --> 00:47:09.010
 Now, it's hard for us as human beings

00:47:09.010 --> 00:47:14.410
 living in a finite world to truly understand eternal torment.

00:47:14.410 --> 00:47:16.550
 You know, 'cause we've been in pain before, right?

00:47:16.550 --> 00:47:18.850
 Varying different degrees in here if we've been in pain.

00:47:18.850 --> 00:47:19.880
 But you know what?

00:47:19.880 --> 00:47:21.510
 Imagine just the worst pain,

00:47:21.510 --> 00:47:23.050
 worse than you could even experience,

00:47:23.050 --> 00:47:24.610
 worse than anything you've ever had,

00:47:24.610 --> 00:47:26.910
 but then it goes on forever and ever and ever,

00:47:26.910 --> 00:47:29.260
 and you have no rest day nor night.

00:47:29.260 --> 00:47:32.490
 Verse 45, "And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off.

00:47:32.490 --> 00:47:35.380
 "It is better for thee to enter halt into life

00:47:35.380 --> 00:47:38.220
 "than having two feet to be cast into hell,

00:47:38.220 --> 00:47:41.310
 "into the fire that never shall be quenched,

00:47:41.310 --> 00:47:44.480
 "where there worm dieth not, and the fire's not quenched.

00:47:44.480 --> 00:47:47.620
 "And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out,

00:47:47.620 --> 00:47:50.430
 "for it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God

00:47:50.430 --> 00:47:53.430
 "with one eye than having two eyes to be cast

00:47:53.430 --> 00:47:56.700
 "into hell fire, where there worm dieth not,

00:47:56.700 --> 00:47:58.730
 "and the fire is not quenched."

00:47:58.730 --> 00:47:59.990
 Look, here's the thing.

00:47:59.990 --> 00:48:03.390
 Oh, but you understand, this guy's a poor war veteran,

00:48:03.390 --> 00:48:04.970
 and he may be a poor war veteran.

00:48:04.970 --> 00:48:07.190
 Hey, he's got his legs blown off.

00:48:07.190 --> 00:48:09.320
 He's got his hands blown off.

00:48:09.320 --> 00:48:12.090
 Hey, his eyes have been gouged out by an IED.

00:48:12.090 --> 00:48:13.110
 Let me tell you what.

00:48:13.110 --> 00:48:16.030
 If that person is unsaved, the state he's in right there

00:48:16.030 --> 00:48:20.160
 is the best it's ever going to get if he went to hell, right?

00:48:20.160 --> 00:48:22.520
 And it's like, oh, man, I'm in so much pain and anguish.

00:48:22.520 --> 00:48:23.550
 But here's the thing.

00:48:23.550 --> 00:48:25.120
 What you're experiencing now on Earth

00:48:25.120 --> 00:48:27.560
 is definitely better than going to hell.

00:48:27.560 --> 00:48:29.570
 I'm not saying that they're experiencing a good life.

00:48:29.570 --> 00:48:31.490
 I'm not saying that they're having a fun time.

00:48:31.490 --> 00:48:32.320
 But here's the thing.

00:48:32.320 --> 00:48:35.100
 If someone is unsaved, the need for that person

00:48:35.100 --> 00:48:38.470
 is to get them saved, not to kill them.

00:48:38.470 --> 00:48:40.740
 Oh, let's just put them out of their misery.

00:48:40.740 --> 00:48:42.310
 But if they're not saved, you're not putting them

00:48:42.310 --> 00:48:43.360
 out of their misery.

00:48:43.360 --> 00:48:46.100
 You're taking them from one horrible, heartbreaking,

00:48:46.100 --> 00:48:49.480
 terrible situation to an even more horrible, heartbreaking,

00:48:49.480 --> 00:48:50.720
 terrible situation.

00:48:50.720 --> 00:48:52.750
 But at least here on this earth, if someone's

00:48:52.750 --> 00:48:54.540
 suffering physically, they could believe

00:48:54.540 --> 00:48:57.040
 on the Lord Jesus Christ, and then someday in heaven,

00:48:57.040 --> 00:48:59.290
 have their legs again, have their hands again,

00:48:59.290 --> 00:49:02.380
 have their eyesight, have eternal joy and peace,

00:49:02.380 --> 00:49:04.800
 no more pain, no more tears, no more crying.

00:49:04.800 --> 00:49:07.370
 I mean, they get to be fed by Jesus Christ,

00:49:07.370 --> 00:49:09.310
 have eternal fellowship with God.

00:49:09.310 --> 00:49:11.860
 That's one hope for their future.

00:49:11.860 --> 00:49:13.680
 What's the other possibility?

00:49:13.680 --> 00:49:15.540
 Oh, let's put them out of their misery.

00:49:15.540 --> 00:49:16.610
 Let's kill them.

00:49:16.610 --> 00:49:17.900
 Let's euthanize them.

00:49:17.900 --> 00:49:19.610
 And then in hell, in torments,

00:49:19.610 --> 00:49:21.380
 they lift up their eyes in hell,

00:49:21.380 --> 00:49:22.800
 burning for all of eternity

00:49:22.800 --> 00:49:25.260
 with no hope of escape ever again.

00:49:25.260 --> 00:49:27.730
 That is not compassion, folks.

00:49:27.730 --> 00:49:29.220
 That is not loving.

00:49:29.220 --> 00:49:31.350
 That is the most hateful thing you could possibly do.

00:49:31.350 --> 00:49:33.650
 For someone who's not saved to kill them,

00:49:33.650 --> 00:49:35.510
 here's the thing, if I was killed right now,

00:49:35.510 --> 00:49:37.000
 you didn't do anything to me

00:49:37.000 --> 00:49:38.510
 'cause I'm going straight to heaven.

00:49:38.510 --> 00:49:40.830
 Like, hey, you can't do anything to me

00:49:40.830 --> 00:49:44.290
 because I'm saved and no matter what happens to this body,

00:49:44.290 --> 00:49:45.800
 hey, I'm getting a new one someday

00:49:45.800 --> 00:49:47.180
 and I'm going straight to heaven

00:49:47.180 --> 00:49:49.010
 and no matter how I die on this earth,

00:49:49.010 --> 00:49:51.110
 no matter how bad my life gets in the future,

00:49:51.110 --> 00:49:54.470
 there is a hope for better days for me because I am saved.

00:49:54.470 --> 00:49:56.630
 But if you're not saved and you commit suicide,

00:49:56.630 --> 00:49:59.600
 you go from the darkness that you're in mentally

00:49:59.600 --> 00:50:02.380
 to literal darkness in hell for all of eternity.

00:50:02.380 --> 00:50:05.080
 And so that is the worst thing that could possibly happen.

00:50:05.080 --> 00:50:07.060
 Go to 1 Corinthians 6.

00:50:07.060 --> 00:50:09.440
 Number three, why we should be against

00:50:09.440 --> 00:50:14.470
 medically assisted suicide is because our bodies belong to God.

00:50:14.470 --> 00:50:16.560
 Our bodies are not our own,

00:50:16.560 --> 00:50:19.940
 and we do not get to choose what we do with our bodies.

00:50:19.940 --> 00:50:21.830
 Our bodies belong to God.

00:50:21.830 --> 00:50:24.650
 Look at 1 Corinthians 6, verse 19.

00:50:24.650 --> 00:50:25.510
 What?

00:50:25.510 --> 00:50:28.650
 Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost,

00:50:28.650 --> 00:50:30.620
 which is in you, which ye have of God?

00:50:30.620 --> 00:50:33.600
 Notice, and ye are not your own,

00:50:33.600 --> 00:50:35.970
 for ye are bought with a price.

00:50:35.970 --> 00:50:40.280
 Therefore, glorify God in your body and in your spirit,

00:50:40.280 --> 00:50:42.030
 which are God's.

00:50:42.030 --> 00:50:45.990
 You know, we often focus on glorifying God in our spirit

00:50:45.990 --> 00:50:48.140
 and connecting to God on a spiritual level.

00:50:48.140 --> 00:50:50.580
 But you know, God also wants us to honor him

00:50:50.580 --> 00:50:52.850
 with our bodies.

00:50:52.850 --> 00:50:54.980
 And people who are biblically illiterate

00:50:54.980 --> 00:50:57.930
 don't realize this, but the Bible has a lot to say

00:50:57.930 --> 00:51:00.270
 about how we should treat our bodies

00:51:00.270 --> 00:51:02.220
 and things that we should do with our bodies

00:51:02.220 --> 00:51:04.870
 and things that we should not do with our bodies.

00:51:04.870 --> 00:51:07.730
 Why is it that I should think that God cares about,

00:51:07.730 --> 00:51:09.670
 for example, us drinking alcohol,

00:51:09.670 --> 00:51:11.490
 Bible says be not drunk with wine.

00:51:11.490 --> 00:51:13.560
 You know, God cares for us to not be drunk.

00:51:13.560 --> 00:51:15.510
 He doesn't want us to do that with our body.

00:51:15.510 --> 00:51:18.620
 The Bible says thou shalt not print any marks upon you.

00:51:18.620 --> 00:51:19.980
 God cares about our body.

00:51:19.980 --> 00:51:23.010
 He doesn't want us printing tattoos on our body.

00:51:23.010 --> 00:51:25.510
 The Bible says men are supposed to have short hair

00:51:25.510 --> 00:51:27.520
 and women are supposed to have long hair.

00:51:27.520 --> 00:51:30.280
 God cares about what we do with our bodies.

00:51:30.280 --> 00:51:32.010
 I'm supposed to believe that God cares

00:51:32.010 --> 00:51:34.880
 about what we do in this life with our bodies,

00:51:34.880 --> 00:51:36.430
 but he's supposed to not care

00:51:36.430 --> 00:51:38.980
 when it comes to us just dying however we want,

00:51:38.980 --> 00:51:42.080
 dying whenever way we want, dying whatever way we want.

00:51:42.080 --> 00:51:46.520
 No, no, no, our bodies are God's in life and in death.

00:51:46.520 --> 00:51:48.160
 And you know, just how he cares about what we,

00:51:48.160 --> 00:51:49.550
 how we use our bodies in life,

00:51:49.550 --> 00:51:51.900
 I think God also cares about death as well.

00:51:51.900 --> 00:51:53.250
 Why do I say that?

00:51:53.250 --> 00:51:55.650
 Well, go to Romans chapter number 14.

00:51:55.650 --> 00:51:58.240
 Romans chapter number 14.

00:51:58.240 --> 00:52:00.320
 I mean, there's a lot God cares about with our bodies, right?

00:52:00.320 --> 00:52:02.260
 He cares about, you know, being holy,

00:52:02.260 --> 00:52:05.760
 not being a fornicator, not committing adultery.

00:52:05.760 --> 00:52:06.540
 How about this?

00:52:06.540 --> 00:52:08.900
 He cares about women dressing like women,

00:52:08.900 --> 00:52:11.430
 men not putting on that which pertains to a woman.

00:52:11.430 --> 00:52:14.500
 Okay, look at Romans chapter 14, verse seven.

00:52:14.500 --> 00:52:17.960
 The Bible says this, "For none of us liveth to himself."

00:52:17.960 --> 00:52:19.220
 Now, we just talked about that, right?

00:52:19.220 --> 00:52:20.460
 Our bodies are not our own.

00:52:20.460 --> 00:52:21.650
 God tells us how to live.

00:52:21.650 --> 00:52:26.370
 But notice this, "And no man dieth to himself."

00:52:26.370 --> 00:52:28.880
 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord.

00:52:28.880 --> 00:52:32.010
 And whether we die, we die unto the Lord.

00:52:32.010 --> 00:52:37.110
 Whether we live therefore or die, we are the Lord's.

00:52:37.110 --> 00:52:39.560
 You know what, just like you don't have a right

00:52:39.560 --> 00:52:41.900
 to live however you want in your body,

00:52:41.900 --> 00:52:44.260
 you don't have a right over your death either.

00:52:44.260 --> 00:52:46.630
 And people say, oh, my body, my choice.

00:52:46.630 --> 00:52:49.000
 No, no, no, no, no, God's body.

00:52:49.000 --> 00:52:50.770
 Your body is bought with a price.

00:52:50.770 --> 00:52:52.310
 And you know what, whether we live,

00:52:52.310 --> 00:52:55.120
 we should live unto God and honor God with our life.

00:52:55.120 --> 00:52:57.900
 And if we die, we should honor God with our death

00:52:57.900 --> 00:53:00.480
 and trust God with our death and not just take things

00:53:00.480 --> 00:53:02.780
 into our own hands and say, I'm done.

00:53:02.780 --> 00:53:04.400
 I'm just going to kill myself.

00:53:04.400 --> 00:53:06.750
 I'm just going to get medically assisted suicide.

00:53:06.750 --> 00:53:08.160
 I'm just going to do euthanasia.

00:53:08.160 --> 00:53:09.700
 You don't have that right.

00:53:09.700 --> 00:53:13.180
 Go to Job 14 while you're turning there, Deuteronomy 32.

00:53:13.180 --> 00:53:17.460
 Verse 39 says, "See now that I, even I am He,

00:53:17.460 --> 00:53:19.060
 and there is no God with me."

00:53:19.060 --> 00:53:19.720
 Listen to this.

00:53:19.720 --> 00:53:23.450
 "I kill and I make alive.

00:53:23.450 --> 00:53:25.670
 I kill and I make alive.

00:53:25.670 --> 00:53:27.080
 I wound and I heal.

00:53:27.080 --> 00:53:29.340
 Neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand."

00:53:29.340 --> 00:53:30.160
 What does God say?

00:53:30.160 --> 00:53:30.710
 You know what?

00:53:30.710 --> 00:53:32.920
 Life, it's His responsibility.

00:53:32.920 --> 00:53:34.560
 You want to know why you're alive today

00:53:34.560 --> 00:53:36.550
 is because God created you.

00:53:36.550 --> 00:53:39.210
 The Bible says that God is one that opens the womb.

00:53:39.210 --> 00:53:41.570
 You are fearfully and wonderfully made.

00:53:41.570 --> 00:53:43.900
 We are not evolved apes right here.

00:53:43.900 --> 00:53:46.380
 All of us are created by God.

00:53:46.380 --> 00:53:47.720
 That's amazing to think about.

00:53:47.720 --> 00:53:48.520
 But you know what?

00:53:48.520 --> 00:53:52.250
 God gives life, but the Bible says that God kills as well.

00:53:52.250 --> 00:53:56.360
 It's God's responsibility to administer death.

00:53:56.360 --> 00:53:58.500
 Look at Job chapter 14, verse one.

00:53:58.500 --> 00:54:00.850
 The Bible says, "Man that is born of a woman

00:54:00.850 --> 00:54:03.350
 is a few days and full of trouble.

00:54:03.350 --> 00:54:06.550
 He cometh forth like a flower and is cut down.

00:54:06.550 --> 00:54:09.740
 He fleeeth also as a shadow and continueth not.

00:54:09.740 --> 00:54:12.420
 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one

00:54:12.420 --> 00:54:14.510
 and bringest me into judgment with thee?"

00:54:14.510 --> 00:54:16.760
 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?

00:54:16.760 --> 00:54:17.590
 Not one.

00:54:17.590 --> 00:54:18.400
 Notice this.

00:54:18.400 --> 00:54:22.150
 "Seeing his days are determined.

00:54:22.150 --> 00:54:25.730
 The number of his months are with thee.

00:54:25.730 --> 00:54:30.630
 Thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass."

00:54:30.630 --> 00:54:35.570
 Look, I believe that God has an appointed day for my death.

00:54:35.570 --> 00:54:38.180
 I believe that.

00:54:38.180 --> 00:54:39.030
 Now here's the thing.

00:54:39.030 --> 00:54:41.630
 I believe that through our own free will,

00:54:41.630 --> 00:54:45.500
 we could be stupid and thwart that day.

00:54:45.500 --> 00:54:49.280
 I believe that God has a date for my death in the future,

00:54:49.280 --> 00:54:52.150
 but if I put a gun to my head and shoot myself,

00:54:52.150 --> 00:54:53.890
 I could thwart that date, couldn't I?

00:54:53.890 --> 00:54:57.790
 Or if I take a poison pill designed to kill me,

00:54:57.790 --> 00:55:00.000
 I can thwart that date.

00:55:00.000 --> 00:55:03.150
 If someone is being foolish and tempting God

00:55:03.150 --> 00:55:05.380
 and doing all sorts of idiotic things,

00:55:05.380 --> 00:55:07.720
 people will do all these just super dangerous,

00:55:07.720 --> 00:55:08.700
 ridiculous things.

00:55:08.700 --> 00:55:10.730
 Look, you're tempting God at that point,

00:55:10.730 --> 00:55:13.620
 but I do believe outside of you tempting God,

00:55:13.620 --> 00:55:14.840
 thwarting his plans,

00:55:14.840 --> 00:55:16.260
 that there is a date in the future

00:55:16.260 --> 00:55:18.590
 that is God's will for you and I to die.

00:55:18.590 --> 00:55:19.820
 That's what I believe.

00:55:19.820 --> 00:55:21.290
 You know, Ecclesiastes three,

00:55:21.290 --> 00:55:23.230
 there's a time to be born.

00:55:23.230 --> 00:55:24.570
 That's a different time for all of us.

00:55:24.570 --> 00:55:25.750
 There's a time to die.

00:55:25.750 --> 00:55:28.390
 That's a different time for all of us.

00:55:28.390 --> 00:55:30.060
 I love this quote.

00:55:30.060 --> 00:55:32.250
 There's this quote from General Stonewall Jackson.

00:55:32.250 --> 00:55:34.960
 He was a Confederate Civil War veteran.

00:55:34.960 --> 00:55:36.520
 And he said this,

00:55:36.520 --> 00:55:38.470
 'cause his nickname is Stonewall, right?

00:55:38.470 --> 00:55:40.490
 How did he get this nickname of being Stonewall?

00:55:40.490 --> 00:55:42.960
 Because he was just kind of like a wall in battle.

00:55:42.960 --> 00:55:44.820
 Like he wouldn't like shirk the battle

00:55:44.820 --> 00:55:46.330
 or get scared or run away.

00:55:46.330 --> 00:55:47.160
 Bullets are flying,

00:55:47.160 --> 00:55:49.840
 and he's just like standing up like a stone wall.

00:55:49.840 --> 00:55:51.740
 He didn't flinch, he wasn't scared.

00:55:51.740 --> 00:55:54.000
 But someone asked him about why he's like that, okay?

00:55:54.000 --> 00:55:55.940
 And I like his response.

00:55:55.940 --> 00:55:58.530
 He says, "Captain, my religious belief teaches me

00:55:58.530 --> 00:56:00.730
 "to feel as safe in battle as in bed.

00:56:00.730 --> 00:56:03.130
 "God has fixed the time for my death.

00:56:03.130 --> 00:56:05.160
 "I do not concern myself about that,

00:56:05.160 --> 00:56:08.330
 "but to be always ready no matter when it may overtake me.

00:56:08.330 --> 00:56:10.080
 "Captain, that is the way all men should live

00:56:10.080 --> 00:56:12.620
 "and then all would be equally brave."

00:56:12.620 --> 00:56:14.180
 I like that quote right there.

00:56:14.180 --> 00:56:16.280
 He's saying, "Hey, why am I not scared in battle?

00:56:16.280 --> 00:56:17.490
 "Why am I not scared in the fight?

00:56:17.490 --> 00:56:20.410
 "'Cause I believe God has an appointed date for my death

00:56:20.410 --> 00:56:21.560
 "and that's up to him.

00:56:21.560 --> 00:56:23.270
 "He's decided that and you know what?

00:56:23.270 --> 00:56:26.140
 "I'm gonna sleep easy and I'm gonna be in war easy

00:56:26.140 --> 00:56:27.590
 "'cause I trust in the Lord.

00:56:27.590 --> 00:56:29.090
 "Trust the Lord with all thine heart

00:56:29.090 --> 00:56:31.300
 "and lean not unto thine own understanding."

00:56:31.300 --> 00:56:32.580
 That's what the Bible teaches

00:56:32.580 --> 00:56:34.180
 and that makes sense with what Job is saying

00:56:34.180 --> 00:56:36.900
 'cause Job said, "Seeing his days are determined.

00:56:36.900 --> 00:56:40.030
 "The number of his months are with thee."

00:56:40.030 --> 00:56:41.630
 Just a quick sidebar,

00:56:41.630 --> 00:56:43.440
 when you're interpreting the book of Job,

00:56:43.440 --> 00:56:46.130
 make sure the things that are being said are said by Job

00:56:46.130 --> 00:56:48.260
 'cause if they're said by Job, then it's right.

00:56:48.260 --> 00:56:49.090
 It's good doctrine.

00:56:49.090 --> 00:56:51.540
 If it's said by his friends, it's a bunch of idiots, right?

00:56:51.540 --> 00:56:52.720
 Who said this thing right here?

00:56:52.720 --> 00:56:54.120
 Job did.

00:56:54.120 --> 00:56:56.110
 And God said, "Hey, everything Job said was right."

00:56:56.110 --> 00:56:58.910
 So Job was saying that God has a fixed day for our death.

00:56:58.910 --> 00:57:00.090
 I believe that to be the case.

00:57:00.090 --> 00:57:01.800
 Could you ruin that by committing suicide?

00:57:01.800 --> 00:57:02.620
 Yes.

00:57:02.620 --> 00:57:04.090
 But you know what, you shouldn't.

00:57:04.090 --> 00:57:04.900
 Why?

00:57:04.900 --> 00:57:06.160
 Because no man liveth unto himself,

00:57:06.160 --> 00:57:07.940
 no man dieth unto himself.

00:57:07.940 --> 00:57:09.800
 Whether we live, whether we die,

00:57:09.800 --> 00:57:11.260
 hey, we should be honoring God.

00:57:11.260 --> 00:57:12.640
 We should be trusting God.

00:57:12.640 --> 00:57:15.950
 And I want to die right when God wants me to die.

00:57:15.950 --> 00:57:18.880
 I don't want to die a day before God wants me to die.

00:57:18.880 --> 00:57:20.170
 I trust him for that.

00:57:20.170 --> 00:57:22.020
 We should have that attitude.

00:57:22.020 --> 00:57:24.480
 Go to James chapter number one.

00:57:24.480 --> 00:57:26.950
 Number five, why we should reject this idea

00:57:26.950 --> 00:57:29.960
 of medically assisted suicide.

00:57:29.960 --> 00:57:32.730
 Number five, suicide can cause you to miss

00:57:32.730 --> 00:57:36.340
 some opportunities to earn rewards in heaven.

00:57:36.340 --> 00:57:38.330
 I don't believe anyone could lose rewards

00:57:38.330 --> 00:57:40.590
 that they have already earned.

00:57:40.590 --> 00:57:42.640
 But I do believe if you commit suicide

00:57:42.640 --> 00:57:44.280
 and cut your life short,

00:57:44.280 --> 00:57:46.680
 shorter than what God's plan for you was,

00:57:46.680 --> 00:57:49.450
 you could miss out on opportunities to earn rewards

00:57:49.450 --> 00:57:50.720
 in heaven.

00:57:50.720 --> 00:57:53.630
 And look, our time spent on earth is so short

00:57:53.630 --> 00:57:55.610
 compared to eternity in heaven.

00:57:55.610 --> 00:57:58.560
 You know, it's best to try to get as many days as you can

00:57:58.560 --> 00:58:01.300
 serving God, praising God, honoring God with your life

00:58:01.300 --> 00:58:04.130
 to have as many rewards in heaven as possible.

00:58:04.130 --> 00:58:05.940
 James 1 verse 12.

00:58:05.940 --> 00:58:07.000
 Notice what it says.

00:58:07.000 --> 00:58:08.980
 Blessed is the man that what?

00:58:08.980 --> 00:58:11.570
 Endureth temptation.

00:58:11.570 --> 00:58:16.140
 For when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life

00:58:16.140 --> 00:58:18.750
 which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

00:58:18.750 --> 00:58:20.500
 Who gets this crown?

00:58:20.500 --> 00:58:21.730
 Who gets this reward?

00:58:21.730 --> 00:58:24.900
 Those who endure temptation, right?

00:58:24.900 --> 00:58:25.720
 Read that again.

00:58:25.720 --> 00:58:27.610
 The man that endureth temptation.

00:58:27.610 --> 00:58:30.820
 For when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life.

00:58:30.820 --> 00:58:32.730
 Now how could you possibly say

00:58:32.730 --> 00:58:36.090
 that someone committing suicide has endured temptation?

00:58:36.090 --> 00:58:37.590
 That's not true.

00:58:37.590 --> 00:58:39.700
 Now you could say they were tempted,

00:58:39.700 --> 00:58:42.010
 but they didn't endure it, they failed, right?

00:58:42.010 --> 00:58:44.550
 And look, we could feel sympathy for them and I do.

00:58:44.550 --> 00:58:45.980
 And it's hard, it's horrible.

00:58:45.980 --> 00:58:47.970
 I'm sad people are in bad situations,

00:58:47.970 --> 00:58:49.760
 but let's just be frank for a moment.

00:58:49.760 --> 00:58:51.380
 Someone who commits suicide,

00:58:51.380 --> 00:58:55.950
 regardless of the reason why, has not endured temptation.

00:58:55.950 --> 00:58:57.140
 Let's just be real.

00:58:57.140 --> 00:58:58.700
 They did not have faith to the end.

00:58:58.700 --> 00:59:00.820
 They did not, and of course I mean like trusting God

00:59:00.820 --> 00:59:02.170
 with their life in that situation.

00:59:02.170 --> 00:59:03.570
 They did not endure it to the end.

00:59:03.570 --> 00:59:05.230
 They failed in that temptation

00:59:05.230 --> 00:59:07.290
 and I don't think they're gonna have as many rewards

00:59:07.290 --> 00:59:09.720
 as someone who endured that temptation all the way

00:59:09.720 --> 00:59:11.530
 to the end.

00:59:11.530 --> 00:59:13.090
 Okay, go to 2 Corinthians 4.

00:59:13.090 --> 00:59:15.670
 While you're turning there, 2 Timothy 2.5 says this,

00:59:15.670 --> 00:59:19.260
 and if a man also strive for masteries,

00:59:19.260 --> 00:59:24.310
 yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.

00:59:24.310 --> 00:59:26.220
 Right, so you gotta play the game of life

00:59:26.220 --> 00:59:28.350
 according to the rules.

00:59:28.350 --> 00:59:29.610
 And what are one of the rules?

00:59:29.610 --> 00:59:31.510
 Thou shalt not kill.

00:59:31.510 --> 00:59:32.670
 That is one of the rules.

00:59:32.670 --> 00:59:34.990
 And you know what, if you try to get out of the trials

00:59:34.990 --> 00:59:37.720
 and tribulations that God has given you in your life

00:59:37.720 --> 00:59:40.900
 to test you, to try you, and you just say,

00:59:40.900 --> 00:59:44.840
 you know what, exit game, commit suicide, I'm out.

00:59:44.840 --> 00:59:46.390
 Well, you do not get the reward

00:59:46.390 --> 00:59:48.520
 because you did not strive lawfully.

00:59:48.520 --> 00:59:49.910
 Not saying you lost your salvation

00:59:49.910 --> 00:59:51.900
 because you can never lose your salvation.

00:59:51.900 --> 00:59:53.580
 If you're saved and you commit suicide,

00:59:53.580 --> 00:59:54.710
 you'll go straight to heaven,

00:59:54.710 --> 00:59:56.420
 but I believe you've now missed out

00:59:56.420 --> 00:59:58.880
 on some opportunities to be rewarded

00:59:58.880 --> 01:00:01.670
 for enduring that temptation all the way to the end,

01:00:01.670 --> 01:00:03.350
 for dying well.

01:00:03.350 --> 01:00:04.760
 You know, we shouldn't just want to live well,

01:00:04.760 --> 01:00:06.510
 we should want to die well.

01:00:06.510 --> 01:00:07.320
 It's better to finish.

01:00:07.320 --> 01:00:09.870
 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof.

01:00:09.870 --> 01:00:12.820
 Ecclesiastes chapter number seven teaches us.

01:00:12.820 --> 01:00:14.930
 Second Corinthians four verse 16.

01:00:14.930 --> 01:00:17.090
 It says, "For which cause we faint not,

01:00:17.090 --> 01:00:18.900
 "but though our outward man perish,"

01:00:18.900 --> 01:00:19.720
 you know what that means?

01:00:19.720 --> 01:00:24.730
 "Yet the inward man is renewed day by day."

01:00:24.730 --> 01:00:25.540
 Let me tell you something.

01:00:25.540 --> 01:00:29.780
 It does not matter what is happening to your outward man.

01:00:29.780 --> 01:00:31.580
 You could be having cancer.

01:00:31.580 --> 01:00:33.340
 You could lose your limbs.

01:00:33.340 --> 01:00:34.890
 You could be a burn victim.

01:00:34.890 --> 01:00:37.050
 Here's the truth about someone if they are saved.

01:00:37.050 --> 01:00:39.120
 Though their outward man perish,

01:00:39.120 --> 01:00:42.830
 the inward man is renewed day by day.

01:00:42.830 --> 01:00:44.750
 And no matter how much pain you are in,

01:00:44.750 --> 01:00:46.400
 no matter how bad your cancer is,

01:00:46.400 --> 01:00:49.300
 you still have the spirit of God inside of you.

01:00:49.300 --> 01:00:51.490
 You still have the new man inside of you.

01:00:51.490 --> 01:00:54.040
 You know, no matter what your external appearance looks like,

01:00:54.040 --> 01:00:56.920
 you could still pray to God and thank him

01:00:56.920 --> 01:00:59.010
 and give him glory and give him honor.

01:00:59.010 --> 01:01:00.710
 You can still listen to the word of God

01:01:00.710 --> 01:01:02.020
 being read to you, hopefully.

01:01:02.020 --> 01:01:03.980
 You can still use Braille or something.

01:01:03.980 --> 01:01:05.540
 You can still read the Bible

01:01:05.540 --> 01:01:07.370
 and let the spirit of God speak to you.

01:01:07.370 --> 01:01:08.210
 And guess what?

01:01:08.210 --> 01:01:10.280
 That new man can still earn rewards.

01:01:10.280 --> 01:01:14.330
 That new man can still be renewed and be close to God.

01:01:14.330 --> 01:01:16.510
 And no matter what's happening to the old man,

01:01:16.510 --> 01:01:18.420
 you know, or to that outward man,

01:01:18.420 --> 01:01:20.840
 let that new man be renewed every single day

01:01:20.840 --> 01:01:23.000
 until the day you die.

01:01:23.000 --> 01:01:24.990
 Keep trusting him all the way to the end.

01:01:24.990 --> 01:01:25.810
 Why?

01:01:25.810 --> 01:01:26.640
 Verse 17, it says this,

01:01:26.640 --> 01:01:31.500
 "For our light affliction, for our light affliction,

01:01:31.500 --> 01:01:33.900
 which is but for a moment, worketh for us

01:01:33.900 --> 01:01:39.270
 a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory."

01:01:39.270 --> 01:01:41.330
 Here's the thing, I'm not discounting

01:01:41.330 --> 01:01:42.970
 some of the horrific situations

01:01:42.970 --> 01:01:45.170
 that people are in in this world.

01:01:45.170 --> 01:01:46.990
 People often tell me, "Oh, we're in hell right now."

01:01:46.990 --> 01:01:49.210
 You want to know why people say that

01:01:49.210 --> 01:01:50.770
 is because life is hard

01:01:50.770 --> 01:01:51.910
 and they don't know the Bible,

01:01:51.910 --> 01:01:53.180
 but they know life is hard

01:01:53.180 --> 01:01:54.780
 and so they say, "Oh, we must be in hell right now."

01:01:54.780 --> 01:01:56.990
 Obviously that's stupid, we're not in hell right now.

01:01:56.990 --> 01:01:58.550
 But the reason they're saying that is because life is hard

01:01:58.550 --> 01:02:01.850
 and life is harder for some more than others, okay?

01:02:01.850 --> 01:02:04.120
 Life is harder for the parents

01:02:04.120 --> 01:02:06.160
 who have a child dying of cancer

01:02:06.160 --> 01:02:08.920
 than for dad who has a cold, all right?

01:02:08.920 --> 01:02:11.930
 Life is harder for people going through a miscarriage

01:02:11.930 --> 01:02:14.900
 than your kid broke their foot or something like that.

01:02:14.900 --> 01:02:17.120
 Life is harder for someone who's dying of cancer

01:02:17.120 --> 01:02:18.980
 than someone who just lost their job.

01:02:18.980 --> 01:02:21.950
 We have different varying degrees of hardness in this life.

01:02:21.950 --> 01:02:26.200
 But here's what I know, is that when you compare heaven

01:02:26.200 --> 01:02:28.220
 and the rewards that you earn in heaven,

01:02:28.220 --> 01:02:31.280
 no matter what the hardness is that you endured on earth,

01:02:31.280 --> 01:02:34.010
 no matter how bad your physical situation was,

01:02:34.010 --> 01:02:37.610
 it's gonna be like light affliction in comparison.

01:02:37.610 --> 01:02:40.010
 So think about this, for us, all we've ever experienced

01:02:40.010 --> 01:02:41.780
 is this earth, right?

01:02:41.780 --> 01:02:43.470
 So my life, hey, I have good health.

01:02:43.470 --> 01:02:45.620
 If I compare myself to a burn victim,

01:02:45.620 --> 01:02:48.150
 it's like we're just way different planes

01:02:48.150 --> 01:02:49.950
 'cause they're suffering so much more than me

01:02:49.950 --> 01:02:51.990
 'cause I'm living a healthy life.

01:02:51.990 --> 01:02:54.610
 But here's the thing, once we're in heaven,

01:02:54.610 --> 01:02:56.320
 that person who's the burn victim,

01:02:56.320 --> 01:02:57.940
 when they have rewards in heaven,

01:02:57.940 --> 01:03:00.550
 they're walking streets of gold, they've got a new body,

01:03:00.550 --> 01:03:01.820
 you know what, they're gonna look back at that

01:03:01.820 --> 01:03:04.220
 and say that was light affliction.

01:03:04.220 --> 01:03:06.640
 That was but for a moment.

01:03:06.640 --> 01:03:08.720
 And you think about when you're going through illness

01:03:08.720 --> 01:03:11.910
 or injuries, it feels like forever.

01:03:11.910 --> 01:03:14.510
 And here's the thing, I only know that from my experience

01:03:14.510 --> 01:03:16.870
 from very light affliction, but here's what I know,

01:03:16.870 --> 01:03:20.790
 even people in their end of their life dying of cancer,

01:03:20.790 --> 01:03:24.100
 dying of bad diseases, that's gonna feel like forever

01:03:24.100 --> 01:03:26.660
 for them, but here's what I know, when they cross

01:03:26.660 --> 01:03:28.160
 to the other side and they're in heaven,

01:03:28.160 --> 01:03:29.990
 they're gonna say, wow, that was but for a moment.

01:03:29.990 --> 01:03:31.210
 And you know what's before them?

01:03:31.210 --> 01:03:33.520
 Eternity, eternity.

01:03:33.520 --> 01:03:37.140
 Notice what it says there, a far more exceeding

01:03:37.140 --> 01:03:40.000
 and eternal weight of glory.

01:03:40.000 --> 01:03:43.150
 Your eternity is gonna last way longer than your time

01:03:43.150 --> 01:03:44.920
 on earth, so what you should do is try to earn

01:03:44.920 --> 01:03:48.540
 as many rewards as possible and be faithful until the end

01:03:48.540 --> 01:03:52.110
 and endure temptation and get that crown of life

01:03:52.110 --> 01:03:53.910
 by being faithful.

01:03:53.910 --> 01:03:57.420
 Verse 18, while we look not at the things which are seen,

01:03:57.420 --> 01:03:59.820
 but at the things which are not seen,

01:03:59.820 --> 01:04:02.040
 for the things which are seen are temporal,

01:04:02.040 --> 01:04:05.710
 but the things which are not seen are eternal.

01:04:05.710 --> 01:04:08.960
 Look, I cannot blame someone who is in a horrible

01:04:08.960 --> 01:04:12.560
 physical state to desire life to be over.

01:04:12.560 --> 01:04:14.670
 I can only imagine what that would be like.

01:04:14.670 --> 01:04:16.210
 And the Apostle Paul talked about,

01:04:16.210 --> 01:04:18.770
 Hey, we were pressed beyond measure.

01:04:18.770 --> 01:04:20.540
 We were despairing even of life.

01:04:20.540 --> 01:04:21.990
 There's people that feel that way.

01:04:21.990 --> 01:04:24.270
 But what those people need to hear today is,

01:04:24.270 --> 01:04:26.910
 hey, be thou faithful unto death.

01:04:26.910 --> 01:04:29.890
 Keep going, endure temptation.

01:04:29.890 --> 01:04:31.010
 God loves you.

01:04:31.010 --> 01:04:33.080
 That new man inside of you is still there.

01:04:33.080 --> 01:04:36.020
 That inner man is still there being renewed day by day.

01:04:36.020 --> 01:04:36.850
 And you know what?

01:04:36.850 --> 01:04:38.210
 You make it to the finish line.

01:04:38.210 --> 01:04:40.850
 Being faithful to God, don't give up.

01:04:40.850 --> 01:04:42.680
 Die well, right?

01:04:42.680 --> 01:04:46.090
 Live well, die well, don't commit suicide.

01:04:46.090 --> 01:04:47.350
 Don't commit suicide.

01:04:47.350 --> 01:04:49.470
 Don't commit medically assisted suicide.

01:04:49.470 --> 01:04:51.900
 Don't get euthanized like some sort of dog.

01:04:51.900 --> 01:04:53.790
 No, continue.

01:04:53.790 --> 01:04:55.490
 Be faithful.

01:04:55.490 --> 01:04:57.410
 Go if you would to James chapter number five.

01:04:57.410 --> 01:04:59.950
 Number six, reason why we should be against this

01:04:59.950 --> 01:05:03.980
 is assisted suicide negates God's ability

01:05:03.980 --> 01:05:06.100
 to perform miracles.

01:05:06.100 --> 01:05:08.380
 Assisted suicide negates God's ability

01:05:08.380 --> 01:05:09.550
 to perform miracles.

01:05:09.550 --> 01:05:11.320
 Look, I'm not telling you

01:05:11.320 --> 01:05:13.360
 that by you not committing suicide,

01:05:13.360 --> 01:05:15.120
 God is for sure gonna heal all your diseases.

01:05:15.120 --> 01:05:16.190
 I'm not saying that.

01:05:16.190 --> 01:05:17.020
 But here's what I'm saying.

01:05:17.020 --> 01:05:19.600
 If you commit suicide, you make it impossible

01:05:19.600 --> 01:05:21.720
 for God to perform a miracle.

01:05:21.720 --> 01:05:23.660
 And especially in Canada,

01:05:23.660 --> 01:05:26.550
 where it's not just people dying of terminal cancer.

01:05:26.550 --> 01:05:29.410
 I mean, some of these people have depression,

01:05:29.410 --> 01:05:31.580
 have PTSD, and it's like, look,

01:05:31.580 --> 01:05:34.280
 have some faith in God that God can heal you.

01:05:34.280 --> 01:05:35.730
 You know, stop trusting in the doctors

01:05:35.730 --> 01:05:37.060
 to fix all your problems.

01:05:37.060 --> 01:05:39.540
 And why don't you go to the great physician?

01:05:39.540 --> 01:05:41.930
 Why don't you pray to the Lord Jesus Christ to heal you?

01:05:41.930 --> 01:05:43.510
 He can do so.

01:05:43.510 --> 01:05:45.460
 As you're turning there, let me read a couple of verses.

01:05:45.460 --> 01:05:47.340
 Jeremiah 32 verse 27.

01:05:47.340 --> 01:05:50.710
 Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh.

01:05:50.710 --> 01:05:53.840
 Is there anything too hard for me?

01:05:53.840 --> 01:05:55.100
 Right, so here's the thing.

01:05:55.100 --> 01:05:57.160
 It doesn't even matter what the diagnosis is.

01:05:57.160 --> 01:06:00.050
 It doesn't matter if the doctor says, this will kill you.

01:06:00.050 --> 01:06:01.760
 You will be dead in this amount of time.

01:06:01.760 --> 01:06:04.680
 If God wanted to heal you, he certainly could.

01:06:04.680 --> 01:06:06.390
 And nothing is too hard for God.

01:06:06.390 --> 01:06:06.880
 You know what?

01:06:06.880 --> 01:06:08.750
 God has performed miracles.

01:06:08.750 --> 01:06:11.180
 God does perform miracles.

01:06:11.180 --> 01:06:13.820
 And I'm not guaranteeing you that by staying alive,

01:06:13.820 --> 01:06:15.080
 that God for sure will for you.

01:06:15.080 --> 01:06:16.400
 But I'm saying he can.

01:06:16.400 --> 01:06:17.090
 He might.

01:06:17.090 --> 01:06:19.630
 Why don't we have hope that that's a possibility?

01:06:19.630 --> 01:06:22.950
 And it's like, how many people would God have healed

01:06:22.950 --> 01:06:24.240
 if they had been faithful?

01:06:24.240 --> 01:06:26.620
 It's kind of like that verse we read this morning.

01:06:26.620 --> 01:06:29.080
 Hey, don't be weary in well-doing,

01:06:29.080 --> 01:06:33.060
 for we shall reap if we faint not.

01:06:33.060 --> 01:06:35.030
 And it's like, maybe you were right at that point

01:06:35.030 --> 01:06:37.660
 that God was going to heal you, that God was going to use you

01:06:37.660 --> 01:06:39.860
 in some way to be a great testimony for him.

01:06:39.860 --> 01:06:41.830
 But it's like, but you cut your life short.

01:06:41.830 --> 01:06:44.820
 But you committed suicide, and he could not help you.

01:06:44.820 --> 01:06:46.390
 So many times in the Bible, people

01:06:46.390 --> 01:06:48.380
 are brought right to the brink, right

01:06:48.380 --> 01:06:50.960
 to the end of themselves, right to the end of everything

01:06:50.960 --> 01:06:52.680
 they could do in their own power.

01:06:52.680 --> 01:06:56.170
 And that's when God literally parted the Red Sea, right?

01:06:56.170 --> 01:06:58.420
 I mean, the children of Israel being led out

01:06:58.420 --> 01:07:00.990
 of the wilderness, they get to the Red Sea.

01:07:00.990 --> 01:07:03.200
 Pharaoh and his armies are chasing after them.

01:07:03.200 --> 01:07:05.570
 There's nothing left they could do in the flesh.

01:07:05.570 --> 01:07:07.940
 Physically speaking, you look at their situation and say,

01:07:07.940 --> 01:07:10.380
 this is a military impossibility.

01:07:10.380 --> 01:07:11.840
 They are cooked, chat.

01:07:11.840 --> 01:07:12.900
 They're done, all right?

01:07:12.900 --> 01:07:16.520
 But then God opens up the Red Sea and performs a miracle.

01:07:16.520 --> 01:07:17.890
 And it's like, look, some people,

01:07:17.890 --> 01:07:21.190
 they are at the end of their life from a medical perspective,

01:07:21.190 --> 01:07:23.440
 where the doctors say, hey, you're done.

01:07:23.440 --> 01:07:24.590
 You're going to die.

01:07:24.590 --> 01:07:25.490
 It's over.

01:07:25.490 --> 01:07:26.390
 It's hopeless.

01:07:26.390 --> 01:07:28.910
 But hello, there's this thing called God.

01:07:28.910 --> 01:07:30.480
 Is there anything too hard for the Lord?

01:07:30.480 --> 01:07:31.340
 Absolutely not.

01:07:31.340 --> 01:07:35.320
 So we should have faith that God could perform a miracle.

01:07:35.320 --> 01:07:37.350
 I'll read another one, Psalm 103, verse 2.

01:07:37.350 --> 01:07:41.190
 "Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits,

01:07:41.190 --> 01:07:43.000
 who forgiveth all thine iniquity,

01:07:43.000 --> 01:07:46.590
 who healeth all thy diseases."

01:07:46.590 --> 01:07:48.530
 James 5, you're there in verse 13.

01:07:48.530 --> 01:07:51.890
 James chapter 5, "Is any among you afflicted?

01:07:51.890 --> 01:07:53.730
 Let him pray."

01:07:53.730 --> 01:07:55.860
 Notice it doesn't say, are any of you afflicted?

01:07:55.860 --> 01:07:57.370
 Let him kill himself.

01:07:57.370 --> 01:07:58.760
 Are any of you afflicted?

01:07:58.760 --> 01:08:00.320
 Let him get the death pill.

01:08:00.320 --> 01:08:01.470
 Are any of you afflicted?

01:08:01.470 --> 01:08:03.190
 Let him get euthanized.

01:08:03.190 --> 01:08:04.330
 Are any of you afflicted?

01:08:04.330 --> 01:08:06.120
 Let him pray.

01:08:06.120 --> 01:08:07.020
 Let's keep reading.

01:08:07.020 --> 01:08:07.820
 Is any merry?

01:08:07.820 --> 01:08:10.050
 Let him sing Psalms.

01:08:10.050 --> 01:08:11.990
 Whoops, wrong verse here.

01:08:11.990 --> 01:08:14.520
 It says, "Is any sick among you?

01:08:14.520 --> 01:08:16.980
 Let him call for the elders of the church,

01:08:16.980 --> 01:08:19.100
 and let them pray over him,

01:08:19.100 --> 01:08:22.490
 anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord."

01:08:22.490 --> 01:08:24.910
 It's like, hey, you're afflicted, you're sick,

01:08:24.910 --> 01:08:25.930
 here's what you need.

01:08:25.930 --> 01:08:27.840
 Prayer, here's what you need.

01:08:27.840 --> 01:08:29.910
 Other people involved praying for you.

01:08:29.910 --> 01:08:32.280
 Hey, sometimes you may need the elder of the church

01:08:32.280 --> 01:08:33.950
 to anoint you with oil and pray for you

01:08:33.950 --> 01:08:34.880
 in the name of the Lord.

01:08:34.880 --> 01:08:35.820
 Here's what you don't need.

01:08:35.820 --> 01:08:40.540
 The death pill, the death panel, the euthanization.

01:08:40.540 --> 01:08:41.330
 That's not what we need.

01:08:41.330 --> 01:08:43.040
 We need prayer.

01:08:43.040 --> 01:08:44.890
 Go to Revelation chapter number two.

01:08:44.890 --> 01:08:47.410
 Revelation chapter number two.

01:08:47.410 --> 01:08:48.570
 Look, here's the thing.

01:08:48.570 --> 01:08:50.230
 God can perform miracles.

01:08:50.230 --> 01:08:53.100
 I'm not saying he for sure will for your situation,

01:08:53.100 --> 01:08:54.450
 but here's what I do believe.

01:08:54.450 --> 01:08:58.620
 Even if God does not perform a miracle to heal you,

01:08:58.620 --> 01:09:00.940
 I also believe that if you're faithful to him

01:09:00.940 --> 01:09:02.460
 and you're determined to trust God

01:09:02.460 --> 01:09:04.520
 all the way to the day of your death,

01:09:04.520 --> 01:09:07.400
 that God could just give you the grace that you need

01:09:07.400 --> 01:09:11.160
 to endure your suffering at the end of your life, right?

01:09:11.160 --> 01:09:13.170
 Because maybe he doesn't give you a full miracle

01:09:13.170 --> 01:09:15.820
 and just reverse your illness and save you physically,

01:09:15.820 --> 01:09:17.710
 but I believe that God could give you that grace

01:09:17.710 --> 01:09:21.430
 that you need to endure that suffering.

01:09:21.430 --> 01:09:23.450
 Number seven, why should we should be against this?

01:09:23.450 --> 01:09:27.420
 We need to endure hardship even unto death.

01:09:27.420 --> 01:09:29.480
 Revelation two, verse 10, notice this.

01:09:29.480 --> 01:09:32.530
 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer.

01:09:32.530 --> 01:09:36.460
 Behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison

01:09:36.460 --> 01:09:37.910
 that you may be tried,

01:09:37.910 --> 01:09:39.720
 and ye shall have tribulation 10 days.

01:09:39.720 --> 01:09:40.540
 Notice this.

01:09:40.540 --> 01:09:43.780
 Be thou faithful unto death,

01:09:43.780 --> 01:09:46.820
 and I will give thee a crown of life.

01:09:46.820 --> 01:09:48.870
 Look, go out of your life

01:09:48.870 --> 01:09:52.190
 being faithful to God and His commandments.

01:09:52.190 --> 01:09:54.890
 And if that means being faithful unto death,

01:09:54.890 --> 01:09:57.080
 well, then you just be faithful unto death.

01:09:57.080 --> 01:09:59.240
 But don't try to make death come early

01:09:59.240 --> 01:10:00.950
 to try to avoid your suffering.

01:10:00.950 --> 01:10:02.440
 Say, God, I trust you.

01:10:02.440 --> 01:10:04.180
 Whatever it is you want me to go through,

01:10:04.180 --> 01:10:05.930
 God, I pray that you'd heal me.

01:10:05.930 --> 01:10:07.750
 I pray that you'd perform a miracle.

01:10:07.750 --> 01:10:09.520
 If not, Lord, please at least give me the grace

01:10:09.520 --> 01:10:11.650
 and strength I need to make it.

01:10:11.650 --> 01:10:13.960
 But God, I want to be faithful unto death

01:10:13.960 --> 01:10:16.680
 and not just go out committing suicide,

01:10:16.680 --> 01:10:18.350
 giving up in life.

01:10:18.350 --> 01:10:19.660
 Go to Psalm 116.

01:10:26.990 --> 01:10:31.460
 You know, I think that God cares about how His saints die.

01:10:31.460 --> 01:10:33.140
 Why is that?

01:10:33.140 --> 01:10:36.800
 Psalm 116, look at verse number 15, it says this.

01:10:36.800 --> 01:10:40.020
 Precious in the sight of the Lord

01:10:40.020 --> 01:10:43.100
 is the death of His saints.

01:10:43.100 --> 01:10:44.980
 Look, we know that God loves us so much.

01:10:44.980 --> 01:10:47.310
 He gave His son to die on the cross for us, right?

01:10:47.310 --> 01:10:48.630
 I mean, God has saved us.

01:10:48.630 --> 01:10:50.410
 He's given us eternal life.

01:10:50.410 --> 01:10:52.020
 And the Bible does not act like,

01:10:52.020 --> 01:10:55.110
 oh, God just discards us as His little beings

01:10:55.110 --> 01:10:57.430
 that He created and we're just ants to Him.

01:10:57.430 --> 01:10:59.390
 You know, you squish an ant, you don't care, right?

01:10:59.390 --> 01:11:01.270
 A bug dies, you don't care.

01:11:01.270 --> 01:11:03.660
 You see the spider carcass in the side of the room,

01:11:03.660 --> 01:11:04.490
 you don't care.

01:11:04.490 --> 01:11:06.650
 That's not how God is for human beings.

01:11:06.650 --> 01:11:09.110
 The Bible says that precious in the side of the Lord

01:11:09.110 --> 01:11:11.440
 are the death of His saints.

01:11:11.440 --> 01:11:13.780
 If you're saved, look, God cares about your death.

01:11:13.780 --> 01:11:17.170
 It's something that's precious, that's special to Him.

01:11:17.170 --> 01:11:18.070
 Why would that be?

01:11:18.070 --> 01:11:20.400
 Well, 'cause that's your homecoming.

01:11:20.400 --> 01:11:23.040
 That's the first time in all of eternity

01:11:23.040 --> 01:11:24.820
 where you're gonna get to meet your Lord.

01:11:24.820 --> 01:11:26.230
 That's amazing.

01:11:26.230 --> 01:11:27.900
 And look, the world is scared of death.

01:11:27.900 --> 01:11:29.680
 The Bible says that in all their life,

01:11:29.680 --> 01:11:33.100
 they're subject to bondage of the fear of death.

01:11:33.100 --> 01:11:34.940
 But you know what, we should not be afraid of death

01:11:34.940 --> 01:11:37.590
 because to die is gain.

01:11:37.590 --> 01:11:39.560
 That's why I said, there's nothing you can do to me,

01:11:39.560 --> 01:11:41.020
 'cause I'm saved.

01:11:41.020 --> 01:11:42.810
 And it's like, yeah, do I wanna stay on this earth?

01:11:42.810 --> 01:11:44.200
 Yeah, is it needful for me to stay?

01:11:44.200 --> 01:11:45.850
 Yeah, I wanna see my kids grow up.

01:11:45.850 --> 01:11:47.150
 I wanna be a husband to my wife.

01:11:47.150 --> 01:11:48.570
 Hey, I wanna enjoy this life.

01:11:48.570 --> 01:11:50.110
 But here's the thing, if you kill me,

01:11:50.110 --> 01:11:52.740
 I get to meet Jesus Christ.

01:11:52.740 --> 01:11:54.050
 Praise God.

01:11:54.050 --> 01:11:55.850
 I get to see God.

01:11:55.850 --> 01:11:57.700
 I get to walk the streets of gold.

01:11:57.700 --> 01:11:59.780
 I get to meet the saints of times past.

01:11:59.780 --> 01:12:01.600
 Hey, I'm excited about heaven.

01:12:01.600 --> 01:12:03.130
 I'm looking forward to it.

01:12:03.130 --> 01:12:05.000
 And you know what, precious in the sight of the Lord

01:12:05.000 --> 01:12:06.530
 of the death of his saints, why?

01:12:06.530 --> 01:12:09.050
 Because that is the first time we get to meet our God.

01:12:09.050 --> 01:12:11.070
 That's amazing.

01:12:11.070 --> 01:12:13.000
 Let me read Revelation 14, 13.

01:12:13.000 --> 01:12:13.950
 I'll read this for you.

01:12:13.950 --> 01:12:16.620
 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me,

01:12:16.620 --> 01:12:19.770
 right, blessed are the dead

01:12:19.770 --> 01:12:22.690
 which die in the Lord from henceforth.

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 Yea, sayeth the Spirit, that they may rest

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 from their labors and their works do follow them.

01:12:30.030 --> 01:12:32.890
 Hey, pretty soon it's like if you're at the end of your life

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 and you're suffering, hey, I know you're suffering,

01:12:34.950 --> 01:12:38.700
 I know it's hard, but pretty soon you're gonna have rest.

01:12:38.700 --> 01:12:41.370
 Hey, pretty soon your works are going to follow you

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 and the Bible says blessed are the dead

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 that die in the Lord from henceforth.

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 Boy, is that contrary to the way this world thinks.

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 This world is so scared of death

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 and you know what, you should be buddy if you're not saved.

01:12:52.290 --> 01:12:54.210
 You better be terrified to die

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 and woe unto the idiot that doesn't care.

01:12:56.490 --> 01:12:58.330
 Woe unto the idiot where we ask them,

01:12:58.330 --> 01:12:59.270
 hey, if you were to die today,

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 are you 100% sure you're going to heaven?

01:13:00.850 --> 01:13:01.840
 No, I'm not sure.

01:13:01.840 --> 01:13:02.670
 Can I show you?

01:13:02.670 --> 01:13:04.020
 Ugh, I don't care.

01:13:04.020 --> 01:13:05.790
 You should be terrified.

01:13:05.790 --> 01:13:09.070
 You should be shaking every time you get in the car.

01:13:09.070 --> 01:13:10.590
 You should be terrified of death

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 because you know what, your death is not blessed.

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 The Bible says blessed are those that die in the Lord.

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 Why?

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 Because heaven awaits us.

01:13:18.360 --> 01:13:19.570
 But if you're not saved, no, no, no,

01:13:19.570 --> 01:13:21.160
 your death is not a blessing.

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 You're going to hell for all of eternity.

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 Go to Acts chapter number seven.

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 Look, I think that we obviously want to use our lives

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 as a good witness of Jesus Christ, right?

01:13:33.650 --> 01:13:35.740
 Hey, we want to use our lives to serve God.

01:13:35.740 --> 01:13:38.530
 We want to use our lives to preach the gospel.

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 We want to be using our lives to be a testimony

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 But I think people often underestimate the power

01:13:45.740 --> 01:13:50.080
 that saints have of the testimony of their death, right?

01:13:50.080 --> 01:13:51.530
 Hey, our life could have a lot of power

01:13:51.530 --> 01:13:53.930
 going out and preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ,

01:13:53.930 --> 01:13:56.370
 being faithful, trusting God in a hard situation.

01:13:56.370 --> 01:13:58.190
 And people could see that and say, wow,

01:13:58.190 --> 01:13:59.400
 look at the power of God.

01:13:59.400 --> 01:14:00.680
 Wow, look at the glory of God.

01:14:00.680 --> 01:14:03.600
 But people could also see a Christian die well

01:14:03.600 --> 01:14:06.190
 and say, there's something different about that.

01:14:06.190 --> 01:14:08.870
 I mean, my grandmother works in hospice.

01:14:08.870 --> 01:14:12.740
 And she's told me in the stories how some Christians dying

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 is way different than the world dying.

01:14:15.140 --> 01:14:17.970
 And again, example with Stonewall Jackson.

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 I read a book about him a few years ago.

01:14:19.700 --> 01:14:22.150
 And multiple people who witnessed his death

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 said that he kind of had a smile on his face.

01:14:24.200 --> 01:14:26.800
 And he said, hey, let us cross over the river

01:14:26.800 --> 01:14:28.100
 under the mulberry trees.

01:14:28.100 --> 01:14:28.890
 He said something like that.

01:14:28.890 --> 01:14:30.430
 He said, hey, let's cross the river.

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 And he died with a smile on his face.

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 That's not how a lot of people are dying in this world.

01:14:35.240 --> 01:14:37.800
 How could someone die with such peace?

01:14:37.800 --> 01:14:40.580
 Because, blessed are those that die in the Lord.

01:14:40.580 --> 01:14:41.880
 Hey, I'm going to go meet Jesus.

01:14:41.880 --> 01:14:43.140
 I'm going to heaven.

01:14:43.140 --> 01:14:44.090
 I'm saved.

01:14:44.090 --> 01:14:45.740
 We can have that peace when we die.

01:14:45.740 --> 01:14:47.480
 And you know what, when we die well,

01:14:47.480 --> 01:14:50.570
 that could be a testimony to those that were left behind.

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 It could be a witness to God.

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 Why I bring this up is because I believe

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 that one of the things that moved the Apostle Paul,

01:14:57.980 --> 01:15:00.070
 let me remind you, one of the greatest Christians

01:15:00.070 --> 01:15:03.540
 who's ever lived, the greatest evangelist who's ever lived,

01:15:03.540 --> 01:15:06.350
 I believe one of the things that moved him the most

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 was the witness of Stephen's death.

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 You're going to Acts chapter seven.

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 Let me read for you, Acts 22 verse 20.

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 The Bible says, "And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen

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 was shed, I," the Apostle Paul, "I also was standing by

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 and consenting unto his death and kept the raiment

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 of them that slew him."

01:15:27.680 --> 01:15:30.310
 So notice, the Apostle Paul, years later,

01:15:30.310 --> 01:15:35.280
 What does he bring up as a significant moment of his life when thy faithful martyr Stephen died?

01:15:35.280 --> 01:15:38.700
 He was like I was there. I was consenting unto his death

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 You know what what Paul got to see was the faithful witness of Stephen?

01:15:43.410 --> 01:15:49.320
 He got to see a man be faithful unto death and I think that had an effect on the Apostle Paul and here's the thing

01:15:49.320 --> 01:15:54.000
 You never know who your death could affect seeing you be faithful into the end seeing you

01:15:54.000 --> 01:15:59.580
 Yeah, though you have cancer though. You're in pain though. You have mental anguish though

01:15:59.580 --> 01:16:04.630
 You're you're struggling with these things, but when you're faithful unto death, and when you say you know what God is still good

01:16:04.630 --> 01:16:10.380
 I still trust him blessed be the name of the Lord the Lord has given the Lord has taken away blessed be the name of

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 Lord when people see that they're gonna say hey, that's there's something different right there. That's that's impressive

01:16:15.640 --> 01:16:21.540
 What tell me more about that look at Acts chapter number seven? What did Paul see verse 51 well?

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 He got to see Stephen's last sermon. It says in verse 51. He's preaching at the anti-israel conference

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 He's preaching against the Jews, and he says he stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears boy

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 I hope I don't get killed at the anti-israel conference

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 Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears ye do always resist the Holy Ghost as your fathers did so do ye

01:16:40.710 --> 01:16:44.830
 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted?

01:16:44.830 --> 01:16:51.770
 And they have slain them which showed before the coming of the just one of whom you have been now the betrayers and murderers

01:16:51.830 --> 01:16:58.700
 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels and have not kept it. So hey, he goes out preaching hard

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 He goes out being faithful to the Bible. He goes out calling out the Jews to the very end boy

01:17:04.640 --> 01:17:07.690
 What a way to die, you know, I love about Stephen at the end of his life

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 He doesn't go soft at the end of his life

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 You know what you see a lot of times Baptist go soft at the end of their life. They get quiet

01:17:14.290 --> 01:17:17.870
 They get scared. They don't want to fight battles. They don't want to preach against the Jews

01:17:17.870 --> 01:17:22.610
 They want to bring him into the church. They want to have the Israel flag up, you know, Stephen right to the very end

01:17:22.610 --> 01:17:26.770
 He's preaching against the synagogue of Satan. What to God I could die like that. That's great

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 Notice it says when they heard these things they were cut to the heart and they gnashed on him with their teeth

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 But he being full of the Holy Ghost

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 Looked up steadfastly into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus

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 Standing on the right hand of God remember when I said that God will give you grace to die

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 Well, boy, this is giving you grace right here when hey, you're at the very end

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 You're about to have to endure a painful death, but heaven opens up and you see God you see Jesus at his right hand

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 You see the glory of God. Hey, that's the grace you need to die

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 well verse 56 and said behold I see the heavens opened and the son of man standing on the right hand of God

01:18:09.870 --> 01:18:13.130
 then they cried out with a loud voice and

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 Stopped their ears and ran upon him with one accord and they cast him out of the city notice and stoned him and the witnesses

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 Laid down their clothes at a young man's feet whose name was Saul

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 I don't think that's a coincidence that that detail is brought in your Bible right there that when Stephen dies

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 Hey the clothes of those that that stone Stephen

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 I don't know why they're bringing him their clothes

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 But for whatever reason they're bringing that to who the feet of Saul who later becomes the Apostle Paul

01:18:41.800 --> 01:18:50.230
 Saul got to see Stephen preaching hard being faithful to his God being faithful to the Bible looking up to heaven

01:18:50.370 --> 01:18:56.850
 Saying hey, I see the glory of God. I see the Son of Man at his right hand and then getting stoned like a man

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 And just taking it and it says this in verse 60 and he kneeled down and cried with a loud voice

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 Lord lay not this sin to their charge boy talk about dying

01:19:06.290 --> 01:19:13.860
 Well, he's getting stoned and he's thinking about others. Hey Lord lay not this sin to their charge

01:19:13.860 --> 01:19:17.390
 You see if any of us saw someone do that think you might be moved

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 Oh, yeah

01:19:18.590 --> 01:19:22.480
 You think you think if someone was unsaved and they saw that you think they might be

01:19:22.850 --> 01:19:29.130
 Interested in getting saved. Oh, yeah. And so what I'm saying is hey, I don't know how you're gonna die

01:19:29.130 --> 01:19:32.890
 I don't know when you're gonna die. I don't know if it's gonna be something quick

01:19:32.890 --> 01:19:37.920
 I don't know if it's gonna be something long and painful. I wish I could tell you oh, you know, we're Christians

01:19:37.920 --> 01:19:41.400
 We're saved so we would never have to go through anything hard. No, no, here's the thing

01:19:41.400 --> 01:19:47.210
 I I hate to say this but some of us may die painful long horrible disease death

01:19:47.210 --> 01:19:50.940
 That's just the reality of life. But here's the thing if that happens

01:19:50.940 --> 01:19:55.970
 I want to be a faithful witness of Jesus Christ all the way to the end

01:19:55.970 --> 01:20:01.370
 I don't want to kill myself. Don't give me that pill doctor. Let me endure this temptation

01:20:01.370 --> 01:20:04.970
 Let me endure this suffering as a testimony to the power of God

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 Why because I have an eternal weight of glory waiting for me and the things that are gonna be revealed in me can't even be compared

01:20:12.240 --> 01:20:18.440
 To the struggles and trials and tribulations of this life even the cancer even being stoned

01:20:18.440 --> 01:20:21.730
 It's nothing compared to the glory that's gonna be revealed in us someday

01:20:21.730 --> 01:20:27.620
 So you might as well just take it you might as well say Lord. I don't want something horrible

01:20:27.620 --> 01:20:33.450
 Lord, please perform a miracle Lord. Please give me grace, but just like what Jesus said

01:20:33.450 --> 01:20:39.650
 Hey, if there's any other way Lord if this cup could pass from me. Nevertheless, I will be done

01:20:39.650 --> 01:20:46.290
 That's the attitude that we should have and you know if you do that and if you pray to God and say God this sucks

01:20:46.290 --> 01:20:51.480
 I don't like this. This is horrible. But God can you at least use my death to be a witness for you?

01:20:51.480 --> 01:20:56.160
 Can you at least use my death to affect someone who's not saved right?

01:20:56.160 --> 01:21:00.220
 You know, we could all do that. Even if you've lost your voice you could still do that

01:21:00.220 --> 01:21:05.530
 And look, I'm no proponent of lifestyle evangelism, but here's one exception on your deathbed

01:21:05.530 --> 01:21:07.570
 You could have a little lifestyle evangelism here

01:21:07.570 --> 01:21:09.790
 You know what? I mean if your voice has stopped to work

01:21:09.790 --> 01:21:16.650
 But you've been faithful to God unto the end that speaks volumes not saying people don't also need a audible gospel

01:21:16.650 --> 01:21:21.350
 They do but you know what we could still be a witness in that way go to second Timothy chapter number four

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 Second Timothy chapter number four Bible says in verse 6. This is Paul at the end of his life and think about what he saw

01:21:33.360 --> 01:21:38.340
 With Stephen he says for I am now ready to be offered in the time of my departure is at hand

01:21:38.340 --> 01:21:41.820
 I have fought a good fight. I have finished my course

01:21:41.820 --> 01:21:46.880
 I have kept the faith henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness

01:21:46.880 --> 01:21:52.680
 Which the Lord the righteous judge shall give me it that day and not to me only

01:21:53.020 --> 01:21:56.250
 But unto all them also that love his appearing

01:21:56.250 --> 01:22:02.880
 Hey when you're near when you are nearing the end of your life you are nearing the end of the race

01:22:02.880 --> 01:22:08.210
 Finish it finish your race. Hey, he's at the end. He says I'm ready to be offered

01:22:08.210 --> 01:22:13.820
 I fought a good fight, but man, there's this crown that's waiting for me finish and get that crown

01:22:13.820 --> 01:22:20.380
 Imagine running a long race and you're right at the end and you quit that makes no sense

01:22:20.860 --> 01:22:25.680
 It's like you see videos of these people they do long races look if they have to crawl

01:22:25.680 --> 01:22:27.710
 They're gonna crawl to get across that finish line

01:22:27.710 --> 01:22:33.780
 It's like look if you're at the end of your life if you have some bad diagnosis, you know what you finish well

01:22:33.780 --> 01:22:39.690
 Don't be a coward be not afraid the Bible says be strong in the Lord in the power of his might

01:22:39.690 --> 01:22:45.060
 Hey, God's not giving us the spirit of fear but of power and of love and of a sound mind

01:22:45.060 --> 01:22:49.000
 You know what a sound mind is is thinking about things according to God's Word

01:22:49.000 --> 01:22:54.740
 Not just your emotions and you know what God's Word has some things to say about our death and we should feel a certain way

01:22:54.740 --> 01:22:59.780
 About our death and we shouldn't just panic. Oh, we're gonna die. You know what? Hey, let's let's have some logic here

01:22:59.780 --> 01:23:02.500
 Hey, I know you're gonna die. Calm down. All right, calm down, right?

01:23:02.500 --> 01:23:08.530
 Hey, love God fear God to the end be faithful unto death. Don't give up finish

01:23:08.530 --> 01:23:13.700
 Well, go if you would to Proverbs chapter number 24 Proverbs chapter number 24

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 Last thing I want to say is just an application for us now because no one in here to my knowledge is at the end

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 All right. I hope not and Lord willing no one in here will die for a very very long time

01:23:25.100 --> 01:23:31.260
 I pray everyone in here lives a very very long healthy life. I pray that we all would die painless short deaths in our sleep

01:23:31.260 --> 01:23:34.900
 That's what we all want, right? But here's the thing. There's a very good chance

01:23:34.900 --> 01:23:37.450
 It's a very good possibility that someone in our family

01:23:37.450 --> 01:23:43.800
 Someone that we know someone that we love could be at the end of their life and need some care need some love

01:23:43.800 --> 01:23:46.340
 Be in some bad situation have a bad

01:23:47.240 --> 01:23:51.430
 Diagnosis and how should we respond to that? Obviously it's not with giving them a death pill

01:23:51.430 --> 01:23:57.140
 Obviously it's not with taking them to the doctor and saying go ahead and put mom down. That's wicked folks

01:23:57.140 --> 01:24:01.360
 What should we do Proverbs 24 verse 11? It says if thou

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 Forbear means to not do something you should if thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death and those that are ready

01:24:10.320 --> 01:24:13.610
 To be slain if thou sayeth behold we knew it not

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 Doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it and he that keepeth thy soul doth not he know it and shall not

01:24:22.300 --> 01:24:26.800
 He render to every man according to his works. That's scary

01:24:26.800 --> 01:24:31.720
 Hey, you know what those that are ready to be slain those that are drawn unto death

01:24:31.720 --> 01:24:39.010
 Don't don't forbear and helping them don't forbear in giving them assistance and care and don't come at God with oh

01:24:39.010 --> 01:24:41.690
 I didn't know no. No, you know cuz I'm preaching to you right now

01:24:42.040 --> 01:24:48.870
 You better love and care for your family members that get old and need help honor thy father and mother

01:24:48.870 --> 01:24:50.610
 Which is the first?

01:24:50.610 --> 01:24:56.960
 Commandment with promise and if your mom or dad or someone you're obliged to take care of in your family or even someone you

01:24:56.960 --> 01:25:02.960
 Can take care of in this world has cancer needs help at the end of their life. You better help them

01:25:02.960 --> 01:25:08.240
 You better love them. You better work hard and provide for them. You better bathe them

01:25:08.240 --> 01:25:11.630
 You better change their diapers you better spoon feed them

01:25:11.700 --> 01:25:15.450
 You better love them unto the very end because let's let me read this again

01:25:15.450 --> 01:25:18.720
 It says does not he that pondered the heart consider it

01:25:18.720 --> 01:25:24.530
 What does that mean when you forbear to deliver people that are drawn unto death God considers what you're doing?

01:25:24.530 --> 01:25:28.700
 He's saying oh, okay. I see you not care about your dying mother

01:25:28.700 --> 01:25:36.440
 Oh, I see you not care about your father with cancer and shall not he render to every man according to his works

01:25:36.440 --> 01:25:40.550
 You reap what you sow buddy, and you want to let people die alone

01:25:40.550 --> 01:25:45.450
 Hey, you want to put mom and dad in the nursing home because you just don't care about them

01:25:45.450 --> 01:25:49.720
 You want to you know put them aside. You don't want to love them boy. I pity your old age

01:25:49.720 --> 01:25:52.520
 Hey, God can give you grace to die

01:25:52.520 --> 01:25:55.900
 Well, God can give you the strength you need to make it through your last days

01:25:55.900 --> 01:26:01.240
 Or he could make your last days painful miserable living hell because you are a piece of crap

01:26:01.240 --> 01:26:07.720
 They didn't care about your mom and your dad and so hey there are two choices before you and it's like don't be the fool

01:26:07.720 --> 01:26:10.010
 That thinks that God doesn't see I'm constantly amazed

01:26:10.010 --> 01:26:15.210
 I just feel like one of the things we're lacking in this world is the fear of God God sees you God knows your thoughts

01:26:15.470 --> 01:26:18.830
 God knows what you're doing. He knows your motivations

01:26:18.830 --> 01:26:23.410
 You better fear him and you know what if mom or dad get old and they're on their deathbed

01:26:23.410 --> 01:26:29.170
 You better take care of them to the bitter end love them be faithful to your own death

01:26:29.170 --> 01:26:32.650
 You know, why don't you be faithful to your to your brothers and sisters in Christ's death as well

01:26:32.650 --> 01:26:35.770
 Hey, if someone in this church, you know had an end of life

01:26:35.770 --> 01:26:39.040
 Incident they're at the hospital they're dying

01:26:39.040 --> 01:26:44.450
 You know what care for that person love that person go and visit that person pray for them

01:26:44.450 --> 01:26:49.600
 Hey do the meal train do everything you can look if we serve God together long enough. These things will happen

01:26:49.600 --> 01:26:52.360
 We're all pretty much in here really young

01:26:52.360 --> 01:26:58.320
 But look there's coming a day where our friends that we love right now will die and and we've seen it before

01:26:58.320 --> 01:27:03.390
 Faithful word brother Kevin. You know what this stuff is gonna happen. This is like a pre

01:27:03.390 --> 01:27:10.070
 Premeditated sermon. What is the word? I'm looking for preventative. This is a preventative sermon, right?

01:27:10.070 --> 01:27:13.430
 We want these truths deep in our heart now so that when we face these things someday

01:27:13.430 --> 01:27:16.550
 We're ready to do the right thing take care of your loved ones

01:27:16.550 --> 01:27:22.940
 Love mom and dad honor them. And you know what when you find yourself in this situation be faithful unto death

01:27:22.940 --> 01:27:28.450
 Don't kill yourself for any reason don't kill yourself when you're young. Don't kill yourself when you're old

01:27:28.450 --> 01:27:33.760
 Don't do the medically assisted suicide. Don't be euthanized serve God to the very end. Let's pray Lord

01:27:33.760 --> 01:27:36.240
 Thank you for your word God

01:27:36.240 --> 01:27:43.470
 I pray that this country would just wake up to this evil that's being accepted of medically assisted suicide and euthanasia

01:27:43.990 --> 01:27:49.910
 God, I pray that we as soul winners would give people the end-of-care life that they need which is the gospel of Jesus Christ

01:27:49.910 --> 01:27:56.550
 I pray for those that are saved that they would be faithful to you to the end that you would just give them grace

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 To die well that you'd help us to continue to trust in you to the very end of our lives for those who are

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 Have family members in this situation. I pray that we would love them and take care of them and not be selfish and God

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 I pray that you'd all just give us grace to make it all the way to the day of our death serving you

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 In Jesus name, we pray. Amen last him this evening will be number

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 160 him number

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 160 160 round him with many crowns 160 singing there starting on the first