The love of God is to frame our perspective.
Grace to you and peace from Him, who is, and who was and who is to come … from Jesus the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth to Him who
us and washed us from our sins in His own blood and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father. —Revelation 1:4-6 He is coming. Are you ready?
Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of __Your coming,
and of the end of the age?” —Matthew 24:3
Our Response to His Answers:
1. Don’t Be
. Mt 24:4-5
Deceive is to cause to stray, lead away from the truth.
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who
the truth in unrighteousness. —Romans 1:18
* Suppress is to hold back the truth from exerting it’s.
* Opposition to truth cannot be excused on the basis of. Verse 20.
* People loved theof their own hearts more than they loved Light. John 3:16-19 Do the riches of his extraordinary kindness make you take him for granted and despise him? Haven’t you experienced how kind and understanding he has been to you? Don’t mistake his tolerance for acceptance. Do you realize that all the wealth of his extravagant kindness is meant to melt your heart and lead you into repentance? But because of your calloused heart and refusal to
, you are piling up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed. —Romans 2:4-5 TPT
Note:
*Rev. 6:16 “Hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne”
*Rev. 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say,! And let him who hears say, Come! And let him who thirst come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.
2. Don’t be
. Mt 24:6-8
Troubled is to make an outcry, be
We can get so anxious about affliction, we forget what the
Luke 13:1-5 Explains that great sufferers shouldn’t be accounted as great sinners.
*The warning: we will
*God’s not in a hurry to be
Our __connection __with God destroys fear and anxiety.
Phil 4:6-7 use your anxiety as an opportunity for communication
3.
. Mt 24:13
You’re going to go through things. Remain, don’t run away, persevere even under the trials or misfortunes, have
For
Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls —Hebrews 12:3
- 1 Thess 5:8-9 8 But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation. 9 For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
4. Be on
. Mt 24:42
Be active:
- Be vigilant in your
- Being active involves
… the marriage of the Lamb is come and his wife has
… —Revelation 19:7
Ready is a metaphor drawn from the oriental custom of sending persons to level the roads and make them passable before