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Are You Ready For The
Coming Of The Lord?
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Matt24:3 Mount of Olives Tell us ,they said, when will this happen,
and what will be the sign of your coming
and of the end of the age?
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What would be the signs?
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Signs of birth pains Deception / false claim of being Messiah
Wars and rumours of wars
Nations against nations ; kingdoms against kingdoms
Famines
Earthquakes
Persecution
False prophets
Increased wickedness
Love grow cold
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2 Timothy 3:2-5There will be terrible times in the last days.
People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of
money, boastful, proud, abusive,disobedient to their parents, ungrateful,unholy, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers
of pleasure rather than lovers of God having a form of godliness but denying itspower. Have nothing to do with suchpeople.
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The sun will be darkened, and the moonwill notgive its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and
the heavenly bodieswill be shaken.Matt 24:29
At that time the sign of the Son of Man willappear in the sky, and all the peoples of the earth
will mourn. They will see the Son of Man comingon the clouds of heaven, with power and greatglory. And he will send his angelswith a loudtrumpet call, and they will gather his elect fromthe four winds, from one end of the heavens to theother. matt 24:30
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Who can be saved?
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Promise of salvation But whoever stands firm to the end will be
saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will
be preached in the whole world as atestimony to all nations, and then the endwill come. Matt 24:13
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Everyone who calls on the name of theLord will be saved. Rom 10:13
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When is the Second Coming of theLord?
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No-one knows about that day or hour, noteven the angels in heaven, nor the Son, butonly the Father. Matthew 24:36
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So, what should we do?
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What does Jesus tell us? Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on
what day your Lord will come. Matt 24:42
So youmust be ready, because the Son of Man willcome at an hour when you do not expect him.
Matt 24:44
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Parable of the 10 VirginsMatthew 25:1-13
Sir! Sir! They said. Open the door for us!
But he replied, I tell you the truth, I dont knowyou.
Therefore keep watch, because you do not knowthe day or the hour.
( Do you have a personal relationship with theLord?)
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Learning points:Every person is responsible for his or her own
spiritual condition.
When Jesus returns to take his people toheaven, we must be ready.
Spiritual preparation cannot be bought or
borrowed at the last minute.
We must have our own relationship and walk
with the Lord
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Parable of the Bags of Gold
Well done, good and faithful servant! Youhave been faithful with a few things; I will
put you in charge of many things. Comeand shareyour masters happiness!
Matt 25:21,25
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You wicked, lazy servant! Matt 25:26
Take the bag of gold from him and give it tothe one who has ten bags. And throwthatworthless servant outside, into the darkness,where there will be weeping and gnashingof teeth. mat 25:28-30
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Lords teaching:
For everyone who has will be given more,
and he will have an abundance. Whoeverdoes not have, even what he has will betaken from him. Matt 25:29
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Learning points
Talents represent any kind of resources we
are given time / gifts / special abilities /
We are expected to invest them wisely
until Lord returns
We are responsible to use well what God
has given us
Issue is not how much we have, but how
well we use what we have.
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What gifts, talents, resources has the
Lord given you?
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How well have you used Gods
resources given to you?
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Does this mean we have to leave our
jobs / studies to serve God?
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Parable of the Sheep and Goats
Sheep=? Goats=?
To the sheep Come, you who are blessed by my Father;
take your inheritance, the kingdomprepared for you since the creation of theworld. For I was hungry and you gave mesomething to eat, I was thirsty and you
gave me something to drink, I was astranger and you invited me in, I neededclothes and you clothed in, I was sick andyou looked after me, I was in prison and
you came to visit me.
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To the goats:Depart from me , you who are cursed,
into the eternal fire prepared for the
devil and his angels. For I was hungryand you gave me nothing to eat, I wasthirsty and you gave me nothing to
drink. I was a stranger and you did notinvite me in, I was sick and in prisonand you did not look after me.
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Sheep= righteous / eternal life
Goats = rebellious / eternalpunishment
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What is a sheep?
What is a goat?
Who is a sheep?
Who is a goat?
When are we a sheep?When are we a goat?
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Lords teaching:
The king will reply, I tell you the truth, whateveryou did for one of the least of these brothers of
mine, you did for me. Matt 25:40
Consequences for disobedience / selfishness:
Then they will go away to eternal punishment, butthe righteous to eternal life. Matt 25:46
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Teaching point
The need to serve others / dont be self-centred