Title: Am I Ready
Speaker: Pastor Steve Carr
Date: 11th March 2026
Location: Bendigo, Australia

"Are you ready? No one knows the day or the hour, but that's exactly the point."

Planning a mission trip to Africa is no simple exercise. It takes passports, visas, vaccinations, budgeting, and a very long checklist. In Episode 803, that real-world preparation becomes the backdrop for a deeper question: are you spiritually ready for the return of Jesus Christ? Drawing on current world events, including conflict in the Middle East, economic uncertainty, and global unrest, the message connects the signs of the times to the words of Jesus in Matthew 24, calling believers to stay watchful, prepared, and built up in the Lord.

From the Passover in Exodus 12, where Israel ate with their belts on and sandals tied, to the Parable of the Ten Virgins in Matthew 25, the episode unpacks what biblical readiness actually looks like in daily life. No one is given the exact hour of Christ's return, but believers are called to live as though it could be tonight. The parallel of Hezekiah in 2 Kings 20 adds another layer, showing what it looks like to walk uprightly before God so that when a crisis hits, your spiritual house is already in order.

The episode closes with 1 Peter 1 and the encouraging reminder that trials do not have to derail readiness. A new believer, Lucy, was baptised that very evening, a timely, live illustration that being born again is the foundation of everything. Whatever is coming next in the world, the call is clear: stay ready, keep your lamps burning, and hold firmly to the living hope of the resurrection.

3 Key Takeaways

1. World events including wars, economic instability, and geopolitical tension are signs of the times, but life continues as normal for most people. That contrast is exactly why personal spiritual readiness cannot be left to the last minute.
2. The Passover account in Exodus 12 is a striking picture of readiness: belt on, sandals on, staff in hand. The New Testament equivalent is having our lives girded with the truth of God's Word, born again and clothed in the blood of Jesus Christ.
3. Being born again through repentance, baptism, and the filling of the Holy Spirit is not just the beginning of the Christian life. It is the very foundation of being ready for the return of Jesus Christ.

Reference Scriptures

• 1 Thessalonians 5:3
• Matthew 24:3-8, 29-31, 36-44
• Matthew 25:1-13
• Luke 12:35-40
• Exodus 12:5-13, 29
• 2 Kings 20:1-6
• 1 Peter 1:3-9

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