The Second Advent, part 5: A Promise Kept

We finished our three-year walk through the story of the Bible on Christmas Day.  What will it be like when Jesus comes again?  

This sermon has been delayed in being posted, but it's an important one!  I hope you are blessed.

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The Second Advent, part 4: Final Judgment

The promise is that through Christ, God will bring peace.  Peace can come through reconciliation or through victory.  The final judgment will be God's final victory over evil and will bring justice to the world.

What do we need to know about the final judgment?

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The Second Advent, part 3: Don't Be Deceived

Jesus said Satan is the Father of Lies.  Just before Jesus returns, there is going to be a great deception that would even fool God's true people, if that were possible.  How do we prepare to know the truth from the lie?  How do we stand on truth in a society that denies objective truth?

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The Second Advent, part 2: Birth Pains

In a very literal sense, the first advent of Jesus Christ was signaled by birth pains: Mary began to go into labor, and Joseph hurried to secure a place for the baby to be born.  Jesus said that His return would also be signaled by events that come like birth pains (Matthew 24:4-8).  This picture is also used by Paul in two of his letters.  What does this image teach us about Christ's second coming?  What does it teach us about how we are to prepare and to await this return?

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The Second Advent: Waiting, Watching, Hoping

What is you attitude toward the Second Coming of Jesus?  Are you watching with anticipation?  Hope?  Dread?  Are you skeptical?  As we celebrate the first coming of Christ this Christmas season, we also watch for His return.  This week, we examined the Parable of the Ten Virgins to see what Jesus teaches about how we are to be waiting for Him to come back.

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Story of the Church - Marriage Today, part 3: Loving Your Spouse Well

What does it look like when we live by the power of the Holy Spirit in our marriages?  You will love your husband or wife well, and we will bear witness to the world about the greatness of God and the availability of His kingdom right now.

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Story of the Church - Marriage Today, part 2: God Makes One out of Two

Near the end of His teaching ministry, Jesus was challenged by the religious leaders of the day on the question of divorce.  Jesus used that opportunity to challenge the chauvinistic divorce culture of this time and to teach how the kingdom of God restores marriage to its original design.  Jesus' answer speaks directly to the marriage questions of our current culture and teaches us how God meets our deepest needs by making one out of two.

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