Sermon Series: The Return of the King: The Gospel and the Future
Sermon Text: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-3
Sermon Title: “Are We There Yet?”
Sermon Slides:
SLIDE 1 – Sermon Title SlideSLIDE 2 – Today’s Big Idea: False Teaching about the Future … UnderminesFaithful Living in the Present.
SLIDE 3 – Point 1: Confusion about the 2nd Coming … Leads to Instability in our Walk. (vv. 1-2)SLIDE 4 – Revelation 21:5, 8 – “And he who was seated on the throne said, ‘Behold, I am making all things new’ … But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”SLIDE 5 – Insert Copy of Point #1 of SermonSLIDE 6 – John 5:25 – “Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.”SLIDE 7 – Revelation 20:4-6 – “Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheadedfor the testimony of Jesus … and those who had not worshiped the beast … They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. … over such the second death has no power.”SLIDE 8 – 2 Peter 3:5, 7, 10 – “The heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God … But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment … But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar,and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.”SLIDE 9 – Insert Copy of Point #1 of SermonSLIDE 10 – 1 Timothy 4:1 – “Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons.”SLIDE 11 – 1 John 4:1, 5-6 – “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world … and the world listens to them. We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.”SLIDE 12 – Insert Copy of Point #1 of Sermon
SLIDE 13 – Point 2: Clarity about the 2nd Coming … Leads to Integrity in our Lives. (v. 3)SLIDE 14 – Isaiah 61:1-2 – “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God.”SLIDE 15 – Luke 4:16-21 – “And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read. And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written, ‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives … to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.” And he … sat down. And he began to say to them, ‘Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.’”SLIDE 16 – Insert Copy of Point #2 of Sermon
SLIDE 17 – Four Uses of This Sermon for Our Church and Lives.SLIDE 18 – Not All Christian Resources on “The End Times” are Created Equal.SLIDE 19 – Let’s Keep our Heads Down, Working the Master’s Fields.SLIDE 20 – But Let’s Also Keep Our Eyes Up, Looking for His Return.SLIDE 21 – And Take Heart … Today is the Closest We’ve Ever Been!
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