Greg Laurie - Come, Lord Jesus! (07/04/2017)
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Pastor Greg Laurie concludes the Revelation series by emphasizing that the book's main purpose is to unveil and reveal Jesus Christ in all His glory, not primarily the Antichrist or end-times events. Using Revelation 22, he stresses the reliability of God's Word, the urgency of keeping it, the promise of rewards, and the final invitation to come to Jesus for salvation and eternal life.
The True Focus of Revelation: Unveiling Jesus Christ
The very word revelation means ununveiling. Or to reveal. Because God's purpose is not to conceal but to reveal. And what does revelation reveal to us? Well a lot of things. It has revealed heaven, hell, angels, demons, and the future. It has revealed the Great Tribulation, Armageddon, and yes the Antichrist. But the main emphasis of revelation has not been Antichrist but Jesus Christ. The main point of revelation is to unveil or to reveal Jesus Christ to us. Even a cursory look at the book reveals Jesus is the star. The main theme from beginning to end. In chapter 1 he is the faithful witness and the firstborn of the dead. Then in chapter 1 verse 8. In chapter 21 he is the Alpha and the Omega. He is also the one who is, who was to come. He is the Almighty. There are eight references to Jesus in the first chapter alone. So God wants us to see Jesus in all of His glory.
But some people will say, I don't know. Revelation is so hard to understand. I don't know if I want to read it. Well wait a second. God has given us a key. We might call it the golden key to understanding this book. And this golden key is hanging right on the front door of the first chapter. First of all it reveals that Revelation has its own outline. It is the only book in the Bible complete with its own outline. Revelation 1:19 says, Write the things that you have seen, the things which are, and the things that will take place after this or after these things. So three categories.
Revelation's Built-In Outline – Three Key Divisions
First of all there are the things that you have seen. Jesus speaking to John. That is what John saw in chapter 1. The resurrected and glorified Christ with all power on heaven and earth. The revealed Jesus who is in complete control of all that is about to happen. Then category number 2. The things which are. That is a reference to the seven churches of Revelation found in chapters 2-3. You remember we looked at these churches starting with the church of Ephesus. Ending with the church of Laodicea. Sort of a flyover of church history if you will. It starts with a church that is in danger of leaving their first love. And it ends up with a church that is so messed up Jesus is on the outside trying to get in. So you might say that it starts with an apostolic church and ends up with an apostate church.
And then there are the things that will take place after these things. After what things? After the things of the church. The church, all true believers in Jesus Christ, are called up to heaven in the first part of Revelation. And we are off the scene as the great tribulation period unfolds. Chapter 1 of Revelation was a revelation of the glorified Christ. Chapters 2-3 church history. Chapters 4-5 the church taken up to heaven and a glimpse of heaven. Chapters 6-19 the great tribulation period. Chapter 20 the millennium. And chapters 21 and 22 where we are now. The new heaven and the new earth. I mean really Revelation is like the ultimate action thriller. Isn't it? It has all the drama and suspense and mystery and horror you would want in the best selling novel. It has rebellion, unprecedented economic collapse, the ultimate war of history. But despite these ominous happenings it bursts with hope and joy. Revelation comes to a conclusion with a happy ending as sin and death are banished forever. It is actually true that in the end we all live happily ever after.
Final Words from Revelation 22 – Faithful and True
So let's read now Revelation 22 in our final message in this series. Verse 6. Then he said to me, These words are faithful and true. And the Lord God of the Holy Prophet sent an angel to show his servants the things which must shortly take place. Behold I am coming quickly. Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book. Oh I, John, saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things. Then he said to me, See that you do not do that. I am your fellow servant and of your brothers the prophets and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God. And he said to me, Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book for the time is at hand. He who is unjust, let him be unjust still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He who is righteous, let him be righteous still. And he who is holy, let him be holy still. And behold I am coming quickly, and my reward is with me. And I will give to everyone according to his work. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. But outside are dogs, and sorcerers, and sexually immoral, and murderers, and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie. I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright and morning star. And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And him that hears, say, Come. Let him who thirsts, come. And whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely. For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book. If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book. And if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the book of life, from the holy city, and from things that are written in this book. Or the things. He who testifies to these things says, Surely I am coming quickly. Even so, come Lord Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. Let's pray.
Now Lord we have heard these powerful words. And we pray as we contemplate their meaning to us. That you would unveil Jesus to us. And that we would know how to live in these critical days. Speak to us from your word. We ask in Jesus' name. Amen.
These Words Are Faithful and True – In Uncertain Times
Look at verse 6. Jesus says these words are faithful and true. You know at such uncertain times where the very concept of truth is being questioned this matters. Moral relativism and postmodernism are the rule of the day. Our founding fathers believed that the Bible was the Word of God. Now I am not saying all of our founding fathers were believers. But even those who are not committed followers of Jesus Christ at the very least had a great respect for the Word of God. And that is why we built our judicial system on it. And really the government as a whole. But things have changed. And we have gotten away from this. And there are many now that question the idea of absolute truth. And they will say my version of the truth is as valid as your version of the truth. And how dare you impose your version on me. Which basically means that you hold an opinion that is contrary to theirs. But here is what Jesus says. My words are faithful and true. You can depend on my words Jesus is saying.
By the way a sign of the end times will be people churning from the truth. 2 Timothy 4. 3-4 it says the time is coming where people will no longer listen to right teaching. They will follow their own desires. They will look for teachers who will tell them whatever they want to hear. They will reject the truth and follow strange myths. Friend that time has come. And this is not just in our culture but it is in even some of our churches. Where there are people that are looking for teachers that will say things that will satisfy them. Actually this phrase, heap to themselves teachers or wanting teachers, means people will have an itch for novelty. They will want someone to come along that will say something that will soothe them. That will pacify them. But not something that will challenge them. Or even worse confront them.
But we have a job as preachers of the Word. And it is to do just that. Preach the Word. And not compromise on it if it is politically correct or not. But this turning away from the truth is something the Scriptures said would happen in the end times. Okay. Well we all can see that is happening around us. What do we do? Just run and hide? No. Here keep His Word. Keep His Word. Verse 7. Blessed is He who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.
The Blessing of Reading, Hearing, and Keeping Revelation
We have to keep the Word. You know Revelation not only is unique in that it has its own outline. But it also has its own built in blessing. Not that you won't be blessed reading all of the Bible. But God says specifically in the book of Revelation chapter 1 verse 3 blessed is He who reads and hears the words of this prophecy and keeps the things that are written in it for the time is near. God says I will bless you when you read, hear, and keep the words of this book. So here is my question. After thirty messages from this book have you been blessed? Well I hope so. I have been blessed preparing for it. And it is a blessing to us as we understand things from a biblical perspective.
First you have to read it. By the way that phrase read can be translated read out loud. Reading it for yourself. But it doesn't stop there. You must hear the words of the prophecy. Jesus would often say, He that has ears to hear, let him hear what the Spirit is saying. If you really hear these words it makes sense out of this crazy world we are living in right now. If you really hear and understand what Revelation is teaching you realize that things are going according to plan. God's plan. You recognize that the darkest part of the night is just before dawn. You recognize that God is in control and you recognize that we win in the end. So you listen carefully.
I don't always listen carefully. Sometimes when I fly and the flight attendant is going through the emergency evacuation procedure. I don't really listen. I just note where the exits are. Okay. Something happens. That is where I am headed. And they will go through their spiel and they put on the little vest and they show you how to use it. And they will say things like if you are going over water in case of an emergency landing your seat can be used as a flotation device. I have never found that comforting by the way. I am out in the middle of the ocean holding on to a seat. But if that doesn't give you any consolation on your little vest you have a whistle. You can blow the whistle. That will alert the shark. Here I am. Come this way. And so they go through it and I just listen passively. I am maybe flipping through a magazine or whatever or getting my last email out before they make us shut it down etc.
But I was on a flight coming back from Miami a number of years ago speaking out there. And we got on the plane and they went through the spiel. I didn't pay attention. And then all of a sudden the voice of the captain comes over the intercom and he says, Ladies and gentlemen we are having some mechanical troubles and we are going to have to make an emergency crash landing. Okay. They went over the procedures again. I listened. I listened carefully. Why? Because my life depended on it. And I don't know why but the flight attendant said to me, I want you to help me. And he like deputizes me. I didn't get wings or anything. But he says he gave me an extra bag of peanuts though. So I got that out of the deal. They are very stingy with those peanuts. Have you noticed? But he said to me, Okay now I want you to come up here. Here is the emergency door. See how it works. I am going to open this. You hold all the people back. I am thinking, is this a good job? Holding people back? And so we went back and we took our seats and we were being told that upon landing we are to basically grab your knees and I don't know what else. And fortunately we didn't have to make that crash landing. Whatever the problem was was corrected. But you know you listen carefully when your life depends on it. Our life depends on what we are hearing in this book and all of the Bible.
Keep What Is Written – Live It Out Daily
Number three. The blessing is promised to the one who keeps what is written in it. It is not enough to just read it. It is not enough to just hear it. You have got to keep it. Here is an interesting thought. Every time you read about what the Bible says about our future there is an exhortation to live a godly life. So God doesn't give us Bible prophecy to tantalize, entertain, or titillate. He gives us Bible prophecy to say, wake up and pay attention and be living a godly life because Jesus Christ is coming back again. Second Peter 3. 11 says, Since everything around us is going to be destroyed what godly and holy lives should we be living looking forward to the return of the Lord.
I love also what is said here when he says in verse 6 these words are faithful and true. Why should I keep these words? Because they are faithful and true. There is an ironclad guarantee from God Himself that everything in this book is true. Every word is trustworthy and reliable. God is saying, I am Jesus Christ and I approve this message. Like those ads on television during election time. Jesus is endorsing this.
Jesus Is Coming Quickly – Sudden and Certain
Why should I keep His word? Because His coming is near. Verse 7. Behold I am coming quickly. Now you might say, well wait. Wasn't this book like written two thousand years ago? Maybe God's definition of quickly is not the same as mine. Sort of like when my wife says I am ready and I say I am ready. When we are walking out the door. When I say I am ready that means I am ready. To walk out the door, get in the car, and drive away. When my wife says she is ready, that is a relative term. That means she has got to put a couple things away and maybe run upstairs and grab a sweater. Whatever. We define that differently. Ready and ready. So when we talk about Jesus saying He is coming quickly we are thinking, well does He understand what the word quickly means? Well He does. Yes. But let's understand that the Greek term translated quickly has less to do with how soon He will come and more to do with the suddenness of the event when it occurs. When John is using this word he is not using it in a sense of time, as in He is coming right now, as much as he is talking about a series of events that will happen in rapid succession once they start. Sort of like dominoes closely stacked together. Once the first domino falls, bam! It is fast. He is coming quickly though.
Number two. We must do His work. Number one. We must keep His word. Number two. We must do His work. Verse 12. Behold I am coming quickly, and my reward is with me to give to everyone according to His work. You know there are sacrifices we make as followers of Jesus Christ. There are things that we lose. There are persecutions we face. There are hardships we endure. But I want you to know this. God keeps careful records and He promises to reward us for our faithfulness.
In the Beatitudes Jesus said, Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake, for of such is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you, and say all men are of evil against you falsely for my sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for so persecuted they the prophets that were before you. Notice that the word blessed is used twice to emphasize the generous blessing of God to the persecuted. Another way to translate it would be double blessed are the persecuted. Or happy, happy are the persecuted. You ever watch Duck Dynasty? I like that show I have to admit. And there is that guy Phil Robertson and he says happy, happy, happy. That is how it is for the persecuted person. You are happy, happy, happy. In fact this verse, Rejoice, could be translated, jump and skip with happy excitement. I love that picture. Don't you? Just jump and skip. It is sort of like the joy of a child. When they are excited about something they will jump and be so filled with joy. When you are persecuted wear it as a badge of honor. That is what the scripture is saying.
And another promise is that we are to be faithful in what we do. Galatians 6-9. Don't be weary in well doing, for in due season you will reap if you do not faint. Don't be weary in reading your Bible and seeking to live by what it teaches. Don't be weary in praying for your family and your friends and your country. Don't be weary in sharing your faith with others. Don't be weary in serving the Lord with the gifts that God has given to you. Don't be weary in that. For in due season you will reap if you faint not. Or another way to translate that is give up. And sometimes we do get tired. Listen. Sometimes I get tired in the Lord's work. But I never get tired of the Lord's work. And so when you are tired, take a break, rest, recharge, and then you go back to work again. Even Jesus took breaks and time off periodically. But the point is that we must never get tired of what we are doing. It is a great privilege to be called to do it.
You Reap What You Sow – To the Spirit or the Flesh
But when we hear the term, that shall reap what you sow in due season. You will reap if you faint not. That is usually kind of scary. Because we think of Galatians that says, Be not deceived. God is not mocked. Whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap. It is usually quoted in sort of an aggressive fashion. Like you better stop doing that. Because the Bible says you will reap what you sow. Well that is true. But understand the whole verse. Be not deceived. God is not mocked. Whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap. Listen. Listen. If he sows to the flesh he will reap corruption. But if he sows to the Spirit... Sorry to make you the flesh. But it fits. No it doesn't. If you sow to the flesh you will reap corruption. But if you sow to the Spirit you will reap life everlasting. So yes if you sow to the flesh. If you disobey God you will reap the consequences. But if you sow to the Spirit you will reap life Everlasting. What you are today will determine what you will be tomorrow and for eternity.
It is here on the screen. Think about this for a moment. What we are today will determine what we will be tomorrow and for eternity. Decisions can be binding. Listen to verse 11. He who is unjust, let him be unjust still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He who is righteous, let him be righteous still. He who is holy, let him be holy still. Now obviously God is not encouraging wicked people to do wicked things. This is more of a warning. I like the way Chuck Swindoll paraphrased it in his commentary on Revelation. He summed it up this way. Quote, You wrongdoers go ahead and keep doing wrong. Just see what happens. And all unclean sinners keep rolling in the mud. Just ignore God's offer of cleansing. You will see what is in store for you. As for you righteous and holy saints keep practicing righteousness. Keep being holy and you will get your reward in due time. End quote. I like that. It is the idea. Hey man if you go that way you can go that way if you want to. But you are not going to like it the way it turns up. But you godly people you keep doing what you are doing. And it is going to turn out beautifully for you in the end.
Warning Against Tampering with God's Word
Now Jesus gives a specific warning to anyone who would temper with the book of Revelation. Revelation 22-18. I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book. If anyone adds to these things, listen, God will add to him the plagues that are written in the book. If anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the book of life and from the holy city. Loose paraphrase. Don't mess around with the book of Revelation. You say, Well Greg I have written in the margins of my Bible in our studies. Is that me? No. Write in your Bibles. Beat your Bibles up. I mean not intentionally beat them. But you know. Use them. It has been said, a Bible that is falling apart is a good indication of a life that isn't. I like to see well used Bibles. I like to see people underlining in their Bibles. Writing in the margins of their Bibles. That is not what this is addressing. This is talking about a person who would deceptively. disobey, disregard, distort, or dilute Scripture. Let me repeat that. This is speaking of someone who would deceptively disobey, disregard, distort, or dilute Scripture.
Who are we to edit God's very words? It is not the job of culture to make the Scripture conformed to it. Well the Bible needs to get up with culture. This is the way it is going man. This ship has sailed. The Bible needs to catch up. Sorry. I don't care about your ship sailing. The Bible is the bedrock we built this country upon. And even more, the Bible is absolute truth. And when we stray from it we do so at our own peril. This is the Word of God. We don't need to conform Scripture to culture. We should be conforming culture to Scripture.
Well how do you do this? How do you add to this Word? Well one way would be to disobey it. Just disobey it. You hear it and you say, Well, I am not going to do what the Bible says. I don't care. I am going to do what I want to do. I have even had people say, Well I don't agree with that. You don't agree? I like some parts of the Bible. I don't like others. And so I disagree with that. Well How can you just disagree? I disagree. Well that is a way that you would be adding to or taking away from God's Word. Another way would be to disregard it. Just ignoring it altogether. When you hear a message you just effectively tune it out. Another way would be to distort the Word. To distort it. In other words you would twist the Scripture to accommodate your choices. And people will do that. Instead of an exegesis which means to go to the text and let the text speak for itself. Properly interpret it. You do an iso-Jesus which means to impose your view on the text. Here is what I believe. Now I am going to twist verses to support my view. That would be adding to it or taking away from it.
This is what the devil did in his attack on Jesus during the temptation in the wilderness. The devil quoted the Bible. Can you imagine that? And he says to Jesus taking him to a high point of the temple. Why don't you just jump off of here right now. Because it is written. He will send his angels to protect you. To hold you in their hands. To keep you from striking your foot on a stone. Wow. Impressive. Satan is quoting Psalm 91. But Jesus brings the Scripture back into context and says, It is written, You shall not test the Lord your God. But that is what the devil will do. He will distort the text.
Jesus' Last Words in Scripture – "Surely I Am Coming Quickly"
Okay. So now we come to the finale of Revelation. Revelation 22 verse 20. He who testifies to these things says, Surely I am coming quickly. Amen. Come Lord Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. These are the last recorded words of Jesus in Scripture. Last words are important. Let me ask you a question. If you knew you were going to die and leave this earth what would your last words be? Now sometimes we don't know what our last words will be. Because death may come suddenly and unexpectedly. But then there are times we may know. Maybe we are on our deathbed. Or there is some set of circumstances that enable us to know this is the last thing I am ever going to say. If you knew these would be your last words what would you say if your family and your friends were gathered around say your deathbed?
Well on March 14, 1883 the Communist leader Karl Marx died. His housekeeper came to him and said, Tell me your last words and I will write them down. Karl Marx replied, Go on. Get out. Last words are for fools who haven't said enough. We will now go from Karl Marx to Groucho Marx. The comedian. His last words were, Die my dear? Well that is the last thing I will do. End quote. Nostradamus who is known for predicting the future got it right at least one time. His last words were, Tomorrow I will no longer be here. That was true. Pablo Picasso the painter's last words were, Drink to me. Drink to my health. You know I can't drink anymore. End quote. The Roman Emperor Julian having attempted to reverse the official endorsement of Christianity by the Roman Empire gave his last words, You have won O Galilean.
Now the last words of believers are different than the last words of non-believers. Take Stephen, the first martyr of the church, being stoned to death, gave his last words, Look I see the heavens open and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. Then he went on to say, Lord don't lay this sin to their charge. A perfect reflection of what Christ Himself said on the cross when He said, Father forgive them for they know not what they do. And then there are the words of John Wesley the preacher, Quote, The best of all is, God is with us. Or D.L. Moody the evangelist who said, I see earth receding and heaven is opening. God is calling me. Or the last words of pastor and Bible commentator F.B. Meyer who said, Read me something from the Bible. Something brave and triumphant. End quote. Or then there are the words of Pancho Villa the revolutionary who said, Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something.
Well Jesus said something. Here are His last words. Verse 20. Surely I am coming quickly. John offers a prayer. He is overwhelmed. Amen. Come Lord Jesus. You know when someone says something you agree with you just, Amen. You repeat it. I am coming quickly. You are coming quickly. Amen. Yes. I love that. The word Amen by the way can be translated so be it. Or as St. Paul said, Let it be. St. Paul McCartney. Actually let it be is an accurate translation of Amen. Let it be. So be it.
The Final Invitation – "Come" to Jesus
Now the Bible closes with an invitation. Verse 17. And the Spirit and the Bride say, Come. And let him that is hearing say, Come. Let him who is thirsty, Come. Whoever desires, let him take of the water of life freely. Come is a favorite word of the Lord. In the face of judgment on the earth God commanded Noah to build an ark. And when it was built God said, Come into the ark of safety. Come. Moses standing in the midst of people who had fallen down in worship of the golden calf said, Let him who is on the Lord's side come and stand by me. God Himself says in Isaiah, Come let us reason together says the Lord. Though your sins be as Scarlet I will make them as white as snow. Though they be red like crimson they will be as white as wool. Isaiah 55 God says, Ho everyone that thirsts. Let them come and drink. And Jesus said to men who wanted to know where He lived, Come and see. Jesus said, Come unto Me all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest. Come. That is the heart of God. He is calling that to humanity. He is saying, Come to Me.
And what will happen if I come to Him my spiritual hunger will be satisfied and my spiritual thirst will be quenched. Verse 17, Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely. Notice it is an imitation. It is not a forced thing. You come to Me or else God says, Hey, whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely. If you want it come on and take it. If you don't want, you don't have to. This is an offer I extend to all of humanity. And deep down inside we are all thirsty. We are all hungry. And these are things that this world simply cannot give us. It is not going to come through a relationship. It is not going to come through a possession. It is not going to come through an accomplishment. It is not going to come through an experience. All these things will lead us empty. We are hungering and thirsting deep down inside for God Himself.
A doctor named Robin Smith wrote a book called Hungry The Truth About Being Full. She writes about those who feel an emptiness after experiencing great success. And she calls it being hungry for the high note. She said that Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston, who both died early deaths, were not killed by drugs per se. She writes, people say drugs killed them. Drugs didn't kill them. What killed them is they were striving and hungry. They were striving to hit the high note again. I find that interesting. Whitney Houston was quoted shortly before her death in a conversation with Oprah Winfrey to say I am going to hit the high note again. I mean these people had unparalleled success. Michael Jackson's record Thriller was one of the top selling records of all time if not the best selling record of all time. And then of course Whitney Houston had international success. But you hit this high note. This peak of life. And then you can't stay there. And then you are not as successful as you once were. And that is why so many of these super successful people end up strung out on drugs. You want to blame drugs. You want to blame alcohol. But really it is an emptiness that drives them to those things. That is the real issue, isn't it? And it is really sin when you get down to it. Trying to hit that high note again.
God says listen. I will satisfy that spiritual hunger. I will quench that spiritual thirst if you will come to me. And in closing I would like to extend this invitation to you. Do you need to come to Jesus? Do you have the hope that if you were to die today you would go to heaven? You say, well you know Greg you talk about giving your last words. I am young. That won't happen for many years. Well maybe it won't. And maybe it will. You just don't know. I just don't know. None of us know. That is why we should live every day as though it could be our last day. And live every day in readiness for the Lord's return because He could come at any moment. Behold I come quickly says Jesus. There will be no chance to repent when He comes. He will come in a moment in the twinkling of an eye. You can't even measure that in human time for the most part. It just happens. And if you are ready you are taken to meet the Lord. And if you are not ready you are left to face the tribulation period that we have looked at in Revelation. Or if death comes you either go straight into God's presence into heaven or you go straight into judgment and ultimately a lake of fire.
The decisions we make on earth are binding in eternity. We decide here where we will spend all eternity. And if you have not yet said yes to Jesus Christ I urge you to do that right now. We are going to close with a prayer and I am going to extend this same invitation that Jesus gives at the end of Revelation so you can come. You say, Well Greg maybe I need to clean my life up first. No. Don't clean up your life and then come. Come and He will clean up your life. You come with your problems. You come with your questions. You come with your addictions. You come with your sin. Whatever your issue is you come with it and say, God I am sorry for it. Forgive me. Change me. And He will transform you. But you must come. That is the call of Jesus.
Final Invitation and Altar Call
Let us all bow our heads. Father I pray now for everyone here. Everybody watching. For all of these that do not yet know you. Lord would you help them to come to their senses and then come to you. Help them to see their need for Jesus right now. Now while our heads are bowed and our eyes are closed and we are praying, how many of you would say today, I want to come to Jesus. I want Him to forgive me of my sin. I want Him to satisfy my spiritual hunger and quench my spiritual thirst. I want my guilt taken away. I want to know that I will go to heaven when I die. If that is your desire, if you want to come to Jesus right now, would you lift your hand up wherever you are and I would like to pray for you. Just lift your hand up and I will pray for you today. If you want to come to Jesus Christ. God bless you up in the balcony. God bless you. You that are watching in one of our satellite sites. You raise your hand up. I can't see you there where you are. But it really does not matter frankly. The Lord sees you. Take that little step and raise your hand as well. Right there. Anybody else? You want His forgiveness. Let me pray for you. Raise your hand up. You outside in the amphitheater. You in the court building. Raise your hand up right now. You want Christ to come into your life. One final moment. Anybody else? If you haven't lifted your hand yet, lift it now. You want Christ to come into your life. God bless all of you.
Now I am going to ask every one of you that have lifted your hand if you would please. I want I want you to stand to your feet. And I am going to lead you in a prayer. Just stand to your feet wherever you are and we are going to pray together. That is right. God bless you. God bless you. Stand up. Watching the screen stand to your feet. Wherever that screen is you stand up too. And I will lead you in this same prayer. God bless you. You are in the balcony. One final moment. Do you want Christ to come into your life? You want His forgiveness. Stand to your feet. And I am going to lead you in this prayer. Anybody else stand Again now. God bless you. God bless all of you.
Alright you that are standing I want you to pray this prayer out loud after me. This is where you are asking Jesus Christ to come into your life. Again as I pray, pray this out loud after me. Right where you are. Pray this if you would. Lord Jesus, I know I am a sinner. But you died on the cross for my sin. And you Rose again from the dead. Now come into my life. And be my Savior. And be my Lord. And be my God. And be my friend. I choose to follow you Jesus from this moment forward. In your name I pray. Amen.