The Two Judgments
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In “The Two Judgments,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about divine judgment, freedom from fear, faith. Drawing especially from Revelation 20, Hebrews 9:27, Hebrews 9, Hebrews 10, the teaching emphasizes that God’s judgment is treated as righteous, certain, and a reason to repent while mercy is offered. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that the believer must answer fear with trust in God, sober judgment, and faithful action.
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Odle focuses on divine judgment. The message argues that God’s judgment is treated as righteous, certain, and a reason to repent while mercy is offered. It connects this with the conviction that the believer must answer fear with trust in God, sober judgment, and faithful action. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on divine judgment while working through Revelation 20, Hebrews 9:27, Hebrews 9. The message argues that God’s judgment is treated as righteous, certain, and a reason to repent while mercy is offered. It connects this with the conviction that God’s grace forgives and also trains believers to leave sin and live in obedience. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on divine judgment while working through 2 Corinthians 5. The message argues that God’s judgment is treated as righteous, certain, and a reason to repent while mercy is offered. It connects this with the conviction that salvation is presented as God’s work in Christ that produces a changed life and continuing faith. The practical emphasis is to respond with honest repentance and concrete obedience.
Odle focuses on divine judgment while working through Revelation 9, Revelation 14:9. The message argues that God’s judgment is treated as righteous, certain, and a reason to repent while mercy is offered. It connects this with the conviction that Christ’s resurrection establishes the believer’s hope and the certainty of God’s final victory. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on faith. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that salvation is presented as God’s work in Christ that produces a changed life and continuing faith. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on divine judgment while working through Matthew 22, Revelation 19, John 6. The message argues that God’s judgment is treated as righteous, certain, and a reason to repent while mercy is offered. It connects this with the conviction that the promise of eternal life directs believers toward hope, holiness, and perseverance in Christ. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on freedom from fear while working through Matthew 22, Revelation 21, Luke 12. The message argues that the believer must answer fear with trust in God, sober judgment, and faithful action. It connects this with the conviction that God’s judgment is treated as righteous, certain, and a reason to repent while mercy is offered. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on freedom from fear while working through Hosea 4:6, Luke 21. The message argues that the believer must answer fear with trust in God, sober judgment, and faithful action. It connects this with the conviction that faithfulness in the home requires instruction, loving correction, protection, and a consistent Christian example. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on prayer while working through Revelation 21, Galatians 5, Ephesians 5. The message argues that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. It connects this with the conviction that God’s judgment is treated as righteous, certain, and a reason to repent while mercy is offered. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on biblical love. The message argues that biblical love is demonstrated through truth, patience, sacrifice, and conduct toward others. It connects this with the conviction that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
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this is the I bre ReliOn or some Creed We Believe with us Lord where we feel your touch and hear your voice and walk with you and live a life led by the Holy Spirit obedient to your written word and to what you speak to us to do what you lead us to do even the difficult things you lead us to do we must be obedient Lord we praise you this morning we give you glory you are the king of kings and the Lord of lords the God of all gods the only one who came in the flesh and died on the cross for our sins the only true God our savior the Messiah the Healer the deliverer the only one that can wash away sins the only one that can give eternal life we exalt you today Lord Jesus and it's your name we pray amen amen you may be seated this morning and to welcome everyone here at fire and grace church this morning those watching and listening all over the world I think we have people from Ohio today in Texas and uh Georgia and Florida if I miss any let me know what's that Kentucky U all right ky's in the house all right of course our Pennsylvania people um you know I was thinking about that song uh that song that last song that we did breed there I was just thinking about we were singing that back there 24 years ago August so exactly 24 years ago I was on the island of macius out in the middle of the Indian Ocean preaching the gospel to a bunch of Hindus and Muslims and even lukewarm Christians so you know I was thinking about that and I was thinking about how important it is and I cannot stress this enough I wouldn't have that memory I wouldn't have seen that great move of God because I was preaching there for two weeks and it was just powerful the Holy Spirit was just moving I remember four Hindu ladies came to the first meeting the first night that I preached there and uh I you know had to have a translator cuz they even though I took three years of French I didn't remember much so they speak French there so I had a translator and um these four ladies came up and I went down to pray for them at the altar call and they all fell and hit the floor into the power of God well later on you know that church meeting there's probably 300 people there something like that in this little this little church on this little island packed out and I remember asking the pastor later I said oh I just thought they were Christians you know just came up and God touched them he goes goes oh no he goes those were Hindu women he
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said the power of Jesus hit them and they hit the floor and they got up and gave their lives to to Jesus but I couldn't understand any of that because they were talking in their and it's actually kind of a broken French Creole type thing but it was um it was an amazing trip but I bring all that up to say it is important this is why it's so important to obey the leading of the holy spirit in your life because if you don't you're not going to have these stories to tell and I also think about it makes me think about 24 years that was 24 years ago I mean we got people in here that's not 24 years old and how time flies and how we must as Christians we should be making the most out of our lives out of our walk with God because we only have one life and we only have so much time and there's people around us who need us to be what God has called us to be Amen period and they need us to be bold about it and be a light and not be ashamed or afraid and we certainly don't want to be the servant that hides his talent because he was afraid you see you'll either fear God and do what he wants you to do you'll fear man and hide and that's that's what we're going to do we're going to give an account of that on Judgment Day now I'm going to answer a question today for some of you you ought to know this by heart you in fact when I get into this you ought to be able to go to the scripture especially our fire and Grace Ministry School graduates and current students you ought to be able to go to these scriptures before I even go there but I want to put up a question this a question was asked last week on Facebook during our service and it's a good question nothing wrong with it because sometimes when I'm preaching I just mention certain things because I'm preaching on a certain subject so I may just mention something and I fly on by and uh because I can't deal with everything every Sunday but this is a good I think a good time to deal with this but Dena here ask it's a good question there's the white Throne judgment and the judgment seat so she knows there's two judgments let me just go ahead and establish this fact and I'm going to show you in the word of God there's only two judgments in the end okay the Judgment seat of Christ is at the second coming of Jesus all right and the Judgment seat of Christ is where Christians will be judged and let me just go on ahead and say right now I'm going to establish this biblically but at that judgment seat not all Christian Christians will be entering in to Heaven into the
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kingdom of God at that point some will be cast out I'll show you that in a second then 1,000 years later after the millennial reign of Jesus then there's the great white Throne judgment now at that judgment that is all the wicked dead there is not one Christian among that group these are people who were never born again never came to know the Lord re rejected him went their own way lived in sin they died in their sins they went to hell and actually hell is kind of like um I I use it like this hell's like the county jail and the Lake of Fire is going to be the state pen okay it goes from bad to worse all right but this is where we're going to read it in Revelation 20 where the wicked dead so ex let me make this clear at the great white Throne Jud judgement at the end of the 1,000-year millennial Reign where the wicked dead are judged there's no separating there's no hearing some say hearing come in well done some say depart from me the separation part there's none of that they will be judged according to their works it's like they're going to have to stand before the judge and he's going to go over their record and they will be punished eternally according to the severity of it will be according to how they lived okay hell is not in in in the second death in the Lake of Fire which is eternal torment it's not you are annihilated that will be according it will be degrees okay but just get this clear at that great white Throne Judgment at the end of the Thousand Years there's no separating of good and bad that happens a thousand years before the second coming of Jesus when the Christians are judged so hear me out real clearly if you've ever been truly born again at one point no matter how you've lived if you've backslidden all the way away from God and you've become a homosexual you become a murderer you become a liar a thief whatever an adulterer and you're living that lifestyle you got have to understand you're going to stand before the Judgment seat of Christ of Christians and there's going to be that's where there's going to be the the hearing where you either hear well done good and faithful servant enter into the joy of thy Lord or depart from me y'all hear me now let's go go to we'll just put these scriptures up oh let me well let me finish read I'm sorry I didn't finish she she said there's the the white Throne judgment the Judgment seat we don't stand at the white Throne Jud judgment correct what I need understanding on is if our sins have been cast into the sea of forgetfulness as far as the East is from the West why
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