Living for Eternal Value: Pleasing God in All
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"How can Jesus have paid this high a price and we give him leftovers? How can he given us the gift of eternal life and we give him leftover time, leftover money, leftover attention, leftover faithfulness? God, if I got it left, I got it for you, but thank you for the high price you paid. We wouldn't appreciate it, and neither does God appreciate giving up his son for leftover saints." [00:01:45]
"He says gold, silver, precious stone—that which is indestructible and valuable—wood, hay, and stubble—that which is very destructible and has little or no value. He tells you how this is going to work. He says back in Ephesians, um, 1 Corinthians chapter 3, he says verse 13, it will be revealed with fire. The fire itself will test the quality of each man's work." [00:02:17]
"The fire is the Discerning Eye of God's judgment, and the Discerning Eye of God's judgment will reveal what was legitimate, what was illegitimate, what was fake, what was real, what was acceptable, what was not. And out of that judgment, it will determine what God can use because it had eternal value attached to it or what was useless." [00:03:03]
"Many Christians are satisfied with wood, hay, and stubble, stuff that's on the ground. They don't have to do anything with it. No, it doesn't take any effort to do that. But if you're looking for something valuable, you're going to dig for that because that's got some value to it. We want valuable people in our lives." [00:03:57]
"If a man's work which he built on remains, he will receive a reward. So he's going to reward that which he can use because it had an eternal value attached to it, to the smallest thing—a cup of water—to the big things. He says you will receive a reward." [00:05:11]
"He will suffer loss. So his eyes, the fire of his eyes, zero in, and he will suffer loss. Two things: he'll lose something he should have had, she'll lose something she should have had, because you can't have a loss unless you lost something. So something you should have gotten, you won't get, but you will also suffer loss." [00:06:07]
"Lot was very successful businessman in Sodom, very successful. His name was known. He was living large. Bible talks about all the cattle he had, all the land he had. He had the stuff of this Earth. But when God came down and judged Sodom and Gomorrah, everything he had was burnt up, including losing his wife and two sons." [00:07:23]
"The question is, what are you giving God that he can use on a daily basis? And what you say, what you do, how you relate. So the idea is that your tape is rolled, the fire of his Discerning Eye sets it aflame, and what is left is rewarded." [00:08:14]
"When you and I stand at the Judgment Seat of Christ, he's not just looking at our highlights—the time we did something good here and did something there good. That's all going to be in the tape, but he's looking at the whole program to decide what he can use because it has eternal value attached to it." [00:10:34]
"It's my goal to please him. Now, we're not perfect people. We fall short every day. That's why it is very important that we have a mindset that says when I get up in the morning, 'Lord, today my goal is to live in a way that pleases you.' That is my goal. When I fall short, when I fail, I will acknowledge that." [00:12:35]
"The beautiful thing, as you'll see later on, is that the grace of God, since he still left us here, will allow us to make new tapes. And so we can make new tapes. Can't cancel old tapes, but we can make new tapes. And if we can get enough time and enough effort to make new tapes, we can still have enough on that day to get a reward." [00:13:44]
"He says, but he shall be saved just as so by fire. Just as so by fire means by the skin of his teeth. Yeah, yeah, means I'm not going to take his salvation away. Yeah, I am going to take away his reward." [00:14:18]
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"He says gold, silver, precious stone—that which is indestructible and valuable—wood, hay, and stubble—that which is very destructible and has little or no value. He tells you how this is going to work. He says back in Ephesians, um, 1 Corinthians chapter 3, he says verse 13, it will be revealed with fire. The fire itself will test the quality of each man's work." [00:02:17]
"The fire is the Discerning Eye of God's judgment, and the Discerning Eye of God's judgment will reveal what was legitimate, what was illegitimate, what was fake, what was real, what was acceptable, what was not. And out of that judgment, it will determine what God can use because it had eternal value attached to it or what was useless." [00:03:03]
"Many Christians are satisfied with wood, hay, and stubble, stuff that's on the ground. They don't have to do anything with it. No, it doesn't take any effort to do that. But if you're looking for something valuable, you're going to dig for that because that's got some value to it. We want valuable people in our lives." [00:03:57]
"If a man's work which he built on remains, he will receive a reward. So he's going to reward that which he can use because it had an eternal value attached to it, to the smallest thing—a cup of water—to the big things. He says you will receive a reward." [00:05:11]
"He will suffer loss. So his eyes, the fire of his eyes, zero in, and he will suffer loss. Two things: he'll lose something he should have had, she'll lose something she should have had, because you can't have a loss unless you lost something. So something you should have gotten, you won't get, but you will also suffer loss." [00:06:07]
"Lot was very successful businessman in Sodom, very successful. His name was known. He was living large. Bible talks about all the cattle he had, all the land he had. He had the stuff of this Earth. But when God came down and judged Sodom and Gomorrah, everything he had was burnt up, including losing his wife and two sons." [00:07:23]
"The question is, what are you giving God that he can use on a daily basis? And what you say, what you do, how you relate. So the idea is that your tape is rolled, the fire of his Discerning Eye sets it aflame, and what is left is rewarded." [00:08:14]
"When you and I stand at the Judgment Seat of Christ, he's not just looking at our highlights—the time we did something good here and did something there good. That's all going to be in the tape, but he's looking at the whole program to decide what he can use because it has eternal value attached to it." [00:10:34]
"It's my goal to please him. Now, we're not perfect people. We fall short every day. That's why it is very important that we have a mindset that says when I get up in the morning, 'Lord, today my goal is to live in a way that pleases you.' That is my goal. When I fall short, when I fail, I will acknowledge that." [00:12:35]
"The beautiful thing, as you'll see later on, is that the grace of God, since he still left us here, will allow us to make new tapes. And so we can make new tapes. Can't cancel old tapes, but we can make new tapes. And if we can get enough time and enough effort to make new tapes, we can still have enough on that day to get a reward." [00:13:44]
"He says, but he shall be saved just as so by fire. Just as so by fire means by the skin of his teeth. Yeah, yeah, means I'm not going to take his salvation away. Yeah, I am going to take away his reward." [00:14:18]
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