Episodes
Wednesday Nov 27, 2013
Be Ready
Wednesday Nov 27, 2013
Wednesday Nov 27, 2013
SERIES: SIGNS OF THE TIME (Matt. 24:45-51)
In no uncertain terms Jesus makes it plain that He is coming again. The
only uncertainty for us is that we do not know the day nor the hour. In
fact, in verses just before the passage we are looking
at today, Jesus says that the conditions on earth when He returns are
going to be similar to the days of Noah (v 37-39). What was it like in
Noah’s days? It was “business as usual.” People were going through their
daily routines - eating, drinking, gettting married, carrying on with
life. Though Noah preached to them for 120 years, warning of the
impending judgement, they willfully chose to ignore his warnings. They
just didn’t believe God’s Word, and they were unprepared when the flood
came.
When Christ returns, many will be going about their life,
and will be completely unprepared. Jesus compared His return to the
coming of a thief in the night. A thief will not call and make an
appointment in advance. He comes when we do not expect him. Jesus’
point is that we need to be ready at all times, and in this passage He
defines for us what it means to be ready for His return.
Thursday Nov 14, 2013
The Rapture
Thursday Nov 14, 2013
Thursday Nov 14, 2013
Series: Signs of the Times 11/10/13
The Bible is filled with promises of the Second coming of Christ.
Almost a half of the OT books (17/39) are dedicated
to the 2nd Coming of Christ. In the twenty-seven books of the NT, there
are 318 references to the 2nd Coming. The 2nd Coming is the most spoken
of event in Scripture.
In fact, the Scripture speaks of the Second
Coming eight times more than it spoke of the First Coming. If the Lord
has placed such prominence on the 2nd Coming then certainly it should
hold a place of equal prominence in our hearts and our minds as well.
When we speak of the 2nd Coming of Christ, it actually involves two
comings of Christ. The Rapture is when Christ comes in the clouds to
take His church out of this world to be with Him. The Return, is when
Christ returns with the church, at the end of the 7 year tribulation
period, to defeat the anti-Christ, overthrow evil and then establish His
thousand year reign on earth (Rev. 19:11-16).
Friday Oct 18, 2013
Christ's Soon Return
Friday Oct 18, 2013
Friday Oct 18, 2013
SERIES: THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES 10/13/13
There is an increasing interest in the theme
of the end of the world in movies, with only four in 1950, to more than
75 in the period from 2000 to the present. Now most of these movies have
little or no biblical basis, but
Hollywood only produces what sells, and that indicates that our culture
has an intensifying interest concerning the possibility of the end of
the world.
I find it interesting that the converse seems to be
true in the church. It would seem to me if the world is interested in
the end times, the church ought to be preaching about the end times, so
the world can hear God’s version instead of Hollywood’s version, but
that is not the case.
The Bible promises over and over the
return of Christ, and warns of the end times. This is not some story
that Hollywood made up. This is the Word of God, and it will come to
pass. Peter’s reason for writing His letters is to remind us what the
prophets have said concerning the 2nd coming of Christ, and to stir us
up to think about these things again. This morning we need to be
reminded that Christ is coming, the end is near, and we need to be
prepared.