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I said, and I quoted a bunch of them later on in the sermon. You know, when Jesus prayed, your kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven. When he got up and after he was raised and said, all authority on heaven is in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore, go make disciples. So I quoted quite a few of those.

I said, and I quoted a bunch of them later on in the sermon. You know, when Jesus prayed, your kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven. When he got up and after he was raised and said, all authority on heaven is in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore, go make disciples. So I quoted quite a few of those.

I said, and I quoted a bunch of them later on in the sermon. You know, when Jesus prayed, your kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven. When he got up and after he was raised and said, all authority on heaven is in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore, go make disciples. So I quoted quite a few of those.

But I said, do you know how many times heaven and hell is mentioned in the same verse?

But I said, do you know how many times heaven and hell is mentioned in the same verse?

But I said, do you know how many times heaven and hell is mentioned in the same verse?

No, it's not in there. So then I knew I was going to have to take a time out because people then think, what are you saying? There's not a hell? And I was like, oh, there's a hell. I said, but it came later. And so then I read Genesis 1, 1 through 3. In the beginning, God created man. the heavens and the earth. And I said, there's no mention of hell here. And so everybody's looking.

No, it's not in there. So then I knew I was going to have to take a time out because people then think, what are you saying? There's not a hell? And I was like, oh, there's a hell. I said, but it came later. And so then I read Genesis 1, 1 through 3. In the beginning, God created man. the heavens and the earth. And I said, there's no mention of hell here. And so everybody's looking.

No, it's not in there. So then I knew I was going to have to take a time out because people then think, what are you saying? There's not a hell? And I was like, oh, there's a hell. I said, but it came later. And so then I read Genesis 1, 1 through 3. In the beginning, God created man. the heavens and the earth. And I said, there's no mention of hell here. And so everybody's looking.

I said, it came later. Pretty quick. Yeah. Because then you have the evil one arrive on the scene. But then I did an illustration that I thought very carefully about how to do. And this was all coming from Ephesians 1 and verse 4, the last two words where it says, he chose us in him before the creation of the world. So I went back to the creation of the world in Genesis 1.

I said, it came later. Pretty quick. Yeah. Because then you have the evil one arrive on the scene. But then I did an illustration that I thought very carefully about how to do. And this was all coming from Ephesians 1 and verse 4, the last two words where it says, he chose us in him before the creation of the world. So I went back to the creation of the world in Genesis 1.

I said, it came later. Pretty quick. Yeah. Because then you have the evil one arrive on the scene. But then I did an illustration that I thought very carefully about how to do. And this was all coming from Ephesians 1 and verse 4, the last two words where it says, he chose us in him before the creation of the world. So I went back to the creation of the world in Genesis 1.

And those two little words are, In love, he predestined us to be adopted as his sons. And so I made an illustration saying that. Look, it's not unlike God-conscious people who are believers. When they have a child, even though there's pain involved in giving birth to the child, and even though the child seems like he's in pain, they come out crying.

And those two little words are, In love, he predestined us to be adopted as his sons. And so I made an illustration saying that. Look, it's not unlike God-conscious people who are believers. When they have a child, even though there's pain involved in giving birth to the child, and even though the child seems like he's in pain, they come out crying.

And those two little words are, In love, he predestined us to be adopted as his sons. And so I made an illustration saying that. Look, it's not unlike God-conscious people who are believers. When they have a child, even though there's pain involved in giving birth to the child, and even though the child seems like he's in pain, they come out crying.

I was like, there's no anger there from God-conscious people. You know, of looking at their baby. And then I said this as a joke, and all the women, if you notice, laughed. I said, the anger comes later. And they all laughed. And I was like, and the only reason you're angry is because you love them. They're not doing what they're supposed to be doing. They're like, what now?

I was like, there's no anger there from God-conscious people. You know, of looking at their baby. And then I said this as a joke, and all the women, if you notice, laughed. I said, the anger comes later. And they all laughed. And I was like, and the only reason you're angry is because you love them. They're not doing what they're supposed to be doing. They're like, what now?

I was like, there's no anger there from God-conscious people. You know, of looking at their baby. And then I said this as a joke, and all the women, if you notice, laughed. I said, the anger comes later. And they all laughed. And I was like, and the only reason you're angry is because you love them. They're not doing what they're supposed to be doing. They're like, what now?

And so that was the concept. And I was like, the only way you can kind of see that, because the Old Testament is filled with God being angry and judging. Because why? They're not doing what they're supposed to be doing. And so that's kind of how I went that route, which led to me making the practical application. of it's more important about who you're with than where we're going.

And so that was the concept. And I was like, the only way you can kind of see that, because the Old Testament is filled with God being angry and judging. Because why? They're not doing what they're supposed to be doing. And so that's kind of how I went that route, which led to me making the practical application. of it's more important about who you're with than where we're going.