Message Notes

Dying Was His Reason for Living

Part 4: Sequel: The 2nd Coming

March 28, 2004

  •      Jesus is                          

    He told them, "This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day.
    Luke 24:46

  •      Jesus is in heaven right now                                all things

    That power is like the working of his mighty strength, which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.
    Ephesians 1:19-21

  •      Jesus will                               

    They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. "Men of Galilee," they said, "why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven."
    Acts 1:10-11

  •      Jesus is coming to                                           !

    For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage each other with these words.
    1 Thessalonians 4:16-18

  •      Jesus will come as                          

    "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
    Matthew 25:31-33

    But they will have to give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
    1 Peter 4:5

  •      When will Jesus come?

    "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.
    Matthew 24:36-37

    For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now--and never to be equaled again.
    Matthew 24:21

  •      What is our role right now?

    "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.
    Matthew 24:42-44

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