“just as they had seen Him leave” - Acts 1:10-11
“Go into all nations and make disciples….” - Matthew 28:19
THE Question: “When will He return”?
“Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity.” - Ephesians 4:17-19
POINT:
IF we won’t believe what He said about His
“But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. 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. Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God….” - 2 Peter 3:8-12a
First:
* God’s
* While we don’t know
Second:
* HOW we live during this timeline is influenced by what we
Third:
* Our passage tells us we can “
Q: HOW?
A: “….lives of holiness and godliness, waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God….” - 2 Peter 3:11b-12a
Q: What does “holy” mean?
A: “Holy” means “
“…Jesus humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.” - Philippians 2:8
“I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do.” - John 17:4
“…not my will, but yours, be done.” - Luke 22:42
“If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me…” - John 8:54
HOW you live your life should be focused on
And IF we do this this
Q: WHY?
A: Because we are on His
Q: How’s That Going?
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