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Roar Like A Lion
I) The devouring lion: Satan (1 Peter 5:8-9) II) The triumphant lion: Jesus (Revelation 5:5)
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Loving service to the glory of God: A Study in 1 Peter, 4:7-11
Peter calls attention to the end of all things, he exhorts us to be self-controlled and sober minded. Self-control and a sober mind aids in prayer. Love one another earnestly showing hospitality, serve with the gifts that God has given you. The purpose of preparation and the purpose of loving service is that God would be the one glorified and not us. We have placed our own pleasure, comfort, and recognition above the glory of God, and this is the essence of evil, because it is a perversion of the truth of who God is.
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KEEPING VIGILANT THRU FAITH IN CHRIST: until His Second Coming (Mark 13:24-37) 02-15-09
INTRODUCTION: (see expanded introduction below). THE CERTAINTY OF CHRIST'S 2ND COMING: ---> Rejoice in His Victorious Promise: He's Coming Back for Us! (vs24-27); ---> Trust in His Faithfulness: His Word will not Fail! (vs28-31). KEEPING VIGILANT THRU FAITH IN CHRIST: ---> Amidst the Uncertainty of that Day and Hour (vs32-33); ---> By Serving Jesus until He Returns (vs34-37). [EXPANDED INTRODUCTION: Some Key Themes in Mark 13 ---> Persevering, Being on Guard, & Keeping Vigilant (thru Faith in Christ); ---> On-going Tribulations & Deception (throughout this Current Age); ---> The Global Spread of the Gospel (to all nations/peoples); ---> The Sovereignty of God (over a troubled and fallen world); ---> The Certainty/Suddenness of Christ's Return (at an Unknown Hour). Signs and Events Preceding Christ's Return* ---> The Destruction of the Temple: Mk 13:2 (fulfilled in A.D. 70); ---> The Rise of False Prophets: Mk 13:6, 21f**; Rev 13:11ff; ---> Tribulations/The Great Tribulation: Mk 13:7-23**; Rev 13:1ff; ---> The Gospel Preached to all Nations: Mk 13:10; ---> The Final Anti-christ Revealed: 2Th 2:1ff; Rev 13:1ff; ---> Signs in the Heavens: Mk 13:24f; ---> The Salvation of Israel: Ro 11:12, 25-26. Verses Predicting Christ's Sudden/Unexpected Return* ---> Mt 24:42-44; Mk 13:32-33; Lk 12:40; 1Co 16:22; Php 3:20;1Th 5:2; Ti 2:12-13; Heb 10:25; Jm 5:7-9; 1Pe 4:7; 2Pe 3:10; Rev 1:3; 22:7; 22:12; 22:20. *Adapted and Revised from Systematic Theology, by Wayne Grudem; pgs 1095-1099. Intervarsity Press © 1994. **Note: Some of these verses under "Signs & Event" may also refer to (or may only refer to) the Fall of Jerusalem).]
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