Pastor Jim and Lori welcome special guests John Shorey and Mark Augason as they dive into Matthew 25 and study the hidden secrets Jesus spoke of that would indicate His second coming.
Quotes
There will be huge blessings for those who are obedient and prepared to help people during this appointed time. -John Shorey
Just as much as you are to forgive those who sin against you, you are to prepare to help people. You are a living sacrifice. -John Shorey
Jesus laid out for our benefit of what we are to watch for as the signs of when He comes. -John Shorey
Scriptures
Romans 12:1 KJV I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
1 Timothy 6:7 NIV For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.
Isaiah 45:3 NIV I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the Lord, the God of Israel, who summons you by name.
Matthew 24:46-47 NIV It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
Luke 21:7 NIV “Teacher,” they asked, “when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are about to take place?”
Hebrews 10:38 NIV And, “But my righteous one will live by faith. And I take no pleasure in the one who shrinks back.”
Matthew 24:29-30 NIV “Immediately after the distress of those days “‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’ “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.
Matthew 24:7-9 KJV For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.
Matthew 24:50-51 NIV The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Revelation 13:5 KJV And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
Daniel 7:21-22 NIV As I watched, this horn was waging war against the holy people and defeating them, until the Ancient of Days came and pronounced judgment in favor of the holy people of the Most High, and the time came when they possessed the kingdom.
1 Thessalonians 5:3 NIV While people are saying, “Peace and safety,” destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
Matthew 6:14 NIV For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
1 Corinthians 15:31 NIV I face death every day—yes, just as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Matthew 24:42-45 MEV “Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord will come. But know this, that if the owner of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not have let his house be broken into. Therefore you also must be ready, for in an hour when you least expect, the Son of Man is coming. “Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master has made ruler over his household to give them food at the appointed time?
Luke 21:34 NIV Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap.
Acts 2:20 MEV The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
Matthew 24:50-51 NIV The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 24:3 MEV As He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?”
Matthew 24:34 NIV Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.
Headlines
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