“Sore Neck Living”
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36 “But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.
42 Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.
1 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.
3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
4 When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.
16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.
18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.
1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.
4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
8 Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory,
9 obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
1. Empowers _us through suffering_
1. Empowers _us through suffering_
18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.
2. Empowers _our fight against idolatry_
2. Empowers _our fight against idolatry_
3. Empowers _our witness_
3. Empowers _our witness_
11 Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.
12 Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.
4. Empowers _us to be ready_
4. Empowers _us to be ready_
42 Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.
4. Empowers us to be ready
4. Empowers us to be ready
4 When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.