Sermons About Return-of-christ
Be Ready
Are you ready? When Christ returns, will the fruit of your life be a reflection of faithfulness or will you be found lacking? The reality is that there will be a time when it's too late to think about spiritual security and there will be those who hear the Savior say, "I do not know you". When should we begin preparing for the end? Now! Jesus tells us to be ready now because we do not know the day or the hour of His return. Are you willing to take a chance on eternity?
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Joyful Mourning (Matthew 5:4)
The world defines blessedness, happiness, contentment, in the things of this world. However, it is it not the things of this world that account for true blessedness, but having the assurance of grace, forgiveness, joy, satisfaction, and a relationship with God in the next. That is true blessedness and it is that which the Lord addresses in the Sermon on the Mount. The blessedness that the Lord speaks of runs counter to the thinking and philosophies of men, because it is the blessedness that is God-centered. The promises of those in the Kingdom are rich, but before they can be had there needs to be an inner transformation; there must be a humbling of yourself before God; there must be genuine repentance. The introduced the first element of this genuine repentance with the stunning statement: “blessed are the poor in spirit;”
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Watching for the End Times
In Mark 13:1-37, Jesus confronts two erroneous viewpoints regarding His Second Coming, "End Times Fever" and "End Times Indifference". We must watch and live our lives in a state of readiness - not feverishly and not indifferently.
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Prepare for the King, pt. 2 (Matthew 3:1-6)
The ministry of John the Baptist was to prepare the way for the King and the kingdom by calling the people to repentance. This week we will see that the call to repentance was founded on the announcement of the kingdom, which is only entered by those willing to deal with their sin. This morning: The Weight and Response to the Call of Repentance: 1 - The Foundation of the Call: The Announcement of the Kingdom. 2 - The Response to the Call: Commitment and Confession.
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Dying for the Return of Christ
Love toward others is an obligation that can never be fully paid. Following the example of Christ, who kept the law for us, we must love others so that we can be what God intended us to be. Paul reminds us that by looking for the return of Christ, we can put on the Lord Jesus Christ and learn to love as he did.
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Advent: Are You Ready?
Remembering the first Advent of Christ should make us consider His return. This week, as we think about living intentionally in a new year, we consider living in light of the reality of the return of Christ.
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Hope for the Journey
This sermon considers how a Christian lives for the last day of history, when all that is not of eternal value will be lost.
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