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*What’s an End-Time Church to Do?*
*Part 2*
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*1 Peter 4:8-11*
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Introduction:
This morning we asked the question, are we living in the end times.
And our answer was yes, we are living in one of the last segments of God’s plan and program.
This question is on the minds of many people these days.
To illustrate, one pastor received a letter from a man in recently, which said, “I’m writing now to ask, how do we know if this is the end.”
This morning we established the fact that we know we are living in the last days, because several passages in the Bible say so.
These passages were written two-thousand years ago.
We know we are certainly closer now than they were when those Scriptures were penned.
Some people mock because of this.
It’s what Peter talked about when he said in 2 Peter 3:3
“. .
.there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of His coming?
For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.”
Peter’s response to this charge is, “But, beloved be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”
(2 Peter 3:8, 9)
People say, “Oh, Christ isn’t coming back!
Look at it, The Christians in Paul’s day thought He was coming then, and now look at us! Christ still hasn’t come.
He isn’t coming!
Everything in this old world keeps happening as it always has been!”
You want to know why Christ hasn’t come yet?
According to 2 Peter 3:9, Christ hasn’t come because He is kind.
He’s waiting to bring men to Himself so they won’t suffer His wrath.
Don’t lose your faith brothers and sisters!
Christ will come like He said.
His clock is ticking away the history of man.
He’s the only One Who sees that clock, and not a single moment has slipped by that wasn’t in His plan.
So with this knowledge that we are living in the last days, and that Christ could come at any moment, how do we live?
This morning we mentioned that according to 1 Peter 4:7 we should first and foremost develop stable thinking.
Don’t allow ourselves to be bound up with fear of the end.
Don’t allow ourselves to be dragged along by every sensational prophetic teacher that comes along.
An outcome of stable thinking is that we will prepare in one of the best ways possible: pray.
Tonight we want to look at the remaining two items: two ways that we can be ready the coming of Christ.
II.
Have hearts that are ready to love (vs.
8, 9)
III.
Have hands that are ready to serve.
(vs.
10, 11)
II.
Have hearts that are ready to love (vs.
8, 9)
A. The command (vs.
8a)
1. Above all- He is stating, in preparation for the end-time events, immediately after thinking clearly and praying, you want to begin with love.
You want to be sure that love is your starting place
2. He calls it “fervent” love- The idea here is energetic, ardent activity.
That is taxing oneself in the area of love.
Please remember that there is a balance.
This doesn’t mean that we kill ourselves, it doesn’t mean that we wear ourselves out to the point we cannot do anything.
It does mean though that we work at it.
That we don’t ignore it.
It takes learning, it takes nurturing, cultivation.
3.
Peter also says two words that speak volumes- He says, “among yourselves.”
a.
He also uses the phrase “one to another in verses 9, 10.
b.
Every church has its dynamics.
That is, those things (often unspoken or written) that drive the relationships of the members in that church.
c.
Peter then is giving us what might be called, “end time church dynamics.”
That is, how we, as Christians in this church, living in these last days, ought to interact with other Christians in this church.
d.
Peter says, let the first dynamic be love.
Make sure it’s at the top of the list!
Paul says much the same thing as Peter says, yet in a different way, he says in
Romans 13:8--- “Owe no man anything, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.”
There is one debt that will never be fully paid in the Christians life, and that is the debt of love he owes to other Christians.
We are obligated one to another!
Now I realize that this takes work.
I realize that everyone of us is far from perfect in this area.
After all, we are sinful.
It is only natural that we want to do what is least difficult for self.
But the issue is, where is the heart.
Yes we fail, but where is the heart.
Deep down do we want to love the people of God in this church?
That’s the first dynamic!
Without it, we will be ill-prepared for the day when Christ calls His church home in the rapture.
B.
The outcome of obedience (8b)
1. How do we know if we are really loving others in the church like Peter is here talking?
The greatest proof is whether we overlook the offenses of others.
We will overlook the fault that is bothering us.
If we really love someone, we will let that love cover the thing which bothers us.
2.
I really believe the cure for many church difficulties is found in this verse.
“Love covers a multitude of sins”
3. The word “cover” here means literally “to hide.”
In Matthew 8:28 it is used to speak of a boat being covered with waves.
The idea then is to hide from view.
4. What Peter is talking about then is hiding minor problems.
Not broadcasting them to other members, but showing love by forgiving.
Maybe a word that was spoken which offended us.
Maybe we wouldn’t do something the way another person does it, whether it’s in the church or in their own personal life.
But love chooses to move on, and not make it an issue.
Illustration:
There was once a father who was reading in his study when he heard some racket outside the window.
His daughter was playing with some friends and the din got louder and louder, and more and more heated and more and more upset.
After a while, he got up opened the window and told his daughter to stop it.
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