WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.840 Real life presents the Jack Hibbs podcast with intention and boldness to proclaim 2 00:00:05.840 --> 00:00:10.540 truth, equip the saints and impact our culture. Hey there's a lot of talk right now 3 00:00:10.540 --> 00:00:16.140 going on about forgiveness, about Charlie Kirk, about repentance, about revival. 4 00:00:16.140 --> 00:00:20.740 What in the world is going on? And should we forgive somebody like an 5 00:00:20.740 --> 00:00:25.940 assassin or should we hope that they wind up in hell? Let's answer that question 6 00:00:25.940 --> 00:00:26.940 right now. 7 00:00:55.940 --> 00:01:02.140 Hey everybody let's talk about what everybody's talking about and I'm so happy 8 00:01:02.140 --> 00:01:07.540 everybody's talking about it and that is forgiveness. Forgiveness. Of course 9 00:01:07.540 --> 00:01:12.020 the forgiveness, the whole topic comes out of the assassination of my friend 10 00:01:12.020 --> 00:01:17.860 and your friend Charlie Kirk and then of course the remarkable and just a 11 00:01:17.860 --> 00:01:27.820 stole word, spine of steel, handling of it all through Erica Kirk and we know 12 00:01:27.820 --> 00:01:33.580 that that's the strength of God working through her life. Her witness, her 13 00:01:33.580 --> 00:01:38.020 testimony in the hours following Charlie's assassination and then of course 14 00:01:38.020 --> 00:01:44.820 at the memorial service in Phoenix, Erica was anointed by the Lord to be a 15 00:01:44.820 --> 00:01:49.620 witness. By the way, side note to all of this, I've been watching the response of 16 00:01:49.620 --> 00:01:56.700 the females, women in the Islamic world as they talk about and podcast about 17 00:01:56.700 --> 00:02:02.700 and analyze Erica Kirk's speech at the memorial. It's quite remarkable. If you 18 00:02:02.700 --> 00:02:07.700 get a chance, go look in Islamic websites where women are conversing back and 19 00:02:07.700 --> 00:02:13.100 forth and it is quite amazing. God is using Erica's witness of forgiving, forgiving 20 00:02:13.100 --> 00:02:21.180 the assassin that took her husband's life. God is using it and opening up the 21 00:02:21.180 --> 00:02:26.620 eyes of people who are in cults to consider this forgiveness as well. So let's 22 00:02:26.620 --> 00:02:31.380 just talk about both, we're going to combine in the brief time we have together 23 00:02:31.380 --> 00:02:35.240 the emotions of it all. We're going to wrap it up in the theology of it all. The 24 00:02:35.240 --> 00:02:39.620 best we can in the short amount of time that we do have and let's try to 25 00:02:39.620 --> 00:02:47.140 dispel emotional, emotionally based perspectives, emotionally based theology 26 00:02:47.140 --> 00:02:53.700 from biblically based understandings and of course biblically based theology. 27 00:02:53.700 --> 00:02:57.460 There's a big difference and I'm sad to say most of the world operates off at 28 00:02:57.460 --> 00:03:01.940 the emotionally based theology which always always always leads to error. 29 00:03:01.940 --> 00:03:10.700 Perfectly 100% leads to error. So when Erica said, I forgive that young man who 30 00:03:10.700 --> 00:03:16.620 took Charlie's life. The crowd cheered, the crowd wept. They were also people in 31 00:03:16.620 --> 00:03:21.980 the crowd who were angry. They were upset. They didn't want to hear that. They 32 00:03:21.980 --> 00:03:26.740 want the guy to fry in hell. They're miserable about that and now people are 33 00:03:26.740 --> 00:03:31.380 voicing their opinions about, I don't agree with that. That guy should burn. He 34 00:03:31.380 --> 00:03:37.720 should rot. And then when we advance our Christian doctrines from the Bible saying, 35 00:03:37.720 --> 00:03:43.100 Erica did exactly what Jesus did at the cross. It's exactly what Stephen did at the 36 00:03:43.100 --> 00:03:50.220 base of Golgotha when he was stoned to death. It's exactly what we're called to 37 00:03:50.220 --> 00:03:55.020 do as Christians because we understand something that maybe a lot of people 38 00:03:55.020 --> 00:04:02.220 don't understand. And so we are called to forgive. Here's the thing, she didn't 39 00:04:02.220 --> 00:04:09.060 have to do that. You don't have to forgive those who kill your husband or kill 40 00:04:09.060 --> 00:04:13.260 your wife or your children. You don't have to. You don't have to grant forgiveness 41 00:04:13.260 --> 00:04:19.420 in that setting. Let's explain this. Number one, let's talk about the Christian 42 00:04:19.420 --> 00:04:23.900 family, the church family. The Bible tells us throughout scripture and 43 00:04:23.900 --> 00:04:30.180 certainly it is one of the hallmarks of New Testament theology. For example, when 44 00:04:30.180 --> 00:04:35.900 the Bible says in 1 John 1 9, if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to 45 00:04:35.900 --> 00:04:40.620 forgive us of our sins and declends us from all on righteousness. That is found 46 00:04:40.620 --> 00:04:47.180 in 1 John 1 9. First, second and third John are written only to believers, not 47 00:04:47.180 --> 00:04:51.260 unbelievers. When the Bible tells us that we are to confess our sins and he will 48 00:04:51.260 --> 00:04:57.140 forgive us of our sins, it is an issue of fellowship, not salvation. It is the 49 00:04:57.140 --> 00:05:02.500 issue of keeping the line clear, keeping the connection connected between the 50 00:05:02.500 --> 00:05:08.700 believer and our God because sin can interrupt the contact. When we sin against 51 00:05:08.700 --> 00:05:14.620 God or against another as a brother or sister, God will not be speaking to us. Isaiah 52 00:05:14.620 --> 00:05:19.860 chapter 59 verses 1 and 2. God says, my hand is not short that I cannot save you 53 00:05:19.860 --> 00:05:24.380 neither is my ear's depth that I cannot hear you, but your sins have separated 54 00:05:24.380 --> 00:05:30.380 you from your God. Notice this, there is sins that are repented of in the 55 00:05:30.380 --> 00:05:37.100 context of Christian fellowship. Why? We are commanded to forgive our brothers 56 00:05:37.100 --> 00:05:42.180 and sisters. If we have something against them, we are to forgive them. We're to 57 00:05:42.180 --> 00:05:46.340 go to them. If they have something against us, but they don't have the guts to 58 00:05:46.340 --> 00:05:52.860 come to us and we know it, then we are to go to them and we are to really rip 59 00:05:52.860 --> 00:05:58.260 Satan off by forgiving one another. I love to put it that way. Rip Satan off by 60 00:05:58.260 --> 00:06:02.220 us brothers and sisters, forgiving one another. In the Bible is full of these 61 00:06:02.220 --> 00:06:07.300 scriptures. We are to maintain that. How about this? We are to strive to keep the 62 00:06:07.300 --> 00:06:12.300 unity of the faith among one another. How do we do that? That when we offend our 63 00:06:12.340 --> 00:06:17.060 hurt one another, we quickly go to them and say, did I hurt you? Or I know I hurt 64 00:06:17.060 --> 00:06:22.300 you. I asked for your forgiveness. That was a wrong tone. That was harsh. And I 65 00:06:22.300 --> 00:06:27.140 should not have done that. Please forgive me. That's what we do. But what about 66 00:06:27.140 --> 00:06:35.340 somebody like Charlie Kirk's assassin? Or what about what the Jews have had 67 00:06:35.340 --> 00:06:43.580 endured with Adolf Hitler and Osama bin Laden and Hamas or Hezbollah or Iran or the 68 00:06:43.580 --> 00:06:49.220 Houthis where there's an arch enemy, so to speak, right? There's an absolute 69 00:06:49.220 --> 00:06:56.020 confirmed enemy. And in this case, the enemy would be the assassin versus the Kirk 70 00:06:56.020 --> 00:07:04.380 family, right? And so this is not the issuing of forgiveness that Erica didn't 71 00:07:04.380 --> 00:07:09.660 forgive him. Listen, please, everybody, because I know everyone or a lot of people, I 72 00:07:09.660 --> 00:07:15.980 should say, have missed this. When Erica said, I forgive him. It doesn't mean that he's 73 00:07:15.980 --> 00:07:23.140 been absolved of his responsibilities. He's a murderer. He's an assassin. He's 74 00:07:23.140 --> 00:07:30.340 committed murder. Okay. The Bible says 10 commandments thou shalt not murder. The book 75 00:07:30.340 --> 00:07:37.460 Revelation tells us that those who are in hell are murderers among other things. When 76 00:07:37.460 --> 00:07:45.220 Erica said, I forgive him. This is what it means. This is what she was doing. I put 77 00:07:45.220 --> 00:07:53.100 you into the hands of the Lord. I forgive you because Jesus Christ has forgiven me so 78 00:07:53.100 --> 00:08:00.540 much and even in, even equal to because there is no, there is no ratio or status of sin 79 00:08:00.540 --> 00:08:08.820 value or sin, sin, damnation. All sin is sin. You tell a white lie. It's just as bad as 80 00:08:08.820 --> 00:08:14.060 murdering somebody. If you take a dollar from the cash register, it's the same thing as 81 00:08:14.060 --> 00:08:21.100 committing adultery. There's no rate or scale of sin. Sin is sin to God. We're the 82 00:08:21.100 --> 00:08:27.820 bozos that want to prioritize it to make ourselves feel justified and we are dead wrong. 83 00:08:27.820 --> 00:08:35.140 She said, I forgive you. Why did she say this? She said this. I miss you in forgiveness 84 00:08:35.140 --> 00:08:40.820 because I'm commanded to do that because my Jesus forgave me and he also told me to forgive 85 00:08:40.820 --> 00:08:48.020 those who sin against me. I'm going to do that. And here's the reason why you assassin 86 00:08:48.020 --> 00:08:53.700 are no longer going to have any control or power over my life or the life of my family 87 00:08:53.700 --> 00:09:00.460 or the relationship between me and my God. I give you up. I release you to God. I will 88 00:09:00.460 --> 00:09:09.220 not bite my fingernails. I will not sharpen an axe. I will not pine a way plotting your 89 00:09:10.220 --> 00:09:18.340 demise. Vengeance is the Lord's. He will repay. That's not for me to be involved in. 90 00:09:18.340 --> 00:09:26.500 Erica Kirk set herself free from that man's crime against her family. And so she has now 91 00:09:26.500 --> 00:09:35.740 lifted the Holy Spirit, lifted from her the angst and the temptation to exercise judgment 92 00:09:35.740 --> 00:09:40.700 and justice. She handed him over to the Lord. Most people don't understand that. Some 93 00:09:40.700 --> 00:09:46.820 people would have felt better if Erica would have said, I hope that guy ruts in hell. 94 00:09:46.820 --> 00:09:54.500 People would have I promise you that stadium would have broken out in applause and cheers 95 00:09:54.500 --> 00:09:57.940 because there's a lot of people who feel that way, but they don't know God. You cannot 96 00:09:57.940 --> 00:10:05.300 know God and revel over the damnation of a human soul for which Jesus Christ died for. 97 00:10:05.300 --> 00:10:09.820 Yes, it's true. Jesus Christ according to the scripture died for the sins of the entire 98 00:10:09.820 --> 00:10:17.140 world. Did Jesus die for this assassin? Yes, Jesus did. But does the assassin automatically 99 00:10:17.140 --> 00:10:23.220 go to hell or heaven, I should say, because Jesus died for him? No, he does not. The man 100 00:10:23.220 --> 00:10:29.180 needs to repent of his sins and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and he will be saved. 101 00:10:29.180 --> 00:10:33.740 But what if he never repents himself? He'll never be saved. But what if he does? He'll 102 00:10:33.740 --> 00:10:41.060 be saved. And some people say, I don't like that. I want justice. Are you sure? Are you 103 00:10:41.060 --> 00:10:47.740 sure about that? Because God will do that to you if you don't repent. While everyone's 104 00:10:47.740 --> 00:10:53.780 pointing at the wickedness of the assassin and it was horrible, no one's pointing at themselves 105 00:10:53.780 --> 00:10:58.820 and condemning themselves because they're liars or they're cheating on their wife or 106 00:10:58.820 --> 00:11:04.340 their husband or they beat their kids. Are you hearing me? Everybody wants to throw stones 107 00:11:04.340 --> 00:11:11.900 at the assassin. I get it. But I don't feel that because Jesus took, listen, Jesus could 108 00:11:11.900 --> 00:11:16.060 have done that to me, but he didn't. He went to the cross. And I believe that what's 109 00:11:16.060 --> 00:11:22.260 happening right now is a really important defining of what it means to not only experience 110 00:11:22.260 --> 00:11:27.100 revival, if we're really going to have one, because it's all based on repentance, by 111 00:11:27.100 --> 00:11:38.300 the way. And what is an emotional rush? So listen up. Forgiveness and repentance keeps 112 00:11:38.300 --> 00:11:49.100 communication open between brothers and sisters in Christ and our God. For repentance toward 113 00:11:49.100 --> 00:11:59.280 God establishes salvation among the lost. The lost when they repent come to Christ. God 114 00:11:59.280 --> 00:12:08.140 issues forgiveness when they repent. Our God is a God that is perfect. His forgiveness 115 00:12:08.140 --> 00:12:16.420 is perfect, but so is his justice. So please listen to this. Truth lives out this way. 116 00:12:16.420 --> 00:12:24.580 The God of all truth is the God of justice. He's the God of grace. He's the God of mercy. 117 00:12:24.580 --> 00:12:31.660 He's the God of forgiveness. Okay. He's God. He's the God of heaven. Listen, and he's 118 00:12:31.660 --> 00:12:38.700 justified because he is also in the sense the God of hell, in the sense that he created 119 00:12:38.700 --> 00:12:44.940 for Satan, Lucifer, and his fallen angels. God doesn't want humans to go there, he says. 120 00:12:44.940 --> 00:12:53.220 What they do, because man insists on it. So keep this in mind this way. Very important. 121 00:12:53.220 --> 00:13:03.380 For God to be just, justice must be implemented. So I'm going to take you back to ancient 122 00:13:03.380 --> 00:13:10.260 England. And this is how England used to do things, which by the way, I am a big fan 123 00:13:10.260 --> 00:13:17.860 of what I'm about to say is a personal belief of mine. I believe it's biblical. England 124 00:13:17.860 --> 00:13:26.500 used to practice this. And that is this. Excuse me. It's this. If a man was convicted 125 00:13:26.500 --> 00:13:37.580 of a capital offense, he was, there was a trial. There was testimony. There were arguments 126 00:13:37.580 --> 00:13:48.020 given. The man had an attorney. And the defense had their attorney. And there was the trial. 127 00:13:48.020 --> 00:13:53.620 There was the hearing. There was the evidence. And after the length of the trial, however 128 00:13:53.620 --> 00:14:04.540 long it was needed, the jury voted. And the sentence was given. And if the sentence 129 00:14:04.540 --> 00:14:14.900 was you have been found guilty of a capital offense, you will be executed for your crime. 130 00:14:14.900 --> 00:14:23.820 The Bible says in scripture that that is justice. And it's to be done. It's not a sin. 131 00:14:23.820 --> 00:14:31.900 It's not wrong. If you don't like it, that's your problem. But God says if a human murders 132 00:14:31.900 --> 00:14:43.300 another human, the justice system must take that human's life, life for a life that is justice. 133 00:14:43.300 --> 00:14:49.380 So if the powers that be in the, in the system of government that is says you have now been 134 00:14:49.380 --> 00:14:55.020 condemned to death, like I assume Charlie Kirk's assassin is going to be condemned to death 135 00:14:55.020 --> 00:15:01.820 in the state of Utah. The state of Utah will either do lethal injection or firing squad. 136 00:15:01.820 --> 00:15:07.180 They did the firing squad. They have, they have done it. And it hasn't been all that long 137 00:15:07.180 --> 00:15:13.980 ago. And I got to tell you, by firing squad is the most merciful. Lethal injection 138 00:15:13.980 --> 00:15:22.820 is quite gruesome. It's not fast. But be that as it may, we shouldn't even care because 139 00:15:22.820 --> 00:15:28.460 it's justice. The person must die. But this is what England did. And I love it. And 140 00:15:28.460 --> 00:15:36.140 I endorse this to the condemned individual who was convicted of a capital offense. In 141 00:15:36.140 --> 00:15:45.980 this case, murder. For two weeks, every day, for two weeks, the Church of England brought 142 00:15:45.980 --> 00:15:54.380 a minister into the condemns cell and red scripture to them. And then would ask them if 143 00:15:54.380 --> 00:16:00.620 they want to repent of their sins and accept the Lord Jesus Christ. And be forgiven. 144 00:16:00.620 --> 00:16:09.500 They did that every day for two weeks. Why two weeks? Because the, the date was set that 145 00:16:09.500 --> 00:16:17.540 on such and such a day, this person is going to be executed because they're offense of 146 00:16:17.540 --> 00:16:26.380 committing a capital crime. Friends, this is a huge act of mercy. They didn't kill the 147 00:16:26.380 --> 00:16:32.020 guy on the spot. They gave him two weeks. They gave him the gospel every day. They give 148 00:16:32.020 --> 00:16:36.180 them every day an opportunity to accept Christ and have a sins forgiven. So that, listen, 149 00:16:36.180 --> 00:16:43.780 on the day of his execution, he would die by justice. But would he immediately enter 150 00:16:43.780 --> 00:16:50.820 paradise in heaven because he had been forgiven. He had given his life to Christ. And England 151 00:16:50.820 --> 00:16:57.940 used to do that. I wish America would do that. We should not have overcrowded prisons when it 152 00:16:57.940 --> 00:17:04.260 comes to death row. Death row should never be full. Death row should be about a two week long 153 00:17:04.260 --> 00:17:12.820 visit. A condemned criminal should be given the gospel. That's mercy. And then on the day of his 154 00:17:12.820 --> 00:17:18.420 execution be executed, that's justice. And there's no contradiction in the word of God 155 00:17:19.780 --> 00:17:25.940 because God is just, God is holy, God is merciful. And let's be honest, God is gracious. 156 00:17:27.220 --> 00:17:38.820 Mercy is not getting what you deserve. Grace is the man is granted two weeks, right? And grace 157 00:17:38.820 --> 00:17:48.260 ends when that person's life is ended by justice. But during that interroom between the mercy 158 00:17:48.260 --> 00:17:54.100 and the justice is the opportunity of grace to accept Christ and be forgiven. If the United 159 00:17:54.100 --> 00:18:00.420 States implemented this starting today, you would see a lot less crime happening because people 160 00:18:00.420 --> 00:18:08.020 would be very aware that if I pull the trigger or if I strangle that woman or if I rape this individual, 161 00:18:08.020 --> 00:18:13.300 I'm going to die two weeks after I'm convicted. And I don't want to do that. 162 00:18:15.060 --> 00:18:19.620 So many people today are in prison because they don't want to live outside of prison. 163 00:18:22.180 --> 00:18:27.220 They want to have a life that they're taken care for. That's wrong. 164 00:18:28.180 --> 00:18:39.140 So forgiveness, listen, don't miss this. God grants you and I as the believer the power to forgive 165 00:18:39.140 --> 00:18:45.380 those who have sinned against us so that we release them from the control that they have over our 166 00:18:45.380 --> 00:18:54.260 lives. We have given them into the hands of God. We communicate them to his justice and to his 167 00:18:54.260 --> 00:19:01.860 grace and to his mercy. And we get up and we live our lives free. And that's what Erica Kirk is 168 00:19:01.860 --> 00:19:05.940 doing and any one of us who still have to deal with the assassins, 169 00:19:10.340 --> 00:19:17.220 taking away of our good friend of a brother. Sometimes we have to get up and forgive every day 170 00:19:17.780 --> 00:19:24.740 against those who have perpetrated things against us. But please do not forget this, folks. 171 00:19:26.020 --> 00:19:31.460 Don't get caught up into that trap where you say things like this. I will never forgive that person 172 00:19:31.460 --> 00:19:36.020 for what they did to me. I'll never forgive them. Did you know that person's out running around 173 00:19:36.020 --> 00:19:41.540 eating snow cones and ice creams and pizzas and having a great time? They're the ones that ripped you 174 00:19:41.540 --> 00:19:47.700 off, but you're the ones seething for 30 years. You want to know why? Because you've never 175 00:19:47.700 --> 00:19:54.340 understood the whole dynamic of forgiveness. God gave you the ability to forgive them for sin 176 00:19:54.340 --> 00:20:00.500 and against you so that you can go free. Let God deal with them, but you grind in your teeth 177 00:20:01.140 --> 00:20:08.020 and hoping for their fiery demise. Only ate you up and it will eat you up and you'll never be 178 00:20:08.020 --> 00:20:16.340 free from them. Erica Kirk refuses because Christians refuse to let those who hurt us control us. 179 00:20:17.300 --> 00:20:24.100 God gave you the power to forgive, folks, so that you can be free of them. Commit them into the hands 180 00:20:24.100 --> 00:20:32.500 of God's justice. But right now a lot of people want to play God as long as nobody else plays God 181 00:20:32.500 --> 00:20:38.260 with them. Listen, nobody plays God, folks. God is God and you're not and I'm not. 182 00:20:39.540 --> 00:20:45.140 God is just. God is holy. God issues forgiveness. God is merciful. God is gracious, but there's an 183 00:20:45.140 --> 00:20:52.180 order to all of this. And so when the Bible tells us and I'll end with this, when the Bible tells us, 184 00:20:52.180 --> 00:20:58.260 for example, if we don't forgive those who have sinned against us, God won't forgive us. So oh my gosh, 185 00:20:58.340 --> 00:21:03.060 I'm going to go to help. That's not what it means. It means communication is going to be cut off. 186 00:21:04.340 --> 00:21:09.780 Peter made this very clear poor Peter. He was such a great example in hard ways. But if I will not 187 00:21:09.780 --> 00:21:16.100 forgive a brother or sister who sinned against me, I'm just going to refuse forgiving them. 188 00:21:16.900 --> 00:21:22.340 Then God's not going to listen to me. I'm not I'm not aborted from the family of God. I'm not 189 00:21:22.420 --> 00:21:28.420 kicked out. God is saying, if you don't forgive them, our communication, I'm not going to forgive you. 190 00:21:28.420 --> 00:21:35.620 Our communications plugged up, Jack. Go issue forgiveness to them. Fix it. And then we can talk. 191 00:21:36.500 --> 00:21:44.420 Is not what the Bible says? That's what it says. That's among brothers. When it comes to those 192 00:21:44.420 --> 00:21:50.340 who are not brothers, we've been granted the power to release them from the control of our lives. 193 00:21:50.420 --> 00:21:58.980 God gave us the ability to set ourselves free by honestly going to them and saying, 194 00:21:58.980 --> 00:22:04.980 or if possible, maybe you can't go to them, but you can say like she did, I forgive him. 195 00:22:07.620 --> 00:22:14.580 And I and I insert, I forgive him. He will not control my life. I forgive him. He will not 196 00:22:14.660 --> 00:22:21.460 control the lives of my children. I forgive him. He will not rule and reign over this home 197 00:22:22.340 --> 00:22:30.260 anymore. What Satan meant for evil is going to be destroyed by good. And I will not allow it. 198 00:22:30.260 --> 00:22:36.740 And so I'm going to forgive that man who shot my husband. And that's what she did. And that's 199 00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:43.700 what you and I are to do. But friends, don't get all don't get all up to you. Like you are the one 200 00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:49.860 that's going to only be happy once this guy's burning in hell. If you think like that, 201 00:22:50.820 --> 00:22:57.060 don't you know that you deserve that? Also, I deserve that. Also. But Jesus Christ 202 00:22:57.060 --> 00:23:02.740 washed my sins away so that I will not burn up in hell. Did you know that Jesus Christ, according 203 00:23:02.740 --> 00:23:07.860 to the Bible, loves that that assassin? Did you know according to the Bible that Jesus Christ 204 00:23:07.940 --> 00:23:12.660 John chapter three verse 16, did you know that Jesus Christ loved Adolf Hitler and might 205 00:23:12.660 --> 00:23:18.100 have everything that he did against the Jews? But just because Jesus loved Adolf Hitler, 206 00:23:18.100 --> 00:23:23.620 doesn't mean that Adolf Hitler went to heaven. Adolf Hitler, unless we know, unless we find out 207 00:23:23.620 --> 00:23:30.180 something later, is in hell. Osama bin Laden is in hell. Think about that. 208 00:23:30.260 --> 00:23:35.540 But the thief on the cross, he was on his way to hell. 209 00:23:38.820 --> 00:23:44.900 And all he said to Jesus was, will you remember me when you come into your kingdom? That's it. 210 00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:57.620 That is a theological truckload of statement. When you remember me, when you come into your kingdom, 211 00:23:57.620 --> 00:24:03.300 that criminal that was condemned to death was saying, I believe that you're going to live beyond 212 00:24:03.300 --> 00:24:07.700 the grave, Jesus. And I believe that you're coming back because you're going to have a kingdom. 213 00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:12.740 You're going to sit on a throne. You're going to live forever. And when you do that, will you just 214 00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:18.740 do me a favor, please? Will you remember that I ever existed? And Jesus is today, you'll be with me in 215 00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:25.540 paradise. Because that man on that that thief on the cross sinned against God first before he 216 00:24:25.540 --> 00:24:33.140 sinned against any human. And Jesus said, you're going to be with me. Is your God that big? 217 00:24:34.260 --> 00:24:38.260 Do you know the God of the Bible? Or do you have a God of emotions? 218 00:24:39.140 --> 00:24:44.980 Does your Bible understanding, is it, is it an understanding based on the sovereignty and the 219 00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:52.260 sacredness of your emotions? If you do, you're messed up. But if you bring your emotions and your 220 00:24:52.260 --> 00:24:59.220 own judgments under the control of God's jurisdiction, things go much easier. 221 00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:06.820 And you can rest much better. This is a very important truth that we cannot cover in just 25, 222 00:25:06.820 --> 00:25:14.020 30 minutes. But I hope this gets the gears turning and the fluid flowing that you might search your 223 00:25:14.020 --> 00:25:21.860 Bible. To find out, are you forgiven? Have you ever owned your sin? The wrong that you did 224 00:25:21.860 --> 00:25:27.300 to your children or to your neighbor or the wrong that you did to your parents or to that girl 225 00:25:27.300 --> 00:25:33.540 or to that young man? The wrong that you did to that company or that company did to its employees? 226 00:25:33.540 --> 00:25:39.140 The wrong that you've done, the thoughts that you've had, the lust that burns in your heart, 227 00:25:39.140 --> 00:25:43.380 the entertainment of your evil. Have you ever gone to God, 228 00:25:44.420 --> 00:25:50.580 owning those things and no longer pointing fingers at other people because you're so guilty, 229 00:25:50.580 --> 00:25:54.580 you dare not point to other people? Who are you to judge another man? 230 00:25:58.180 --> 00:26:02.740 Listen, once you realize how much Christ has forgiven you, it becomes easy to forgive others. 231 00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:09.540 Listen, God bless you guys. Thanks for listening. And if this means something to you, 232 00:26:11.140 --> 00:26:16.340 like us, subscribe, give us your thumbs up, tell people, get the word out. 233 00:26:17.140 --> 00:26:21.940 But we're all about real life here on this podcast together. I hope you know that by now. 234 00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:25.060 And until next time, stand strong. Be looking up. Christ is coming. 235 00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:33.940 This Jack Hibbs podcast, as well as all the broadcast outreach opportunities, 236 00:26:33.940 --> 00:26:38.580 are listener supported. 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