WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:11.640 real life presents the Jack Hibbs podcast with intention and boldness to proclaim 2 00:00:11.640 --> 00:00:17.280 truth equip the saints and impact our culture you and I were designed by God 3 00:00:17.280 --> 00:00:23.220 to be with him in worship and in fellowship and it's called heaven and he's 4 00:00:23.220 --> 00:00:27.740 gonna come back and he's gonna he's gonna undo this world you can cheer up 5 00:00:27.740 --> 00:00:32.520 it's not gonna stay this way he's gonna fix it it's gonna get real bad before it 6 00:00:32.520 --> 00:00:36.820 gets good though he's gonna let man run out the clock and then he's gonna come 7 00:00:36.820 --> 00:00:39.340 and fix it 8 00:00:40.940 --> 00:00:47.340 you can get the outlines of this podcast by going to jackhibbs.com slash podcast 9 00:00:47.340 --> 00:00:52.700 today if this podcast lifts you up and encourages you to live a more fulfilled 10 00:00:52.700 --> 00:00:57.340 life in Christ then make sure you leave us one of those five star ratings to 11 00:00:57.340 --> 00:01:02.700 us that's like saying amen or yes then that rating will encourage others to 12 00:01:02.700 --> 00:01:08.160 listen now open your hearts to what God's word has to say to you here is Jack 13 00:01:08.160 --> 00:01:13.320 Hibbs. The number one thing about the reality of heaven and making sure that 14 00:01:13.320 --> 00:01:19.060 you're going there is waking up to some truths that we need to consider number 15 00:01:19.060 --> 00:01:23.340 one write it down if you would it's this that there is a natural witness of 16 00:01:23.340 --> 00:01:31.720 creation God has not asked any of you to make a blind leap of faith now believe in 17 00:01:31.720 --> 00:01:38.040 me close your eyes put a blindfold on and weep out into darkness the God of the 18 00:01:38.040 --> 00:01:43.600 Bible doesn't do that. Psalm chapter 8 verse 3 regarding the natural witness of 19 00:01:43.600 --> 00:01:47.500 creation should cause you and I to want to go to heaven and the reality of heaven 20 00:01:47.500 --> 00:01:51.420 can be argued the psalmist is when I consider your heavens and the work of your 21 00:01:51.420 --> 00:01:56.380 fingers the moon and the stars which you have ordained you got a circle of 22 00:01:56.380 --> 00:02:02.220 word ordained what is man that you're mindful of him. So awesome the word 23 00:02:02.220 --> 00:02:12.100 ordained here is epic the starry sky God says I've ordained it 24 00:02:12.500 --> 00:02:21.180 teleonomic I've said a course for them to travel on it's so certain you can do 25 00:02:21.180 --> 00:02:27.500 math later on in the 20 and 21st centuries and you'll be able to figure out when 26 00:02:27.500 --> 00:02:34.420 to launch a rocket from Florida or from California you can figure out by my 27 00:02:34.420 --> 00:02:41.700 mechanics of the heavens just right where the space station could meet up with 28 00:02:41.700 --> 00:02:46.900 the incoming capsule did you know you cannot do that JPL could never figure that 29 00:02:46.900 --> 00:02:54.020 out except or unless God is dependable think about that I don't believe in God 30 00:02:54.020 --> 00:03:01.660 why not he screams at us and says you think this is something I've got a 31 00:03:01.660 --> 00:03:09.500 heaven coming your eyes can't even handle it your ears can't even receive it 32 00:03:10.260 --> 00:03:16.980 and I've given you a physical or natural witness the second thing is that 33 00:03:16.980 --> 00:03:22.700 there's a personal witness that all of us can agree with and that is all of us 34 00:03:22.700 --> 00:03:31.420 have a conscience there's a consciousness that God has given you so you can say 35 00:03:31.420 --> 00:03:34.580 today I don't believe in God or believe in heaven it's funny you don't 36 00:03:34.580 --> 00:03:38.060 believe in heaven but you want to live in a beautiful place and beautiful 37 00:03:38.060 --> 00:03:41.940 manicured lawns and gardens and you want to live in a if you could you live in a 38 00:03:41.940 --> 00:03:50.140 palace and I believe that you're searching for heaven you don't know it and you 39 00:03:50.140 --> 00:03:53.740 want to have stability and protection and safety and you don't want you don't 40 00:03:53.740 --> 00:03:58.100 want your kids to be unstable like you were so you give them everything and why 41 00:03:58.100 --> 00:04:01.860 because you want them to experience something better why would you deprive 42 00:04:01.860 --> 00:04:06.460 that from God wanting you to experience something better in heaven 43 00:04:06.460 --> 00:04:12.140 thus our conscience amazing thing conscience do you realize right now you're 44 00:04:12.140 --> 00:04:16.540 your your physical body listen we've done we've been doing this for thousands of 45 00:04:16.540 --> 00:04:20.860 years if we cut you open like a Christmas turkey and took out all your 46 00:04:20.860 --> 00:04:30.340 parts and we searched for your conscience think about it where is it could it be 47 00:04:30.340 --> 00:04:34.740 here let's let's open that up what's that thing what's that little thing behind 48 00:04:34.740 --> 00:04:40.220 the liver right there what's that that's not it where's your conscience so you 49 00:04:40.220 --> 00:04:45.540 got to move up you're the head it's in the head oh we open up your head look 50 00:04:45.540 --> 00:04:48.700 around there's not much up there by the way do you know that your brain is 51 00:04:48.700 --> 00:04:55.100 highly composed of cholesterol and other types of things it's it's there it's 52 00:04:55.100 --> 00:05:02.860 about seven and a half eight pounds crack that thing open put it out there look 53 00:05:02.860 --> 00:05:07.940 around you know the brain today is still more advanced than any of the 54 00:05:07.940 --> 00:05:17.620 observable universes we've seen the brain listen and people look at it what is 55 00:05:17.620 --> 00:05:26.100 the brain what do we do with it we're not exactly sure it's beyond us but where's 56 00:05:26.100 --> 00:05:35.340 the conscience nowhere how to get there isn't that amazing and first Timothy 57 00:05:35.340 --> 00:05:39.940 chapter four verse one first Timothy four one a familiar verse because it's so 58 00:05:39.940 --> 00:05:46.060 important for our age and will become more important every day but first 59 00:05:46.060 --> 00:05:49.540 Timothy four once is not the hook now the Holy Spirit expressly says that in 60 00:05:49.540 --> 00:05:55.180 the latter time is the last days as we approach the end of time some will 61 00:05:55.180 --> 00:06:00.780 depart from the faith some will give up for whatever reasons Jesus gives you 62 00:06:00.780 --> 00:06:07.780 those reasons in Matthew 13 in the parable of the soul and the seed here's what 63 00:06:07.780 --> 00:06:12.940 they're gonna do they're gonna give heed give attention watch people it means 64 00:06:12.940 --> 00:06:19.900 that they're going to give themselves fully over attention completely yielded 65 00:06:19.900 --> 00:06:28.220 to deceiving spirit stop right there to to be so captivated by something and 66 00:06:28.220 --> 00:06:33.700 you're watching it and you're listening you can't even hear anybody else 67 00:06:33.700 --> 00:06:45.980 Susie Susie Susie Susie and they're like this you've seen this happen and then 68 00:06:45.980 --> 00:06:49.460 you have to touch them excuse me I'm talking to you what what is it what I'm 69 00:06:49.460 --> 00:06:55.180 been speaking to you what is it where have you been I'm just I'm just watching 70 00:06:55.180 --> 00:07:04.260 this are looking at this game or what what's up the Bible says that there's 71 00:07:04.260 --> 00:07:12.660 gonna be people who depart from the faith I'm done with this Christian stuff I'm 72 00:07:12.660 --> 00:07:18.820 learning some really cool stuff over here it's captivating 73 00:07:18.820 --> 00:07:25.540 it's amazing that when you're gonna read the Bible you have to work at it I mean 74 00:07:25.540 --> 00:07:29.340 I'm confess I didn't ask you about this I'm confessing it's I assume it's the same 75 00:07:29.340 --> 00:07:37.900 is it hard for you to read the Bible come on yes me too the moment I read my Bible 76 00:07:37.900 --> 00:07:43.620 I'm gonna read it it's awesome nobody's awake it's a great morning I'm gonna 77 00:07:43.620 --> 00:07:57.660 read my Bible and it's almost like hell goes no you're not and the door bell goes 78 00:07:57.660 --> 00:08:02.740 off or the fire alarm or I don't know what are you with me somebody calls wrong 79 00:08:02.740 --> 00:08:07.100 number I'm sorry like Satan call call that number call 80 00:08:07.100 --> 00:08:14.780 you have to you have to work at it the moment though the moment something of a 81 00:08:14.780 --> 00:08:21.740 demonic power comes along like a deceiving spirit to teach you know you're 82 00:08:21.740 --> 00:08:32.100 captivated you can barely go to work you're captivated the Bible says watch out 83 00:08:32.100 --> 00:08:35.300 there's gonna be days right at the end that things are gonna captivate you to 84 00:08:35.300 --> 00:08:42.380 pull you into a another world it's not even real it's a world of demonic influences 85 00:08:42.380 --> 00:08:49.220 and then the second thing is look what he says here that what's before us also 86 00:08:49.220 --> 00:08:59.580 is doctrines of demons demons telling people things I had a dream yeah what 87 00:08:59.580 --> 00:09:06.860 joke the Bible says this would characterize the last days this sounds like a 88 00:09:06.860 --> 00:09:17.220 Jerry Springer program or that kind of stuff or Oprah show I died a nice saw I 89 00:09:17.220 --> 00:09:22.580 went and it was amazing and Jesus is really no big deal he was just all with 90 00:09:22.580 --> 00:09:27.500 this and you can you can believe anything you want you got to happen that's right 91 00:09:27.500 --> 00:09:34.340 out of the pit out that's exactly what Satan wants you to believe but listen 92 00:09:34.340 --> 00:09:43.060 in first Timothy 41 it says speaking lies in hypocrisy I'm sorry staring doors 93 00:09:43.060 --> 00:09:58.100 where your mask and you can't go down your wrist Bronx sorry 94 00:10:00.100 --> 00:10:10.620 listen this is the punchline having their conscience seared with a hot iron 95 00:10:10.620 --> 00:10:16.580 we'll end here listen this with this means they they started listening to 96 00:10:16.580 --> 00:10:21.740 things that caused them to pull away from the faith they gave themselves over to 97 00:10:21.740 --> 00:10:26.740 its full attention they invested in it little did they know it was the 98 00:10:26.740 --> 00:10:32.500 workings of demon spirits invisible and it never got a hold of their 99 00:10:32.500 --> 00:10:35.580 attention they never figured that part out and why would the why would the 100 00:10:35.580 --> 00:10:41.300 spiritual dark world tell you about their plans anyway if they're really smart 101 00:10:41.300 --> 00:10:46.660 and they are not gonna tell you hey we're gonna take you next week Jesus said 102 00:10:46.660 --> 00:10:50.180 if somebody knew that they would not allow their home to be broken into right 103 00:10:50.180 --> 00:10:55.940 so look at this they speak lies in hypocrisy what does that mean they dress up 104 00:10:55.940 --> 00:11:08.140 in white while they tell you darkness we're here to help watch out having 105 00:11:08.140 --> 00:11:15.300 their own conscience seared the word seared is where we get the word 106 00:11:15.300 --> 00:11:20.740 carterize catarids though to carterize something to heat up a piece of 107 00:11:20.740 --> 00:11:28.260 metal glowing hot to take an open wound that is hemorrhaging you can take that 108 00:11:28.260 --> 00:11:33.420 hot iron and you can put it right on the wound and melt it shut and save 109 00:11:33.420 --> 00:11:39.100 someone's life when listen depending upon what kind of surgery you're having 110 00:11:39.100 --> 00:11:45.660 the doctor can cut with the blade and right connected to the blade is a little 111 00:11:45.660 --> 00:11:51.180 item that trails the blade and it lasers the skin melts the skin right back 112 00:11:51.180 --> 00:11:58.900 together when it's cut brilliant it's brilliant with the right application but 113 00:11:58.900 --> 00:12:04.180 if you've ever had a scar and then you open up that scar again you ever ripped 114 00:12:04.180 --> 00:12:10.660 open a scar and if that keeps happening you keep bumping it tearing it ripping 115 00:12:10.660 --> 00:12:16.020 it you know it happens you wind up getting skin that loses its ability to 116 00:12:16.020 --> 00:12:21.580 feel the skin becomes dead and you can rub your hand across and you'll feel the 117 00:12:21.580 --> 00:12:25.660 dead area and then you'll pick up on the feeling again the sensation's gone 118 00:12:25.660 --> 00:12:33.900 where it has been traumatized beyond feeling when that happens you can't 119 00:12:33.900 --> 00:12:43.900 feel anymore these people what's happened to them is that they dabbled into 120 00:12:43.900 --> 00:12:49.900 something and they got burns just burns but then they went back to it they got 121 00:12:49.900 --> 00:12:55.140 burned again and they went back again to it a little bit they got burned but it 122 00:12:55.140 --> 00:13:01.140 wasn't that bad of a burn then they went again and then they couldn't even 123 00:13:01.140 --> 00:13:06.340 feel the burn after a while then they could just pick it up and hold it can you 124 00:13:06.340 --> 00:13:11.980 do this you've seen those guys it walk you know and Hawaii they have the 125 00:13:11.980 --> 00:13:16.980 fire walkers which is like nuts it's like you and I don't know you know I go 126 00:13:16.980 --> 00:13:21.020 there for the food I don't go there for the show but the guy goes hey what's 127 00:13:21.020 --> 00:13:25.300 this you thrown the stuff and he walks bare feet on hot and burning coals and 128 00:13:25.300 --> 00:13:34.180 it's just like yeah I'm not impressed you don't want to do that I mean what's 129 00:13:34.180 --> 00:13:43.020 the point I can do it I would freak out I don't feel anything yeah that's the 130 00:13:43.020 --> 00:13:53.740 problem when the LAPD brings a man in for having committed multiple murders in 131 00:13:53.740 --> 00:13:59.100 the apartment and they ask him how did you do it with a knife how long did it 132 00:13:59.100 --> 00:14:07.500 take a couple hours what were you thinking I don't know wondering what they 133 00:14:07.500 --> 00:14:18.700 felt maybe what did you feel nothing conscience seared with a hot iron having 134 00:14:18.700 --> 00:14:26.020 committed something so often listen listen you've committed it so often that you 135 00:14:26.020 --> 00:14:29.700 don't even feel it anymore 136 00:14:31.700 --> 00:14:37.580 the dangers you can go you can go to church stuck in tradition but living that 137 00:14:37.580 --> 00:14:42.100 kind of a life you've been hurt so many times for example if you don't keep your 138 00:14:42.100 --> 00:14:46.340 heart tender and safe in the arms of Jesus you can be hurt so many times that you 139 00:14:46.340 --> 00:14:51.420 even think you're protecting yourself and shielding yourself from that and you'll 140 00:14:51.420 --> 00:14:56.180 only get involved in a situation so far then you'll pull back and something 141 00:14:56.180 --> 00:15:00.780 really good comes along but you've conditioned yourself to pull back you know 142 00:15:00.780 --> 00:15:07.500 why because for some reason hurt pain sorrow disappointment you somehow 143 00:15:07.500 --> 00:15:16.020 concluded not only will I never have a house like blind him palace or cat 144 00:15:16.020 --> 00:15:27.620 in the great but I don't care I don't care about your heaven I don't care 145 00:15:27.620 --> 00:15:33.860 about your Bible I don't care about any of that stuff because you have allowed 146 00:15:33.900 --> 00:15:39.740 your heart to become so seared that it can't feel anymore and that when when the 147 00:15:39.740 --> 00:15:54.380 Bible tells you God loves you you say not me not for me this is danger you see the 148 00:15:54.380 --> 00:16:02.900 way you get to heaven is by the fact that Jesus Christ died for your sins but if 149 00:16:02.900 --> 00:16:06.380 you've become so callous to your own activity that you don't see yourself a 150 00:16:06.380 --> 00:16:16.660 sinner you are an epic eternal danger and if everything you do is followed up 151 00:16:16.660 --> 00:16:26.980 by a justification sentence out of your mouth you're even further and when you 152 00:16:26.980 --> 00:16:31.340 when you do something and you get caught and then you say yeah but you know what 153 00:16:31.340 --> 00:16:41.940 it's because callous callous hardened hardened no feeling you know who's in 154 00:16:41.940 --> 00:16:49.380 heaven a bunch of sinners are in heaven how do you know ask them you can ask them 155 00:16:49.380 --> 00:16:55.180 you can read the their statements in the book Isaiah saw heaven you and he said 156 00:16:55.180 --> 00:17:10.540 Isaiah well as me I'm undone my lips are filthy I'm wicked and I live in a I 157 00:17:10.540 --> 00:17:20.940 live in an entire nation that's wicked you know God said him God said I have 158 00:17:20.940 --> 00:17:26.660 taken a cold from off the altar in place on your tongue and you are purged your 159 00:17:26.660 --> 00:17:30.860 nicotine has been removed from you Isaiah is in heaven today and he still thinks 160 00:17:30.860 --> 00:17:34.860 he's a sinner when you and I get to heaven you know what we're gonna walk like 161 00:17:34.860 --> 00:17:38.420 this we're gonna be like a bunch of people walking in to captain the great 162 00:17:38.420 --> 00:17:44.660 palace so what what what are we doing here just shut up just come on you 163 00:17:44.780 --> 00:17:51.940 you're like you're like you're supposed to be here not your head 164 00:17:51.940 --> 00:17:58.980 it's like we're here think about it are we here or we're here how long we're 165 00:17:58.980 --> 00:18:08.740 staying forever think about it because listen when you when you walk through it's 166 00:18:08.740 --> 00:18:17.780 gonna say something like imagine the gate imagine the gate called before the 167 00:18:17.780 --> 00:18:25.500 foundations of the world right and you walk through you walk in and you look 168 00:18:25.500 --> 00:18:33.540 back in the backside of the gate and it says something to the effect all have 169 00:18:33.540 --> 00:18:40.300 send a come short of the glory of God and you're standing there all and let me 170 00:18:40.300 --> 00:18:44.780 tell you friend it's gonna cause everything in this world that man can build to 171 00:18:44.780 --> 00:18:54.420 get him and look like a joke glory be to God that 172 00:18:54.420 --> 00:19:04.580 heaven is not made with human hands what awaits us is absolutely awesome that 173 00:19:04.580 --> 00:19:13.380 it takes sanctified imagination to begin to wonder how in the world will it 174 00:19:13.380 --> 00:19:20.860 trees be used trees and there'll be water in a straight main street heaven 175 00:19:20.860 --> 00:19:28.460 down the main street the street is transparent gold and coal and the nations will 176 00:19:28.460 --> 00:19:36.060 come and bring their glory to it nations and the kings will honor the Lord from 177 00:19:36.060 --> 00:19:41.340 year to year it says think about it the Bible you ever thought about that that's not 178 00:19:41.340 --> 00:19:44.460 metaphorical man that's gonna happen 179 00:19:44.460 --> 00:19:51.900 this jack hips podcast as well as all the broadcast outreach opportunities are 180 00:19:51.900 --> 00:19:56.060 listener supported will you consider partnering with us through a special 181 00:19:56.060 --> 00:20:01.860 gift go to jackhibs.com to learn more and stay connected