Part 5 - THE BOOK OF LIFE Series - 6/22/25 "The Book Within - The Judgment Day"

The Lamb's Book of Life: Judgment as Diagnosis, Not Damnation Pastor John Shane Vaughn — First Harvest Ministries International ________________ 1 We're going to talk specifically today about the judgment day and some misconceptions about the judgment day; but first we're going to start in Philippians chapter 2, verse 15 through verse 16; amen; put that first graphic up that I sent you, Elder; keep that image in your mind today as we preach to you about the book of life. 2 I taught you several weeks ago that the Lamb's Book of Life is an autobiography; someone tell me what an autobiography is; it's a life story of the Lamb; it is the life of the Lamb; it's not a register of who's saved and who's lost; it is the book of the story of the life of Yeshua the Messiah. 3 Philippians 2:15: in order that you may be blameless and harmless, the children of Yahweh without rebuke; read that again; without rebuke; or without judgment; there's going to be a people in the earth, Sister Diana, that will be without judgment; without rebuke; I'd like for you to think about what I just said. 4 Great job this morning, Brother Kelly; wonderful works on getting that devil off your shoulders; you did a great job, son; don't let him speak to you; you hear me? Amen; that's what he loves to do; that's what he loves to do; but I see him and he's a liar; amen son; hallelujah; you blessed a lot of people today. 5 Who are these people without; I mean think about that; there's going to be people, Brother Kelly, without rebuke; without judgment; in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation; among whom you shine as lights in the world; the reason that menorah is sitting there is to show you that Yeshua himself is no longer the light of the world; but he's no longer in the world except through the menorah; except through the seven churches; except through these people that are without rebuke. 6 My God, who could those people be with no rebuke from the Lord? Wow; here's who they are, verse 16: those that hold fast the word of Yahweh; what does hold fast mean? Watch this; something's getting away from you? Hold it fast; don't let the word go; the truth you've learned, hold it like it's a dog trying to jump out of your lap and that dog's going to fall in a river; hold it fast. 7 So that I may rejoice in the day of the Lord that I have not run in vain nor labored in vain; turn with me to the book of Revelation 20 and 12; Revelation 20 and 12: and I saw the dead, small and great, standing before Yahweh; and the books were opened, and another book was opened which is the book of life; and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books according to their works. 8 Now, if you're not careful, go to verse 15: whoever is not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire; oh, we're going to deal with all that today; we're going places today; we're digging in deep; and whoever is not found as part of the life story of the Lamb will be cast into the lake of fire. 9 One final scripture; Psalms 119 and 130 before you're seated today; Psalms 119 and 130: now if I remember Yeshua, or rather the Apostle said in the book of Philippians that we are the lights that are shining in a dark world; according to verse 130, the unfolding of your word gives light; and they give understanding to the simple; you may be seated this morning. 10 There's going to come a time in your life and I'd like for someone to go and get me a large clear glass and fill it with water and set it on the pulpit for me; amen; there's going to come a time in your life if Yahweh has called you where he is going to send forth his word; now everyone needs to know this: no human on earth can be written in the Lamb's Book of Life; only the Lamb's Book of Life can be written in you; nobody is written in the book, but the book can be written in you. 11 Thank you, brother; there's going to come a day, Sister Callie, when you're going to be walking alone in this life, living life for yourself; every day you're going to wake up, go to work for your paycheck and provide for your family; you're going to do all things that you're supposed to do; you're going to wrestle and hustle; life is all about you. 12 I don't know about you but there was a time in my life when life was all about my four and no more; as long as mine are okay, then I'm okay; that is the thoughts of a pauper; that's how a poor man thinks; but there are kings and queens in the world; they don't live for their four and no more; they live for the people; they live for the creation that they are ruling over; amen. 13 And one day the word of Yahweh is going to be preached to you; no man can come to Yahweh without a preacher; oh yeah; oh, did you know your Bible said how can they hear without a preacher? That's in your Bible; I didn't make that up; it's right there; no man can come to God unless the word of God comes to that man; amen. 14 In all the parables of Christ, Brother Kelly, what you will find is the lost being chased by the shepherd; you never find the lost looking for the shepherd; you always find the shepherd looking for the lost; in every parable there was a woman that lost a coin; that coin was not looking for her; she was desperately looking for a lost coin; all of your life Yahweh sought you and then planted a word in your mind. 15 Now let's remember your spirit is your; you my friend, when the word of God comes in, and according to Psalms 119 and 130 it gives what? Light; in a dark world; and when that light comes in it unfolds itself little by little, here a little, there a little; Yahweh never; the most dangerous Christian you'll ever meet is the one that thinks they have the truth; because truth comes in a time-released capsule. 16 Oh yes; just like time-released medicine, you can swallow the word but you're not ready for all of the word; you're not ready for the revelations that will come to you here a little and there a little; you eat the word but then the word begins to eat you; and the problem is most Christians think because they heard the gospel that they have the truth. 17 But the Bible said that thy word is hidden in my heart and that word will unfold inside of me little by little day by day; every one of you when the word enters you, it's like a scroll, Elder Baker; it opens every day; you've got to comprehend what I'm teaching you; the word of Yahweh is always represented not by a Bible but by a what? Scroll; because a scroll is ever unfolding. 18 It's almost as if it has no end to it; you read it more and more and more; there's no such thing as holding the scroll; you have to unroll the scroll; and every day it is unrolling in your life more and more; it's being written in you; but the problem with Christianity, they think their denomination is the whole scroll. 19 I'm telling you the bride of Christ cannot fit in any denomination; because eventually her scroll outruns their scroll; do you understand what I'm telling you? You comprehend me? Amen; because in every denomination, Baptist, Catholic, whatever it is, they have on their wall their statement of faith; they might have 12 or 13 of them in there and that is their scroll; that's what they believe. 20 But what they didn't understand: the scroll of the Lamb's Book of Life is a never-ending revelation of more truth every day; it's being opened inside of you every day; and when you become the book within, then suddenly you are becoming the word; hallelujah; hallelujah; glory to God. 21 When a human seed goes in the womb of a human woman, it begins the process of life; and the only thing that seed can produce, Elder Connelly, is another human; you understand me? Oh but oh hallelujah; somebody's going to get this this morning; praise the name above every name. 22 Woo, but watch this now; when the seed first comes in the woman in the womb, man, it is not a fully developed son; it is the seed; now within the seed is the mature son; when you first heard the word, it contained within it everything you'll need in a time capsule; hallelujah; and that's why if you're going to church when you can say what the preacher's going to say next, you've outgrown your church. 23 Why? Because your scroll is still unfolding where theirs has stopped; now to protect their scroll they will mock your scroll; but what you don't understand, when the seed of the word comes into a man it will begin to grow until you stop it; if you want to stop your child from growing, stop feeding it; oh yes; just stop; stunt its growth and it will forever stay an undeveloped man. 24 So many Christians under the sound of my voice, you have done that; you have received the word of God but because you quit feeding it more and more and more you are never going to develop into a mature son of Yahweh; Pastor, how do I stop the growth of the word? I'll tell you; I'm glad you asked, even though you didn't. 25 How do I stop the growth of the word in my life? Yeshua, Jesus, gave the answer; he went to a group of church people just like you; they were sitting in church and they were so happy to say they were saved; and he told them the scariest words maybe in the whole Bible: you, you church folk, have made the word of God have no power; you have made it of none effect; you have stopped the word. 26 Oh, how did we do that? Because of your denominational tradition; he washed the scroll, Yeshua, and he came into their life and they told him we have enough of the scroll; they pointed to the big scrolls on the walls of the synagogue and said we have enough; and he said because you won't listen to more truth you will never develop into the sons of Yahweh that you could have been; you'll never be a Barzillai because you're too happy being Shemaiah. 27 And so it is not the duty of the word of God to grow you up; it's the duty of the son of God to grow the word; oh yes; you have to make room for the ever-increasing understanding of the word as it opens daily before you even when it starts intruding on your tradition; hallelujah. 28 Turn with me to the book of Daniel chapter 7; the book of life is being written in everyone that allows it to be written; the word of Yahweh will never ever ever be able to defeat your religion; that's the only thing more powerful than God's word is your church; I think I'll say it again: the only thing more powerful than the word of God is the church you grew up in. 29 Because as soon as you see something in the word that they didn't see, you're either going to abort the word in your own life or you're going to say hasta la vista and come out from among them and be a separated people unto me, sayeth Yahweh; hallelujah; if half my vocal chords were not paralyzed I'd preach the devil out of this today. 30 Daniel 7 and verse 10: a fiery stream issued and came forth from before him; thousands ministered to him; 10,000 stood before him; the judgment was set; and the books were opened; I need you to hear me: there will be no books at the judgment; oh carnal minds; what did you just say? Oh, there will be books; there will be stories; there will be stories at the judgment. 31 I believe one writer called those books a great cloud of witnesses at the judgment; Daniel said I saw the judgment set and I saw a bunch of books; now listen to me: the church you grew up in would have you to think heaven's got a big library; do you know how many books it would have to hold for every person that's ever lived on planet Earth? My God, it would take the size of Jupiter. 32 And then who's going to read them? Do you see the simple mind? Satan depends on carnal teaching to keep you from understanding that the books is the symbol of the story; glory to God; once you learn the story of Little Red Riding Hood you never look at the book ever again because you can quote the story; I went through my bookshelf the other day which is packed; I have so many books it's ungodly; I read them one time; I didn't need to read them again; I got the story. 33 You understand? At the judgment there will be some books there; it is the collection of the life of the Lamb in every book it was written in; in every person that becomes like the Lamb, they will be the books; there's the books at the judgment; every one of you have hidden inside of you a book; and it's either the story of Diana or it's the story of what the Lamb; how he killed Diana and how he burnt her up and cut her head off and caused himself to take over the story; oh God, that's powerful; woo! 34 Inside of you is a story; and it's either about all of your accomplishments while you were alive or all of his accomplishments when you died; something is in your book; woo! Everybody's got a story; there are some people that when they die their story will be of their successes; but there will be some when they die the story will be of his successes in them; how he overcame them; hallelujah. 35 The books that are opened are the lives of the overcomers; I thought I read a while ago you shall shine as lights; let me tell you something about light, children: light doesn't argue with darkness; it just exposes darkness; your light doesn't have to say a word; did you hear me? Light doesn't have to say I'm the light; no! Light is just the opposite of darkness. 36 The story of your life must be the story of ever-increasing light; the story of your life must be a story of decreasing darkness and increasing light; the Bible said this light shineth more and more unto the perfect day; these books are the story of light; when Yahweh opens these books, the Book of Life Company, he is releasing his truth into the world. 37 That's why an hour or two ago as I was standing there for the first time in my life I prayed for a man and I felt like it was the first time I'd ever truly prayed a correct prayer; normally I'm trying to think of words; normally I'm trying to think of some good magic formula words; but I stood there as the light and I released under my brother heaven's will on earth; it flows through the light that I am. 38 Hallelujah; and when you understand that your voice is bringing the voice of God to earth, then you are the voice of the Word made flesh again in a many-membered body; now I'm fixing to show you something that's going to shock you. 39 I need somebody to look up a scripture; turn to the book of Psalms; the voice of the word; I'm going to show you something now and it's going to freak some folks out; buckle your seat belt; hallelujah; praise the Lord; thank you Father; it's coming; incoming; hallelujah. 40 Hebrews 10:7: in the volume of the book it is written of me; notice it didn't say in the book but in the volume; in the completion of the book it is written of me; I delight to do thy will, O God; do you know what's in the book? One story: a people that delighted to do thy will, O God; and they are the volume of this book. 41 They are the; you ever heard of volume one, two, three? They are the volume; you hear me preach a sermon series, it's one sermon in many volumes; the story of the light is a story in many volumes; but the volume of the book only spoke of Christ, the crucified one; and brothers and sisters the way that story will wind up in every book: I delight; listen to that; it didn't say I do your will; I desire nothing else; that's the book of life. 42 When that is becoming your life, you are qualifying for one of those books of life; when I delight to do thy will, let's talk about what his will is; number one: to put him first in all things; that's his will; do you delight to put Yahweh first? If you don't, you don't have a volume in that book; I'll give you an example. 43 If all week long you were not waiting for this day but you was waiting to go to the football game, you don't delight to do his will; you delight to do your will; your delight was to go to the restaurant this week; my delight is to go eat with the saints back here on the Sabbath day; I delight to do your will; if your delight is not in his tithe then you may do it but you don't delight in it; the volume of the book will say these words: I delighted to do your will. 44 Now I want to show you what happens when you begin submitting to the word of God; I'm going to read before we read that verse; I want to read 1 Timothy 5:24; everybody turn there; I want you to eyeball this with your own eyes because I'm going to a very powerful revelation in just a moment; 1 Timothy 5 verse 24: some men their sins reach the place of judgment ahead of them; the sins of others will trail behind them; Pastor, in the world does that mean? 45 It's very simple: there are some men that's going to jump into the lake of fire first; and there's others that's going to jump into it last; I think I'll try this again: some men are going to come to judgment before others come; and others are going to come to judgment after those come to judgment; oh my. 46 There are some men that will not stand before the judgment seat of Christ because their name is in the Lamb's Book of Life and they have already been cast into the Lake of Fire and came out like pure gold and they went to judgment first; but there will be others that will go into judgment and then go into the Lake of Fire; but there is a people that are in the Lake of Fire as we speak; they are being transformed by fire before the world is. 47 I just gave you more revelation than you heard your whole life right then; from one scripture that's been hidden from our eyes; the Bible said that on that day many will be saved as by fire; some will be yanked out as by fire; I need you to hear me because I'm going to teach you something today; one of the most misunderstood subjects in the whole word of God. 48 But before I do let me show you how you become one with the word and how; oh God, now this is going to get tricky today; I'm going to show you what makes the word of God powerless on planet Earth and what makes it powerful on planet Earth; remember only in the heavens is the will of God being done. 49 Because on planet Earth it was the will of God to have a garden of Eden with no death, no rehab centers, no hospitals, no mortuaries, no drugs on earth; that was the will of God; in heaven nothing gets off course; but on earth it does; and there is only one entrance that Yahweh has into the chaos of this world; and I'm going to show it to you; oh I hope you're ready. 50 Do you feel them Holy Ghost itchy bitchies coming up on you right now? Woo, hallelujah; you just got them little itty bitty bites in the Holy Ghost coming on you; hallelujah; woo; 1 Corinthians 6:17; I want to teach you something now; oh those little itty bitty crawly daddies, hallelujah. 51 1 Corinthians 6:17: but the person that is united to Yahweh is one with him; not in flesh; in spirit, mind; now your Bible said he that is joined unto Yahweh is one mind, one spirit; what is this union? Let's talk about this; what does it mean? What happens when the divine merges with the dust? 52 The human spirit; every one of you have a human mind here today; it's that mind that makes you cuss your neighbors out; it's that mind that makes you retaliate on your enemies, to talk ugly, to fight for yourself; that's the human mind; it's higher than an animal's mind; it's the human mind; when the Holy Ghost comes into your life in water baptism, another spirit or another seed moves in, but it does not replace your mind. 53 And this is very important: it simply joins to your mind; your mind is not destroyed by the Holy Ghost; it is indwelled by the Holy Ghost; and when the spirit of Yahweh quickens your human spirit, suddenly a meshing begins to take place ever so slowly but surely; and I'll show you what it looks like. 54 This right here is the most powerful thing in the world: water; why can't we move to Mars? Minister Sarah, this liquid is the most; people will pay you their last dime for a drink of water; that water is more powerful than the two things that created it; there are two parts to this water: hydrogen and oxygen; hydrogen is powerful; oxygen is powerful; separate they're no good; only when they mesh together can they touch the world. 55 Half of you didn't get it; you listen to me: hydrogen and oxygen won't help nobody; God in heaven and man on earth cannot do anything; but the moment the Holy Ghost moves into the mind of a man, they create something more powerful than God himself; they create God in flesh; they create God among us; they create Emmanuel; and it's only when those two come together is his will able to be done on earth as it is in heaven. 56 Because the heavenly mind needs the earthly mind to speak what heaven is saying; do you know why God created a body for Jesus Christ? To create the water that will never thirst again; oh shatako hosiah; hallelujah; Jesus said if you drink of me you'll never thirst again because the words that I speak are not my own; they came from heaven. 57 Hydrogen is good; God is good; oxygen is good; man is good; but if you want to create something more powerful than the two parts, bring them together; when God's mind begins to take over your mind, suddenly no longer is he the river of living water, but you become the river of living water because you are filled with his spirit; just as water is not hydrogen alone, neither is it oxygen alone, but a union that births something greater than its parts. 58 That line is so powerful; there is a union in water baptism; oh I'm about to say something now that's going to cause your pastors and your friends to think you've lost; it creates something more powerful than God; you ain't got to stand up; I know what I'm saying; you ain't even got to agree; I know what I'm saying. 59 God has power only when a man yields to God and gives him that place in the earth; you need to know how powerful your prayers are, your life is, your identity is; it is prayer that mixes God and man together; I went to Brother Khan today; I had a revelation; I laid hands on; God said you ain't just say my will be done. 60 Because what's happening is you now finally quit trying to figure out how to pray and just learn how to say; quit looking for words and just look for the will; because when I can borrow your hand and your mouth, just say my will be done; then my will is being done in the earth as it is in heaven. 61 I'm almost done; bear me 5 more minutes; I'm almost done; I've come to tell you today prayer is the most; it's more powerful than an atomic bomb because it is hydrogen borrowing your oxygen; hydrogen will build a bomb; oxygen can say a prayer; do you understand me? And when you bring the hydrogen with your oxygen, you have created life for the world. 62 I'm closing; let me close; y'all are lucky; on my notes I have hour number three but I'm skipping hour number two; I want to help you understand something today: the reason God always has to have a man is because hydrogen has to have oxygen; what is oxygen? What you're breathing; what is hydrogen? Atomic power; you mix it together and suddenly. 63 If you read the last chapter of the book of Revelation, the Bible says, now the bride and the lamb say come; and flowing forth from them is a river; and it maketh glad the cities of God wherever it goes; there is a river that flows from the mouth of the elect; before I let you go I want to correct one final thing. 64 I'm going to say something that's going to shock you; Judgment Day; I grew up all my life hearing about the final judgment; the great judgment that's coming on the world; every time there's a war about to break out we hear of this great judgment; there's one problem: the word final judgment is nowhere in the word of God. 65 There are judgments; you go find the word judgment, it'll always have an S on it; there's judgments; plural judgments, but no great judgment; see, the problem is you think there's a great judgment; the Bible doesn't talk about that; there are judgments and none are greater than the other; you need to quit looking for a great judgment. 66 Because my friend, there is no greater judgment that is coming than has already come; the modern church that we grew up in painted the judgment day as this horrific moment at the end of time: a cosmic tribunal where a wrathful God hurls sinners into an eternal torment while he laughs at their stupidity with no hope of redemption. 67 The church has taught us to dread the judgment seat, to tremble before it; but that is not the judgment of the Bible; the church has missed the heartbeat of God; they've made judgment; listen carefully; the end; but I've come to teach you today judgment is the means to the end; it's not the end; they've made it a punishment when in fact it's a process of purging. 68 Uh-huh; it's not the last page of the book; it's the turning of a chapter; my God from heaven I hope you heard me now; and because of this false teaching many people hate the church and I don't blame them; many people will not go to the church because this church thinks anybody that's not in their church is all going to hell; and everybody in the world's going to hell except our church. 69 That's what every church believes; and that's why the world looks at us and thinks that we're all a bunch of numbskulls because we think everybody's going to hell but us; but I've come to tell you that many people have been taught to believe that they should dread the judgment of God; assuming that one day every little secret, every shame, every failure is going to be broadcast before this great courtroom. 70 How sickening; as if that's the first time God will ever know your secrets; but beloved, the day of judgment is not designed to shame you; it's designed to transform you; I'd like to prove it to you from the Holy Bible. 71 John chapter 12 verse 31; the day of judgment is not a single moment in the future; it is an unfolding work of the present; it is the process by which Yahweh removes everything in us that cannot remain; the fire is not delayed until our death; the fire is burning now; let's read it; John 12:31: now is the judgment of this world; how could it be if we're waiting on the judgment day? It's now; what did my Bible say? Now is the judgment of this age; now. 72 Read: now shall the prince of this age be cast out; not at the great white throne judgment; oh no; that's reserved for another people; but I've come to tell every one of you: just like you have experienced the feast of Tabernacles before it happens, there is a people that don't have to wait till the day of atonement for the binding of Satan; he is being bound in your life today; you are being judged today; it's not coming for you; it has come. 73 What's coming in the fall's feast is not for the church; woo! What's coming in the fall's feast is for the Gentile, not for Israel; what's coming in the fall's feast is for them; the great white throne judgment is not for you; but there is a great white throne judgment right now that you are standing before. 74 But somehow in our mind we think the great judgment is coming; like that's the great one; I heard Yeshua say now is the judgment; and right now Satan is being cast out; how's he being cast out? I'll show you how: because the hydrogen and the oxygen are equaling up; did you hear me? And it's turning into a new substance; it's no longer hydrogen; it's no longer oxygen; it's no longer Satan and God, but now it's a new creation; water, living water. 75 Let me show you how you cast Satan out; bring me an empty glass fast; quick quick; run faster than that; go; watch this; run with the horses, son; I want to show you how you cast Satan out; it's very simple; this cup that he's bringing me; if you hurry up; this cup is you; it's full of Satan; it's full of a carnal mind; it's full of rebellion. 76 Suddenly you go and get baptized in the name above every name; not in the titles of a father, son, and Holy Ghost, but in the name above every name, Yeshua the Messiah; and at that moment something enters your cup; and it's not; what's in the cup now is both you and God fighting one another; a war has begun. 77 But one day that Satan that's in your cup, you'll have another cup with a totally new thing inside of it; it's not oxygen anymore; it's not you anymore; and it's not hydrogen anymore; it's not God anymore; it's God in Christ; it's God in man; it's a brand new creation; and now Satan is cast out; why? There's no room for him, is there? There's a new creation, son. 78 You took the word and held it fast and it created in you a new creation; now he has a mouth that will speak only his words; but hold on; how does this turn into this? It's got to go to judgment; it's got to go to the judgment seat of Christ; what's another word for Christ? The word; it's got to go to the judgment seat of the word. 79 1 Peter 4:17; now tell me if this doesn't make more sense for you, children; and I'm closing; this is number three; we're getting there; 1 Peter 4:17: for it is better if the will of Yahweh be so that ye suffer for well-doing than for evil-doing; 1 Peter 4:17; oh I'm sorry; you said; but that was a good one too. 80 Amen; for the time is come; the time is come; not coming; not in the future; the time has come; read: that judgment must begin at the house of Yahweh; judgment begins in the family of Yahweh; judgment is not to be dreaded; it's to be welcomed; it's through this judgment that Yahweh purges the dross, reveals the gold, and prepares a people to carry his name into the millennial reign. 81 The church has taught that judgment is far off and fearsome; a tribunal that awaits the sinner's death; but I think I heard David tell Shemaiah, won't be no deaths today; not applicable, Shemaiah; Shemaiah came to the judgment seat; Shemaiah came and threw himself at the judgment seat; David said, nah, I think I'll just incorporate you into my kingdom. 82 If Christ came 2,000 years ago to bring judgment, then the day of judgment has already begun; the Bible said all judgment has been given to the Son; and you call yourself the bride of Christ? The bride gets judged before anybody else; my wife; I can't tell your wives what to wear, how to look, how to act; judgment begins with my wife; I don't care if yours wants to show her body to the world; I don't care what yours wants to do; I must start in the house. 83 Quickly, Isaiah 26:9; tell me if this sounds like what you grew up hearing; and I'm closing; I want to say this to you before he reads our final scripture: the judge is not coming; the judge is here; the courtroom is not above, it's within; the day is not future, it's now; read about judgment; Isaiah 26 and 9: amen. 84 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early; for when thy judgments are in the earth; listen; when your judgments are in the earth; read: the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness; God. 85 When you come under judgment it's not to send you to the lake of fire; it's to send you through the lake of fire; Pastor, it says anybody not written in the book is going to be thrown into the lake of fire; you remember when you were not written in the book and you had to be thrown into the lake of fire; you're not going to it, you're going through it. 86 God has no pleasure in the lake of fire; he has pleasure in the gold that comes out of it; I declare: judgment is not the curse for this world, it's the cure for this world; judgment is the mirror in which the nations will see themselves clearly; it's the hand of the potter pressing more to reshape the vessel; you may be seated. 87 What is judgment? It is not damnation; it is diagnosis; if I had a church I could preach; the judgment is not damnation, it's diagnosis; it is not God's will to damn anyone but to redeem everyone; the only way you can redeem them is to judge them to hell; judgment's not vengeance, it's the vision of God; it's not wrathful punishment; it's righteous purification. 88 Judgment is God seeing what's inside of you and then refusing to leave you as you are; you are judged when the book of life is opened next to you; let me show you what judgment looks like; I know of a couple in this room that are in the book of life; our bishop and his wife, I know it; you know why I know it? Their pages are filled with what that looks like. 89 If you want to enter into judgment, go stand by that volume of the book; you will instantly be judged by the book; you want to know when judgment comes to you? When you ride by this church and you see their car and you see immediately they're in there praying and I'm not; you were just judged; why? They themselves are not condemning you; what's in the book is. 90 When you see your brothers and sisters loving their enemies while you're still running yours down, you'll be judged by the book; judgment is coming to every human on earth; however, if you're one of the lucky ones, you throw yourself before the government of the church and say judge me now; why? Because I want to be judged that I might be restored and redeemed unto God. 91 I want to say this before my next closing; somebody say the fire does not consume, it converts; do you know why? There is one thing fire cannot burn up: your DNA; when you cremate a loved one, you can't burn up their DNA, who they are; if you're a child of God the fire can't burn you up; it can only convert you. 92 The only thing it will consume is; oh help me, Holy Ghost, for that revelation; all it will consume is the flesh around the DNA; that oh, shaya dabble hoya; and as soon as that flesh is burned up they will call you from the funeral home and say come and pick up the DNA; we have burned away everything that we could burn; it's over. 93 I'm not going to read it; Malachi 3 and 2 said he's a refiner's fire; Pastor Vaughn, the Bible says whoever's not found in the Book of Life will be cast into the lake of fire; what is the fire? It's the truth of the Lamb of God; the Bible said when the Holy Ghost comes he would fan the fire; why? Because it's the truth that this world hates; people that hate me, it's not me they hate; it's the truth I preach; it's the word that discerns; it's the exposure of your inward man. 94 There were times; let me tell you; there were times I was tormented in my life in the fire; do you know when they were? I'm going to tell you: when I knew I was living in sin and had to go see my grandmother; her life was tormenting to mine; the presence of the life of the lamb that was in her was tormenting me in her presence; couldn't even look her in the eye cuz I knew the life of the lamb was in her; it was fire for me. 95 The Bible said in the book of Revelation; listen carefully; and this is the part every church has missed: that they will be tormented in the presence of the Lamb; that's what the lake of fire is; do you think Jesus is going to be in hell? No; these people will be tormented in the presence of truth. 96 And my final closing; Pastor Von, it says forever and ever; I know it does; there's a problem though: you don't know how to read Greek; the word forever and ever, the Greek word aeonas ton aeonas, it means from age to age; not eternal in the sense of unending punishment; but it's age to age; they will be tormented forever and ever; no no no; from one age until the next age when it comes to an end. 97 Hallelujah; and if you're going to read that verse, you might want to read the rest of it when it says forever and ever; and it says they will have no rest, day and night; eternity doesn't have day and night, honey; they will be tormented in time; this means that the fire they're thrown into has an end date; Yahweh's judgments always function within time. 98 Eternity is not the place of judgment; it's the goal beyond judgment; Ephesians 1 and 10; I'm going to say that one more time; very important that you hear it: eternity is not the place of judgment; eternity is the goal of judgment. 99 But I will read you what happens in eternity; Ephesians 1 and 10: amen; that in the dispensation of the fullness of times; when time is over; amen; and time is no more; let me show you what eternity is going to look like; oh God, help me; read: he might gather together in one all things in Christ; huh? After time is over he's going to do what? Gather; gather together; would somebody say all things? All things; in Christ; in Christ. 100 Read: both which are in heaven and which are on the earth even in him; listen: everything in eternity comes back to God that gave it; but before that everything must be judged; that's right now; some of you now, some later, but everyone will go through the lake of fire and everyone will come out as pure gold and be reunited in Christ back to God. 101 I'm done; let's stand; I want to tell all of you something: how you respond to the fire will determine how you stand in eternity; quit jumping out of the fire; times get hard, burn; you feel like talking back, defending yourself, burn; my wife said to the prophetic word today: he wants us to trust it; the fire will make you trust it. 102 The refiner of silver, the maker of gold is working in my life; my heart he now holds; oh yes; shining like gold; please take me all the way; take all I can bear; let me know that this life is not all I'm going to live; when the fire's over I'll come shining like gold. 103 Please take me all the way; take all I can bear; let me know that this life; it's not all I'm going to live; and when the fire's over and I come forth from the fire shining like gold; please take me away; take all I can yield; let me know that this life is not all I'm going to live; and when the fire's over and judgment has been done, I'll come forth from the fire shining like gold; hallelujah. 104 God has a plan for you; God has a plan for you; it's to judge you, to burn you, to redeem you; oh what a faithful and wonderful God we serve; he's going to transform every one of you through the lake of fire so you can come forth shining like gold; hallelujah; let's give God a clap offering this morning. 105 Thank you, Pastor; praise God; we're the book; we're the ones that are written; amen; aren't you thankful that God is mindful of you? That he would so take his time out to write in each and every one of our books; amen, and make something out of us; and I believe that we're living in that time that he's already specifying. 106 I was saying the other day, we're living in the when; we're living right now in the when; what is that, Brother Kendrick? He said, when these things happen, hey look up; your redemption it draweth nigh; amen; hallelujah; I believe the horsemen of the apocalypse have already mounted their steeds and they're traveling and traversing about the earth today, getting ready for what is already programmed in the book; hallelujah. 107 All we've got to do is read the book like the pastor said and adhere to it; be obedient to it; thank the Lord; hallelujah; and a lot of times it's easy just to brush it off and say that's for somebody else; but Lord, that's for me; that's for me; not my brother, not my sister, but me, oh Lord; I'm standing in the need of prayer; hallelujah. 108 Like the pastor said, prayer is the key; it'll do it; prayer will do it; and I know in this congregation prior prayer has been the number one element of our lives; amen; and my wife and I, prayer is the key; hallelujah; we're nobody but he's somebody; hallelujah; and all we can do is pray; all we can do is open ourselves unto the Lord; amen; in all truth and in all fullness. 109 Hallelujah; we have no reservations; we can't keep anything back for our own selfish mode; but we've got to give it all to him; give it all to him; say Lord it's all yours; it's not mine; when we come to him we've got to come all the way; all the way; and I've seen people come to the altar in tears, crocodile tears, walk out the door; they didn't get the fullness of it all; but they went out and occupied what they were because they failed to comply to his rules. 110 Amen; is anybody here carrying any sin in your life? Hallelujah; you can get rid of it this morning; you can get rid of it; don't carry that heavy load; amen; you don't want to face him with any sin in your life; do you feel guilty under the presence of an almighty God? Do we feel guilty? Is there conviction? Is there condemnation? Amen; if it's in our heart we can't carry it. 111 You're not made for that; you're not powerful to overcome that; you'll never make it with that; you'll fall beneath the load; hallelujah, but today we can release that onto him and he'll take it like the pastor said; amen; our judgment is now and we can handle it now right at an old-fashioned altar; praise God; hallelujah. 112 Is there anybody with any sin in your life? Don't keep it for one minute; that could be your last minute on earth; that could be the last breath that you take; you don't know who you are, how young you are, how old you are; if you have one sin in your life, get rid of it; say I'm not; it's not worth it; I don't want any type of judgment on me because my Father has already paid the debt; my Father has already made a way for my liberty; I can be free from all sin; hallelujah; anybody? Hallelujah; let's praise him; hallelujah; hallelujah; hallelujah.