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THE COMING OF THE LORD

INTRODUCTION:

SO MANY CHRISTIANS TODAY HAVE NOT PREPARED THEMSELVES FOR THE COMING OF THE LORD.

IT IS EITHER THEY AFRAID OF LORD COMING, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT IN THE RIGHT PLACE WITH HIM.

THE ONE THING THAT THE LORD PROMISED US, THAT HE WILL COME BACK FOR THOSE WHO ARE HIS.

WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR NONE OF US TO BE BACKSLIDING.

BUT WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING IS DRAWING CLOSE TO THE LORD, SO WHEN HE COMES BACK WE DON’T BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD.

IT WOULD BE A TRAGIC WHEN THE LORD COME BACK AND OUR LIVES ARE IN SHAMBLES.

I BELIEVE MANY OF US DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE LORD IS COMING BACK ANYTIME SOON.

THAT’S THE REASON WHY WE DO NOT LIVE WITH URGENCY.

I LIKE TO SPEAK ON 3 THINGS TODAY.

HOW WILL THE DAY OF THE LORD COME?

WHY WON’T THE DAY OF THE LORD SURPRISE THE FAITHFUL?

WHAT ARE THE BELIEVERS TO DO IN PREPARATION FOR THE DAY OF THE LORD?

A. HOW WILL THE DAY OF THE LORD COME?

1 THESSALONIANS 5:2 “For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.”

THOSE OF US WHO ARE IN THE FAMILY OF GOD IS WELL AWARE THAT THE DAY OF THE LORD IS COMING.

HOW WE KNOW THIS IS WHAT BEEN SPOKEN IN SCRIPTURE BY HIS PROPHETS.

FROM GENESIS TO REVELATIONS IT’S HAVE BEEN REVEALED TO US ABOUT THE COMING OF THE LORD.

THAT’S WHY NONE OF US WOULD HAVE AN EXCUSE WHEN HE COME BACK FOR HIS OWN.

THE BIBLE HAS STATED THAT THE LORD IS COMING BACK FOR HIS PEOPLE AND THE DEAD IN CHRIST SHALL RISE FIRST, AND WE THAT ARE STILL HERE WILL BE CAUGHT UP WITH THEM TO MEET THE LORD IN THEE AIR.

THAT’S WHY IT’S SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE READY FOR HIS APPEARING, SO THAT WE DON’T BE NAKED AND ASHAMED.

SO HOW WILL THE DAY OF THE LORD COME?

PAUL SAID TO THE CHURCH OF THESSALONIANS AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT.

WHAT IS A THIEF? A THIEF IS A CRIMINAL WHO TYPICALLY RELIES ON STEALTH TO TAKE PROPERTY BELONGING TO SOMEONE ELSE.

THE WORD STEALTH MEANS CAUTIOUS, AND SURREPTITIOUS ACTION OR MOVEMENT.

THE LORD WILL COME WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT HIM.

THAT’S WHY YOU HAVE TO LIVE LIKE IT’S YOUR LAST DAY ON EARTH.

BECAUSE NONE OF US KNOW WHEN HE WILL COME, BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW HE’S COMING.

THE WORD COMETH MEANS THE LORD WILL COME FOR US AT THE RIGHT TIME, MEANING HIS TIME.

2 PETER 3:10 “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burnt up.”

B. WHY WON’T THE DAY OF THE LORD SURPRISE THE FAITHFUL?

1 THESSALONIANS 5:4 “But ye, brethren,are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.”

THE REASON THE DAY OF THE LORD WILL NOT SURPRISE THE FAITHFUL IS BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT LIVING IN DARKNESS.

DARKNESS IS A SPHERE DOMINATED BY EVIL, SINFULNESS, AND IGNORANCE OF GOD AND HIS WAYS.

IT’S THE ABSENCE OF LIGHT.

LIGHT IS THE SPHERE DOMINATED BY RIGHTEOUSNESS, GOODNESS, AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD.

THE BIBLE SAYS IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM, AND WALK IN DARKNESS, WE LIE, AND DO NOT THE TRUTH.

BUT IF WE WALK IN THE LIGHT, AS HE IS IN THE LIGHT, WE HAVE FELLOWSHIP ONE WITH ANOTHER, AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST HIS SON CLEANSETH US FROM ALL SIN.

WHEN YOU WALK IN THE LIGHT YOU ARE ABLE TO DISCERN WHAT TIMES YOU ARE IN BECAUSE THE WORD OF GOD BECOMES YOUR SOURCE OF TRUTH.

WHEN YOU’RE IN THE LIGHT GOD IS ABLE TO REVEAL MORE TO YOU.

WHEN YOU’RE IN THE LIGHT IT SHOULD BE A CERTAIN JOY IN YOUR HEART TO KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD.

PAUL SAID WE ARE CONFIDENT, I SAY, AND WILLING RATHER TO BE ABSENT FROM THE BODY, AND TO BE PRESENT WITH THE LORD.

THAT’S WHAT WE ALL LIVE FOR, THAT ONE DAY THE LORD IS COMING BACK FOR US.

ROMANS 13:12 “The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.”

C. WHAT ARE THE BELIEVERS TO DO IN PREPARATION FOR THE DAY OF THE LORD?

ONE WE MUST LIVE RIGHT.

PAUL SAID TO THE CHURCH OF THESSALONIANS THEY MUST STAY ALERT.

MEANING TO BE AWARE OR PAY FULL ATTENTION TO YOUR SURROUNDINGS.

WE LIVE IN A TIME WHO YOU SURROUND YOURSELF AROUND CAN DETERMINE YOUR ALTITUDE.

THAT’S WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO SURROUND YOURSELF AROUND PEOPLE WHO ARE CHRIST LIKE, WHO CAN HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE WITH YOUR WALK WITH THE LORD.

YOU DON’T NEED PEOPLE AROUND YOU THAT WILL JUSTIFY YOU WHEN YOU WALKING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION, BECAUSE THEY ONLY HURT YOU, BUT NOT HELP YOU.

WE MUST BE SOBER, HAVING SELF CONTROL, SO THAT WE DO NOT STRAY FROM THE TRUTH.

1 PETER 5:8-11 “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. But the God of all grace, who hath called us into his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.”