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Upon my ear is falling, then I know the sins of earth be set on every hand. Doubt and fear and things of earth in vain to me are calling. None of these shall move me from Ula land. I'm living on the mountain underneath a cloudless sky. I'm drinking at the fountain that never shall run dry. Oh yes, I'm feasting on the meadow from a bountiful supply, for I am dwelling in Ula land. Far below the storm of doubt upon the world is beating. Sons of men in battle long, they enemy withstand. Safe am I within the castle of God's word retreating. Nothing then can reach me, tis Ula land. I'm living on the mountain underneath a cloudless sky. I'm drinking at the fountain that never shall run dry. Oh yes, I'm feasting on the meadow from a bountiful supply, for I am dwelling in Ula land. Glad the stormy breezes blow their cry, cannot alarm me. I am safely sheltered here, protected by God's hand. Here the sun is always shining, here there's naught can harm me. I am safe forever in Ula land. I'm living on the mountain underneath a cloudless sky. I'm drinking at the fountain that never shall run dry. Oh yes, I'm feasting on the meadow from a bountiful supply, for I am dwelling in Ula land. Viewing here the works of God I sing in contemplation. Hearing now his blessed voice, I see the way he planned. Dwelling in the spirit here I learn of full salvation. Gladly will I tarry in Ula land. I'm living on the mountain underneath a cloudless sky. I'm drinking at the fountain that never shall run dry. Oh yes, I'm feasting on the meadow from a bountiful supply, for I am dwelling in Ula land. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, Lord again, we just want to thank you God for another service that we get to gather in your house and just hear your word preached by a man of God. I pray, Lord, I want to thank you God for these souls that were saved today and then throughout last week. I pray, Lord, now that you would just be with us, fill our pastor with the power and spirit for it's in Jesus name we ask all, but amen. All right, you may be seated and turn, take your mountain Baptist Psalms, hymns and spiritual song books, your blue notebooks and turn to Psalm 24. That'll be page three, Psalm 24 in your blue mountain Baptist song books, and we'll sing Psalm 24. The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, the world and they that dwell therein. For he had founded it upon the sea and established it upon the floods. Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands and a pure heart who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive the blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation. This is the generation of them that seek him that seek thy face. Oh, Jacob, see, lift up your head. So ye gates and be lived up. He everlasting doors and the king of glory shall come in. Who is this king of glory? The Lord strong and mighty. The Lord my and back home. Lift up your hands. Oh, ye gates, even lift them up. Ye everlasting doors and the king of glory shall come in. Who is this king of glory? The Lord of hosts. He is this king of glory. See. Amen. So welcome back to Mount Baptist Church on this Wednesday, Wednesday, this Sunday evening. I just want to get some of the soul numbers in for the day. And today's the 11th. So I know on Saturday you guys had seven, right? Did we have any other ones during the week? One on Saturday. Three on Wednesday. Okay, so that's four, 11 with the seven there. Was there any others during the week? And then today I know our car had one. And then was there two others in that area? So that would be 14. Was there any others today? You counting that one in there? Okay. So 14 total. Good job with the soul winning. And I'm going to be making a video here soon to announce some more details about this Indianapolis soul winning marathon that we're going to be doing not this weekend, but the weekend after. Well, not counting this weekend. Next weekend, but the week after that. So on the 24th we're going to have that soul winning marathon in Indianapolis. And we have a conference room that we're going to be using. And so that will give us a lot of room. But I'm going to be making a video to kind of give the address and all that stuff. I just want to make sure that's all nailed down. So I think it is. Did he say he ordered it? He sent me the address, but he wanted to make sure it was good. I said as long as it's close to the area where we're going soul winning, it should be fine. But I want to get that confirmed before I put out an address and then I have to retract it and put another address. So let me get that confirmed and then I'll make a video that everybody can find and then we'll announce it after that. But be a prayer for that because that is kind of our upcoming event is that Indianapolis soul winning marathon. I'm really excited about it. One, I think hopefully we're going to have some receptive areas, get a lot of people saved. But there's supposed to be a lot of people that have not gone soul winning. There's a lot of silent partner type stuff. To where getting people on fire for soul winning and getting new people into soul winning and stuff like that. So that's exciting as well. Same thing with the Philadelphia soul winning marathon that we're rescheduling for the 15th of July. I know there was a lot of people that wanted to come and just be silent partners. And so obviously I challenge anybody that's wanting to get into soul winning. These type of big marathons are a great place to learn how to go soul winning. Especially if you're maybe have a little fearful of soul winning or anything like that. It seems like when you have those big groups and it's like this exciting time. It's a lot easier to get rid of all those butterflies and stuff like that. So yeah, be a prayer for that. That's coming up. Again, the service times this week everything should be normal. So we should, Lord willing, we'll be continuing our study through the book of Luke on Wednesday. And then we have our regional soul winning times on here. So just be on the Mountain Baptist Church group. So to get information on any of the regional times and everything else. Be a prayer for all those that are still dealing with sicknesses. Seems like that vicious circle. Once all the kids get it, then the parents get it again and all that. So just be a prayer. I know we still have a lot of people out due to sicknesses. And so hopefully we're on the way out with that type of stuff. And then we have the prayer meetings coming up. So that we have the men's at the end of the month, women's at the beginning of the next month. Malachi chapter one is our chapter memory for the month. And so I think Malachi would be a great book to have memorized. Does anyone have Malachi memorized by chance? At one point? I'll count you. Some of the chapters I memorized, I'd have to go back and get those down for sure. But can you testify that it's a good book to memorize? Okay. Like he's going to be like, no. No, I really regret memorizing that book. What's that? They waste their time memorizing the Bible. So Malachi is our chapter memory. Malachi one is our chapter memory. And then Proverbs 16, 18 is memory verse of the week. Pride goeth before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall. This is a good one to have memorized because a lot of people will quote off and say pride goeth before a fall. And they kind of crop the middle portion. So it's always good to kind of have the real quote in front of you. Which that statement is true. It's not like that isn't true. Like pride goeth before a fall. But at the same time, quote the whole verse. Because it's great. To me, pride goeth before destruction is kind of a little more bite to that statement when you add that in there. And obviously it does because it's God's word. But we've got the birthdays, anniversaries, got that. And then the pregnancies there. Be in prayer for Tiara Alesco, Amanda Spina, Jennifer Sines, and Alyssa Ford. And so be in prayer for all these ladies and all the babies. And so, and then congratulations to those that got baptized. And so I know Jaylen Alesco, Lincoln, Hyles, and then my daughter Anna. And so you guys did really good. Awesome. So a lot of baptism recently. So what we had two last week and then three this week. So anyway, it's definitely pretty awesome when it's your kids too. But that's about all I have for announcements that I can think of that's coming up here. The offering box is in the back there if you want to give a tithe or an offering. And then the baby room is for the mothers of babies only. And we're going to be wrapping up the A Time to Every Purpose series tonight. And so, Lord willing and I don't like fall over and die. But, no actually, when I was out soul winning, I was with brother Shane. And man, I couldn't talk there for a little bit. Like these allergies we're getting in there, I'm not going to die, hopefully. But man, if I'm like coughing or I can't speak up here, I might have to have brother Dave to finish the sermon. But, Lord willing, we will be finishing that series tonight. And I think brother Levi, right? Brother Levi is going to be reading Ecclesiastes chapter 3 after we sing one more song. Alright, take your song books and turn to song 295. Song 295 in your song books. We'll sing Back to Bethel. Song 295. Back to the Bible, the true living Word, Sweetest old story that ever was heard. Back to the joy life my soul longs to know, Bethel is calling and I must go. Back to Bethel, I must go. Back where the rivers of sweet waters flow, Back to the true life my soul longs to know, Bethel is calling and I must go. Back to the beautiful path I once trod, Back to the church and the people of God, Out of the cold world of sin and its woe, Bethel is calling and I must go. Back to Bethel, I must go. Back where the river of sweet waters flow, Back to the true life my soul longs to know, Bethel is calling and I must go. Back to the giving of money and time, Back to the life of contentment sublime, Back to protection the world cannot know, Bethel is calling and I must go. Back to Bethel, I must go. Back where the rivers of sweet waters flow, Back to the true life my soul longs to know, Bethel is calling and I must go. Back to the peace in Christ I once knew, Back to its beautiful life cleansing doom, Back to help others to conquer each foe, Bethel is calling and I must go. Back to Bethel, I must go. Back where the rivers of sweet waters flow, Back to the true life my soul longs to know, Bethel is calling and I must go. Alright, take your Bibles and turn to Ecclesiastes chapter number three. Book of Ecclesiastes chapter number three, and we'll have brother Levi come and read that for us. Ecclesiastes three. To everything there is a season and a time to repurpose Under the heaven, a time to be born, and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted. A time to kill and a time to heal, a time to break down and a time to build up, a time to weep and a time to laugh and a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing. A time to get and a time to lose, a time to keep, and a time to cast away, a time to rend and a time to sow, a time to keep silence, and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time of war and a time of peace. What profit hath he that worketh and that wherein he laboureth? I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. He hath made everything beautiful in his time. Also he hath set the world in their heart so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. I know that there is no good in them but for a man to rejoice and to do good in his life, and also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor. It is the gift of God. I know that whatsoever God doeth, it shall be forever. Nothing can be put to it nor anything taken from it, and God doeth it that men should fear before him. That which hath been is now, and that which is to be hath already been, and God requireth that which is the past. And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there, and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. I said in mine heart, concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. For that which befalleth the sons of men befall beasts, every one thing befalleth them. As the one dieth, so dieth the other, yea, they have all one breast, so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast, for all is vanity. All goeth unto one place, all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beasts that go downward to the earth? Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his own works, for that is his portion. For who shall bring him to see what shall be after him? Let's pray. God thank you for tonight, God thank you for this afternoon and the souls that were saved. God I pray that you would be with us faster as he preaches and help us to learn. I pray this in Jesus' name, amen. Amen, so you're there in Ecclesiastes chapter 3 and your homework was to figure out what was the next, what was the last one that we're going to be hitting on when it comes to a time to every purpose. Because we went through basically this main list and we had done last week a time of war and a time of peace. So the first verse there in chapter 3 is to everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven. And so we went through this whole list and obviously each one of those there's a time for every one of these things. And whether it's the positive or the negative there's a time for it and the Bible says that we need to obviously study to show ourselves approved under God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. We need to know, well one, that there's a time for all these things but then when is the time and that's really the key. But there's actually another one in here and I believe this really does conclude not only a time to every purpose but also the whole book of Ecclesiastes. And if you will, all of eternity, okay. Meaning this is that, look at verse 16, down in verse 16. It says, and moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment that wickedness was there and the place of righteousness that iniquity was there. I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. And what this is dealing with is, what I'm going to be getting into is eternal judgment. Now you could say that there's a time where God's judging the righteous and the wicked whether it's on earth physically and you could definitely see that being the case. But what I want to get into is just the idea that there's a time for eternal judgment both for the righteous and for the wicked. Both for the saved and for the unsaved or the believer and the unbeliever. That there's a time for these judgments and ultimately the eternal judgment. Go to Hebrews chapter 6, Hebrews chapter 6 and verse 1. I'm going to intentionally try to make this sermon really short and to the point because I want this to be very simple and easily understood. Meaning that I'm not going to go into the weeds on a lot of this stuff. I just want it to be very simple to know, okay, when are the righteous judged and when are the unsaved judged or when are the wicked judged and what's going on. But I want you to see that this is what I believe the Bible is teaching as one of the first principles of the doctrine of Christ. Is this idea of understanding eternal judgment or basically this principle here of the righteous being judged and the wicked being judged and what that's talking about. So in Hebrew chapter 6 verse 1 it says, Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and the faith toward God. So the principles of the doctrine of Christ, he's going to mention here, the foundation is salvation. The foundation is by faith alone in Jesus Christ. You turn from trusting in your dead works, you believe on Christ. But then it goes on to say, of the doctrine of baptisms and of laying on of hands and of resurrection of the dead and of eternal judgment. And I've done whole sermons on these, these doctrines, but the resurrection of the dead and the eternal judgment, these two are very well linked as far as the timing of them. So you can almost put these two together and really just kind of show how obviously the resurrection and judgment are two different things, but at the same time the timing of them are very much linked. And go back to Ecclesiastes chapter 12 because in Ecclesiastes chapter 3 it's stating, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. And so both these judgments, both with the righteous and the wicked are dealing with works. And in Ecclesiastes chapter 12 that's really what kind of concludes this whole book of Ecclesiastes. The whole idea that I believe Ecclesiastes is written for is to show you that everything that you do under the sun, that's physical labor for physical things in this world, ultimately are worthless. They all burn up, they go to someone else, you only enjoy them for a little bit of time, and you may die before you can even enjoy them. And that's kind of the principle that's getting across there, but the conclusion of the matter is, notice what it says in verse 13. So Ecclesiastes chapter 12 verse 13, it says, Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter. Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. So you want to know, Christian, what you should be doing with your life? Fear God and keep His commandments. Really that simple, right? Now you need to know what His commandments are in order to keep them, so that's why you need to study the Bible and all that, right? I mean, it's kind of the whole purpose of this study, is to know, okay, when should I speak? When shouldn't I speak? When should I hate? When should I love? You know, going down the line. But notice what it says in verse 14. For God shall bring every work into judgment with every secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil. And so ultimately, when you think about keeping His commandments, because there's a judgment that's coming, okay? Now, go to 1 Peter chapter 4. 1 Peter chapter 4. I mean, there's going to be a judgment for Christians, for believers, and there's going to be a judgment for unbelievers. And these are two different judgments, but both are dealing with works, okay? Now the saved person, obviously, they're going to be saved. It doesn't matter if they do any good works at all, or how many bad works they do. They're still going to heaven. They still have eternal life, but there's still going to be a judgment seat of Christ. There's still going to be a judgment for that believer, whether you are doing what you should be doing or not. And so, some people ask, you know, like, well, if you know that you're saved and you can never lose your salvation, then, you know, why don't you just do whatever you want? Well, because there is a judgment coming, and I don't want to, and I'll show you the reason why I want to do good things, and I want to keep His commandments as much as possible. And the judgment seat of Christ is one of those reasons, but it's not because I'm afraid of going to hell. It's not because I think, well, I'm going to lose my salvation, okay? But, here's the timing, okay? When it comes to the eternal judgment, notice what it says here in 1 Peter 4, verse 17. For the time has come that judgment must begin at the house of God. So who's getting judged first? God's people or the world? God's people, right? At the house of God. And, if it first began at us, reiterating, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? So notice the contrast, because those that are at the household of God are who? Those that obey the gospel, right? They have not only obeyed the gospel, for Isaiah says, Lord, who hath believed our report, so that faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. So it's very clear that when we're talking about obeying the gospel, we're believing the gospel. Obeying the gospel is believing that Jesus did die for your sins and rose again the third day, and you're trusting in that. Verse 18, it says, and if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? I believe this is talking about not scarcely, meaning like by the skin of our teeth we're saved, but more so the idea of the few, right? The idea that there are few that are saved, right? So if it begins at us, and we're scarcely, meaning like it's just a few that are saved, where shall the rest go? Think about it that way. It's kind of like, if this is where, you know, this is the judgment for those that are believers, and that's few, because few there be that find it, where shall the rest? Where is it? Where are the ungodly going to appear, right? So we get that. Who is judged first? Believers or unbelievers? Believers. Okay? Now go to 1 Corinthians chapter 15. This is where the resurrection of the dead helps with the timing, okay? Helps with understanding, because what's the whole point of this? There's a time to every purpose, right? There's timing that's associated with this. So one, you understand, or hopefully you understand, that the Christians are going to be judged first before the lost, before the unbeliever, okay? And I'll get into what that judgment is going to look like for the believer and for the unbeliever, but just so you know, there's eternal judgment for every single person, okay? And there's separate judgments. You don't want your, and I'll say this, and I'll be very clear on this, is that I do not believe that there's a judgment where it's saved and unsaved people under the same type of judgment. No. There's the judgment of the believer, the house of God. It's very clear that that happens first. So it's not like this mixed multitude, and let me just say it, there's not a mixed multitude of believers and unbelievers at the Great White Throne Judgment. And I'll get to verses on that, but I don't believe that that's the case, because then how are the, how's it beginning at the house of God if you have believers there, and then an unbeliever, and then a believer, and then an unbeliever, and a believer, it wouldn't fit, okay? Now, 1 Corinthians chapter 15 and verse 20, this will give you the idea of, there's an order in which the resurrection happens, okay? So when it comes to verse 20, notice what it says, But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. Now when it talks about those that slept, we're talking about people that died. We're talking about the body sleeping. Verse 21, For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as an animal died, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But everyone in his own order, okay, so you see an order. Christ the firstfruits, so if you're to mark off, like if you're going to put a sequence here, like 1, 2, 3, Jesus Christ is the first one, just him alone. He is the first begotten of the dead. He will always be the first begotten of the dead. At this moment, he's the only one that's been begotten from the dead. He's the only one that's actually bodily resurrected. Then it says, afterward, they that are Christ's at his coming. So what are we talking about here? We're talking about the rapture. We're talking about Jesus coming in the clouds, and we're caught up together with him. And it says, the dead in Christ shall rise first. Those that sleep in Jesus, right, they're going to rise first. But then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with him in the clouds. So that's they that are his at his coming. Then it goes on to say, as you go on the sequence of events, we see Jesus is the first, and right now he's the only one right now. But then when he comes in the clouds, there's another resurrection, right? Then it goes on to say in verse 24, Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom of God to the Father, when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. And it says he must reign until all enemies are put under his foot. And this is after the thousand year reign, that's when the end is. So if you were to put a label on these, you had the first fruits, which is Jesus. That's the first, you know, singular resurrection, right? Then you had the first resurrection, which I'm going to show you where it states that. It actually calls it the first resurrection. Then what I would call this next one, you could call it the second resurrection, but I'm going to call it the end resurrection, because it says then cometh the end. And I believe that end would fit it better, because it's only the second resurrection for believers. Not for unbelievers. Because when the first resurrection happens, all those that are dead and those that are in hell are still where they're at. And it's still the thousand year reign. So hopefully you'll follow with me right here. Go to Revelation chapter 20. Revelation chapter 20. And really you can see the whole timeline of judgment within Revelation 20. So the first resurrection is when Jesus comes in the clouds, and we're going into the thousand year reign. Before you go into the thousand year reign, I believe that we're dealing with the first resurrection. And let me just say this, if there's a first resurrection, it wouldn't make any sense if there's not one after it. Because why would you call it first? It's kind of like when it says that Mary brought forth her first born son, and you're like, well, but she didn't have any other children after that. It's like, then you don't need to say first. Right? If I had one child and that was it, and then I said, this is my first born, obviously, it's your first born. But, you know, that wouldn't make any sense. And the same thing here is that we're going to see that there's another resurrection that happens after the thousand year reign. Now look at verse one, just to get some context. We're dealing with after the battle of Armageddon, and we're about to go into the thousand year reign of Christ. It says in verse one, And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit, and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years. And it says, and cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years should be fulfilled, and after that he must be loosed a little season. So get the picture, the devil was thrown into hell, into the bottomless pit for a thousand years. That's what's starting off this thousand year reign. But then it goes on to say in verse four, And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and notice this, and judgment was given unto them. Now, this is kind of interesting because it mentions what happens to them before it describes who they are, right? It's kind of like there were thrones and judgment was given unto them, and you're like, well who's the them? Who are we talking about? And I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, which had not worshiped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands, and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection. On such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. So we're dealing with all those that are resurrected up to this point, I believe. And when it says the dead shall not live again until the thousand years have expired, I believe what this is stating is that any believer now that's in this thousand year reign that dies, doesn't just automatically get resurrected. They have to wait until the end of that thousand year reign before there's this end resurrection, if you will, that's going to take place. But the judgment seat, I believe, of Christ happens for all of those that are in that first resurrection. Because it says there were thrones, I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them, and we're ruling and reigning for a thousand years. In order for that to happen, I believe you're going to have to have the judgment seat happen first. Because the Bible talks about you have been faithful over a few things, I will make thee rule over many things. And so those that are a part of that first resurrection, which by the way, is all of us. If anybody is a believer right now, is a part of that first resurrection. So that applies to us. The only people that the next one would apply to is someone that wasn't there at Christ coming, and that's going into this thousand year reign, and then dies in this thousand year reign as a Christian or as a believer. So if you're saved right now, then you're in the first resurrection. Because you'll be in that rapture, whether you're dead or whether you're alive or whatever, right? You'll be in that first resurrection. So that judgment seat of Christ happens. Go to Romans chapter 14. Romans chapter 14, let's talk about this judgment seat of Christ. So this one applies to us. Like this one hits home, right? Because I'll talk about the end resurrection. I'm going to talk about that one. Which is actually both a resurrection of the just and the unjust, the believer and the unbeliever, separate judgments, but at the same time. Okay? And so, but let's talk about this judgment seat of Christ. Romans 14 and verse 10, it says, But why dost thou judge thy brother, and why dost thou set it not thy brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. This is believers. We're talking about believers standing before the judgment seat of Christ. The judgment seat of Christ is not the great white throne. Judgment. Two different things. One's for believers, the other one's for unbelievers. What happens first? The judgment seat of Christ. That judgment must begin at the house of God. And the whole point of this whole series is there's a time for everything, right? So the time of believers being judged is first. Now, obviously, there's gonna be another judgment later on after the thousand year reign. And I'm gonna prove to you, I'm gonna show it to you that, well, one, it says that it happens first, so therefore, at the end of the thousand year reign, who's judged first? It has to be believers. And I'll show you a passage. It happens to fall in that line, so it makes sense. Because the Bible's true that judgment must begin at the house of God. And so, go to 1 Corinthians chapter 3. So it says we all must stand before the judgment seat of Christ. And we're gonna give account of ourselves to him. And let's see what we're dealing with here. There's a lot of false doctrine out there when it comes to judgment seat of Christ where people think that God's gonna bring up a big screen TV and just show off all your sins and start proclaiming all your sins to everybody. And you're gonna be like, you know, you did this over here. What was that all about, buddy? And you just have to give account for all your sins. That's a false doctrine. The Bible says that when you get saved, your sins are as far as the east is from the west. The Bible says that he will remember your sins and iniquities. Well, he will remember no more. That's either true or it isn't. To think that, well, when we get this judgment seat of Christ, that, well, no, all your sins are gonna be brought up and every secret thing that you did, everybody's gonna see it and then you're gonna have to sit there and take it. Or I've heard people say that you're actually beaten. Like, you're actually scourged or receiving some kind of punishment for your sins at the judgment seat of Christ. This is insanity. Listen, those that are in heaven are sinless right now. The spirits are just men made perfect, but how much more at the resurrection when literally corruption is, you drop corruption, you're in a spiritual body completely holistically sinless. What's the answer for what here? It wouldn't make any sense for your sins to be brought up at this. But I'm just gonna show you the passages. And guess what? It doesn't mention sin. It doesn't say anything about sin. People infer it, but they're wrong. Now, look what it says in 1 Corinthians 3 and verse 9. It says, Now, what this is dealing with here is that when you get saved, the foundation's laid. You have the Lord Jesus Christ, you're saved, but you need to take heed how you build upon that foundation. And notice what it says here in verse 12. It says, So notice that there's different types of materials that are being used here. Every man's work shall be made manifest, for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire. And the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. Now, you can, it doesn't tell you what gets burned up, but we all know what gets burned up, right? When you look at this, you're like, well, the wood, hay, and stubble aren't gonna, that's literally kindling the fire. So when you look at this, you already know that the gold, silver, and precious stones are things that are gonna be tried, that are gonna make it through the fire. The wood, hay, and stubble don't make it through the fire. And it says of every work of what sort it is. Now let me ask you a question, is wood, hay, and stubble sinful? Is it sinned? Or is it something that doesn't have eternal value, right? Or if you were to look at it, is it intrinsic value, right? I mean, do you barter, I mean, I guess you could barter wood and hay, you know, if you're like a farmer or something like that. But usually when you're using money, you're not like, I have a stack of wood over here, I'm gonna trade that for a cow. But the thing is, is that obviously when we're dealing with it being tried by fire, the wood, hay, and stubble's not gonna make it. And it's gonna be tried by fire to see what kind of work it is. It says, notice in verse 14, if any man's work abide, which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. So notice what's the endgame of this, you know, what's the upside? There's an upside to this judgment seat of Christ. If your work abides, you get a reward. Then it says in verse 15, if any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss, but he himself shall be saved, yet so as by fire. So it doesn't say anything, well one, does it say anything about being beaten here? Does it say anything about, you know, well, you know, you'll lose your salvation. You're going to hell because your work didn't abide. It says you suffer loss because you just watched all your works burn up. Which is literally what Ecclesiastes is kind of talking about, isn't it? Is that it's all vanity and vexation of spirit. So if you live for just the temporary stuff of this life, it may not be sinful, right? It's not sinful, and I'm always picking on the boat guys. Does anyone own a boat? No, I'm just kidding. You know, like, I'm always picking on the boat guys, but let's say it's not sinful to own a boat. It's not sinful to go out on a boat and go fishing. But that doesn't have eternal value in the time that you're using there. Right, you're not gaining anything eternal from that. That boat's going to fall apart, everything's going to be burned up. But you can apply that to anything, right? You can apply that to cars, house, or anything like that. And even though it's not inherently sinful, or there could be things that are needed for life and sustainability, but that's not giving you eternal value. What's eternal value? Well, eternal value would be someone that you won to the Lord. Someone that maybe, maybe you didn't win them to the Lord, but you led them to go out and you provoked them onto love and good works, and they ended up doing great things for God. That's eternal value. And I'm not God, I'm not the one determining these rewards or anything like that. But I'll say this, is that I believe that when you're living for the Lord, there's going to be a lot of things that you're not even going to realize are rewards, that are things that are eternal value that you're going to receive a reward for, outside of soul winning. And listen, I believe soul winning is one of those ones that's like, we know for sure that's a reward. I mean, if anything, just seeing the person you won to the Lord there for all eternity would be a reward in itself. But I believe there will be rewards on that, and crowns, and all these different things for doing that. But there's also other things as far as just living for the Lord, and loving the Lord, and all these to where you're going to have eternal value rewards. And it says, yet he shall be saved, yet so is by fire. It doesn't say that the person's caught on fire. I don't see where someone is getting out of this passage, you're going to be punished. Like you're going to be scourged. I mean, are you saying that they're throwing you into the fire? Because I didn't read that. I read that Wood, Hay, and Stubble, and the gold, silver, and precious stones are caught on fire. That they're tried by fire. Not the person, okay. But he's suffering loss because of the fire, right. But he himself is saved. I mean, that person is saved no matter if everything is burned up. But guess what, the more that's burned up, the more you're going to suffer loss. And you know what, I had a, you know, one of my wife's family members, their town home burned down. And luckily, luckily there was a lot of stuff that was salvageable. Definitely things that were like more of mementos and things that were, you know, sentimental and everything. But still, you kind of look at that and you're just like in a moment, everything that you own could be burned up. By fire. And guess what, they suffered loss. But they themselves are saved. I mean, it's not like, they weren't in the building when it happened. They weren't there, but they did suffer loss. It's still tragic. I think people are going to be mourning the fact that they lost so much stuff that they had, they had this short period of time in their life and they just lived for the world and didn't live for God. I believe we're all going to suffer loss. I don't think anybody's going to be standing there and it's just like nothing burns up. I think that's kind of crazy to think that any of us are ever like, that we're just living for the Lord and nothing's temporary. We're not, we're never living for this and now. That would be insanity to think. I think we're all going to suffer loss. The key is though, we want to try to suffer as least amount of loss as possible. Right? Now go to 2 Corinthians 5. 2 Corinthians 5 is another passage dealing with the judgment seat of Christ. So I want you to see, did you see anything there about being judged according to your works for sin? Being punished for your sins? No, actually it's talking about rewards, isn't it? So the judgment seat of Christ is a judgment for rewards based off your work. That is the believer's judgment seat and that's the believer's eternal judgment. I believe that this judgment is going to determine your authority in all eternity. Whether you're ruling over many cities or few cities or where your authority is. It's not, everybody's not at the same authority in heaven or in the kingdom of God. There are different positions of authority based off what you do in this life. If you get saved, you know, and you don't do anything for the Lord, you'll still go to heaven but you're not going to be in the highest place of authority in heaven. And go to 2 Corinthians 5 verse 6. It says, Therefore we are always confident knowing that whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord, for we walk by faith not by sight. We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body and be present with the Lord. Wherefore, we labor that whether present or absent we may be accepted of Him. So notice the laboring that's applied here. Why we're laboring and why that's important. Verse 10, For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that everyone may receive the things, notice, that is done in his body, according to that he had done, whether it be good or bad. So it's what you do physically in this life, whether it's good or bad, but we see that from chapter 3 of 1 Corinthians, that we're talking about things that have eternal value compared to temporary value. And even in 2 Corinthians it talks about looking on the things which are not seen, and not the things that are seen. Because the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. And there's eternal weight of value or of glory in those things that are not seen. And so when it comes to this judgment seat of Christ, it's something that we get a reward for. Go to Revelation chapter 22. Revelation chapter 22. So, eternal judgment. Who gets judged first? Believers. Specifically with this first resurrection, there's no other judgment mentioned during this time before the thousand year reign. It's just believers. There's no unbelievers. There's no judgment of unbelievers. Everybody that's in hell is still in hell. All the bodies of those that are in hell are still in the grave, or wherever they're at, in the sea or wherever, or just completely dust somewhere. But, Revelation 22, verse 11, it says, He that is unjust, let him be unjust still. He that is filthy, let him be filthy still. He that is righteous, let him be righteous still. And he that is holy, let him be holy still. And behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. Now, I believe, sometimes reward isn't a good thing, when it comes to, you know, when it comes to like rewarding someone according to their works, like recompensing somebody. But, this, I believe, is definitely talking about rewarding believers according to their works, and that his reward is with him. But, you could look at this as far as like the eternal state of things, right? The idea that there's going to be this, after all the eternal judgment is done, everything, everything is where it's at. Does that make sense? Like, we're going to be rolling and raining with God forever, and based off those eternal judgments of believers is where you're at in authority, how many rewards you have, and that is forever. Like, you don't get a chance to go back and try to earn more rewards. So, that's why we need to think about it now before you see it, so that you can get as many rewards and all that beforehand. And, so his reward is with him, and so when you think about, he comes in the clouds, we're caught up together with him in the clouds, we're resurrected, but before that thousand year reign, there's a judgment seat that happens, the judgment seat of Christ that happens. Now, let's talk about this end resurrection. So, that's what applies to us, right? Is that judgment seat of Christ that happens after when Jesus comes in the clouds, and we're judged before we go and we're rolling and raining with him a thousand years. What about the believers that are in that thousand years, and what about all those that are dead in hell, and all those that are unsaved and unbelievers, where is their judgment? Now, Daniel chapter 12, what I want to show you first, is that there is a resurrection of the just and unjust. And, sometimes you'll see where it's talking about the resurrection of the saved, and it's just kind of hitting on that, right? Those that are Christ that is coming. And then, but here, when you see in the Bible, when it links judging the quick and the dead, the resurrection of the just and the unjust, we're talking about this end resurrection. We're talking about after the thousand year reign, we're talking about it. In Daniel chapter 12 verse 1, it says, And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which stands for the children of thy people, and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time, and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life and some to everlasting contempt. So, notice that people are coming up out of the dust of the earth, they're awaking, not all of them are going into heaven. Not all of them are, is a good resurrection, if you will. It says in verse 3, And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever. It talks about the resurrection being likened unto stars, and how one star differth in glory from another. You look up at the sky and some stars are brighter than others, they're all shining, but some are brighter than others, so is the resurrection. There's better resurrections. And that resurrection, I believe, is based off what you do in this light. As far as how bright you shine, no one's going to shine brighter than the Lord Jesus. He's the sun of righteousness, S-U-N. So, as bright as a star can be, it never outshines the sun. But, that's motivation for wanting to, obviously, live for the Lord. Go to John 5. John 5. So this one, I believe, is dealing with this end resurrection, which is the resurrection of the just and the unjust, or those that are going into everlasting life, or those that are going into everlasting contempt. John 5, verse 28. John 5, verse 28, it says, Marvel not at this, for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the grave shall hear His voice, and shall come forth, they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. Now, I'm going to explain this, because when you look at this, people are like, see, you have to do good to have the resurrection of life, and if you do evil, then the resurrection of damnation. And what this is dealing with is that those that are saved are completely made righteous, first of all, because it talks about how His righteousness is imputed unto us, so we are righteous. We're considered the righteous, the just, all of that. But, we're talking about judgment that's going to happen here. Go to Matthew, chapter 25, but while you're going there, I'm going to read to you Acts, chapter 24, verse 15. It says, And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust. So, Acts, chapter 24, is clearly saying that there's a resurrection of those that are unjust. So, the unbelievers, there is a resurrection for them. Everybody will be resurrected, but there's a difference between the resurrection of the just and the unjust. So, Matthew 25, this passage here, verse 31, I believe is dealing with this final resurrection, this end resurrection, or this end judgment. And I believe this helps understand this passage and the fact that some people look at this passage and see, well, see, you have to do all these things in order to go into everlasting life, or you have to not do all these things in order to go into everlasting fire. When you understand that you're actually dealing with a judgment, then that actually makes a lot more sense. You have believers over here that are being judged according to their works, and as we saw from the judgment of the seed of Christ, does sin or hell or anything have anything to do with that judgment? No, it just has to do with rewards. But then there's this other judgment dealing with the goats or the unbelievers, and their ultimate end game is hell, but it's talking about their works. See, we're all going to be judged according to our works, but here's the difference. A believer, that judgment according to our works has nothing to do with hell or heaven. We're saved. It's just a matter of our rewards. The unbeliever is in a different case. Notice what it says here in Matthew chapter 25, verse 31. It says, When the Son of Man shall come in his glory and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory, and before him shall be gathered all nations, and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divided his sheep from the goats. So notice that, his sheep from the goats. So we're dealing with, obviously, my sheep hear my voice and I know them, and I give them to them eternal life, and they shall never perish. We're dealing with those that are believers, and I feel like I just preached a sermon on that, dealing with sheep and all that. But anyway, the goats, those are going to be the unbelievers. Verse 33, And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Now, what did we learn from 1 Peter chapter 4? Who is judged first? Believers or unbelievers? Believers. Now clearly the first resurrection, everybody would say that's first, right? I mean, if that happens before the thousand year reign, and this happens after the thousand year reign, everybody's like, we got it, that one was first. But at the end resurrection, where it's the just and the unjust, who's judged first? Well, let's see. Verse 34, Then shall the king say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Who's on the right? His sheep. Then he goes on to talk about it, he says, For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat, I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink. I was a stranger, and ye took me in, naked, and ye clothed me. I was sick, and ye visited me, I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee, and hungred, and fed thee, or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in, or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the king shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, And as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. See, someone would look at this and be like, wow, you know, you have to do all these works then, in order to be worthy of going into everlasting life. But if you understand that he's talking to his sheep that have everlasting life, and this is a judgment that's happening here, they're being rewarded, you know, for going into everlasting life. You know, for going into it. Because it says, inherit the kingdom of God, prepare for you from the foundation of the world. And it talks about the fact that, you know, basically being rewarded going into it. The Bible talks about, you know, basically, adding virtue to knowledge, or I'm sorry, add to your faith virtue and virtue to knowledge and going down the line. But then it says, it talks about the fact that you be not unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. And it says, and so an entrance shall be given unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The idea there is that having an abundant entrance is going to be determined on what you do in this life. Having an entrance into the kingdom of God solely has to do with what you believe. You believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, you're going to heaven. You're entering. But if you want to have an abundant entrance, then you need to do the works. And this just really does show you too that even though Jesus isn't here with us right now, like in the flesh, to where we can minister unto Him and help Him and all these different things. When you do it unto the body of Christ as far as the believers and all that, then you're doing it unto Him. And it kind of just showing you that He likens when you do, when you take care of the household of God, and you love believers and you take care of them, that He regards that as you taking care of Him. And so that's another important lesson to understand, especially since, you know, obviously Jesus isn't walking into our church and we can minister unto Him and feed Him and do these different things. Now, keep reading there. It says in the King, in verse 40, and the King shall, I'm sorry, in verse 41, then shall He say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed into everlasting fire, prepare for the devil and his angels. So who's next? Believers, the goats, those on the left hand. And then he goes through the whole thing as far as they basically, he says, for I wasn't hungered and you gave me no meat. I was thirsty and you gave me no drink. I was a stranger and you took me not in, naked and you clothed me not, sick and in prison and you visited me not. Then shall they also answer Him saying, Lord, when saw we thee and hungered, or thirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee, then shall He answer them saying, Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye did it not unto one of the least of these, ye did it not to me, and these shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into life eternal. So who's he judge first? Believers. And there's going to be a judgment based off what they did. But the consequence for what they do is solely based on rewards. The consequence for the unbeliever, they're being judged according to the works and their consequence is everlasting fire. Go to Revelation chapter 20 and let me show you the judgment of the unbeliever. The judgment of the unbeliever. Revelation 20 doesn't mention believers being judged at the end here. But I do think, I do believe Matthew 25 is showing us that. Because if you think about Matthew 24 goes into Matthew 25, there's not a break in what he's saying. If you want to talk about the Olivet Discourse, it goes all the way to the end of Matthew 25. So if you think about it, when he's going from when Jesus is, you know, when you have the Great Tribulation, you have Jesus coming in the clouds, and you have all this stuff going on, Matthew 25 is the end of that whole conversation, which honestly is showing you the end of everything. I believe. Meaning that you're dealing with after the thousand year reign, he's sitting on his throne and this judgment is happening. And there's a judgment happening for the saved people on his right hand and the unsaved people on his left hand. And this is the resurrection of the just and the unjust. This is the end judgment that's happening. And in verse 11 there, so this is what's happening to the goats. OK. In verse 11 here it says, And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away, and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God, and the books were opened. Now who was standing there, the dead or the living? Now, in earlier in Revelation it says the dead shall not live again until the thousand years have expired, right? Until the end of the thousand years. It says the dead shall live, right? Does this talk about the... When I read this I want you to see anything about them being alive. It says, I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God, and the books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the book of light. And the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them, and they were judged, every man, according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire, this is the second death, and whosoever is not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. Anything about them being alive? Nothing about them being alive. Here's what's going on, is that you have the resurrection of the just and the unjust. The just, their soul and spirit is alive, and when they're resurrected their body is alive with them, and they're in their glorified spiritual body, and they're holistically alive. What happens with all unbelievers is that all their dead bodies, wherever they're at, whether it's in the sea, whether it's in hell itself, you know, and you say, well when did that happen? Well, there's a case where God opened up the earth and they literally fell down alive into the pit. But wherever their body's at, it's going to come back to them and they're going to stand dead though. It says the dead are standing. Those unbelievers are going to be standing there with body and soul, but I believe no spirit, because the body without the spirit is dead. Because if you remember Ecclesiastes, the spirit that goeth upward, the spirit returns on the God that gave it, and those that are standing before the Great White Throne of Judgment are soul and body, which actually matches up when it says, fear not him that is able to kill the body, but is able to cast what? Both, soul and body in hell. Which is talking about the lake of fire. So if you understand, both means two, right? So there's no spirit there, meaning that there's no life there. They're dead, but notice that they're conscious. The rich man was conscious in hell in Luke 16 and it was his soul there. His body was on earth still, it was still in the grave or wherever it went. And here, their soul and their body are there, but there's no spirit. That means that they are a resurrected state of being dead and both their body and soul are cast into the lake of fire. But notice what they're judged by. They're judged by their works. The end game for unbelievers is to be judged according to your works. So when people are like, oh, I'm going to be a good person. Well, you're not going to, you're going to hell. The question is, is how bad that punishment is going to be. I believe there's levels of hell. The Bible talks about the lowest hell. It talks about a greater damnation. And I believe at this point, there's going to be, it's going to be delegated on how bad that punishment is. But know this, I don't care what level of hell you're in, it's going to be eternal torment. And I would never want to spend one second in hell. And by the way, believers will never spend one second in hell beneath or the lake of fire. Anybody that teaches otherwise is a false prophet. The Bible says, he that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death. For some of us think that you would spend any time in the lake of fire or that second death is just completely denying the Bible. You say, well, what does it mean to overcome? Who is he that overcometh the world but he that believeth that Jesus is the son of God? This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Because whatsoever is born of God, overcometh the world. And I know I said that backwards. Whatsoever is born of God, overcometh the world. And it goes on and it's very clear that we're dealing with believers. And when it comes to the judgment, the great white throne judgment, I don't see believers being here at all. I do understand how people can be confused about that because they understand that there are, the believers and the unbelievers are being judged very closely together. But you don't see, like, he went to the right side to the, this is your right, right? He went to the right side to his sheep, gave judgment, then he went over to the left side to the goats, gave judgment, then he went to the right side and gave judgment to the sheep. If this was a judgment for both believers and unbelievers at the same time, unless he put them in order of sheep to goats, right? And he just did all the sheep first and then he did all the goats, that would be the only way it would work. But show me chapter and verse where there's anybody that's alive standing at the judgment, or at the great white throne judgment. Go to 2 Corinthians chapter 11, and this is actually the last thing I'm going to show you here. Of those, the end of unbelievers is that they're going to be judged according to their works. Now everybody will be judged according to their works, but here's the thing. Do you want to be judged according to your works for reward? And for all eternity in heaven? Or do you want to be judged according to your works as far as what punishment in hell you're getting? Because that's the dichotomy that you're dealing with. We're all going to be judged according to our works, but the question is, do you want to be judged according to your works on whether you go to heaven or hell? Or do you want to be judged according to your works on what kind of rewards God gives you in that eternal life? And in 2 Corinthians chapter 11 verse 13, I always just think about this verse when it talks about they'll be judged according to their works. Because it says in verse 13, it says, for such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel, for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore, it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works. So when we go out soul-willing and people just don't want to believe that it's by faith alone, their end is going to be according to their work. They're like, no, you have to do good works. Well, that will be your end then. Unfortunately. That will be your end. If you want to be by works, it'll be by works. But it's not going to end well for you. Because your name is not written in the book of life if you die without faith in Christ. Jesus says, if you believe not that I am he, you shall die in your sins. And so I hope, you know, this is just very simplistic here. There's a time to every purpose. When it comes to eternal judgment of every person, who gets judged first? Believers or unbelievers? Believers, right? Judgment must begin at the house of God. That's pretty easy with the first resurrection and that judgment day to Christ because that happens before you're even dealing with unbelievers at all. Then there's another judgment that's happening after the thousand. So imagine this is your thousand years right here. Jesus comes in the clouds. Everybody that's alive, remain, that's caught up in the clouds, that's resurrected over here, the first resurrection, judgment day to Christ, we're going to rule and reign with him for a thousand years. Boom. Easy, right? Judgment must begin at the house of God. We're judged according to our works for reward. And for, I believe, positions of authority within ruling and reigning. Go over here after the thousand year reign. Now we have a mixture of, okay, we have some believers and we have all of the unsaved from all time past. So obviously the Great White Throne is a bigger amount of people, right? But that group of believers there, that sheep, they're done first, right? On the right hand he says that you're going to enter into light and that you did all these things for me and they're like, when did we do this and basically go into the joy of that Lord. And obviously you can think about the rewards for doing those things to believers on behalf of Christ. Then he goes over to the left side and says, you're accursed to everlasting judgment. And they're judged according to their works at the Great White Throne. So really you have judgment seat of Christ, thousand years, judgment seat of Christ, Great White Throne, all unbelievers, all being cast into hell and their names are not found written in the book of life because they're all dead because they didn't believe on Christ. I hope that is very simple and to the point, you know, as far as that timeline goes. And, you know, so when you think about the doctrine of the resurrection of dead and doctrine of eternal judgment, there it is. In very simple terms. Obviously you can go into the weeds on the other, you know, going into those. But at the same time, like that just very simply, that's what you're dealing with. And that does conclude our time to every purpose. I'm just kidding. I found another one. No. We're done with that series. I found a different series. But hopefully you enjoyed it. You know, I think it was interesting to kind of look into different times for different things that maybe you wouldn't think that you would need to ever do or anything like that. But I'll say this, when it comes to all of these, I was looking for discernment from the Lord with clear Bible principles of when to do these. Right? When to love, when to hate, when to speak, when to keep silence. You know, knowing when to do it is something that takes study and time and just really knowing the commandments of the Lord. And, you know what, there's times where it's like it doesn't exactly say exactly what you're supposed to do in a situation. And it's going to take experience and discernment of being a Christian for a long time or doing the work to where you're going to really make a good decision. And so that's something that I'm always trying to work on and hopefully you are too. Let's end with a word of prayer. Heavenly Father, we thank you for today. Thank you for your word. Thank you for this passage in Ecclesiastes chapter 3. And Lord, just help us to rightly divide the word of truth. And Lord, help us to have discernment in all these areas. And Lord, we love you and pray all this in Jesus Christ's name. Amen. So, brother, the able come to sing one more song and that will be dismissed. All right. Take your song books and turn to song number 13. Song number 13 in your song books. If you would stand, we'll sing, Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone? Song number 13. Must Jesus bear the cross alone And all the world go free? No, there's a cross for everyone And there's a cross for me The consecrated cross I'll bear Till death shall set me free And then go home, my crown to wear For there's a crown for me Upon the crystal pavement down At Jesus' peace it feet Joyful I'll cast my golden crown And His dear name repeat O precious cross, O glorious crown O resurrection day Ye angels from the stars Come down and bear my soul away